In the days before refrigerators and ice machines were common, most houses had "ice boxes" to keep their food "cool". Ice Men would drive their carts around town and deliver blocks of ice to those who subscribed to this service. Some old houses have small doors that open to the outside so that the ice man could deliver the ice without entering the house. The door would open to an insulated cupboard and would have another door that opened to the interior of the house. Early on, the ice men got their supply from a distributor who eventually installed machinery to chill water and make ice but, before that technology was invented, the ice had to be imported from areas that had it. That means that the ice would be sawed into blocks by men in northern climates, be packed densely and covered with straw and sawdust for insulation and shipped all over the world by the fastest transport available. A large proportion was melted and lost in transit. That is why ice was considered the luxury of the rich. Only the rich could afford the labor and shipping to get the ice from northern, even arctic, areas and transport it to cool your mint julep in the Alabama summer.
My Mom tells me stories of growing up in St. Louis during the mid-30s and during the war. The neighborhood children would watch for the Ice Man and grab chips of ice from the back of the truck while he was on a delivery.
Yes Adam. You will see MANY flags on streets, buildings, businesses, private homes. Americans are very patriotic. It is also considered un-American to not stand and place your right hand over your heart for the Pledge of Allegiance, or to not stand for the the National Anthem.
@user-wc8fp4cx6c Unfortunately true. Our public education system, MSM, and government has been actively trying to destroy patriotism for decades and this past decade has been the most successful but Americans are pushing back.
Back when ice had to be harvested in the winter and shipped to your city it was considered a status symbol to be rich enough to be able to waste that expensive resource on your drink.
Adam, I’m going to tell you a funny story about me and a public restroom. I am very thankful for those large gaps on the bottom of the doors of the stalls. I went in, locked myself in. Did my business, flushed got myself together. Then went to unlock the door to leave the stall, the door wouldn’t open. I tried the lock like 20 times , I tried moving the door both ways 20 times . I shook it so hard it sounded like there was an earthquake in there. I screamed for help. No one heard me. I thought I was going to die in there. I layed as flat as I could and a scooted out the bottom part of that door. I never was so thankful for those exposed inches before now.
Seriously... as one who experiences the gaps, I DON'T GO LOOKING IN TO SEE ANYTHING!!! I look to see if it's empty, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN ANYONES privacy, and I've NEVER felt anyone was looking into my privacy either. It's called TRUST.
@@cup_cuppy_cuppers5817I didn’t read anywhere that said he thought those were the “restaurants’” expectations. However, if they didn’t expect it, why would they have to-go boxes?
@@EricT3769 - You're kidding, right? What do you think "you're expected to take some of it home...." means when talking about restaurant serving large portions? Context is apparently lost on you. Lastly, he's suggesting that restaurants serve such large portions, specifically for leftovers. Businesses will sell you whatever you want to buy, but they don't care what you do with your purchase.
In the early days only the rich people could afford Ice to be shipped to them. Once ice makers and machines became commonplace the status lost it's effect. As for the flags, every time a new state was added officially, a star was added to the flag.
When my mom was a kid in the Great Depression, she lived on a farm at the edge of town. They had an ice box, not a fridge, and the ice man came around every morning to deliver big blocks of ice that went into the ice box to keep the food cold. .
That's why a frig used to be called "Ice Box". They used blocks of ice to keep the food cold. The Ice man would come around in a wagon and deliver big blocks of ice to homes just like the milkman did. Before that, there were root cellars. Because they were lower in the ground, they were cooler than outside. So, perishable things like root vegetables were kept there. (Ice was a status symbol because the cost of having it and having it delivered. The average person could not afford to spend money on a frivolous item like ice when the root cellar kept the food from going bad.) In California and other drought riddled states, having the bidet would not work with the additional water use. Most people are converting to low-flow toilets which only use 1.8 gallons of water instead of the standard 7 gallons. Also, bath tissue is biodegradable, and tissue companies usually plant trees to replace those cut down for future generations and clean air.
A bidet shoots water around your arse which eliminates the need to reach down there, which helps people that can no longer do that due to physical limitations. It also eliminates or greatly reduces the need to buy toilet paper. When my Mum was 70 I offered to buy her a bidet. It replaces the toilet seat on a regular toilet. It had a heated seat, especially nice in colder climates at 3:00 in the morning, it heated up the water that it sprays at your arse, it had several different spray patterns, it had a remote control so she wouldn't have to reach under the seat trying to find the right button. Costco had the $625 bidet for only $399.99. After explaining all of this, she said "No thanks, I've got ten fingers." When she turned 84 I bought her one anyway. After she got used to it she said "You should have bought it sooner."
We stayed with a friend once who had one of those bidet seats. My sister did not fully realize this. We heard a short, startled scream come from the bathroom. When she finally reappeared, she said, "that toilet sexually assaulted me!" (she was kidding but she got a shot straight up the you-know). Despite all of that, I'm considering getting one for my front toilet now, since I'm older and less able to 'reach'.
The deal with sales tax is that; somewhere in America, on any given day, the tax law is changing. Cities often use a sales tax increase, to pay for local infrastructure. On all products, there is a federal tax rate. Then, each state has its own sales tax. So, if the federal rate in 5% and the state tax is 3%, the base sales tax is 8%. Then, each city or county can use a "local option sales tax" to help pay for a local project. One example of this is a city that has a pro team in a sport. They might make a deal were a 1% local tax is added, to help pay for a new stadium. That type of tax will have an expiration date on it. So, in my earlier example, if the federal and state tax is 8%, the local tax would make that 9%, until that local tax expires. And, cities might have more than one of those local taxes going on at the same time. This all makes it hard to put the whole price on the shelf tag. Modern technology has made it possible for a corporation to just program what the whole tax percentage is, in their pricing structure, so the correct percentage applies to every purchase. If you know what the current tax rate is, you can easily figure it out in your head. If one item your purchasing is $19.99, and the tax rate is 10%, you round the price up to $20 and multiply 20x10%. That's .10¢ for every dollar of price. So the tax on $20 is $2.
The spirit of what you're saying is correct. However, there is no federal sales tax in the US. Sales tax is at a state and local level. So you could have a 5% state sales tax plus a .9% county level sales tax which would make it 5.9% on each item. On top of that, there can be exemptions. My state does not charge sales tax on most food products(candy, soda, etc excluded).
Also some states don't tax certain things. My state does not tax food unless it's prepared for you ie eating out. We also don't tax clothes but the next state over does.
To see someone's knees, you'd have to be standing right up against the stall door when bending down, and basically stick your face under the door into the stall. Like a total perv creep. Be prepared to get your face kicked in if you're doing that 😂It's the same thing with looking through the gaps, you'd have to stand right up against the door and be purposely standing there and peeping with your eyeball right up against the gap. LIke, why are Europeans so obsessed about watching people use the toilet? Or the weird obsession with toilets in general? And I've heard quite a few from different countries voice concerns about privacy in American bathrooms while they are pooping. Why is it normal for Europeans to regularly take leisurely poos in public toilets? YUCK!! I'm so glad that in America we prefer to do our poos at home, and that we just get in and get out of public bathrooms as quickly as possible.
@@kathybouziane5269 I suppose Europeans are fixated on such things as looking into bathroom stalls. Also, what do they do if a child goes into the stall, and puts on the lock and is then unable to undo that lock? With the space underneath, a parent would be able to coax the kid on how to get out through that space. The other countries, without that space, are evidently - and no surprises - they are very very backward as to so many things.
I had to laugh when I heard you talk about measuring weight in "stones". Long, long ago that was common (or less uncommon) here but died out. I tend to read lots of historical document so I was well acquainted with the unit and once spent a couple of weeks trying to use it. Almost nobody recognized it; the few who did "looked at me funny" and one old guy said, "Not from around here, are ya, sonny!"
There are flags in front of all government buildings, including police, fire, schools, and post offices. Not sure if you heard, but former president Jimmy Carter passed away recently, so all our flags are at half-staff at the moment. Just drove Atlanta - Orlando and back, and there are lots of HUGE flags along interstate 75. Hard to tell who put them up, or what property they're on, but they're the size of 18 wheelers (lories).
Before refrigerators there were ICE BOXES. There were companies that would deliver ice to your door. Over time that ended but some still only had ice boxes but they had to got to the store to get a block of ice. My elderly Aunts (who lived together) never had a refrigerator (or telephone, or a TV) and used an ice box until they died. I can remember when visiting them taking their cart to the store to buy a block of ice.
Here in Wisconsin ice houses stored blocks of ice in ice houses (warehouses) where it was packed in straw or wood chips to last . A card was placed in the front window that signaled you needed a delivery. A drop pan in the bottom of the ice box had to be frequently emptied or you ended up with a wet floor . Think of a beer cooler filled with ice. The more you open it the faster it melts.
The reason taxes are not included in the prices in America is because unlike Australia and the UK and just about every other country around the world, there is a set amount of sales tax (VAT, or GST) and it’s easy to just print out the price with that included. In America, not only does the state impose a sales tax, but sometimes the county or even the city will impose their own sales tax on top of that state tax and every county, state and city has a different sales tax and some cities don’t have any sales tax whatsoever. It just became the norm prior to computerisation for everyone to print the starting price without the tax, and then the tax is calculated at the checkout through the point of sale terminal. Given that it is 2024, and everything is done by computer now, it would be very easy for shops to include the price of the tax in the shelf price, but it’s just a legacy system left over from days of old. The stupid thing is, depending on where you live, you could go to one shop at the end of the street and pay state county and city tax on an item or drive, two blocks away to another city and pay none of that.
people have this idea that europeans are sophisticated but thats only the nobility. the regular folk are basically modern peasants living in 500 year old buildings with roads built for horse drawn carriages eating gruel and bowing down to a king. hes lucky to have indoor plumbing at all.
Ice at one time was expensive, so if you were able to afford to buy ice meant you had money. Once refrigeration became common ice became basically free.
@Sam-pv7bd yet we have better doctors. Their wait time on everything is more as well. But they do pay for it through taxes. We pay more through taxes which helps the disabled and others who need it.
Poor kids used to chase the ice carriage. Ice man delivered to homes. Shavings would fall off or kids jumped on the back and grabbed chunks. Was quite a treat. Before refrigeration
The previous poster explained well about the sales tax. I live 1 mile from another county (I do not live in the city limits). Our tax is 8.75% yet if I drive 1 mile to the other county, it is 8.9%. It seems like every year, the county or state is asking us to pay higher sales tax to fund things. It's just not feasable for a company to print tags inclusive and have to go around and change them. Much easier to program the current tax into the register/till computer. Just add 10% and you're good. To make matters worse, some states tax food and some states do not. California does not tax on grocery type food (cook at home). They do charge tax on ready to eat deli, fast food, take out etc. I was curious and looked it up, the VAT is 20% in Europe so thankful ours is under 10%. I'm assuming that ice for the rich was because they were the only ones that could afford it at that time. Previously, in the way olden days, I think they salted their food like beef jerkey to make it last when they didn't have refigerators.
My great grandparents had a general store near Atlanta around 1900. My great uncle (grandma's brother) used to drive a Model T truck delivering ice to residents. Huge blocks of ice, delivered into your home. I never asked how often he'd have to visit a home (once a week?) to deliver ice.
Another thing about tax, here in the states, some states tax food. Here in Michigan if the food wasn't prepared, as in a fast food or restaurant setting, the food isn't taxed. So if you go to the store and pick up a gallon of milk, what ever it says on the shelf is what you pay. If you go to their deli, and pick up a Rotisserie chicken, you do pay tax on that because they prepared that. It's different in other states also, so you need to know how the state that you might be in handles food. Just wanted to confuse you more lol
As to the stall gaps in the bathroom - I always heard about the, "This isn't a new place to live, just do your business and clear out for the next person" reason from my Mom. Having traveled in Europe, I can honestly say I have NEVER experienced an American bathroom that had to employ blue lights to dissuade people from shooting up! In Europe I did.
@@carriecature5721 Those weren't my screw ups or mistakes! I had nothing to do with them! Egregious or not, why should I care about things that happened centuries ago? My family wasn't even living in the United States at that time.
@@geraldvelez597 I agree and I don't believe in reparations to people from 150 years ago when none of us were alive. We had nothing to do with any of it. I'm just saying it is sad what man does to his fellow man.
another fun fact, the reason why the prices are like 9.99 or 11.99 is because centuries ago the general store would have a register till that has that distinct bell right whenever it's opened. if the clerk doesn't have to make change, and just pockets the money, the keeper is none the wiser. so they figured just make sure the register has to ring to make change.
In all small towns you will see at least 1 flag per block/neighborhood. In cities it just depends what areas…But you will see them in every city somewhere in there. Many homes have flag based decor on their porches or front yards. Like welcome mats, mail boxes, yard ornaments…
Go to Montana. No taxes on store pitches, yes we love our flag. One of the reasons for most changes on the flag was a new state. We had to rearrange it from a circle to stripes. Stripe width also as the background for the stars got bigger the trimmed the stripes the 1960 flag is finally absolutely positively beautiful
Yeah, the flag is EVERYWHERE here. I have one on my house, one in the yard and two in windows. Plus, I own 36 shirts with the American flag on them. Everyone here knows that the sales tax is different in each state. By now, most tourists should be aware that taxes aren't included in the marked price. And all but 13 states don't charge tax on grocery food.
I work for a flagpole manufacturer, this is so ubiquitous, that it's generally one of the final things included in most new construction projects for commercial and government buildings, and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
The ice thing is completely real. I live in New England and the ice trade was a very big business before refrigeration as we know it today. Our summer camp is located on a pond that was used for ice harvesting. There was a board on the wall of the shed that they had marked how many 'cakes' of ice were harvested that particular year. The cakes were kept in sawdust to insulate them during shipping. Also once the icebox came about (the precursor to the refrigerator) a block of ice was kept in the top to keep food cold. An ice delivery man would come every few days to replace it. You had to have a bit of wealth to own one of these and therefore having ice in your drink was not something everyone could afford.
What the rest of the world doesn't understand is America is not a country America is 50 countries bound together in a union That's why it's called the United States of America secondly it's also the only country in the world that was created by the people not by government not by politicians and not by monarchy The people created it so just a lot more reason to have more pride
Nearly every house on our street in central Kentucky has an American flag posted out front. One neighbor has an actual flag pole in his front yard. Ice was a sign of wealth because the poor did not have access to it, unless they lived in one of the northern states. The minimum wage in the U.S. differs from state to state, depending on the cost of living in that state. It is also legal and common for restaurant servers to be paid a much lower minimum wage, as their salary is to be made up through tips. It has only recently become a thing where other workers expect a tip. A hotel worker who brings your bags to your room (that is why there are now carts in most lower cost hotels so guest can bring their own bags), a delivery person bringing food, but not the Amazon driver bringing packages, a cab/uber/lyft driver, especially if they are helpful, maybe help with a suitcase or bags, and don't make you feel like you are riding with a serial killer. However, we are now seeing tip jars on counters in coffee shops, etc, where you walk up to a counter and order food, stand and wait, and then pay at the counter. Bear in mind that those workers are paid at least the standard minimum wage and sometimes much more. Sales tax is added at the register, mostly because the sales tax percentage varies by state, and because there are some items in a grocery store that are not subject to sales tax. For example, in Kentucky, the sales tax is 6%, in some states it is 8%, and in others is might be 5%. In Kentucky, food items are not subject to sales tax. So an apple will cost the price that it says on the label on the shelf, however a package of toilet paper will have sales tax added at the register.
As a kid we looked forward to the iceman’s arrival!!! We had an ICEBOX that held a huge block of ice in the bottom of the box with shelves above to hold food that needed to be cooled. Milk went on the top shelf, to keep it the fartherest from the odors of the other food. While the iceman was delivering the ice, us kids would get up in the back of the truck and scrounge for pieces of ice on a very hot summer day.
Our flag, during my youth, was with 48 stars, #48 was Arizona added in 1912. In 1959, Alaska was added and a very brief period the flag with 49 stars was displayed. Later in 1959, Hawaii was added and we had our present flag. And the tv series HAWAII 50 premiered in 1968, remembered for its theme song by the VENTURES!!!
The reason why the US doesn't have the taxes built right into the product unless you're in a state that doesn't have sales tax it's because you stay has their own tax, not only do each state have their own tax but stays like say New York, New York has the state tax, then in certain cities they have a city tax on top of the state tax, and then depending on what county or municipality you're in there might be another tax hopped on to those, so having a universe tax would be grand I wouldn't see why it wouldn't be great but the problem is is we can't because each state has their own sales tax for things, Kentucky has a 6% sales tax anywhere you go in the state, if you go to the north of the state south of the state the east of the state the west of the state it's 6% across the board Kentucky has a law that says that the sales tax cannot exceed 6%, then you have states like Oregon and Delaware that don't have sales tax so when you walk into the store if something is $19.99 you pay $19.99 so that's why taxes aren't into the price of the item that's why you get it at the till and not right on the price sticker
Define "patriotic." Does it mean possessing the sort of destructive pride that blinds one to the discrepancies, corruption, and injustice, that prevails in their country!
Most people think the huge gaps in U.S. bathroom stalls are due to ventilation/fire code, but they're not. Federal law states that in all public buildings there must be public restrooms that can serve a certain percent of the building's occupants at any given time. The bigger the building, the bigger the bathroom. But bathrooms are expensive to clean and maintain, and the more people that use the bathroom, the more expensive it is to maintain. Studies were done on how to stop people from using public restrooms without breaking the law, and it was found that the more exposed people felt, the more they would avoid using the restroom. So companies that provided hardware for public restrooms started selling them with huge gaps to companies that had public buildings as a way to reduce bathroom traffic.
The taxes are based on where you are. There are federal sales tax, state sales taxes (in some states), some states don't have sales taxes on food but they do on everything else, some cities have their own sales taxes on items. There isn't an across the board percentage of sales tax that can be added to the item before it is put on the shelf. There are also special occasions where there is no sales tax on certain items like the weekend before school starts in some states or even just certain stores that eat the taxes on supplies to help people out.
One reason for the tax not being added to a product before you check out is simply there are variable taxes added in by state/municipal and local governments and they vary so much it would be inpossible nearly to keep up with them over time. City/county A has X tax rate where City/county B has Y tax rate added to the State/federal taxes. In my state there are 100 counties plus all the cities within those counties. Each of those govermnents has their taxes added in at the checkout since there are so many and it would be a nightmare to keep up with as each fiscal year those can change as each governing body can change them on a yearly basis as budgets go up and down. Yes I said up and down but down hardly ever applies its always up. You know the old saying, More is good............
There’s a video called the history of tipping you should watch. It explains how it started and the greed behind why it still happens. I can’t believe we still due a act that started as a bribe to a bartender to sell you alcohol during prohibition
The reason for not displaying the amount of the tax is because at the register the price of the goods and the tax have to be separate for record keeping purposes. The store has to remit the sales tax to the state one a monthly or quarterly basis. This makes it easier when preparing the tax return forms for the company and also to keep records in case they are audited by the government in the future.
Sales tax is very much a local thing - each State sets its own sales tax, as does each City (and, in some cases, the County). In *most* places, groceries (things you are expected to cook/eat at home) are exempt from sales taxes. Gas stations (or 'petrol stations' to some) are required to post the after-tax price, but are also generally required to post the list of applicable taxes on the actual pumps.
Minimum wage in America doesn't apply ti wait staff and other jobs that receive tips. The idea being that the tipped workers get less money from their employer and the tips bring their earnings up to the standard minimum wage. This was a concept that was heavily pushed by the restaurant industry eho didn't want to pay their workers. Some states, such as New York, now have laws in place that require restaurant owners to make up the difference if a tipped worker doesn't make at least the standard minimum wage when their wages and tips are combined. For example, the minimum wage in New York is $16.00 per hour, meaning that a worker who works 40 hours per week grosses $640.00 per week. But the tipped job minimum wage is $13.75 per hour, meaning that a tipped worker, such as a waiter, only earns $550.00 per week from their employer. In New York, if a tipped workers full income from both wages and tips does not match or exceed what they would earn if they were a non-tipped worker for the same hours, the employer is required to bonus then enough to meet it.
Taxes vary by city, county and state, plus vary on the type of product being purchased. The tax rate two blocks from my home is different, as it’s a different city. Also, note: we vote on our tax rates.
Yes indeed, we Americans proudly display our nation's flag EVERYWHERE - all the TIME. As far as sales tax on goods: the percentages vary not only from state to state, but often from city to city within a state. We know taxes are a necessary thing, if we want garbage collection, fire departments & law enforcement, & a standing military. But we want to know & have a say in how much we're taxed for such things. Remember, the main reason America's original 13 colonies rebelled against the British Empire was over taxation, LOL! We've never forgotten! Thanks for your reaction.
Sales tax hidden or included in the final price: well, would you rather pay a cheaper price for an item in the US, due to it's sales tax being no more than 10%, or would you prefer to pay a higher price in Europe, where the average sales tax is generally double the 'hidden' US sales tax? It's sort of simple, don't you think?
@rightlyso8507 You're preaching to the choir, my friend. Obviously, my original comment indicates that I have no problem whatsoever with sales tax being calculated at check-out in the USA.
@@EricT3769 I'm in NYC. The sales tax that I pay is 8.0875%. I looked up the specifics: 4.5% from, the City, 4.0% from the state and .375% for the 'metropolitan commuter transportation district', which I guess is the subway and buses.
@@rightlyso8507 I’m in Lake Charles, LA. It’s 4.45% state and 5.75% for the city. The 5.75% I believe is actually part city and part parish tax. Comes out to 10.2%. Actually, that was at the grocery store. The minimum combined 2025 sales tax rate for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana is 10.75%. This is the total of state, parish, and city sales tax rates. The state went up to 5% this year. A lot of waste in the Louisiana legislature.
Just wanted to note one thing in this video that was incorrect: Denmark does not have a minimum wage law. What it has is sectoral bargaining, where unions can negotiate wages on behalf of an entire industry rather than a single workplace. So in theory, Denmark has fewer wage protections than even the U.S., but in practice, most companies are contractually obligated to pay workers at least a certain amount.
My grandparents on my dad's side were born in 1912 and 1915. When I was a kid in the 80's, they used to call the freezer the ice box and I found out from a PBS tv show about how the blocks of ice were delivered. So I've known about it since I was a kid.
The US does not use a value added tax system. The sales tax is calculated on the total amount of taxable items. Some items such as groceries are not taxable. So, the stores total the ticket and add the tax to the bottom which is then posted in their acctg system to the payable account that has to be remitted to the state. Every state has different sales tax laws, and calculate the total to be collected accordingly.
The price with tax isn't included because the tax rate varies from state to state, and even from county to county within the state. Where I live (Mahoning County, Ohio), the tax rate is 7.5%. A few miles away in Columbiana County, Ohio the tax rate is 7.25%. A few miles further, in Beaver County, Pennsylvania the tax rate is 6%. All within 10 miles of where I live. So where I'm at, if an item was $10, with tax it would be $10.75, but it would be $10.73 ($10.725 technically but you round up since you can't have a half cent) with tax in Columbiana County and $10.60 with tax in Beaver County in Pennsylvania. Also, different items, cigarettes for example, have additional taxes such as a federal tax, a state tax, sales tax, etc. that add to the price
Fun fact: Our street and highway signs are green to be harder to see because of foliage in the background plus, orher countries use blue ones. Our military decided this, and designed the road systems.
And believe me allot of us here in the USA hate that our tips are considered part of their wage when its clearly supposed to be a THANK YOU. I blame the business owners.
I'm from Texas, and, yes, our prices are displayed like every other State - sans taxes. The reason for that is because some places have a local tax on top of the state tax. It's fairly uniform across the State, but may differ from city to city by ss much as half of a percent. For instance, if something happens to a city industry (like water works or a hospital, for example), taxes may be added temporarily to help fund the repair.
Our federal minimum wage hasn't been raised from $7.25/hr since 2009. The living wage since 2022 is $25.02/hr, about 3.5x the minimum! And the US government wants to know why people can't pay their bills, our birthrate is declining, and we have to live with 5 roommates in a 1 bedroom house?! Also, the only states that don't have sales tax are: Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oregon. In New Jersey and Oregon it's even illegal to pump your own gas - they have attendants who do it for you.
A bidet (pronounced “bih-DAY”) is a plumbing fixture designed to clean your rear. It goes to work washing your lower region after you urinate or have a bowel movement, eliminating the need for toilet paper. Some bidets attach to your toilet, either affixed to the side of the bowl or with a detachable hose.
Sales tax is different in different states. If a corporation had to calculate and print shelf tags that included the proper percentage of tax for each item it would definitely cost them, and that extra cost would be covered by the consumer. And because tax is figured by the total of your purchase instead of adding to each individual item, you pay less tax.
The American flag has changed so often because each star represents a state. Add a state, add a star. The reason ice in drinks was a symbol of wealth is because when ice was between transported form cold regions to warmer regions, only the wealthy could afford to do so. Even without the transportation factor, large chunks of ice were harvested from lakes, rivers, streams, and ponds then stored in caves, ice houses, or spring houses. The harvesting was labor intensive and often dangerous and having the ability to store it took resources to build an ice house. Even after ice boxes became a standard in homes, the ice was needed to keep food cold,so one didn't open the ice compartment any more than necessary, not to mention one would never waste the ice on something frivolous like cooling a drink. The bidet and toilet paper. So as not to get to graphic think of a bit of mud on your hands. If you just wipe your hands clean with towels, it will takes significantly more towels to clean than if you rinsed your hands first. I personally live in a rural community. Our house is on a side road and we're 2 miles from the main road. From there, it's 27 miles to the nearest grocery store.
To answer your question, having ice back in the day was a status symbol because you had to pay for it because it had to come from far away and not melt
so senior coworker of my sister told me, those gaps during the heyday of 70s and drug-related trips helped a lot... and 5 years later funny enough in 2007 some person sat to eat lunch on our work restroom... and wasn't an employee... so imagine break time and we walk into the breakroom and see some random person high AF eating our lunches across the hall into the restroom area.
We also have Flag Day, which is June 14. Flag Day was first proposed in 1861 to rally support for the Union side of the Civil War. In 1916 President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation to designate June 14 as Flag Day. In 1949 President Harry Truman signed a bill which officially established June 14 as National Flag Day.
Don't know if anyone commented on this, but ice was associated with wealth because of how expensive it was to harvest and transport to those who afford to buy it. I was raised on Lake Hopatcong, NJ. Ice was harvested and primarily sold residentially to the ultra rich. Old money rich. We were even taught about this in school in history class. East of Eden, a legendary film starring James Dean, brings to film the epic trials of trying to keep lettuce fresh while transporting it. We take refrigeration for granted, but we have these early harvesters of ice to thank for this modern-day convenience.
Every time a new state was added to the Country of the America, a new flag had to be designed. There is one star for each state. The last 2 states, Hawaii, and Alaska were added in 1959, so a new flag design was created in a contest. The winner was a 17 year old high school student. The new flag was first flown in 1960. We just started the 65th year for this current flag.
You don’t want to have to go through a store and reprice everything every time a tax changes. Taxes are generally around 10% so for $20 I know it’s going to be about $22. I don’t pay in cash for anything anymore so having the exact right amount of money is less of a problem than it used to be.
There are different tax laws in each state and counties and sometimes in sections of counties. There isn't any tax on food in grocery stores except pre-made food ie rotisserie chickens. Some states have tax on clothes like new york but not in new jersey.
The US flag changes every time a state is added to the union. There were originally 13 and now there are 50, so you might naively expect there to have been as many as 38 different versions over the years; but in practice, sometimes more than one state joined at the same time (especially in the era leading up to the Civil War, when it was politically impossible to get just one state's approval through Congress, so they had to happen in pairs, to maintain the balance). Before modern electric refrigerators, *most* food was stored at room temperature, or in root cellars; however, critical items could be kept in an "icebox", which is essentially the same thing as a modern insulated cooler, except made out of materials that were available at the time, rather than modern plastics. Blocks of ice cut from frozen lakes in winter, were stored packed in insulative materials (e.g., sawdust) all through the spring and summer, and could be taken out one at a time and placed in the icebox to keep it cool. Nonetheless, there wasn't nearly as much space in such an icebox, as a modern refrigerator, so a lot of things were preserved in other ways (e.g., by canning or drying or curing). This is why ham and bacon and jerky exist: they originated as cured meats that could be kept at room temperature. Cheese, similarly, keeps much longer than fresh milk. Chicken was usually not cured, because an individual chicken isn't very large, so the chickens (and also pigeons, which were widely eaten in the pre-refrigeration era) were just kept alive until the meat was needed; but beef and pork were usually preserved in some way: smoked, salted, pickled, canned, etc. Don't underestimate root cellars, too: things like apples and cabbages and potatoes and carrots can be stored at "cave temperature" for *months* without becoming unsafe to eat, although they do get soft and shriveled and lose some of their flavor. Refrigeration is extremely convenient, but it's not absolutely necessary to the survival of humanity. Portion sizes: fundamentally, when you buy food at a restaurant, you are mostly paying for labor (and the various costs associated with labor, like insurances and whatnot), and most of the rest is for advertising. The cost of the actual food is relatively minor. And the labor that goes into making an entree containing half a pound of beef, is barely any more than the labor that goes into making essentially the same thing with only a quarter pound of beef. So if the customer is willing to pay a few cents more for a much larger portion, that's what the restaurant is going to sell, because those extra few cents are mostly profit.
There aren’t flags on *every* house and *every* building, but all the public buildings (libraries, post offices, town halls, schools, and so on) have one, and maybe 1/50 houses do on average, too- plus *lots* of shirts and cars and shite. Some communities will have more, but of course living here I’m pretty used to them. Being from Maryland, I even have a state flag shirt and mug.
so back in the old times to get ice people would have to gather it from lakes and rivers in the winter with hand tools and horses thus it was very expensive to make and even more so if you where in a warmer climate and had to have it shipped to you because most would melt in transit as their was no way to keep it cold without refrigeration
10:54 "good God... what was that?" Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona, Spain. It's taken almost 150 years to build and when completed it will be the tallest religious structure on earth. It was designed by Antoni Gaudi and is a work of art.
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Lots of flags everywhere, ice houses were used back in the day with sawdust to help insulate and keep it longer. Happy new year to you and the family.
How long before you looked up "bidet"? lol
Because a lot of people had to use root cellar's because they couldn't afford ice 👍🏻
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Taxes pay for police
100% true about the flags! We love our country and we are proud of our flag. It always hangs out in front of our house. It’s everywhere and I love it!
Fly mine everyday
Same. Fly it 365. Damn proud to be an American. So proud of my heritage and my flag.
Absolutely! Cars have stickers of the flag, people wear tshirts of the flag...everywhere it's red white and blue and we love it!
depends where you go
In the days before refrigerators and ice machines were common, most houses had "ice boxes" to keep their food "cool". Ice Men would drive their carts around town and deliver blocks of ice to those who subscribed to this service. Some old houses have small doors that open to the outside so that the ice man could deliver the ice without entering the house. The door would open to an insulated cupboard and would have another door that opened to the interior of the house. Early on, the ice men got their supply from a distributor who eventually installed machinery to chill water and make ice but, before that technology was invented, the ice had to be imported from areas that had it. That means that the ice would be sawed into blocks by men in northern climates, be packed densely and covered with straw and sawdust for insulation and shipped all over the world by the fastest transport available. A large proportion was melted and lost in transit.
That is why ice was considered the luxury of the rich. Only the rich could afford the labor and shipping to get the ice from northern, even arctic, areas and transport it to cool your mint julep in the Alabama summer.
My Mom tells me stories of growing up in St. Louis during the mid-30s and during the war. The neighborhood children would watch for the Ice Man and grab chips of ice from the back of the truck while he was on a delivery.
Yes Adam. You will see MANY flags on streets, buildings, businesses, private homes. Americans are very patriotic. It is also considered un-American to not stand and place your right hand over your heart for the Pledge of Allegiance, or to not stand for the the National Anthem.
American patriotism is near all-time lows.
@user-wc8fp4cx6c Unfortunately true. Our public education system, MSM, and government has been actively trying to destroy patriotism for decades and this past decade has been the most successful but Americans are pushing back.
The national anthem for sure. I've never cared for the pledge of allegiance nor would I stand for it.
@@user-wc8fp4cx6c If that actually was the case, although no one ever asked me, I would guess that level would be going up, shortly.
@@user-wc8fp4cx6c You would think that if you watch the mainstream media but I don't think that's true.
Back when ice had to be harvested in the winter and shipped to your city it was considered a status symbol to be rich enough to be able to waste that expensive resource on your drink.
Adam, I’m going to tell you a funny story about me and a public restroom. I am very thankful for those large gaps on the bottom of the doors of the stalls. I went in, locked myself in. Did my business, flushed got myself together. Then went to unlock the door to leave the stall, the door wouldn’t open. I tried the lock like 20 times , I tried moving the door both ways 20 times . I shook it so hard it sounded like there was an earthquake in there. I screamed for help. No one heard me. I thought I was going to die in there. I layed as flat as I could and a scooted out the bottom part of that door. I never was so thankful for those exposed inches before now.
Eew. I would have climbed over before sliding on a public bathroom floor.
Seriously... as one who experiences the gaps, I DON'T GO LOOKING IN TO SEE ANYTHING!!! I look to see if it's empty, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN ANYONES privacy, and I've NEVER felt anyone was looking into my privacy either. It's called TRUST.
Another reason for the bigger gaps in bathroom stalls is in case of a medical emergency, the person can be pulled out easier if the door is locked
Restaurant portions are so large because you're not expected to eat it all in one sitting; you're expected to take some of it home as leftovers.
The restaurant's only expectation is you pay your bill, they don't give a F whether you eat every last crumb or throw away what YOU ORDERED.
@@cup_cuppy_cuppers5817 That doesn't disprove the fact that many people take the leftovers home, regardless of the restaurant's opinions/expectations.
@@nathanfitzgerald6651 - I wasn't trying to disprove what customers do, I was disproving what you think the restaurants expectations are.
@@cup_cuppy_cuppers5817I didn’t read anywhere that said he thought those were the “restaurants’” expectations. However, if they didn’t expect it, why would they have to-go boxes?
@@EricT3769 - You're kidding, right? What do you think "you're expected to take some of it home...." means when talking about restaurant serving large portions? Context is apparently lost on you. Lastly, he's suggesting that restaurants serve such large portions, specifically for leftovers. Businesses will sell you whatever you want to buy, but they don't care what you do with your purchase.
Now I can’t wait on the video of you learning how a bidet works. Lol
In the early days only the rich people could afford Ice to be shipped to them. Once ice makers and machines became commonplace the status lost it's effect.
As for the flags, every time a new state was added officially, a star was added to the flag.
Who wants hot tea when its 105 degrees outside
Who wants cold drinks when it's 0 degrees Fahrenheit outside?
When my mom was a kid in the Great Depression, she lived on a farm at the edge of town. They had an ice box, not a fridge, and the ice man came around every morning to deliver big blocks of ice that went into the ice box to keep the food cold. .
When Hawaii and Alaska became states they had to add 2 more stars to the flag. Earlier ones years ago had lots fewer stars.
Funny thing, add a State, the Flag gets another star.
That's why a frig used to be called "Ice Box". They used blocks of ice to keep the food cold. The Ice man would come around in a wagon and deliver big blocks of ice to homes just like the milkman did. Before that, there were root cellars. Because they were lower in the ground, they were cooler than outside. So, perishable things like root vegetables were kept there. (Ice was a status symbol because the cost of having it and having it delivered. The average person could not afford to spend money on a frivolous item like ice when the root cellar kept the food from going bad.)
In California and other drought riddled states, having the bidet would not work with the additional water use. Most people are converting to low-flow toilets which only use 1.8 gallons of water instead of the standard 7 gallons. Also, bath tissue is biodegradable, and tissue companies usually plant trees to replace those cut down for future generations and clean air.
A bidet shoots water around your arse which eliminates the need to reach down there, which helps people that can no longer do that due to physical limitations. It also eliminates or greatly reduces the need to buy toilet paper.
When my Mum was 70 I offered to buy her a bidet. It replaces the toilet seat on a regular toilet. It had a heated seat, especially nice in colder climates at 3:00 in the morning, it heated up the water that it sprays at your arse, it had several different spray patterns, it had a remote control so she wouldn't have to reach under the seat trying to find the right button. Costco had the $625 bidet for only $399.99. After explaining all of this, she said
"No thanks, I've got ten fingers."
When she turned 84 I bought her one anyway. After she got used to it she said "You should have bought it sooner."
Look up Amish refrigeration, it's very interesting
We stayed with a friend once who had one of those bidet seats. My sister did not fully realize this. We heard a short, startled scream come from the bathroom. When she finally reappeared, she said, "that toilet sexually assaulted me!" (she was kidding but she got a shot straight up the you-know). Despite all of that, I'm considering getting one for my front toilet now, since I'm older and less able to 'reach'.
Then what do you do to dry your wet ass? A towel for everyone or just drip in your underwear?Isn't the water cold?
The deal with sales tax is that; somewhere in America, on any given day, the tax law is changing. Cities often use a sales tax increase, to pay for local infrastructure. On all products, there is a federal tax rate. Then, each state has its own sales tax. So, if the federal rate in 5% and the state tax is 3%, the base sales tax is 8%. Then, each city or county can use a "local option sales tax" to help pay for a local project. One example of this is a city that has a pro team in a sport. They might make a deal were a 1% local tax is added, to help pay for a new stadium. That type of tax will have an expiration date on it. So, in my earlier example, if the federal and state tax is 8%, the local tax would make that 9%, until that local tax expires. And, cities might have more than one of those local taxes going on at the same time. This all makes it hard to put the whole price on the shelf tag. Modern technology has made it possible for a corporation to just program what the whole tax percentage is, in their pricing structure, so the correct percentage applies to every purchase. If you know what the current tax rate is, you can easily figure it out in your head. If one item your purchasing is $19.99, and the tax rate is 10%, you round the price up to $20 and multiply 20x10%. That's .10¢ for every dollar of price. So the tax on $20 is $2.
The spirit of what you're saying is correct. However, there is no federal sales tax in the US. Sales tax is at a state and local level. So you could have a 5% state sales tax plus a .9% county level sales tax which would make it 5.9% on each item. On top of that, there can be exemptions. My state does not charge sales tax on most food products(candy, soda, etc excluded).
@bradk6270 I think most States exempt unprepared food from sales tax.
Also some states don't tax certain things. My state does not tax food unless it's prepared for you ie eating out. We also don't tax clothes but the next state over does.
You're only going to see knees under the door if you bend down and purposely look. You really can't see anything.
Who cares if somebody outside the stall sees your feet or lower legs ???
To see someone's knees, you'd have to be standing right up against the stall door when bending down, and basically stick your face under the door into the stall. Like a total perv creep. Be prepared to get your face kicked in if you're doing that 😂It's the same thing with looking through the gaps, you'd have to stand right up against the door and be purposely standing there and peeping with your eyeball right up against the gap.
LIke, why are Europeans so obsessed about watching people use the toilet? Or the weird obsession with toilets in general? And I've heard quite a few from different countries voice concerns about privacy in American bathrooms while they are pooping. Why is it normal for Europeans to regularly take leisurely poos in public toilets? YUCK!! I'm so glad that in America we prefer to do our poos at home, and that we just get in and get out of public bathrooms as quickly as possible.
@@kathybouziane5269 I suppose Europeans are fixated on such things as looking into bathroom stalls. Also, what do they do if a child goes into the stall, and puts on the lock and is then unable to undo that lock? With the space underneath, a parent would be able to coax the kid on how to get out through that space. The other countries, without that space, are evidently - and no surprises - they are very very backward as to so many things.
0:54 Flags everywhere. On houses, cars, clothes, etc.
Yes, we do. My store has a flag we put out every day unless it's raining or snowing. It's beautiful!
I had to laugh when I heard you talk about measuring weight in "stones". Long, long ago that was common (or less uncommon) here but died out. I tend to read lots of historical document so I was well acquainted with the unit and once spent a couple of weeks trying to use it. Almost nobody recognized it; the few who did "looked at me funny" and one old guy said, "Not from around here, are ya, sonny!"
There are flags in front of all government buildings, including police, fire, schools, and post offices. Not sure if you heard, but former president Jimmy Carter passed away recently, so all our flags are at half-staff at the moment. Just drove Atlanta - Orlando and back, and there are lots of HUGE flags along interstate 75. Hard to tell who put them up, or what property they're on, but they're the size of 18 wheelers (lories).
Before refrigerators there were ICE BOXES. There were companies that would deliver ice to your door. Over time that ended but some still only had ice boxes but they had to got to the store to get a block of ice. My elderly Aunts (who lived together) never had a refrigerator (or telephone, or a TV) and used an ice box until they died. I can remember when visiting them taking their cart to the store to buy a block of ice.
How often did they have to restock ice? As mentioned in my comment, my family's general store delivered ice. But how frequently? Once a week?
Here in Wisconsin ice houses stored blocks of ice in ice houses (warehouses) where it was packed in straw or wood chips to last . A card was placed in the front window that signaled you needed a delivery. A drop pan in the bottom of the ice box had to be frequently emptied or you ended up with a wet floor . Think of a beer cooler filled with ice. The more you open it the faster it melts.
The reason taxes are not included in the prices in America is because unlike Australia and the UK and just about every other country around the world, there is a set amount of sales tax (VAT, or GST) and it’s easy to just print out the price with that included. In America, not only does the state impose a sales tax, but sometimes the county or even the city will impose their own sales tax on top of that state tax and every county, state and city has a different sales tax and some cities don’t have any sales tax whatsoever. It just became the norm prior to computerisation for everyone to print the starting price without the tax, and then the tax is calculated at the checkout through the point of sale terminal. Given that it is 2024, and everything is done by computer now, it would be very easy for shops to include the price of the tax in the shelf price, but it’s just a legacy system left over from days of old. The stupid thing is, depending on where you live, you could go to one shop at the end of the street and pay state county and city tax on an item or drive, two blocks away to another city and pay none of that.
How the hell have you never heard of a bidet Adam? 😆
Same w Lews channel. They lived under a rock lmao
However, I think Lew is just a fn airhead. 🤣😂🤣. I say this bc his mom knows all the shit we see in these videos. Shes normal 😂
people have this idea that europeans are sophisticated but thats only the nobility. the regular folk are basically modern peasants living in 500 year old buildings with roads built for horse drawn carriages eating gruel and bowing down to a king. hes lucky to have indoor plumbing at all.
Ice at one time was expensive, so if you were able to afford to buy ice meant you had money. Once refrigeration became common ice became basically free.
American flags displayed in every state is a reminder of being united and part of the best country in the world
Yeah right, a country where 1 percent of the population owns 90 percent of the wealth has got to be the best!!!
We don’t have free healthcare among other things that other countries have. How can America be the best country in the world?
@@Sam-pv7bdfree healthcare! FFS why don’t you ask Adam about “free” healthcare. The NHS is terrible. I have family in England. And nothing is “free.”
@@d.sluder4427 ask Adam about class mobility in the UK. Doesn’t exist like we have here.
@Sam-pv7bd yet we have better doctors. Their wait time on everything is more as well. But they do pay for it through taxes. We pay more through taxes which helps the disabled and others who need it.
Poor kids used to chase the ice carriage. Ice man delivered to homes. Shavings would fall off or kids jumped on the back and grabbed chunks. Was quite a treat. Before refrigeration
The previous poster explained well about the sales tax. I live 1 mile from another county (I do not live in the city limits). Our tax is 8.75% yet if I drive 1 mile to the other county, it is 8.9%. It seems like every year, the county or state is asking us to pay higher sales tax to fund things. It's just not feasable for a company to print tags inclusive and have to go around and change them. Much easier to program the current tax into the register/till computer. Just add 10% and you're good. To make matters worse, some states tax food and some states do not. California does not tax on grocery type food (cook at home). They do charge tax on ready to eat deli, fast food, take out etc. I was curious and looked it up, the VAT is 20% in Europe so thankful ours is under 10%. I'm assuming that ice for the rich was because they were the only ones that could afford it at that time. Previously, in the way olden days, I think they salted their food like beef jerkey to make it last when they didn't have refigerators.
My great grandparents had a general store near Atlanta around 1900. My great uncle (grandma's brother) used to drive a Model T truck delivering ice to residents. Huge blocks of ice, delivered into your home. I never asked how often he'd have to visit a home (once a week?) to deliver ice.
Another thing about tax, here in the states, some states tax food. Here in Michigan if the food wasn't prepared, as in a fast food or restaurant setting, the food isn't taxed. So if you go to the store and pick up a gallon of milk, what ever it says on the shelf is what you pay. If you go to their deli, and pick up a Rotisserie chicken, you do pay tax on that because they prepared that. It's different in other states also, so you need to know how the state that you might be in handles food. Just wanted to confuse you more lol
As to the stall gaps in the bathroom - I always heard about the, "This isn't a new place to live, just do your business and clear out for the next person" reason from my Mom. Having traveled in Europe, I can honestly say I have NEVER experienced an American bathroom that had to employ blue lights to dissuade people from shooting up! In Europe I did.
I occasionally call my refrigerator the "ice box." I got it from my mom, who got it from her mom, who would have had ice delivered to her house.
We always called the deep freezers ice chest.
My husband used to call the refrigerator the ice box when I met him. Thought that weird
Americans are very patriotic. Flags everywhere to show our pride in our country. The land of the free and the home of the brave.
Due to some of the past histories of many countries overseas, it's of no small wonder that they most certainly are not proud of their countries.
@@geraldvelez597 Don't forget our own screw ups and mistakes. What we did to native Americans is to me is the most egregious.
@@carriecature5721 Those weren't my screw ups or mistakes! I had nothing to do with them! Egregious or not, why should I care about things that happened centuries ago? My family wasn't even living in the United States at that time.
@@geraldvelez597 I agree and I don't believe in reparations to people from 150 years ago when none of us were alive. We had nothing to do with any of it. I'm just saying it is sad what man does to his fellow man.
@@carriecature5721 I'm glad that you changed your tune.
In my hometown, there are flags everywhere. Car Dealerships, Businesses, houses, etc. Freaking everywhere.
Lolling at the bidet comment 😂 sometimes the water can be ~warmed~ 😂
another fun fact, the reason why the prices are like 9.99 or 11.99 is because centuries ago the general store would have a register till that has that distinct bell right whenever it's opened. if the clerk doesn't have to make change, and just pockets the money, the keeper is none the wiser. so they figured just make sure the register has to ring to make change.
In all small towns you will see at least 1 flag per block/neighborhood. In cities it just depends what areas…But you will see them in every city somewhere in there. Many homes have flag based decor on their porches or front yards. Like welcome mats, mail boxes, yard ornaments…
Go to Montana. No taxes on store pitches, yes we love our flag. One of the reasons for most changes on the flag was a new state. We had to rearrange it from a circle to stripes. Stripe width also as the background for the stars got bigger the trimmed the stripes the 1960 flag is finally absolutely positively beautiful
Montana is a fascist state!
Yeah, the flag is EVERYWHERE here. I have one on my house, one in the yard and two in windows. Plus, I own 36 shirts with the American flag on them. Everyone here knows that the sales tax is different in each state. By now, most tourists should be aware that taxes aren't included in the marked price. And all but 13 states don't charge tax on grocery food.
I work for a flagpole manufacturer, this is so ubiquitous, that it's generally one of the final things included in most new construction projects for commercial and government buildings, and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
The ice thing is completely real. I live in New England and the ice trade was a very big business before refrigeration as we know it today. Our summer camp is located on a pond that was used for ice harvesting. There was a board on the wall of the shed that they had marked how many 'cakes' of ice were harvested that particular year. The cakes were kept in sawdust to insulate them during shipping. Also once the icebox came about (the precursor to the refrigerator) a block of ice was kept in the top to keep food cold. An ice delivery man would come every few days to replace it. You had to have a bit of wealth to own one of these and therefore having ice in your drink was not something everyone could afford.
What the rest of the world doesn't understand is America is not a country America is 50 countries bound together in a union That's why it's called the United States of America secondly it's also the only country in the world that was created by the people not by government not by politicians and not by monarchy The people created it so just a lot more reason to have more pride
Nearly every house on our street in central Kentucky has an American flag posted out front. One neighbor has an actual flag pole in his front yard. Ice was a sign of wealth because the poor did not have access to it, unless they lived in one of the northern states. The minimum wage in the U.S. differs from state to state, depending on the cost of living in that state. It is also legal and common for restaurant servers to be paid a much lower minimum wage, as their salary is to be made up through tips. It has only recently become a thing where other workers expect a tip. A hotel worker who brings your bags to your room (that is why there are now carts in most lower cost hotels so guest can bring their own bags), a delivery person bringing food, but not the Amazon driver bringing packages, a cab/uber/lyft driver, especially if they are helpful, maybe help with a suitcase or bags, and don't make you feel like you are riding with a serial killer. However, we are now seeing tip jars on counters in coffee shops, etc, where you walk up to a counter and order food, stand and wait, and then pay at the counter. Bear in mind that those workers are paid at least the standard minimum wage and sometimes much more. Sales tax is added at the register, mostly because the sales tax percentage varies by state, and because there are some items in a grocery store that are not subject to sales tax. For example, in Kentucky, the sales tax is 6%, in some states it is 8%, and in others is might be 5%. In Kentucky, food items are not subject to sales tax. So an apple will cost the price that it says on the label on the shelf, however a package of toilet paper will have sales tax added at the register.
Huge portions and shows a burger and fries and such .....should have just shown a typical meal at a bbq joint here in TX lol.
As a kid we looked forward to the iceman’s arrival!!! We had an ICEBOX that held a huge block of ice in the bottom of the box with shelves above to hold food that needed to be cooled. Milk went on the top shelf, to keep it the fartherest from the odors of the other food. While the iceman was delivering the ice, us kids would get up in the back of the truck and scrounge for pieces of ice on a very hot summer day.
Yes, American flags are everywhere. Trucks have American flags painted on them even.
Our flag, during my youth, was with 48 stars, #48 was Arizona added in 1912. In 1959, Alaska was added and a very brief period the flag with 49 stars was displayed. Later in 1959, Hawaii was added and we had our present flag. And the tv series HAWAII 50 premiered in 1968, remembered for its theme song by the VENTURES!!!
The reason why the US doesn't have the taxes built right into the product unless you're in a state that doesn't have sales tax it's because you stay has their own tax, not only do each state have their own tax but stays like say New York, New York has the state tax, then in certain cities they have a city tax on top of the state tax, and then depending on what county or municipality you're in there might be another tax hopped on to those, so having a universe tax would be grand I wouldn't see why it wouldn't be great but the problem is is we can't because each state has their own sales tax for things, Kentucky has a 6% sales tax anywhere you go in the state, if you go to the north of the state south of the state the east of the state the west of the state it's 6% across the board Kentucky has a law that says that the sales tax cannot exceed 6%, then you have states like Oregon and Delaware that don't have sales tax so when you walk into the store if something is $19.99 you pay $19.99 so that's why taxes aren't into the price of the item that's why you get it at the till and not right on the price sticker
💯 true! Most of us are very patriotic
Define "patriotic." Does it mean possessing the sort of destructive pride that blinds one to the discrepancies, corruption, and injustice, that prevails in their country!
Most people think the huge gaps in U.S. bathroom stalls are due to ventilation/fire code, but they're not. Federal law states that in all public buildings there must be public restrooms that can serve a certain percent of the building's occupants at any given time. The bigger the building, the bigger the bathroom. But bathrooms are expensive to clean and maintain, and the more people that use the bathroom, the more expensive it is to maintain. Studies were done on how to stop people from using public restrooms without breaking the law, and it was found that the more exposed people felt, the more they would avoid using the restroom. So companies that provided hardware for public restrooms started selling them with huge gaps to companies that had public buildings as a way to reduce bathroom traffic.
The taxes are based on where you are. There are federal sales tax, state sales taxes (in some states), some states don't have sales taxes on food but they do on everything else, some cities have their own sales taxes on items. There isn't an across the board percentage of sales tax that can be added to the item before it is put on the shelf. There are also special occasions where there is no sales tax on certain items like the weekend before school starts in some states or even just certain stores that eat the taxes on supplies to help people out.
Happy new year from America
One reason for the tax not being added to a product before you check out is simply there are variable taxes added in by state/municipal and local governments and they vary so much it would be inpossible nearly to keep up with them over time. City/county A has X tax rate where City/county B has Y tax rate added to the State/federal taxes. In my state there are 100 counties plus all the cities within those counties. Each of those govermnents has their taxes added in at the checkout since there are so many and it would be a nightmare to keep up with as each fiscal year those can change as each governing body can change them on a yearly basis as budgets go up and down. Yes I said up and down but down hardly ever applies its always up. You know the old saying, More is good............
There’s a video called the history of tipping you should watch. It explains how it started and the greed behind why it still happens. I can’t believe we still due a act that started as a bribe to a bartender to sell you alcohol during prohibition
The reason for not displaying the amount of the tax is because at the register the price of the goods and the tax have to be separate for record keeping purposes. The store has to remit the sales tax to the state one a monthly or quarterly basis. This makes it easier when preparing the tax return forms for the company and also to keep records in case they are audited by the government in the future.
Sales tax is very much a local thing - each State sets its own sales tax, as does each City (and, in some cases, the County). In *most* places, groceries (things you are expected to cook/eat at home) are exempt from sales taxes. Gas stations (or 'petrol stations' to some) are required to post the after-tax price, but are also generally required to post the list of applicable taxes on the actual pumps.
It gets very hot in America, so you must have a cold beverage.
Glad to be able to start another adventure around the sun with ya brother. Best of luck to you this year in everything.
7:28 asking for a diagram 😂
Minimum wage in America doesn't apply ti wait staff and other jobs that receive tips. The idea being that the tipped workers get less money from their employer and the tips bring their earnings up to the standard minimum wage. This was a concept that was heavily pushed by the restaurant industry eho didn't want to pay their workers.
Some states, such as New York, now have laws in place that require restaurant owners to make up the difference if a tipped worker doesn't make at least the standard minimum wage when their wages and tips are combined.
For example, the minimum wage in New York is $16.00 per hour, meaning that a worker who works 40 hours per week grosses $640.00 per week.
But the tipped job minimum wage is $13.75 per hour, meaning that a tipped worker, such as a waiter, only earns $550.00 per week from their employer. In New York, if a tipped workers full income from both wages and tips does not match or exceed what they would earn if they were a non-tipped worker for the same hours, the employer is required to bonus then enough to meet it.
@@Leviticus_Prime california pays the min wage and most places are paying even higher. Wish more states would do that for wait staff.
Taxes vary by city, county and state, plus vary on the type of product being purchased. The tax rate two blocks from my home is different, as it’s a different city. Also, note: we vote on our tax rates.
Yes indeed, we Americans proudly display our nation's flag EVERYWHERE - all the TIME. As far as sales tax on goods: the percentages vary not only from state to state, but often from city to city within a state. We know taxes are a necessary thing, if we want garbage collection, fire departments & law enforcement, & a standing military. But we want to know & have a say in how much we're taxed for such things. Remember, the main reason America's original 13 colonies rebelled against the British Empire was over taxation, LOL! We've never forgotten! Thanks for your reaction.
Sales tax hidden or included in the final price: well, would you rather pay a cheaper price for an item in the US, due to it's sales tax being no more than 10%, or would you prefer to pay a higher price in Europe, where the average sales tax is generally double the 'hidden' US sales tax? It's sort of simple, don't you think?
@rightlyso8507 You're preaching to the choir, my friend. Obviously, my original comment indicates that I have no problem whatsoever with sales tax being calculated at check-out in the USA.
@@rightlyso8507”No more than 10%”? Not true where I live. Combined state and local sales taxes are higher. Not by much though.
@@EricT3769 I'm in NYC. The sales tax that I pay is 8.0875%. I looked up the specifics: 4.5% from, the City, 4.0% from the state and .375% for the 'metropolitan commuter transportation district', which I guess is the subway and buses.
@@rightlyso8507 I’m in Lake Charles, LA. It’s 4.45% state and 5.75% for the city. The 5.75% I believe is actually part city and part parish tax. Comes out to 10.2%.
Actually, that was at the grocery store.
The minimum combined 2025 sales tax rate for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana is 10.75%. This is the total of state, parish, and city sales tax rates. The state went up to 5% this year.
A lot of waste in the Louisiana legislature.
Yeah it is insane a bit here in USA ngl , This was so so cool and neat ngl.
Just wanted to note one thing in this video that was incorrect: Denmark does not have a minimum wage law. What it has is sectoral bargaining, where unions can negotiate wages on behalf of an entire industry rather than a single workplace. So in theory, Denmark has fewer wage protections than even the U.S., but in practice, most companies are contractually obligated to pay workers at least a certain amount.
My grandparents on my dad's side were born in 1912 and 1915. When I was a kid in the 80's,
they used to call the freezer the ice box and I found out from a PBS tv show about how the blocks of ice
were delivered. So I've known about it since I was a kid.
The US does not use a value added tax system. The sales tax is calculated on the total amount of taxable items. Some items such as groceries are not taxable. So, the stores total the ticket and add the tax to the bottom which is then posted in their acctg system to the payable account that has to be remitted to the state. Every state has different sales tax laws, and calculate the total to be collected accordingly.
The price with tax isn't included because the tax rate varies from state to state, and even from county to county within the state. Where I live (Mahoning County, Ohio), the tax rate is 7.5%. A few miles away in Columbiana County, Ohio the tax rate is 7.25%. A few miles further, in Beaver County, Pennsylvania the tax rate is 6%. All within 10 miles of where I live. So where I'm at, if an item was $10, with tax it would be $10.75, but it would be $10.73 ($10.725 technically but you round up since you can't have a half cent) with tax in Columbiana County and $10.60 with tax in Beaver County in Pennsylvania. Also, different items, cigarettes for example, have additional taxes such as a federal tax, a state tax, sales tax, etc. that add to the price
Fun fact: Our street and highway signs are green to be harder to see because of foliage in the background plus, orher countries use blue ones. Our military decided this, and designed the road systems.
They flag must be altered every time we get a new state. There is a Star for every state.
You have enough states to oppress!
@4:15 it says the US government started paying farmers to grow/produce more food. That is what subsidizing means. There was abundant food available.
And believe me allot of us here in the USA hate that our tips are considered part of their wage when its clearly supposed to be a THANK YOU. I blame the business owners.
I'm from Texas, and, yes, our prices are displayed like every other State - sans taxes. The reason for that is because some places have a local tax on top of the state tax. It's fairly uniform across the State, but may differ from city to city by ss much as half of a percent. For instance, if something happens to a city industry (like water works or a hospital, for example), taxes may be added temporarily to help fund the repair.
How is life in Howdy Arabia!
Our federal minimum wage hasn't been raised from $7.25/hr since 2009. The living wage since 2022 is $25.02/hr, about 3.5x the minimum! And the US government wants to know why people can't pay their bills, our birthrate is declining, and we have to live with 5 roommates in a 1 bedroom house?!
Also, the only states that don't have sales tax are: Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oregon. In New Jersey and Oregon it's even illegal to pump your own gas - they have attendants who do it for you.
A bidet (pronounced “bih-DAY”) is a plumbing fixture designed to clean your rear. It goes to work washing your lower region after you urinate or have a bowel movement, eliminating the need for toilet paper. Some bidets attach to your toilet, either affixed to the side of the bowl or with a detachable hose.
The thing with sales tax here in America Is. Sales taxes can be different from town to town, county to county, and state to state
10:54 The Sagrada Família is a Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, Spain that is currently under construction and is expected to be completed in 2026.
We love to display our flags everywhere and on everything!
I have an American flag hanging outside my house 24/7. I'd like to note that I'm a military veteran.
Thank you for your service!. You're, most definitely, one of the reasons that the United States is one of the best countries in the world.
@@HoppityHooper2I 2nd that!
Sales tax is different in different states. If a corporation had to calculate and print shelf tags that included the proper percentage of tax for each item it would definitely cost them, and that extra cost would be covered by the consumer.
And because tax is figured by the total of your purchase instead of adding to each individual item, you pay less tax.
Mostly food isn’t taxed
The American flag has changed so often because each star represents a state. Add a state, add a star.
The reason ice in drinks was a symbol of wealth is because when ice was between transported form cold regions to warmer regions, only the wealthy could afford to do so. Even without the transportation factor, large chunks of ice were harvested from lakes, rivers, streams, and ponds then stored in caves, ice houses, or spring houses. The harvesting was labor intensive and often dangerous and having the ability to store it took resources to build an ice house. Even after ice boxes became a standard in homes, the ice was needed to keep food cold,so one didn't open the ice compartment any more than necessary, not to mention one would never waste the ice on something frivolous like cooling a drink.
The bidet and toilet paper. So as not to get to graphic think of a bit of mud on your hands. If you just wipe your hands clean with towels, it will takes significantly more towels to clean than if you rinsed your hands first.
I personally live in a rural community. Our house is on a side road and we're 2 miles from the main road. From there, it's 27 miles to the nearest grocery store.
To answer your question, having ice back in the day was a status symbol because you had to pay for it because it had to come from far away and not melt
so senior coworker of my sister told me, those gaps during the heyday of 70s and drug-related trips helped a lot... and 5 years later funny enough in 2007 some person sat to eat lunch on our work restroom... and wasn't an employee... so imagine break time and we walk into the breakroom and see some random person high AF eating our lunches across the hall into the restroom area.
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Every time a state or states are added, a star has to be added to the flag. There are 50 stars..
We also have Flag Day, which is June 14. Flag Day was first proposed in 1861 to rally support for the Union side of the Civil War. In 1916 President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation to designate June 14 as Flag Day. In 1949 President Harry Truman signed a bill which officially established June 14 as National Flag Day.
Don't know if anyone commented on this, but ice was associated with wealth because of how expensive it was to harvest and transport to those who afford to buy it.
I was raised on Lake Hopatcong, NJ. Ice was harvested and primarily sold residentially to the ultra rich. Old money rich. We were even taught about this in school in history class.
East of Eden, a legendary film starring James Dean, brings to film the epic trials of trying to keep lettuce fresh while transporting it. We take refrigeration for granted, but we have these early harvesters of ice to thank for this modern-day convenience.
Cedar Falls, Iowa has an Ice House museum. It's great!
Every time a new state was added to the Country of the America, a new flag had to be designed. There is one star for each state. The last 2 states, Hawaii, and Alaska were added in 1959, so a new flag design was created in a contest. The winner was a 17 year old high school student. The new flag was first flown in 1960. We just started the 65th year for this current flag.
You don’t want to have to go through a store and reprice everything every time a tax changes. Taxes are generally around 10% so for $20 I know it’s going to be about $22. I don’t pay in cash for anything anymore so having the exact right amount of money is less of a problem than it used to be.
There are different tax laws in each state and counties and sometimes in sections of counties. There isn't any tax on food in grocery stores except pre-made food ie rotisserie chickens. Some states have tax on clothes like new york but not in new jersey.
I always order my drinks with little to no ice.
The reason they load drinks with ice is because it saves them money.
And how does that work when refills are free? You're gonna have to show your math on that one.
I fly my American flag outside my house everyday !
The US flag changes every time a state is added to the union. There were originally 13 and now there are 50, so you might naively expect there to have been as many as 38 different versions over the years; but in practice, sometimes more than one state joined at the same time (especially in the era leading up to the Civil War, when it was politically impossible to get just one state's approval through Congress, so they had to happen in pairs, to maintain the balance).
Before modern electric refrigerators, *most* food was stored at room temperature, or in root cellars; however, critical items could be kept in an "icebox", which is essentially the same thing as a modern insulated cooler, except made out of materials that were available at the time, rather than modern plastics. Blocks of ice cut from frozen lakes in winter, were stored packed in insulative materials (e.g., sawdust) all through the spring and summer, and could be taken out one at a time and placed in the icebox to keep it cool. Nonetheless, there wasn't nearly as much space in such an icebox, as a modern refrigerator, so a lot of things were preserved in other ways (e.g., by canning or drying or curing). This is why ham and bacon and jerky exist: they originated as cured meats that could be kept at room temperature. Cheese, similarly, keeps much longer than fresh milk. Chicken was usually not cured, because an individual chicken isn't very large, so the chickens (and also pigeons, which were widely eaten in the pre-refrigeration era) were just kept alive until the meat was needed; but beef and pork were usually preserved in some way: smoked, salted, pickled, canned, etc. Don't underestimate root cellars, too: things like apples and cabbages and potatoes and carrots can be stored at "cave temperature" for *months* without becoming unsafe to eat, although they do get soft and shriveled and lose some of their flavor. Refrigeration is extremely convenient, but it's not absolutely necessary to the survival of humanity.
Portion sizes: fundamentally, when you buy food at a restaurant, you are mostly paying for labor (and the various costs associated with labor, like insurances and whatnot), and most of the rest is for advertising. The cost of the actual food is relatively minor. And the labor that goes into making an entree containing half a pound of beef, is barely any more than the labor that goes into making essentially the same thing with only a quarter pound of beef. So if the customer is willing to pay a few cents more for a much larger portion, that's what the restaurant is going to sell, because those extra few cents are mostly profit.
There aren’t flags on *every* house and *every* building, but all the public buildings (libraries, post offices, town halls, schools, and so on) have one, and maybe 1/50 houses do on average, too- plus *lots* of shirts and cars and shite. Some communities will have more, but of course living here I’m pretty used to them.
Being from Maryland, I even have a state flag shirt and mug.
so back in the old times to get ice people would have to gather it from lakes and rivers in the winter with hand tools and horses thus it was very expensive to make and even more so if you where in a warmer climate and had to have it shipped to you because most would melt in transit as their was no way to keep it cold without refrigeration
I live in suburban NYC. There's an American flag on each corner of each city block, flying daily.
10:54 "good God... what was that?"
Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona, Spain. It's taken almost 150 years to build and when completed it will be the tallest religious structure on earth. It was designed by Antoni Gaudi and is a work of art.
Here in Michigan we don’t pay taxes on food except fast food. You’re freaking hilarious. Love you, man.