Manchester's annual rainfall isn't that high, but it's well spread-out! It tends to rain 'little but very often' hence its reputation as the Rainy City. I know 2 people who left UK in the 1960s and went to live in Canada. It must have suited them because they didn't come back. One was a teacher who loved the great outdoors, and I understand there's a lot of that over there. The other worked in car insurance but I think he went to get away from his mother. Yes, we use the metric system here but not exclusively. You still buy draught beer in pints in a pub, and road speed limits are miles per hour. I love the simplicity and logic of metric, but not all Brits agree on that - a significant number would like us to go back to Imperial, but then again we are a nation where where we can't let go of past glories (The Empire, WW2, and that bluddy football game in 1966). I'd prefer the nation to be looking forward, not back; looking back is what gave us brexit! I'm in my 70s now, an old fart, and it saddens me to see our country take this inward-looking isolating step backwards. Oops! Politics! Sorry! Keep the vids coming - as an old Salian I love them.
I probably agree with you. I like metric too. My only problem with it is the kilometre is based on something we can't visualise. a foot is about a foot isn't it.
I've always wanted to visit Canada, I had an idea I would like to live there when I was a lot younger (still not been though). I don't even live in Timperley anymore, I deserted over the hills to Sheffield in 96 and more recently to Barnsley. It has been great seeing you explore the areas I used to explore myself (you should check out 'Black Bridge' at Skelton Junction so much history there). The metric system, I teach secondary kids who still talk Feet and inches despite engineering moving to metric in 69 and decimalisation in 71, they have no idea how big a foot or inch is haven't got a clue how to add up 19/32, 7/64, 3/8 and 9/16 and don't get it's base 12 then base 3 (inch to foot to yards) and are just and flummoxed when it comes to trying to convert mm to cm to m. Mind you this is the generation that can't tell the time without siri or a digital display of numbers rather than hands. Why a 2x4 and not 4x2? I was trying to reason this the other day, My thought is if you have some wood 2x4 or 4x2 the safe way to put it down is with the broad side facing up/down, so that would be the 1st dimension to measure 4" the second would be the then height of 2" hence 4 x2 not 2 x 4. That's my view on it. I don't know what it is about Canada but I follow you a Canadian in Sale, a Brit who now lives in Canada repairing Land Rovers and a Canadian engineer bloke living in Canada who you never see other than his hands making stuff and chewing the fat about life.
That's funny (Skelton Junction) It's exactly where I intend to go next. Was studying the maps last night. Anything I should keep an eye out for? As for 2 x 4 etc. I always rationalised it as a fraction. the 4 in this case being the denominator or common denominator. You have your 4 inch lumber 6 inch lumber etc. and the other number (numerator) would be the one that describes that category of lumber. But most likely it is just American contrarianism.
@@WickedacornAh I like that reason for the 2x4. As for Skelton, it all depends on how you want to look at it. As an important section of the rail network there is loads you could cover, the line that still runs out towards Carrington is still 'active' but there are trees in the way, there is talk every now and then to open it up so they can send traffic west to Trafford park rather than it having to go up through the major bottle neck on the network at Manchester (Castle field I think) I'm not a rail fanatic but know bits. As for a general place of interest it was my playground in the 70s/80s. Newstead Terrace road used to go all the way down to the passage for 'Black Bridge' many of the houses on Dale grove have extended their gardens taking over the old route as it was big enough for vehicle access. 76 and 74 dale grove were built some time after the rest of the area as that land formed part of the access. Heading from Bridge Grove towards Hawthorne Close over Black Bridge, as you go under the first rail bridge (Warrington line) look left, that area used to be much better maintained and was where we would play, for their be the SWAMP!!!. That was the area to play in the summer, fill you wellies with frog spawn and try and walk home. The Warrington line used to take coal from the south Yorkshire coal fields out to Fiddlers Ferry PowerStation when I was a kid, I now live and work teaching the families of the men who would have mined that coal (little did I know I could have walked the line to my future). The long dark tunnel (try doing that at night on your own without a torch!) is the line out to what was Shell Carrington and the coal yard/power station, that travels over a really nice viaduct before it crosses the canal (back of Meldrums Grove which used to 'Metal Box' Factory). This is the line many would like to see go live again. As you exit the tunnel on the right in the 70s some kids were playing and found a load of money which seemed to be a large bag of coins that had been emptied (possibly a post office type theft and ditched to collect later). The raised foot bridge used to (not in my time) start as you exited the tunnel to travel over the goods yard (which had a turn table and could just be made out as a kid), when that was all up lifted the bridge got shortened to as it is now. The land that is the 'swamp' is now privately owned I believe and has returned to nature, I would love to hop the fence once more and visit it and did look at doing it when I was there last weekend visiting mum. In the late 80s I rode out on the 'now closed' Warrington Line track bed on pre suspension mountain bikes to Dunham. It was a great ride if somewhat bumpy until we cleared Broad heath. Lots more about the area from culverted long forgotten streams being the reason the a lot of the houses are laid out in the way they are, rail crashes, skating on the frozen canal and what is now West Timp Nature reserve when it was all water and froze in the later part of the 80s, flooded walks over Navi Rec to get to school, St Andrews school now houses on the corner of St Andrews Ave and Deansgate lane and Batman's Nursery (plants) now Bright Horizons Daycare. , the Old wooden St Andrews Church that was 'built by the people' (corner of Brook lane and Brook Way) now houses.
We Northerns take pride in our terrible weather. I hate to ruin it for you but Manchester doesn’t even make the top 10 rainiest in the UK. Home town St. John’s NL Canada average annual rain is 119.1 cm per year. Manchester gets a measly 86.7 cm per year. St. John’s also gets 322 cm of snow per year.
I don’t really think North American suburbs are good places to raise children. They’re often car-dependant and very low-density so children don’t really have good independence.
Not to mention, it doesn't matter because they're all glued to a video game console. The car thing is very true, though. The catchment area for schools is much larger than here. Children end up making school friends from neighbourhoods far afield and you end up ferrying them to other neighbourhoods.
Another thing is the public transport in Canada. Yes the big cities are good but you don’t really have good bus frequencies or good trains. They often go about 80mph and have to yield to freight trains.
Great video.
Not seen this one before.
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Manchester's annual rainfall isn't that high, but it's well spread-out! It tends to rain 'little but very often' hence its reputation as the Rainy City.
I know 2 people who left UK in the 1960s and went to live in Canada. It must have suited them because they didn't come back. One was a teacher who loved the great outdoors, and I understand there's a lot of that over there. The other worked in car insurance but I think he went to get away from his mother.
Yes, we use the metric system here but not exclusively. You still buy draught beer in pints in a pub, and road speed limits are miles per hour. I love the simplicity and logic of metric, but not all Brits agree on that - a significant number would like us to go back to Imperial, but then again we are a nation where where we can't let go of past glories (The Empire, WW2, and that bluddy football game in 1966). I'd prefer the nation to be looking forward, not back; looking back is what gave us brexit! I'm in my 70s now, an old fart, and it saddens me to see our country take this inward-looking isolating step backwards. Oops! Politics! Sorry! Keep the vids coming - as an old Salian I love them.
I probably agree with you. I like metric too. My only problem with it is the kilometre is based on something we can't visualise. a foot is about a foot isn't it.
WOLVERINE as a guard dog lol
an interesting perspective.i jated it when they added tax to everything in america.
Everybody hates taxes. When I lived in Alberta in the 80s, there was no sales tax hidden or added.
I've always wanted to visit Canada, I had an idea I would like to live there when I was a lot younger (still not been though). I don't even live in Timperley anymore, I deserted over the hills to Sheffield in 96 and more recently to Barnsley. It has been great seeing you explore the areas I used to explore myself (you should check out 'Black Bridge' at Skelton Junction so much history there). The metric system, I teach secondary kids who still talk Feet and inches despite engineering moving to metric in 69 and decimalisation in 71, they have no idea how big a foot or inch is haven't got a clue how to add up 19/32, 7/64, 3/8 and 9/16 and don't get it's base 12 then base 3 (inch to foot to yards) and are just and flummoxed when it comes to trying to convert mm to cm to m. Mind you this is the generation that can't tell the time without siri or a digital display of numbers rather than hands. Why a 2x4 and not 4x2? I was trying to reason this the other day, My thought is if you have some wood 2x4 or 4x2 the safe way to put it down is with the broad side facing up/down, so that would be the 1st dimension to measure 4" the second would be the then height of 2" hence 4 x2 not 2 x 4. That's my view on it. I don't know what it is about Canada but I follow you a Canadian in Sale, a Brit who now lives in Canada repairing Land Rovers and a Canadian engineer bloke living in Canada who you never see other than his hands making stuff and chewing the fat about life.
That's funny (Skelton Junction) It's exactly where I intend to go next. Was studying the maps last night. Anything I should keep an eye out for? As for 2 x 4 etc. I always rationalised it as a fraction. the 4 in this case being the denominator or common denominator. You have your 4 inch lumber 6 inch lumber etc. and the other number (numerator) would be the one that describes that category of lumber. But most likely it is just American contrarianism.
@@WickedacornAh I like that reason for the 2x4. As for Skelton, it all depends on how you want to look at it. As an important section of the rail network there is loads you could cover, the line that still runs out towards Carrington is still 'active' but there are trees in the way, there is talk every now and then to open it up so they can send traffic west to Trafford park rather than it having to go up through the major bottle neck on the network at Manchester (Castle field I think) I'm not a rail fanatic but know bits. As for a general place of interest it was my playground in the 70s/80s. Newstead Terrace road used to go all the way down to the passage for 'Black Bridge' many of the houses on Dale grove have extended their gardens taking over the old route as it was big enough for vehicle access. 76 and 74 dale grove were built some time after the rest of the area as that land formed part of the access. Heading from Bridge Grove towards Hawthorne Close over Black Bridge, as you go under the first rail bridge (Warrington line) look left, that area used to be much better maintained and was where we would play, for their be the SWAMP!!!. That was the area to play in the summer, fill you wellies with frog spawn and try and walk home. The Warrington line used to take coal from the south Yorkshire coal fields out to Fiddlers Ferry PowerStation when I was a kid, I now live and work teaching the families of the men who would have mined that coal (little did I know I could have walked the line to my future). The long dark tunnel (try doing that at night on your own without a torch!) is the line out to what was Shell Carrington and the coal yard/power station, that travels over a really nice viaduct before it crosses the canal (back of Meldrums Grove which used to 'Metal Box' Factory). This is the line many would like to see go live again. As you exit the tunnel on the right in the 70s some kids were playing and found a load of money which seemed to be a large bag of coins that had been emptied (possibly a post office type theft and ditched to collect later). The raised foot bridge used to (not in my time) start as you exited the tunnel to travel over the goods yard (which had a turn table and could just be made out as a kid), when that was all up lifted the bridge got shortened to as it is now. The land that is the 'swamp' is now privately owned I believe and has returned to nature, I would love to hop the fence once more and visit it and did look at doing it when I was there last weekend visiting mum. In the late 80s I rode out on the 'now closed' Warrington Line track bed on pre suspension mountain bikes to Dunham. It was a great ride if somewhat bumpy until we cleared Broad heath. Lots more about the area from culverted long forgotten streams being the reason the a lot of the houses are laid out in the way they are, rail crashes, skating on the frozen canal and what is now West Timp Nature reserve when it was all water and froze in the later part of the 80s, flooded walks over Navi Rec to get to school, St Andrews school now houses on the corner of St Andrews Ave and Deansgate lane and Batman's Nursery (plants) now Bright Horizons Daycare. , the Old wooden St Andrews Church that was 'built by the people' (corner of Brook lane and Brook Way) now houses.
The Canadian accent has a hint of the Irish accent ...like in Nova Scotia...like it...
Yes, I've even been accused of it in Ireland. Especially after a few pints.
I hear you! (I love Jordan Peterson by the way!)
Manchester is the rainy city of England. So how does the rain compare to your home city in Canada to Sale, Manchester?
We Northerns take pride in our terrible weather. I hate to ruin it for you but Manchester doesn’t even make the top 10 rainiest in the UK. Home town St. John’s NL Canada average annual rain is 119.1 cm per year. Manchester gets a measly 86.7 cm per year. St. John’s also gets 322 cm of snow per year.
@@Wickedacorn for the amount of rain we have here, I always thought no other city could beat us 😂
I don’t really think North American suburbs are good places to raise children. They’re often car-dependant and very low-density so children don’t really have good independence.
Not to mention, it doesn't matter because they're all glued to a video game console. The car thing is very true, though. The catchment area for schools is much larger than here. Children end up making school friends from neighbourhoods far afield and you end up ferrying them to other neighbourhoods.
Another thing is the public transport in Canada. Yes the big cities are good but you don’t really have good bus frequencies or good trains. They often go about 80mph and have to yield to freight trains.