Hi,

"David Brooks" wrote:
"Bob Noel" wrote in message
In article , "Montblack"
wrote:

1. 250 years ...tops.

227 years. Before that we were a colony of a European country.

220 years. After stopping being colonials, and before the Treaty of
Paris,
you were just a bunch of outlaws :-)

Hmm. The more things change...

Neil