Keep in mind a heated towel rail has a dual purpose as a bathroom-radiator, no shivering when wet from the shower and keeps the bathroom warm, dry and comfortable. Stand-alone electric versions are available as well.
I've never quite got the point of a heated towel rail rather than just having a radiator to drape your towel over... (Except in my parents' house, which has ducted air instead of radiators, so they have electric heated towel rails, which I _can_ see the point of)
@@stevieinselby Drying damp items directly on top of a standard radiator causes condensation and mould in the property, a towel radiator is used all year round even when turned off as somewhere to neatly hang vertically several towels, bath mats and face cloths, the steel used retains heat longer even after the heating goes off.
Regarding the electric plug , you can also point out that with US sockets a child could easily poke something into the live socket where as in the UK sockets are blocked until the larger prong is inserted thus preventing accidental electric shock . Im aware that US voltage is only 110v were the UK is 240v but i still would'nt poke anything metal into it .
Also in the UK, most of our electric sockets have an individual 'ON/OFF' switch, so you don't have to unplug anything (just turn off the power when not using a hair dryer, iron or similar appliance).
There is a three-pin version of the US plug used for appliances that need an earth (ground) connection. There is also an entirely different design of 3-pin plug used for high-power devices that bridge across both phases of the street supply to provide 220V for these appliances.
@@davidfaraday7963 regarding the 2 phase 240V appliances, new construction and hones being rewired that use electric stoves and clothes dryers, now require a 4 prong outlets for those appliances. The updated electrical codes at the federal level wanted those appliances to have a neutral, instead of routing the return power to the ground, like typical 240V appliance. Older homes before 1996 (definitely before 2000) will still have 3 prong outlets for those appliances.
@@davenwin1973 When you say "routing the return power to the ground, like typical 240V appliances" are you talking about Europe or the US? In the UK domestic supply cables have two conductors from the street transformer: a live conductor at 240V from ground and a combined ground and neutral conductor which is connected to ground at the transformer, but in the US and other countries that follow US practice the street transformer secondary is 240V with the centre-tap grounded. Thus either end of the transformer is 120V from ground but an appliance connected across both live conductors will receive 240V. If power is returned to ground, or to neutral, the supply is only 120V.
Dont put the kettle on the van. You'll get to your new house first, so take the kettle in the car with you , so you can have a nice cup of tea waiting for the removal men :)
When visiting the UK (my husband’s family) of course we had Yorkshire Pudding and my sister-in-law gave me her recipe (which I lost in my recent move). I was introduced to the “Toasty Bag” which basically is a bag made from a synthetic baking sheet type material that you put your cheese sandwich into and pop the bag into the toaster and you have a toasted sandwich that doesn’t leak melted cheese (or crumbs) into your toaster. You just toast, slip out of the bag onto a plate and wash out the bag and re-use again and again. Electric kettles are used by Australians as well and we have a smaller version of the three pin power plug. Roundabouts are very common in Australia and our new home is close to an uncontrolled (no traffic lights) roundabout complex consisting of three inter-connected roundabouts that are fed by five very heavily used roads and called “Five Ways” by the locals. What should be a bottle neck is actually very easy to navigate because you just give way to the traffic on your right and enter when the traffic in your right is giving way to the traffic on their right … and so on. However, the “Giros” in the UK were terrifying to us because even though they were nearly always controlled by lights, they were feeders on and off for multiple freeways (indicated by Route numbers painted on the surface of the road) and if we found ourselves in the wrong lane, we would have to keep going round and round changing lanes looking for the appropriate Motorway number on the road surface to enter the new road. We nearly caused an accident on an uncontrolled Giro in London changing lanes. They sure do drive fast in those little cars in the UK.
Google the BBC recipe to make Yorkshire puds, It is a simple recipe, but it is hard to perfect, the trick is the temperature of the cooking oil and the oven, it needs to be hot
Most people (even in the UK) think Yorkshire puddings are served with the main course, but traditionally they're served as a starter with gravy. The idea is that they come out of the oven at the same time at the roast meat, then you eat them while the meat is resting.
They were traditionally served as starters in poor farming communities in Yorkshire, the idea being that the stodgy pudding would help fill up the family before the meat course, meaning that the expensive Sunday joint would last longer.
Kettle, tea pot, tea and mugs are always the first thing when moving house. I was supplied by the heated towel rail, they can be heated electrically independent to the central heating and with the CH. It means dry towels, easy!
Yorkshire pudding used to be flat in the bottom of a big tray as it was designed to soak up the weekly meat joint dripping underneath the spit. The idea was that you had it to begin with to satisfy immediate hunger so you eat less meat - the joint of meat would then last several meals across the whole week. Round/circular yorkshires were a modern take on it as lighter and less stogie - but you haven’t had a proper yorkshire until you have the flat one - soooo full of meat flavours 🤪
I remember reading the Jsmes Herriot books where this was said by a farmer’s wife to her children “Thems as eats the most pudding gets the most meat.” They were given a piece of pudding with gravy on (which is lovely by the way) so by the time they ate their meal, they were full.
It is. I lived in Florida briefly, Ohio, Oregon, Akaska, California and Washington state where I'm from. My husband uses spray deodorant and it always was and still is widely available everywhere we lived in the states. I'm incredibly surprised she hadn't heard of this.
the reason UK plugs stay in socket is simple. the cord hangs down, so if you catch the cord the force cant pull plug out, the USA plugs the cord comes out of the back meaning any tug and it will pull plug from socket
If you can burn your hand on a towell rail the the central heating is too high. Turn the heating down or turn the flow valve on the towell rail towards off if no thermostat is fitted. That will restrict the flow of water and cool it down. Under the cap on the valve is a small slotted valve head. Turn it clockwise, but not all the way.
Thank you for the instructions as I'm having one installed soon. This has been worrying me. I'd heard another American saying the same thing about getting burned. 😁
@@Julia-uh4li As the radiator is part of the heating system if it is very hot so will all the other radiators in the house be. They should never be that hot and the boiler water temperature setting should be 55 degrees centigrade for heating and 48 degrees for hot water. As it hasn't been installed yet you could ask the installer to add a thermostat to the radiator so that you can adjust the temperature and even turn it off. (You don't need a towel rail to heat all day). They are inexpensive and easy to add.
As a plumber l can tell you that you can get them with an electrical element for summer use or you can plumb it to work from the boiler simply by connecting it to the hot water primaries in the case of a cylinder system or by a separate zone valve in the case of a combination boiler.
Electric kettles rely on suffucient wattage over a small period of time to boil water effectively - we have 240v the US has 120v - which means they need to double the ampage for equivalent power - ampage is the 'volume' going down the wire - which means the US require twice as thick wire to achieve the same wattage which is impractical (not exactly true but you get the idea) watts=voltsxamps
If you want an extra experience with Yorkshire puds, try eating them with a bit of strawberry jam I used to have yorkshires with dinner, then eat the leftovers with jam Another way to enjoy them is to get the large ones (aunt bessies) and fill them with something like a stew, mince, chilie con carne etc. Not forgetting that toad in the hole is sausages in yorkshire pudding
We wouldn't save an electric kettle from a fire. Yes, they are the most essential item in our kitchens but they are, for that reason, very common and very cheap. Let it burn, you might trip over a new one as you wait for the fire fighters
I had my honeymoon is Orlando. Totally shocked that the hotel room did not have a kettle. What? Even the cheapest motel in Europe has a kettle, tea coffee sugar etc.
The top pin on a 3 pin (prong) electric socket is the Earth Pin, the bottom two are the Live (positive) and Neutral (return) pins. Every electrical item should be earthed as a safety feature, each plug also carries a fuse which will blow if overloaded
Electric Kettle, as a Brit I am not surprised. Many people say the same. I had a friend who went to a Swiss Finishing School where they had NO kettles. When she came to the UK she made Tea/Coffee using the Hot Water Tap! We have an electric travel kettle for Europe since they have a similar issue. Yorkshire pudding, biased as I am from Yorkshire, it can also be a pudding with Jam inside it or as a starter so can be part of all 3 courses of Sunday Roast, also a UK "thing".
Our electric plug is only dangerous if you remove it from the wall socket, and leave it lying about on the floor and you step on it, but we tend to leave them in the wall socket all the time, because the vast majority of wall sockets also have a on/off switch built in, for each plug to isolate power to it, if you need more sockets then you can get an adaptor plug that will alow you to plug in up to three extra plugs and still have the use of the wall switch, or you can get an extension lead some of which you can plug in more than one plug again these can be also switched for each extra plug, so there is no reason to have loose plugs lying about on the floor removing their only danger.
Cut your Yorkshire pud in half and lather on some butter and sugar on one half; set it to one side - that's your dessert. When you get back to eating it the butter sill have been absobed into the pud and its just YUMMY!
The last time I saw a non-electric kettle, must have been about forty years ago. They were usually made from thin aluminium, with a whistling spout that told you when the water was boiling. They were heated by placing them on either a gas or electric hob.
The list you went through, all can be found in Australia and New Zealand ,even the 3-pin plug (although not quite so heavy duty). Just shows how much the antipodes shares in common with the UK
@@marydavis5234 For USA there are two associated plug types, types A and B. Plug type A is the plug which has two flat parallel pins and plug type B is the plug which has two flat parallel pins and a grounding pin. USA operates on a 120V supply voltage and 60Hz.
We have a heated towel rail / rack, and the way our plumbing is set up, it is heated by either the heating part of the system or the hot water part. This means that even with the heating being off in summer, any towels still get warm when the hot water part of the system is running.
@@tallmale188 I'm a Brit and our granny (Scottish) would make extra Yorkshire puds on a Sunday which we'd have as a treat with with a spoon full of custard and jam when we came in from school on a Monday. Mind you she was a wee bit...'individual' shall we say 😉
@@tallmale188 it does too. 55 years I’ve lived in West and North Yorkshire and I’ve only seen perverts talk about sweet stuff on Yorkshire on the internet. I mean, would you put gravy on a treacle sponge? Of course not.
My relatives in Toronto Canada house built 1926, always had an electric kettle, also a traditional letter box in the front door and proper cast iron radiators.
That roundabout was just about the scariest one to exist in the UK. It's the "Magic Roundabout" in Swindon. I live fairly close and have managed to avoid it for 35 years, but hit it by accident recently. There wasn't time to study it from above or to look at the signs so I went round the edge one exit at a time. I stopped at a supermarket on one exit and got chatting to a man in the queue who let me in in front of him as I only had one item. I said I had popped in for an energy boost so I could tackle the roundabout. He said he had seen people quivering with fear do the same!
Spray deodorant used to be about 75% of the market (roll-on the other 25%). I never saw a stick deodorant much prior to the late '70s or early '80s. I think the rise of sticks had more to do with the phase out of aerosols in general because of the hole in the ozone.
The kettle surprised me. It's so, basic here. You get them in even cheap hotel rooms, for, hot drinks of any form you care to mention. It's such a fast and convenient way to boil water, I'm, surprised they're not more universal
When I visited China, there was only one tap in the bathroom wash basin and I could not see how to get water out of it as turning the tap head did nothing. It turned out you have to pull up the tap head before it worked lol.
In the US the electric is only 110v, an electric kettle would struggle with such low voltage. UK plugs also have a fuse for safety which is absent in the US
I too was a paper boy, it was in 1968 to 70. earned 25 Bob a week, £1-25 but I got about £2 in tips. I hated Thursdays because not only the evening paper but there were also the radio and TV times. The bag felt like I was carrying half a ton.
In America, if the device you are using is all plastic, but if it is partially or all metal then it will have the safety ground prong on it. Also if it is a surge protector for your electronics, it will have to have a safety ground plug to work properly. In the United Kingdom, the design of their plugs is dictated by the fact that they use 240 volt current for everything. Unlike America which uses 120 volt current for the vast majority of household devices. That doubling of the voltage requires the prongs to be further apart to prevent arcing between the prongs. They may also require the safety ground prong for everything no matter what. It does insure that the plug can only be inserted into the receptacle one way.
@@marydavis5234 "Wrong, we have 220 volts plugs in the USfor washing machines, dryers, electric ranges, hot water heaters, etc." You are wrong and correct. Yes we do have 220-240 volts for dryers, electric ranges, hot water heaters, etcetera, but the vast majority of devices in an American home use 110-120 volts. But in many other countries, they use 220-240 volts for everything. That is one reason why the plugs have the prongs as far apart as they do.
Freddo's mus be a recent thing, because when I left the UK to come to the US, and I was born in the UK, and lived there up until 2001, Freddo's was never seen or even heard of.
I worked for a telecoms company and I worked in some very remote locations with no facilities. I all ways had an electric travel kettle with me .As a backup I also had a gas camping stove with me.
The no kettle thing in the US is mainly to do with power draw, the UK has a typical maximum household output to a plug of 220- 240 volts, 13 amps is 2860 - 3000 watts whereas the US has typical 100-120 volts 15-20 amps 1500-2400 watts but most US systems circuits breakers trip below 2000 watts. This means that any electrical device (not directly on the circuit) will have a much lower power than its UK (or European) equivalent. So if a kettle boils in 6 mins (a long time for a kettle) it will take 9 mins in the US. I think this is the reason it has not caught on so much, plus we like our Tea more and you need to have boiling water for Hot Tea and it needs to be slightly under boiling for coffee.
I have an American friend who I used to send cadburys chocolate aspecially cream eggs too and plastic tuperwhere boxes....they struggled to get them...
I couldn't believe my American friend had no kettle. I was thinking "if you don't have a kettle, what do you use for a kettle?". Blew my mind . The only reason the British army spent half defence budget in the challenger tank was so the troops could have a robust all terrain vehicle, fitted with a kettle.
I saw Bins in Spain 🇪🇸 that rise out of the Ground , ( obviously they look and Work like Bins we have in Britain above the Ground ) But to see 👀 the bins rise out out of the ground and realise what the capacity was .When the Bin lorry pulled up was astounding, Not only beach and Sun shine in Spain.
Our power plugs are different because our homes operate on a much higher rate wattage. The top pin is the earth pin. If something goes wrong in the plug the current will go to earth and not through you.
Great video, when I visited the Florida water beds seemed to be very popular. I had heard of them but never seen one. Hours of fun. Hope your family are ok over there, with the storm.
U.S. definitely has 3 pronged plugs and all sockets are 3 pronged. Anything with a metal case e.g toaster, microwave, fridge etc will have a 3 pin plug. We live in Canada and electrical is the same as U.S. We also have a heated towel bar but it's electric rather than hot water as we have forced air heating. Can be put on a timer so warm at shower time. Spray deodorant/antiperspirant and electric kettles are available in U.S
lol the kettle is so important a version known as a boiling vessel is even built into our main battle tanks and many other armoured vehicles. If you don’t believe me check it out there is probably a video on here depicting them.
The electric kettle seems to be the best value for money item. For a few quid, you're now able to boil water in a few minutes each time, when you want to glug tea all day.
Good video. My sister lives in the USA ( near Pittsburgh ), and on one of my visits, she asked me to bring over a British 3-pin plug and a socket pate to show her friends.
Hi a three prong plug has an additional wire than the American one called an earth wire this protects from surges so all your other tech isn’t affected
Heated towel rails operate at the temperature of the central heating i.e. max 65degC (150degF). The best towel rails come with an electric heating element for summertime use when the main heating is off and will have a thermostat and timer. Yorkshire Puddings can be served with the main meal e.g. roast beef and therefore gravy but it is also delicious with fruit or jam on top with whipped cream. (salivates!) Cooking good homemade Yorkshires is an art and should not be resigned to the realms of frozen ones from the supermarket
When I go abroad I have an electric travel kettle I pack. Inside it I store enough tea bags for two cups a day (morning and evening). I don't know if it's just easy to tell the difference or if so many Brits do this that they are used to it, but I've never had my bag checked because of this 😂 Also, if you want a food that even much of the UK hasn't heard of, you gotta try a Kentish Gypsy Tart 😋
Or you could go to Skipton and have Curd Tart - beautiful. In fact Skipton has so many cake shops and they all sell the most delicious pastries and fancies.
You have small round yorkies with sunday lunch , and one large flat one for afters. Spread a thin layer of butter on it , teaspoon full of sugar and eat carefully. Enjoy :)
An old Yorkshire way of eating Yorkshire puddings is with Raspberry Vinegar (Syrupy Type) gravy and all. Thought it was something unique to my Yorkshire mothers side of the family who ate them this way that was until I met a total stranger from Yorkshire who told me that in some parts of Yorkshire people ate them this way including herself. (Interesting note I remember in the sixties and seventies you could bye Raspberry Vinegar over the counter at a chemist as it was considered beneficial to aid recovery from colds and flu.) It's also very easy to make.
I like Cadburys Twirl - the texture of a Flake contained in a chocolate shell for less messy eating. Also notable with the kettle that it is odd to have a hotel room in the UK that does not have one.
Spray and roll-on deodorant do still exist here, at least in upstate NY. I don’t think they’re as common as they were back in the 80s and 90s, but they still exist.
You do have three pronged plugs in the US, a lot of appliances have to have a ground such as a microwave, hairdryer, laptop, electric cookers, TV etc. Anything that could potentially give you an electric shock or catch fire. I know you have two prongs for mobile phone chargers and various lamps and other small gadgets though where there is very small risk that anything bad could happen.
Steven, yes! We in fact do have 3 pronged plugs in America. Usually for things like washing machines/dryers, even irons and my old laptop. I'm here in England now and can relate to these videos. Everything is SO different here!!
When you showed a picture of Yorkshire Pudding it was a picture of American Popovers in a popover pan! I was never any good at makeing Yorkshire puddings till I saw Chef John on TH-cam making Popovers and putting them in a cold oven to cook. I couldn't afford a popover pan so bought a jumbo muffin pan and hey presto Popovers which are no different to Yorkshire Puddings! So you weren't wrong with that photo!
Florida?? I've never heard of it, my cat says it's in the Midwest somewhere. I'm the old guy who moved from NV to PA recently, but I spent 8 years in the army in Germany, they had heated towel racks, more like warm than hot and they were essential because they seemed to believe that the bathroom was to stay at 50f, so I found in hotels it was vital to jump from a shower to the towel rack and wrap yourself in one to keep from freezing. The chocolate in Germany was amazing, I usually got Ritter Sport from town and a big box of pastries to carry to the barracks where I would charge twice what I paid for them. Sadly, my time was in the 80's and it took forever to find German chocolates in the US, though now it seems common to have British made candies everywhere here in PA, and I'm thrilled, because people seem to think this Hershey's stuff is chocolate, it doesn't taste like it to me, lol.
it wouldnt be the kettle to grab in a fire it would be the tea pot! we have a dozen tea pots and only use one because it makes the best cuppa tea... you would be surprised at some people and their tea pots... but most people these days dont care...
Similarly, when I have travelled on mainland Europe I was perplexed by the need to validate your train or tram ticket. Something you don't do in the UK. Having gone through a ticket barrier and THEN have to use a stamp device on your ticket seems odd.
I've tried lynx stick deodorant but found it became 'stodgy' for want of a better word, and ended up leaving a white stain on my clothing. I didn't enjoy how it felt so went back to spray
I am British, born here and spent most of my life here (I was 73 last week). I have never heard of a Freddo either. As far as Cadbury's Flake is concerned, I realise that, for an American, ANY non-American chocolate is good, but try Swiss (or Belgian) chocolate, and you'll never again want to waste your time and money on Cadbury's.
Three "pin" plug! In the UK "prong" nearly always means the sharply pointed end of any object such as on a fork, but not of a pin! Us Limeys invented the English Language purely for the confusion of Johnny Foreigner. US and UK English differences can be subtle, but certainly point to the origin of the the speaker, and most obviously the author of a written piece. As my English teacher said many, many years ago, "Neither usage is incorrect, but one should always strive for consistency". Oh, the irony! Here endeth the lesson. 😀
A 110v electrical supply will not be as efficient for an electric kettle, and yes I know 220v is also available but maybe not in suitable locations around a kitchen. Why it isn't? V=I/R
One notable thing I didn’t see in the US but saw everywhere in Spain was a bidet. Not going to get into how great they are, but I don’t get why they never caught on in the states. Also, not a thing per se, but very old people walking all over the streets was a new thing for me. 😂
Yup, you see all the multi million dollar mansions and they got nothing that is luxurious. No Bidet. The showers have No Body jets, they only have rain heads...
You can also get electric towel rails. I know that roundabouts are not common in the US but you would think that people would like them because they are taking personal responsibility at the junction rather than standing there waiting for the government to tell them to move with a traffic light. Obviously this does not apply to busy roundabouts where there are traffic lights. With the cost of electric it may now be cheaper to use a stove top kettle if you have a gas hob.
@@dave_h_8742 What are you talking about gas is about a third of the cost of electricity per kWh. It is less efficient than an electric kettle but not 66% less efficient. There is increased risk of an accident especially if children are in the kitchen.
An electric kettle is much quicker to heat than gas. I have both kettles available (electric / stove top) and have timed them. Also, I will heat water in the electric kettle first, when cooking (for example) pasta, as it saves on the gas cooker (time & money).👍🇬🇧
I've got a free standing electric towel rail as I don't have central heating in my flat, it only uses the same amount of electric as a light bulb, so very economical to run and keeps the chill off my shower room
@@stewedfishproductions7959 Speed and energy cost are different things. An electric kettle is faster than on the hob but the cost of using a gas hob is lower. If you heat water in a kettle then pour it into a pan you may get your pasta quicker but it will cost you more.
There's heated towel racks here in the USA. Mail slots were very common in the 50's and 60's. What part of the USA did you grow up in, the Appalachian Trail?
I know!! I get that she only knows Florida but sheesh, she always talks about things we don't have in the US that we've always had. I'm SO much older than she is so I can understand, for the most part
She says she's from Florida. She must have grown up in a mostly post WW2 Florida, regarding mailslots. I'm in Gary Indiana, and those were mostly found on homes before 1950 here. Overtime, people sealed their ls off, because some kids would decide to pull pranks, and either slip small critters through them, to being cruel, and stick fireworks through them, and burn people's homes down. So in older neighborhoods, people switched to having their mailbox outside, either hanging on their house, or get the standard street mailbox, and mount it on a pole, near their front door.
Stick deodorants long predate spray. My mum used them in the fifties. Spray is so inaccurate. This was before we had a hole, which closed up a while back.
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When you move house the first things to be unpacked are the kettle, tea bags and mugs then loo rolls. In other words the essentials.
Immediately followed by identifying the nearest chippy.
@@PedroConejo1939 and the local.
And Biscuits
Also those are last things to pack to make a movers a brew for half time :)
Electric kettle is great for boiling eggs. Useful in hotels.
The UK 🇬🇧 plug has SO many safety features!
Tom Scott video.
@@_starfiend Tom's the Man!!!
Keep in mind a heated towel rail has a dual purpose as a bathroom-radiator, no shivering when wet from the shower and keeps the bathroom warm, dry and comfortable.
Stand-alone electric versions are available as well.
I've never quite got the point of a heated towel rail rather than just having a radiator to drape your towel over...
(Except in my parents' house, which has ducted air instead of radiators, so they have electric heated towel rails, which I _can_ see the point of)
@@stevieinselby Drying damp items directly on top of a standard radiator causes condensation and mould in the property, a towel radiator is used all year round even when turned off as somewhere to neatly hang vertically several towels, bath mats and face cloths, the steel used retains heat longer even after the heating goes off.
Your radiators and towel rails should never be so hot that you can burn yourself.
@@stevieinselbywe can easily fit the towels for a family of 4 on our towel rail. Couldn’t do that on a radiator.
Regarding the electric plug , you can also point out that with US sockets a child could easily poke something into the live socket where as in the UK sockets are blocked until the larger prong is inserted thus preventing accidental electric shock . Im aware that US voltage is only 110v were the UK is 240v but i still would'nt poke anything metal into it .
Also in the UK, most of our electric sockets have an individual 'ON/OFF' switch, so you don't have to unplug anything (just turn off the power when not using a hair dryer, iron or similar appliance).
There is a three-pin version of the US plug used for appliances that need an earth (ground) connection. There is also an entirely different design of 3-pin plug used for high-power devices that bridge across both phases of the street supply to provide 220V for these appliances.
@@davidfaraday7963 regarding the 2 phase 240V appliances, new construction and hones being rewired that use electric stoves and clothes dryers, now require a 4 prong outlets for those appliances. The updated electrical codes at the federal level wanted those appliances to have a neutral, instead of routing the return power to the ground, like typical 240V appliance. Older homes before 1996 (definitely before 2000) will still have 3 prong outlets for those appliances.
@@davenwin1973 When you say "routing the return power to the ground, like typical 240V appliances" are you talking about Europe or the US? In the UK domestic supply cables have two conductors from the street transformer: a live conductor at 240V from ground and a combined ground and neutral conductor which is connected to ground at the transformer, but in the US and other countries that follow US practice the street transformer secondary is 240V with the centre-tap grounded. Thus either end of the transformer is 120V from ground but an appliance connected across both live conductors will receive 240V. If power is returned to ground, or to neutral, the supply is only 120V.
When you move house in the UK last thing on the van is the kettle, first thing off the van is the kettle.
Dont put the kettle on the van. You'll get to your new house first, so take the kettle in the car with you , so you can have a nice cup of tea waiting for the removal men :)
When visiting the UK (my husband’s family) of course we had Yorkshire Pudding and my sister-in-law gave me her recipe (which I lost in my recent move). I was introduced to the “Toasty Bag” which basically is a bag made from a synthetic baking sheet type material that you put your cheese sandwich into and pop the bag into the toaster and you have a toasted sandwich that doesn’t leak melted cheese (or crumbs) into your toaster. You just toast, slip out of the bag onto a plate and wash out the bag and re-use again and again.
Electric kettles are used by Australians as well and we have a smaller version of the three pin power plug.
Roundabouts are very common in Australia and our new home is close to an uncontrolled (no traffic lights) roundabout complex consisting of three inter-connected roundabouts that are fed by five very heavily used roads and called “Five Ways” by the locals. What should be a bottle neck is actually very easy to navigate because you just give way to the traffic on your right and enter when the traffic in your right is giving way to the traffic on their right … and so on.
However, the “Giros” in the UK were terrifying to us because even though they were nearly always controlled by lights, they were feeders on and off for multiple freeways (indicated by Route numbers painted on the surface of the road) and if we found ourselves in the wrong lane, we would have to keep going round and round changing lanes looking for the appropriate Motorway number on the road surface to enter the new road. We nearly caused an accident on an uncontrolled Giro in London changing lanes. They sure do drive fast in those little cars in the UK.
Google the BBC recipe to make Yorkshire puds, It is a simple recipe, but it is hard to perfect, the trick is the temperature of the cooking oil and the oven, it needs to be hot
When I first went to Austria in the late 1960's i came across the Duvet. As soon as you could buy one in the UK i got a couple.
Most people (even in the UK) think Yorkshire puddings are served with the main course, but traditionally they're served as a starter with gravy. The idea is that they come out of the oven at the same time at the roast meat, then you eat them while the meat is resting.
Most people in Scotland can't stand Yorkshire puddings.
@@crimsonwizard2560
If the ones in restaurants are anything like the ones on the oil rigs, it's because they're over done and bone dry.
They were traditionally served as starters in poor farming communities in Yorkshire, the idea being that the stodgy pudding would help fill up the family before the meat course, meaning that the expensive Sunday joint would last longer.
@@l3v1ckUK What? We don't do a sunday roast. And, Yorkshire puddings are shite
@@crimsonwizard2560 Your opinion only!
Kettle, tea pot, tea and mugs are always the first thing when moving house.
I was supplied by the heated towel rail, they can be heated electrically independent to the central heating and with the CH.
It means dry towels, easy!
Yorkshire pudding used to be flat in the bottom of a big tray as it was designed to soak up the weekly meat joint dripping underneath the spit. The idea was that you had it to begin with to satisfy immediate hunger so you eat less meat - the joint of meat would then last several meals across the whole week. Round/circular yorkshires were a modern take on it as lighter and less stogie - but you haven’t had a proper yorkshire until you have the flat one - soooo full of meat flavours 🤪
I remember reading the Jsmes Herriot books where this was said by a farmer’s wife to her children “Thems as eats the most pudding gets the most meat.” They were given a piece of pudding with gravy on (which is lovely by the way) so by the time they ate their meal, they were full.
My mums friend is from Yorkshire and she still does her Yorkshire puddings the original way.
@@deborahwhitney9427 Fabbi, when am I getting an invite! - Yummeee
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If left to go cold then spread some jam on it.
The no spray on deodorant has surprised me. I would have assumed that was universal around the world.
It is. I lived in Florida briefly, Ohio, Oregon, Akaska, California and Washington state where I'm from. My husband uses spray deodorant and it always was and still is widely available everywhere we lived in the states. I'm incredibly surprised she hadn't heard of this.
I think roll ons are better used more in climates that your gonna sweat a lot in, yep Florida etc.
Don't roll-ons capture pit hair and look like a weird pube collection?
I use spray deodorant and so does my son.
I am English living in England.
the reason UK plugs stay in socket is simple. the cord hangs down, so if you catch the cord the force cant pull plug out, the USA plugs the cord comes out of the back meaning any tug and it will pull plug from socket
If you can burn your hand on a towell rail the the central heating is too high. Turn the heating down or turn the flow valve on the towell rail towards off if no thermostat is fitted. That will restrict the flow of water and cool it down. Under the cap on the valve is a small slotted valve head. Turn it clockwise, but not all the way.
Thank you for the instructions as I'm having one installed soon. This has been worrying me. I'd heard another American saying the same thing about getting burned. 😁
@@Julia-uh4li As the radiator is part of the heating system if it is very hot so will all the other radiators in the house be. They should never be that hot and the boiler water temperature setting should be 55 degrees centigrade for heating and 48 degrees for hot water. As it hasn't been installed yet you could ask the installer to add a thermostat to the radiator so that you can adjust the temperature and even turn it off. (You don't need a towel rail to heat all day). They are inexpensive and easy to add.
As a plumber l can tell you that you can get them with an electrical element for summer use or you can plumb it to work from the boiler simply by connecting it to the hot water primaries in the case of a cylinder system or by a separate zone valve in the case of a combination boiler.
Electric kettles rely on suffucient wattage over a small period of time to boil water effectively - we have 240v the US has 120v - which means they need to double the ampage for equivalent power - ampage is the 'volume' going down the wire - which means the US require twice as thick wire to achieve the same wattage which is impractical (not exactly true but you get the idea) watts=voltsxamps
If you want an extra experience with Yorkshire puds, try eating them with a bit of strawberry jam
I used to have yorkshires with dinner, then eat the leftovers with jam
Another way to enjoy them is to get the large ones (aunt bessies) and fill them with something like a stew, mince, chilie con carne etc.
Not forgetting that toad in the hole is sausages in yorkshire pudding
We wouldn't save an electric kettle from a fire. Yes, they are the most essential item in our kitchens but they are, for that reason, very common and very cheap. Let it burn, you might trip over a new one as you wait for the fire fighters
When we went to South France there were 'squat' toilets. Didnt know how to use them so didnt in case made a mistake. It looked very old!
I had my honeymoon is Orlando. Totally shocked that the hotel room did not have a kettle. What? Even the cheapest motel in Europe has a kettle, tea coffee sugar etc.
It's because their electric system is 120 volts and not the 240 volts we have in the uk
@@hazy33 USA electricity just cannot boil water for making tea
Even the cheapest motel in the UK has an electric kettle --- not true of Continental Europe.
The top pin on a 3 pin (prong) electric socket is the Earth Pin, the bottom two are the Live (positive) and Neutral (return) pins. Every electrical item should be earthed as a safety feature, each plug also carries a fuse which will blow if overloaded
Electric Kettle, as a Brit I am not surprised. Many people say the same. I had a friend who went to a Swiss Finishing School where they had NO kettles. When she came to the UK she made Tea/Coffee using the Hot Water Tap! We have an electric travel kettle for Europe since they have a similar issue. Yorkshire pudding, biased as I am from Yorkshire, it can also be a pudding with Jam inside it or as a starter so can be part of all 3 courses of Sunday Roast, also a UK "thing".
Our electric plug is only dangerous if you remove it from the wall socket, and leave it lying about on the floor and you step on it, but we tend to leave them in the wall socket all the time, because the vast majority of wall sockets also have a on/off switch built in, for each plug to isolate power to it, if you need more sockets then you can get an adaptor plug that will alow you to plug in up to three extra plugs and still have the use of the wall switch, or you can get an extension lead some of which you can plug in more than one plug again these can be also switched for each extra plug, so there is no reason to have loose plugs lying about on the floor removing their only danger.
Cut your Yorkshire pud in half and lather on some butter and sugar on one half; set it to one side - that's your dessert. When you get back to eating it the butter sill have been absobed into the pud and its just YUMMY!
The heating towel rack mostly came for the fact UK homes and Flats only had central heating at one time They only heated one room.
The last time I saw a non-electric kettle, must have been about forty years ago. They were usually made from thin aluminium, with a whistling spout that told you when the water was boiling. They were heated by placing them on either a gas or electric hob.
The list you went through, all can be found in Australia and New Zealand ,even the 3-pin plug (although not quite so heavy duty). Just shows how much the antipodes shares in common with the UK
So many moved there after the second world war, "£10 poms".
@@marydavis5234 For USA there are two associated plug types, types A and B. Plug type A is the plug which has two flat parallel pins and plug type B is the plug which has two flat parallel pins and a grounding pin. USA operates on a 120V supply voltage and 60Hz.
Idiscovered eletric egg boilers in Germany, bought one here on Amazon they are brilliant and fast.
We have a heated towel rail / rack, and the way our plumbing is set up, it is heated by either the heating part of the system or the hot water part. This means that even with the heating being off in summer, any towels still get warm when the hot water part of the system is running.
In the US, we bake Yorkshire pudding in muffin tins and call them "popovers." Great for breakfast with butter and jam or honey.
That sounds disgusting!
That is the pudding after the Sunday Roast despite what Paul Houston, Texas? Lost in Space thinks!
@@tallmale188 I'm a Brit and our granny (Scottish) would make extra Yorkshire puds on a Sunday which we'd have as a treat with with a spoon full of custard and jam when we came in from school on a Monday.
Mind you she was a wee bit...'individual' shall we say 😉
@@tallmale188 it does too. 55 years I’ve lived in West and North Yorkshire and I’ve only seen perverts talk about sweet stuff on Yorkshire on the internet. I mean, would you put gravy on a treacle sponge? Of course not.
And you are wrong
I went to a chemist shop once and asked for some deodorant. The woman asked, "Do you mean the ball type?". "No," I said, "it's for under my arms".
Not the nine o'clock news, "Swedish chemist shop" joke? Mel and Griff. It's a classic you can still find here on TH-cam. 😁👍
@@AnyoneForToast I think it was, yes. I'd forgotten all about it until Kaylin mentioned deodorants, then I got a flashback.
@@Psmith-ek5hq 👍 It's worth a quick search, for old time's sake 😁👍
Ba dum TSH!
Boom boom. The old ones are the best.
My relatives in Toronto Canada house built 1926, always had an electric kettle, also a traditional letter box in the front door and proper cast iron radiators.
That roundabout was just about the scariest one to exist in the UK. It's the "Magic Roundabout" in Swindon. I live fairly close and have managed to avoid it for 35 years, but hit it by accident recently. There wasn't time to study it from above or to look at the signs so I went round the edge one exit at a time. I stopped at a supermarket on one exit and got chatting to a man in the queue who let me in in front of him as I only had one item. I said I had popped in for an energy boost so I could tackle the roundabout. He said he had seen people quivering with fear do the same!
There's also a "magic roundabout" in Hemel Hempstead 😊
Spray deodorant used to be about 75% of the market (roll-on the other 25%). I never saw a stick deodorant much prior to the late '70s or early '80s. I think the rise of sticks had more to do with the phase out of aerosols in general because of the hole in the ozone.
The kettle surprised me. It's so, basic here. You get them in even cheap hotel rooms, for, hot drinks of any form you care to mention. It's such a fast and convenient way to boil water, I'm, surprised they're not more universal
When I visited China, there was only one tap in the bathroom wash basin and I could not see how to get water out of it as turning the tap head did nothing. It turned out you have to pull up the tap head before it worked lol.
In the US the electric is only 110v, an electric kettle would struggle with such low voltage. UK plugs also have a fuse for safety which is absent in the US
I left the uk aged 62 and have never lived anywhere that had a heated towel rail. But had a hook over airer on the landing radiator.
As a boy, I used to deliver newspapers to make some pocket money. I have no idea how it would have worked without letterboxes.
I too was a paper boy, it was in 1968 to 70. earned 25 Bob a week, £1-25 but I got about £2 in tips. I hated Thursdays because not only the evening paper but there were also the radio and TV times. The bag felt like I was carrying half a ton.
With a Mail Box, you can't have Letterboxes in the US, people will shoot at you.
Another thing with an electric kettle is you get them in hotel rooms, so I could make tea and coffee in my room this weekend.
Electric kettles are difficult in the US as they demand a lot of electricity to boil one - not really supported by 110v systems
Such a lovely young lady you remind me of my oldest daughter, I hope you are enjoying living here in the UK ❤❤❤
In America, if the device you are using is all plastic, but if it is partially or all metal then it will have the safety ground prong on it. Also if it is a surge protector for your electronics, it will have to have a safety ground plug to work properly.
In the United Kingdom, the design of their plugs is dictated by the fact that they use 240 volt current for everything. Unlike America which uses 120 volt current for the vast majority of household devices. That doubling of the voltage requires the prongs to be further apart to prevent arcing between the prongs. They may also require the safety ground prong for everything no matter what. It does insure that the plug can only be inserted into the receptacle one way.
@@marydavis5234
"Wrong, we have 220 volts plugs in the USfor washing machines, dryers, electric ranges, hot water heaters, etc."
You are wrong and correct. Yes we do have 220-240 volts for dryers, electric ranges, hot water heaters, etcetera, but the vast majority of devices in an American home use 110-120 volts.
But in many other countries, they use 220-240 volts for everything. That is one reason why the plugs have the prongs as far apart as they do.
Freddo's mus be a recent thing, because when I left the UK to come to the US, and I was born in the UK, and lived there up until 2001, Freddo's was never seen or even heard of.
I ate them in the 1970's don't remember them in the 80's but remember eating them again mid 90's
I worked for a telecoms company and I worked in some very remote locations with no facilities. I all ways had an electric travel kettle with me .As a backup I also had a gas camping stove with me.
The no kettle thing in the US is mainly to do with power draw, the UK has a typical maximum household output to a plug of 220- 240 volts, 13 amps is 2860 - 3000 watts whereas the US has typical 100-120 volts 15-20 amps 1500-2400 watts but most US systems circuits breakers trip below 2000 watts. This means that any electrical device (not directly on the circuit) will have a much lower power than its UK (or European) equivalent. So if a kettle boils in 6 mins (a long time for a kettle) it will take 9 mins in the US. I think this is the reason it has not caught on so much, plus we like our Tea more and you need to have boiling water for Hot Tea and it needs to be slightly under boiling for coffee.
I have an American friend who I used to send cadburys chocolate aspecially cream eggs too and plastic tuperwhere boxes....they struggled to get them...
8:20 boiling water in electric kettle would take twice as long as US household outlets use 110V VS 230V in the UK
I couldn't believe my American friend had no kettle. I was thinking "if you don't have a kettle, what do you use for a kettle?". Blew my mind .
The only reason the British army spent half defence budget in the challenger tank was so the troops could have a robust all terrain vehicle, fitted with a kettle.
I saw Bins in Spain 🇪🇸 that rise out of the Ground , ( obviously they look and Work like Bins we have in Britain above the Ground ) But to see 👀 the bins rise out out of the ground and realise what the capacity was .When the Bin lorry pulled up was astounding, Not only beach and Sun shine in Spain.
Our power plugs are different because our homes operate on a much higher rate wattage. The top pin is the earth pin. If something goes wrong in the plug the current will go to earth and not through you.
Great video, when I visited the Florida water beds seemed to be very popular. I had heard of them but never seen one. Hours of fun. Hope your family are ok over there, with the storm.
I have never heard of a Freddo; but I've only lived in England for 84 years. I also cancelled my TV licence from August 2019, so don't see TV ads.
U.S. definitely has 3 pronged plugs and all sockets are 3 pronged. Anything with a metal case e.g toaster, microwave, fridge etc will have a 3 pin plug. We live in Canada and electrical is the same as U.S. We also have a heated towel bar but it's electric rather than hot water as we have forced air heating. Can be put on a timer so warm at shower time. Spray deodorant/antiperspirant and electric kettles are available in U.S
lol the kettle is so important a version known as a boiling vessel is even built into our main battle tanks and many other armoured vehicles. If you don’t believe me check it out there is probably a video on here depicting them.
The electric kettle seems to be the best value for money item.
For a few quid, you're now able to boil water in a few minutes each time, when you want to glug tea all day.
which is,of course, every day!
Good video. My sister lives in the USA ( near Pittsburgh ), and on one of my visits, she asked me to bring over a British 3-pin plug and a socket pate to show her friends.
US 110 volts, UK 240 so using a kettle is faster than microwave for water.
Try eating Yorkshire pudding with strawberry jam on it. It's to die for!!
My father’s favourite
Yorkie pud with jam Mmmm but they're made with pancake mix as for kettles an electric kettle is far safer to use
Welcome to the UK. It made me laugh when you said if you have a fire you make a cup of tea and everything is fine again 😂
Freddo's are actually Australian and still produced in Australia
Hi a three prong plug has an additional wire than the American one called an earth wire this protects from surges so all your other tech isn’t affected
Heated towel rails operate at the temperature of the central heating i.e. max 65degC (150degF). The best towel rails come with an electric heating element for summertime use when the main heating is off and will have a thermostat and timer.
Yorkshire Puddings can be served with the main meal e.g. roast beef and therefore gravy but it is also delicious with fruit or jam on top with whipped cream. (salivates!) Cooking good homemade Yorkshires is an art and should not be resigned to the realms of frozen ones from the supermarket
When I go abroad I have an electric travel kettle I pack. Inside it I store enough tea bags for two cups a day (morning and evening). I don't know if it's just easy to tell the difference or if so many Brits do this that they are used to it, but I've never had my bag checked because of this 😂
Also, if you want a food that even much of the UK hasn't heard of, you gotta try a Kentish Gypsy Tart 😋
I do this too! Travel kettle and teabags are essential.
Or you could go to Skipton and have Curd Tart - beautiful. In fact Skipton has so many cake shops and they all sell the most delicious pastries and fancies.
Yorkshire pudding try it with a little melted butter and a sprinkle of sugar in the middle and it becomes a pudding
You have small round yorkies with sunday lunch , and one large flat one for afters. Spread a thin layer of butter on it , teaspoon full of sugar and eat carefully. Enjoy :)
Try Yorkshire puddings with chocolate pudding or ice cream
They make a delicious base for sweet treats too!
Or with strawberry jam.
An old Yorkshire way of eating Yorkshire puddings is with Raspberry Vinegar (Syrupy Type) gravy and all.
Thought it was something unique to my Yorkshire mothers side of the family who ate them this way that was until I met
a total stranger from Yorkshire who told me that in some parts of Yorkshire people ate them this way including herself.
(Interesting note I remember in the sixties and seventies you could bye Raspberry Vinegar over the counter at a chemist
as it was considered beneficial to aid recovery from colds and flu.) It's also very easy to make.
I like Cadburys Twirl - the texture of a Flake contained in a chocolate shell for less messy eating. Also notable with the kettle that it is odd to have a hotel room in the UK that does not have one.
We have a towel warmer but it's in a barrel type. I love it!!
Spray and roll-on deodorant do still exist here, at least in upstate NY. I don’t think they’re as common as they were back in the 80s and 90s, but they still exist.
You do have three pronged plugs in the US, a lot of appliances have to have a ground such as a microwave, hairdryer, laptop, electric cookers, TV etc. Anything that could potentially give you an electric shock or catch fire. I know you have two prongs for mobile phone chargers and various lamps and other small gadgets though where there is very small risk that anything bad could happen.
Steven, yes! We in fact do have 3 pronged plugs in America. Usually for things like washing machines/dryers, even irons and my old laptop. I'm here in England now and can relate to these videos. Everything is SO different here!!
You had to show the Magic Roundabout in Swindon. Not all roundabouts are that complex but even that one is simple if you use the normal practice
Swindon boo😊
When you showed a picture of Yorkshire Pudding it was a picture of American Popovers in a popover pan! I was never any good at makeing Yorkshire puddings till I saw Chef John on TH-cam making Popovers and putting them in a cold oven to cook. I couldn't afford a popover pan so bought a jumbo muffin pan and hey presto Popovers which are no different to Yorkshire Puddings! So you weren't wrong with that photo!
I loved the way you called a kettle a contraption! 😂😂😂
Florida?? I've never heard of it, my cat says it's in the Midwest somewhere. I'm the old guy who moved from NV to PA recently, but I spent 8 years in the army in Germany, they had heated towel racks, more like warm than hot and they were essential because they seemed to believe that the bathroom was to stay at 50f, so I found in hotels it was vital to jump from a shower to the towel rack and wrap yourself in one to keep from freezing. The chocolate in Germany was amazing, I usually got Ritter Sport from town and a big box of pastries to carry to the barracks where I would charge twice what I paid for them. Sadly, my time was in the 80's and it took forever to find German chocolates in the US, though now it seems common to have British made candies everywhere here in PA, and I'm thrilled, because people seem to think this Hershey's stuff is chocolate, it doesn't taste like it to me, lol.
The plugs are three pronged because the third prong is an earth wire which grounds the current so is a safety measure
it wouldnt be the kettle to grab in a fire it would be the tea pot! we have a dozen tea pots and only use one because it makes the best cuppa tea... you would be surprised at some people and their tea pots... but most people these days dont care...
Yorkshire puddings are also really nice on their own with jam as a dessert. I have raspberry jam.
Electric kettles take too long to boil in the U.S. because the electricity is only 110-120v over there compared to 230-240v over here.
There is an American near-equivalent to a Yorkshire pudding: popovers - my step-mother (from Pennsylvania) used to make them.
This year on my travels I discovered outdoor electric pizza ovens in Denmark and self train ticket stamping machines on railway platforms in Italy!
Similarly, when I have travelled on mainland Europe I was perplexed by the need to validate your train or tram ticket. Something you don't do in the UK. Having gone through a ticket barrier and THEN have to use a stamp device on your ticket seems odd.
I've tried lynx stick deodorant but found it became 'stodgy' for want of a better word, and ended up leaving a white stain on my clothing. I didn't enjoy how it felt so went back to spray
No, no, no.
It's not the family and the kettle.
It's the kettle and then (possibly) the family.
And lastly the mother-in-law.
The kettle thing is spot on
I am British, born here and spent most of my life here (I was 73 last week). I have never heard of a Freddo either. As far as Cadbury's Flake is concerned, I realise that, for an American, ANY non-American chocolate is good, but try Swiss (or Belgian) chocolate, and you'll never again want to waste your time and money on Cadbury's.
The thing thats always surprised me is vending machines with hot coffee or tea in a can in Japan.
Not seen that anywhere else
You can eat Yorkshire puddings as afters, put some jam on - delicious.
you might find even more interesting things in Hungary. but you will definitely find many new things in terms of food.
Three "pin" plug!
In the UK "prong" nearly always means the sharply pointed end of any object such as on a fork, but not of a pin! Us Limeys invented the English Language purely for the confusion of Johnny Foreigner. US and UK English differences can be subtle, but certainly point to the origin of the the speaker, and most obviously the author of a written piece. As my English teacher said many, many years ago, "Neither usage is incorrect, but one should always strive for consistency". Oh, the irony!
Here endeth the lesson. 😀
I'm from England but live in California. I made sure to get an electric kettle!
A 110v electrical supply will not be as efficient for an electric kettle, and yes I know 220v is also available but maybe not in suitable locations around a kitchen. Why it isn't? V=I/R
One notable thing I didn’t see in the US but saw everywhere in Spain was a bidet. Not going to get into how great they are, but I don’t get why they never caught on in the states. Also, not a thing per se, but very old people walking all over the streets was a new thing for me. 😂
Yup, you see all the multi million dollar mansions and they got nothing that is luxurious.
No Bidet.
The showers have No Body jets, they only have rain heads...
@@berty1422 the uncultured nouveau riche…if only they had studied European lavatorial history and architecture…
Wales: edible seaweed (laverbread). It's lovely!
First thing to unpack is the kettle and the tea bags then rush to the shop for milk! 😂❤
You can also get electric towel rails.
I know that roundabouts are not common in the US but you would think that people would like them because they are taking personal responsibility at the junction rather than standing there waiting for the government to tell them to move with a traffic light. Obviously this does not apply to busy roundabouts where there are traffic lights.
With the cost of electric it may now be cheaper to use a stove top kettle if you have a gas hob.
Gas is more expensive
@@dave_h_8742 What are you talking about gas is about a third of the cost of electricity per kWh. It is less efficient than an electric kettle but not 66% less efficient. There is increased risk of an accident especially if children are in the kitchen.
An electric kettle is much quicker to heat than gas. I have both kettles available (electric / stove top) and have timed them. Also, I will heat water in the electric kettle first, when cooking (for example) pasta, as it saves on the gas cooker (time & money).👍🇬🇧
I've got a free standing electric towel rail as I don't have central heating in my flat, it only uses the same amount of electric as a light bulb, so very economical to run and keeps the chill off my shower room
@@stewedfishproductions7959 Speed and energy cost are different things. An electric kettle is faster than on the hob but the cost of using a gas hob is lower. If you heat water in a kettle then pour it into a pan you may get your pasta quicker but it will cost you more.
There's heated towel racks here in the USA. Mail slots were very common in the 50's and 60's. What part of the USA did you grow up in, the Appalachian Trail?
I know!! I get that she only knows Florida but sheesh, she always talks about things we don't have in the US that we've always had. I'm SO much older than she is so I can understand, for the most part
She says she's from Florida. She must have grown up in a mostly post WW2 Florida, regarding mailslots. I'm in Gary Indiana, and those were mostly found on homes before 1950 here. Overtime, people sealed their ls off, because some kids would decide to pull pranks, and either slip small critters through them, to being cruel, and stick fireworks through them, and burn people's homes down. So in older neighborhoods, people switched to having their mailbox outside, either hanging on their house, or get the standard street mailbox, and mount it on a pole, near their front door.
Flakes also good crumbled on top of a nice trifle
Stick deodorants long predate spray. My mum used them in the fifties. Spray is so inaccurate. This was before we had a hole, which closed up a while back.
Uk plugs are the safest in the world and you don’t need to pull them out of the wall as all sockets have a on off switch’s on then
Funny the things that don't seem to be exported!
So now we need your list of everyday things missing here in the UK