Martin Hotze wrote:

hm. I am from Europe. Mainland Europe (there is only mainland Europe *bg*).
I am living in mailand Europe, in a neutral country, and we have the Euro as our
currency. Now this explanation doesn't leave very much room for choices :-))

Fine, but in the mid-1700s, Europe was a hodge-podge of duchies, kingdoms, and
God knows what else. As I recall, you are living in Austria. That area, and the
area north of there now known as Bavaria provided most of the troops that
England sent over here during our revolution and many of the troops used later
in the Napoleonic wars. My ancestors called them "Hessians" because many of them
were from that area.

George Patterson
Some people think they hear a call to the priesthood when what they really
hear is a tiny voice whispering "It's indoor work with no heavy lifting".