"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

[Headwinds]

At a shop I used to work out for quite a few years, "government work" was code for personal side project for one of the employees. The owner would walk out through the shop during lunchbreak, and see me cutting something on the waterjet or laser, or welding table and say "wow, you're working through lunch! Must be an important customer" and I'd say "it's a hot order for government work that just came in!". He would wander off and I'd finish up quickly. hehe I'm sure he knew what was going on.

My father worked for TVA during WW II. He said the reason it was called government work was that it was for "We the people."

 

[Peregrin]

I usually hear (or say) "Good enough" with further qualification:
Good enough for government work.
Good enough for who it's for.
Good enough until we can get a pro in here to check it out.

- GT

Yeah, Gary, in my checkered past it seems like "good enough" and "close enough" were used interchangeably.
(Or maybe I didn't realize the difference between them, but I figured my comprehension was good enough.)

- GT

I'd say good enough is close enough, Gary!