In a message dated 01-30-13, Paul Quinn said to Holger Granholm:   
      
   Hi Paul,   
      
   PQ>Both countries are still tied to the British Empire, unfortunately.   
      
   OK, that's like the �land Islands being a selfgoverning part of Finland   
   but not allowed to take full control of itself.   
      
   For example, in 1994 �land intended to issue its own currency named the   
   Daler. Everything went smoothly until the finnish authorities got scared   
   that �land would use it to start a "tax paradise". That's when the plan   
   ground to a halt and we still can't use the taxes collected as we want   
   but they have to go bacj and forth to Finland.   
      
   PQ>Ah, yes.  That might have been Bundaberg and its environs (about 100   
   PQ>kms away).   
      
   Yes, that is correct. We even have three back-packing girls from �land   
   over there that told their story to one of the local papers. They will   
   probably have to return home since the farm they worked at was drowned.   
      
   PQ>All is good here now.  The river only got to within ~300 metres (and   
   PQ>that's just a guess).  The other water turned out to be an overflow   
      
   I'm happy to read that you escaped the flooding.   
      
   Have a nice day,   
      
   Holger   
      
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