In the UK, shaver sockets that serve to power shavers and toobrushes are allowed in bathrooms but must adhere to specific regulations. They are designed with safety features like isolation transformers to prevent shocks and must be installed remotely from the bath or shower.
Queueing etc. - It's not being "obedient", it's being orderly. It's choosing civilisation over anarchic chaos. To me, queueing is a literal, bona fide example of civilising a group of uncultured individualists. I get the feeling that the USA probably views such illustrations of social co-operation as dangerously close to "socialism".
Also, when there was rationing during the last war, queuing for food was a necessary and orderly behaviour. Didn't Americans queue then during the depression, for jobs, food, wages, etc? It isn't a uniquely British thing. It is just that it has remained in our social DNA possibly longer than other countries, maybe? I guess it depends on why and what you are queuing for. Seeing some of the 'sales' scrambles sometimes, does provide an insight into the opposite of socially acceptable behaviour!
It's called maths in American English. Languages are subject to constant change. Always have been. Even within the UK, or England, or London, there's constant change. "Correct" means the consensus within an area at a certain point in time and it's not a constant. English as we know it today is a mishmash of other languages, more so than most other languages in Europe.
In the UK the Postmen and Women are told to push the letters right through the letterbox slot - so that some reprobate doesn't help themselves to your mail. The problem is, that very many Postmen get their fingers bitten every day by dogs that wait just inside the door. The Royal Mail wants people to install a small mail cage inside the door to stop this from happening. I guess if you are a dog that is alone for most of the day, biting the Postman is a form of entertainment.
"Would be lethal".... is incorrect, actually most people shocked with 240v do survive. I know people who've had a 400v shock before and survived. It all depends on how conductive your body is at that point, where you get shocked, the amperage, the length of time of the shock, etc, a brief 240v shock in a single hand might hurt like hell but won't kill you. However if you stand on a wet metal floor, completely soaking wet, holding a metal towel rail and some loose live electrical wiring happens to fall into the soaking wet puddle on the metal floor - good chance of death. Under the EU harmonization some years back the voltage was supposedly equalized, and changed to 230v, there's a small blue box in the cupboard in my house next to the consumer unit that has a warning shock symbol on it and says "Danger 230 volts", but in reality the voltage is still 240v and i've known some people to have voltage in excess of 250v.
@ It's like saying "Getting run over is lethal"... well it depends doesn't it? If you get hit by a car at 5mph.... you might at worst fall over and end up with a graze.... But If you get hit by a car at 100mph or more the chances of fatality are incredibly high, and death is pretty much almost certain - the force of the initial impact alone would be enough to cut short your life, and any secondary injury from slamming into the ground with extreme force would probably make sure of it.
the shaver sockets in bathrooms have an isolation transformer so you are much less likely to get a shock if you come into contact with a live wire. They are also limited to provide a low current, enough for a shaver or toothbrush but not much more.
The electrical regulations DO allow switches and sockets in a bathroom. However, there are regulations dictating how far away from the "wet zones" (zone 1) they are to be. This is 2.5 metres (it used to be 3 metres...) from the edge of a bath or shower, and since our bathrooms tend to be small, the sockets often cannot be placed far enough away! Most installers just play safe and install nothing but shaver sockets....
@@peterfhere9461- and many British bathrooms just aren't 2.5m (let alone 3m) across - mine isn't - so it's strictly isolation protected shaver sockets only.
From the UK here. It's amusing that you find it weird that we often refer to the United States simply as 'America', but yet you all talk about your nationality simply as American. No one ever says that they're 'United States of American'. We Brits are at least consistent 😉
Indeed, we call people from the USA ‘American’ and the USA ‘America’ because that’s how they refer to themselves. We know America is actually a continent.
When we do use the 24hr clock verbally, no one says 17 oclock, we say 17 hundred, or 16 fifteen (a quarter past four), mostly people instantly transpose 13-24 hundred into 1-12 oclock pm, or "this afternoon"
It stops any confusion if someone says can we meet at 7? You then wonder if it’s 7am or 7pm whereas if it’s 1900 there’s no mix up. Ok America how difficult is it to subtract 12 from 19? 😁
There’s braille on everything even when you get to a crossing there’s a secret braille button on the bottom of the crosswalk post that vibrates when you’re safe to cross
@ it is useful as the only sighted person in my family sometimes roads can be loud at the best of times and that’s not factoring other sounds if you feel under the button box there’s another cup shaped button beneath the cross box that turns as the light turns green most uk people don’t even know this though
And let's be honest it is a London Underground thing... one of many important things about the Culture of the Tube. The trains are full of people that really don't want to be there, hurtling across the city desperately wishing their journey was over and they were safely where they need to be. Talk about grumpy, sullen faces all conspiring never to make eye contact in the dirty, smelly pen they willingly allow themselves to be crushed into. I paint it dark because rush hour is where most of the journeys happen... the truth is at quieter times a visitor can actually really enjoy the wonder that the regulars take for granted.
Hi. I'm in the UK and regularly do a big monthly shop, and the cashiers *always* ask me if I need any help packing, (which I generally do). Usually, they'll start the packing for me while I carry on emptying the trolley.
It's very useful to hear that noise and know that the post has arrived. It is no different from or more intrusive than a knock on your door or someone ringing the doorbell. If you have a postbox, you have no idea (a) whether the regular postal delivery in your area has yet occurred (it might be delayed) and (b) whether anything has been delivered to your house on that day. If there is an urgent message delivered to your house, you are less likely to miss it if it is sitting on the mat inside your front door.
On the "politeness" thing, I think the key difference is that "Americans" basically see their freedoms as the most important thing in life. And this includes the freedom to be a pain in the ass...
Plenty of dryers here! I’ve had a dryer for over 50 years! Although I’m not a fan of the combined washer/dryer - it can only be used as one function at a time. They’re more efficient separated if you have the space.
also, we don't think someone is trying to break in, because we have lifelong experience of what mail being pushed through a letterbox sounds like. And it will be at roughly the same time every day.
I’m a cockney living in England and I can vouch when I was growing up in Bethnal Green when I visited Tesco with my family there was a lovely lady waiting patiently at the end of the checkout counter with plastic bags already opened to help pack our shopping and it was quite common back then in the late 70s, early 80s but sadly is a thing of the past. Also, like Canada shares a lot of things with the United States, mainly due to its proximity to the US, Canada also shares a lot of things with Britain, such as a Parliamentary democracy, a monarch, shared values and heritage which is still strong today despite the vast distance between Canada and Britain and many more besides. That being said, I wish all Americans were more like you Joel because not just Canada but Britain as well are more alike then we think.
I work I a shop. I will bag stuff if a customer is unable to, but I would not offer to bag for someone who seemed capable because they would be insulted.
It's UK law that retail workers have to be given a chair to sit on. This dates back to Victorian times when counter staff had to work incredibly long hours while standing. This was considered cruel, so the law was introduced.
American, oh, I'm sorry, United States of American, employment laws are truly atrocious. I don't know how they get away with it. Well, I do; the mighty dollar. God and money is all that really matters in the USofA.
Thats incorrect. Usually its just the supermarkets. I worked 10 years in a shop and only time anyone had a chair was if they had reasonable accommodations (for example, one of the ladies was waiting on a knee replacement so got given a chair). Everybody else stood at the till for 8-10 hour shifts.
@@jmillar71110 Which, I assure you, was illegal. The shop has a legal duty to provide chairs for its counter staff. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seats_for_Shop_Assistants_Act_1899
We use local pet names all over the UK, chicken further north, duck in the middle, mate lower down, pet in the NE... and a hundred more. In Bristol My Lover or My Babber is quite acceptable.
We Brits use the 24 hour clock because there are 24 hours in a day and we can count past 12. If the correct way of saying the short form of "Mathematics" is "Math" then I look forward to the USA studying "Economic" "Physic" and "Civic". Most of us here drive "Standard" cars because we like actually being fully in control of them. We call the USA "'Murica". Then roll our eyeballs upwards. Especially now since 5th November 2024. Britain invented the modern postal system in 1840. It was the first in the world which is why we don't need to put our country's name on our stamps. We did not "scrap" mailboxes, we never had them in the first place. Our invention, our rules. (Thank you grabtharshammer 🙂)
Which is more secure. A mail slot that deposits letters directly into the house or an insecure mailbox at the side of the street that is accessible by anyone and can be used by a criminal as an indicator as to a house being empty while someone is on holiday/vacation or away on business.
Talking about us saying America is a fair point but then you should add most Americans also haven’t a clue about the difference between England, Great Britain, The United Kingdom
It’s very funny Jps saying about us calling them Americans when the title to this video is “American Reacts to” I don’t know where we would get it from 🤔🤦
Nonsense! I have been driving both manual, and automatic cars for over fifty years, and I've never been complacent no matter which type I'm driving, I've also driven vans, and large trucks, complacency is down to a stupid driver, not the vehicle.
Why in the USA do they put the month before the day? Surely it makes sense to go small to large... day/month/year. In the US Valentines Day is February 14th and Christmas day is December 25th. However when it comes to Independence Day it all changes... Americans usually talk about the 4th of July, not July 4th.... !!!
Americans got that from the British but the British switched to an extent during the 20th century. Either is acceptable in the UK except where only numbers are used when the American system is flat out crazy.
In French, to say "see you at 17h30" is as acceptable as saying 5.30 (pm). Wow, I remember this video, it must be about 6 years old now, and Alanna's Canadian accent has certainly mellowed since.
As a college student back in the day, I worked for the UCLA Police Department. Of course, we used the 24 hour clock and YES, we did say things like "Meet me at 20:45 for Code 7 (food break)" over the radio if we wanted to rendezvous with someone for dinner.
I now understand what you mean about US Walmart; I have been loving those videos on socials over the past year or so that are 'POV my first day working at Walmart', and then there is a rection montage of some of the absolutely insane things that have been caught on camara in Walmart - truly crazy stuff!
Another myth: I have 2 perfectly legal power outlets in my bathroom: they are for those appliances which, in practical terms, can only be used in the bathroom - electric toothbrushes and razors. You cannot plug electric heaters into these sockets and neither would you want to do so for safety reasons.
I don't add a kiss if it is business orientated. Or in the house they are doing a job for you. Just "Kind regards". Friends one or two kisses depending how well you know them, and if they are close. Family, more kisses.
Just some points 1. the military do say "at 15 hundred hours" but normal people would just say it as "3pm" 2. Most houses do have a tumble dryer for drying clothes, some have washer + dryer combo 3. We mostly bag our own stuff because there is a plastic bag charge, so most people bring their own and bag it themselves
We (Brits) invented postal services! We never had mail boxes for delivered mail. There are many advantages to a delivery to the door! Mail boxes would not be considered secure, nor convenient, and many blocks of flats would need rows and rows of them. The only advantage to the US mailbox is you can have lots of fat mailmen leaning out of their vehicles!
Yes, the US ones can also be used for sending letters so are not locked. I don't know how that works if you order a new phone or diamond necklace online. Does it just get left in an unlocked box?
in Orkney because of the wind, they don't have letterboxes, they don't have mailboxes either, they just leave the front door open for the postman to come in and leave your post, because it is safe.
I have to say that the 24 hour clock seems to make so many Americans hysterical about not understanding it. It's SIMPLE it just takes time to get used to it. I often say 14 hundred as many times as I may say 2 O'Clock . In fact 17 hundred or simply 17 hours.
The 24 hour clock is for clarity and precision. So in an office enviroment where you finish at five ir six you have context of the boss says "Meeting at foir". But if you're telling somebody the departure time of their train, plane etc then clarity is required and we verbally use the 24 hour clock.
In Australia we stand to the left on escalators. I got caught out in London by not standing on the right. I got the death penalty stares from so many people until someone explained it to me.
We didn't "Scrap" the mailbox idea. We never had it in the first place. Why would we want to have to walk to the street to get our mail, where anyone can get hold of it and tamper with it?
Agree. The reason why most UK drivers prefer to drive manual cars is exactly as you say Jps, because you have more control of the vehicle and also better performance.
For goodness sake: Our voltage is 230v, we don’t have sockets in our bathrooms to keep people alive. We have dryers. Many of us have utilities in our homes where we have our washers, our driers, our detergent, our vacuum cleaners, our laundry aids.
You are right, no one says "seventeen o'clock". In the military, if you were arranging a rendezvous, you would say "seventeen hundred hours". Using the 24 hour clock saves confusion about whether you mean morning or afternoon, which is why it is used for timetables, etc, but in ordinary speech you would just say five o'clock and add morning or afternoon if clarification is required.
@@lorrainemoynehan6791 You had a day clock and a separate night clock? Was the night clock black with white numbers? How did you tell people which clock you were referring to?
@ what are you blathering on about? I was making a joke about how, for a few years we never have responsibilities, or the dark cold hours of sleepless night
As far as i am aware there is a reason for having letter boxes on the doors and not mail box outside in uk i remember seeing something about this on you tube .
Brit here. 17 o'clock doesn't make sense, o'clock means of the clock and there is no 17 on the clock. However, If you use the 24 hour "clock" you would probably say 17 hundred hours for 5 p.m., or 17:30 for half past 5. The BBC radio world service will anounce that a program will start at "17" or 17 30.
o'clock is phrasing from a time when speech was more formal, and when people would say, for example, "come here at 6 of the clock", hence 6 o'clock as the shortened form. If it matters, ie. that the time needs to be totally clear, the 24 hour clock is the easiest way to that - so you don't rock up at 6pm, when the train left at 6am. It really isn't rocket science!
I'm not ex forces but was taught the 24 hour clock at an early age . I think most of us Brits aren't stupid enough when someone say "Meet you for lunch at 1 " to think they mean 1AM 😅
Joel’s remarks re-Wal-Mart are similar for ASDA here! But in general, supermarkets have been making life more and more inconvenient for the shopper. I don’t know why this is, other than pure money grabbing. People still need food, it’s not like the online world has somehow reduced our need to eat. But supermarket assistants seem to have become a rarity. In my local Morrisons even finding a human to scan shopping is not the norm. So I have to walk around the store, find what I want, scan it, bag it (into my own bags), get it home and unpack it, all with no assistance. Obs the latter two tasks are not the supermarket’s responsibility but traditionally the first three would be stages where there would be a lot of store assistance. Not so nowadays. Stores still seem to make bumper profits year on year, providing less customer service. I remember when a shop role would be a bag packer. Someone would scan it, someone else would pack it. So the opportunities for jobs are more limited as well. Nobody benefits from this much more soulless attitude.
Many Europeans go a step further than the UK. For instance, news broadcasts in France, Germany, Poland or Italy are called "The 13H / 20H news". Also people do use the 24 hour clock in everyday conversation. I'm a Brit but spent parts of my life living in other countries or in expat communities in the UK and it's fairly standard to agree to meet at 17 or 20 o'clock. Example from today, I am meeting friends later - one a Pole and one an American (though both have lived in the UK for a long time) and I have only just realised that in our group chat earlier to determine when we're meeting, the American referred to 5pm and the Pole to 17H.
You absolutely do hear 24 hour time announced & spoken fully and correctly at railway stations, also the telephone speaking clock and bbc World Service radio, JPS had a discounted railway pass, how did he miss these.
9:51 Can confirm the police are often called out for women screaming - and it turns out to be foxes. ...But I enjoy that a - people call the police (bystander effect) and b - no one is actually harmed.
We don't do offended, we just think people elsewhere can be daft. Our power is higher voltage than some places, you will most likely due if you touch it whilst wet. Kitchens are like that coz, we have no additional space, if you have a big house, you might have a utility room, scullery, or laundry room. She's not wrong about foxes, you do have to work out if it's a serious incident or foxes
Hi Joel, I've been following you for many years and that Canadian lady. You said "Could care less", don't you mean 'Couldn't care Less'? If you "Could care less", that means you must have more 'not caring' to give 🙂
To be fair, North Americans often refer to the UK as England.I once saw an American tv presenter saying to the Welsh actor Taron Egerton "I didn't know you were Welsh, I thought you were regular British".
We do have outlets in the bathroom, they are protected for safety reasons. You can use it for electric toothbrush/electric Razor. Just old houses were not built with them
I had a Saturday job, decades ago in a supermarket. I spent hours packing customers bags. The only time i see it now is when a local charity offers the service for donations
A meeting at 16:00 being called 4 o'clock in daily speech is not as illogical as it might seem. Thinking that the meeting is at 4 in the morning would be illogical.
There *are* power outlets (electric sockets) in bathrooms in the UK. These are 2-pin and only suitable for electric razors and toothbrushes. These are normally called "shaver sockets". I have two in mine. There is surely no other appliance you would need to use in a bathroom: you can dry your hair in your bedroom or elsewhere.
Thing is with 24hr clock there’s no mistake regarding am or pm. There are power outlets in most bathrooms - for shavers, and usually over the sink. And yes, they’re safety outlets. Most people have tumble dryers. Automatics are BORING. if you pass your test in a manual you pass also for automatic. If you pass in automatic and you want to drive a manual you have to by law, take the relevant test. She’s correct about the noises two foxes make. JP how would the USA like to be known as Canada? Thought so😊 xxx
Whenever I always ask people with an American accent, “So you’re from North America?” just so I don’t inadvertently offend a Canadian. Canadians seem to hate being labelled as “American”, but are ok with “North American”, so then they can say they’re from Ontario or BC or something.
@ If I ask someone with an American accent, “Where in America are you from?”, if that person is actually from Canada, they get a bit miffed, because they assume I mean USA when I say America - it excludes them. It’s like a Welsh person being asked “where in England are you from”? In that case it’s best to ask “where in Britain are you from?”, so if the person is Welsh or Scottish, they won’t feel excluded, and an English person won’t object to being perceived as British. In the same way, you can use “North America” as the equivalent to “Britain”, so you catch the Canadians as well. No USA citizen will object to “North America” - they’ll answer Vermont or Maine or Minnesota, etc. All this was explained to me by a Canadian when I confessed that I could not distinguish a Canadian from a Northern USA accent.
The 'unspoken' rules of society are part of being 'civial' as in civilisation. Some say now that the United States went from juvenile to despotic while missing out the ciival bit in the middle.
Shaver sockets are allowed in UK bathrooms and I think sockets are allowed if they can be 3m or so away from sinks and baths, although I manage quite ok without sockets. It is to stop people from electrocuting themselves either by accident or on purpose!
When our flat (as with the rest of our estate) was upgraded, nes windows new kitchen, loo / bathroom converted to loo and electric shower (with electric floor drain pump, safety barriers and fold-down chair and handrails - due to my disabilities) our shower room had no shaver socket installed, (whether just not being part of the remit, or because only two females- my daughted/carer and I, a pensioner were moved in to this ground floor flat from our previous fourth floor one across the road, I've no idea), but minus electric toothbrushes anyway, it's no miss!!
The distance is now 2.5m (Reg change in 2020), but you will find a lot of sparky's wont fit sockets in a bathroom because there are insurance issues. Specially designed shaver sockets are allowed and have an internal 240-110v isolation transformer, but aren't popular these days.
@@spodulaSgaver sockets aren't popular? They are in my house: I have two in my bathroom. A bathroom mirror will often have one built in. I cannot remember the last time I was in a hotel room in the UK where there was no shaver socket. Where did you get the idea they are not popular?
I'm dual British/Canadian. Born in Vancouver but raised in the UK, I have family in both countries. Joining the US is a big no. There are no benefits but lots of downsides.
Driers? Most houses to my knowledge have a drier in the UK. We have one but still hang washing on the outside line to get that fresher more environmentally friendly result when the weather permits
There are power outlets in the bathroom, sometimes, but they are two-pin, double insulated (i.e, they have a built in isolating transformer to minimise the risk of electric shock), and have a very low-rating fuse - so only suited to things like electric shavers and toothbrushes, not hairdryers.
64% have driers and my house has its own laundry room and it’s twenty years old. All new house have laundry room. We’ve been driving electric cars for fifteen years at least. This is a very old video.
All new houses in the UK definitely do not have a laundry room, that only applies to larger, more expensive properties. An average house or flat has no utility room.
In the military the time is spoken in hundreds of hours. So 5am is 5 hundred hours, 5pm is 17 hundred hours, 5.30pm is 1730 (seventeen thirty) hours, etc. America, American, all comes from Americans, that's what they call themselves and their country. And funnily enough it's the only country on the American continents that named itself after it's continent.
You get lots of North Americans complaining about electrical safety in other countries, but no one ever realises that 240 volts can kill you compared to 110 or 120 volts, so of course other countries have a lot more safety features like switches on their appliances. It’s terrifying to plug in a waffle iron and realise it’s already got power without any consideration for safety! I bought a mini waffle iron and I spent ten minutes trying to find the switch before I realised there wasn’t one! I have used it a few times but it’s definitely not safe!
We sometimes times have charity baggers at the supermarket, i would pay them to not bag my shop, i don't need the bread at the bottom of the bag with heavy tins on top of it, or bleach in the same bag as food.
The UK did not "scrap" the idea of mail boxes. We invented the Post, our rules, we win
After all the Royal Mail was created by Henry VIII.
Bit of a weird response, too much UK Elitism on videos like these.
Thurn&Taxis was older than Royal Mail in europe. Or do you Just mean the U.K. Post?
@BadEnglishSpeakingGermanuk here, that’s really interesting. I’ll read up on that. Thx
@@traderjo9552 Sadly realizing the obvious. Let's get on together.....no place for differences to be defensive but to enjoy
In the UK, shaver sockets that serve to power shavers and toobrushes are allowed in bathrooms but must adhere to specific regulations. They are designed with safety features like isolation transformers to prevent shocks and must be installed remotely from the bath or shower.
After seven years I hope Naps has found a home with a bathroom shaver outlet for her toothbrush.
Mathematics is a plural word, therefore the short version should be maths not math. Math would be the short version of mathematic.
Queueing etc. - It's not being "obedient", it's being orderly. It's choosing civilisation over anarchic chaos. To me, queueing is a literal, bona fide example of civilising a group of uncultured individualists. I get the feeling that the USA probably views such illustrations of social co-operation as dangerously close to "socialism".
Also, when there was rationing during the last war, queuing for food was a necessary and orderly behaviour.
Didn't Americans queue then during the depression, for jobs, food, wages, etc?
It isn't a uniquely British thing. It is just that it has remained in our social DNA possibly longer than other countries, maybe?
I guess it depends on why and what you are queuing for. Seeing some of the 'sales' scrambles sometimes, does provide an insight into the opposite of socially acceptable behaviour!
Love America from United kingdom not just England
Queueing is also about good manners and fairness, which after visiting several different states in the US, Americans are lacking .
I hate that queuing is in decline. Bus stops now are just a free for all when the bus pulls up.
Maths is the word there is no such word as math in the English language.
Quite right; it's mathematicS
Americans insist that math is plural. Maybe one day that argument will be settled. We’re English it’s our language. IT’S MATHS. WE WIN LOL
Correct.
@@ColinWilkinson-gs7tryes and it's harbour with a U in it and colour with a U too.
It's called maths in American English. Languages are subject to constant change. Always have been. Even within the UK, or England, or London, there's constant change. "Correct" means the consensus within an area at a certain point in time and it's not a constant. English as we know it today is a mishmash of other languages, more so than most other languages in Europe.
In the US, I'd imagine if the Mail delivery was through the letterbox on the front door, the Mailman would be cut down in a burst of gunfire.
No they wouldn't.
Stop talking stupidity.
@@charliecosta3971
Humour bypass ?!! 🤔
😂😂😂 whilst shouting "FREEDOM"
In the UK the Postmen and Women are told to push the letters right through the letterbox slot - so that some reprobate doesn't help themselves to your mail.
The problem is, that very many Postmen get their fingers bitten every day by dogs that wait just inside the door.
The Royal Mail wants people to install a small mail cage inside the door to stop this from happening.
I guess if you are a dog that is alone for most of the day, biting the Postman is a form of entertainment.
Because he is a stranger approaching the front door .Therefore, a trespasser.
UK is 240 volts, the U.S. is 110 volts so a shock in the UK that would be lethal whereas in the US it would a little tickle!!😂🇬🇧
"Would be lethal".... is incorrect, actually most people shocked with 240v do survive. I know people who've had a 400v shock before and survived. It all depends on how conductive your body is at that point, where you get shocked, the amperage, the length of time of the shock, etc, a brief 240v shock in a single hand might hurt like hell but won't kill you.
However if you stand on a wet metal floor, completely soaking wet, holding a metal towel rail and some loose live electrical wiring happens to fall into the soaking wet puddle on the metal floor - good chance of death.
Under the EU harmonization some years back the voltage was supposedly equalized, and changed to 230v, there's a small blue box in the cupboard in my house next to the consumer unit that has a warning shock symbol on it and says "Danger 230 volts", but in reality the voltage is still 240v and i've known some people to have voltage in excess of 250v.
@@thefiestaguy8831I suppose there is always an exception to every rue!🙄
@ It's like saying "Getting run over is lethal"... well it depends doesn't it?
If you get hit by a car at 5mph.... you might at worst fall over and end up with a graze....
But If you get hit by a car at 100mph or more the chances of fatality are incredibly high, and death is pretty much almost certain - the force of the initial impact alone would be enough to cut short your life, and any secondary injury from slamming into the ground with extreme force would probably make sure of it.
@@thefiestaguy8831Just because we’d likely survive doesn’t mean it’s something we want to experience.
@@ffotograffydd Of course not, never said it was. If you read my comment i'm simply stating that it's not necessarily lethal.
agree with her about the power outlets in the bathroom... ever since I moved back to the UK I need to keep my toaster in the kitchen
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Why would you want a toaster in the bathroom??🤔🤔🇬🇧
@@alanshepherd4304 Depends if you have seen BattleStar Galactica.
@@junior602002No, i haven't....not really my cup of tea!!😂🇬🇧
@@alanshepherd4304 can't make one of those either in our bathrooms
We do have electrical outlets in the bathrooms but only for shavers and toothbrushes
the shaver sockets in bathrooms have an isolation transformer so you are much less likely to get a shock if you come into contact with a live wire. They are also limited to provide a low current, enough for a shaver or toothbrush but not much more.
@zebo-the-fat exactly x
The electrical regulations DO allow switches and sockets in a bathroom. However, there are regulations dictating how far away from the "wet zones" (zone 1) they are to be. This is 2.5 metres (it used to be 3 metres...) from the edge of a bath or shower, and since our bathrooms tend to be small, the sockets often cannot be placed far enough away! Most installers just play safe and install nothing but shaver sockets....
@@peterfhere9461- and many British bathrooms just aren't 2.5m (let alone 3m) across - mine isn't - so it's strictly isolation protected shaver sockets only.
From the UK here. It's amusing that you find it weird that we often refer to the United States simply as 'America', but yet you all talk about your nationality simply as American. No one ever says that they're 'United States of American'. We Brits are at least consistent 😉
Indeed, we call people from the USA ‘American’ and the USA ‘America’ because that’s how they refer to themselves. We know America is actually a continent.
Alana is Canadian. And if you ask an America where they are from, they are probably going to name their state
UKadian?
@@beccawoodhouse USlessians?
@@margaretnicol3423 That’s really not a thing.
Utility room for the washing machine & dryer. Mind you, not a lot of people have that luxury, so in the kitchen it is.
When we do use the 24hr clock verbally, no one says 17 oclock, we say 17 hundred, or 16 fifteen (a quarter past four), mostly people instantly transpose 13-24 hundred into 1-12 oclock pm, or "this afternoon"
It stops any confusion if someone says can we meet at 7? You then wonder if it’s 7am or 7pm whereas if it’s 1900 there’s no mix up. Ok America how difficult is it to subtract 12 from 19? 😁
I do say 14 o’clock, but that’s just some thing I do with my husband 😂
Realistically nobody says 17 hundred hours outside of the military.
I don’t say 17 hundred or 17 o clock… but I would be much more likely to say 17 o’clock than 17 hundred.
@@mrmessy7334 Then my kids, grandsons, my work colleagues, and I must all be nobodies. 😅
17:26 It's "couldn't care less". David Mitchell explains it in his Soapbox episode "Dear America" ruclips.net/video/om7O0MFkmpw/video.html
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The escalator manners for me who is Irish is the same and if anyone doesn’t do it grinds my gears so much
@@dib000it’s an unwritten rule even though in many places it still also says it on the escalator to stand on the right
There’s braille on everything even when you get to a crossing there’s a secret braille button on the bottom of the crosswalk post that vibrates when you’re safe to cross
The crossings make an audio noise while you cross, a braille button isn’t any use when your crossing and the lights change.
@ it is useful as the only sighted person in my family sometimes roads can be loud at the best of times and that’s not factoring other sounds if you feel under the button box there’s another cup shaped button beneath the cross box that turns as the light turns green most uk people don’t even know this though
Standing on the left on an escalator on the Tube is punishable by tutting. LOL
And let's be honest it is a London Underground thing... one of many important things about the Culture of the Tube. The trains are full of people that really don't want to be there, hurtling across the city desperately wishing their journey was over and they were safely where they need to be. Talk about grumpy, sullen faces all conspiring never to make eye contact in the dirty, smelly pen they willingly allow themselves to be crushed into. I paint it dark because rush hour is where most of the journeys happen... the truth is at quieter times a visitor can actually really enjoy the wonder that the regulars take for granted.
Which is a fate worse than death!
Hi. I'm in the UK and regularly do a big monthly shop, and the cashiers *always* ask me if I need any help packing, (which I generally do). Usually, they'll start the packing for me while I carry on emptying the trolley.
It does sound like somebody is breaking into your house but the first thought is "That's the post".
And it's great with our typically oft rainy weather, to not have to change out of your slippers to collect the post.. lol
It's very useful to hear that noise and know that the post has arrived. It is no different from or more intrusive than a knock on your door or someone ringing the doorbell.
If you have a postbox, you have no idea (a) whether the regular postal delivery in your area has yet occurred (it might be delayed) and (b) whether anything has been delivered to your house on that day. If there is an urgent message delivered to your house, you are less likely to miss it if it is sitting on the mat inside your front door.
Post arriving, a very reassuring sound, Naps is a nervous Nellie.
Traditionally, automatic cars were usually driven by the old or disabled.
Tbh they're probably a bit technical for the American brain to master😂
She didn't mention the Tea Siren at 16.00 Daily!
On the "politeness" thing, I think the key difference is that "Americans" basically see their freedoms as the most important thing in life. And this includes the freedom to be a pain in the ass...
The British mail been delivered through the letter box is better than the us mail box delivery
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Plenty of dryers here! I’ve had a dryer for over 50 years! Although I’m not a fan of the combined washer/dryer - it can only be used as one function at a time. They’re more efficient separated if you have the space.
There's a major difference; in the US mail is collected as well as delivered.
@@AndrewBush-d2j letter boxes are much better
also, we don't think someone is trying to break in, because we have lifelong experience of what mail being pushed through a letterbox sounds like. And it will be at roughly the same time every day.
I’m a cockney living in England and I can vouch when I was growing up in Bethnal Green when I visited Tesco with my family there was a lovely lady waiting patiently at the end of the checkout counter with plastic bags already opened to help pack our shopping and it was quite common back then in the late 70s, early 80s but sadly is a thing of the past. Also, like Canada shares a lot of things with the United States, mainly due to its proximity to the US, Canada also shares a lot of things with Britain, such as a Parliamentary democracy, a monarch, shared values and heritage which is still strong today despite the vast distance between Canada and Britain and many more besides. That being said, I wish all Americans were more like you Joel because not just Canada but Britain as well are more alike then we think.
I work I a shop. I will bag stuff if a customer is unable to, but I would not offer to bag for someone who seemed capable because they would be insulted.
It's UK law that retail workers have to be given a chair to sit on. This dates back to Victorian times when counter staff had to work incredibly long hours while standing. This was considered cruel, so the law was introduced.
American, oh, I'm sorry, United States of American, employment laws are truly atrocious. I don't know how they get away with it. Well, I do; the mighty dollar. God and money is all that really matters in the USofA.
Thats incorrect. Usually its just the supermarkets. I worked 10 years in a shop and only time anyone had a chair was if they had reasonable accommodations (for example, one of the ladies was waiting on a knee replacement so got given a chair). Everybody else stood at the till for 8-10 hour shifts.
Why can't you use an ordinary toothbrush?
@@jmillar71110 Which, I assure you, was illegal. The shop has a legal duty to provide chairs for its counter staff.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seats_for_Shop_Assistants_Act_1899
In the North of England we tend to call everyone love or as it’s said luv even strangers. It’s an innocent term of affection!
We use local pet names all over the UK, chicken further north, duck in the middle, mate lower down, pet in the NE... and a hundred more. In Bristol My Lover or My Babber is quite acceptable.
Have you ever seen the video of the raven saying "You alright luv" on RUclips 😅.
We say ‘my love’ ‘my dear’ and ‘my lovely’ in the South.
Also ‘mate’ for men and ‘sweetheart’ for women.
As others have said our voltage is twice that of America, power outlets in the bathroom could be very serious, we do have shaver sockets.
Most bathrooms have a shaver socket, which you can also use for charging an electric toothbrush.
We Brits use the 24 hour clock because there are 24 hours in a day and we can count past 12.
If the correct way of saying the short form of "Mathematics" is "Math" then I look forward to the USA studying "Economic" "Physic" and "Civic".
Most of us here drive "Standard" cars because we like actually being fully in control of them.
We call the USA "'Murica". Then roll our eyeballs upwards. Especially now since 5th November 2024.
Britain invented the modern postal system in 1840. It was the first in the world which is why we don't need to put our country's name on our stamps.
We did not "scrap" mailboxes, we never had them in the first place. Our invention, our rules. (Thank you grabtharshammer 🙂)
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Well said!
Thing is you don't have to count when you're used to the system
The 24 clock was introduced to civilian life for clarity & precision, to eliminate any ambiguity of A.M & P.M
Which is more secure. A mail slot that deposits letters directly into the house or an insecure mailbox at the side of the street that is accessible by anyone and can be used by a criminal as an indicator as to a house being empty while someone is on holiday/vacation or away on business.
Talking about us saying America is a fair point but then you should add most Americans also haven’t a clue about the difference between England, Great Britain, The United Kingdom
It’s very funny Jps saying about us calling them Americans when the title to this video is “American Reacts to” I don’t know where we would get it from 🤔🤦
Plus we say America and Americans because that’s what people from the USA say! 😂
This kid is thicker than mince!
If its not Scottish, its craaaap.
I've heard tons of Americans go to London and call it Europe as if its the city name.
Tut, tut, Joel, did I just hear you say at 17:26 "people could care less?" 😗😗
driving automatic leads to complacence which can lead to an accident! using a gear shift concentrates your driving keeps you focused!
Nonsense! I have been driving both manual, and automatic cars for over fifty years, and I've never been complacent no matter which type I'm driving, I've also driven vans, and large trucks, complacency is down to a stupid driver, not the vehicle.
Cashiers will often ask if I need help with my shopping. Doesn’t matter if I buy their bags or if I brought my own.
Why in the USA do they put the month before the day? Surely it makes sense to go small to large... day/month/year.
In the US Valentines Day is February 14th and Christmas day is December 25th. However when it comes to Independence Day it all changes... Americans usually talk about the 4th of July, not July 4th.... !!!
Americans got that from the British but the British switched to an extent during the 20th century. Either is acceptable in the UK except where only numbers are used when the American system is flat out crazy.
People do say 'meet at 1800' meaning 6pm, not everyone of course but it certainly is a thing.
In French, to say "see you at 17h30" is as acceptable as saying 5.30 (pm).
Wow, I remember this video, it must be about 6 years old now, and Alanna's Canadian accent has certainly mellowed since.
As a college student back in the day, I worked for the UCLA Police Department. Of course, we used the 24 hour clock and YES, we did say things like "Meet me at 20:45 for Code 7 (food break)" over the radio if we wanted to rendezvous with someone for dinner.
I now understand what you mean about US Walmart; I have been loving those videos on socials over the past year or so that are 'POV my first day working at Walmart', and then there is a rection montage of some of the absolutely insane things that have been caught on camara in Walmart - truly crazy stuff!
You have outlets in the bathroom because you have half the voltage we have. We do often have dryers. Mine is in the garage.
Not necessarily, most other European countries have power outlets in the bathroom
Another myth: I have 2 perfectly legal power outlets in my bathroom: they are for those appliances which, in practical terms, can only be used in the bathroom - electric toothbrushes and razors.
You cannot plug electric heaters into these sockets and neither would you want to do so for safety reasons.
@heleneood8482: majority of countries around the world use the same 230-240v and have no problem with sockets in bathrooms.
We Brits love you Joel, you like about everything she mentioned. You're welcome to live in the UK anytime ❤️
He would need to jump through many hoops, just like RUclipsr Evan Edinger.
One X at the end of a message means "warm regards". It means they like you. Multiple X's are reserved for close family and lovers.
I don't add a kiss if it is business orientated. Or in the house they are doing a job for you. Just "Kind regards".
Friends one or two kisses depending how well you know them, and if they are close. Family, more kisses.
I would never put a x for anybody but close informal messages.
Just some points
1. the military do say "at 15 hundred hours" but normal people would just say it as "3pm"
2. Most houses do have a tumble dryer for drying clothes, some have washer + dryer combo
3. We mostly bag our own stuff because there is a plastic bag charge, so most people bring their own and bag it themselves
Royal Navy just say 15 hundred, the hrs isn't necessary
@@dinger40 1500 Zulu, or other time zone if necessary.
@@wessexdruid7598 15:00 Greenwich Mean Time
We (Brits) invented postal services! We never had mail boxes for delivered mail. There are many advantages to a delivery to the door! Mail boxes would not be considered secure, nor convenient, and many blocks of flats would need rows and rows of them. The only advantage to the US mailbox is you can have lots of fat mailmen leaning out of their vehicles!
Yes, the US ones can also be used for sending letters so are not locked. I don't know how that works if you order a new phone or diamond necklace online. Does it just get left in an unlocked box?
I got a, box in my porch, didn't want a hole cut on my door 😂
I live in England and never drive a car. I am 64. My sister does not drive either.
in Orkney because of the wind, they don't have letterboxes, they don't have mailboxes either, they just leave the front door open for the postman to come in and leave your post, because it is safe.
@andreharris7211 that seems dangerous to me.
I have to say that the 24 hour clock seems to make so many Americans hysterical about not understanding it. It's SIMPLE it just takes time to get used to it. I often say 14 hundred as many times as I may say 2 O'Clock . In fact 17 hundred or simply 17 hours.
The 24 hour clock is for clarity and precision. So in an office enviroment where you finish at five ir six you have context of the boss says "Meeting at foir".
But if you're telling somebody the departure time of their train, plane etc then clarity is required and we verbally use the 24 hour clock.
In Australia we stand to the left on escalators. I got caught out in London by not standing on the right. I got the death penalty stares from so many people until someone explained it to me.
We didn't "Scrap" the mailbox idea. We never had it in the first place. Why would we want to have to walk to the street to get our mail, where anyone can get hold of it and tamper with it?
Forces would say " meet at 1700 hours"
I think you mean "meet at 1700 Zulu*
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Nope... "1700 hours" sounds just right!
I charge my toothbrush in my bedroom next to bathroom.And lots of people have dryers.
Agree. The reason why most UK drivers prefer to drive manual cars is exactly as you say Jps, because you have more control of the vehicle and also better performance.
For goodness sake:
Our voltage is 230v, we don’t have sockets in our bathrooms to keep people alive.
We have dryers. Many of us have utilities in our homes where we have our washers, our driers, our detergent, our vacuum cleaners, our laundry aids.
If I am making an appointment I would say 1.15pm and to make sure the person I am talking to gets it right I would say "That is 1315, OK"
JP when did you first get interested in the UK. You seem to love it so much too.
Worth watching just for the "rant" at 15:50 - so enjoyable!
You are right, no one says "seventeen o'clock". In the military, if you were arranging a rendezvous, you would say "seventeen hundred hours". Using the 24 hour clock saves confusion about whether you mean morning or afternoon, which is why it is used for timetables, etc, but in ordinary speech you would just say five o'clock and add morning or afternoon if clarification is required.
3:05 That's how Europeans mark and speak about time, too. There's nothing weird about it.
It's not just the 24 hour clock Americans don't understand.
I remember one clip where one thought half 4, meant 2 o'clock 😂
Funny seeing Alanna from years ago. She still does 'let's go!' which I do along with her. 🤣
If you say 5 o-clock, which 5 o-clock? am/pm? However 17:00 is self explanatory.
oh c'mon, I went through years never knowing there were two five o'clocks unless I had been partying hard
@@lorrainemoynehan6791 You had a day clock and a separate night clock? Was the night clock black with white numbers? How did you tell people which clock you were referring to?
@ what are you blathering on about? I was making a joke about how, for a few years we never have responsibilities, or the dark cold hours of sleepless night
As far as i am aware there is a reason for having letter boxes on the doors and not mail box outside in uk i remember seeing something about this on you tube .
Brit here. 17 o'clock doesn't make sense, o'clock means of the clock and there is no 17 on the clock. However, If you use the 24 hour "clock" you would probably say 17 hundred hours for 5 p.m., or 17:30 for half past 5. The BBC radio world service will anounce that a program will start at "17" or 17 30.
o'clock is phrasing from a time when speech was more formal, and when people would say, for example, "come here at 6 of the clock", hence 6 o'clock as the shortened form. If it matters, ie. that the time needs to be totally clear, the 24 hour clock is the easiest way to that - so you don't rock up at 6pm, when the train left at 6am. It really isn't rocket science!
You two should definitely hook up and do a collab, either virtually or in person next time you're in the UK.
I’m ex UK military, therefore I use 24 hour clock all the time, though I revert to am/pm with friends and family
I'm not ex forces but was taught the 24 hour clock at an early age . I think most of us Brits aren't stupid enough when someone say "Meet you for lunch at 1 " to think they mean 1AM 😅
Joel’s remarks re-Wal-Mart are similar for ASDA here! But in general, supermarkets have been making life more and more inconvenient for the shopper. I don’t know why this is, other than pure money grabbing. People still need food, it’s not like the online world has somehow reduced our need to eat. But supermarket assistants seem to have become a rarity. In my local Morrisons even finding a human to scan shopping is not the norm. So I have to walk around the store, find what I want, scan it, bag it (into my own bags), get it home and unpack it, all with no assistance. Obs the latter two tasks are not the supermarket’s responsibility but traditionally the first three would be stages where there would be a lot of store assistance. Not so nowadays. Stores still seem to make bumper profits year on year, providing less customer service. I remember when a shop role would be a bag packer. Someone would scan it, someone else would pack it. So the opportunities for jobs are more limited as well. Nobody benefits from this much more soulless attitude.
Many Europeans go a step further than the UK. For instance, news broadcasts in France, Germany, Poland or Italy are called "The 13H / 20H news". Also people do use the 24 hour clock in everyday conversation. I'm a Brit but spent parts of my life living in other countries or in expat communities in the UK and it's fairly standard to agree to meet at 17 or 20 o'clock. Example from today, I am meeting friends later - one a Pole and one an American (though both have lived in the UK for a long time) and I have only just realised that in our group chat earlier to determine when we're meeting, the American referred to 5pm and the Pole to 17H.
You absolutely do hear 24 hour time announced & spoken fully and correctly at railway stations, also the telephone speaking clock and bbc World Service radio, JPS had a discounted railway pass, how did he miss these.
The letterboxes make sense because it means the mail is on your mat in the morning and there is no need to go out in the rain to get it
9:51 Can confirm the police are often called out for women screaming - and it turns out to be foxes.
...But I enjoy that a - people call the police (bystander effect) and b - no one is actually harmed.
We don't do offended, we just think people elsewhere can be daft. Our power is higher voltage than some places, you will most likely due if you touch it whilst wet. Kitchens are like that coz, we have no additional space, if you have a big house, you might have a utility room, scullery, or laundry room. She's not wrong about foxes, you do have to work out if it's a serious incident or foxes
Hi Joel, I've been following you for many years and that Canadian lady. You said "Could care less", don't you mean 'Couldn't care Less'? If you "Could care less", that means you must have more 'not caring' to give 🙂
This started so well I'm not going to watch it all - for my blood pressure's sake!
To be fair, North Americans often refer to the UK as England.I once saw an American tv presenter saying to the Welsh actor Taron Egerton "I didn't know you were Welsh, I thought you were regular British".
We do have outlets in the bathroom, they are protected for safety reasons. You can use it for electric toothbrush/electric Razor. Just old houses were not built with them
I had a Saturday job, decades ago in a supermarket. I spent hours packing customers bags. The only time i see it now is when a local charity offers the service for donations
I love how Joel says "Toob" 😂😂
A meeting at 16:00 being called 4 o'clock in daily speech is not as illogical as it might seem. Thinking that the meeting is at 4 in the morning would be illogical.
Also we also have boxes at end of your drive if you have big houses.
I am a Brit, in my 60's & have never driven an automatic car- i have driven pre war cars that you have to double declutch , but never an auto.
The " I said we were gonna win" at the end tho...call me entertained!!!
There *are* power outlets (electric sockets) in bathrooms in the UK. These are 2-pin and only suitable for electric razors and toothbrushes. These are normally called "shaver sockets". I have two in mine. There is surely no other appliance you would need to use in a bathroom: you can dry your hair in your bedroom or elsewhere.
Thing is with 24hr clock there’s no mistake regarding am or pm. There are power outlets in most bathrooms - for shavers, and usually over the sink. And yes, they’re safety outlets. Most people have tumble dryers. Automatics are BORING. if you pass your test in a manual you pass also for automatic. If you pass in automatic and you want to drive a manual you have to by law, take the relevant test. She’s correct about the noises two foxes make. JP how would the USA like to be known as Canada? Thought so😊 xxx
Whenever I always ask people with an American accent, “So you’re from North America?” just so I don’t inadvertently offend a Canadian. Canadians seem to hate being labelled as “American”, but are ok with “North American”, so then they can say they’re from Ontario or BC or something.
But a Canadian is from America and the distinction they make of North America, so both US and Canadian citizens are going to answer the same?
@@daveofyorkshire301yes, so if I use “North American”, I’m covered either way.
@@Mr4dspecs So where's the implied insult you mentioned?
@ If I ask someone with an American accent, “Where in America are you from?”, if that person is actually from Canada, they get a bit miffed, because they assume I mean USA when I say America - it excludes them. It’s like a Welsh person being asked “where in England are you from”? In that case it’s best to ask “where in Britain are you from?”, so if the person is Welsh or Scottish, they won’t feel excluded, and an English person won’t object to being perceived as British. In the same way, you can use “North America” as the equivalent to “Britain”, so you catch the Canadians as well. No USA citizen will object to “North America” - they’ll answer Vermont or Maine or Minnesota, etc. All this was explained to me by a Canadian when I confessed that I could not distinguish a Canadian from a Northern USA accent.
The 'unspoken' rules of society are part of being 'civial' as in civilisation.
Some say now that the United States went from juvenile to despotic while missing out the ciival bit in the middle.
Has she just come from the pub? She sounds pissed😂
Shaver sockets are allowed in UK bathrooms and I think sockets are allowed if they can be 3m or so away from sinks and baths, although I manage quite ok without sockets. It is to stop people from electrocuting themselves either by accident or on purpose!
Electric outlets in the steam room💀
This is correct. There are certain zones for bathrooms which define what is allowed and fixtures/fittings also have to comply with certain IP ratings.
When our flat (as with the rest of our estate) was upgraded, nes windows new kitchen, loo / bathroom converted to loo and electric shower (with electric floor drain pump, safety barriers and fold-down chair and handrails - due to my disabilities) our shower room had no shaver socket installed, (whether just not being part of the remit, or because only two females- my daughted/carer and I, a pensioner were moved in to this ground floor flat from our previous fourth floor one across the road, I've no idea), but minus electric toothbrushes anyway, it's no miss!!
The distance is now 2.5m (Reg change in 2020), but you will find a lot of sparky's wont fit sockets in a bathroom because there are insurance issues. Specially designed shaver sockets are allowed and have an internal 240-110v isolation transformer, but aren't popular these days.
@@spodulaSgaver sockets aren't popular? They are in my house: I have two in my bathroom. A bathroom mirror will often have one built in. I cannot remember the last time I was in a hotel room in the UK where there was no shaver socket. Where did you get the idea they are not popular?
The frist stamp in Britain was the penny black.
I'm dual British/Canadian. Born in Vancouver but raised in the UK, I have family in both countries. Joining the US is a big no. There are no benefits but lots of downsides.
Wow that was some bottled up escalator rage…😂
My son has a metal mail box outside. There's quite a few in my road.
In Europe we have 230V electricity. If we have outlets in bathrooms they are 110V like in the US.
We do have shaver sockets and they could be used for a toothbrush charger (if you are too lazy to use a normal toothbrush).
Mine aren't. My shaver socket has 2 outlets: one is 230V and the other (which is bever used) is 110V, presumably in case I have visitors from the US.
👋 from Scotland xx 😂
Our local McDonald's removed the ketchup/barbeque sauce dispenser during Covid.
It was never reinstated afterwards.
All the sauces are now prepacked.
Driers? Most houses to my knowledge have a drier in the UK. We have one but still hang washing on the outside line to get that fresher more environmentally friendly result when the weather permits
There are power outlets in the bathroom, sometimes, but they are two-pin, double insulated (i.e, they have a built in isolating transformer to minimise the risk of electric shock), and have a very low-rating fuse - so only suited to things like electric shavers and toothbrushes, not hairdryers.
64% have driers and my house has its own laundry room and it’s twenty years old. All new house have laundry room. We’ve been driving electric cars for fifteen years at least. This is a very old video.
All new houses in the UK definitely do not have a laundry room, that only applies to larger, more expensive properties. An average house or flat has no utility room.
In the military the time is spoken in hundreds of hours. So 5am is 5 hundred hours, 5pm is 17 hundred hours, 5.30pm is 1730 (seventeen thirty) hours, etc.
America, American, all comes from Americans, that's what they call themselves and their country. And funnily enough it's the only country on the American continents that named itself after it's continent.
You get lots of North Americans complaining about electrical safety in other countries, but no one ever realises that 240 volts can kill you compared to 110 or 120 volts, so of course other countries have a lot more safety features like switches on their appliances. It’s terrifying to plug in a waffle iron and realise it’s already got power without any consideration for safety! I bought a mini waffle iron and I spent ten minutes trying to find the switch before I realised there wasn’t one! I have used it a few times but it’s definitely not safe!
We sometimes times have charity baggers at the supermarket, i would pay them to not bag my shop, i don't need the bread at the bottom of the bag with heavy tins on top of it, or bleach in the same bag as food.