discussions on article "Saying Thanks in the Gift Culture" (Dec 2003) reminded me of watching this long 4 parts videorecording "Longitude"'s interweaving two stories: John Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer; and naval officer Rupert Gould who, two hundred years later, stumbles across Harrison's forgotten chromometers and devotes himself to restoring Harrison's long-neglected mechanical masterpieces. Only divine grace can lend a helping hand in man's struggle with world order at times seems unsurmountable...