we didn't know how good we had it

They began the task of updating a program in our computer, and...
we haven't had the program for five days, now...!

The word "update" sounds good, but now we are reminded of the traditional phrase, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," attributed by one website to Bert Lance, of the Jimmy Carter administration.

I thought it must also be a song;
it is,
think I heard it years ago. ...

"If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It"
By John Anderson

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, if it’s mixed, don’t try to mix it

Think before you speak and look before you leap

And if it’s wound up don’t try to wind it, if it’s not lost don’t try to find it

It always helps to make it easy on yourself


Chorus:

Make it easy on yourself and do the best that you can do

Stay away from folks who try to make it hard on you

And if it’s wound up don’t try to wind it, If it’s not lost don’t try to find it

It always helps to make it easy on yourself


If it ain’t true, don’t tell it, if it’s sold don’t try to sell it
Search and you will find, keep an open mind
And if its short don’t make it long, if it’s right don’t make it wrong
It always helps to make it easy on yourself
...

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