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Hi!

>
> Odd that it was Roman calendars (European) that pretty much set Sunday as
> the first day of the week and now the Europeans don't use this convention
> while the US still does. When was it Europe decided to pitch their own
> standard?

It probably because God took the seventh day off, and looked upon everything
...

Another unalignment I have seen between Europe and US/America is the way the
weeks are counted/numbered.
:-)

Frank