Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 10:59:51 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Helping victims of terror Message-ID: <3BB0C617.47F180D5@mindspring.com> References: <NFBBJPHLGLNJEEECOCHAGEDNCEAA.deuce@lordlegacy.org> <3BAC3644.1CB0C626@mindspring.com> <xzp66abb7pz.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <3BAD1FAE.2F3D40F5@mindspring.com> <20010923011557.B60374@jake.akitanet.co.uk> <015e01c143c8$c93505a0$89941bd8@speakeasy.net> <3BAE400A.9BD2F357@mindspring.com> <xzphettacaj.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <3BAE494C.B08C2E05@mindspring.com> <20010924015707.D25695@futuresouth.com>
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"Matthew D. Fuller" wrote: > > [trim trim trim on the cc's] > > On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 01:42:52PM -0700, a little birdie told me > that Terry Lambert remarked > > > > Really, it has worked remarkably well for the 225 years it > > has been in power. If you want to get technical, the U.K. > > OK, I just had to jump on the opportunity to show Terry wrong :) > > It hasn't been in power for 225 years. 212, from memory, as the > Constitution was ratified in 1789. For the 13 previous years, it was a > loose and unstructured union of autonomous states, and before 1776 it was > still legally a British colony. It's rather like "the millenium starts on Jan 1 2001"... the U.S. celebrated its bicentenial in 1976. I should have stuck with "200+ years", which is what I had written originally, but later changed to 225 because of the bicentenial. Technically, given the date of the Declration in 1776, I should have said something sifferent for that, but... whatever. 8-). -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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