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My dad used to say, "Now you're cooking with gas on the front burner," when I came up with a good idea.

(I've always wondered. Did gas stoves in the early 20th century [my father was born in 1909] have a bigger or stronger front burner, which gave rise to the expression?)

My mother was western Canadian, and always referred to a Phillips-head screwdriver as a "French" screwdriver. No Canadian I've ever met has ever heard that expression . . . but I still use it to this day.
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-- Paul W. (The Benzadmiral)
('03 Buick Park Avenue, charcoal/cream)
Formerly:
'97 C230, smoke silver/parchment; '86 420SEL, anthracite/light grey; '84 280CE (W123), dark blue/palomino