Re: when is it right to be wrong?

Subject: Re: when is it right to be wrong?
From: Brad Jensen <brad -at- elstore -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 21:11:07 -0600



----- Original Message -----
From: "Ann Hastings" <explorer227 -at- juno -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: when is it right to be wrong?


>
> Hmm-m. I always thought it was "jury-rig" as in
"jury-rigging"--making
> something work the way you want when it really shouldn't. ;-)

Actaully, I learned it as jerry-rigged, which means coming up with
a novel
method of accomplishing something, generally with non-standard
parts.

I've always assumed this comes from sailing.


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