[sdiy] Hey, I am back....bet you didn't know I was gone!

[Jay Schwichtenberg]

Nah, Harry, shouldn't be "works like a CHIP".

Good to have you back Jim.

Warm up those soldering irons this weekend and have a good one!
Jay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> [mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of harrybissell
> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 10:47 AM
> To: Glen
> Cc: Oren Leavitt; patchell at cox.net; synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Hey, I am back....bet you didn't know I was gone!
>
>
> Maybe it was a typo... should be "works like a chimp" ???
>
> H^) harry
>
> btw I think the origin is from throughbred horse racing, where
> "runs like a
> champ"
> would actually have meaning... you are correct, most of them no
> longer 'run'
> having been
> made into glue...
>
> Glen wrote:
>
> > At 11:34 PM 5/29/03 , Oren Leavitt wrote:
> >
> > >I had a similar 'death' on my Windows 98 box a couple of years ago - I
> > >then put in a bigger hard disk, more RAM, and installed Linux on that
> > >poor old PC and it runs like a champ now.
> >
> > ...and how does a "champ" run?
> >
> > That phrase is a pet peeve of mine. It doesn't really say anything
> > specifically useful. For example, does a champion chess player
> necessarily
> > run that well? How about a champion pole sitter?
> >
> > Just something a bit silly-but-true to think about...    :)
> >
> > I used to have an irritating boss that used the "like a champ" phrase so
> > much that I became permanently "allergic" to hearing it. His usual
> > variation was "works like a champ". I wanted to tell him that
> statistically
> > speaking most "champs"  no longer work in the area that they
> once excelled
> > in. Many have even passed away since reaching their zenith in life. So,
> > "works like a champ" isn't necessarily such a good thing.   :)
> >
> > later,
> > Glen
>