Just to show I'm a know-it-all, did you know that the expression 'a bad workman blames his tools' comes from the Middle Ages when ALL workmen made their OWN tools.
Making your own tools was stage one of your apprenticeship into a guild.
If you couldn't make the tools that you were going to use you didn't get any further. You certainly weren't allowed or expected to use someone else's.
So the idea of a workman blaming his own tools was an admission of inadequacy on many levels.
As a contrast - damn! I wish I understood just half of what is being said above.
Making your own tools was stage one of your apprenticeship into a guild.
If you couldn't make the tools that you were going to use you didn't get any further. You certainly weren't allowed or expected to use someone else's.
So the idea of a workman blaming his own tools was an admission of inadequacy on many levels.
As a contrast - damn! I wish I understood just half of what is being said above.