Close Enough for This Old Shack

Following up on our conversation about the phrase good enough for who it’s for, referring to something that wasn’t done perfectly but was nevertheless good enough, a Clarinda, Iowa, listener shares a similar phrase he used when doing construction work: Close enough for this old shack. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Close Enough for This Old Shack”

After our conversation with Jacob in Indiana about the expression, good enough for who it’s

For, you know, when you’re doing something and it’s not perfect, but it’s good enough

For who it’s for, we heard from Rick Bramer, who lives in Clorinda, Iowa, and he said that

He works in construction, and there he and his friends always say, close enough for this old shack.

Which I could see borrowing that.

That’s true, because if you’re doing something for yourself or for your own people, you know, there’s a certain amount of forgiveness, right?

Exactly.

If there’s not an invoice at the end of it, you can, you know, you can just kind of slap it together.

Right.

Close enough for this old shack.

Well, call us in our little recording shack, 877-929-9673.

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