If you live around Annapolis,, then "Weems Creek Engineering" says it all LOL.

Joe Della Barba Coquina

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"Haywire" - perhaps a little dated now, as in "....gone haywire",
  "Close enough for farm use", a couple of my favourites.

But for boats, "flakey" should be the correct term.


> Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 02:10:47 -0500
> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
> Subject: Stus-List PC for "cheap"
> From: cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
>
> Think about this in the context of sailboat ownership.
>
> At one time or another, we've all done it. Some of us still do it. We all 
> know "that guy down the pier" that's raised it to an art form.
>
> What? Doing or fixing something on a sailboat "on the cheap" that does or can 
> lead to less than satisfactory results. Something that may create an unsafe 
> condition that may put crew or family at risk. Something that eventually will 
> need to be done over the right way and end up costing more in the end.
>
> So......my question is "what clever, imaginative, politically correct phrase 
> describes cheap?"
>
> I'm talking about literary genius like using "deferred success" as PC to 
> describe failure.
>
> I've considered "irresponsibly frugal", "excessively thrifty", etc. but I 
> just can't seem to create that "aha" PC phrase for "cheap".
>
> Dennis C.
> Touché 35-1 #83
> Mandeville, La
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