Pale Rider, yes technology has moved on, but that has not changed the *fact* that records are only records when run under the (arbitrary) rules of a body (HAMR, Guiness, etc).
A record is set when and only when that body says so.
Since I'm one of the people who congratulated Amanda on her Facebook page when she passed Billie's mileage, I don't think I'm a 'sad, sour Little Englanders'. Grow up and stop throwing insults.