She’s 100% wrong on the sending food back thing…if a Brit doesn’t like their meal at a restaurant they’ll generally moan and complain about it to the people that they’re with,but when the server comes to ask how their meals are they’ll say “lovely,everything’s fine” and then Seethe for the rest of the evening.
Yeah, I agree, especially when it comes to restaurants, although I don't think she's necessarily wrong about the "bluntness". I think what she may be picking up on is Americans tend to convey either extreme happiness with something or extreme anger, borderline rude (or just outright rude, at least to my British sensibilities). Brits, however (and this is a huge generalisation both toward Brits and Americans, I get that) when we are really not ok with something we tend to state our dissatisfaction differently. She uses the word assertive, and that's probably accurate. Assertive and firm whilst also remaining pleasant and respectful, often with good humour, and usually with typical British understatement. I guess, to an American, that might come across as us being blunt, I don't know, but I can see how she is picking up on it compared to how many Americans might handle a situation where they are particularly unsatisfied with something.
I love how you couldn't tell where she's from. It highlights a MAJOR cultural difference between the US and the UK. Se here in the UK, the way you speak conveys so much about you that other Brits will immediately know. We will know where you're from - and here it'll be which bit of the UK, which city, and in some cases which end of a road you came from. We can also tell your social class and upbringing. for us, its automatic - when you speak to another Brit you automatically process so much about them based on their accent, dialect, word usage, etc.
I thought the exact same thing. Was wondering if he'd be able to tell from her accent she was from Florida like we would for someone in the UK, but no.
I would say that most people in the UK would be able to tell which local accent you were speaking, if it was an English accent but only a minority of English people would be able to tell which locality someone came from if they were speaking in a Scottish or Welsh accent.
@kirsteneasdale5707 I'm no expert in the slightest, but I can tell most Scottish and Irish accents to at least the county or city. Welsh is still hard for me, so I can only tell if it's north, south, etc.
Me and my husband grew up 1 mile from eachother but with the Buckingham bedfordshire border between us. He's always laughing at slight differences. Like, I say tret he says trea'ed I say for'ed he says forehe'd noone says treated or forehead 😅 there's many more..
She might feel safe in the UK but Manchester is not some crimeless utopia. I know someone who when returning to a car park one dark winter evening was confronted by a guy with a baseball bat. He demanded his car keys then hit him with the bat. After being hit twice he managed to escape very shaken by the experience. I was surprised someone would try this because he's quite a big and tall guy.
UK works on the premise that chlorine on chicken is used to hide bad farming, abbatoir and packing practices. The meat is on the shelf very quickly. Best before dates in supermarkets are highly inflated to reduce problems. It does mean there's more waste though. I honestly can't remember the time I've had bad chicken in the last 20 years.
@@neilhunter5893 Over a million Scottish people voted to leave the EU, and around another million eligible Scottish voters didn't vote in the referendum. As individual voters, Scottish votes/non-votes definitely counted considering how close the overall UK result was. It was close enough that Scotland could theoretically have swung the referendum the other way if Scotland had really been of one mind about it, despite having a much smaller population than England. Scottish people definitely contributed to the result as individuals. I've argued with Scottish 'Leave' voters before.
They can keep the trade deal I don’t want any chlorinated chicken or any meat from there with a terrible corn fed terrible conflict beef. Connor doesn’t want it any other way. That’ shocked me
Weird thing to pick out, but when she says "Walking and cycling on the left side of the road", it's maybe worth noting that you're meant to walk on the right-hand side of the road (towards opposing traffic). This is especially relevant in rural areas where there's no pavement/sidewalk, with the idea being that you can see traffic coming towards you and move further off the road as it passes.
I've always found in the red designated cycle paths, people have tended to stick more to the left when crossing front on - definitely agree with you in regards to walking down country lanes though, I live in the countryside and will often walk on "the most suitable side"
Not just walk facing traffic, but also cross over the road on a blind corner so you can see traffic, then cross back again once you are around the corner.
Also at night the lights of approaching vehicles will reflect off your face. Even in towns it’s a good idea to walk towards traffic when on the pavement as you can see if they decide to drive onto the pavement.
Right. Scotch pancakes, or drop scones ARE made fresh when eaten hot with golden syrup, the packet sort you either eat cold OR toasted with butter and jam. Won’t work with fresh ones.
As an Northern (UK), absolutely disagree with 'sending stuff back', never ever seems anyone complain or send anything back to the kitchen. Usually if they dislike anything they will simply eat but never return. Brits don't use 'corn syrup', we use sugar but much less than the US, especially in bread products. Composting is only for uncooked thing mostly veggies, not cooked spag bol unless you want to attract mice/rats. When walking you should be facing the traffic, i.e. walk on the right, drive on the left. C 9/5 +32. F. AC in supermarkets not houses, normal maxi temp is about 25c. so don't need AC, plus house are normally brick/stone.
the sugar tax is a load of bollocks though, you can buy a 2 litre of fizzy drink for a quid, even less if its the stores own cheap brands. these kind of nanny state policies are nonsense and will never work. the idea that someone who buys soda is going to be like "oh, this costs 20p more now so im no longer going to drink as much sugary pop" is ridiculous. it also doesn't account for the fact that all stores have deals and sales on you can buy litres of sugary pop at discounted prices in bulk.
@@Writeous0ne There are also issues with artificial sweeteners. For many people, anything with Stevia in it tastes intensely bitter. I also remember the controversy decades ago about the safety of Aspartame which is re-surfacing, with different questions about its long-term effects. For some people with serious metabolic disorders, many artificial sweeteners make them very ill. Having said that I'm not a big fan of fizzy pop (although the weekly Corona lorry visit was a treat when I was a kid) but I do like 50/50 fruit juice and fizzy water on a hot day. Very refreshing.
Northern English are notoriously friendly and blunt. Allergies in spring/early summer are from tree pollen, grasses, and rapeseed, which we often grow for its oil. I think you call rapeseed 'canola'.
Also it is not widely appreciated that there is much more humour in the north of England. So the bluntness is often founded in humour. Maybe she doesn't quite get all the humour yet.
The guns will be limited to gangs and they don't generally shoot ordinary people, only each other and then not often. You'd be surprised how safe Manchester is for such a large city. I frequently leave my door unlocked so the postie can leave parcels behind the door and friends can just let themselves in.
I understand don't need to lock door, I got a £4000 road bike and leave my front door open up to 12 hours a day when over a mile away I live on south coast though
Just to say, we’ve had a few road trip type holidays in the US. Whenever we had any problem/confusion/difficulty we found that someone always stepped forward and offered help/advice/assistance. Very friendly and kind people in general 😁
People in the north of the UK tend to be direct... I don't use the word blunt. Southern people like me tend to wrap up delicate stuff in verbal padding so as to be polite, but in the north they tend 'just to say it' It is not meant to be rude at all... it is just the custom.
I moved up here 20 years ago. They're not blunt, they're rude. Blunt people don't walk uninvited into your garden and poke around to see if there's anything they fancy buying (3 times so far).
She's a cute blonde lady. That's why people are being so nice and friendly. It would be the same if she were in any country. If she looked like Susan Boyle she would be getting an Uber to the airport like everyone else.
Can't speak for all of us Brits but for me personally. It gives me a sense of comfort when people are comfortable and interested in the country/city I call home. I feel like that's why I personally feel a willingness to help visitors to have the best experience they can here. I love feeling welcomed in other countries and for the most part, in my experience. Europeans are very friendly to me when visiting theirs. So I feel a slight obligation to pass that on to others. Good will I guess.
I think your theory is pretty spot on about being a bit friendlier towards people with an accent, but it really depends where you are. people are generally more likely to say hello on the way past the further North you go, but it's also a difference between towns/cities and the countryside. pretty much expect everyone to say hello if you're out in the countryside for a walk
I live in northern England (Newcastle) but I'm originally from further south, and I do think northerners are generally friendlier (although there are exceptions of course). And we in the north are known for being quite plain-speaking.
Haha, so true. I had an interview with a company based in London and they seemed shocked that I sounded happy. I wasn’t, it was just my normal tone. However, they worried that this tone may put off customers as there would be a lot of phone work… needless to say I didn’t get the job 😂
@stevey5151 It depends how you define the SW. I've spent a lot of time in Gloucestershire and Devon. But when I said "south" I was thinking more of the home counties.
Ideally, on country lanes it is recommended to walk facing the traffic (on the righthand edge of the road) to be more aware of traffic coming towards you in the UK.
Funny she said about people sending food back. The running joke here is that we'll complain to everyone else at the table about the food, but as soon as a member of staff asks if everything's OK, you'll say 'it's perfect'.
😆😆What's 'sacrilegious' about the items you picked up is they are "Scottish" pancakes (where they originated) - a different thing to an English (Well, French originally, of course) pancake. Those same things are called "pikelets" in Oz. where they're considered a national staple. They're eaten hot or cold. When cold, people butter them & put jam on them. While 'pancakes' are big buggers - the size of a frying pan - but thinner & lighter. And they're not at their best when cold - they go all floppy. ☺
@@joescott5322 Hey Joe - what state do you live in? Lived always on the East coast - Qld, NSW & Victoria - where pikelets have nothing at all to do with crumpets except for them being not baked, but cooked on a griddle/hotplate. The ingredients only differ a little, but the texture and appearance, not to mention the taste, have nothing in common. Am interested to know which states this doesn't apply in? Was brought up to believe pikelets were...well... "pikelets" Australia-wide. Certainly never known any Ozzie that would make a connection between crumpets - known as English fare - and the ubiquitous 'pikelet" . Interesting.
@@joescott5322 Oh. Well, wouldn't actually accuse whoever or whatever source you got that snippet of misinformation from, of telling porkies - just that they obviously have never come face-to-face with a pikelet in their lives!😂😂
Scotch pancakes are different to American pancakes the ones i make use ingredients such as cream of tarta and golden syrup they are almost slightly salty sweet tasting and are not as light as american pancakes. Would always choose a scotch pancake over an american one. Compost can only be vegetable matter and paper products. You can only add cooked vegetables if they have been cooked in only water not butter or oil etc. I use compost after a year but the process is sped up by turning regularly you just keep an eye on how things look.
I was most surprised about her assertion that Brits are blunt and will send food back etc. It's the total opposite in my experience. We squirm our way around any confrontation or complaint and just mutter to ourselves under our breath or tut rather than actually complain. There is a whole language around Brits saying one thing and actually meaning something quite different.
I have definitely sent food back. It cost way too much to leave on the plate, because your too nervous of upsetting anyone. It’s never been a problem, the staff usually apologise and take away the plate.
Conner, you will be treated better in the UK because they recognise that you are a foreigner and are probably clueless about where you are, thus not a threat and likely could benefit from help. Americans, in addition to being friendly, also speak English, so are easy to communicate with. They also can't be blamed for anything that natives may have issues with each other about. Their friendlies and talkative nature makes them easy to chat with too and they usually seem very curious and interested in Brits. Hope this helps
You also have to realise Britain benefits from the old empire. We have a huge variety of other cultures foods because of the cultural exchange that happened during the Empire and later the Commonwealth. Not to mention Americana influence which also brings over Mexican, Tex-Mex, Creole, etc.
Im in scotland and we have 4 different coloured bins. A blue bin is for paper and cardboard, green bin is for metal, plastic and glass, brown bin is for food and grass cutting and black bin for rubbish that can’t be recycled. These all get taken different weeks so blue one week, green next week etc
A lot of people have food waste bins (I do). It's taken away and composted in bulk by the local council. You can compost at home but food waste attracts rats so generally it's not composted in the garden.
@@rosiesimons9723t's not unessarily just uneaten food it's also peels and the like, plus if you have 2 bites of mash left on a plate your going to throw that away
@@rosiesimons9723 I meant food waste like chicken bones (which I use for stock first), scraps of gristle, mouldy cheese rinds etc. When you've been brought up by the WW2 generation, not wasting food is in your DNA!
It's true that out of the cities people you don't know will greet you. It's largely because the pace is a bit slower and people are not in such a rush.
I found that to be true both in the USA and in England. I live in very rural America...we wave at every car we pass on the road, we don't need to know who is in the car. When I visited England, people both in London and in Tealby (Lincolnshire) were very friendly. Could have been my American accent or the fact that I'm willing to chat with anyone for a bit. I prefer the countryside in both the USA and England.
@@xo2quilt I think on the whole people are friendly and enjoy interaction. I think the American accent and willingness to chat are probably part of it but there's more to it than that. Call it curiosity if you like, but people are interested in other people.
@@hatjodelka I agree!! Had a lovely chat with two young girls from Mongolia on the subway in Seoul when I visited there. I was exhausted having just arrived in country and they commented they thought I was her sister after hearing her call me mom!! Great conversation starter!!
@@xo2quilt Definitely agree.....I live about an hour west of St. Louis, Missouri in a rural/farming community and definitely it's that way around here where folks will wave to one another, seemingly whether or not they know each other; I'm certainly that way, at least, and I've had that happen to me quite a few times. And I also notice in, say, grocery stores (and I suppose stores in general) out in these rural areas people will talk to one another in the parking lots, in the checkout lanes, etc. I was raised in a much larger city more east near St. Louis and it was definitely NOT that way there; it sure took some getting used to out this way, but it was certainly worth doing so, as I've very much preferred the rural/farming area where I'm at ever since. Nonetheless, I'd love to give England a try as far as visiting there someday, I'd even consider living there if I was won over enough, and from all the comments for this video (and the video itself), it wouldn't take much for that to happen :)
Houses here in the UK are made from brick or stone, so when its hot the house stays cooler and when its cold the house stays warmer. As she mentioned though, the Summers have been getting hotter every year so I think people are just buying air con units online. At the same time, we appreciate hot weather more than most since majority of the time its raining or cold weather.
Unfortunately, ours doesn’t message 150 years old, only got one brake light no wall insulation whatsoever . Freezing in the winter boiling in the summer
Cities are warmer due to the amount of concrete, I really do not find the weather is getting hotter, back in the 80s I found that the weather was a lot colder and wet, now we are returning to normal….When I was a child our Summers averaged between 60 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit, occasional day or two went higher or lower with on average a couple of thunderstorms, which were not that severe and didn’t last too long. No need for air conditioning, just open a window. I don’t believe in climate change, I do think the Milankovitch cycles should be a consideration. One thing for sure we do need to clean up on pollution and waste.
@breathoffreshair7314 ……I grew up in the 50’s, the 60’s we had better weather than you have today, no we didn’t have heatwaves but normal nice weather at Easter because Easter falls at different times each year, think you are mixing it up with Whitsun that followed 6 weeks after Easter. More often the seasons saying wrung true, March in like a lamb, out like a lion or visa versa. April showers, don’t cast a clout until May is out, we had many Indian summers. Suggest you check out the “milankovitch cycles”. Also on a several occasions our weather was effected due to earthquakes in Turkey and Italy, including volcanic eruptions like Mount St Helena in American. It also has a lot to do with the trade winds.
I agree with the being extra helpful to out of country tourists. I notice it in myself, if say an American asked for directions, I would go out of my way to make sure they get to where they are going. And I usually get treated the same abroad, like "I'm heading that way, just follow me and I'll show you where to go". I think we just want to represent our people as being good.
Where I am in East Yorkshire, we have 3 bins. A green bin for non recycleble. A blue bin for recycleable waste. & finally a brown bin for food & plant waste which the local authority takes fortnightly & composts, then once a year, during early spring they announce a free give away of 2 bags of compost to every household.
Here in Hampshire we have a green bin for recycling (tins, paper, cardboard, plastic bottles), a grey bin for landfill, an orange bag to take plastic wrapping etc to the supermarket recycling bins, a compost heap at the bottom of the garden, and finally a garden waste collection service which is charged separately.
Some of the biggest differences here in the UK are.. 1) Not expected to leave a tip. Its entirely up to you. 2) Anything to do with driving and most cars are manual. If you want to rent an automatic car you can but must specify an automatic. 3) Work / home balance. You get several weeks paid holiday a year. 4) NHS. Free medical care. If you have a serious accident or illness you dont have to be in debt for the rest of your life.
@@SgtSteel1 National Insurance doesn't pay for the NHS. It's a common misunderstanding. NI was created to pay for the state pension and benefits. As it is, it was never ringfenced for this purpose as was originally intended and just goes into central government coffers just like any other tax. It is effectively income tax by another name (from the worker's perspective). The NHS is funded out of those coffers but NI isn't an NHS tax.
@@jjc5407 So it's been changed. It's basically just like any other tax that goes into a central coffer. vat, council tax, road tax, income tax, national insurance, inheritance tax, renewing my passport blah blah blah. It makes me wonder. For every pound that I earn, how much do I actually get to keep?
@@SgtSteel1 it hasn't been changed, but yeah it would be interesting to know our total tax bill including all those taxes you mention and more. As I understand it, the original plan with NI was that it would be ringfenced and people would pay in for a couple of years to build up the fund before it started paying out. As usual certain politicians wouldn't accept this perfectly sensible approach and insisted that payouts begin immediately and the ringfencing never happened. It was a sound idea that was utterly botched in typical political fashion. Every so often a politician talks about getting rid of NI and just rolling it in with income tax (I think the last one to suggest it was Osborne) but then it always gets quietly dropped, probably because the extra complication helps hide how much tax we all pay. Politicians love to commit to not raising the basic rate of income tax but in recent years have just increased NI instead. For most people i.e. those on PAYE and not OAPs, tax rates above the tax-free threshold are 32% (20% income tax + 12% NI), 42% (40% income tax + 2% NI) and 47% (45% income tax + 2% NI). Wouldn't it be better to combine the two and have a more gradual sliding scale e.g. 20%, 30%, 40% and 50% and just adjust the threshold each year to raise or lower the size of each band? It would simplify the system, cost less to administer and be less prone to fraud and error.
Up until the last 15 years or so, us Brits simply didn't need AC. Britain has always been a damp, mild country for the most part. Heatwaves are short, and most summer days don't get much hotter than 25c (77F) and most of our winter days are between 2 & 7 C (36-45 F) So our buildings are made of brick and designed to keep the heat in, and in the summer a few house fans were sufficient. However over the last decade or so the temperature has increased markedly. It's becoming a regular thing now to have heatwaves that last 10 days or more with temperatures rising into the mid 30C's. Last year we got our hottest day in recorded history - 40.3 °C (104.5 °F). If this continues AC will most likely become more commonplace in new UK housing.
Conor needs to recognise the UK is at the same latitudes as _the southern half of Alaska_ - but more temperate, as we are a small island, surrounded by water.
Almost all UK homes have separate trash bins just for food and garden plant waste. These bins are collected every fortnight, and the contents are recycled into compost.
If I lived in Manchester and was her friend and she asked me to drop her off at the airport, I'd tell her to sod off and get the train/tram. It goes directly into the airport and is only a few quid. It'd be cheaper and quicker than me driving her in 🤣
Composting is a thing that changes for all kinds of reasons. Mostly there's the division between 'only grass clippings can be composted' to 'all organics go in the compost'. Which can included all the shredded paper, newspapers, etc. If you have a garden, the size of it alters how much or how choosily you compost.
I think he's talking about medication. He probably doesn't understand that we're not so into actual drugs. These ar more plant based products that either work a bit or don't.
Hi Connor, Composting: More or less any food can be composted. Most people only compost waste Fruit & Veg, maybe bread, cake and biscuit, Meat and general meals, require a better build of composter, it needs to maintain a good heat to rot down well also it needs to be secure from Foxes, cats, dogs etc. Some local councils collect any food waste for composting (for instance Greenwich London) most don't. Generally I would expect composting to take about 18-24 months, its not fast.
18:20 driving on the left vs right - people from the UK often drive in Europe, so we're used to swapping back and forth. I'd say that it's generally quick to adapt, but you really need to pay attention at roundabouts, and motorway entrances. You can also buy little reminder stickers to put onto your windscreen to use as a reference if you get disorientated at a roundabout.. 21:00 I think that part of the reason that few people have air con is primarily due to energy costs. For example, domestic electricity is around $0.40/kWh here, whereas I think $0.10/kWh is more typical in the USA.
Rapeseed is the crop you get canola from. A lot of what the narrator said depends on where in the UK you are. Friendliness and bluntness is very much a northern thing. In the south people are more stand-offish and more likely to just moan or grumble rather than send food back. And there's less need for air con - UK temperatures are more moderate: 25°F is extreme cold and 85°F is extreme heat in the UK. I think you'd have a little less culture shock coming from RI than someone coming from Florida would.
Hey, That's my local! Prestwich Forest Park or drinkwater park was where i spent most of my childhood, building dams, climbing trees, pondipping and fishing. As for composting anything goes except for meat leftovers. Grass and hedge clippings feature most along with Potatoe peelings old carrots, onions, tomatoes cabbage lettuce etc provides a lovely mulch for your garden within 3 to 6 months. Meat can also be composted but it tends to attract foxes, mice and rats so we don't compost meat.
air conditioning...we are definitely getting a warmer climate. Central heating has made us wimps...never had it in my childhood and it didn't matter much. Air conditioning can be really annoying in hotels...especially when you can't open the windows to let some warm air in!!!
I live in Germany. We have split recycling too: plastics/cans, paper/cardboard, bio/composting all are free from charges as they gave a value. Restmüll - Rest garbage gets charged per bin (depending on size) and so people tend to be frugal with rubbish as their bins often have a chip in them so that they only get charged when putting them out. The local waste disposal service will usually have a facility for you to bring other items: anything Foto old furniture, electric goods and other unusual rubbish items which get charged by weight. What I also like is the: Speermüll Tag. This “old furniture” day gives you the opportunity to leave unwanted furniture outside of your home. Usually people put stuff out 2-3 days before so that other can check out if there’s anything usable. Many young people, students, room mates, older people, those with limited income will find many a useful item and give it a second life. This helps the people and the environment. Can’t go wrong with that smart approach to garbage.😊
I think the air con thing: It rarely gets that hot, though it is happening more. Air con is more expensive than it should be and small units are noisy and often just 'swamp' type. Because our heating is radiator based rather than air movement based, can't us base system. People acclimatise to local conditions in about 2 weeks, which does not happen with air con. Electric power is not cheap (here). Environmentally air con is not great. Re recycling, I think most Brits try, get fed up with the admin involved but do it anyway
I installed air con in my new home a few years back, I just reverse my air source heat pump in the hotter days for air con. Most heating in the UK is via convectors which are air movement, radiators disappeared in the 60/70s and are not used anymore in the UK though people still call convectors radiators for some reason or other.
@@georgebarnes8163 OK, Many new builds in the 90/00's were still using radiators, in London, Surrey, and Essex, Places I looked at in Yorkshire (2019) also use radiators. I think air flow might be less common than you think.
@@stephenlee5929 I have been unable to buy a radiator since the 1980s and can honestly say I have not seen one in a domestic home since then, I see the odd one in older schools and hospitals but they are far and few between.
The north east America is probably the safest place in America but it still pales in comparison to Britain. There's a reason that Britain is considered one of the safest countries in the world. I'm a well traveled British guy who has lived in 6 states in America included the north east, the south and the mid west.
What surprised me the most when I came to the U.K was how many Americans were going around filming what was surprising them. There are millions filming.
Wierdly I prefer celsius in winter as you said its simple enough, zero is freezing and minus anything is "bloody freezing" , but in summer I prefer farenheit, seventy to eighty being hot, - ninety to a hundred being "jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezuz I'm melting" for me its just easier to understand that way.
People are friendly but I was chuckling to myself when she said people offered her a ride to the airport or train station thinking what if they couldn't wait to get rid of you? And they offered career advice? Wasn't something overseas or in another city by any chance? Seriously she's adorable and I know people were just being kind but once my mind went there I couldn't stop myself.
The point she made about people being friendly, was in contrast to the Southeast of England (it applies to anyone, not just people from the US). There's a big difference between Northern England, Scotland and Wales, when compared to the South. If anyone every truly pins down where the North South divide is in England, that's pretty much the definitive border that separates the entirety of Britain.
Hmmm.... she picked up a packet of Scotch Pancakes (or Drop Scones as we call them) and complained that 'the American style pancakes' are packaged in plastic and should be made fresh. Drop scones are not American style pancakes (whilst similar, there are differences in the recipe) and they've been made in Scotland like forever! My aunt always made them fresh when I was a child and it was a great treat to visit her and be presented with a plate of warm drop scones, butter and jam. As for American pancakes being made 'fresh', I know some Americans will make their own from scratch, but how many open a packet of pancake mix, throw in some liquid and think they've made a 'fresh' pancake? She was right with many other of her points and I do appreciate her taking the time to be kind about our culture and I'm glad she's enjoying life in the UK.
One problem with recycling in England, I don't know about the rest of the UK, is that the local councils are resposible for collecting and recyling waste. They have differing systems and rules. There are a lot of local councils. For instance my local council doesn't collect glass but relys on everyone going to local bottle banks to put glass into skips(dumpsters). A months ago there were different skips for different colours of glass. This has been changed recently so that all glass is collected together regardless of colour. In the area four miles away the council collects glass left in a container at the front of each property, regardless of cloour, on a regular weekly basis. Food waste is collected separately from other waste. It is heat treated before being turned into compost. Ordinary green garden waste is collected every two weeks, but only during summer months, and turned by the council into compost. This compost is sometimes advertised for sale when it becomes available. Paper and cardboard, plastic bottles and food tins can be put into large plastic bags(provided free by the coucil) and are collected every fortnight. This is sold on. Other waste that is not recyclable is put in another bin and goes to landfill. This is collected on the week when green waste isn't collected. Each houshold is given a calendar of collection days and a helpful list of the rules. Ignoring the rules results in the offending waste not being collected. I'm sorry for going on a trifle but I wanted you to appreciate the complexity and this is just a summary. Moving house to a new council district can be a whole new learning experince.
I’m from Devon and I noticed how many Americans are making their homes here especially as they do not have to worry about guns, also we went to The Royal Cornwall Show and even met Americans there some even had English husbands we were all enjoying ourselves at the Show.
As an American I appreciate your friendly comments.....Certainly one of the reasons I'd like to move to the UK would be, not just for a new and better life, but certainly a safer one, because as you mentioned about guns, I don't feel safe here in the USA because of all the crime, mass shootings, guns, weapons, you name it. I must admit that several months ago for the first time I saw a person walking around with a gun in a holster (in a restaurant, no less), he definitely was not a policeman in uniform either, let's put it that way, just appeared to be an ordinary citizen....what he was doing is what's called "open carry", at least it's referred to that here in Missouri where I live, and it was a bit unnerving; he had a gun, but it also applies to knives as well. But that's the way things are over here, at least in our state. It's something we have to get used to over here, but for me it's not really easy to do so.
We don’t need to chlorinate chicken because we treat and handle them so much better. Most of us in the UK think it’s disturbing to think of chicken being bleached. The reason it’s done is because the conditions they’re kept in are atrocious.I think she’s exaggerating about how quickly food goes off, I do a weekly shop but we have shops so close it doesn’t matter if you run out of stuff. I live in a rural town but we have 3 major supermarkets that are a 5 minute drive away. I honestly don’t think I would like to live in the US. Your food is less regulated. And as for health care! You don’t need to calculate the difference between Fahrenheit and Centigrade just google it! And no we don’t have air conditioning it’s the only thing I’m jealous of 😂 I want to move to Scotland because they don’t get the extreme heatwaves but my son doesn’t want to.
As for composting most places will have a green bin and the council takes it away and composts it for. You can put in left over food like pasta as well as leaves and grass cuttings. It's different depending on what your council does. Obviously you can compost yourself if you have a garden. But you need to be careful that you are not going to attract rats, so many people avoid putting in foods that attract vermin or if you do, you need to be good at mixing it up regularly to discourage them.
I'd say it's most of the UK, London shouldn't be taken to represent the entire of Southern England. London itself is notoriously unfriendly, but that's because it's a massive city. Same in NY
We have external wheelie bins for garden and food waste for composting. These are collected every 2 weeks by the council. All residents are entitled to 5 big bags of compost for free once a year. We have similar large blue coloured bins for recyclable glass, metal, paper and cardboard etc. Green bins are provided for landmill/non recyclable. All bins emptied every fortnight.
Did you notice that they are called "Scotch" pancakes? That might give you an idea where they originated. They fit well in a toaster ... do you have those?
Re composting. We get 5 recycle bins one of which is for garden waste. We also get a food waste caddy, where the uneaten but cooked food goes(including meat and pasta, anything really). The council has high-temperature composting plants that turn all of that into garden compost which you can get at the local "recycling centre" either for free or at very low cost. The council also provides composting bins for home use and I put a lot of my grass cuttings, hedge clippings, shredded paper and so on into those for cold-composting and about a year later it will be ready to go into the garden. I have 2 such bins and alternate them year by year. They hold about 100L (25 US gallons?).
Not everyone gets hay fever. If you I’ve heard sourcing local honey and having some of that helps reduce the symptoms. That might be an old wives tale though.
We drive on the left-hand side of the road but walk when there's no pavement on the right-hand side of the road. That is towards the traffic, you can see them and they can see. This is a rule in the book of road rules we have called the Highway Code, it is constantly being updated.
It depends where u are in Britain when it comes to politeness. Big city's in general are less polite no matter where you are. Americans are very courteous but thier politeness is more, polite at a distance where in Britain the politeness is a lot more personable and up close, friendly, they don't stand on formality as much in Britain as they do in Anerica. In Anerica there's a lot of sirs and ma'ams but you don't get that in Britain, you get pals and mates and love and darling. The north is also a lot more friendly than the south, not that the south is unfriendly its just less friendly.
@@danjames5552 I'm from south Wales but have lived in Southern England and I love the southern English but I have also lived up north and they ARE more polite up north and I think its due to the coal industry and industrial industry that they had to work so close together and rely on each other so much that they developed a more intimate politeness.
1:38 Rapeseed, produces Rapeseed Oil, a cooking oil, which you may know as its Canadian created variant, Canola Oil. 2:21 I cannot find "Allegra D" (Fexofenadine HCl 180 mg + Pseudoephedrine HCl 240 mg), however "Allegra" is (Fexofenadine HCl 60 mg), And in the UK the brand "Allevia" (Fexofenadine HCl 120 mg) - It's just a rebrand, the e in the logo's identical - is available in 30 caplet packs for under £20, generic is of course noticeably less.
Women should still be careful when you're out alone, especially if walking through a park or in the countryside. It's also important to lock your door. Don't come here and make yourself an easy target because this girl says so!
The "no need to lock your day" thing took me by surprise. I can't help but feel if any of her neighbours told her that, then they're looking for an easy place to rob 🤣 Used to be back in the day you definitely didn't need to lock your doors during the day. There was a lot more of a community - I know my grandmother raised several kids on her street alongside her own children, but so too did the other people of the street also raise my father and his siblings, so they were constantly in and out of each others houses every day. You don't get that nowadays. I'm overly paranoid due to my upbringing, so I have my house alarm set during the day whilst I'm in it (having alarms on the doors and windows set, and not the movement sensors inside the house) and would never in a million years think about leaving my door unlocked.
Says the one with a nefarious mind 😳 I think unless you get the deep vibes… and trust me they are always there, us ladies don’t always trust their instinct. I like to think the majority in the UK will be helpful and caring of others and especially someone who isn’t used to the culture. I’d happily be a source of local knowledge for any tourist to my area. Google Lewes bonfire night! We get loads 😊
Yes, but overall the UK is massively safer than the USA in both crime and accident rates. Also, far more men are attacked by strangers than women. Men are almost twice as likely, to be the victim of violent crime than women. That's a statistical fact.
Compost...everything but meat and fish due to flys and rodents, however in theory you can compost this if you have a higher amount of brown and green (veg fruit/ paper dryied leaves ect). If you have left over food, save it and reuse or your being wasteful and not planning portioning which is a waste of money and time. Go to for rice and pasta is a handfull per person. Mcds fries in usa have 14 ingredients uk 4 approximately
The temperature in the UK and Europe has increased, even in the past 40 years I've been around, it's been very noticeable. Warmer summers and not so cold winters. Some new builds come with Air Con, but it's far from common place as it was never needed.
We don't have air conditioning in Europe because it's cold. It doesn't make sense to own a device which you will use at most 2 months a year. We've got radiators, though.
Hi Connor , I always find your videos interesting. I love the passion you have for our green grass and history. If you do get over at some point I would definitely recommend the Cotswolds or Cornwall as well as London to complete the British experience. It would also be advisable to have at least 2 weeks here so as to give yourself enough time to see what our beautiful country has to offer. If you are looking at also visiting Ireland , Scotland and Wales you will probably need a month ! Keep up the great work.
North Uk - friendly - south Uk unfriendly - general stereotypes but some truth in it! - people not locking their doors is rubbish! - if you don't lock your door here you will come home to an empty house!!
I am an elderly English lady and I would say that in all of my life I have almost never heard anybody send back a meal in a Restaurant. British people are known for being reluctant to send back meals or cause a fuss about things. She is wrong about that.
I have a bin for garden waste, wood, grass etc, a bin for plastic, metal cans, foil and glass bottles, one for paper and cardboard, a small lidded bin for food waste, bones etc. and a final bin for everything else, called Household waste. The household waste is collected every two weeks, the food waste is collected every week, and the garden waste and paper waste are collected two weekly between the household waste bin. Some people with large gardens do have a 'compost heap' that they add all their compostable items to, to break down over time and add to the soil. 🇬🇧
The word "recycling" in the UK is actually slang for crushing it all into a giant cube, then sending it to India and China where they dump it in the sea...
Yorkshire pudding with sausage is called 'toad in the hole'. Also what is she on about lol, sparkling water is carbonated that isn't sugar lol. We don't walk on the left side of the road, maybe on the left of the pavement (sidewalk) idk but i was taught when possible to walk on the right side of the road so we can see the cars coming towards us vs cars coming up behind us. On another note there is no such thing as 'j walking' here because we (mostly) always use common sense when crossing roads, plus we are all taught The Green Cross Code when young.
The WEATHER is, blatantly, changing these days and I am a 69-year-old Londoner. The winters down South are nowhere near as cold as in my youth like "The Big Freeze of 1963" with no Football for 8 weeks, mid-season. Last year we had 5 of the hottest days since records began, it hit 104 F and we had no rain for 2 successive months. This year is following a similar pattern and it has already it 90 Fahrenheit and we are not yet into the heart of the Summer.
I'm also in the UK, but in the north and can tell you now this summer isn't anywhere near as bad (so far) as last summer. We had about a week of temperatures hitting about 27 degrees and now for the past 2 weeks have been averaging about 19 degrees - with wind and rain every single day 😂 Just get used to sleeping without a duvet or sheet and then the next day can't sleep without them.
@@Isleofskye Honestly if every day was like 26C or higher, and then on the night it dropped to 15 degrees I'd love it. But sadly it doesn't. Give me cooler days and nights any day of the week. Makes. enjoying that hot summer holiday away even more!
@@04williamsl Hello M8. We have just, officially,had the hottest June,on record.. Actually I agree as I convert into Fahrenheit and 26C is 79/80 F. which is tolerable and I like your 15 C idea,as well,as this is 59/60F. Sounds good to me.
I am English nobody wants to know me. I can assure you I am not the only one in my situation.We lead sad lonely lives. Even our relatives don't want to know us.This is the honest truth.Dear me I cant believe how people have been to her.They haven't been like that to me quite the opposite. They have been terrible. And to others.
I remember years ago everything was general waste and every week we’d have 4 big bags of rubbish. Now we recycle card and paper, plastics, glass and food stuff and we roughly have 1 bag of general waste a week. We have a small compost bin collection every week in my area which consists of tea bags, leftover food scraps, peelings, banana skins, egg shells, fat etc which is turned into compost. We also have a compost bin in the garden which we put tree and plant cuttings and dead flowers and also food scraps and this gradually breaks down but it takes a long time. You can buy a compost accelerator which breaks it down quicker. Our local site recycles approx 75 to 80% of its waste a month.
If you have a garden you can compost food eggshells , teabags etc and garden waste especially grass mowings . Generally it needs to be a certain size to generate heat and work properly . Councils now collect food waste but generally charge for garden waste so it makes sense to compost if you have enough . We have had more warm spells in the last few summers and sunshine seems to feel stronger than it used to . Even so , air conditioning would only really be needed for two or three weeks in a year . It's also using energy which is astronomically expensive at the moment and not helpful with climate issues .
Compost bins look like large barrels, 2 ' side by 4' high. There is no bottom to it. You fill it up with kitchen scraps, potato skins. Veg, egg shells, etc. Grass and garden cuttings. Over time worms and other insects will come up from below, and turn it into gardeners black gold, which can be mixed back into your garden.
I haven't been through all the comments, so apologies if this has already been answered. The yellow flowering plant, at the start of the video, is oil seed rape. This is often called Canola oil in the U.S., which is a brand name, with the CAN standing for Canada and the OLA bit, oil. We do a similar thing by calling vacuum cleaners, Hoover's.
I don't know where she buys her chicken but on average I get at least 3 days code and it's usually 5. Fruit and veg is probably about 3 but some things like apples and bananas last much longer.
I live in south Wales - Carmarthenshire. Different council districts approach refuse collection differently but here, most of our rubbish is recycled. We're supplied with different coloured bags and bins for glass, there's a schedule when it's collected. We're also supplied with compost bins for general food waste - cooked and uncooked, including meat. This is collected weekly and turned into compost which can be purchased and is reasonably priced.
The last packet of hayfever tablets cost me 17p in Tesco a few years ago. I bought about five packs, they still work fine. Paracetamol cost 50p for 16 tablet.
air con units don't fit our windows. Our windows open outwards but in horizontal way rather than the z axis way your's open. Kinda hard to fit an air con in window that opens outwards like a door does. same reason we dont have screens to stop bugs. We don't have any dangerous bugs so no need but also its not hot enough in general to bother. UK houses are built to keep heat in not keep it out
The composting pretty much is that easy. Any organic waste, egg shells, teabags, leftover food, some wood/mud & twigs help. You can even occasionally piss on it if you're stuck for a toilet (It helps!) Once its full up, it's really organic compost!
Conditions that poultry arkept in in EU and UK are far superior to thestandards in US-In US they counter this by washing everything in chlorine at the end to get rid of high levels of salmonella-it’s cheaper to do this than than keep on top of having a clean environment for the poultry-i.e let everything get dirty then sort it out at the end!! (Birmingham is second biggest city in UK )
She’s 100% wrong on the sending food back thing…if a Brit doesn’t like their meal at a restaurant they’ll generally moan and complain about it to the people that they’re with,but when the server comes to ask how their meals are they’ll say “lovely,everything’s fine” and then Seethe for the rest of the evening.
So right!
Yeah, I agree, especially when it comes to restaurants, although I don't think she's necessarily wrong about the "bluntness". I think what she may be picking up on is Americans tend to convey either extreme happiness with something or extreme anger, borderline rude (or just outright rude, at least to my British sensibilities). Brits, however (and this is a huge generalisation both toward Brits and Americans, I get that) when we are really not ok with something we tend to state our dissatisfaction differently. She uses the word assertive, and that's probably accurate. Assertive and firm whilst also remaining pleasant and respectful, often with good humour, and usually with typical British understatement. I guess, to an American, that might come across as us being blunt, I don't know, but I can see how she is picking up on it compared to how many Americans might handle a situation where they are particularly unsatisfied with something.
Not up in Scotland I don't agree maybe northern thing
I will literally just say this isn't what I ordered
@@allanirvine7304 with so many I’m sorry 😅
I love how you couldn't tell where she's from. It highlights a MAJOR cultural difference between the US and the UK. Se here in the UK, the way you speak conveys so much about you that other Brits will immediately know. We will know where you're from - and here it'll be which bit of the UK, which city, and in some cases which end of a road you came from. We can also tell your social class and upbringing. for us, its automatic - when you speak to another Brit you automatically process so much about them based on their accent, dialect, word usage, etc.
I thought the exact same thing. Was wondering if he'd be able to tell from her accent she was from Florida like we would for someone in the UK, but no.
I would say that most people in the UK would be able to tell which local accent you were speaking, if it was an English accent but only a minority of English people would be able to tell which locality someone came from if they were speaking in a Scottish or Welsh accent.
@kirsteneasdale5707 I'm no expert in the slightest, but I can tell most Scottish and Irish accents to at least the county or city. Welsh is still hard for me, so I can only tell if it's north, south, etc.
It’s true, I’m a northerner and you would be shocked about the assumptions made by some people in the south about our level of intellect and education
Me and my husband grew up 1 mile from eachother but with the Buckingham bedfordshire border between us. He's always laughing at slight differences. Like, I say tret he says trea'ed I say for'ed he says forehe'd noone says treated or forehead 😅 there's many more..
I'm glad she feels safe in the UK, and it generally is, but I hope she still locks her door & is careful when hiking alone.
I have walked dogs alone for sixty years. Life is full of unknowns, deal with it.
She might feel safe in the UK but Manchester is not some crimeless utopia. I know someone who when returning to a car park one dark winter evening was confronted by a guy with a baseball bat. He demanded his car keys then hit him with the bat. After being hit twice he managed to escape very shaken by the experience. I was surprised someone would try this because he's quite a big and tall guy.
UK works on the premise that chlorine on chicken is used to hide bad farming, abbatoir and packing practices. The meat is on the shelf very quickly. Best before dates in supermarkets are highly inflated to reduce problems. It does mean there's more waste though. I honestly can't remember the time I've had bad chicken in the last 20 years.
I think it was an EU law. The UK plans to keep it.
@@micade2518 I’m in Scotland. We voted to remain. But we are out numbered.
@@neilhunter5893 Over a million Scottish people voted to leave the EU, and around another million eligible Scottish voters didn't vote in the referendum. As individual voters, Scottish votes/non-votes definitely counted considering how close the overall UK result was. It was close enough that Scotland could theoretically have swung the referendum the other way if Scotland had really been of one mind about it, despite having a much smaller population than England. Scottish people definitely contributed to the result as individuals. I've argued with Scottish 'Leave' voters before.
They can keep the trade deal I don’t want any chlorinated chicken or any meat from there with a terrible corn fed terrible conflict beef. Connor doesn’t want it any other way. That’ shocked me
@@micade2518actually the food regulation that the e.u took on was based on U.K. food production rules so nice try at shoe horning in brexit
Weird thing to pick out, but when she says "Walking and cycling on the left side of the road", it's maybe worth noting that you're meant to walk on the right-hand side of the road (towards opposing traffic). This is especially relevant in rural areas where there's no pavement/sidewalk, with the idea being that you can see traffic coming towards you and move further off the road as it passes.
I've always found in the red designated cycle paths, people have tended to stick more to the left when crossing front on - definitely agree with you in regards to walking down country lanes though, I live in the countryside and will often walk on "the most suitable side"
Not just walk facing traffic, but also cross over the road on a blind corner so you can see traffic, then cross back again once you are around the corner.
@@V.C.S69 Good point. Same for hills and crests in the road, where you'd walk up the hill on the left and cross back to the right at the top.
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Also at night the lights of approaching vehicles will reflect off your face. Even in towns it’s a good idea to walk towards traffic when on the pavement as you can see if they decide to drive onto the pavement.
Right. Scotch pancakes, or drop scones ARE made fresh when eaten hot with golden syrup, the packet sort you either eat cold OR toasted with butter and jam. Won’t work with fresh ones.
And NEITHER with Maple syrup or corn syrup OFC.
As an Northern (UK), absolutely disagree with 'sending stuff back', never ever seems anyone complain or send anything back to the kitchen. Usually if they dislike anything they will simply eat but never return. Brits don't use 'corn syrup', we use sugar but much less than the US, especially in bread products. Composting is only for uncooked thing mostly veggies, not cooked spag bol unless you want to attract mice/rats. When walking you should be facing the traffic, i.e. walk on the right, drive on the left. C 9/5 +32. F. AC in supermarkets not houses, normal maxi temp is about 25c. so don't need AC, plus house are normally brick/stone.
The sugar tax applies mainly to flavoured fizzy drinks. It's a lot to do with kid's teeth. Plain sparkling water is easy to get.
They’re not American pancakes, the clue is in the name “scotch pancakes”
@@lynby6231 Yes. I know them as 'drop scones'
the sugar tax is a load of bollocks though, you can buy a 2 litre of fizzy drink for a quid, even less if its the stores own cheap brands. these kind of nanny state policies are nonsense and will never work. the idea that someone who buys soda is going to be like "oh, this costs 20p more now so im no longer going to drink as much sugary pop" is ridiculous. it also doesn't account for the fact that all stores have deals and sales on you can buy litres of sugary pop at discounted prices in bulk.
@@Writeous0ne There are also issues with artificial sweeteners. For many people, anything with Stevia in it tastes intensely bitter. I also remember the controversy decades ago about the safety of Aspartame which is re-surfacing, with different questions about its long-term effects. For some people with serious metabolic disorders, many artificial sweeteners make them very ill. Having said that I'm not a big fan of fizzy pop (although the weekly Corona lorry visit was a treat when I was a kid) but I do like 50/50 fruit juice and fizzy water on a hot day. Very refreshing.
Northern English are notoriously friendly and blunt. Allergies in spring/early summer are from tree pollen, grasses, and rapeseed, which we often grow for its oil. I think you call rapeseed 'canola'.
Also it is not widely appreciated that there is much more humour in the north of England. So the bluntness is often founded in humour. Maybe she doesn't quite get all the humour yet.
I prefer 'direct' :)
@@occamraiseror no filter lol
She talks about American pancakes then picks up a packet of scotch ones
Yes not the same I agree 😂
To be fair, scotch pancakes are more American style than British pancakes which are closer to crepes.
I would call them drop scones
"You don't need to lock your door" "You don't need to worry about guns" She's living in Manchester! lol
The guns will be limited to gangs and they don't generally shoot ordinary people, only each other and then not often. You'd be surprised how safe Manchester is for such a large city. I frequently leave my door unlocked so the postie can leave parcels behind the door and friends can just let themselves in.
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I won't even go to the Midlands. The Canal boat hire reports are worrying
I understand don't need to lock door, I got a £4000 road bike and leave my front door open up to 12 hours a day when over a mile away
I live on south coast though
Just to say, we’ve had a few road trip type holidays in the US. Whenever we had any problem/confusion/difficulty we found that someone always stepped forward and offered help/advice/assistance. Very friendly and kind people in general 😁
People in the north of the UK tend to be direct... I don't use the word blunt. Southern people like me tend to wrap up delicate stuff in verbal padding so as to be polite, but in the north they tend 'just to say it' It is not meant to be rude at all... it is just the custom.
I moved up here 20 years ago. They're not blunt, they're rude. Blunt people don't walk uninvited into your garden and poke around to see if there's anything they fancy buying (3 times so far).
I'm from Northern England.Yorkshire born and bred .I'm blunt as I say what think . I don't beat about the bush
@@maureenmclelland North, East or West Riding?
@@neuralwarp but that's certain people literally being rude. We're not all like that.
@@maureenmclelland lancashire myself. We don't muck about as the saying goes......
She's a cute blonde lady. That's why people are being so nice and friendly. It would be the same if she were in any country. If she looked like Susan Boyle she would be getting an Uber to the airport like everyone else.
Yes, as a species we ware pretty damn shallow about 'looks'.
Can't speak for all of us Brits but for me personally. It gives me a sense of comfort when people are comfortable and interested in the country/city I call home. I feel like that's why I personally feel a willingness to help visitors to have the best experience they can here. I love feeling welcomed in other countries and for the most part, in my experience. Europeans are very friendly to me when visiting theirs. So I feel a slight obligation to pass that on to others. Good will I guess.
I think your theory is pretty spot on about being a bit friendlier towards people with an accent, but it really depends where you are. people are generally more likely to say hello on the way past the further North you go, but it's also a difference between towns/cities and the countryside. pretty much expect everyone to say hello if you're out in the countryside for a walk
Ya right Neil. It's understandable really. Do it in a big town, ya'd be goosed after 15 mins !!
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Air conditioners, it's not the cost of the it per se, it's the electrical cost of running them.
Was gonna say this, the north is so much more friendly and communal n shit
I live in northern England (Newcastle) but I'm originally from further south, and I do think northerners are generally friendlier (although there are exceptions of course). And we in the north are known for being quite plain-speaking.
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Haha, so true. I had an interview with a company based in London and they seemed shocked that I sounded happy. I wasn’t, it was just my normal tone. However, they worried that this tone may put off customers as there would be a lot of phone work… needless to say I didn’t get the job 😂
Live and was Born in Shropshire but love Newcastle, great city with great people
If you're a young woman I still wouldn't advise going hiking in remote places or walking the streets after dark on your own!
@stevey5151 It depends how you define the SW. I've spent a lot of time in Gloucestershire and Devon. But when I said "south" I was thinking more of the home counties.
Ideally, on country lanes it is recommended to walk facing the traffic (on the righthand edge of the road) to be more aware of traffic coming towards you in the UK.
Funny she said about people sending food back. The running joke here is that we'll complain to everyone else at the table about the food, but as soon as a member of staff asks if everything's OK, you'll say 'it's perfect'.
Birmingham is the UK's second largest city with nearly twice the population of Manchester.
Yeah but no one cares about Birmingham
Yeah but it’s awful
Sorry to burst your bubble but Manchester has a population of 2.7 million whilst Birmingham's is 2.6 !!
Birmingham is second (4m+ metro) and GMA is just under 3m. Although having lived in both for many years, I agree that Birmingham is awful!
@@will168 only in population, economically and culturally Manchester is 2nd
😆😆What's 'sacrilegious' about the items you picked up is they are "Scottish" pancakes (where they originated) - a different thing to an English (Well, French originally, of course) pancake. Those same things are called "pikelets" in Oz. where they're considered a national staple. They're eaten hot or cold. When cold, people butter them & put jam on them. While 'pancakes' are big buggers - the size of a frying pan - but thinner & lighter. And they're not at their best when cold - they go all floppy. ☺
They're not French. Crêpes are a French version of pancakes, but King Alfred was burning the pancakes before France existed.
Pikelets are flat crumpets
@@joescott5322 Hey Joe - what state do you live in? Lived always on the East coast - Qld, NSW & Victoria - where pikelets have nothing at all to do with crumpets except for them being not baked, but cooked on a griddle/hotplate. The ingredients only differ a little, but the texture and appearance, not to mention the taste, have nothing in common. Am interested to know which states this doesn't apply in? Was brought up to believe pikelets were...well... "pikelets" Australia-wide. Certainly never known any Ozzie that would make a connection between crumpets - known as English fare - and the ubiquitous 'pikelet" . Interesting.
@@cireenasimcox1081 live in England
@@joescott5322 Oh. Well, wouldn't actually accuse whoever or whatever source you got that snippet of misinformation from, of telling porkies - just that they obviously have never come face-to-face with a pikelet in their lives!😂😂
Scotch pancakes are different to American pancakes the ones i make use ingredients such as cream of tarta and golden syrup they are almost slightly salty sweet tasting and are not as light as american pancakes. Would always choose a scotch pancake over an american one.
Compost can only be vegetable matter and paper products. You can only add cooked vegetables if they have been cooked in only water not butter or oil etc. I use compost after a year but the process is sped up by turning regularly you just keep an eye on how things look.
I was most surprised about her assertion that Brits are blunt and will send food back etc. It's the total opposite in my experience. We squirm our way around any confrontation or complaint and just mutter to ourselves under our breath or tut rather than actually complain. There is a whole language around Brits saying one thing and actually meaning something quite different.
She's in the North - it is very much a Northern thing.
Food bad it goes back, simply. If you're a snowflake, that's your problem.
That's a stupid stereotype and not true
I have definitely sent food back. It cost way too much to leave on the plate, because your too nervous of upsetting anyone. It’s never been a problem, the staff usually apologise and take away the plate.
@@VideoDeadGaming it is in my experience. I hate that because I'm not from here and am not good at guessing.
Generally we have 3 bins. One for every day rubbish, one for recycling and one for garden cuttings and organic items.
Conner, you will be treated better in the UK because they recognise that you are a foreigner and are probably clueless about where you are, thus not a threat and likely could benefit from help.
Americans, in addition to being friendly, also speak English, so are easy to communicate with. They also can't be blamed for anything that natives may have issues with each other about. Their friendlies and talkative nature makes them easy to chat with too and they usually seem very curious and interested in Brits.
Hope this helps
You also have to realise Britain benefits from the old empire. We have a huge variety of other cultures foods because of the cultural exchange that happened during the Empire and later the Commonwealth. Not to mention Americana influence which also brings over Mexican, Tex-Mex, Creole, etc.
Im in scotland and we have 4 different coloured bins. A blue bin is for paper and cardboard, green bin is for metal, plastic and glass, brown bin is for food and grass cutting and black bin for rubbish that can’t be recycled. These all get taken different weeks so blue one week, green next week etc
A lot of people have food waste bins (I do). It's taken away and composted in bulk by the local council. You can compost at home but food waste attracts rats so generally it's not composted in the garden.
I typically keep leftover food in containers in the fridge, and finish it for smaller meals. Don't know anyone who just throws uneaten food away.
@@rosiesimons9723t's not unessarily just uneaten food it's also peels and the like, plus if you have 2 bites of mash left on a plate your going to throw that away
I would still finish the last couple of bites though, just to avoid wasting food.
@@rosiesimons9723 I meant food waste like chicken bones (which I use for stock first), scraps of gristle, mouldy cheese rinds etc. When you've been brought up by the WW2 generation, not wasting food is in your DNA!
It's true that out of the cities people you don't know will greet you. It's largely because the pace is a bit slower and people are not in such a rush.
I found that to be true both in the USA and in England. I live in very rural America...we wave at every car we pass on the road, we don't need to know who is in the car. When I visited England, people both in London and in Tealby (Lincolnshire) were very friendly. Could have been my American accent or the fact that I'm willing to chat with anyone for a bit. I prefer the countryside in both the USA and England.
@@xo2quilt I think on the whole people are friendly and enjoy interaction. I think the American accent and willingness to chat are probably part of it but there's more to it than that. Call it curiosity if you like, but people are interested in other people.
@@hatjodelka I agree!! Had a lovely chat with two young girls from Mongolia on the subway in Seoul when I visited there. I was exhausted having just arrived in country and they commented they thought I was her sister after hearing her call me mom!! Great conversation starter!!
@@hatjodelka Very well put, and I agree with you...
@@xo2quilt Definitely agree.....I live about an hour west of St. Louis, Missouri in a rural/farming community and definitely it's that way around here where folks will wave to one another, seemingly whether or not they know each other; I'm certainly that way, at least, and I've had that happen to me quite a few times. And I also notice in, say, grocery stores (and I suppose stores in general) out in these rural areas people will talk to one another in the parking lots, in the checkout lanes, etc. I was raised in a much larger city more east near St. Louis and it was definitely NOT that way there; it sure took some getting used to out this way, but it was certainly worth doing so, as I've very much preferred the rural/farming area where I'm at ever since. Nonetheless, I'd love to give England a try as far as visiting there someday, I'd even consider living there if I was won over enough, and from all the comments for this video (and the video itself), it wouldn't take much for that to happen :)
Houses here in the UK are made from brick or stone, so when its hot the house stays cooler and when its cold the house stays warmer. As she mentioned though, the Summers have been getting hotter every year so I think people are just buying air con units online. At the same time, we appreciate hot weather more than most since majority of the time its raining or cold weather.
And we open a window!
Unfortunately, ours doesn’t message 150 years old, only got one brake light no wall insulation whatsoever . Freezing in the winter boiling in the summer
Cities are warmer due to the amount of concrete, I really do not find the weather is getting hotter, back in the 80s I found that the weather was a lot colder and wet, now we are returning to normal….When I was a child our Summers averaged between 60 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit, occasional day or two went higher or lower with on average a couple of thunderstorms, which were not that severe and didn’t last too long. No need for air conditioning, just open a window.
I don’t believe in climate change, I do think the Milankovitch cycles should be a consideration. One thing for sure we do need to clean up on pollution and waste.
@breathoffreshair7314 ……I grew up in the 50’s, the 60’s we had better weather than you have today, no we didn’t have heatwaves but normal nice weather at Easter because Easter falls at different times each year, think you are mixing it up with Whitsun that followed 6 weeks after Easter. More often the seasons saying wrung true, March in like a lamb, out like a lion or visa versa. April showers, don’t cast a clout until May is out, we had many Indian summers. Suggest you check out the “milankovitch cycles”. Also on a several occasions our weather was effected due to earthquakes in Turkey and Italy, including volcanic eruptions like Mount St Helena in American. It also has a lot to do with the trade winds.
I agree with the being extra helpful to out of country tourists. I notice it in myself, if say an American asked for directions, I would go out of my way to make sure they get to where they are going. And I usually get treated the same abroad, like "I'm heading that way, just follow me and I'll show you where to go". I think we just want to represent our people as being good.
Where I am in East Yorkshire, we have 3 bins.
A green bin for non recycleble.
A blue bin for recycleable waste.
& finally a brown bin for food & plant waste which the local authority takes fortnightly & composts, then once a year, during early spring they announce a free give away of 2 bags of compost to every household.
North Yorkshire: you have to pay to have your brown bin emptied, and they don't give you anything back.
Here in Hampshire we have a green bin for recycling (tins, paper, cardboard, plastic bottles), a grey bin for landfill, an orange bag to take plastic wrapping etc to the supermarket recycling bins, a compost heap at the bottom of the garden, and finally a garden waste collection service which is charged separately.
Some of the biggest differences here in the UK are..
1) Not expected to leave a tip. Its entirely up to you.
2) Anything to do with driving and most cars are manual. If you want to rent an automatic car you can but must specify an automatic.
3) Work / home balance. You get several weeks paid holiday a year.
4) NHS. Free medical care. If you have a serious accident or illness you dont have to be in debt for the rest of your life.
And we have tight gun laws
The NHS is not free. Have you never paid national insurance? wtf
@@SgtSteel1 National Insurance doesn't pay for the NHS. It's a common misunderstanding. NI was created to pay for the state pension and benefits. As it is, it was never ringfenced for this purpose as was originally intended and just goes into central government coffers just like any other tax. It is effectively income tax by another name (from the worker's perspective). The NHS is funded out of those coffers but NI isn't an NHS tax.
@@jjc5407 So it's been changed. It's basically just like any other tax that goes into a central coffer. vat, council tax, road tax, income tax, national insurance, inheritance tax, renewing my passport blah blah blah. It makes me wonder. For every pound that I earn, how much do I actually get to keep?
@@SgtSteel1 it hasn't been changed, but yeah it would be interesting to know our total tax bill including all those taxes you mention and more.
As I understand it, the original plan with NI was that it would be ringfenced and people would pay in for a couple of years to build up the fund before it started paying out. As usual certain politicians wouldn't accept this perfectly sensible approach and insisted that payouts begin immediately and the ringfencing never happened. It was a sound idea that was utterly botched in typical political fashion.
Every so often a politician talks about getting rid of NI and just rolling it in with income tax (I think the last one to suggest it was Osborne) but then it always gets quietly dropped, probably because the extra complication helps hide how much tax we all pay. Politicians love to commit to not raising the basic rate of income tax but in recent years have just increased NI instead.
For most people i.e. those on PAYE and not OAPs, tax rates above the tax-free threshold are 32% (20% income tax + 12% NI), 42% (40% income tax + 2% NI) and 47% (45% income tax + 2% NI). Wouldn't it be better to combine the two and have a more gradual sliding scale e.g. 20%, 30%, 40% and 50% and just adjust the threshold each year to raise or lower the size of each band? It would simplify the system, cost less to administer and be less prone to fraud and error.
Up until the last 15 years or so, us Brits simply didn't need AC. Britain has always been a damp, mild country for the most part. Heatwaves are short, and most summer days don't get much hotter than 25c (77F) and most of our winter days are between 2 & 7 C (36-45 F)
So our buildings are made of brick and designed to keep the heat in, and in the summer a few house fans were sufficient. However over the last decade or so the temperature has increased markedly. It's becoming a regular thing now to have heatwaves that last 10 days or more with temperatures rising into the mid 30C's.
Last year we got our hottest day in recorded history - 40.3 °C (104.5 °F). If this continues AC will most likely become more commonplace in new UK housing.
Conor needs to recognise the UK is at the same latitudes as _the southern half of Alaska_ - but more temperate, as we are a small island, surrounded by water.
Almost all UK homes have separate trash bins just for food and garden plant waste. These bins are collected every fortnight, and the contents are recycled into compost.
It's strange how blown away Americans are by basic manners and friendliness
If I lived in Manchester and was her friend and she asked me to drop her off at the airport, I'd tell her to sod off and get the train/tram. It goes directly into the airport and is only a few quid. It'd be cheaper and quicker than me driving her in 🤣
miserable git willie boy.
Composting is a thing that changes for all kinds of reasons.
Mostly there's the division between 'only grass clippings can be composted' to 'all organics go in the compost'. Which can included all the shredded paper, newspapers, etc.
If you have a garden, the size of it alters how much or how choosily you compost.
Those are Scotch pancakes, not American pancakes....different.
gorgeous toasted with butter.
Scotch pancakes are not the same as American pancakes, they're much sweeter and you can eat them cold or toasted.
You can buy real ready made pancakes in supermarkets - in the desserts section
She lives in Manchester, she is very unlikely to get in trouble but she really should be locking her doors
I bought a packet of 14 anti allergy tablets today for 79 pence.
Brand ones are way more expensive but it's easy to find a cheaper version.
I think he's talking about medication. He probably doesn't understand that we're not so into actual drugs. These ar more plant based products that either work a bit or don't.
It’s not just because she American, most north of England Scot’s and Irish are friendly
not all of them like anywhere in uk you get the friendly and not so friendly dont know why people say down south not so friendly that's rubbish
The Welsh are friendly too lol
Hi Connor,
Composting: More or less any food can be composted.
Most people only compost waste Fruit & Veg, maybe bread, cake and biscuit,
Meat and general meals, require a better build of composter, it needs to maintain a good heat to rot down well also it needs to be secure from Foxes, cats, dogs etc.
Some local councils collect any food waste for composting (for instance Greenwich London) most don't.
Generally I would expect composting to take about 18-24 months, its not fast.
18:20 driving on the left vs right - people from the UK often drive in Europe, so we're used to swapping back and forth. I'd say that it's generally quick to adapt, but you really need to pay attention at roundabouts, and motorway entrances. You can also buy little reminder stickers to put onto your windscreen to use as a reference if you get disorientated at a roundabout..
21:00 I think that part of the reason that few people have air con is primarily due to energy costs. For example, domestic electricity is around $0.40/kWh here, whereas I think $0.10/kWh is more typical in the USA.
In a lot of English towns the council collects compostable food waste once a week along with all of the other recycling bins.
Unless you have a 'Green' council. Trust me, their record on composting and recycling is abysmal!
Rapeseed is the crop you get canola from. A lot of what the narrator said depends on where in the UK you are. Friendliness and bluntness is very much a northern thing. In the south people are more stand-offish and more likely to just moan or grumble rather than send food back. And there's less need for air con - UK temperatures are more moderate: 25°F is extreme cold and 85°F is extreme heat in the UK. I think you'd have a little less culture shock coming from RI than someone coming from Florida would.
You're absolutely right that people want to be helpful to a foreigner, out of kindness and also to give a good impression.
'American style pancakes' even when on the packet it says Scotch pancakes😄
Hey, That's my local! Prestwich Forest Park or drinkwater park was where i spent most of my childhood, building dams, climbing trees, pondipping and fishing. As for composting anything goes except for meat leftovers. Grass and hedge clippings feature most along with Potatoe peelings old carrots, onions, tomatoes cabbage lettuce etc provides a lovely mulch for your garden within 3 to 6 months. Meat can also be composted but it tends to attract foxes, mice and rats so we don't compost meat.
air conditioning...we are definitely getting a warmer climate. Central heating has made us wimps...never had it in my childhood and it didn't matter much. Air conditioning can be really annoying in hotels...especially when you can't open the windows to let some warm air in!!!
Do you remember ice on the inside of windows?
@@pathopewell1814 Yes, I do!
I live in Germany. We have split recycling too: plastics/cans, paper/cardboard, bio/composting all are free from charges as they gave a value. Restmüll - Rest garbage gets charged per bin (depending on size) and so people tend to be frugal with rubbish as their bins often have a chip in them so that they only get charged when putting them out. The local waste disposal service will usually have a facility for you to bring other items: anything Foto old furniture, electric goods and other unusual rubbish items which get charged by weight. What I also like is the: Speermüll Tag. This “old furniture” day gives you the opportunity to leave unwanted furniture outside of your home. Usually people put stuff out 2-3 days before so that other can check out if there’s anything usable. Many young people, students, room mates, older people, those with limited income will find many a useful item and give it a second life. This helps the people and the environment. Can’t go wrong with that smart approach to garbage.😊
I think the air con thing:
It rarely gets that hot, though it is happening more.
Air con is more expensive than it should be and small units are noisy and often just 'swamp' type.
Because our heating is radiator based rather than air movement based, can't us base system.
People acclimatise to local conditions in about 2 weeks, which does not happen with air con.
Electric power is not cheap (here).
Environmentally air con is not great.
Re recycling, I think most Brits try, get fed up with the admin involved but do it anyway
I installed air con in my new home a few years back, I just reverse my air source heat pump in the hotter days for air con. Most heating in the UK is via convectors which are air movement, radiators disappeared in the 60/70s and are not used anymore in the UK though people still call convectors radiators for some reason or other.
@@georgebarnes8163 OK, Many new builds in the 90/00's were still using radiators, in London, Surrey, and Essex, Places I looked at in Yorkshire (2019) also use radiators.
I think air flow might be less common than you think.
@@stephenlee5929 I have been unable to buy a radiator since the 1980s and can honestly say I have not seen one in a domestic home since then, I see the odd one in older schools and hospitals but they are far and few between.
Spot on!
It’s the accent, and it works both ways.
The north east America is probably the safest place in America but it still pales in comparison to Britain. There's a reason that Britain is considered one of the safest countries in the world.
I'm a well traveled British guy who has lived in 6 states in America included the north east, the south and the mid west.
What surprised me the most when I came to the U.K was how many Americans were going around filming what was surprising them. There are millions filming.
Celsius makes much more sense. 0 is freezing, 100 is boiling.. couldn’t get any more simple tbh
Exactly 😂😂
Wierdly I prefer celsius in winter as you said its simple enough, zero is freezing and minus anything is "bloody freezing" , but in summer I prefer farenheit, seventy to eighty being hot, - ninety to a hundred being "jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezuz I'm melting" for me its just easier to understand that way.
And then there's Kelvins......
@@faithrich6374 Theres always bloody one lol !
People are friendly but I was chuckling to myself when she said people offered her a ride to the airport or train station thinking what if they couldn't wait to get rid of you? And they offered career advice? Wasn't something overseas or in another city by any chance?
Seriously she's adorable and I know people were just being kind but once my mind went there I couldn't stop myself.
The point she made about people being friendly, was in contrast to the Southeast of England (it applies to anyone, not just people from the US). There's a big difference between Northern England, Scotland and Wales, when compared to the South.
If anyone every truly pins down where the North South divide is in England, that's pretty much the definitive border that separates the entirety of Britain.
Hmmm.... she picked up a packet of Scotch Pancakes (or Drop Scones as we call them) and complained that 'the American style pancakes' are packaged in plastic and should be made fresh. Drop scones are not American style pancakes (whilst similar, there are differences in the recipe) and they've been made in Scotland like forever! My aunt always made them fresh when I was a child and it was a great treat to visit her and be presented with a plate of warm drop scones, butter and jam. As for American pancakes being made 'fresh', I know some Americans will make their own from scratch, but how many open a packet of pancake mix, throw in some liquid and think they've made a 'fresh' pancake?
She was right with many other of her points and I do appreciate her taking the time to be kind about our culture and I'm glad she's enjoying life in the UK.
All food waste goes in a bin and is collected by the council every week... 😊
One problem with recycling in England, I don't know about the rest of the UK, is that the local councils are resposible for collecting and recyling waste. They have differing systems and rules. There are a lot of local councils. For instance my local council doesn't collect glass but relys on everyone going to local bottle banks to put glass into skips(dumpsters). A months ago there were different skips for different colours of glass. This has been changed recently so that all glass is collected together regardless of colour. In the area four miles away the council collects glass left in a container at the front of each property, regardless of cloour, on a regular weekly basis.
Food waste is collected separately from other waste. It is heat treated before being turned into compost. Ordinary green garden waste is collected every two weeks, but only during summer months, and turned by the council into compost. This compost is sometimes advertised for sale when it becomes available.
Paper and cardboard, plastic bottles and food tins can be put into large plastic bags(provided free by the coucil) and are collected every fortnight. This is sold on. Other waste that is not recyclable is put in another bin and goes to landfill. This is collected on the week when green waste isn't collected.
Each houshold is given a calendar of collection days and a helpful list of the rules. Ignoring the rules results in the offending waste not being collected.
I'm sorry for going on a trifle but I wanted you to appreciate the complexity and this is just a summary. Moving house to a new council district can be a whole new learning experince.
I’m from Devon and I noticed how many Americans are making their homes here especially as they do not have to worry about guns, also we went to The Royal Cornwall Show and even met Americans there some even had English husbands we were all enjoying ourselves at the Show.
How come Americans get to stay here???
@@philjones45 they are 1st world not 3rd. part of our prejudice.
As an American I appreciate your friendly comments.....Certainly one of the reasons I'd like to move to the UK would be, not just for a new and better life, but certainly a safer one, because as you mentioned about guns, I don't feel safe here in the USA because of all the crime, mass shootings, guns, weapons, you name it. I must admit that several months ago for the first time I saw a person walking around with a gun in a holster (in a restaurant, no less), he definitely was not a policeman in uniform either, let's put it that way, just appeared to be an ordinary citizen....what he was doing is what's called "open carry", at least it's referred to that here in Missouri where I live, and it was a bit unnerving; he had a gun, but it also applies to knives as well. But that's the way things are over here, at least in our state. It's something we have to get used to over here, but for me it's not really easy to do so.
We don’t need to chlorinate chicken because we treat and handle them so much better. Most of us in the UK think it’s disturbing to think of chicken being bleached. The reason it’s done is because the conditions they’re kept in are atrocious.I think she’s exaggerating about how quickly food goes off, I do a weekly shop but we have shops so close it doesn’t matter if you run out of stuff. I live in a rural town but we have 3 major supermarkets that are a 5 minute drive away. I honestly don’t think I would like to live in the US. Your food is less regulated. And as for health care! You don’t need to calculate the difference between Fahrenheit and Centigrade just google it! And no we don’t have air conditioning it’s the only thing I’m jealous of 😂 I want to move to Scotland because they don’t get the extreme heatwaves but my son doesn’t want to.
We say route as root
As for composting most places will have a green bin and the council takes it away and composts it for. You can put in left over food like pasta as well as leaves and grass cuttings. It's different depending on what your council does. Obviously you can compost yourself if you have a garden. But you need to be careful that you are not going to attract rats, so many people avoid putting in foods that attract vermin or if you do, you need to be good at mixing it up regularly to discourage them.
I live in Manchester and we definitely lock our doors, i dont think anywhere in the world is safe enough to leave outside doors unlocked
I'd say it's most of the UK, London shouldn't be taken to represent the entire of Southern England. London itself is notoriously unfriendly, but that's because it's a massive city. Same in NY
I'm from Yorkshire, I always forget to lock my doors 🤷🏻♀️ I've never had an issue with it
In the Scottish Highlands, locking your door is seen as implying you don't trust your neighbours. It's just not done...
@@wessexdruid7598 I wouldn't of admitted to that, you'll have people not from the Highlands coming up and checking doors.
@@Bear_the_shepherd I've been robbed once and Its not that took items its the fact that they've entered my home, it's violating.
We have external wheelie bins for garden and food waste for composting. These are collected every 2 weeks by the council. All residents are entitled to 5 big bags of compost for free once a year. We have similar large blue coloured bins for recyclable glass, metal, paper and cardboard etc. Green bins are provided for landmill/non recyclable. All bins emptied every fortnight.
Did you notice that they are called "Scotch" pancakes? That might give you an idea where they originated. They fit well in a toaster ... do you have those?
Re composting. We get 5 recycle bins one of which is for garden waste. We also get a food waste caddy, where the uneaten but cooked food goes(including meat and pasta, anything really). The council has high-temperature composting plants that turn all of that into garden compost which you can get at the local "recycling centre" either for free or at very low cost. The council also provides composting bins for home use and I put a lot of my grass cuttings, hedge clippings, shredded paper and so on into those for cold-composting and about a year later it will be ready to go into the garden. I have 2 such bins and alternate them year by year. They hold about 100L (25 US gallons?).
Not everyone gets hay fever. If you I’ve heard sourcing local honey and having some of that helps reduce the symptoms. That might be an old wives tale though.
nope it works. and has been tested by various medical research Uni's
My doctor said a lot of people who weren't allergic before got hayfever when they started growing canola.
We drive on the left-hand side of the road but walk when there's no pavement on the right-hand side of the road. That is towards the traffic, you can see them and they can see. This is a rule in the book of road rules we have called the Highway Code, it is constantly being updated.
It depends where u are in Britain when it comes to politeness. Big city's in general are less polite no matter where you are.
Americans are very courteous but thier politeness is more, polite at a distance where in Britain the politeness is a lot more personable and up close, friendly, they don't stand on formality as much in Britain as they do in Anerica.
In Anerica there's a lot of sirs and ma'ams but you don't get that in Britain, you get pals and mates and love and darling.
The north is also a lot more friendly than the south, not that the south is unfriendly its just less friendly.
Well put.
I note ots only people from up north who say they are more friendly , I found that people up north are much more rude .
@@danjames5552 I'm from south Wales but have lived in Southern England and I love the southern English but I have also lived up north and they ARE more polite up north and I think its due to the coal industry and industrial industry that they had to work so close together and rely on each other so much that they developed a more intimate politeness.
@@TerranSol I have lived in both and I find them more rude up north .
@@danjames5552 then we will have to agree to disagree
1:38 Rapeseed, produces Rapeseed Oil, a cooking oil, which you may know as its Canadian created variant, Canola Oil.
2:21 I cannot find "Allegra D" (Fexofenadine HCl 180 mg + Pseudoephedrine HCl 240 mg), however "Allegra" is (Fexofenadine HCl 60 mg), And in the UK the brand "Allevia" (Fexofenadine HCl 120 mg) - It's just a rebrand, the e in the logo's identical - is available in 30 caplet packs for under £20, generic is of course noticeably less.
I'm on 180mg Fexo, but I have a prepayment certificate as it is prescription only. If I had just that, it would be a tenner.
Women should still be careful when you're out alone, especially if walking through a park or in the countryside. It's also important to lock your door. Don't come here and make yourself an easy target because this girl says so!
The "no need to lock your day" thing took me by surprise. I can't help but feel if any of her neighbours told her that, then they're looking for an easy place to rob 🤣
Used to be back in the day you definitely didn't need to lock your doors during the day. There was a lot more of a community - I know my grandmother raised several kids on her street alongside her own children, but so too did the other people of the street also raise my father and his siblings, so they were constantly in and out of each others houses every day.
You don't get that nowadays. I'm overly paranoid due to my upbringing, so I have my house alarm set during the day whilst I'm in it (having alarms on the doors and windows set, and not the movement sensors inside the house) and would never in a million years think about leaving my door unlocked.
men are far more likely to be attacked by a stranger. Everybody needs to be careful.
Says the one with a nefarious mind 😳 I think unless you get the deep vibes… and trust me they are always there, us ladies don’t always trust their instinct. I like to think the majority in the UK will be helpful and caring of others and especially someone who isn’t used to the culture. I’d happily be a source of local knowledge for any tourist to my area. Google Lewes bonfire night! We get loads 😊
Britain is very safe. Rapes and murders are extremely rare.
Yes, but overall the UK is massively safer than the USA in both crime and accident rates. Also, far more men are attacked by strangers than women. Men are almost twice as likely, to be the victim of violent crime than women. That's a statistical fact.
Compost...everything but meat and fish due to flys and rodents, however in theory you can compost this if you have a higher amount of brown and green (veg fruit/ paper dryied leaves ect). If you have left over food, save it and reuse or your being wasteful and not planning portioning which is a waste of money and time. Go to for rice and pasta is a handfull per person.
Mcds fries in usa have 14 ingredients uk 4 approximately
The temperature in the UK and Europe has increased, even in the past 40 years I've been around, it's been very noticeable. Warmer summers and not so cold winters. Some new builds come with Air Con, but it's far from common place as it was never needed.
We are in a generally mild patch compared to recent history
Bloody freezing in Scotland. Actually discussed putting the heating on yesterday but decided against it because of the cost.
Not in norway. Colder
Utter rubbish
We don't have air conditioning in Europe because it's cold. It doesn't make sense to own a device which you will use at most 2 months a year.
We've got radiators, though.
They were Scotch pancakes, wonderful fryed
Fried*
@@fionagregory9147 Dislexic
@@gabbymcclymont3563 dyslexic* sorry about that. Meant no harm.
@@fionagregory9147 thanx
Hi Connor , I always find your videos interesting. I love the passion you have for our green grass and history. If you do get over at some point I would definitely recommend the Cotswolds or Cornwall as well as London to complete the British experience. It would also be advisable to have at least 2 weeks here so as to give yourself enough time to see what our beautiful country has to offer. If you are looking at also visiting Ireland , Scotland and Wales you will probably need a month ! Keep up the great work.
North Uk - friendly - south Uk unfriendly - general stereotypes but some truth in it! - people not locking their doors is rubbish! - if you don't lock your door here you will come home to an empty house!!
She might be in one of the secure appartment blocks
Be careful. Always lock your doors.
I am an elderly English lady and I would say that in all of my life I have almost never heard anybody send back a meal in a Restaurant. British people are known for being reluctant to send back meals or cause a fuss about things. She is wrong about that.
I knew she was in northern England when she said people were saying hello 🤣 people in London aren’t like that at all
I have a bin for garden waste, wood, grass etc, a bin for plastic, metal cans, foil and glass bottles, one for paper and cardboard, a small lidded bin for food waste, bones etc. and a final bin for everything else, called Household waste. The household waste is collected every two weeks, the food waste is collected every week, and the garden waste and paper waste are collected two weekly between the household waste bin. Some people with large gardens do have a 'compost heap' that they add all their compostable items to, to break down over time and add to the soil. 🇬🇧
The word "recycling" in the UK is actually slang for crushing it all into a giant cube, then sending it to India and China where they dump it in the sea...
Yorkshire pudding with sausage is called 'toad in the hole'.
Also what is she on about lol, sparkling water is carbonated that isn't sugar lol.
We don't walk on the left side of the road, maybe on the left of the pavement (sidewalk) idk but i was taught when possible to walk on the right side of the road so we can see the cars coming towards us vs cars coming up behind us. On another note there is no such thing as 'j walking' here because we (mostly) always use common sense when crossing roads, plus we are all taught The Green Cross Code when young.
The WEATHER is, blatantly, changing these days and I am a 69-year-old Londoner.
The winters down South are nowhere near as cold as in my youth like "The Big Freeze of 1963" with no Football for 8 weeks, mid-season.
Last year we had 5 of the hottest days since records began, it hit 104 F and we had no rain for 2 successive months. This year is following a similar pattern and it has already it 90 Fahrenheit and we are not yet into the heart of the Summer.
I'm also in the UK, but in the north and can tell you now this summer isn't anywhere near as bad (so far) as last summer. We had about a week of temperatures hitting about 27 degrees and now for the past 2 weeks have been averaging about 19 degrees - with wind and rain every single day 😂
Just get used to sleeping without a duvet or sheet and then the next day can't sleep without them.
@@04williamsl Hi. Interesting that you said, " this summer isn't anywhere near as bad "....so we do love our weather to be normal and not too hot,
@@Isleofskye Honestly if every day was like 26C or higher, and then on the night it dropped to 15 degrees I'd love it.
But sadly it doesn't. Give me cooler days and nights any day of the week. Makes. enjoying that hot summer holiday away even more!
@@04williamsl Hello M8. We have just, officially,had the hottest June,on record..
Actually I agree as I convert into Fahrenheit and 26C is 79/80 F. which is tolerable and I like your 15 C idea,as well,as this is 59/60F.
Sounds good to me.
I am English nobody wants to know me. I can assure you I am not the only one in my situation.We lead sad lonely lives. Even our relatives don't want to know us.This is the honest truth.Dear me I cant believe how people have been to her.They haven't been like that to me quite the opposite. They have been terrible. And to others.
I remember years ago everything was general waste and every week we’d have 4 big bags of rubbish. Now we recycle card and paper, plastics, glass and food stuff and we roughly have 1 bag of general waste a week. We have a small compost bin collection every week in my area which consists of tea bags, leftover food scraps, peelings, banana skins, egg shells, fat etc which is turned into compost. We also have a compost bin in the garden which we put tree and plant cuttings and dead flowers and also food scraps and this gradually breaks down but it takes a long time. You can buy a compost accelerator which breaks it down quicker. Our local site recycles approx 75 to 80% of its waste a month.
If you have a garden you can compost food eggshells , teabags etc and garden waste especially grass mowings . Generally it needs to be a certain size to generate heat and work properly . Councils now collect food waste but generally charge for garden waste so it makes sense to compost if you have enough . We have had more warm spells in the last few summers and sunshine seems to feel stronger than it used to . Even so , air conditioning would only really be needed for two or three weeks in a year . It's also using energy which is astronomically expensive at the moment and not helpful with climate issues .
Compost bins look like large barrels, 2 ' side by 4' high. There is no bottom to it. You fill it up with kitchen scraps, potato skins. Veg, egg shells, etc. Grass and garden cuttings. Over time worms and other insects will come up from below, and turn it into gardeners black gold, which can be mixed back into your garden.
I haven't been through all the comments, so apologies if this has already been answered. The yellow flowering plant, at the start of the video, is oil seed rape. This is often called Canola oil in the U.S., which is a brand name, with the CAN standing for Canada and the OLA bit, oil. We do a similar thing by calling vacuum cleaners, Hoover's.
I don't know where she buys her chicken but on average I get at least 3 days code and it's usually 5.
Fruit and veg is probably about 3 but some things like apples and bananas last much longer.
Two rules i know about composting. 1- No meat. 2- No grease. So no, no pasta.
I live in south Wales - Carmarthenshire. Different council districts approach refuse collection differently but here, most of our rubbish is recycled. We're supplied with different coloured bags and bins for glass, there's a schedule when it's collected. We're also supplied with compost bins for general food waste - cooked and uncooked, including meat. This is collected weekly and turned into compost which can be purchased and is reasonably priced.
The last packet of hayfever tablets cost me 17p in Tesco a few years ago. I bought about five packs, they still work fine. Paracetamol cost 50p for 16 tablet.
Drugs in general are much more expensive in the US, we are paying for development and marketing (unknown in most countries).
air con units don't fit our windows. Our windows open outwards but in horizontal way rather than the z axis way your's open. Kinda hard to fit an air con in window that opens outwards like a door does. same reason we dont have screens to stop bugs. We don't have any dangerous bugs so no need but also its not hot enough in general to bother. UK houses are built to keep heat in not keep it out
The composting pretty much is that easy. Any organic waste, egg shells, teabags, leftover food, some wood/mud & twigs help. You can even occasionally piss on it if you're stuck for a toilet (It helps!) Once its full up, it's really organic compost!
It isn't any warmer than it was 30 years ago, most of the time it's cold .
Conditions that poultry arkept in in EU and UK are far superior to thestandards in US-In US they counter this by washing everything in chlorine at the end to get rid of high levels of salmonella-it’s cheaper to do this than than keep on top of having a clean environment for the poultry-i.e let everything get dirty then sort it out at the end!!
(Birmingham is second biggest city in UK )