On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 17:10:50 -0400, James Silverton wrote:

> ChattyCathy wrote on Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:17:57 +0200:
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>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
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>> Cheers
>> Chatty Cathy
>
> I suspect that the invention was inevitable when Ug sailed away after
> stepping on a log.
> He wasn't stupid!

strangely enough, most of the new world civilizations never did develop the
wheel. cecil adams has the dope:

<http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/223/why-did-the-peoples-of-the-new-world-fail-to-invent-the-wheel>

your pal,
blake