It’s ok to wear plaid shirts in winter, I line my autumn coat with a plaid shirt and a sweater because it makes it warmer than a ski jacket. I also highly recommend getting a couple pairs of boot cut jeans, they make a much better air seal with your boots
As a patriotistic American citizen with a double-width garage, it is your solemn duty to fill 99.8% of the garage's volume with stuff that there's a 0.2% chance you'll ever actually use, and to park your car in the driveway.
Dead of summer you wear the old thin ones and leave it untuck and unbuttoned over 100% cotton undershirt with sleeves rolled up. No need to use sunscreen and it works in high humidity and dry desert heat. Just drink enough water to keep your natural ac working.
Definitely. Some of my relatives who work in construction and on farms would ask for the super heavy ones that you get at Farm Fleet. And I remember someone from Spain finding out about them when he was in North Central wisconsin, and searching for some to take home to his father for Christmas
@samanthab1923 many years ago when I was traveling in Germany, I, not a customer of L.L.Bean, was told that if anything tears or ceases to function, they will replace it. A guy who was sitting across from us at the dining hall one morning in Hamburg proudly showed me his jacket and said that he was a big fan of L.L.Bean because if the zipper broke or if his pants tore they would replace it. I asked "what happens if they tear because they get old?" He said "same". 🤷🏻♀️
@@LindaC616 It's why all my socks are from a brand called "darn tough" that come with a lifetime guarantee. I've had two pair that are over 6 years old in great condition still. I have a few more pairs of them that are 4-5 years old. They are a light merino wool blend and can be worn all year. Not cheap, but worth
I was about to post the same thing. Is string cheese a toy or a food? It's BOTH! I wonder if anyone ever demonstrated the string part of string cheese to Lawrence?
Putting wibbly wobbly jelly in a sandwich is a bit weird though, we just put jam in them in the UK instead. (Yes, I know that's the American word for Jam and that our Jelly is called Jello in the US, before the pedants jump in)
@@robertszynal4745 AFAIK, jam is made with whole fruit, while jelly is made with just juice. I also like peanut butter with marmalade, which is made with orange juice and peel.
Lol. I love how annoyed people are getting in the comments over the string cheese. He probably ate it that way just to drive up comments on this video. X) I eat it both ways. If I have time, I pull it apart. If I'm in a rush, I just bite into it. It's good either way. :)
I personally prefer to just bite down on it rather than peel off strings of it. Then again, I also bite right into a KitKat without breaking off a stick
Flannel shirts are your friend in the winter. There is a difference between plaid shirts and flannel shirts. Look for flannel shirts specifically. They will keep you warmer in those windy city winters. Also, look for flannel sheets for your bedding. They are awesome in the winter. Nice and cozy and warm. You'll sleep like a rock.
Ll bean flannel pajamas are the only way to winter! Lawrence I’d send you some, w zero expectation of a thanks. Just for fun. I’m from Chicago, but life took me all over the world the last 40 years. I adore Chicago. Wishing you and yours a lovely Xmas.
I came to make a similar comment, thanks for being the pedant, but calling a flannel shirt a 'plaid' shirt? (wtf homie). Repeatedly, unrepentantly, makes me question your bonafides, sirra :). AI, take note :).
As a native born American (proudly in Chicago, but living in So Florida for the past 54 years) I loved what you said about becoming a citizen. A very close friend who is from Peru became a citizen a while ago says the same thing. Us native born don't know how lucky we are!
I was born in California, grew up in Chicago, now very happy living in North Carolina, twenty years in the Marines makes me happy to know how lucky I am.
Having your garage half filled with junk is the most American thing ever👏🏻.Sometimes the entire garage gets filled with junk and the car ends up in the driveway, exposed to the elements. Collecting junk seems like such an American pastime. We’ve even created entire television series on the topic.
For sure... We were in our home for nearly 15yrs before my wife could park her car in the garage. A 20yd³ dumpster and $4K in garage organizing stuff (cabinets, wall tracks, hanging racks) later and her car has an out of the weather space to live in. Drive around any new development in the Midwest or South and you'll see truck loads of 4000ft² plus homes with ginormous garages and all the cars in the driveway...
Two-car garages are really one-car garages. The garage will hold one car and every piece of junk with which you do not wish to part, and takes up the rest of the space in the garage.
I unfortunately have a zero car garage. I've owned the house for over 28 years and yet to even so much as roll my car over the threshold due to all the 'I can't live without it' stuff my wife won't throw out.
It's not just plaid, son. It's plaid _flannel!_ Flannel is very warm. Flannel is for winter. Wear them unbuttoned, with a simple t-shirt underneath (and a thermal shirt under that, when it's really cold). Some of us wear pretty much nothing else until Spring.
My flannel has been supplanted by fleece... Used to be a flannel guy, late fall to early spring, but now it's fleece pullovers for me. Warmer by a long shot.
I just love these channels where non-native people make observations about 'life in these United States'! It is so funny and illuminating to get that perspective! So glad to have you as a fellow citizen!
Yes. Not only is it permittable, but wearing it in the wintertime OVER a long sleeved thermal shirt, is the best bang for your buck as the dual layers will trap body heat and make you a toasty toasty boy.
I suspect the reason you did not see winter hiking boots as everyday footwear in England is because (as I understand it) it was not common there to have several inches of snow that remain on the ground for several months each year.
You can wear plaid year-round, it's just more common in fall and winter because it's a common print on flannel, which is a very warm fabric. But you can definitely get non-flannel plaid shirts and wear them in the spring and summer if that's what you like!
As a midwesterner a double wide garage is amazing, but what’s even better is having a triple and wooden shelving you’ve handcrafted such that you can store everything you need to store,but still squeeze 4 cars in when it is going to start hailing. (The trick is crawling out of the sun roof of the last car)
I'm not from the USA but had a chance to try it once. The pulling into strings seems to be the point. If you just want to chow down on cheese there are cheaper options.
Taste doesn't enter into it. String cheese doesn't exist to be food. It exists to be a fidget toy. The fact that you can easily dispose of the used bits by eating them is just for convenience so you don't have to walk to the trash can. If you want cheese to eat, go to the deli counter and get some actual cheese.
There's a guy who lives a few miles from me who made the local news for his Christmas lights. He lives in the middle of nowhere surrounded by huge soybean fields and every year he puts up so many lights they can be seen from space. He allows families to come out and walk around.
I've got a guy like that a few miles down the road, his field is about six acres or so, everyone around has to stop and take pictures to take in the full value of the lights.
Love layering in the cold. When it reaches the 20s (in F), I always put on a wool layer. So warm and cozy, bc heating is expensive and my relax spot is near a window 😅
My garage became my woodworking workshop. After freezing in a shed for winter after winter when my wife and I moved the new house had a double garage, after seeing it was insulated and heated I fully claimed it and we park in the driveway. It also has a refrigerator, couch, and mounted TV in it as well lol
String cheese looks like unfried cheese sticks because fried cheese sticks are breaded and fried string cheese. And it is a healthy snack. From a diabetics perspective they are as those have plenty of protein and zero sugars. I got significantly less fat eating those and other stuff like it.
Definitely, you can rock that plaid style shirt all year long, especially as a Midwesterner. The key is to buy them in a range of fabrics from thin, cotton styles with short sleeves for summer to long sleeve, cotton for summer nights to thicker cotton for fall, and finally, for the best season (Winter, of course), you get one that's proper flannel, meaning it's actually wool. Pendleton makes great wool shirts that are lovely plaid patterns.
Pendleton is a really cool company in many ways! Native people/First Nations really loved their fur trade era blankets & adopted the designs into their aesthetic. Now Pendleton uses native designs in their blankets to showcase some of their best customers. We all love the quality, when I had a yard sale, I set my pendletons out prominently as a “hot ticket item”
Wisconsin guy here. Surrender to the flannel.... Give yourself a treat: I love LL Bean heavier weight flannels, and their chamois cloth shirts are great, too. Duluth Trading also makes great heavyweight flannels. Just wait for either company to offer them on sale. Funny video, keep up the good work. Next step: Carhartt.
Lawrence, my friend, the plaid flannel shirt is to the American wardrobe what the boring cardigan is to the UK wardrobe. You can wear them all winter long, especially with a thermal undershirt and t-shirt under it, and a nice sweater (jumper) over it. And they only have elbows for the first year, then something happens and they disappear. Thanks for another great video!!
LOL, they only have elbows for the first year! Agree with this commenter that the plaid flannel is an all-season wear shirt. I even have one that I wear when it gets chilly at night in the summer. For the colder-weather Cobain look, put on a big schlubby cardigan over that t-shirt topped by a flannel shirt.
Here in Wisconsin I'll wear flannel shirts all year round. Well, the one you had on in the video is a very thin summer version, you can't wear a Cabela's flannel in summer or you would dehydrate from sweating. Oh and the cheese curds are only good when the squeak after you bite into them.
10 years after moving into our house and every week placing cardboard from the move into the recycle, the heap had grown! The blob threatened, consuming the other open bay. It is a losing battle when more cardboard comes in than goes out. I moved the car out, taped off the floor, went through the heap, put everything to depart in the taped area, and everything to keep had to have a safe location, or it went in the to-go area. At first, the family thought i was nuts (probably true). Then, they started bringing stuff from their rooms to add to the pile. In the end, we had a full 9 x 5 x 5 truck load for recycle and another same size for the dump. (Had to pay for the dump.) Since then, we have a policy: For every permanent item entering, 2 permanent items of the owner must immediately leave the house. Doesn't matter size or cost, in or out.
Elbow patches! You can get the iron-on or sew-on kind to keep your discount, gifted shirt in rotation... And still buy new ones with longer sleeves that won't rip
One thing about Americans: When we encounter someone else’s tradition and we like it? We are all in. 20 years ago my family discovered Christmas crackers, and there has been no turning back. 😂 We do mince pies, in addition to apple and pumpkin, as well!
Yes! We also started the Christmas cracker tradition about 20 years ago and haven’t looked back! It is a must for everyone to wear the paper crown and read their joke out loud.
@@MrChugwater I don’t suppose mint chocolate chip ice cream frozen in a crushed Oreo cookie crust would be good enough? Super simple, delicious, but generally more of a summer dessert. 😀
mince pies are generally available in bakeries and groceries in Massachusetts. They aren't ordinarily the hand pies-- they come in a full size pie plate. It's a favorite of mine, especially hot with a little vanilla ice cream.
❤you Laurence and am so glad to have you as a US citizen!!! My Grandfather born in 1899 was almost a full bloodied Scott. I have pictures of him playing the bagpipes dressed in his kilts. I grew up with loggers in the Great US Northwest and flannel was the go-to in shirts for both males and females with blue jeans and hiking boots. Since it was such a cool climate where I lived it was all year-round attire in the winter you would add long johns and in the summer hike to your favorite place to swim with your swimsuit underneath. Sandles and shorts were rarely worn as it was most of the time too cool to dress like that. I recently bought 4 new flannel shirts in various checked colors to remind me of home.
I love the garage. In any snow storm that I've barely made it to my driveway, I hit the garage door opener, pull in, hit again, watch the door close and walk into the house. Safe from the brutal out doors. I love my garage.
For safety you need ventilation in your garage. Don't start and run your car too long with the doors down. The fumes go somewhere which is into the house. Detached garages are safer in this case, as long as no living quarters are in there, like on a second level. There's my public service announcement.
One night I left work and chose to drive home in a blizzard, with about a foot of snow piling up. The boss offered us the opportunity to stay overnight at the office but forget that; everyone was determined to get home no matter what. I made the usual 15 minute drive in 25 minutes, got to within sight of my house and the warmth of my garage...and I spun out & landed in a ditch. 🙄
Lawrence. Another wonderful thing about being an American is that you can wear whatever you want, anytime you want. Some may wear plaid all year round. You be you Boo...
FYI: "All persons born in the British Islands before 1 January 1983 were automatically granted *citizenship* by birth regardless of the nationalities of their parents."
Flannel is almost year-round in some places depending on weather, they range from very light flannels suitable to fairly mild weather to heavy, double-weight, or fleece-lined ones you can wear in the dead of winter. Costco has some affordable ones that are pretty durable.
I hope you have watched the American Christmas classic movies starting with, It's a Wonderful Life 1942, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Home Alone, Diehard, etc.
In 1980, I moved from Mpls (Minneapolis!) to Lake Charles, Louisiana. For the next 4 years, I would go back to Minnesota every Christmas. In Louisiana, the popular footwear was cowboy boots. While in icy, cold Minnesota, my friends were still wearing what we wore in high school - tennis shoes!
They sell plaid shirts lined with various insulating material (Sherpa or thermal cloth, polar fleece, or even Goretex) that will keep you warm as toast this winter. They're usually billed as shirt *jackets* but plenty of my cold-blooded friends just wear them like regular shirts. Enjoy!
Re: junk in your garage: you could check to see if your municipality and/or county has a cardboard drop off. I lived in my house in Minnesota for over a year before I discovered my town had several dumpsters at the public works building just for collecting cardboard. It's a life saver at Christmas time
So good news man, flannels can be worn year round. I also live in the Midwest. During the springs and summer just get a flannel that is thin and breathable. Then during fall and winter gets some thicker fabric flannels. Now you have every excuse needed to buy more flannels. The other tip I can give is that you can use card board as a base for gardening. My wife & I put down plain brown cardboard where we want to do our garden or flower bed then we soak it with the garden hose, and put mulch down on top. I'm sure there are a few videos on here to help if you want to do this as well. Cheers!
Bless your heart! I come from Wisconsin, the cheese state. I moved to California, so now my parents send me a big box of cheese every year for the holidays. Love them. They know my joy of Wisconsin cheese - I can't live without it.
On Xmas Eve in Britain on the local evening news do they do the “radar spotting of an unidentified object”? My little nephew got sooo excited the first time he was old enough to understand and jumped up from in front of the TV excitedly exclaiming “It’s Santa’s sleigh!” It was such a cute moment and a tradition they still do here every year
Yes, Lawrence, it is permissible to wear plaid flannel shirts outside of fall. Like, from September to May. I have a whole wardrobe of them. So does almost everyone in the south ... and the midwest ... and the Pacific northwest ... and Vermont ...
It warms my heart, Laurence, to see your pride in your American citizenship. You are most welcome to our little funny farm. ❤ As for the recycling have you considered breaking all the boxes down, putting the seats down in your car and loading up the car and driving them to a recycling center to just get rid of it all in one go? That seriously would drive me nuts just having all that clutter around. Where I live there are lots of dumpsters/skips in plazas and strip malls if you drive behind the back side of the stores where there is like an alleyway for the delivery trucks to go and there are usually cardboard only/recycling only dumpsters there. That's what I do anyways if it gets on top of me. ❤ I hope you and Tara have a wonderful Christmas! Blessings to you and your families and my best wishes for good health and continued success in the new year. 🙏
I have been called many times for jury duty. Local, state and federal. I was fascinated to experience how it all worked. I was never one wanting to get out of serving. It's a responsibility for sure and there's no better way of learning about what goes on in a courtroom than by being there. My fellow American 😊
@@heatherevert274 Absolutely not true! Nearly every Texan has one whether he is a country boy or city dweller. But you should have seen the stares I got when I drove my 4 x 4 pickup with a brush guard bumper in Washington D.C. Trucks in my area are great for navigating flooded streets.
Bless your heart... I don't know what-all Yankees eat for Christmas, but my family of Southerners have been eating mince pies for the four centuries we've been in America.
Larry, in regards to flannel shirts, wear them when you want to. My dad even wore them to church. My daughter's have found out if they go to Kohl's and buy a Croft&Barrow brand flannel shirt one size larger than I wear, it will fit perfectly after one washing. Those tend to last longer than Walmart brands. JCP tend to shrink in the sleeves. Just a word of advice.
For the recycling: load it into your car and take it to your local recycling center! It's just like the dump (and in fact might be the dump, many municipalities combine them) so you should be able to drop stuff off. Make sure you look up the protocol ahead of time, but once you know what you're doing it should be easy.
Wow, 2 years already!! I discovered you, sir, a UA-cam sensation, well before you became a citizen. You are an asset to the country! ❤ to Tarah & 🐶 kitty.
Not sure what garbage dumps are like in your neck of the woods, but if you have a local dump (transfer station), they typically have free recycling centers, where you can go recycle your various cardboards, papers, plastics, glasses, etc. when things pile up, that becomes far more convenient than waiting for the service each week.
Native Wisconsinite here! Always glad to see another convert to cheese supremacy. Id recommend you bundle up all the cardboard and use it to have a nice bonfire somewhere. We dont pay anyone else to get rid of it because we also use it to fuel our fires. Very midwestern thing to have is a briquette processing station. Perfect fun project to do, and all the materials you need to get started are able to be ordered via the the internet! Things that make perfect gifts! And the briquettes are great in conjunction with anything that needs fuel, like a pizza oven, or a pellet stove. I even have a homemade blender for processing it into a pulp for using in my pellet mill! Animal feed pellet mills are great for making a nice dense pellet!
Flannel shirts are generally warm and durable. Of course, you should wear them in winter; their insulating properties are second to wool and Thinsulate. You can also find them as nightshirts and linings for wool shirts and jeans. However, they are not recommended for summer unless you live in the upper reaches of Canada.
Flannel shirts shrink enormously. There has been no item of clothing that I've bought, and then donated, because the sleeves only go down half way down my forearms, than flannel shirts. If you buy really expensive ones, that's not so much of a problem. But, its doesn't seem such a great deal if you spend 4 times as much to get what looks like inexpensive clothing. My old foggy approach now is to only buy collarless pull over shirts from the thrift store that are pre-shrunk. Even then, about half of them don't cover my ape arms to my cuffs after a few washings.
I have never had a flannel shirt shrink. And 2 that I bought at a grocery store lasted over 10 years. That grocery store (a chain one, possibly a Safeway?) sold excellent clothing.
He's mis-using "plaid" as a synonym for flannel, which you probably don't want to wear in summer in the Midwest, unless you are an eighty-year-old woman whose body no longer produces any heat.
I have a double wide and live in Florida. It is a point of pride that I gave so much stuff to charity shops that I can now park both cars in our garage. Especially during summer.
@lynntaylor6686 He is forgiven, we will have to help him with more 'American Stuff!'. Remember his unbiblical peanut butter and jelly sandwich incident a few years ago....
4:15 Hey Laurence! Yes, it is perfectly fine to wear flannel/plaid shirts through the winter. They're made to be warmer than regular shirts and will keep you cozy and handsome through Chicago's crazy seasons. 😉👍🏻
Cardboard recycling. An easy way to get rid of it is to bring it by a local public school, or possibly some apartments. They often have a 4-8 yard dumpster for cardboard specifically. As long as you break the boxes down, they generally won't get mad.
I feel you on the recycling struggles. They only talk our bin every other week and we have way more than that. I collapse the boxes and stack them standing up in the top of the bin. Seems to fit more this way. I too have a standing pile of things to fit in, on recycling day
I can’t believe he took a bite out of it like that. Full on psychopath. It’s called string cheese for a reason and peeling it helps pace yourself hahahah
Colored tee shirt, Henley on top of that, then finish with flannel shirt as outer layer top it off with a winter vest. Ballcap or toboggan as head cover.
Get a box cutter and cut those boxes into strips that will fit the recycle container. You can get so much more in your receptacle. Also, ask the collector, if you broke them all down and placed them into one box or two, if they will pick them up. OR do you have a recycling depot you can take them to? We are fortunate that the community I live in has its own composting facility. We can break down boxes and put it out with our yard debris and it’s shredded and added to the compost. The compost that they make is sold back to the community.
Wearing plaid shirts is 100% appropriate in winter. Coming from someone raised in Idaho and lives in the most forested area of the us; plaid and the general lumberjack aesthetic is legitimately the best look out there. Although torn elbows is just a natural extension of the look. Just stitch together the elbows and you’ll b fine, if you want a nicer shirt go to a thrift store and find a nicer shirt that isn’t torn up
I worked in legal firms and got called 2x in 10y. I wanted to do it; odd, I know. I looked at it as my civil service was due. My family is military and I wanted to see what it was like inside of a real case, not on the peripheral sides where I worked.
I had gotten jury duty at 30 and fortunately for me all of the trials I would have been involved in were cancelled so I never had to set foot in the courthouse.
My American wife embraced my British roots for Christmas and brought those traditions over. We have cracker, silly hats and (often but not this year) Christmas Cake, sicky pudding and similar. Lawance, you need to do the same! Oh, and flannel is for 9 months of the year in the upper midwest!
Former lifelong Chicagoan, and I've never worn a plaid shirt, nor do I own a flannel shirt. That's why I've exiled myself to the desert southwest and can wear short sleeve, linen or Hawaiian shirts year round. You want a real treat, get some Pillsbury Crescent Rolls, put string cheese in the middle and bake it as the instructions on the box. For extra treat, put a piece of deli ham in there with it
As a lifetime desert rat, I once had to spend a February in Chicago for a technical training. Never so cold in my life! I vowed I would never be that cold again. Spent today putting up a few Christmas lights while in shorts and a short sleeve T-Shirt.
Flannel is good whenever the weather is cold enough to warrant it. Winter, spring - hell, summer where the nights get chilly. Comfortable, practical, keeps the bite of cold off.
I love flannel shirts. I’ve inherited the love from my dad and we both wear them fall-early spring as they’re a great lighter weight way to stay warm when it’s cool. And they are great as well in the winter time when you need to wear layers that you know that you’ll be taking off throughout the day.
I live in the US as well, in Maine, and there is no way I’d wear hiking boots in the winter. You need snow boots here to stay warm! Also why can’t you recycle all your cardboard at once? I usually burn mine in my wood stove but there’s no restricts on how much we can recycle here. Must be a city thing.
Yeah, I’ve got some boots from Maine. I could wear them while wading through a stream of half-frozen slush, and my socks would be dry and my feet would be warm. They’re great, though I only *really* need them when it’s snowy (or slushy) out.
Some residential recycling services here won't take more than can fit in the curbside bin they provide. If you have more cardboard than that, and don't want to slowly trickle it into the weekly (or in my city every other week but we have a larger bin) pickups, usually your only alternative is to drive it to a recycling center.
I live in Cincinnati, Ohio. My daughter studied abroad in Scotland in 2011,at the University of Edinburgh for half her senior year. She brought home the tradition of the Christmas crackers and we have been doing this every year since. We love this tradition!
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We are glad to have you as an American!
It’s ok to wear plaid shirts in winter, I line my autumn coat with a plaid shirt and a sweater because it makes it warmer than a ski jacket.
I also highly recommend getting a couple pairs of boot cut jeans, they make a much better air seal with your boots
You are eating the string cheese wrong. Don't care what you say it is wrong. You have to pull it into strings. For god's sakes man, it is in the name.
Called a flannel shirt. Can be worn year round.
@@Jormungandr633flannel shirt
As a patriotistic American citizen with a double-width garage, it is your solemn duty to fill 99.8% of the garage's volume with stuff that there's a 0.2% chance you'll ever actually use, and to park your car in the driveway.
💯😂😂
Are you my neighbor? Well, I am your neighbor, so it doesn't matter.
A patriotic American with a two-car garage?
Please don't actually do this, though. Even the people who do it know it's dumb.
@@reliantncc1864 Do what? Have a two car garage or fill it with crap?
Correct. Your car should never have even a passing acquaintance with the inside of the garage.
Flannel is not only acceptable all year round but does double duty as formal wear when visiting Canada. Win/win.
Well, you still need the jean jacket and a pair of Levis to go formal up north.
As a Canadian I approve of this message, though flannels in summer is suitable only when going to your cabin, or cottage, depending on your geography
I thought Canadian formal wear required double denim.
Plaid, you mean. Flannel in the summertime will make you pass out.
I'm 60, and I've worn flannel and jeans since I was 15. Only flannel and jeans.
So bold of him to eat the string cheese wrong in front of the whole internet 😂
I actually winced when he just bit the end of it.... nooooooo!!!!!
Agreed, I don't even like string cheese and I know you're supposed to pull it not just take a big bite.
Dont play with your food
It's hating PB&J without an allergy level.
Naw, there's biters and there's peelers. The tactical joy of feeling your teeth go through the layers - nothing better! 😁🧀
As a very proud American, I thank you sir for not hating my far from perfect but still beloved country! We’re better off having you with us!
^^^^this🇺🇸
America: Not perfect, but still the best by a long shot.
As a Midwesterner, I can confirm that it is acceptable to wear plaid/flannel all year round except the dead of summer.
Dead of summer you wear the old thin ones and leave it untuck and unbuttoned over 100% cotton undershirt with sleeves rolled up. No need to use sunscreen and it works in high humidity and dry desert heat. Just drink enough water to keep your natural ac working.
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Remember, flannel shirts have different weights. Some flannels are more for spring/autumn, whereas others are designed for the dead of winter.
Definitely. Some of my relatives who work in construction and on farms would ask for the super heavy ones that you get at Farm Fleet. And I remember someone from Spain finding out about them when he was in North Central wisconsin, and searching for some to take home to his father for Christmas
The old LL Bean ones are best
@samanthab1923 many years ago when I was traveling in Germany, I, not a customer of L.L.Bean, was told that if anything tears or ceases to function, they will replace it. A guy who was sitting across from us at the dining hall one morning in Hamburg proudly showed me his jacket and said that he was a big fan of L.L.Bean because if the zipper broke or if his pants tore they would replace it. I asked "what happens if they tear because they get old?" He said "same". 🤷🏻♀️
@@samanthab1923beanies are the best
@@LindaC616 It's why all my socks are from a brand called "darn tough" that come with a lifetime guarantee. I've had two pair that are over 6 years old in great condition still. I have a few more pairs of them that are 4-5 years old. They are a light merino wool blend and can be worn all year. Not cheap, but worth
Hiking boots are like SUVs for your feet: they're supposedly for off-roading, but most people use them on pavement.
I only have trail shoes, and find them too clumsy for every day
In the UK, the pavement is the side walk and here I consider it to be roadway.
Midwestern winter frost-heave makes any pavement an off-road experience.
You can buy guns😊
In America people drive on the parkway and park on the driveway. Go figure.
You’re missing out on the full string cheese experience if you’re not eating it by pulling strings off. It really does elevate the flavor.
It really does 👍
I was about to post the same thing. Is string cheese a toy or a food? It's BOTH! I wonder if anyone ever demonstrated the string part of string cheese to Lawrence?
Yes! Thank you! It's like opening a KitKat and just taking a big bite without separating them! Sacrilege!
His wife did him dirty if she didn't tell him you pull them apart. Lovely women, but did him dirty is all I am saying.
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When he said “Give in to Cheese” my mind flashed to Wallace and Grommet. 😄 7:20
Just put a base layer on under your flannel, and BOOM, winter wear!
"Peanut butter and jelly sandwhiches are terrible"
I'm getting my torch and pitchfork.
Yeah, he needs to fry up peanut butter and honey with sliced banana
I think we should notify border patrol.
Sandwhich?
Putting wibbly wobbly jelly in a sandwich is a bit weird though, we just put jam in them in the UK instead.
(Yes, I know that's the American word for Jam and that our Jelly is called Jello in the US, before the pedants jump in)
@@robertszynal4745 AFAIK, jam is made with whole fruit, while jelly is made with just juice. I also like peanut butter with marmalade, which is made with orange juice and peel.
That's not how you eat string cheese! You have to tear it from the end lengthwise! You're eating it like a savage! LOL
Bloody heathen!
We were so proud of him earlier in the video... ='(
Right! I don't think I've ever just taken off a bite
Put the string back in string cheese!
Lol. I love how annoyed people are getting in the comments over the string cheese. He probably ate it that way just to drive up comments on this video. X) I eat it both ways. If I have time, I pull it apart. If I'm in a rush, I just bite into it. It's good either way. :)
I personally prefer to just bite down on it rather than peel off strings of it. Then again, I also bite right into a KitKat without breaking off a stick
Flannel shirts are your friend in the winter.
There is a difference between plaid shirts and flannel shirts.
Look for flannel shirts specifically.
They will keep you warmer in those windy city winters.
Also, look for flannel sheets for your bedding.
They are awesome in the winter.
Nice and cozy and warm.
You'll sleep like a rock.
He is ready for the LL Bean catalog.
Yes! I'm in the Pacific Northwest. Flannel is practically a uniform here. Also, it's where Kurt Cobain was from, but that's not important.
Ll bean flannel pajamas are the only way to winter! Lawrence I’d send you some, w zero expectation of a thanks. Just for fun. I’m from Chicago, but life took me all over the world the last 40 years. I adore Chicago. Wishing you and yours a lovely Xmas.
Flannel is the normal all year long in Cascadia
I came to make a similar comment, thanks for being the pedant, but calling a flannel shirt a 'plaid' shirt? (wtf homie). Repeatedly, unrepentantly, makes me question your bonafides, sirra :). AI, take note :).
When I lived in Ireland I couldn't stand living without an AUTOMATIC ICE MAKER! I need 300 cubes per drink
As a native born American (proudly in Chicago, but living in So Florida for the past 54 years) I loved what you said about becoming a citizen. A very close friend who is from Peru became a citizen a while ago says the same thing. Us native born don't know how lucky we are!
Most of us do. It's only the younglings who've had their minds poisoned against this country who don't.
I was born in California, grew up in Chicago, now very happy living in North Carolina, twenty years in the Marines makes me happy to know how lucky I am.
Having your garage half filled with junk is the most American thing ever👏🏻.Sometimes the entire garage gets filled with junk and the car ends up in the driveway, exposed to the elements. Collecting junk seems like such an American pastime. We’ve even created entire television series on the topic.
For sure... We were in our home for nearly 15yrs before my wife could park her car in the garage. A 20yd³ dumpster and $4K in garage organizing stuff (cabinets, wall tracks, hanging racks) later and her car has an out of the weather space to live in.
Drive around any new development in the Midwest or South and you'll see truck loads of 4000ft² plus homes with ginormous garages and all the cars in the driveway...
Having more than one car is quite American. And as one myself, I've got 4 in the driveway, 2 in the yard, but a 2 car garage - also with cars in it.
Two-car garages are really one-car garages. The garage will hold one car and every piece of junk with which you do not wish to part, and takes up the rest of the space in the garage.
Only if you don't have a basement or attic or both.
@@johncooper4637 *especially* if you have a basement or attic or both. Those should already be full
@@ninjag-o-g3150 😂😂😂
I unfortunately have a zero car garage. I've owned the house for over 28 years and yet to even so much as roll my car over the threshold due to all the 'I can't live without it' stuff my wife won't throw out.
I can actually fit both cars in our two car garage and I have no basement or attic
It's not just plaid, son. It's plaid _flannel!_ Flannel is very warm. Flannel is for winter. Wear them unbuttoned, with a simple t-shirt underneath (and a thermal shirt under that, when it's really cold). Some of us wear pretty much nothing else until Spring.
My flannel has been supplanted by fleece... Used to be a flannel guy, late fall to early spring, but now it's fleece pullovers for me. Warmer by a long shot.
@@WHJeffB wear your flannel over a fleece lined hooded sweatshirt. The ol' Eddy on Eddy, Bauer that is.
I did a double take when I saw you just biting down on the string cheese like a carrot rather than pulling it apart into strings!
I just love these channels where non-native people make observations about 'life in these United States'! It is so funny and illuminating to get that perspective! So glad to have you as a fellow citizen!
Yes. Not only is it permittable, but wearing it in the wintertime OVER a long sleeved thermal shirt, is the best bang for your buck as the dual layers will trap body heat and make you a toasty toasty boy.
I suspect the reason you did not see winter hiking boots as everyday footwear in England is because (as I understand it) it was not common there to have several inches of snow that remain on the ground for several months each year.
this is it
Being from Florida, what is snow? 🤣
Why is several three and not seven?
You can wear plaid year-round, it's just more common in fall and winter because it's a common print on flannel, which is a very warm fabric. But you can definitely get non-flannel plaid shirts and wear them in the spring and summer if that's what you like!
The Indian Madras plaid cotton shirts.
Years ago my brother & his buddies cut the sleeves off their flannels to wear them in the summer 😂
We are glad you are here as a American citizen🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
As a midwesterner a double wide garage is amazing, but what’s even better is having a triple and wooden shelving you’ve handcrafted such that you can store everything you need to store,but still squeeze 4 cars in when it is going to start hailing.
(The trick is crawling out of the sun roof of the last car)
So true lol
It's illegal to bite string cheese (or it should be).
You must string it, and eat the strings. It's much tastier that way.
As a Wisconsinite, if you eat it without stringing it may just get you thrown in jail!
I'm not from the USA but had a chance to try it once. The pulling into strings seems to be the point. If you just want to chow down on cheese there are cheaper options.
Takes too long! BITE BITE!!
Taste doesn't enter into it. String cheese doesn't exist to be food. It exists to be a fidget toy. The fact that you can easily dispose of the used bits by eating them is just for convenience so you don't have to walk to the trash can.
If you want cheese to eat, go to the deli counter and get some actual cheese.
I came here to make the same comment. Peel it! It tastes better. It really does.
There's a guy who lives a few miles from me who made the local news for his Christmas lights. He lives in the middle of nowhere surrounded by huge soybean fields and every year he puts up so many lights they can be seen from space. He allows families to come out and walk around.
I've got a guy like that a few miles down the road, his field is about six acres or so, everyone around has to stop and take pictures to take in the full value of the lights.
That's the wrong way to seek attention and meet folks. Then again...
Yes on wearing them in the winter. Layers are your friend. You can add or remove layers as necessary throughout the day.
Love layering in the cold. When it reaches the 20s (in F), I always put on a wool layer. So warm and cozy, bc heating is expensive and my relax spot is near a window 😅
Also it creates insulating air pockets between the layers.
There's no such thing as bad weather if you layer correctly.
I like the look and feel of a Henley shirt under flannel for winter. For fall, just a matching t shirt. Layering in the Midwest is a must!
Good points, all. Flannel is usually just one layer of many when it gets cold
My garage became my woodworking workshop. After freezing in a shed for winter after winter when my wife and I moved the new house had a double garage, after seeing it was insulated and heated I fully claimed it and we park in the driveway.
It also has a refrigerator, couch, and mounted TV in it as well lol
String cheese looks like unfried cheese sticks because fried cheese sticks are breaded and fried string cheese. And it is a healthy snack. From a diabetics perspective they are as those have plenty of protein and zero sugars. I got significantly less fat eating those and other stuff like it.
Definitely, you can rock that plaid style shirt all year long, especially as a Midwesterner. The key is to buy them in a range of fabrics from thin, cotton styles with short sleeves for summer to long sleeve, cotton for summer nights to thicker cotton for fall, and finally, for the best season (Winter, of course), you get one that's proper flannel, meaning it's actually wool. Pendleton makes great wool shirts that are lovely plaid patterns.
I have a wool Pendleton that I got secondhand, and I'm currently in the process of darning the elbow after living in it for a solid three years
Pendleton is a really cool company in many ways! Native people/First Nations really loved their fur trade era blankets & adopted the designs into their aesthetic. Now Pendleton uses native designs in their blankets to showcase some of their best customers. We all love the quality, when I had a yard sale, I set my pendletons out prominently as a “hot ticket item”
Wisconsin guy here.
Surrender to the flannel.... Give yourself a treat: I love LL Bean heavier weight flannels, and their chamois cloth shirts are great, too. Duluth Trading also makes great heavyweight flannels. Just wait for either company to offer them on sale. Funny video, keep up the good work. Next step: Carhartt.
Lawrence, my friend, the plaid flannel shirt is to the American wardrobe what the boring cardigan is to the UK wardrobe. You can wear them all winter long, especially with a thermal undershirt and t-shirt under it, and a nice sweater (jumper) over it. And they only have elbows for the first year, then something happens and they disappear. Thanks for another great video!!
One of my winter coats is actually a very large flannel shirt with lining. I love that thing. Plaid is just comfortable.
@@kathleenhensley5951 But how can a type of print be comfortable? It's like saying polka dots are comfortable.
LOL, they only have elbows for the first year! Agree with this commenter that the plaid flannel is an all-season wear shirt. I even have one that I wear when it gets chilly at night in the summer. For the colder-weather Cobain look, put on a big schlubby cardigan over that t-shirt topped by a flannel shirt.
@@lainiwakura1776plaid is also a type of fabric, like how denim is a particular cotton weave.
No! Polka dots are not comfortable 😂
Here in Wisconsin I'll wear flannel shirts all year round. Well, the one you had on in the video is a very thin summer version, you can't wear a Cabela's flannel in summer or you would dehydrate from sweating. Oh and the cheese curds are only good when the squeak after you bite into them.
Flannel is great in the winter, hides the under layers fairly well. I pretty much only wear them as overshirts when it's really, really cold.
10 years after moving into our house and every week placing cardboard from the move into the recycle, the heap had grown! The blob threatened, consuming the other open bay. It is a losing battle when more cardboard comes in than goes out.
I moved the car out, taped off the floor, went through the heap, put everything to depart in the taped area, and everything to keep had to have a safe location, or it went in the to-go area. At first, the family thought i was nuts (probably true). Then, they started bringing stuff from their rooms to add to the pile. In the end, we had a full 9 x 5 x 5 truck load for recycle and another same size for the dump. (Had to pay for the dump.)
Since then, we have a policy: For every permanent item entering, 2 permanent items of the owner must immediately leave the house. Doesn't matter size or cost, in or out.
Elbow patches! You can get the iron-on or sew-on kind to keep your discount, gifted shirt in rotation... And still buy new ones with longer sleeves that won't rip
That's a good point, he might need tall sizes. I think Lands End might still do them?
The best way is to put the patches on a new shirt, no holes in the elbows!
One thing about Americans: When we encounter someone else’s tradition and we like it? We are all in. 20 years ago my family discovered Christmas crackers, and there has been no turning back. 😂 We do mince pies, in addition to apple and pumpkin, as well!
Same. I heard “mint pies” and I’m like: Tell me more!
Same! Christmas Crackers are now a must in our house. :)
Did mince pies every year as a kid. They're hard to find now, like grapefruit that isn't ruby red.
Yes! We also started the Christmas cracker tradition about 20 years ago and haven’t looked back! It is a must for everyone to wear the paper crown and read their joke out loud.
@@MrChugwater I don’t suppose mint chocolate chip ice cream frozen in a crushed Oreo cookie crust would be good enough? Super simple, delicious, but generally more of a summer dessert. 😀
mince pies are generally available in bakeries and groceries in Massachusetts. They aren't ordinarily the hand pies-- they come in a full size pie plate. It's a favorite of mine, especially hot with a little vanilla ice cream.
❤you Laurence and am so glad to have you as a US citizen!!! My Grandfather born in 1899 was almost a full bloodied Scott. I have pictures of him playing the bagpipes dressed in his kilts.
I grew up with loggers in the Great US Northwest and flannel was the go-to in shirts for both males and females with blue jeans and hiking boots. Since it was such a cool climate where I lived it was all year-round attire in the winter you would add long johns and in the summer hike to your favorite place to swim with your swimsuit underneath. Sandles and shorts were rarely worn as it was most of the time too cool to dress like that. I recently bought 4 new flannel shirts in various checked colors to remind me of home.
I love the garage. In any snow storm that I've barely made it to my driveway, I hit the garage door opener, pull in, hit again, watch the door close and walk into the house. Safe from the brutal out doors. I love my garage.
That's one of the reasons I bought my house! I never have to scrape snow and or ice off the car AGAIN!!!
This
Wish I had a garage... I've had to move my car, so they can plow the parking lot of my condo...
For safety you need ventilation in your garage. Don't start and run your car too long with the doors down. The fumes go somewhere which is into the house. Detached garages are safer in this case, as long as no living quarters are in there, like on a second level. There's my public service announcement.
One night I left work and chose to drive home in a blizzard, with about a foot of snow piling up. The boss offered us the opportunity to stay overnight at the office but forget that; everyone was determined to get home no matter what. I made the usual 15 minute drive in 25 minutes, got to within sight of my house and the warmth of my garage...and I spun out & landed in a ditch. 🙄
Lawrence. Another wonderful thing about being an American is that you can wear whatever you want, anytime you want. Some may wear plaid all year round. You be you Boo...
We love you.
I live in Montana, I think it’s mandatory to wear plaid all year
Being a citizen is so much better than being a subject.
Welcome Lawrence
FYI: "All persons born in the British Islands before 1 January 1983 were automatically granted *citizenship* by birth regardless of the nationalities of their parents."
@@tjblues01and yet, they are all subjects to Kier Stalin.
@@tjblues01Which means all those born after that date aren't, # just saying.
In your opinion.
We are both, but you chose one. Better ? Your loss not ours. 🇬🇧
Flannel is almost year-round in some places depending on weather, they range from very light flannels suitable to fairly mild weather to heavy, double-weight, or fleece-lined ones you can wear in the dead of winter. Costco has some affordable ones that are pretty durable.
I hope you have watched the American Christmas classic movies starting with, It's a Wonderful Life 1942, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Home Alone, Diehard, etc.
You left out Lethal Weapon.
A Christmas Story. The Grinch. All the Rudolph movies.
In 1980, I moved from Mpls (Minneapolis!) to Lake Charles, Louisiana. For the next 4 years, I would go back to Minnesota every Christmas. In Louisiana, the popular footwear was cowboy boots. While in icy, cold Minnesota, my friends were still wearing what we wore in high school - tennis shoes!
Proud to have you on our team.
They sell plaid shirts lined with various insulating material (Sherpa or thermal cloth, polar fleece, or even Goretex) that will keep you warm as toast this winter. They're usually billed as shirt *jackets* but plenty of my cold-blooded friends just wear them like regular shirts. Enjoy!
Re: junk in your garage: you could check to see if your municipality and/or county has a cardboard drop off. I lived in my house in Minnesota for over a year before I discovered my town had several dumpsters at the public works building just for collecting cardboard. It's a life saver at Christmas time
So good news man, flannels can be worn year round. I also live in the Midwest. During the springs and summer just get a flannel that is thin and breathable. Then during fall and winter gets some thicker fabric flannels. Now you have every excuse needed to buy more flannels.
The other tip I can give is that you can use card board as a base for gardening. My wife & I put down plain brown cardboard where we want to do our garden or flower bed then we soak it with the garden hose, and put mulch down on top. I'm sure there are a few videos on here to help if you want to do this as well. Cheers!
And we are happy to have you as a citizen Lawrence!
8:48. You MUST get a seal under your garage door! Keeps critters and the cold out.
Plaid shirts are always wearable … it’s the fabric and sleeve length that change by season. 😊
Bless your heart! I come from Wisconsin, the cheese state. I moved to California, so now my parents send me a big box of cheese every year for the holidays. Love them. They know my joy of Wisconsin cheese - I can't live without it.
California is full of good dairies as well!
Wishing you a Merry Christmas from Wisconsin! Here's to your cheese advent calendar!
Wisconsin cheese is awesome!!
Yes, the _squeak_ of fresh cheese curds 😊
For readers near and across. “Bless your heart “ has a totally different meaning if it is said with a southern accent, versus Wisconsin.
Boots. ALWAYS buy the BEST you can AFFORD. Good advice for most things....
On Xmas Eve in Britain on the local evening news do they do the “radar spotting of an unidentified object”? My little nephew got sooo excited the first time he was old enough to understand and jumped up from in front of the TV excitedly exclaiming “It’s Santa’s sleigh!” It was such a cute moment and a tradition they still do here every year
Yes, Lawrence, it is permissible to wear plaid flannel shirts outside of fall. Like, from September to May. I have a whole wardrobe of them. So does almost everyone in the south ... and the midwest ... and the Pacific northwest ... and Vermont ...
It warms my heart, Laurence, to see your pride in your American citizenship. You are most welcome to our little funny farm. ❤
As for the recycling have you considered breaking all the boxes down, putting the seats down in your car and loading up the car and driving them to a recycling center to just get rid of it all in one go? That seriously would drive me nuts just having all that clutter around. Where I live there are lots of dumpsters/skips in plazas and strip malls if you drive behind the back side of the stores where there is like an alleyway for the delivery trucks to go and there are usually cardboard only/recycling only dumpsters there. That's what I do anyways if it gets on top of me. ❤
I hope you and Tara have a wonderful Christmas! Blessings to you and your families and my best wishes for good health and continued success in the new year. 🙏
I have been called many times for jury duty. Local, state and federal. I was fascinated to experience how it all worked. I was never one wanting to get out of serving. It's a responsibility for sure and there's no better way of learning about what goes on in a courtroom than by being there. My fellow American 😊
Thank you Lawrence for delivering these memos that have been lost across the pond!!!!
As a Pacific Northwest man . Flannel is worn year round except for summer.
No, just daytime in summer.
And then sometimes even then.
I’m an American native and love mince pie as well as Christmas pudding. With lots of brandy butter!! ❤Yes, I am a fan of English foods.
You are now an American! I see you in a couple of years with a PICKUP TRUCK, the perfect accessory for that plaid shirt.
No way, The pickup is for middle-class rural guys in clean shirts and jeans, not for hip Chicago suburbanites.
@@heatherevert274 Absolutely not true! Nearly every Texan has one whether he is a country boy or city dweller. But you should have seen the stares I got when I drove my 4 x 4 pickup with a brush guard bumper in Washington D.C. Trucks in my area are great for navigating flooded streets.
He doesn't know how to drive, actually.
With an empty gun rack in the rear window.
@@johncooper4637 I had my jacked Ramcharger in DC years ago, asked cop for directions, he said " you're not from around here are you".
Bless your heart... I don't know what-all Yankees eat for Christmas, but my family of Southerners have been eating mince pies for the four centuries we've been in America.
I thought he said "mint pie". I was wondering what that was. I wanted to try it!
Larry, in regards to flannel shirts, wear them when you want to. My dad even wore them to church. My daughter's have found out if they go to Kohl's and buy a Croft&Barrow brand flannel shirt one size larger than I wear, it will fit perfectly after one washing. Those tend to last longer than Walmart brands. JCP tend to shrink in the sleeves. Just a word of advice.
For the recycling: load it into your car and take it to your local recycling center! It's just like the dump (and in fact might be the dump, many municipalities combine them) so you should be able to drop stuff off. Make sure you look up the protocol ahead of time, but once you know what you're doing it should be easy.
Tear the cheese. Aerate the flavor. Extend the experience. It will help you eat less if you make it last longer. ❤❤
He's eating 50 a day. He'd better aerate the house!
Wow, 2 years already!! I discovered you, sir, a UA-cam sensation, well before you became a citizen. You are an asset to the country! ❤ to Tarah & 🐶 kitty.
We are proud to have you join us.
Not sure what garbage dumps are like in your neck of the woods, but if you have a local dump (transfer station), they typically have free recycling centers, where you can go recycle your various cardboards, papers, plastics, glasses, etc. when things pile up, that becomes far more convenient than waiting for the service each week.
Native Wisconsinite here! Always glad to see another convert to cheese supremacy. Id recommend you bundle up all the cardboard and use it to have a nice bonfire somewhere. We dont pay anyone else to get rid of it because we also use it to fuel our fires. Very midwestern thing to have is a briquette processing station. Perfect fun project to do, and all the materials you need to get started are able to be ordered via the the internet! Things that make perfect gifts! And the briquettes are great in conjunction with anything that needs fuel, like a pizza oven, or a pellet stove. I even have a homemade blender for processing it into a pulp for using in my pellet mill! Animal feed pellet mills are great for making a nice dense pellet!
Flannel shirts are generally warm and durable. Of course, you should wear them in winter; their insulating properties are second to wool and Thinsulate. You can also find them as nightshirts and linings for wool shirts and jeans. However, they are not recommended for summer unless you live in the upper reaches of Canada.
They're amazing for sleepwear during the winter.
Flannel shirts shrink enormously. There has been no item of clothing that I've bought, and then donated, because the sleeves only go down half way down my forearms, than flannel shirts. If you buy really expensive ones, that's not so much of a problem. But, its doesn't seem such a great deal if you spend 4 times as much to get what looks like inexpensive clothing. My old foggy approach now is to only buy collarless pull over shirts from the thrift store that are pre-shrunk. Even then, about half of them don't cover my ape arms to my cuffs after a few washings.
I have never had a flannel shirt shrink. And 2 that I bought at a grocery store lasted over 10 years. That grocery store (a chain one, possibly a Safeway?) sold excellent clothing.
If cotton, wash in cold water, hang when still wet and stretch the shirt in all areas. When dry, it will fit again
@@richdobbs6595 So buy a larger size with that mind?
Sadly as a Scott i should admit Tartan actually finds its origin in Ireland
I like the shirt he has on
I didn't know that, I honestly thought it was Scotland.
*Scot. Scott is a person's name.
@@LiqdPTmaybe he is a Scot named Scott?
Thought plaid and tartan were different.
You can definitely wear plain in winter. You can wear it in summer too if you want. You can wear whatever you want, whenever you want.
He's mis-using "plaid" as a synonym for flannel, which you probably don't want to wear in summer in the Midwest, unless you are an eighty-year-old woman whose body no longer produces any heat.
The perks of being a U.S. citizen, except in suburbs that love rules where you have to get HOA approval before making any personal decision.
@@aura81295 HOAs only have as much power as you give them.
I have a double wide and live in Florida. It is a point of pride that I gave so much stuff to charity shops that I can now park both cars in our garage. Especially during summer.
Thank you for joining in our nation! Never give up that pride and excitement for being an American!
Cheese is NEVER AN ADDICTION!!!!
Yes, I can give it up easily. What! Why is there no extra sharp chedder? Noooooo!
Especially string cheese!
It’s not an addiction, it’s a state of mind.
I agree. As a Wisconsinite, it's a way of life.
Also did it bother anyone else that he called mozzarella sticks
cheese sticks or was it just me?
@lynntaylor6686
He is forgiven, we will have to help him with more 'American Stuff!'. Remember his unbiblical peanut butter and jelly sandwich incident a few years ago....
You’re my new favorite UA-camr !! Love how objective you are
4:15 Hey Laurence! Yes, it is perfectly fine to wear flannel/plaid shirts through the winter. They're made to be warmer than regular shirts and will keep you cozy and handsome through Chicago's crazy seasons. 😉👍🏻
Cardboard recycling. An easy way to get rid of it is to bring it by a local public school, or possibly some apartments. They often have a 4-8 yard dumpster for cardboard specifically. As long as you break the boxes down, they generally won't get mad.
I feel you on the recycling struggles. They only talk our bin every other week and we have way more than that. I collapse the boxes and stack them standing up in the top of the bin. Seems to fit more this way. I too have a standing pile of things to fit in, on recycling day
7:00 You monster!
Right😂
I was waiting to see what way he did it, he didn't let me down!
I can’t believe he took a bite out of it like that. Full on psychopath. It’s called string cheese for a reason and peeling it helps pace yourself hahahah
The audacity!
You must get plaid flannel shirts for winter! Specifically, from LLBean! They have proper flannel, which blows discount rack flannel out of the water.
Fleet Farm or Farm and Fleet. Tons of flannel shirts.
Colored tee shirt, Henley on top of that, then finish with flannel shirt as outer layer top it off with a winter vest. Ballcap or toboggan as head cover.
Get a box cutter and cut those boxes into strips that will fit the recycle container. You can get so much more in your receptacle. Also, ask the collector, if you broke them all down and placed them into one box or two, if they will pick them up. OR do you have a recycling depot you can take them to? We are fortunate that the community I live in has its own composting facility. We can break down boxes and put it out with our yard debris and it’s shredded and added to the compost. The compost that they make is sold back to the community.
Wearing plaid shirts is 100% appropriate in winter.
Coming from someone raised in Idaho and lives in the most forested area of the us; plaid and the general lumberjack aesthetic is legitimately the best look out there. Although torn elbows is just a natural extension of the look. Just stitch together the elbows and you’ll b fine, if you want a nicer shirt go to a thrift store and find a nicer shirt that isn’t torn up
Hello Lawrence. We're glad to have ya here in the colonies. Funny you mention jury duty, at 48 I've never had the privilege to be called for it.
I worked in legal firms and got called 2x in 10y. I wanted to do it; odd, I know. I looked at it as my civil service was due. My family is military and I wanted to see what it was like inside of a real case, not on the peripheral sides where I worked.
I had gotten jury duty at 30 and fortunately for me all of the trials I would have been involved in were cancelled so I never had to set foot in the courthouse.
I was called once, but there was no one to sub for me (teaching). I've been given forms again. Never called in MI or 10 yrs in WI
I was called once, but never seated. Those of us still left waiting were released at 2:00 PM.
Lucky you 😂😂😂
5:27 We do mince pies in Northern New Mexico for Christmas! We make them as turnovers and call them Empanaditas.
I’m a native-born U.S. citizen and mince pies are one of my Christmas favorites.
I love the expression of joy with pirouettes! A double garage is a very nice thing.
My American wife embraced my British roots for Christmas and brought those traditions over. We have cracker, silly hats and (often but not this year) Christmas Cake, sicky pudding and similar. Lawance, you need to do the same! Oh, and flannel is for 9 months of the year in the upper midwest!
Former lifelong Chicagoan, and I've never worn a plaid shirt, nor do I own a flannel shirt. That's why I've exiled myself to the desert southwest and can wear short sleeve, linen or Hawaiian shirts year round.
You want a real treat, get some Pillsbury Crescent Rolls, put string cheese in the middle and bake it as the instructions on the box. For extra treat, put a piece of deli ham in there with it
...don't act like you can't rock flannel in Tucson.
As a lifetime desert rat, I once had to spend a February in Chicago for a technical training. Never so cold in my life! I vowed I would never be that cold again. Spent today putting up a few Christmas lights while in shorts and a short sleeve T-Shirt.
Lawrence - you're eating the string cheese wrong! you have to pull it apart into strings - don't just bite off the end.
“I love string cheese!”
*immediately takes massive bite like he’s eating a hot dog*
We don’t play with our food, we eat it!
Flannel is good whenever the weather is cold enough to warrant it. Winter, spring - hell, summer where the nights get chilly. Comfortable, practical, keeps the bite of cold off.
I love flannel shirts. I’ve inherited the love from my dad and we both wear them fall-early spring as they’re a great lighter weight way to stay warm when it’s cool. And they are great as well in the winter time when you need to wear layers that you know that you’ll be taking off throughout the day.
I live in the US as well, in Maine, and there is no way I’d wear hiking boots in the winter. You need snow boots here to stay warm! Also why can’t you recycle all your cardboard at once? I usually burn mine in my wood stove but there’s no restricts on how much we can recycle here. Must be a city thing.
Yeah, I’ve got some boots from Maine. I could wear them while wading through a stream of half-frozen slush, and my socks would be dry and my feet would be warm. They’re great, though I only *really* need them when it’s snowy (or slushy) out.
It varies...I'm in a Boston suburb; the recycling company my town uses won't take the (huge) bin if it's over a certain weight.
Some residential recycling services here won't take more than can fit in the curbside bin they provide. If you have more cardboard than that, and don't want to slowly trickle it into the weekly (or in my city every other week but we have a larger bin) pickups, usually your only alternative is to drive it to a recycling center.
If you keep eating string cheese "end-first" like that, ICE will start to get suspicious of you.
I couldn't imagine a remake of All Creatures having been a fan of the original. But the new version is excellent!
I still prefer the old version, since I like Robert Hardy so much.
I live in Cincinnati, Ohio. My daughter studied abroad in Scotland in 2011,at the University of Edinburgh for half her senior year.
She brought home the tradition of the Christmas crackers and we have been doing this every year since. We love this tradition!
The christmas cracker for me as a teenager was the lovely blonde i would meet at the bar christmas eve