[muawiyah]

Of course it was.

BTW, that bit about rice culture ~ remember, there are two distinct species or "races" of what is called "white rice". One was developed in South Asia, the other in NE Asia ~ at different times!

[svcw]

Oh may gosh. I need to start drinking. I thought you were responding to something I wrote about the census and was going to "do a yell at you" for the white rice comment. So I apologize, even though you have know idea what I am talking about and your post made perfect sense. Now I am going to drink something.