Thanks for the link, Jack. That's interesting. It brings to mind a society where people didn't have paper around, couldn't read, but could look at the moon and tell the 'date.'

I'm reminded of something I learned in a class on European history. When the Romans realized their calendar had become seriously maladjusted over time, they started over, beginning with a one-time, extra-long month. Landowners wanted to pay farm laborers the usual monthly wage, (because it was just one month) but they wanted extra rent money from them for the same period of time (because it was more than 31 days long.) There were riots.

It seems to me that the Romans did a lot to destroy their own empire.
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No, Q, I don't believe you about the dangerous Caribbean lady. Nice try, though.