Remember the escape mechanism on the old spring driven or pendulum driven clocks ~ you just missed a “tic”.
Wasn’t the point that Columbus was terribly astute but that it was necessary to carry sufficient tools with you to BUILD ANOTHER BOAT.
No doubt there were numerous voyagers before him who forgot the tools ~ they didn’t come back to tell the story to everybody else!”
O-kaa-ay. If you say so, sport. I missed a “tic.” I just don’t see what is . . . remarkable . . . about Columbus’s “Chips” carrying a standard set of tools that anyone but an incompetent would have carried. It’s not like building a new ship after the one an explorer has been lost is an unusual story — even, or especially in the Age of Exploration.
No doubt some people today would find it necessary to be reminded “to carry sufficient tools with you to BUILD ANOTHER BOAT,” but few people did back then, and few people that I associate with today would find the reminder necessary. What other profound advice do you have? Check your tire pressure and make sure you have gas in the tank before starting a cross-country trip? Or maybe have a few spare batteries for your flashlight because the power fails occasionally?
Anyhow could you please expand upon why you find this to be somehow significant. I sure can’t figure it out.
They failed to bring tools with them to build another.