I reckon she was using public WiFi that's probably why her Internet is so slow. And I've never ever heard of anyone sharing a taxi unless it's a group of friends. I'm from Dublin.
YEP. America definitely has a food industry that is becoming more and more like a factory. Sad. I bet a lot of people would think differently about what they eat if they saw the process of creating it. Me? I like burgers too much, LOL. We do buy "Organic Grass Fed" beef though. Thank you for your comment and checking out my channel!
With regards to power in bathrooms there's usually a "shaver socket" (2 pin) that can be used by electric razors and electric toothbrushes, it has restrictions on how many Watts/Amps it can put out compare to normal socket, so safer to use in bathroom. (usually found up around the light above sink etc.)
Bathrooms usually have a 2-pin electric shaver socket on a strip light over the basin. These have a 110v output and will charge electric toothbrushes fine.
The electric toothbrushes are rechargeable normally in ireland so you can bring in your toothbrush to the bathroom if its on full charge. Being late for work will get you sacked ,the leeway is only for social situations however if you are under 10 minutes late most employers would be ok if its not very often. Beans i have no idea.Tinned food was a huge thing in w1 in the trenches so you are probably right, most of the beans are imported from North america not really grown in ireland or britain .
Just one slight correction on the voltage. We use 220v not 240v UK is 240v But all appliances are rated 220v-240v Another item to note is our frequency is 50 Hertz unlike the USA which is 60 Hertz
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American actually I stand corrected What I typed was how it was in my youth... like you it is a while since I saw my teens lol But (and I just got this from google :) ) Europe have now made a standard of the 220V-230V-240V systems to 230V. So you vid made me learn something new
The food in Ireland is amazing. I grew up in London but my mum is from Ireland so I spent my summer holidays there as a kid. When I go back now my brother always asks me to send him a picture of the food and Guinness of course.
Awesome! My wife is much more "food adventurous" than me, but it seems close enough to American for me to be more excited than cautious. LOL. What is the best dish served? Thank you for checking out my channel and commenting!
The famine occured despite IRELAND being a net exporter of dairy and cereal foods at the time-and forced to do that by The English who ran the country at the time!
The national colour of Ireland is blue, not green! Ireland is a fertile island, so lots of good fresh vegetables, the grass is very green so the food animals get good pasture all year round & makes the butter & milk rich and creamy! It also has, because it is an island has great seafood! Hamburgers etc are an American food, yes all countries have them, but they are not a staple in Ireland! I have never seen a hotel bathroom without power !!!!!!!
Food. As a tourist, hit tye pub for lunch or dinner. Irish pub food has really improved in the last 20 /30 years. English pub grub is good too but the Irish have a better sense of "you're not a tourist, you're a friend"
I LOVE IT! Nothing worse than feeling like an outsider invading a country. We have spent a lot of time in the Caribbean and have felt everything from welcomed to hated just walking down the street.
Can't speak for England, but Ireland's food is delicious. It has much fresher ingredients, lots of homemade items and they are tasty and definitely taste fresh.
The Internet speed one is bit funny, I live in Dublin, just ran a speedtest and got 870Mb/s down vs. 50Mb/s up (ethernet to cable modem) on my home WiFi I got 560Mbs down vs. 49Mb/s up -- that's with 2021 Macbook, on 4G/5G I got 26.9Mb/s up vs. 5.3Mb/s -- and I'm probably in a sub-optimal spot to test mobile coverage. What I would say is your mileage would vary on what provider you get. Also it sounds like hotels she stayed in need to upgrade their connectivity.
Yep. It is all about variables. I live in an area that has 1tb/s. I was paying for 100mb/s and was getting 20 for months. Changed out my modem, changed plan, etc, and now I get 250mb/s for less money on the same wiring in the same house. Thanks for the info!
Can give a heads up on Scotland. Sight seeing- Edinburgh. Night life- glasgow My house for a cup of tea- my house, kilmarnock. Bannockburn centre is decent. Learn about the battle of Bannockburn. Try on armouand handle some replica swords. See where the battle took place. 10 min drive from there is Stirling castle which is a castle in amazing condition with lots of history. Wallace monument is close by and people try and walk up to the top of it (stairs). Good scenery is dotted around everywhere but mostly up north. Internet connection is good lol. Small talk from absolutely anyone, no problem. Very similar nature to Irish really. Weather- mild rain, or cold rain.
I'm Irish and also never heard of sharing a taxi with a stranger. We do have Uber here but ordering an Uber just gets you a licensed taxi. An ordinary person's insurance would not cover them to take strangers for payment. No idea where she was trying to access the Internet, the problem may have been her phone, rather than the wifi. The lateness thing is nonsense, especially in a work situation. Baked beans with breakfast is an English thing. Don't use American baked beans if you are trying them, go and find British Heinz beans and proper bread without added sugar. The tomato sauce on the beans melting the butter tastes lovely.
Thanks for commenting. It seems dangerous to me for a woman traveling alone to get into any car with a stranger. To each their own, but my wife would never do it.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American Taxis are highly regulated in Ireland. The National Transport Authority (NTA) is the government agency that issues taxi, hackney and limousine licences, and regulates the industry. It is unlawful to provide these services without an appropriate licence. They are vetted by An Garda Síochána (Irish Police). Vetting process can take up to 12 weeks to be completed. Technically Ireland does have Uber but Uber drivers are regulated and when you order one you have a 'metred journey', the same way you would have in a normal taxi.
@@annfrancoole34 - Interesting. I believe Uber and Lyft are less expensive than taxis in America. I don't use them often, but I believe that is the case. Usually only takes 5-10 minutes for one to arrive. Thanks for commenting and checking out my videos!
Baked beans are cheap and back in the day people were pretty poor so it was an easy way to feed the family with something high in protein. They're sweetened in a sauce so kids will eat them also.
Regarding the taxi, ... as she says, people in Ireland are for the most part friendly and unreserved and will easily chat to strangers so sharing a cab is not an outlandish idea. However yes you need some common sense obviously, ... it depends on who is asking to share a cab. Taxis are VERY expensive in the south of England where i live. I did visit Ireland once and had a great time. I'm actually happy if i can get 8 or 10 mbps which is fine for streaming. I think my phone hotspot is usually about 6mbps. I don't even know why i would need 30 or 50 mbps. I remember the bad old days of dial-up internet. 5 kbps anyone? I don't quite know what you're asking about baked beans. If you look at a can of Heinz baked beans it says 'est 1869' so they've been around for a good while. If i eat baked beans on toast it's usually for lunch rather than breakfast and i don't eat a fried breakfast all that often. I suppose i make a fried egg on toast with some bacon fairly often, with beans or without. I often get some chips from the chippy and take them home and heat up some beans to eat with them. - Good luck with the channel, i've enjoyed watching and hearing your thoughts and opinions.
Thank you so much for the kind words! My goal is to make 3 videos a week. Currently making one on the entire US Constitution. Sad how many Americans do not understand our Constitution. I figured it might interest others outside of the USA as well. Gives a little insight on why some Americans are they way they are. I remember 300 and 1200 bps way before 5000 bps. lol. I guess we just use baked beans differently. I have not ever had them on toast. They are usually a side dish for BBQ or southern American food. We never eat them for breakfast. Sometimes we have "pork and beans" which is baked beans with hot dogs chunks. It is a very inexpensive food that is often associated with lower quality or poor people's food. I like it. lol. THANK YOU for checking out my channel and leaving your comments!
But we don’t eat them for breakfast. How did that start? Did they replace another staple breakfast food? Thanks for checking out my channel and commenting.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American I'm guessing here: It's clever to stack up on proteins before you start a hard working day. Beans is a much cheaper way to get it, than meat. The Nordics traditionally ate porridge and rye bread - rich in proteins!
@@ane-louisestampe7939 - ahhh, very clever! Makes sense. We have rice and beans in our emergency food storage. Thanks for checking out my videos and commenting!
Imagine in Latin American countries/indigenous peoples have been eating beans and bread for a millennial. South Americans don’t find that strange, but the bean thing is not really an Irish thing.
Splitting cabs is very normal in some areas of the UK, you have to realise how safe it is 798% of people in the UK will valk alone in the dark.i used to go clubbing alot i parryed and i would walk through a city no problem. UK food is fantastic the its bad is a left over from WW2 when we had rations but its fantastic now our sea food is amazing but you are never more than 80 miles from the sea. London is not frendly but just travel north and it gets freandlye Can i suggest you visit Chester in the north west of England, its a Roman city we still have a Roman wall right around the city the Rows are amazing very old and used every day. About our plugs they have amazing safty features, worth looking into. Im Scottish and if your visiting Edinburgh is a must but so is The Highlands. Our baked beans are very diffrent from yours the are tomato based and scrummy, the best plase for beans is on butterd toast. A must for a visitor is the Meal Deal, every supermarket does them. Its a drink a snack which can be crisps ir fruit or cake and a sandwich which has a huge choise of fillings for £3.50ish a great deal which feeds alot of us for lunch. I would love to see her in Wales were all signs are writen in Welsh and English, now thats a hard langusge.
WOW! Thanks for all the information. My ancestors were Scottish. We will definitely be going to Scotland! I will take all the suggestions I can get! It would be difficult to find a sandwich, chips, and a drink less than $10 right now in the USA.
The food in ireland would be very similar to english food for the simple reason is that ireland is an agricultural country and the vast majority of our produce is exported and the majority of that goes to england.Most of our food standards come from the EU which though the UK has left the EU and ireland remains in the EU,UK and ireland still has mostly the same standards for now.
The Irish have great food which they ruin by over cooking and poor cooking skills. You can get good food, for a price, but the general standard is poor, if improving. And that's from an Englishman! Living in Ireland. The attitude to sea food on a small island is baffling. Very hard to get it fresh and again, people over cook it. Apparently in the distant past it was taboo. I sometimes, in the tourist season, check out the reaction to supermarket fish counters from people from any country with a coastline. It is always one of horror at the staleness.@@Average_Middle_Aged_American
@@michaelcaffery5038 - WOW! Thanks for the information. I will have to be careful with my travel's stomach. Thanks for checking out my videos. Feel free to comment any other tips or opinions...
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American West Cork is a foodie's heaven. Fantastic seafood and fish. Lots of great neighbourhood cafes and small food places. Of course the tourist haunts all over the country shovel out the usual stuff and charge handsomely for it, but there are many places to get excellent food at good prices. Ask a local.
I'm not Scots, bit i think researching something of your clan history should be not too hard as alot has been written about the various clans, researching your own personal family history would be the harder part. Alot of people might not know also that alot of Scots clans (at least 40 that we know of) have scandinavian origins. Like recently i've been learning about the Irish mercenary warriors of the medieval period known as the 'Galloglaich' or 'Gallowglass' (anglicised) and how originally they were hired from among Norse groups in the Hebrides Isles, (between Scotland and Ireland) and how both Irish and Scots Clans located around the Hebrides, themselves took to this style of mercenary soldier and these mercenarys became more numerous and popular to hire.
Interesting! I will be doing some research on my family's origin soon. We are lucky to live with such amazing technology available to us. Thank you so much for sharing!
I am Scottish. Never bothered with clan history, neither have any of my friends as far as I know. It isn't a thing we do. The only people that seem to do this is Americans. I think it is because we are such a mongrel nation, Irish, Picts, Celts, Gaels, Italian, Norse, Anglo Saxon, French etc. The knowledge of my family ancestry starts and stops at my grandparents and even that is sketchy. My family names comes from Devon, Orkney via France, Ireland and others have roots in old Germanic. How'd It end up in the west coast of Scotland? Don't know. Doesn't seem that important TBH. However, it does show that human migration isn't a new thing, it has been going on for as long as there have been humans. We are all mongrels and long may it continue. Or you may end up like the Habsburgs!
So a kid could not stick two pieces of metal into your plugs? If you have a defective appliance than shorts out, don't you think that 240v would be more dangerous? Like most things, I think there are pros and cons to both 240v and 120v. Thanks for commenting and checking out my video(s).
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American No, they can't. Check out UK plugs. Far superior to yours. Also, higher voltage means it takes half the time to boil a kettle here.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American No, when plug is pulled out of socket, the socket is "locked" and cannot be opened with a fork or piece of wire, ONLY the plug will open the socket, so totally safe, thats why they are used in most of the world. Also appliances do not short out as all plugs are fused individually, so the fuse blows first, NOT the appliance. Then, undo plug and replace fuse, easy. Sorry but the US system of 120v is FAR inferior to the rest of the world.
@@gagada124 - Very interesting. Thanks for your reply! So there is some kind of internal latch on the plug that requires all three prongs to be inserted at the same time?
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American Yes, the earth prong (ground) at the top is slightly longer than the other two unlocks the "latch" then the plug can be inserted into the socket.
Hi I haven’t seen your channel but can I politely ask whether you have traveled outside of the US? I ask because You seem to have the American is best at everything attitude. That is an attitude that pisses people off not because people dislike Americans per se
I have traveled outside the USA; been to Canada, Mexico, and a dozen or so Caribbean countries. I have not crossed the pond. I have toned my American attitude in more recent videos. I was watching to many America sucks videos and getting too worked up and defensive at the time. Thanks for commenting and checking out my videos.
Ref Irish. We've 2 national languages. Irish is first and English the second accepted mother tongue. Signs have always been bi lingual with freedom from the British. Ref Irish people aren't punctual. We are so punctual it's crazy. Don't dare be 5 seconds late for my business meeting. I'll start without you and then ignore you for the whole meeting if you arrive late
Americans on tour. Although we respect you, we'd prefer you spent your money here but not you with it. Ps. No glass ceiling in America? I've just used one finger to count black, female, Catholic, homosexual presidents of the USA. Ireland has more and we're backward
LOL. Clearly, you are not very familiar with America. I hope you get to see it for yourself one day. Our current president is catholic! 13% of our population is black, so the fact that we had a black president win 2 elections and currently have a black vice president says quite a bit in my opinion. Just so you know "133 lawmakers identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian American, American Indian, Alaska Native or multiracial. Together, these lawmakers make up a quarter of Congress, including 28% of the House of Representatives and 12% of the Senate. 33 members of the LGBT community are known to have held office in the United States Congress. I would love to continue a civil conversation.
the mental health problems in Ireland are down to the weather and a lack of things to do, because of insurance companies, we don't even have one ice rink, in the republic, motocross used to be huge when i was younger all the tracks closed down a few years ago, if you don't like drinking and taking drugs there's basically nothing else to do,
Wow, that is sad. Why doesn't the government open some facilities? In my town, the government runs playgrounds, public parks, skateboard parks, tennis courts, racquetball courts, etc. And then private companies have water parks, ice skating rinks, roller skating rinks, go carts, arcades, roller coasters, etc.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American it's all because of insurance, there's basically no regulations for insurance companies and you legally can't open most of these facilities, without insurance/public liability, so there rates are so high it's not profitable to open any of the previous examples, or they will just refuse you insurance so you legally can't open, even are go kart tracks are all closed, and car insurance is crazy, my insurance went from 700 a year to 4000 a year and i have never been in an accident or claimed from it, the only thing we can do for fun is motosports and it's impossible to do any of it nowadays
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American What the previous person said is a load of rubbish. Ireland has plenty of activities like Gaelic games which are Gaelic Football, Hurling, Camogie, handball, (which are our national sports), Also Rugby, running clubs, boxing, clubs, Irish dancing, hip hop dancing, different martial arts, snooker halls, public parks with play areas, etc., etc.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American Don't know where he got that photo but 99% of irish breakfasts won't have fries ,its usually hash browns,potato cakes and boxty never fries.They wouldn't be heaped up like that with the egg on top.
The french don't like the english and they can't really the difference between english speakers including Irish ,australians and even americans.Maybe they don't like americans but it may also be that you are being mistaken for the english.Irish people don't get a good reception in france until we tell them we are irish and it all changes.The other thing is they are much more friendly when attempt is made to speak french. Yes there is an ongoing attempt to revitalise the language ,but although it has become more popular in recent times its along way from what the founders invisaged as the main language of the country
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American maybe i am wrong but definitely when the french realise that us irish are not english they open up and are much more friendly to us.My cousins found that when they went on holiday in france.Of course the other thing that unlike the dutch ,and scandinavians ordinary french people don't have much english,many do but you can't guarantee it whereas the dutch and scandinavians will.
To be fair the French are ok with the English, as the English are with them. I don't know how they feel about Americans ... probably fine for the most part.
@@arnodobler1096 - I am not sure why we are talking about this. I was talking about English Pound and I guess you are talking about European. The European has been very volitol against the dollar ranging from 1.3 to .975 over the last 10 years. Now, why are we talking about it?
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American Probably because Ireland's currency is the €, not the pound. She was talking about Ireland, not Northern Ireland, wasn't she? You also say € = $ and not British pounds £. Something must have gotten mixed up.🤷♂
@@arnodobler1096 - ahhh, I see the time stamp and video now. I just did on video on England, I thought that is what we were talking about. All comments are gathered on my home page for videos I have created. I will take a $4 hot chocolate from Ireland! Thanks for replying and checking out my videos!
One important thing to know about Britain is that alot of people in the north will say that they are friendlier than everyone else. It's not really true, and depends more on the specific town or city and the social dynamics of those places. There will be friendly and less friendly people nomatter where you go. Even just saying this is contentious. Baked beans on toast. - Probably one of the cheapest, quickest to make, but ultimately satisfying and filling meals you could have. One can still buy a cheap supermarket brand tin of beans for about 25 pence and they'll still be decent because well, beans are beans.
I get it. I don't need for people to hug me, I just don't want to feel like an intruder. Make sense? Beans have a been a staple for long long time. Our emergency food contains several types of beans and rice. I am going to try baked beans on toast. Do you butter the toast?
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American Top 15 Safest Countries in the World (Global Peace Index - lower is better): Iceland 1.124 1.107 Denmark 1.310 1.296 Ireland 1.312 1.288 New Zealand 1.313 1.269 Austria 1.316 1.300 Singapore 1.332 1.326 Portugal 1.333 1.301 Slovenia 1.334 1.316 Japan 1.336 1.336 Switzerland 1.339 1.357 Canada 1.350 1.389 Czech Republic 1.379 1.318 Finland 1.399 1.439 Croatia 1.450 1.440 Germany 1.456 1.462 Netherlands 1.490 1.522 Bhutan 1.496 1.481 Hungary 1.508 1.411 Malaysia 1.513 1.471 Belgium 1.523 1.526 The United States ranked 131st in the Global Peace
Crime rate in ratio of population is exactly twice that of Ireland. America is like 60 times the size. Within America, crime varies 800%. Long story short, there are plenty of states with lower crime rates than Ireland. I will not argue that USA murder rate is not higher, but that is usually in a handful of areas like Chicago, etc.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American he's dumb, saying English food is not that bad!!! He comes from America, the country that gave the world cheese in a spray tin, if you want to learn from a better RUclips channel try Allana from adventures and naps
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American he's a Muppet, don't worry English food isn't that bad, he's from America the country that gave the world squeezy cheese, Macdonald's etc, if you want to learn more relevant stuff about the UK try Allana, her channel is called "adventures and naps", wolters world talks shite.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American I don't watch the channel myself but i did hear some mild criticism recently in a review of one of his videos that his advise isn't always correct. - hardly worth getting upset about.
Thank you for letting me know about @AdventuresAndNaps. I just subscribed. I will definitely check her out. This is the kind of information I love to receive. Yep, America has some real junk food for sure. Unfortantually, that is what my body is used to. LOL. Can't wait to get some English fish and chips though! Thank you for the recommendation and checking out my channel!
I reckon she was using public WiFi that's probably why her Internet is so slow. And I've never ever heard of anyone sharing a taxi unless it's a group of friends.
I'm from Dublin.
Thanks for commenting and checking out my video. What is your favorite Irish food and beer?
I've done the taxi share. It's not something to do with a girl that you don't know.
@@dunnel58 - I know my wife would not be doing it.
Americans say grass fed beef and butter, we just call it beef and butter ;-)
YEP. America definitely has a food industry that is becoming more and more like a factory. Sad. I bet a lot of people would think differently about what they eat if they saw the process of creating it. Me? I like burgers too much, LOL. We do buy "Organic Grass Fed" beef though. Thank you for your comment and checking out my channel!
With regards to power in bathrooms there's usually a "shaver socket" (2 pin) that can be used by electric razors and electric toothbrushes, it has restrictions on how many Watts/Amps it can put out compare to normal socket, so safer to use in bathroom. (usually found up around the light above sink etc.)
There you go. Now that makes more sense. Thanks for commenting and checking out my video!
Bathrooms usually have a 2-pin electric shaver socket on a strip light over the basin. These have a 110v output and will charge electric toothbrushes fine.
Interesting! Thanks for commenting and checking out my channel!
The electric toothbrushes are rechargeable normally in ireland so you can bring in your toothbrush to the bathroom if its on full charge.
Being late for work will get you sacked ,the leeway is only for social situations however if you are under 10 minutes late most employers would be ok if its not very often.
Beans i have no idea.Tinned food was a huge thing in w1 in the trenches so you are probably right, most of the beans are imported from North america not really grown in ireland or britain .
That is funny. So we ship over the baked beans? I like a more laid back lifestyle myself.
Just one slight correction on the voltage. We use 220v not 240v UK is 240v But all appliances are rated 220v-240v Another item to note is our frequency is 50 Hertz unlike the USA which is 60 Hertz
Are you saying that 220 is different than 240? In America, it is 110/120 and 220/240 since voltage fluctuates.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American actually I stand corrected What I typed was how it was in my youth... like you it is a while since I saw my teens lol But (and I just got this from google :) ) Europe have now made a standard of the 220V-230V-240V systems to 230V. So you vid made me learn something new
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The food in Ireland is amazing. I grew up in London but my mum is from Ireland so I spent my summer holidays there as a kid. When I go back now my brother always asks me to send him a picture of the food and Guinness of course.
Awesome! My wife is much more "food adventurous" than me, but it seems close enough to American for me to be more excited than cautious. LOL. What is the best dish served? Thank you for checking out my channel and commenting!
The famine occured despite IRELAND being a net exporter of dairy and cereal foods at the time-and forced to do that by The English who ran the country at the time!
The British deployed the army to ensure exports were not raided by the starving Irish
The national colour of Ireland is blue, not green! Ireland is a fertile island, so lots of good fresh vegetables, the grass is very green so the food animals get good pasture all year round & makes the butter & milk rich and creamy! It also has, because it is an island has great seafood! Hamburgers etc are an American food, yes all countries have them, but they are not a staple in Ireland! I have never seen a hotel bathroom without power !!!!!!!
Great Information! We can’t wait to visit! Thanks for posting!
Food. As a tourist, hit tye pub for lunch or dinner. Irish pub food has really improved in the last 20 /30 years. English pub grub is good too but the Irish have a better sense of "you're not a tourist, you're a friend"
I LOVE IT! Nothing worse than feeling like an outsider invading a country. We have spent a lot of time in the Caribbean and have felt everything from welcomed to hated just walking down the street.
Can't speak for England, but Ireland's food is delicious. It has much fresher ingredients, lots of homemade items and they are tasty and definitely taste fresh.
Can't wait! Thanks for replying and checking out my channel!
The Internet speed one is bit funny, I live in Dublin, just ran a speedtest and got 870Mb/s down vs. 50Mb/s up (ethernet to cable modem) on my home WiFi I got 560Mbs down vs. 49Mb/s up -- that's with 2021 Macbook,
on 4G/5G I got 26.9Mb/s up vs. 5.3Mb/s -- and I'm probably in a sub-optimal spot to test mobile coverage. What I would say is your mileage would vary on what provider you get. Also it sounds like hotels she stayed in need to upgrade their connectivity.
Yep. It is all about variables. I live in an area that has 1tb/s. I was paying for 100mb/s and was getting 20 for months. Changed out my modem, changed plan, etc, and now I get 250mb/s for less money on the same wiring in the same house. Thanks for the info!
Can give a heads up on Scotland.
Sight seeing- Edinburgh.
Night life- glasgow
My house for a cup of tea- my house, kilmarnock.
Bannockburn centre is decent. Learn about the battle of Bannockburn. Try on armouand handle some replica swords. See where the battle took place. 10 min drive from there is Stirling castle which is a castle in amazing condition with lots of history. Wallace monument is close by and people try and walk up to the top of it (stairs).
Good scenery is dotted around everywhere but mostly up north.
Internet connection is good lol. Small talk from absolutely anyone, no problem. Very similar nature to Irish really.
Weather- mild rain, or cold rain.
We are definitely going to Scotland. Thanks for the tips and checking out my channel!
I'm Irish and also never heard of sharing a taxi with a stranger. We do have Uber here but ordering an Uber just gets you a licensed taxi. An ordinary person's insurance would not cover them to take strangers for payment. No idea where she was trying to access the Internet, the problem may have been her phone, rather than the wifi. The lateness thing is nonsense, especially in a work situation. Baked beans with breakfast is an English thing. Don't use American baked beans if you are trying them, go and find British Heinz beans and proper bread without added sugar. The tomato sauce on the beans melting the butter tastes lovely.
@trishloughman5998 - Thanks for clarifying! Uber drivers her don't use their own insurance, it is part of the overhead costs through Uber itself.
spiting a taxi doesn't mean you get out of the taxi at the same time when the taxi stops,you just pay for some of the distance traveled
Thanks for commenting. It seems dangerous to me for a woman traveling alone to get into any car with a stranger. To each their own, but my wife would never do it.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American They're already getting into a car with a stranger - the driver - so maybe a fellow passenger makes them feel safer??
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American Taxis are highly regulated in Ireland. The National Transport Authority (NTA) is the government agency that issues taxi, hackney and limousine licences, and regulates the industry. It is unlawful to provide these services without an appropriate licence. They are vetted by An Garda Síochána (Irish Police). Vetting process can take up to 12 weeks to be completed. Technically Ireland does have Uber but Uber drivers are regulated and when you order one you have a 'metred journey', the same way you would have in a normal taxi.
@@annfrancoole34 - Interesting. I believe Uber and Lyft are less expensive than taxis in America. I don't use them often, but I believe that is the case. Usually only takes 5-10 minutes for one to arrive. Thanks for commenting and checking out my videos!
Baked beans are cheap and back in the day people were pretty poor so it was an easy way to feed the family with something high in protein. They're sweetened in a sauce so kids will eat them also.
I live in thd west of Ireland, Internet speed is fantastic
Regarding the taxi, ... as she says, people in Ireland are for the most part friendly and unreserved and will easily chat to strangers so sharing a cab is not an outlandish idea. However yes you need some common sense obviously, ... it depends on who is asking to share a cab. Taxis are VERY expensive in the south of England where i live. I did visit Ireland once and had a great time. I'm actually happy if i can get 8 or 10 mbps which is fine for streaming. I think my phone hotspot is usually about 6mbps. I don't even know why i would need 30 or 50 mbps. I remember the bad old days of dial-up internet. 5 kbps anyone?
I don't quite know what you're asking about baked beans. If you look at a can of Heinz baked beans it says 'est 1869' so they've been around for a good while. If i eat baked beans on toast it's usually for lunch rather than breakfast and i don't eat a fried breakfast all that often. I suppose i make a fried egg on toast with some bacon fairly often, with beans or without. I often get some chips from the chippy and take them home and heat up some beans to eat with them.
- Good luck with the channel, i've enjoyed watching and hearing your thoughts and opinions.
Thank you so much for the kind words! My goal is to make 3 videos a week. Currently making one on the entire US Constitution. Sad how many Americans do not understand our Constitution. I figured it might interest others outside of the USA as well. Gives a little insight on why some Americans are they way they are.
I remember 300 and 1200 bps way before 5000 bps. lol.
I guess we just use baked beans differently. I have not ever had them on toast. They are usually a side dish for BBQ or southern American food. We never eat them for breakfast. Sometimes we have "pork and beans" which is baked beans with hot dogs chunks. It is a very inexpensive food that is often associated with lower quality or poor people's food. I like it. lol.
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Baked Beans are from the US. Some dude named Heinz made the first in 1901.
But we don’t eat them for breakfast. How did that start? Did they replace another staple breakfast food? Thanks for checking out my channel and commenting.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American I'm guessing here:
It's clever to stack up on proteins before you start a hard working day.
Beans is a much cheaper way to get it, than meat. The Nordics traditionally ate porridge and rye bread - rich in proteins!
@@ane-louisestampe7939 - ahhh, very clever! Makes sense. We have rice and beans in our emergency food storage. Thanks for checking out my videos and commenting!
Imagine in Latin American countries/indigenous peoples have been eating beans and bread for a millennial. South Americans don’t find that strange, but the bean thing is not really an Irish thing.
Splitting cabs is very normal in some areas of the UK, you have to realise how safe it is 798% of people in the UK will valk alone in the dark.i used to go clubbing alot i parryed and i would walk through a city no problem.
UK food is fantastic the its bad is a left over from WW2 when we had rations but its fantastic now our sea food is amazing but you are never more than 80 miles from the sea. London is not frendly but just travel north and it gets freandlye
Can i suggest you visit Chester in the north west of England, its a Roman city we still have a Roman wall right around the city the Rows are amazing very old and used every day.
About our plugs they have amazing safty features, worth looking into.
Im Scottish and if your visiting Edinburgh is a must but so is The Highlands.
Our baked beans are very diffrent from yours the are tomato based and scrummy, the best plase for beans is on butterd toast.
A must for a visitor is the Meal Deal, every supermarket does them. Its a drink a snack which can be crisps ir fruit or cake and a sandwich which has a huge choise of fillings for £3.50ish a great deal which feeds alot of us for lunch.
I would love to see her in Wales were all signs are writen in Welsh and English, now thats a hard langusge.
WOW! Thanks for all the information. My ancestors were Scottish. We will definitely be going to Scotland! I will take all the suggestions I can get! It would be difficult to find a sandwich, chips, and a drink less than $10 right now in the USA.
Between America and Ireland America has way more food options and variety. However Irish food tastes very fresh in comparison to other places
Can't wait!
The food in ireland would be very similar to english food for the simple reason is that ireland is an agricultural country and the vast majority of our produce is exported and the majority of that goes to england.Most of our food standards come from the EU which though the UK has left the EU and ireland remains in the EU,UK and ireland still has mostly the same standards for now.
I see. From what I have seen, the Irish seem to be credited with better food overall.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American You are dead right there great observation
The Irish have great food which they ruin by over cooking and poor cooking skills. You can get good food, for a price, but the general standard is poor, if improving. And that's from an Englishman! Living in Ireland. The attitude to sea food on a small island is baffling. Very hard to get it fresh and again, people over cook it. Apparently in the distant past it was taboo. I sometimes, in the tourist season, check out the reaction to supermarket fish counters from people from any country with a coastline. It is always one of horror at the staleness.@@Average_Middle_Aged_American
@@michaelcaffery5038 - WOW! Thanks for the information. I will have to be careful with my travel's stomach. Thanks for checking out my videos. Feel free to comment any other tips or opinions...
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American West Cork is a foodie's heaven. Fantastic seafood and fish. Lots of great neighbourhood cafes and small food places. Of course the tourist haunts all over the country shovel out the usual stuff and charge handsomely for it, but there are many places to get excellent food at good prices. Ask a local.
I reckon she was a bit unlucky with her internet. Just checked my download speed and it is 222mbps
I'm not Scots, bit i think researching something of your clan history should be not too hard as alot has been written about the various clans, researching your own personal family history would be the harder part. Alot of people might not know also that alot of Scots clans (at least 40 that we know of) have scandinavian origins. Like recently i've been learning about the Irish mercenary warriors of the medieval period known as the 'Galloglaich' or 'Gallowglass' (anglicised) and how originally they were hired from among Norse groups in the Hebrides Isles, (between Scotland and Ireland) and how both Irish and Scots Clans located around the Hebrides, themselves took to this style of mercenary soldier and these mercenarys became more numerous and popular to hire.
Interesting! I will be doing some research on my family's origin soon. We are lucky to live with such amazing technology available to us. Thank you so much for sharing!
I am Scottish. Never bothered with clan history, neither have any of my friends as far as I know. It isn't a thing we do. The only people that seem to do this is Americans. I think it is because we are such a mongrel nation, Irish, Picts, Celts, Gaels, Italian, Norse, Anglo Saxon, French etc. The knowledge of my family ancestry starts and stops at my grandparents and even that is sketchy. My family names comes from Devon, Orkney via France, Ireland and others have roots in old Germanic. How'd It end up in the west coast of Scotland? Don't know. Doesn't seem that important TBH. However, it does show that human migration isn't a new thing, it has been going on for as long as there have been humans. We are all mongrels and long may it continue. Or you may end up like the Habsburgs!
A child cannot stick a fork in a 240v plug, or anything else, these plugs are the safest in the world.
So a kid could not stick two pieces of metal into your plugs? If you have a defective appliance than shorts out, don't you think that 240v would be more dangerous? Like most things, I think there are pros and cons to both 240v and 120v. Thanks for commenting and checking out my video(s).
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American No, they can't. Check out UK plugs. Far superior to yours. Also, higher voltage means it takes half the time to boil a kettle here.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American No, when plug is pulled out of socket, the socket is "locked" and cannot be opened with a fork or piece of wire, ONLY the plug will open the socket, so totally safe, thats why they are used in most of the world. Also appliances do not short out as all plugs are fused individually, so the fuse blows first, NOT the appliance. Then, undo plug and replace fuse, easy. Sorry but the US system of 120v is FAR inferior to the rest of the world.
@@gagada124 - Very interesting. Thanks for your reply! So there is some kind of internal latch on the plug that requires all three prongs to be inserted at the same time?
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American Yes, the earth prong (ground) at the top is slightly longer than the other two unlocks the "latch" then the plug can be inserted into the socket.
Hi I haven’t seen your channel but can I politely ask whether you have traveled outside of the US? I ask because You seem to have the American is best at everything attitude. That is an attitude that pisses people off not because people dislike Americans per se
I have traveled outside the USA; been to Canada, Mexico, and a dozen or so Caribbean countries. I have not crossed the pond. I have toned my American attitude in more recent videos. I was watching to many America sucks videos and getting too worked up and defensive at the time. Thanks for commenting and checking out my videos.
Plenty of bathrooms have sockets here!
Your channel came up on my feed and saw you had 1 subscriber. Thought I would be one of the first to join your channel.
THANKS! Just started the channel. Inspired by watching videos about people visiting the USA. More to come for sure. Aiming for 3 videos per week.
Ref Irish. We've 2 national languages. Irish is first and English the second accepted mother tongue. Signs have always been bi lingual with freedom from the British. Ref Irish people aren't punctual. We are so punctual it's crazy. Don't dare be 5 seconds late for my business meeting. I'll start without you and then ignore you for the whole meeting if you arrive late
LOL! Thanks for clarifying. The USA has 0 official national languages. Thanks for checking out my videos. We can't wait to visit Ireland!
Baked beans count as one of your 5 a day fruits! 😅
LOL.
Americans on tour. Although we respect you, we'd prefer you spent your money here but not you with it. Ps. No glass ceiling in America? I've just used one finger to count black, female, Catholic, homosexual presidents of the USA. Ireland has more and we're backward
LOL. Clearly, you are not very familiar with America. I hope you get to see it for yourself one day. Our current president is catholic! 13% of our population is black, so the fact that we had a black president win 2 elections and currently have a black vice president says quite a bit in my opinion. Just so you know "133 lawmakers identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian American, American Indian, Alaska Native or multiracial. Together, these lawmakers make up a quarter of Congress, including 28% of the House of Representatives and 12% of the Senate. 33 members of the LGBT community are known to have held office in the United States Congress. I would love to continue a civil conversation.
the mental health problems in Ireland are down to the weather and a lack of things to do, because of insurance companies, we don't even have one ice rink, in the republic, motocross used to be huge when i was younger all the tracks closed down a few years ago, if you don't like drinking and taking drugs there's basically nothing else to do,
Wow, that is sad. Why doesn't the government open some facilities? In my town, the government runs playgrounds, public parks, skateboard parks, tennis courts, racquetball courts, etc. And then private companies have water parks, ice skating rinks, roller skating rinks, go carts, arcades, roller coasters, etc.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American it's all because of insurance, there's basically no regulations for insurance companies and you legally can't open most of these facilities, without insurance/public liability, so there rates are so high it's not profitable to open any of the previous examples, or they will just refuse you insurance so you legally can't open,
even are go kart tracks are all closed,
and car insurance is crazy, my insurance went from 700 a year to 4000 a year and i have never been in an accident or claimed from it, the only thing we can do for fun is motosports and it's impossible to do any of it nowadays
@@markilleen4027 - sorry to hear that. That is a shame.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American What the previous person said is a load of rubbish. Ireland has plenty of activities like Gaelic games which are Gaelic Football, Hurling, Camogie, handball, (which are our national sports), Also Rugby, running clubs, boxing, clubs, Irish dancing, hip hop dancing, different martial arts, snooker halls, public parks with play areas, etc., etc.
Baked beans is part of a traditional full English Breakfast. It does not appear in an Irish Breakfast.
I saw baked beans (and french fries) in another video about Ireland. I thought the french fries with an egg on top was quite...unique.
yes thats true but most of the time when you are eating out you will get beans with the breakfast.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American Don't know where he got that photo but 99% of irish breakfasts won't have fries ,its usually hash browns,potato cakes and boxty never fries.They wouldn't be heaped up like that with the egg on top.
@@Joseph13163 - LOL. I thought it was a little odd.
It appears in any breakfast in the uk
The french don't like the english and they can't really the difference between english speakers including Irish ,australians and even americans.Maybe they don't like americans but it may also be that you are being mistaken for the english.Irish people don't get a good reception in france until we tell them we are irish and it all changes.The other thing is they are much more friendly when attempt is made to speak french.
Yes there is an ongoing attempt to revitalise the language ,but although it has become more popular in recent times its along way from what the founders invisaged as the main language of the country
VERY interesting. Thanks!
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American maybe i am wrong but definitely when the french realise that us irish are not english they open up and are much more friendly to us.My cousins found that when they went on holiday in france.Of course the other thing that unlike the dutch ,and scandinavians ordinary french people don't have much english,many do but you can't guarantee it whereas the dutch and scandinavians will.
To be fair the French are ok with the English, as the English are with them. I don't know how they feel about Americans ... probably fine for the most part.
I guess I will have to practice my Irish accent before I go to France. LOL.
The French love the Irish
Beans is an English thing
3:19 3,60€ = 3,85$ (1€ = 1,07$)
According to my research, on average...
2024 = 1€ = $1.27
2023 = 1€ = $1.23
2022 = 1€ = $1.23
2021 = 1€ = $1.38
2007 = 1€ = $2.00 !!!
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What kind of source is that???
@@arnodobler1096 - I am not sure why we are talking about this. I was talking about English Pound and I guess you are talking about European. The European has been very volitol against the dollar ranging from 1.3 to .975 over the last 10 years. Now, why are we talking about it?
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Probably because Ireland's currency is the €, not the pound. She was talking about Ireland, not Northern Ireland, wasn't she?
You also say € = $ and not British pounds £.
Something must have gotten mixed up.🤷♂
@@arnodobler1096 - ahhh, I see the time stamp and video now. I just did on video on England, I thought that is what we were talking about. All comments are gathered on my home page for videos I have created. I will take a $4 hot chocolate from Ireland! Thanks for replying and checking out my videos!
One important thing to know about Britain is that alot of people in the north will say that they are friendlier than everyone else. It's not really true, and depends more on the specific town or city and the social dynamics of those places. There will be friendly and less friendly people nomatter where you go. Even just saying this is contentious.
Baked beans on toast. - Probably one of the cheapest, quickest to make, but ultimately satisfying and filling meals you could have. One can still buy a cheap supermarket brand tin of beans for about 25 pence and they'll still be decent because well, beans are beans.
I get it. I don't need for people to hug me, I just don't want to feel like an intruder. Make sense? Beans have a been a staple for long long time. Our emergency food contains several types of beans and rice. I am going to try baked beans on toast. Do you butter the toast?
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American Yes that makes perfect sense. And yes butter the toast.
Will do!
The video was about ireland not britain
@@Joseph13163 Does the video being about Ireland mean it can't remind me of something to do with Britain?
Outside Paris the French are friendly
Oh good! Thank you for letting me know and thanks for checking out my videos.
check Poland :) you will see
I will definitely check out Poland. What am I looking for?
Ireland is ranked the 3rd safest country in the word while the US is ranked 128th
@PaulBrennan. - I doubt it. Reference? Specifics? Actual stats?
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American won’t let me post links, google it
I did and dont see anything close. Copy and paste the information.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American Top 15 Safest Countries in the World (Global Peace Index - lower is better):
Iceland 1.124 1.107
Denmark 1.310 1.296
Ireland 1.312 1.288
New Zealand 1.313 1.269
Austria 1.316 1.300
Singapore 1.332 1.326
Portugal 1.333 1.301
Slovenia 1.334 1.316
Japan 1.336 1.336
Switzerland 1.339 1.357
Canada 1.350 1.389
Czech Republic 1.379 1.318
Finland 1.399 1.439
Croatia 1.450 1.440
Germany 1.456 1.462
Netherlands 1.490 1.522
Bhutan 1.496 1.481
Hungary 1.508 1.411
Malaysia 1.513 1.471
Belgium 1.523 1.526
The United States ranked 131st in the Global Peace
Crime rate in ratio of population is exactly twice that of Ireland. America is like 60 times the size. Within America, crime varies 800%. Long story short, there are plenty of states with lower crime rates than Ireland. I will not argue that USA murder rate is not higher, but that is usually in a handful of areas like Chicago, etc.
If you watch wolters world, youve just lost a sub.
Please tell me why you don't like that channel.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American he's dumb, saying English food is not that bad!!! He comes from America, the country that gave the world cheese in a spray tin, if you want to learn from a better RUclips channel try Allana from adventures and naps
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American he's a Muppet, don't worry English food isn't that bad, he's from America the country that gave the world squeezy cheese, Macdonald's etc, if you want to learn more relevant stuff about the UK try Allana, her channel is called "adventures and naps", wolters world talks shite.
@@Average_Middle_Aged_American I don't watch the channel myself but i did hear some mild criticism recently in a review of one of his videos that his advise isn't always correct. - hardly worth getting upset about.
Thank you for letting me know about @AdventuresAndNaps. I just subscribed. I will definitely check her out. This is the kind of information I love to receive. Yep, America has some real junk food for sure. Unfortantually, that is what my body is used to. LOL. Can't wait to get some English fish and chips though! Thank you for the recommendation and checking out my channel!
A fair bit of misinformation from this girls, Her comments about the Famine was utter crap.