Re: [OT] Closing replies Re: Happy Birthday, USA

----- Original Message -----
From: "kh.ranitzsch" <KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de>
> ----- Original Message -----
> Actually, the German national holiday is 3.October, commemorating the
1990
> unification of East and West Germany.
>
> So much for "Old Europe".
> :-p
>
> Greetings
> Karl Heinz

Well, Germany as it is today, isn't that old anyway, having only been
formed
back in 1871 or so. The same goes for Italy, before then they were just
a
collection of small states. So only part of Europe is old.

- Prankster