The Age of Sail Had Worse Commutes ~ Ornament

Your Train Is Late ~ Theirs Was Months

From roughly the 1500s to the mid 1800s, getting anywhere by water meant waiting on the wind, and the wind did not take requests. A crossing could take weeks or months, the food got worse every day, and the view did not change. The next time the bus is twelve minutes behind, consider that nobody on it has scurvy.

• For the daily commuter: Buy it for the coworker who times the 7:42, the friend on her third podcast of the morning, and anyone who has ever eaten breakfast behind a steering wheel.
• Context, forced: A delayed train still gets there today, which is more than anyone could promise about the trade winds.
• Boarded through: Part of Pirate History & Legends, where the worst commute of your life still beats their average Tuesday.

Pirate Dayz made this round ornament for the tree, whether it stands in the living room or the galley (Slander the Parrot has already claimed a branch). Pick ceramic at 3 inches or aluminum at 3.6 inches, and it arrives with its hanging string. A wipe with a damp cloth keeps it shipshape through many Decembers. Hang it on the tree, from the rum shelf, or tie it to a bottle for the friend who says arrr at every opportunity.