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The USA 🇺🇸 kicked the limeys 🇬🇧ass and then they saved their ass and more than once!.. Now who would be generous enough to do that? No one but the U.S. was generous enough to do that so of course the USA is better than Britain! 😂
The USA 🇺🇸 kicked the limeys 🇬🇧ass and then they saved their ass and more than once!.. Now who would be generous enough to do that? No one but the U.S. was generous enough to do that so of course the USA is better than Britain! 😂
Everything! I am an American that has lived and brought up my children in London. I LOVE the UK and never want to go back to the US. I love the people here, the public transport, the availability of healthy food, the fresh water in your tap, the civilised people (mostly), the wonderful NHS, 4 week paid holidays, maternity leave (one year), advanced technology, the socialised parts of Gov't (help with education, housing, ), work/ life balance, everything within walking distance, ability to easily travel all over Europe, reasonable weather (less heat), half-term breaks, better chocolate, no guns, a lot less racial prejudice and not nearly as many stupid people. I could continue to list a lot more, because I feel my life here is MUCH better and I am a much happier person being here.
@@ianmuir6784 Whatever! It can't be worse than the water in the States!!! It is DISGUSTING! No one drinks it from the tap ...everyone has a water filter !
UK electric plugs were designed for safety. Out voltage supply is more than double yours (240v vs 110v) and the pins are specifically designed with the earth (ground) longer than the live and neutral for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it makes its connection first when being plugged in and is disconnected last when being unplugged. Secondly, as it enters the wall socket it pushes a latch which opens the two gated live and neutral holes to prevent anything else being pushed into them. However, they bloody hurt worse than Lego if you accidentally step on one with bare feet!!!
And add that the live and neutral pins are usually insulated over enough of their length that the exposed part is inside the socket before it makes contact. There was a video of a guy that does comparisons of power plugs/sockets on his worldwide travels. He said it was so difficult to deliberately make a UK plug connection unsafe, that doing it accidentally was highly unlikely. For example, he would normally try wrapping wire across live and neutral, but the insulation mentioned above made that pointless.
And add that the live and neutral pins are usually insulated over enough of their length that the exposed part is inside the socket before it makes contact. There was a video of a guy that does comparisons of power plugs/sockets on his worldwide travels. He said it was so difficult to deliberately make a UK plug connection unsafe, that doing it accidentally was highly unlikely. For example, he would normally try wrapping wire across live and neutral, but the insulation mentioned above made that pointless.
I remember being in a busy bar in a pub in England. It can make you a bit nervous if you're foreign. The barman went to a man further down the bar who had not been waiting as long as me. The man pointed to me and said to the barman 'that guy was before me'. I couldn't believe it. I can't imagine that happening in Russia.
Yes, the majority of us have manners and we just see it as common curtesy. As Dangermouse commented, we don't like people jumping the queue....and yes, sometimes it just happens because the other person didn't realise (a honest mistake). But where ever you're from, welcome to the UK
When I brought my American fiancée and her children over here, they thought the idea of a full English breakfast was disgusting, especially baked beans for breakfast. They changed their minds after having one.
One of the staple foods for University of St Andrews students is...cheese and chips. Essentially chips (french fries) covered in grated cheddar. It is the most popular dish in the Students Union....and perfect for students.
I find that odd as when I lived in America in West Virginia my wife was a teacher in a Middle school we had to turn up early before classes as they provided breakfasts for poor kids. They had mash potatoes, meat, veg gravy and biscuits which we call a bread bun. Now that was more weird to me for a breakfast.
What I like best during my two weeks vacation to England in 2019 was that the food did not have all the sh*t (high fructose corn syrup for example) in it like American food. I did not have any digestive issues while in England. Whereas in the US, they allow all kinds of garbage to be in food/food products.
It´s so interesting and depressing how food standards in the U.S. have fallen over the past decades. I remember on my first visits back in the late 70´s how good I though most of the everyday food was. Last time in 2018 I thought the complete opposite!
Some think the Conservative Right in the UK wanted Brexit in order to ditch EU standards and ape US standards in food and other issues (under the propaganda title pro-business). We'll see
I'm a Yorkshireman and my favourite part about my homeland is the beauty of the scenery. So many wonderfully beautiful places to go for a walk and experience!
Many Americans do not want to pay the taxes that pay for things like the NHS: they'd call it communism! The UK has evolved a syatem of private and public insurance, like the National Insurance contribution that pays for the NHS or the mandatory insurance for cars, whereas the US has gone down the route of paying for services as and when they are used, and of lawyers for settling car crash damages
@@jerrytracey6602 what they do not realise is we pay much less in taxes than they do for Medical Health Insurance. Also many US medical insurance excludes pre-existing medical conditions, where the NHS covers everything. A pre-COVID estimate was that 54m Americans had no healthcare insurance, where every single person in the UK has NHS cover, even if they are homeless living on the streets. In the UK if we choose to pay for it if have additional healthcare insurance, we can also have private healthcare. So we have more choices.
KeithGadget "Everyone in the UK has NHS medical cover, even if they are homeless, and the contribution from taxes costs less than US medical insurance". Best argument for socialised medicine and a humane society.
I have to say the fact that tax isn't included in American shop pricing is baffling to me. How do you know if you have enough cash in the bank to pay for everything you're buying? Must be a nightmare if you're on a tight budget.
One of the main things I miss. They are big a bit clunky but they never fall out and having off switch is very convenient. US plugs are shite quite honestly.
I think US citizens would be shocked by our maternity/paternity leave. I was watching a video where a woman in the US had to work until the baby was born then take 2 weeks holiday and go back to work. That is utterly barbaric.
Oh god I was shocked, I was in CHICAGO and I saw a heavily pregnant woman, standing in the middle of a busy road junction, DIRECTING traffic. She was around 9 months. WHAT A TROOPER. also barbaric, Although natural childbirth is barbaric.!!!!
@@nickc2802 yes, its paid. There are two different payments depending how long you have worked for your employer. Either Statutory Maternity Pay or Maternity Allowance. Both last for 52 weeks.
@Gareth Tucker got to be honest, I dont think I would have wanted my husband taking half of my leave. He didn't have to recover from a birth that cause something not dissimilar to a car crash injury, and I don't remember him breastfeeding round the clock. 😁😁😁
'Nothing - and I mean, really, absolutely nothing - is more extraordinary in Britain than the beauty of the countryside. Nowhere in the world is there a landscape that has been more intensively utilised - more mined, farmed, quarried, covered with cities and clanging factories, threaded with motorways and railway lines - and yet remains so comprehensively and reliably lovely over most of its extent. It is the happiest accident in history'. ............US - born writer Bill Bryson
@@dinerouk I love Bill Bryson! With quotes like this, he perfectly expresses how I feel also 💕… I will be launching my Cotswolds vlog series in December. My love story to my most favourite part of the British countryside🇺🇸🇬🇧
The Europeans went to the Americas 530 years ago. The native peoples lived in buildings and dwellings that allowed for hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and whatever was climatically normal in those areas, in their shape and design. Europeans said, "No way!!!" and have been building Swiss and French Alpine style sloped roofs and flat Spanish tiled roofs ever since and scratching their heads in disbelief every time there is some 'weather'. British plugs are earthed, thus the 3rd prong.
@@Ganymede559 how is having nationalised healthcare left wing? Or were you under the false impression its socialist? You do know it was a conservative idea?
@@HektorBandimar The NHS is being lost. It's not as if the NHS provides great care in every hospital. The UK has one of the West's lowest cancer survival rates. The NHS should model itself on the French, or German, healthcare systems, where people pay & where hospitals provide excellent care. When I was having treatment for my varicose veins, I was told that my veins were about 60% constricted, due to scarring from phlebitis, (blood clots). The Stasis Dermatitis that I have, was misdiagnosed, by a GP, who is now retired. I could have had treatment, for my veins, three years ago and I would have been spared the pain, that I have endured, for the last year, due to a leaky valve, as well as two leg ulcers, one of which still hasn't fully healed. For all I know, the Stasis Dermatitis might even be a misdiagnosis, but instead the redness, on my lower legs, might be due to the phlebitis. The NHS needs reorganising and if people paid, they might be treated with a lot more respect, by frontline staff. Also, NHS services might improve dramatically. I doubt very much there are 5.4 million French citizens waiting for health treatment.
I’m American living in Bucks, we are buying a mid -20th century house and i asked how old the roof was and the estate agent looked at me like it was such a weird question, it hadn’t been replaced since it was built and there were no plans to, I just assumed by 20,25 years it would have to be but those thick slate-looking tiles do look very sturdy!
Those American things are not tiles. I'd call them shingles myself. The only time you'd have to worry about when the roof needed replacing here is if it's thatched
Our rooves are made of interlocking concrete tiles or slate stones. They are designed to stand up to 100mph winds as standard and have been for 100s of years. Usually the support timbers rotting is the only thing that will cause a roof to need repair. This will happen only in old houses before timber was treated. English plugs are the safest design in the world by far.
My parents have an old house with slate tiles in Vermont and have never had a problem. UK is a great example of when something is done right, it will never have to be done again.
@@vermontmike9800 yeah.. I always laugh when I see American homes get blown away completely in a small tornado like 120mph or so. I always just think if you built it from brick and concrete it wouldn't blow away. Have you Yanks never read the story of the 3 little pigs and the wolf who huffed and puffed?!
@@alanbrookes8716 Actual terracotta pantiles are found mainly in certain areas of the country, such as East Anglia. The modern roof tile tends to be made of concrete, which doesn't shrink in the drying like pantiles do, and is thus more uniform in shape and size, leading to a better interlocking fit. Slate is probably the best roofing material, and is the most common in places like Wales, where there were slate quarries - rather expensive these days, though..
Also, another good reason why UK mains plugs (to the best of my knowledge)are among the safest on the planet is that the holes for both the live and neutral pins in a lot of sockets actually have a cover over them just inside which (why the earth pin on the plug is longer - it opens the covers for the other plug pins when in) literally stops just anything just being poked into them and potentially causing shock or fire! Designed by very good thinkers.
Believe it or not my favorite thing in the UK is the weather, our weather has very few extremes compared to other countries, yes we have bad storms and can have droughts but generally its pretty well non eventful really.
The change of seasons. A traditional cooked breakfast in a cafe. Walks in a park. A chip butty. Day trips out to the beach. The ability to have a walk without dripping with sweat. Just to mention a few 😃👍
The ability to walk to get somewhere without risking life and limb being run over since no-one expects you to walk in the US. That's assuming you don't want to cross the road on foot in the US, when you risk being arrested for jaywalking.
Agree about the food prices in the US I was shocked at how expensive it was. Crazy expensive. I would also like to add the lack of gated communities in the UK, lack of guns and how much easier it is to walk about in the UK.
Picture a housing estate surrounded by 6-foot gates that you have to swipe a keytag to get in or out. I found food to be the opposite. When I first moved back to the UK (mid 90s), I found food to be insanely expensive, and I've heard that between 2008 (when I left) and now, food prices have gone through the roof. I go to the US to buy cheap groceries (and can't wait for the border to reopen, Canadian prices are killing!) [Edit: correcting auto"correct"🤬]
@@WerewolfLord when people talk about groceries being cheaper in the UK it tends to be specifically essentials and ingredients, things like bread, cheese, vegetables, meat, fruit and anything you might use to make your own meal. These things are cheaper in the UK because we have a fresh food and local produce culture which cuts down on transportation costs, and by long-standing principle we don't tax most food. The idea is food is essential and so people shouldn't be made to pay extra to get what they need to survive. For these reasons common food shopping is typically cheaper in the UK compared to the US. Many fruits and vegetables are half the cost that Americans pay. But when you get to eating out, takeaways, certain snack foods and such, prices in the UK are higher. So yes basic food is cheaper, but caveat it is does depend on what precisely you're buying to eat.
Restaurants are more expensive has we are not expected to tip waitresses it come with our bill this ensures the staff get paid a set wage and don't rely on tips to top up wages x
@@Natalie-qu2ue I'm a former waitress. I disagree with you. Eating out is expensive enough. They don't do it to pay staff proper wages. I worked hard for my tips, didn't get 10% of the bill, but was grateful for it. I made sure customers had a good time. Now, they charge you compulsory 10-12% service charge regardless of the quality of service and food. It's not statutory law. So I consider it a tax. It's an insult to the customer.
The only roofs in the UK that need replacing often are flat roofs about 10 years. Thatched about 25-30 years. Slate, stone, terracotta or cement tile about 50-65 years or even longer over a century even. The lead/zinc flashing may need attention after about 10-15 years, along with the ridge tiles and valleys.
Yeah, even when work needs to be done on a roof in the UK, it is usually just patched with new tile etc. 'coz the rest of it is still sound. In the US, the majority of roofs are shingle, either wood or felt/tar/stone chip surfaced with varying lifetimes od 15/25/35 years (related to the thickness/quality of the shingle). In some areas though they use tile (like Phoenix), which lasts like in the UK, though they talk about the "underlayment" needing replacing every ~20-25 years...I think this is just a way to keep making money off people!
Yeah, we had a roofer at the old family home about 10 years ago sorting a bit of flashing, and a tile the wind hat decided to yeet into the back garden. The bulding is early 50's, so we got him to have a look ar the timbers in the loft and eaves. He seemed a little disappointed after going around and saying he figured he'd be retired before any significant work needed done.
uk plugs also have a built-in locating device : they always land pins upwards, which makes it easy to find it in the dark.. stand on it and you have found it
I’m from Scotland and love the easy accessibility to wide open spaces without crowds. One thing that puzzled me that was missing from your list was the BBC. Being able to watch tv or listen to radio without constant interruptions for adverts/commercials is wonderful
@@johnferguson40 my reasons for liking the bbc are in my statement. Yours for disliking aren’t! Compared to other broadcasters in the uk and around the world, what is so wrong with the bbc? Tv and radio programmes are so varied that you’ll always pick up something new. You might not like everything as we all have different tastes but, like going to a supermarket, you select what you want 😊
@@davidroberts569 The BBC is an agency of the State and its anti Scottish and anti SNP content or lack of is shocking. Then theres the licence fee. It's not for me.
@@johnferguson40don't pay it then I never have It's got a lot of amazing content that isn't biased but I do agree they are a state owned propaganda machine
@@paulausten5786 lived there too, also miss walking along beach to work and everything in walking or cycling distance, including the Downs. Beautiful 😍
You might like to pair a fish finger sandwich with your chip butty. In both cases the bread (preferably white) should be slathered in good salty butter. Fish finger sandwich and a chip butty: a smile on a plate. Cheerio.
The vital thing for the full chip butty experience is that the heat of the chips melts the butter so it drips onto your chin. Damn! I crave a chip butty now!
I’m U.K. born and bred and I think exactly the opposite. At least in the US you have a way of defending yourself against a tyrannical government. We can’t protect ourselves in the U.K. so they can go right ahead and kill the population. Tyranny ALWAYS follows gun confiscation, history tells us that! Please US citizens, don’t EVER give up your 2nd amendment rights. If you do, humanity is dead, wherever we live in the world! You are the last place on earth that has freedom, we are all counting on you!
We have rooves, (roofs), in the UK that are older than the USA. One example that springs to mind is the Old Post Office in Tintagel. It is rather spectacular and looks to be more organic than constructed. Although I did read somewhere that it was re roofed at some point in the 1500's, so what you see is perhaps the 'new' roof.
The UK plug was primarily designed for safety. One of those is to prevent children from sticking metal objects into the socket and get electricuted. The two smaller pins at the bottom that carry the electricity have a spring operated barrier in front of them which can only be released by the longer pin that enters the hole first and releases the barriers, which in turn, allows the current to circulate through the bottom two pins. It is an ingenious design.
Having an earth, having a fuse etc etc has saved thousands of lives compared to the life threatening nonsense used for electricity connectors in other countries. But it's a bugger when you step on the bloody things.
Plus it's double the voltage too, also another fun fact about uk plugs are the way they are wired up, if you accidently trip on the cord the first wire to get pulled out will be the Live (shortest), then Neutral then lastly the earth! {if wired to correct lengths) cool eh?
I’ve noticed that fresh produce is way more expensive in the US. I think part of it is that so much of it is grown in California and then shipped all the way across the country to everywhere else...
@@MagentaOtterTravels First time I visited U.S.A. very disappointed not with food but how badly the food is cooked, in Restaurants etc, + all this nonsense about standing ! in a queue waiting to be seated. Peace to all. .
It costs a bloody fortune in USA.. when I’ve gone over n buyin veg is a joke.. prices are horrendous! They weren’t impressed when I said.. for that price I want the farmer too!.. also if yav lived here for 10 yrs.. yad say … chips!!!!
@@OliviaHarrison731 I think any educated person knows about currencies and won't say that a $2 product is more expensive than a 1.6 GBP product. So when people say food in USA is more expensive, they mean it's really more expensive.
Yes, I feel you! It’s crazy how sometimes you just point out differences and people get their knickers in a twist and say “if you don’t like it here, go back to America!“ So silly.
Roofs, interesting one. We had to replace our roof 10 years ago here in Kent, but it was the first replacement since the house was built, approximately in the late 18th century. It has an oak ring beam and Kent peg tile covering and they built it to last so we only needed to replace one side of the beam and reused half the titles, only replacing those with too much wear.
As for the 'you obviously hate the UK' crowd, they are on all the ex-pat videos. I think they hunt them out because they have nothing better to do. It isn't like you have only just got here and are moaning about everything. Ignore them. Good video.
I often wonder, do these clowns who criticise you not think that marrying an Englishman and living here for a decade is a slightly odd way to demonstrate your hatred of the UK? Anyway, I love your work, keep it up.
Thanks so much for watching and your kind words Robert! It is a little bizarre - I'm getting British citizenship this year - I'm allowed to poke some fun at some things, right?! Lord knows I do it about the US!
@@GirlGoneLondonofficial well, in my opinion, if you pay our taxes (and apparently also Uncle Sam’s 🤯) and obey our laws you’re allowed a bit of affectionate ribbing. And frankly, when you’re sworn your oath to Her Majesty, you can say what the hell you like. We are born British but you have chosen to become so, which means you recognise the virtues of our nation - which many of us hold dear - far beyond anything the performative haters could hope to comprehend. All the best to you. 🙂
@@GirlGoneLondonofficial Once you are a British Citizen, it is your right, nay your duty, to complain about everything and anything. You can & should even complain about people who complain about everything and anything! 😉😂
What I love about living in the UK is being able to see very different scenery within short distances. Where I live we have cities like Edinburgh and Glasgow nearby but we are also very close to the Highlands and the west and east coasts are within an hour or two’s drive. On the other hand I agree about road trips. US road trips are truly epic. The last one we did was from San Francisco to Phoenix via Yosemite, Death Valley, Las Vegas, Zion, Bryce Canyon, Monument Valley and, of course, the Grand Canyon. As you Americans say, it was “awesome”.
My fav thing about living in the UK. The diversity, Welsh, Scottish, Irish cultures are all different. The heritage and history that is still visible to go to. I dont live that far from 7 Castles, most just ruins, but Warwick Castle is a fully working castle where they even dress in historical cloths, you can book to go to a meal in the great Hall like the meals they had in old days, and they have jousting.
A simple way of looking at the third pin as that it stops you getting electrocuted by a faulty device and also allows us to have those little slider things in the plug socket it’s self that stops kids putting their fingers in. That’s why the 3rd is longer and acts as a mechanism to open the plug socket exclusively for use with electronic devices.
UK plugs have been around so long that even most Brits don't understand them. The sliding cover in the socket over the live terminals only moves aside when the earth pin is inserted, which is why it is longer. So if your toddler experiments by trying to poke something into the holes she cannot do herself any harm. The only one that is open is the earth, which is safe by definition. Worried mums still buy covers to put over the socket, but they are completely unnecessary and theoretically can do more harm than good as well as being a nuisance. There are various other advantages to the UK domestic wiring system, such as fuses in the plug, and it was designed for convenience as well as safety.
The 3rd Pin on a UK plug is an Earth pin for safety - UK plugs all also have individual fuses, and it used to be that a lot of appliances didn't come with plugs (until sometime in the '90s), so we got taught how to wire a plug in school as it was a life skill at one point.
I live in Scotland, my favourite part of the UK!🏴🏴 My favourite aspect of living in the UK is that you are never more than about 55 miles from the coast.
dear what i liked about scotland while touring sw stayed at port william week newton stewart 2 denholm 2 days sw drive through countrside then all the sudden at a coastel town or village we went to wigtown isle of whithorn fir example and rhins my fave spot was mull of galloway porpatrick nice harbour village also and kirkcudbright same.we planned to follow coastal road to dumfries but missed turn somewhere but ok nice countryside sorry dear claire meant to say server poor rural va.
We still tip at a restaurant but only for a big meal and usually 5-10% but usually you don't leave more than a certain amount. Of course if its just a small meal then just leave the change.
A lot of restaurants in the UK will apply a ‘service charge’ to the bill, supposedly to cover the waitress/waiter service. But Brits prefer to tip independently when they receive good service.
I agree! And because you can travel to so many cities, towns, and villages that have preserved that history, it is a delight to wander around and learn about each area! As an American, we have very few cities or towns that are steeped in interesting history
I live in Northumberland and have got to say that we have the most beautiful countryside and beach's in the UK . I am 58 and proud to come from ashington .
I've travelled all over the UK, born in London, lived all over. I totally agree that Northumberland has the most amazing scenery and beaches. Don't tell everyone or it'll be overrun with tourists and ruin it!
I feel that we’re a little more environmentally aware here in the U.K. we’re not as obsessed with consumerism, corporate greed and excess as the US. That being said I have only visited the US a few times and it was quite a while ago.
I live in Germany. Let me tell, Brits have sold out compared to the continent. Remember small towns with family run shops rather than Costa Coffee and McD? They are still here
@@mango4ttwo635 in UK we have local stores. I don't get that statement. Its not sold out. I actually think the UK does it better when it comes to independent stores.
The British roof tiles that you showed are made of concrete. The American examples you showed are roofing felt, which we use over here for timber-framed garden sheds, and does indeed need replacing every five years or so. Many US houses look like over-sized garden sheds to me.
That's true, although it would take forever to get anywhere on rambling little branch lines, and you would probably only have two or three trains a day. Not something that would work well in this day and age!
Before the deregulation of the buses nearly everywhere was served by a bus route. Where I live in Lincolnshire we have three buses a week, Tuesday I can go to Grimsby and back, Wednesday and Friday I can go to Louth and back. Our station closed before Beeching was made chair of BR, the Western region of BR closed more lines before Beeching than after his famous axe. Lines in Lincolnshire were closed by the Wilson Labour government after Beeching had gone back to ICI.
The older you get, the more you know to just ignore negative people. They enjoy being negative, so let them get on with it; you don’t have to take note.
I also like the fact that when buying goods, the price that appears is the cost of the item. In the US and Canada, you have the price of the item, then when you go to the checkout you have to add sales tax, which varies from state to state or province to province.
I don't know how anyone could watch your videos and think that you hate the UK! For me, one of the best things about the UK is the freedom to go walking/hiking in the countryside. The network of footpaths and bridleways that covers the whole country means you can feel far more connected to nature and the outdoors than if you have to travel to a dedicated hiking trail so that even the outside world is compartmentalised into "hiking=specialist activity" and "normal life" as two separate and unconnected things.
The top pin on the plug is slightly longer, this is so that it can push on a tab to open up the two flaps for the lower pins. That way children don't get electrocuted when they put things they shouldn't do into the sockets, as it's only the two lower pins that are live and neutral (Brown and blue respectively) The longer pin is also the Earth (ground) connection, this is so that it is the last pin to leave the socket if it is pulled out by accident.
Something I was surprised about is that my US friends have never been to the countryside. I live inside the M25, I can walk 15 minutes and get a view of fields, granted it's not mega rural like in the middle of Wales, but still, apparently it is completely normal to have only ever been in urban places
We lived in Leicester for two and a half years while my then husband completed his post-doctoral position. We traveled all over England and Europe using only public transportation. As the Bris say, it was brilliant!
Such interesting things that are really quite different. I was surprised that public transport was one as we Brits do like a good moan about it. As a Brit I have to say I do enjoy our weather. People from other countries say we always talk about the weather, yes because we have ‘weather’. If you don’t like the weather in the UK, give it a hour (or ten minutes) and it will change!! Thank you for your video, it’s nice to hear some positives about this little island.
I know this may sound strange to most brits but the thing I like most about the UK is the weather. We get our fair share of good days along with the bad, but we don't get extreme weather conditions like lots of other parts of the globe gets.
as a northerner (Teesside) our pizza shops sell Pizza with Chips on the top and it's called a "London" pizza, it's called a london because the story goes that Londoners that use the tube to get home would collect their Pizza and chips on the way home from work but it was awkward to hold the pizza box flat with your box of chips on top, so they started to pour the chips onto the pizza so they only had to carry the one thin pizza box home on a busy london train, Hence the "london" pizza was born :)
Don't know if anyone has already commented but, the third pin on a UK plug (the long one) is the earth pin, it also acts as the locking pin it has to go in to open the live and neutral pin sockets to prevent things being pushed into these holes with ease. I live in Wales and the thing I love most is the banter between Wales and England, always makes for some fun jokes to lighten the day.
So many things! I love each country in the UK for its special individual peculiarities - accents, dialects, languages, customs, foods, and beautiful scenery. How green the British Isles are! The coastline - so varied, beautiful and accessible. History. I'm a nerd and I find interesting history wherever I go, not just in the cities that are famous for their historical relevance. I don't think that the UK is better than any other country - not at all - but it's the one that I love best.
Ha ha long live the chip butty…. Love your honesty and sharing views. I’ve been lucky to have lived all over the world, for years at a time. South America is the only area I’ve never lived. Even with all that my fav is Uk. There is no place like home. Keep up the entertaining clips Kaitlyn x
The YT comments section is where some of the dregs of society hang out. Take no notice. Re public transport. I have a friend in Florida and she says the nearest thing to public transport she's ever used is a taxi. I live in Manchester and I went for a night out with some friends in Liverpool recently. She made me send her pictures all evening not of the night out but of my journey there and back. Like anyone going out for a drink I used public transport so I got the tram into Manchester then the train to Liverpool. She was amazed by the video I sent her of the last tram home late at night. It was packed full of people who been out for the evening, everyone talking loudly and laughing. Very good natured I have to add. Anyway, she said it was like another universe.
Got to be the NHS. I've had epileptic seizures these past few years. If I lived in the USA, me and my entire extended family would be broke and that wasn't hyperbolic
My house is over 200 years old. The roof has had the odd minor repair/patch up but basically, it's the same one the builders put there when they built the place.
@@stevearmstrong9213 Flippin' 'eck Steve - speaking as a surveyor, that is good going. Fascinating to see how it was done and what materials were used.
Re the Roof thing you mentioned, really good point. In the UK the weather can be so wet for so long, that it's imperative to use quality roof materials (used to be slate but now mainly clay or variations of it) This is why they rarely need replacing.
One thing I don't like in the US is paying for your shopping. You are in the shop and see something you like, which is $5. You take your product to the till with your $5 bill and the teller says that will be $6 because the tax is not included. In the UK, if you can't claim back a tax, the advertised price is what you pay. It seems so simple so why can't the US do it?
Problem with this is that US sales tax varies (often widely) between and within different states (and even counties - depending on local taxing powers) and large chains could not efficiently advertise their prices if they had to include tax at widely differing rates. (Common range is from 6% - 10%)
road trips: England - Drive for 2 hours, go through 3 different counties the accent changed 5 times and you now call a bread roll something completely different !! America - drive for 2 hours, your just leaving the hometown and are still in the same county, accent remains the same. Just a giggle. Just for the record i'm English, although my wife is from Staten Island lol
Cobs. If it's roughly spherical and is bread, it's a cob. Sometimes small cylindrical bread is called a roll (you make them by rolling the dough), but cob covers all bases. And if it's got a filling like a sandwich, it's definitely a cob. Two or more of them as a snack meal, you've got some snap. Derbyshire, God's own county - don't listen to those Yorkshire folk.
During hurricane season in somewhere like Florida or in ‘tornado alley’ areas, roofing materials (like your bitumen roof shingles - in fact building materials in general) and construction methods are designed to make homes easily replaceable. Heavy materials (like concrete, clay or slate roof tiles) flying about in strong winds can cause more collateral damage to other properties and people… we have just had our roof replaced (UK citizen) and altered to eliminate a couple of flat areas and it wasn’t cheap, but it will likely last 40 + years! You also have capacious basements which act as refuges during heavy storms, where you can shelter, while the house might get ‘lifted’ from the plot, the people are kept relatively safe….
Agreed this was my first thought when she mentioned it. I've never lived in the US but I imagine snowstorms, hurricanes, Tornados and earthquakes party explain why the houses seem so rickety over there. Though we do get very high winds and snow up in Scotland and the houses do just fine. I don't think they would survive in a hurricane.
The Only Drawback of the UK Plug, is when it's unplugged and left on the Floor and then You Walk On It, It Doesn't damage the Plug, But Hurts like hell if you've got no shoes on!
The third conductor, the bigger one (is called "earth" conductor), is also a key that unlocks the main socket. It is an additional safety measure. It goes first and then allows the other two to be inserted.
Extra detail about the plugs: the extra pin on the plug is connected to the earth/ground wire. As a safety feature it’s slightly longer than the other two pins (the neutral and live wires) so it’s always the first to go into the socket and the last to come out ⚡️🔌
I was born in Yorkshire but I now live in Wiltshire (20 years) and there’s not any one specific thing that I love about Britain, but it’s more a culmination of everything if that makes sense!
Just for future reference, the prongs of a plug are known, here, as pins. 3-pin plug, Earth, Neutral and Live, Earth is unsleeved for safety if the plug is partially pulled out Earth still makes contact and the other two are partially sleeved so cannot make contact with bare metal. You can buy non-safe Chinese versions but certainly not recommended.
Also there is a shutter in the socket that stops anything, such as nail, being inserted into the live or neutral receptacles by an inquisitive child when there isn't a plug inserted. This shutter is opened by the longer earth pin when a plug is inserted. There are dummy plugs on the market which are supposed to make sockets safer by being plugged into the socket when not in use. But because these dummy plugs are usually flimsy affairs, and because they open the shutter, they actually make the sockets less, rather than more, safe. Cheap plugs that don't meet the standard are illegal, though that doesn't stop them being imported and sold unfortunately.
Two other points: the plugs themselves have a cartridge fuse as well as there being a circuit breaker at the distribution board. These should be rated according to the appliance they lead to: 3A, 5A, or 13A. Secondly, on a replacement plug, there are two “grip screws” where the flex enters the plug. These clamp the flex at the proper position, making it much less likely that the actual connections within the plug are dislodged should the flex be accidentally tugged. Even Tom Scott missed this in his video!
@@allenwilliams1306 Until the early 1990s, appliances came with three coloured bare wires at the end of the cord, and you had buy a plug and wire it yourself. Nowadays, fitted plugs are quite common, with no screws.
@@GirlGoneLondonofficial George Stevenson invented the Train Locomotive, Isambard was a true engineer who enhanced the railway system, built Bridges (still standing 180 plus years later) and buildings, including London Paddington Station and Bristol Temple Meads
Hi just subscribed to your channel I love the American accent and hearing you compare England to American I find it fascinating and very interesting Keep posting
I am 56 years old and have lived in the UK my entire life. One of my favourite things is discovering that you have been mispronouncing place names for decades. Just yesterday I found out how to pronounce Slaithwaite! Last month it was Happisburgh. I love that there is literally no way to know how to pronounce some place names without copying from somebody who knows how to say it.
So many UK place names are known only by people who live in the general area! A mate of mine moved to Leominster (Lemster) - I wouldn't have guessed the pronunciation! Same with Chomondeley and a ton of other place names! Belvoir Castle is actually pronounced Beaver Castle. Who knew?!
I have visited & lived/worked in both countries & each has the own virtues, Mostly what you say is spot on. The only thing that scares the hell out of me in the US is your second amendment thing.
On the chips discussion, you should come to Wales. Curry with 'half and half' is a standard. Half rice, half chips with you curry. Doesn't get any better.
As someone with Trinidadian roots where half the population has Indian roots, I love that I get to enjoy some of that with British comfort food even f it's not authentic. I actually ordered pork curry from a Chinese restaurant the other day and had a hard time deciding between rice and chips- didn't realise half and half was a possibility!
Hi, I am a brit living in Canada, 14yrs now, so you were saying about the roofs, in the UK the roofs are mainly covered with Clay, or concrete tiles, or slate tiles that are various sizes, King,Queen and so on. Sometimes thin stone, or maybe thatch, reed stems.,Lead and copper sheet sometimes. Now mainly in the US roofs are covered with fibreglass sheets, shingles. This is such a crap system, in hot areas they curl and wither away, in cold areas they curl and wither away. I know as I have fixed roofs here and in UK. The main reason for roofs failure in UK is the galvanised nails eventually rust through and then break allowing the battons the slip, usually takes 70 plus years. Hope this helps.
Why do they use these crappy tiles in the US and why don't they use similar ones than in UK? Is it because it's cheaper or they don't have the same materials?
I spent 6 weeks in a white ford van going from New York and back a number of years ago and have travelled up and down the UK. You are definitely not wrong there. I had sooo much more fun in the US than I could ever think of having in the UK. Even the truck stops were better, KOA's, HI's, Camp grounds and RV parks; we're very restricted where we can stop here in the UK in comparison.
Yeah Public transportation here is great! It really give more options for families (I.e if parents are working and kids need to get to and from school there is a variety of options + the infrastructure for walking et cetera) and it gives more freedom for teens.
Love this girl. One thing I noticed when visiting the US is the adding on of tax to prices already displayed. I think that's really the only thing I found slightly annoying. In the UK if a packet of smokes is £18...when you get to the till its £18. In the US they add on tax. Nearly got into an argument with the shop keeper in the states over that lol. Also our chocolate rocks in comparison :)
One of my friends was in an accident on his motorbike and had to have his leg pinned back together so couldn’t walk, after 6 months of full pay, sick leave, it went to half pay.
I live in Scotland (near to Stirling if that means anything to you) and for me its our greenery. You can have the most dreich, rainy days but its worth it because our countryside and parks are so lush and green. I swear there's about twenty shades of green on the hills near me, and as for our trees...
Roofs do get replaced in the UK - but they last a lot longer - the house I have is about 90 years old and I recently had the roof done - the old one was clearly the original
9:18 yes: just recently someone i know was ill for about a week when she was talking a holiday and she got to take the next week off as holiday too because she was ill during her proper "holiday".
I do understand some of what you say. I agree some things are just different. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and there's no place like home come to mind. 😊
On roofs: UK ones do wear out and need repairing eventually, but only after 100 years or so. Mine (on a terraced house built in 1910, in an area of NW England with a higher than average rainfall) was redone in 2007, reusing a lot of the original slates. This applies with pitched roofs. Flat roofs don't last anything like as long, because if they develop a hole it becomes a drain and all the water pours through it, whereas on a pitched roof most of the rainfall goes somewhere else.
Where I grew up in West Yorkshire roofs were traditionally constructed not of slate but stone slabs, and the houses also built of stone, not brick. They can last for hundreds of years.
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The USA 🇺🇸 kicked the limeys 🇬🇧ass and then they saved their ass and more than once!.. Now who would be generous enough to do that? No one but the U.S. was generous enough to do that so of course the USA is better than Britain! 😂
The USA 🇺🇸 kicked the limeys 🇬🇧ass and then they saved their ass and more than once!.. Now who would be generous enough to do that? No one but the U.S. was generous enough to do that so of course the USA is better than Britain! 😂
Everything! I am an American that has lived and brought up my children in London. I LOVE the UK and never want to go back to the US. I love the people here, the public transport, the availability of healthy food, the fresh water in your tap, the civilised people (mostly), the wonderful NHS, 4 week paid holidays, maternity leave (one year), advanced technology, the socialised parts of Gov't (help with education, housing, ), work/ life balance, everything within walking distance, ability to easily travel all over Europe, reasonable weather (less heat), half-term breaks, better chocolate, no guns, a lot less racial prejudice and not nearly as many stupid people. I could continue to list a lot more, because I feel my life here is MUCH better and I am a much happier person being here.
If you think that the water out your tap in London is good ,it’s not in the same league as Scottish water
@@ianmuir6784 is it not just Irn Bru...
I always think that if I was arguing with an American about which country is better. All I have to say is 'NHS'. 💙
Isn't it funny that the things us brits take for granted are the bonuses to living here, I guess we just take things for granted. Thank you UK 🇬🇧
@@ianmuir6784 Whatever! It can't be worse than the water in the States!!! It is DISGUSTING! No one drinks it from the tap ...everyone has a water filter !
UK electric plugs were designed for safety. Out voltage supply is more than double yours (240v vs 110v) and the pins are specifically designed with the earth (ground) longer than the live and neutral for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it makes its connection first when being plugged in and is disconnected last when being unplugged. Secondly, as it enters the wall socket it pushes a latch which opens the two gated live and neutral holes to prevent anything else being pushed into them. However, they bloody hurt worse than Lego if you accidentally step on one with bare feet!!!
Brilliant explanation mate
Tom Scott made a really good video going into more detail about this for anyone that's interested
Indeed, much more to it than just a secure connection with the wall ...also America should note from example that there is not an 'S' in Lego!
And add that the live and neutral pins are usually insulated over enough of their length that the exposed part is inside the socket before it makes contact.
There was a video of a guy that does comparisons of power plugs/sockets on his worldwide travels. He said it was so difficult to deliberately make a UK plug connection unsafe, that doing it accidentally was highly unlikely. For example, he would normally try wrapping wire across live and neutral, but the insulation mentioned above made that pointless.
And add that the live and neutral pins are usually insulated over enough of their length that the exposed part is inside the socket before it makes contact.
There was a video of a guy that does comparisons of power plugs/sockets on his worldwide travels. He said it was so difficult to deliberately make a UK plug connection unsafe, that doing it accidentally was highly unlikely. For example, he would normally try wrapping wire across live and neutral, but the insulation mentioned above made that pointless.
I remember being in a busy bar in a pub in England. It can make you a bit nervous if you're foreign. The barman went to a man further down the bar who had not been waiting as long as me. The man pointed to me and said to the barman 'that guy was before me'. I couldn't believe it. I can't imagine that happening in Russia.
Love that! Has totally happened to me too - love that about the UK.
Unfortunately not everyone does that but the majority do (as long as they realised you were there 1st).
You have to remember the British obsession with queueing and our dislike of anyone who jumps the queue.
Yes, the majority of us have manners and we just see it as common curtesy. As Dangermouse commented, we don't like people jumping the queue....and yes, sometimes it just happens because the other person didn't realise (a honest mistake). But where ever you're from, welcome to the UK
Sounds normal. Am Australian and it happens all the time in shops. (I don't go to pubs.)
When I brought my American fiancée and her children over here, they thought the idea of a full English breakfast was disgusting, especially baked beans for breakfast. They changed their minds after having one.
One of the staple foods for University of St Andrews students is...cheese and chips.
Essentially chips (french fries) covered in grated cheddar. It is the most popular dish in the Students Union....and perfect for students.
I find that odd as when I lived in America in West Virginia my wife was a teacher in a Middle school we had to turn up early before classes as they provided breakfasts for poor kids.
They had mash potatoes, meat, veg gravy and biscuits which we call a bread bun.
Now that was more weird to me for a breakfast.
When I went to the US I found it odd that it's hard to find pure Orange Juice with no added sugar.
I really can’t face all that first thing in the morning. I’ll stick with corn flakes.
My Wife was the same. Now a good english breakfast plate with cheesy beans or even better, a sunday roast is what she looks forward to
What I like best during my two weeks vacation to England in 2019 was that the food did not have all the sh*t (high fructose corn syrup for example) in it like American food. I did not have any digestive issues while in England. Whereas in the US, they allow all kinds of garbage to be in food/food products.
It´s so interesting and depressing how food standards in the U.S. have fallen over the past decades. I remember on my first visits back in the late 70´s how good I though most of the everyday food was. Last time in 2018 I thought the complete opposite!
600 pound life 🤣🤣🤣in old USA 🇺🇸
politicians and the cop media call it "business friendly policies". Consumers are there for the $$$, and workers are there to be worked to death
Yet Kinder Surprise eggs are banned
Some think the Conservative Right in the UK wanted Brexit in order to ditch EU standards and ape US standards in food and other issues (under the propaganda title pro-business). We'll see
I'm a Yorkshireman and my favourite part about my homeland is the beauty of the scenery. So many wonderfully beautiful places to go for a walk and experience!
Totally agree. Our countryside, flora and fauna is absolutely stunning.
To mis-quote Jeremy Clarkson. "America is a beautiful country, spoiled only by Americans"
(Clarkson said it about the French, to a posh Frenchman)
@@MaryShelleysNib nice to visit boring to live .
@@xtraspecial4677 Yorkshire or England in general?
Yes and Nigel too
I love the NHS.
I also love the fact that 'tax' is always included in the prices at the shops.
Yes, the tax being included is a great one!
Many Americans do not want to pay the taxes that pay for things like the NHS: they'd call it communism! The UK has evolved a syatem of private and public insurance, like the National Insurance contribution that pays for the NHS or the mandatory insurance for cars, whereas the US has gone down the route of paying for services as and when they are used, and of lawyers for settling car crash damages
@@jerrytracey6602 what they do not realise is we pay much less in taxes than they do for Medical Health Insurance. Also many US medical insurance excludes pre-existing medical conditions, where the NHS covers everything. A pre-COVID estimate was that 54m Americans had no healthcare insurance, where every single person in the UK has NHS cover, even if they are homeless living on the streets.
In the UK if we choose to pay for it if have additional healthcare insurance, we can also have private healthcare. So we have more choices.
KeithGadget "Everyone in the UK has NHS medical cover, even if they are homeless, and the contribution from taxes costs less than US medical insurance". Best argument for socialised medicine and a humane society.
I have to say the fact that tax isn't included in American shop pricing is baffling to me. How do you know if you have enough cash in the bank to pay for everything you're buying? Must be a nightmare if you're on a tight budget.
The U.K. plug sockets also have an On/Off switch so you don’t have to pull out the plug to turn it off; much more convenient.
And it can be done remotely!!!
And one thing I haven't seen in the US is the USB in the socket either
One of the main things I miss. They are big a bit clunky but they never fall out and having off switch is very convenient. US plugs are shite quite honestly.
@@nutyyyy 👍👍
what in the world needs a switch at the plug thats just dumb
I think US citizens would be shocked by our maternity/paternity leave. I was watching a video where a woman in the US had to work until the baby was born then take 2 weeks holiday and go back to work. That is utterly barbaric.
Oh god I was shocked, I was in CHICAGO and I saw a heavily pregnant woman, standing in the middle of a busy road junction, DIRECTING traffic. She was around 9 months.
WHAT A TROOPER.
also barbaric,
Although natural childbirth is barbaric.!!!!
Is the maternity leave paid? The best package I've ever seen in the US was 12 weeks unpaid. Basically just a temporary hold on your job.
@@nickc2802 yes, its paid. There are two different payments depending how long you have worked for your employer. Either Statutory Maternity Pay or Maternity Allowance. Both last for 52 weeks.
@Gareth Tucker got to be honest, I dont think I would have wanted my husband taking half of my leave. He didn't have to recover from a birth that cause something not dissimilar to a car crash injury, and I don't remember him breastfeeding round the clock. 😁😁😁
@Gareth Tucker that blows my mind. Our regulations are barbaric compared to that
As an American living in the UK right now, my favourite parts are the beautiful countryside and the history behind the architecture... and OTTERS!
Yes. They cuddle. It's so cute
@@jessicaable5095 OTTERS! I've never seen one here in England.
'Nothing - and I mean, really, absolutely nothing - is more extraordinary in Britain than the beauty of the countryside.
Nowhere in the world is there a landscape that has been more intensively utilised - more mined, farmed, quarried, covered with cities and clanging factories, threaded with motorways and railway lines - and yet remains so comprehensively and reliably lovely over most of its extent. It is the happiest accident in history'. ............US - born writer Bill Bryson
@@dinerouk I love Bill Bryson! With quotes like this, he perfectly expresses how I feel also 💕… I will be launching my Cotswolds vlog series in December. My love story to my most favourite part of the British countryside🇺🇸🇬🇧
@@MagentaOtterTravels You spelt 'favourite' the British way - now that really does shout "ANGLOPHILE."
Americans: Damn plug won't stay in!
Brits: Damn you plug, why won't you come out?
Don't forget the joys of a British plug when it is pins up and you stand on it
Lego X 1000!
Brits: (stepping on a plug with barefeet) Mother F............!
The us is 110volts so can come out, but our 240 volts will just kill if its not secure.
The Europeans went to the Americas 530 years ago. The native peoples lived in buildings and dwellings that allowed for hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and whatever was climatically normal in those areas, in their shape and design.
Europeans said, "No way!!!" and have been building Swiss and French Alpine style sloped roofs and flat Spanish tiled roofs ever since and scratching their heads in disbelief every time there is some 'weather'.
British plugs are earthed, thus the 3rd prong.
Favourite thing in UK, NHS every time. So grateful for it.
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The way it treats non British citizens before white people and gets money PILLEDGED if black or Asian gets put in a position of trust
Even though it's woke and left wing?
@@Ganymede559 some people blind pal don't have a clue
@@Ganymede559 how is having nationalised healthcare left wing? Or were you under the false impression its socialist? You do know it was a conservative idea?
Thank you for mentioning the NHS! Born and raised in the UK so I only realised how amazing this was when I started to travel more. great video!
The Conservatives have been trying to get rid of the NHS since it's conception back in 1948, they are finally succeeding, we are losing it.
@@HektorBandimar The NHS is being lost. It's not as if the NHS provides great care in every hospital. The UK has one of the West's lowest cancer survival rates. The NHS should model itself on the French, or German, healthcare systems, where people pay & where hospitals provide excellent care.
When I was having treatment for my varicose veins, I was told that my veins were about 60% constricted, due to scarring from phlebitis, (blood clots). The Stasis Dermatitis that I have, was misdiagnosed, by a GP, who is now retired. I could have had treatment, for my veins, three years ago and I would have been spared the pain, that I have endured, for the last year, due to a leaky valve, as well as two leg ulcers, one of which still hasn't fully healed.
For all I know, the Stasis Dermatitis might even be a misdiagnosis, but instead the redness, on my lower legs, might be due to the phlebitis.
The NHS needs reorganising and if people paid, they might be treated with a lot more respect, by frontline staff. Also, NHS services might improve dramatically. I doubt very much there are 5.4 million French citizens waiting for health treatment.
I’m American living in Bucks, we are buying a mid -20th century house and i asked how old the roof was and the estate agent looked at me like it was such a weird question, it hadn’t been replaced since it was built and there were no plans to, I just assumed by 20,25 years it would have to be but those thick slate-looking tiles do look very sturdy!
Those American things are not tiles. I'd call them shingles myself. The only time you'd have to worry about when the roof needed replacing here is if it's thatched
Loved it - very balanced. I am a Brit and what I love the most about this country is that being polite is considered very important. I like that!
Our rooves are made of interlocking concrete tiles or slate stones. They are designed to stand up to 100mph winds as standard and have been for 100s of years. Usually the support timbers rotting is the only thing that will cause a roof to need repair. This will happen only in old houses before timber was treated.
English plugs are the safest design in the world by far.
My parents have an old house with slate tiles in Vermont and have never had a problem. UK is a great example of when something is done right, it will never have to be done again.
@@vermontmike9800 yeah.. I always laugh when I see American homes get blown away completely in a small tornado like 120mph or so. I always just think if you built it from brick and concrete it wouldn't blow away. Have you Yanks never read the story of the 3 little pigs and the wolf who huffed and puffed?!
Most British roofs are made of pantiles. They're expected to last the life of the house.
@@alanbrookes8716 Actual terracotta pantiles are found mainly in certain areas of the country, such as East Anglia. The modern roof tile tends to be made of concrete, which doesn't shrink in the drying like pantiles do, and is thus more uniform in shape and size, leading to a better interlocking fit. Slate is probably the best roofing material, and is the most common in places like Wales, where there were slate quarries - rather expensive these days, though..
@@vermontmike9800 and thats part of the problem, built in obsolescence. disposable culture (i lived in texas for a while so )
Also, another good reason why UK mains plugs (to the best of my knowledge)are among the safest on the planet is that the holes for both the live and neutral pins in a lot of sockets actually have a cover over them just inside which (why the earth pin on the plug is longer - it opens the covers for the other plug pins when in) literally stops just anything just being poked into them and potentially causing shock or fire! Designed by very good thinkers.
Believe it or not my favorite thing in the UK is the weather, our weather has very few extremes compared to other countries, yes we have bad storms and can have droughts but generally its pretty well non eventful really.
Very interesting, someone else said this too so you're not alone!
As a fair skinned, blue-eyed (yes, the sun affects eyesight too) blonde, the British climate is perfect. The sun and I have issues.
There are those living in some countries, that holiday in the UK for the weather.
Catherine Robillard As a red headed green eyed antipodean, UK weather is kind to me.
The weather might be mild and uneventful but we can talk for hours about it.
I love so many things about this country! Pub culture, flowers all year, beautiful countryside scenery! And let’s not forget British humour!
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Grow up Muppet.
Let's NOT forget British colonies . !!
The change of seasons. A traditional cooked breakfast in a cafe. Walks in a park. A chip butty. Day trips out to the beach. The ability to have a walk without dripping with sweat. Just to mention a few 😃👍
The ability to walk to get somewhere without risking life and limb being run over since no-one expects you to walk in the US. That's assuming you don't want to cross the road on foot in the US, when you risk being arrested for jaywalking.
Are you working or just goofing around ??
I feel a bit of Ian Dury coming on here : )
Agree about the food prices in the US I was shocked at how expensive it was. Crazy expensive. I would also like to add the lack of gated communities in the UK, lack of guns and how much easier it is to walk about in the UK.
Picture a housing estate surrounded by 6-foot gates that you have to swipe a keytag to get in or out.
I found food to be the opposite. When I first moved back to the UK (mid 90s), I found food to be insanely expensive, and I've heard that between 2008 (when I left) and now, food prices have gone through the roof. I go to the US to buy cheap groceries (and can't wait for the border to reopen, Canadian prices are killing!)
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@@WerewolfLord when people talk about groceries being cheaper in the UK it tends to be specifically essentials and ingredients, things like bread, cheese, vegetables, meat, fruit and anything you might use to make your own meal. These things are cheaper in the UK because we have a fresh food and local produce culture which cuts down on transportation costs, and by long-standing principle we don't tax most food. The idea is food is essential and so people shouldn't be made to pay extra to get what they need to survive. For these reasons common food shopping is typically cheaper in the UK compared to the US. Many fruits and vegetables are half the cost that Americans pay. But when you get to eating out, takeaways, certain snack foods and such, prices in the UK are higher. So yes basic food is cheaper, but caveat it is does depend on what precisely you're buying to eat.
Restaurants are more expensive has we are not expected to tip waitresses it come with our bill this ensures the staff get paid a set wage and don't rely on tips to top up wages x
@@Natalie-qu2ue I'm a former waitress. I disagree with you. Eating out is expensive enough. They don't do it to pay staff proper wages. I worked hard for my tips, didn't get 10% of the bill, but was grateful for it. I made sure customers had a good time. Now, they charge you compulsory 10-12% service charge regardless of the quality of service and food. It's not statutory law. So I consider it a tax. It's an insult to the customer.
@@helentse1588 You can ask for the service charge to be removed if it is bad, just like if I receive really a good service I also leave a cash tip.
The only roofs in the UK that need replacing often are flat roofs about 10 years. Thatched about 25-30 years. Slate, stone, terracotta or cement tile about 50-65 years or even longer over a century even. The lead/zinc flashing may need attention after about 10-15 years, along with the ridge tiles and valleys.
Yeah, even when work needs to be done on a roof in the UK, it is usually just patched with new tile etc. 'coz the rest of it is still sound.
In the US, the majority of roofs are shingle, either wood or felt/tar/stone chip surfaced with varying lifetimes od 15/25/35 years (related to the thickness/quality of the shingle). In some areas though they use tile (like Phoenix), which lasts like in the UK, though they talk about the "underlayment" needing replacing every ~20-25 years...I think this is just a way to keep making money off people!
Yeah, we had a roofer at the old family home about 10 years ago sorting a bit of flashing, and a tile the wind hat decided to yeet into the back garden. The bulding is early 50's, so we got him to have a look ar the timbers in the loft and eaves. He seemed a little disappointed after going around and saying he figured he'd be retired before any significant work needed done.
Thecraggrat, our roof is over 200 years old and has only ever had the occasional patch up to weather damage.
Slate roofs should last between 80 and 100 years longer if well maintained.
In my experience slate, stone and even clay last a lot longer than that.
uk plugs also have a built-in locating device :
they always land pins upwards, which makes it easy to find it in the dark.. stand on it and you have found it
Normally followed by some colourful language 😂🤣
And people complain about standng on Lego... Pffft,
@@edwardhuggins84 😂😂😂
@@tonyhunter1892 lol doesn't compare
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So pleased you started with the NHS. For me, it's our (UK's) greatest post-war achievement, and I wouldn't swap it for anything.
I’m from Scotland and love the easy accessibility to wide open spaces without crowds. One thing that puzzled me that was missing from your list was the BBC. Being able to watch tv or listen to radio without constant interruptions for adverts/commercials is wonderful
Scotlands just fab all round! Glaswegian here and I can't imagine living anywhere else.
The BBC has turned into Britains disgrace. God how I hate it. I'm not alone.
@@johnferguson40 my reasons for liking the bbc are in my statement. Yours for disliking aren’t! Compared to other broadcasters in the uk and around the world, what is so wrong with the bbc? Tv and radio programmes are so varied that you’ll always pick up something new. You might not like everything as we all have different tastes but, like going to a supermarket, you select what you want 😊
@@davidroberts569 The BBC is an agency of the State and its anti Scottish and anti SNP content or lack of is shocking. Then theres the licence fee. It's not for me.
@@johnferguson40don't pay it then I never have
It's got a lot of amazing content that isn't biased but I do agree they are a state owned propaganda machine
As a Brit living in the US, the thing I miss is being close to everything. I used to walk for 20 mins along the seafront & be in the city centre.
Ah, yes - everything is so spread out in most of the US!
yeah its great being able to have to use car. plus Florida was just to hot this time of year i defiantly like the uk more.
Brighton?
@@MaryShelleysNib yes Brighton.
@@paulausten5786 lived there too, also miss walking along beach to work and everything in walking or cycling distance, including the Downs. Beautiful 😍
You might like to pair a fish finger sandwich with your chip butty. In both cases the bread (preferably white) should be slathered in good salty butter. Fish finger sandwich and a chip butty: a smile on a plate.
Cheerio.
Fish fingers are a good call. Or a chip butty with a fried egg in it as well... and perhaps some bacon.
Roast chicken with chips peas and gravy. 😋
And inches on the waist and a few pounds more on the scales.
Floury white bap, split in half. Fried hash browns, crispy on the outside but moist and yielding within. Ketchup.
Food of the chuffing gods.
The vital thing for the full chip butty experience is that the heat of the chips melts the butter so it drips onto your chin.
Damn! I crave a chip butty now!
What i like about living in the U.K.not having a gun culture.
Agree! I live in Texas 😩
David that is our gun culture!
There most certainly is a gun culture in the UK. There are millions of legally owned guns in the UK we just have way stricter gun laws.
I’m U.K. born and bred and I think exactly the opposite. At least in the US you have a way of defending yourself against a tyrannical government. We can’t protect ourselves in the U.K. so they can go right ahead and kill the population. Tyranny ALWAYS follows gun confiscation, history tells us that! Please US citizens, don’t EVER give up your 2nd amendment rights. If you do, humanity is dead, wherever we live in the world! You are the last place on earth that has freedom, we are all counting on you!
We have a great knife culture though….
We have rooves, (roofs), in the UK that are older than the USA. One example that springs to mind is the Old Post Office in Tintagel. It is rather spectacular and looks to be more organic than constructed. Although I did read somewhere that it was re roofed at some point in the 1500's, so what you see is perhaps the 'new' roof.
The UK plug was primarily designed for safety. One of those is to prevent children from sticking metal objects into the socket and get electricuted. The two smaller pins at the bottom that carry the electricity have a spring operated barrier in front of them which can only be released by the longer pin that enters the hole first and releases the barriers, which in turn, allows the current to circulate through the bottom two pins. It is an ingenious design.
Having an earth, having a fuse etc etc has saved thousands of lives compared to the life threatening nonsense used for electricity connectors in other countries.
But it's a bugger when you step on the bloody things.
Plus it's double the voltage too, also another fun fact about uk plugs are the way they are wired up, if you accidently trip on the cord the first wire to get pulled out will be the Live (shortest), then Neutral then lastly the earth! {if wired to correct lengths) cool eh?
How is food so expensive in the USA? There's bearly any actual food in it. It's all just sugar and additives.
I’ve noticed that fresh produce is way more expensive in the US. I think part of it is that so much of it is grown in California and then shipped all the way across the country to everywhere else...
@@MagentaOtterTravels First time I visited U.S.A. very disappointed not with food but how badly the food is cooked, in Restaurants etc, + all this nonsense about standing ! in a queue waiting to be seated.
Peace to all.
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It costs a bloody fortune in USA.. when I’ve gone over n buyin veg is a joke.. prices are horrendous! They weren’t impressed when I said.. for that price I want the farmer too!.. also if yav lived here for 10 yrs.. yad say … chips!!!!
@@OliviaHarrison731 not the prices I paid .. they like triple!!
@@OliviaHarrison731 I think any educated person knows about currencies and won't say that a $2 product is more expensive than a 1.6 GBP product. So when people say food in USA is more expensive, they mean it's really more expensive.
Yes, I feel you! It’s crazy how sometimes you just point out differences and people get their knickers in a twist and say “if you don’t like it here, go back to America!“ So silly.
Absolutely. I suppose it makes them feel better about themselves, but it's hard to see how.
@@ezicarus8216 There are plenty of people in the UK with money and career progression and plenty in the US without.
She just saying her perspective and its wrong, that's what people are pointing out. ; )
The UK 3 pin plug…The safest electrical plug on the planet……especially when eaten with chips/fries! 🤔
I am a south londoner and what i love about this country is it's attention to innovation, science, culture and history.
Obviously not from Croydon then! 😂
Roofs, interesting one. We had to replace our roof 10 years ago here in Kent, but it was the first replacement since the house was built, approximately in the late 18th century. It has an oak ring beam and Kent peg tile covering and they built it to last so we only needed to replace one side of the beam and reused half the titles, only replacing those with too much wear.
As for the 'you obviously hate the UK' crowd, they are on all the ex-pat videos. I think they hunt them out because they have nothing better to do. It isn't like you have only just got here and are moaning about everything. Ignore them. Good video.
Oooh, I'm glad to hear that they come out everywhere. I thought people just thought that I was particularly negative. Thanks for watching!
I think they're CCP shills. These anti-American and anti-Commonwealth trolls are all over the Brexit videos.
@@GirlGoneLondonofficial No you are a lovely lady just ignore them they are just bullies.
I often wonder, do these clowns who criticise you not think that marrying an Englishman and living here for a decade is a slightly odd way to demonstrate your hatred of the UK? Anyway, I love your work, keep it up.
Thanks so much for watching and your kind words Robert! It is a little bizarre - I'm getting British citizenship this year - I'm allowed to poke some fun at some things, right?! Lord knows I do it about the US!
@@GirlGoneLondonofficial well, in my opinion, if you pay our taxes (and apparently also Uncle Sam’s 🤯) and obey our laws you’re allowed a bit of affectionate ribbing. And frankly, when you’re sworn your oath to Her Majesty, you can say what the hell you like. We are born British but you have chosen to become so, which means you recognise the virtues of our nation - which many of us hold dear - far beyond anything the performative haters could hope to comprehend. All the best to you. 🙂
@@GirlGoneLondonofficial Once you are a British Citizen, it is your right, nay your duty, to complain about everything and anything. You can & should even complain about people who complain about everything and anything! 😉😂
You’re doing fantastic and I for one love it that you’ve chosen to live here and marry here. Best of luck on your citizenship, you’ll smash it!
Thanks Dan!!!!
What I love about living in the UK is being able to see very different scenery within short distances. Where I live we have cities like Edinburgh and Glasgow nearby but we are also very close to the Highlands and the west and east coasts are within an hour or two’s drive. On the other hand I agree about road trips. US road trips are truly epic. The last one we did was from San Francisco to Phoenix via Yosemite, Death Valley, Las Vegas, Zion, Bryce Canyon, Monument Valley and, of course, the Grand Canyon. As you Americans say, it was “awesome”.
I am a Welsh expat,I just love the greenery of the UK and the pub life when I come back.
My fav thing about living in the UK.
The diversity, Welsh, Scottish, Irish cultures are all different. The heritage and history that is still visible to go to.
I dont live that far from 7 Castles, most just ruins, but Warwick Castle is a fully working castle where they even dress in historical cloths, you can book to go to a meal in the great Hall like the meals they had in old days, and they have jousting.
There is a video done by Tom Scott about British plugs if your are interested in the reasons why there are 3 pins
Interesting, will look it up!
A simple way of looking at the third pin as that it stops you getting electrocuted by a faulty device and also allows us to have those little slider things in the plug socket it’s self that stops kids putting their fingers in. That’s why the 3rd is longer and acts as a mechanism to open the plug socket exclusively for use with electronic devices.
UK plugs have been around so long that even most Brits don't understand them. The sliding cover in the socket over the live terminals only moves aside when the earth pin is inserted, which is why it is longer. So if your toddler experiments by trying to poke something into the holes she cannot do herself any harm. The only one that is open is the earth, which is safe by definition. Worried mums still buy covers to put over the socket, but they are completely unnecessary and theoretically can do more harm than good as well as being a nuisance.
There are various other advantages to the UK domestic wiring system, such as fuses in the plug, and it was designed for convenience as well as safety.
Is there also a video about guttering?. 🤦🏼♀️
The 3rd Pin on a UK plug is an Earth pin for safety - UK plugs all also have individual fuses, and it used to be that a lot of appliances didn't come with plugs (until sometime in the '90s), so we got taught how to wire a plug in school as it was a life skill at one point.
I live in Scotland, my favourite part of the UK!🏴🏴
My favourite aspect of living in the UK is that you are never more than about 55 miles from the coast.
yes! how i live in a capital city but can cycle or get a bus to the beach 😌
dear what i liked about scotland while touring sw stayed at port william week newton stewart 2 denholm 2 days sw drive through countrside then all the sudden at a coastel town or village we went to wigtown isle of whithorn fir example and rhins my fave spot was mull of galloway porpatrick nice harbour village also and kirkcudbright same.we planned to follow coastal road to dumfries but missed turn somewhere but ok nice countryside sorry dear claire meant to say server poor rural va.
I am about 90 miles away in each direction!
You forgot that in U.K. you don't have to tip people like in America because the employer pays good wages so the employee .
We still tip at a restaurant but only for a big meal and usually 5-10% but usually you don't leave more than a certain amount. Of course if its just a small meal then just leave the change.
A lot of restaurants in the UK will apply a ‘service charge’ to the bill, supposedly to cover the waitress/waiter service. But Brits prefer to tip independently when they receive good service.
True, but then housing is much more expensive, so someone working in a restaurant will never likely own a house in the future, even with two incomes.
It sounds funny when an American says "chip butty"
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Good for you girl, we will make you English (might take 50 years)
Proper pronunciation, though, is "chip boody."
I love our history and heritage - we have such a rich and vibrant past there so much to learn
I agree! And because you can travel to so many cities, towns, and villages that have preserved that history, it is a delight to wander around and learn about each area! As an American, we have very few cities or towns that are steeped in interesting history
@@ezicarus8216 lol!😂😂
@@MagentaOtterTravels do not forget British colonies, also part of British history .
I live in Northumberland and have got to say that we have the most beautiful countryside and beach's in the UK . I am 58 and proud to come from ashington .
Used to live in Morpeth, still miss Northumberland after 25 years away.
I've travelled all over the UK, born in London, lived all over. I totally agree that Northumberland has the most amazing scenery and beaches. Don't tell everyone or it'll be overrun with tourists and ruin it!
Best beaches are in Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
I feel that we’re a little more environmentally aware here in the U.K. we’re not as obsessed with consumerism, corporate greed and excess as the US.
That being said I have only visited the US a few times and it was quite a while ago.
I live in Germany. Let me tell, Brits have sold out compared to the continent. Remember small towns with family run shops rather than Costa Coffee and McD? They are still here
@@mango4ttwo635 we still have family run shops
@@mango4ttwo635 in UK we have local stores. I don't get that statement. Its not sold out. I actually think the UK does it better when it comes to independent stores.
It's much worse now.
I think the prioritization of life vs work , is something we share in most part of Europe.
The British roof tiles that you showed are made of concrete. The American examples you showed are roofing felt, which we use over here for timber-framed garden sheds, and does indeed need replacing every five years or so. Many US houses look like over-sized garden sheds to me.
regarding public transport: before the Beeching cuts in the sixties you COULD get virtually anywhere by train
That's true, although it would take forever to get anywhere on rambling little branch lines, and you would probably only have two or three trains a day. Not something that would work well in this day and age!
Before the deregulation of the buses nearly everywhere was served by a bus route. Where I live in Lincolnshire we have three buses a week, Tuesday I can go to Grimsby and back, Wednesday and Friday I can go to Louth and back.
Our station closed before Beeching was made chair of BR, the Western region of BR closed more lines before Beeching than after his famous axe. Lines in Lincolnshire were closed by the Wilson Labour government after Beeching had gone back to ICI.
and the decimation of rural bus services.
Favourite part - the NHS
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The older you get, the more you know to just ignore negative people. They enjoy being negative, so let them get on with it; you don’t have to take note.
@@ezicarus8216 it’s boring 🥱sooo pooooo
As you get older you gain a lot of knowledge also tolerance of other people.
I also like the fact that when buying goods, the price that appears is the cost of the item. In the US and Canada, you have the price of the item, then when you go to the checkout you have to add sales tax, which varies from state to state or province to province.
My last house was almost as old as the USA, and is in better condition……
America was in nappies when my house was built circa 1700
I don't know how anyone could watch your videos and think that you hate the UK!
For me, one of the best things about the UK is the freedom to go walking/hiking in the countryside. The network of footpaths and bridleways that covers the whole country means you can feel far more connected to nature and the outdoors than if you have to travel to a dedicated hiking trail so that even the outside world is compartmentalised into "hiking=specialist activity" and "normal life" as two separate and unconnected things.
The top pin on the plug is slightly longer, this is so that it can push on a tab to open up the two flaps for the lower pins. That way children don't get electrocuted when they put things they shouldn't do into the sockets, as it's only the two lower pins that are live and neutral (Brown and blue respectively) The longer pin is also the Earth (ground) connection, this is so that it is the last pin to leave the socket if it is pulled out by accident.
Something I was surprised about is that my US friends have never been to the countryside. I live inside the M25, I can walk 15 minutes and get a view of fields, granted it's not mega rural like in the middle of Wales, but still, apparently it is completely normal to have only ever been in urban places
We lived in Leicester for two and a half years while my then husband completed his post-doctoral position. We traveled all over England and Europe using only public transportation. As the Bris say, it was brilliant!
I'm shocked that supermarket food is cheaper in the UK. I figured the USA would have cheaper versions of everything.
We do
Such interesting things that are really quite different. I was surprised that public transport was one as we Brits do like a good moan about it. As a Brit I have to say I do enjoy our weather. People from other countries say we always talk about the weather, yes because we have ‘weather’. If you don’t like the weather in the UK, give it a hour (or ten minutes) and it will change!! Thank you for your video, it’s nice to hear some positives about this little island.
I know this may sound strange to most brits but the thing I like most about the UK is the weather. We get our fair share of good days along with the bad, but we don't get extreme weather conditions like lots of other parts of the globe gets.
I hear a lot of people from the UK complain about their weather, but in my hometown today it will reach a high of 120. We celebrate rain in my area.
@@VMitch-ng7tg yeah, you can have too much of a good thing 😊
When I lived in New Hampshire I actually loved the defined seasons
I love the weather as well wouldn’t change it for the world
as a northerner (Teesside) our pizza shops sell Pizza with Chips on the top and it's called a "London" pizza, it's called a london because the story goes that Londoners that use the tube to get home would collect their Pizza and chips on the way home from work but it was awkward to hold the pizza box flat with your box of chips on top, so they started to pour the chips onto the pizza so they only had to carry the one thin pizza box home on a busy london train, Hence the "london" pizza was born :)
@@jillhobson6128 you've never lived. It's literally on every menu in every pizza shop haha
I’ve twice spent a few days in Middlesbrough, and I really like the place, hoping to get back there this Summer. I want to try a parmo.
Don't know if anyone has already commented but, the third pin on a UK plug (the long one) is the earth pin, it also acts as the locking pin it has to go in to open the live and neutral pin sockets to prevent things being pushed into these holes with ease.
I live in Wales and the thing I love most is the banter between Wales and England, always makes for some fun jokes to lighten the day.
You DO love those sheep though
@@-M0LE course... have you tried lamb 🤦♀️ just got to be quick to catch it 🤣🤷♀️
So many things!
I love each country in the UK for its special individual peculiarities - accents, dialects, languages, customs, foods, and beautiful scenery.
How green the British Isles are!
The coastline - so varied, beautiful and accessible.
History. I'm a nerd and I find interesting history wherever I go, not just in the cities that are famous for their historical relevance.
I don't think that the UK is better than any other country - not at all - but it's the one that I love best.
Ha ha long live the chip butty…. Love your honesty and sharing views. I’ve been lucky to have lived all over the world, for years at a time. South America is the only area I’ve never lived. Even with all that my fav is Uk. There is no place like home. Keep up the entertaining clips Kaitlyn x
The YT comments section is where some of the dregs of society hang out. Take no notice.
Re public transport. I have a friend in Florida and she says the nearest thing to public transport she's ever used is a taxi. I live in Manchester and I went for a night out with some friends in Liverpool recently. She made me send her pictures all evening not of the night out but of my journey there and back. Like anyone going out for a drink I used public transport so I got the tram into Manchester then the train to Liverpool. She was amazed by the video I sent her of the last tram home late at night. It was packed full of people who been out for the evening, everyone talking loudly and laughing. Very good natured I have to add. Anyway, she said it was like another universe.
True, thanks for the vote of confidence Bob!
Bob, when this coronacrap is finished, invite her over to experience it for herself.
chemical additives in foods are not cheap someone has to pay for all those extra ingredients
This was a good video. Thanks for sharing your thoughts here, Kalyn 😊
Got to be the NHS. I've had epileptic seizures these past few years. If I lived in the USA, me and my entire extended family would be broke and that wasn't hyperbolic
I love UK plugs compared to the rest of the world, an elephant couldn't dislodge a UK plug 🤣🤣
Have you watched Tom Scott's video about UK plugs? I found it fascinating
@@anitawhite2669 ...I might of , I've seen quite a few explaining the pins and the wiring with a fuse
The roof is an interesting one. I’ve been to the states but never really noticed.
My house is 90 years old and never needed the roof replacing
And may it live to 100 and beyond with no roof issues!
@@GirlGoneLondonofficial My house is 1921 vintage - original roof, no leaks...yet :-)
My house is over 200 years old. The roof has had the odd minor repair/patch up but basically, it's the same one the builders put there when they built the place.
The majority of British housing stock is Victorian terrace, of which most still have the original roof.
@@stevearmstrong9213 Flippin' 'eck Steve - speaking as a surveyor, that is good going. Fascinating to see how it was done and what materials were used.
In Britain there's no such thing as road trip. We just get from A - B
Too bad!
@@vernachallenger3622 Its how britons go on a trip
Re the Roof thing you mentioned, really good point. In the UK the weather can be so wet for so long, that it's imperative to use quality roof materials (used to be slate but now mainly clay or variations of it) This is why they rarely need replacing.
also when a roof "fails" it is normally down to the timber so even a failed roof you can recycle 90% of the slates
One thing I don't like in the US is paying for your shopping. You are in the shop and see something you like, which is $5. You take your product to the till with your $5 bill and the teller says that will be $6 because the tax is not included. In the UK, if you can't claim back a tax, the advertised price is what you pay. It seems so simple so why can't the US do it?
If your vat registerred in UK you can claim this back
I think @Sootycork was referring more to an end consumer and not a business (or other intermediary)
Problem with this is that US sales tax varies (often widely) between and within different states (and even counties - depending on local taxing powers) and large chains could not efficiently advertise their prices if they had to include tax at widely differing rates. (Common range is from 6% - 10%)
@@mikebarnes2294 Then change them all to the same %.
road trips: England - Drive for 2 hours, go through 3 different counties the accent changed 5 times and you now call a bread roll something completely different !!
America - drive for 2 hours, your just leaving the hometown and are still in the same county, accent remains the same.
Just a giggle. Just for the record i'm English, although my wife is from Staten Island lol
barmcakes??
@@mango4ttwo635 we have several names, depending on where you are in the country. i think barmcakes is a Yorkshire/northern name for them
Cobs. If it's roughly spherical and is bread, it's a cob. Sometimes small cylindrical bread is called a roll (you make them by rolling the dough), but cob covers all bases. And if it's got a filling like a sandwich, it's definitely a cob. Two or more of them as a snack meal, you've got some snap. Derbyshire, God's own county - don't listen to those Yorkshire folk.
drive for 2 hours
hell i could tell the difference between east and west Belfast accents and that could be a 5 min walk
During hurricane season in somewhere like Florida or in ‘tornado alley’ areas, roofing materials (like your bitumen roof shingles - in fact building materials in general) and construction methods are designed to make homes easily replaceable. Heavy materials (like concrete, clay or slate roof tiles) flying about in strong winds can cause more collateral damage to other properties and people… we have just had our roof replaced (UK citizen) and altered to eliminate a couple of flat areas and it wasn’t cheap, but it will likely last 40 + years! You also have capacious basements which act as refuges during heavy storms, where you can shelter, while the house might get ‘lifted’ from the plot, the people are kept relatively safe….
Agreed this was my first thought when she mentioned it. I've never lived in the US but I imagine snowstorms, hurricanes, Tornados and earthquakes party explain why the houses seem so rickety over there. Though we do get very high winds and snow up in Scotland and the houses do just fine. I don't think they would survive in a hurricane.
i am sorry but if a tornado rips off my roof the last thing i am worried about will be the roofing slates causing more damage
The Only Drawback of the UK Plug, is when it's unplugged and left on the Floor and then You Walk On It, It Doesn't damage the Plug, But Hurts like hell if you've got no shoes on!
I say it's the worst pain you can have without drawing blood :-))
tip then, dont walk so close to the wall
The third conductor, the bigger one (is called "earth" conductor), is also a key that unlocks the main socket. It is an additional safety measure. It goes first and then allows the other two to be inserted.
Extra detail about the plugs: the extra pin on the plug is connected to the earth/ground wire. As a safety feature it’s slightly longer than the other two pins (the neutral and live wires) so it’s always the first to go into the socket and the last to come out ⚡️🔌
I was born in Yorkshire but I now live in Wiltshire (20 years) and there’s not any one specific thing that I love about Britain, but it’s more a culmination of everything if that makes sense!
Just for future reference, the prongs of a plug are known, here, as pins. 3-pin plug, Earth, Neutral and Live, Earth is unsleeved for safety if the plug is partially pulled out Earth still makes contact and the other two are partially sleeved so cannot make contact with bare metal. You can buy non-safe Chinese versions but certainly not recommended.
Very interesting! thank you so much for sharing - I learn something new on here everyday!
@@GirlGoneLondonofficial - Glad to be of help.
Also there is a shutter in the socket that stops anything, such as nail, being inserted into the live or neutral receptacles by an inquisitive child when there isn't a plug inserted. This shutter is opened by the longer earth pin when a plug is inserted. There are dummy plugs on the market which are supposed to make sockets safer by being plugged into the socket when not in use. But because these dummy plugs are usually flimsy affairs, and because they open the shutter, they actually make the sockets less, rather than more, safe.
Cheap plugs that don't meet the standard are illegal, though that doesn't stop them being imported and sold unfortunately.
Two other points: the plugs themselves have a cartridge fuse as well as there being a circuit breaker at the distribution board. These should be rated according to the appliance they lead to: 3A, 5A, or 13A. Secondly, on a replacement plug, there are two “grip screws” where the flex enters the plug. These clamp the flex at the proper position, making it much less likely that the actual connections within the plug are dislodged should the flex be accidentally tugged. Even Tom Scott missed this in his video!
@@allenwilliams1306 Until the early 1990s, appliances came with three coloured bare wires at the end of the cord, and you had buy a plug and wire it yourself. Nowadays, fitted plugs are quite common, with no screws.
Nice shot of the train heading into Dawlish, Devon.
The line it runs on is the old atmospheric railway invented by Isimbard Kingdom Brunel.
Very interesting!
@@GirlGoneLondonofficial George Stevenson invented the Train Locomotive, Isambard was a true engineer who enhanced the railway system, built Bridges (still standing 180 plus years later) and buildings, including London Paddington Station and Bristol Temple Meads
Hi just subscribed to your channel
I love the American accent and hearing you compare England to American
I find it fascinating and very interesting
Keep posting
I am 56 years old and have lived in the UK my entire life. One of my favourite things is discovering that you have been mispronouncing place names for decades. Just yesterday I found out how to pronounce Slaithwaite! Last month it was Happisburgh. I love that there is literally no way to know how to pronounce some place names without copying from somebody who knows how to say it.
I’m from Huddersfield so I know what you mean about Slawit
@@DanorKev Me too...
@@malcolmsleight9334 try Wrotham in Kent or Costessey here in Norfolk.
So many UK place names are known only by people who live in the general area! A mate of mine moved to Leominster (Lemster) - I wouldn't have guessed the pronunciation! Same with Chomondeley and a ton of other place names! Belvoir Castle is actually pronounced Beaver Castle. Who knew?!
Happisburgh = Hayz-bruh
I have visited & lived/worked in both countries & each has the own virtues,
Mostly what you say is spot on.
The only thing that scares the hell out of me in the US is your second amendment thing.
On the chips discussion, you should come to Wales. Curry with 'half and half' is a standard. Half rice, half chips with you curry. Doesn't get any better.
Have it with egg fried rice and chunks of deep fat fried diced chicken breast. It does get better 😄
As someone with Trinidadian roots where half the population has Indian roots, I love that I get to enjoy some of that with British comfort food even f it's not authentic. I actually ordered pork curry from a Chinese restaurant the other day and had a hard time deciding between rice and chips- didn't realise half and half was a possibility!
No-one should want to go to Wales
@@markcutmore7811 are you joking? Wales is beautiful and the people are equally as lovely. (this is coming from an American)
*dribbles*
Hi, I am a brit living in Canada, 14yrs now, so you were saying about the roofs, in the UK the roofs are mainly covered with Clay, or concrete tiles, or slate tiles that are various sizes, King,Queen and so on. Sometimes thin stone, or maybe thatch, reed stems.,Lead and copper sheet sometimes. Now mainly in the US roofs are covered with fibreglass sheets, shingles. This is such a crap system, in hot areas they curl and wither away, in cold areas they curl and wither away. I know as I have fixed roofs here and in UK. The main reason for roofs failure in UK is the galvanised nails eventually rust through and then break allowing the battons the slip, usually takes 70 plus years. Hope this helps.
Very good summing up.
Why do they use these crappy tiles in the US and why don't they use similar ones than in UK? Is it because it's cheaper or they don't have the same materials?
The NHS. I have had cause to use them and have found that apart from delays caused by government underinvestment, the service is amazing
I spent 6 weeks in a white ford van going from New York and back a number of years ago and have travelled up and down the UK. You are definitely not wrong there. I had sooo much more fun in the US than I could ever think of having in the UK. Even the truck stops were better, KOA's, HI's, Camp grounds and RV parks; we're very restricted where we can stop here in the UK in comparison.
Yeah Public transportation here is great! It really give more options for families (I.e if parents are working and kids need to get to and from school there is a variety of options + the infrastructure for walking et cetera) and it gives more freedom for teens.
Try living in a village in Scotland...then you will find that the public transport is rubbish!
yea and what shocks most amercian parent is that kids go to school on PUBLIC transport and BY THEMSELVES.
Love this girl. One thing I noticed when visiting the US is the adding on of tax to prices already displayed. I think that's really the only thing I found slightly annoying. In the UK if a packet of smokes is £18...when you get to the till its £18. In the US they add on tax. Nearly got into an argument with the shop keeper in the states over that lol. Also our chocolate rocks in comparison :)
One of my friends was in an accident on his motorbike and had to have his leg pinned back together so couldn’t walk, after 6 months of full pay, sick leave, it went to half pay.
I badly damaged my spine twice in 8 years both times i received that type of sick pay 89 @ 97
I live in Scotland (near to Stirling if that means anything to you) and for me its our greenery. You can have the most dreich, rainy days but its worth it because our countryside and parks are so lush and green. I swear there's about twenty shades of green on the hills near me, and as for our trees...
This is the first video of yours that I've seen and I'm interested in seeing more of this comparison stuff.
Roofs do get replaced in the UK - but they last a lot longer - the house I have is about 90 years old and I recently had the roof done - the old one was clearly the original
9:18 yes: just recently someone i know was ill for about a week when she was talking a holiday and she got to take the next week off as holiday too because she was ill during her proper "holiday".
I do understand some of what you say. I agree some things are just different. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and there's no place like home come to mind. 😊
On roofs: UK ones do wear out and need repairing eventually, but only after 100 years or so. Mine (on a terraced house built in 1910, in an area of NW England with a higher than average rainfall) was redone in 2007, reusing a lot of the original slates. This applies with pitched roofs. Flat roofs don't last anything like as long, because if they develop a hole it becomes a drain and all the water pours through it, whereas on a pitched roof most of the rainfall goes somewhere else.
Where I grew up in West Yorkshire roofs were traditionally constructed not of slate but stone slabs, and the houses also built of stone, not brick. They can last for hundreds of years.