Yes, much more polite. He was confused, too, because he wasn't used to just a farmer phoning up wanting to sell something on a blank sheet of paper—I wanted to find out what the market wanted and grow it. I've been growing stuff for years and waiting for the phone to ring, so now I want the phone to ring first.
The staff in Charlottetown at the agriculture office have been great, the federal guys, and certainly the regional people in Japan have been great. The embassy.... It's just that I think I'm too small for them to feel that they can work with me.