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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 960532" data-attributes="member: 114">While we're thinking about old things, I might mention that I work for the Royal College of Physicians of London - which recieved its royal charter about, oh, 483 years ago under King Henry VIII (the one with all the wives). There are rumours that some of the original College Officers are still among us... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Also, a pro-USA history thought. During my visit to New England last year, we stayed with an elderly lady in Vermont, and I was fascinated to hear that she grew up in Oregon, went to a one-room schoolhouse with slates to write on, and her grandparents were among the first european settlers in Oregon. I found it jaw-dropping to meet someone whose feet were so embedded in the history of their country. By comparison in the UK most of the grandparents of the elderly people that I know are living in what seems to be much the same situation as they do now (give or take a few amenities).It gave me an interesting perspective on "young" countries that I'd never had before.Cheers</blockquote>