Which reminds me of a family expression.
My father was part of the 1950s Brain Drain, and left RRE in England to go
to UBC in Vancouver in 1956. Another British physicist, Geoff Bates,
joined the Physics Department at the same time.
The head of the Physics Department was very proud of the fact that the
faculty gathered for "tea" each afternoon, and were very anxious to have
the two British additions join them.
After tasting the "tea" Geoff said: "Hmm, it is quite good, but it will
never replace tea."
The expression "It is quite good but it will never replace X" is now
firmly established in the Gunn family lexicon.
Janet
"ietf" <ietf-bounces(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org> wrote on 04/02/2014 08:01:52 PM:
From: John C Klensin <john-ietf(_at_)jck(_dot_)com>
At least until you answer the question "when is tea not tea" in
a satisfactory way. For example, the stuff that comes
identified as tea but arrives in bags in many bad restaurants
(and others that should know better), is pretty clearly not tea
but it is less clear whether it is not-tea or not.