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Had a girlfriend long time ago who was from a very rural upbringing and her late father was a pallet maker. She passed a couple on to me back then:
"It aint the length of the rope, it's how you dangle the bucket." (Hey now.....) and
"Do what you can and let the rough side drag". Now that one made sense from the daughter of a pallet maker, as if you drag a rough piece of wood along the ground eventually it will become smooth. I've used that one as a life lesson.
Dad had his own sayings from long ago such as "tighter than Dick's hatband", but the one he said the most in his final months at age 98, when in conversation I would tell him ".....yeah, I know Dad...." he would say "you might know, but you don't understand" and then later on in the conversation he'd flip it around on me if I said ".....yeah Dad, I understand....." he'd come right back with "you might understand, but you don't know"!
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