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[K-man]

Ahhhh! I see what you were meaning now a bit more clearly. That isn't what I was trying to say, Maka. I'm not saying we are innately superior to anybody else {whispers}tho' we are really {/whispers}, not at the genetic level at any rate ... culturally is a whole different ball game {double }. I was being proud of the outcomes we as a nation have achieved, accepting as an uncontrollable given the starting point we had (we can argue how advantageous that was another day). I am still proud of what we continue to achieve and add to the world even now we are a withered remnant of what we once were.

Good point. I see more clearly now how we in Australia got ahead of you guys culturally etc. We started from a great position given us by the British and improved on that while, as you say, the parent plant withered. I suppose we owe you guys a debt ot gratitude.