I once had a debate with a friend about the song "Four Strong Winds"; she claimed it was a traditional folk song, and I claimed that it was recently composed.

Turned out that we BOTH knew it was from the 1960s; the difference was that she considered the 60s to be a very long time ago, and I considered them to be recent.

This thread also reminds me of the joke: How do you tell the difference between an American and a European?















The European thinks a hundred miles is a long way, and the American thinks 100 years is a long time.