American Reacts to Things Brits do BETTER than Everyone
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- As an American I am willing to admit that there are some things we do well and some things that we don't. That is exactly why I am very interested in reacting and learning about these specific things that British people do better than Americans. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
I'm in the UK and we had a US company take over our business. They were horrified when they found they couldn't cut our holiday allowance from 25 days (plus public holidays), had to pay sick pay and maternity pay for many, many months, pay HUGE redundancy costs (by US standards), couldn't just fire people. They pulled out of the deal 6 months later as it wasn't going to make them instant mega bucks! They also disliked the culture of life being more important than work.
Its like those American videos were an employee just walks in one day and says "I quit" and walks out expecting their pay :D.
On the other hand if you Google "new movie studios UK" there are loads of them opening up. I asked a question why this was and an American said it was probably because American studios are highly unionised but not in the UK.
@@lewisner The UK has pretty good tax breaks for many of the creative arts industries, that's probably one of the main reasons. Movies, TV shows, theatre, video games, museums and art galleries, animation, orchestras etc.
@Paladestar oh that's interesting thanks.
@@paladestar9758 Ireland's good, I think. Don't they not tax creative earnings, or something?
We have: Steak Cut Chips, Oven Chips, Homestyle Chips, Triple Cooked Chips, Straight Cut Chips, Crinkle Cut Chips, Skin on Chips, Gastro Chips, French Fries, Curly Fries..... and Chips you get from a Fish and Chips Shop! 😁😉
Cheesy Curly Fries.... OMG 😯 My favourite.
And wedges!
Not to mention fritters and croquettes...
@@paulharvey9149 Croquettes only with thick gravy. Yum!
And now, I'm hungry.
Tyler, do you know why Britain and Australia have a third prong in their electrical plugs? The third single prong is longer which means it makes contact with the Earth thus protecting you from death by electric shock. It’s also the last prong to come out when you pull on the plug. The Earth wire is essential for grounding the electrical current!
The Earth pin also needs to be longer. To open shutters to allow the power pins on the plug to enter the socket.
@@grahamsmith9541 Anyone born before 1960 can remember the old massive round pin 15 amp plugs (three sizes of them 15 - 10 and 5 amp each needing their own socket) and may have survived shoving a finger as a toddler or a rugrat into a socket. The 5 amp still available and used only for lighting circuits.
@@tonys1636 I can remember those. And the ones that plugged into a light socket like a lightbulb. I can remember my mother doing that with the iron.
As others have said there are so many safety features with UK
, and now I understand Australian, plugs. In addition to those mentioned there are others E.g every plug has a separate fuse, the live and neutral have a plastic sleeve so children can’t accidentally put something across if the contacts are exposed, most outlets in modern homes have a switch to turn on that outlet. So Tyler, you are risking death ever time you plug in, in the USA. There are lots of UA-cam videos regarding the difference between plugs.
@@johnnyuk3365 Actually, there are 3 prong plugs in the US, just not all plugs!
Regarding the chip butty (French fries sandwich), there are a couple of things that she didn’t make clear: 1. all sandwiches in uk usually start with buttered bread (not the sweet whipped butter but the stick butter); hence “butty”. The butter with a chip sandwich thus melts with the heat of the chips which adds to the flavour. N.B. Brits find a sandwich without butter to be odd (in some southern European countries the butter is replaced with mayonnaise - but definitely not dry bread).
i dont like butter on bread
I bought a cheese sandwich on a recent train journey - I didn’t think to ask if it came with butter or marge - it came with neither - cheese on dry bread!
Most sandwiches often are served on dry bread these days!
I ordered what was described as a “chip butty” at a dog racing track - my brother and I went out to watch some dog racing - what I was presented with was chips in dry bread! I said to the woman that she forgot to put butter on it - “Oh, we don’t put butter on ‘em, luv!”. I told her that a butty has butter on it - either put butter on it - butter - none of your marge - or stop calling it a chip butty! How is chips in dry bread a chip butty? She put Lurpak on it in the end!
Marge, for the uninitiated, is an inadequate understudy for butter - especially those cheap brands!
You'll hit a point where butter turns to olive oil further you go south. It was to do with temperature of the country and butter being a big fan of melting.
Chip cob you mean 😂
I hate butter on my sandwiches. But I did that to myself.
Making a colossal multi-layered sandwich with butter on every surface made for the most disgusting sandwich I ever had. From that point on, I stopped using it unless it was going to melt (bacon rolls, toast, in cooking etc)
Instead, I just make sure any sandwich I make has something moist on it. Cheese and pickle, ham, mustard and mayo etc etc.
She's correct. British people see "fries" as the long, thin McDonald's variety and often they appear on British Menus as "Amernican style" if they're long and thin. Chips on the other hand are what you would call thick cut fries and they range in size from anything slightly thicker than McDonald's size to almost wedges. In pubs they often sell "triple fried" chips which are big chunky, very crunchy chips fried three times over in oil and they are like mini roast potatoes and they are AMAZING.
They're triple cooked chips, not triple fried. The first 'cook' is parboiled the cut chip for a few minutes. It's then chilled, then lightly fried to get a shell without colour. It's then chilled a second time before frying it the second time. This colours the shell, and leaves a fluffy centre. Sprinkle some sea salt on, whether Maldon or Blackthorn.
Aren’t French fries made from mashed potato forced through a ‘shaping ‘machine whereas chips are from peeled and chopped potatoes
No, whole potatoes are put through a machine that cuts them into their shapes. In many places the big fries are called steak fries in the U,S.@@annstuart7076
Makes you wonder what Brits ate before potatoes were discovered in America.
@@karlbmiles Pottage.
It is the butter in the chip butty that makes it delicious, it melts on the hot chips... very fattening but very good.
Yeah, that picture of the bread and chips with tomato sauce seemed to be lacking the butter on the bread.
Garlic butter is even better
Oh mate yes 💪💪
Or chili butter
Actually, it's the carbs that are fattening. Fat doesn't teleport from your gut to your thighs. Body fat is produced when there's an abundance of easily accessible carbs in your diet, which only happens naturally at harvest season when winter is coming.
We've not universally evolved to digest lactose as adults, so we're definitely not evolved to have all fruits available all year round.
The UK plug has so many safety features, it's worth a reaction on its own
I actually thought she was going to go into that, and that it wouldn't just be "it's harder for them to come out!" but year, he should certainly do a reaction on the design of the UK plug.
There is a UA-cam video on this... a US sparky explaining the difference and superiority of British plugs. Very quick search. He misses some bits out but... it is there.
UK electric plugs have a built in earth cable. We work on a different voltage so it’s also a safety feature.
Enjoyed thank you yes chips fries sandwich but ever more lovkey a crisp sandwich cheese n onion too mention one yum yum crisps or potato chips I believe Americans call it yea bag potato chips cridps 2 slices buttered white bread yum yum.
Watch ElectroBoom's trip to the UK. Worth it :D
She didn't mention one other good thing about the UK's grocery store prices: the price on the label is the price you pay. None of this adding sales tax once you reach the checkouts. And the third pin on plugs has another advantage - it earths the current, so you're less likely to get a shock off something if it's incorrectly wired.
And no tipping in resturants or bars.
She did
@@TonySpike in that case I missed it - sorry!
@@debbiemohekey1509 but you should tip your barber if they give you a decent trim
@@OnlyGrafting Only in America but a barber in Australia would be earning around $30 ph. They get paid enough and all their trims should be decent. They don't have to rely on tips to make up their wages and no one has to grovel to get a bit of extra money.
I think the best thing about the UK is our heritage. Some of our structures go back thousands of years, and it is very common to live in 200 year old houses. I live in a cottage that is nearly 700 years old, and absolutely love it! I should mention that the original build was a 'wattle and daub' crock house (google it!), then in King Henry VIII's time was cobbed and was given a huge fireplace and chimney which replaced the firepit in the floor. it's remained that way to this day, although the roof is no longer thatched and has slate tiles instead, since the 19th century. So it's not just modern houses we build well!
I also think that the UK does humour better than any other culture, but I may be a little biassed!
The UK has the best sketch comedy in the world but when it comes to stand up, that is an American invention. The British didn't allow improvisation which is where the term "working blue" comes from. Don't get me wrong . The UK has good stand up and America has good sketch comedy but you are right. It's what you prefer. A simple matter of taste. Also, I build using wattle and daub. But then again, I'm not a typical American like this guy . Hint: there is no such thing as a typical American.
@@curtishaptonstall7810promoting reactionary rather than reactionary and to be proactive as equal skills
Chip Sandwiches are a big thing in Australia too... 🇦🇺 😊 the Brits & Aussie share alot of similar foods, etc.
I think so too mate, more uk than USA.
@@micade2518American people are some of the most obese people in the world lmao.
@@micade2518I hope this isn’t an American saying this since the USA are obese kings of the world
@@micade2518 cool that’s fair enough then.
You are us.
I get over 8 weeks paid holidays a year in the UK. I was seriously ill a few years ago and was off work for 10 months. I had full pay for six months and half pay for the rest. When I went back to work, I was "phased in" so I only worked 2 days on my first week back, 3 days on my second week, 4 days on my third and then back to full time. I also had extra support for the first few weeks.
Wow
You must have a great employer!
Whilst i have lived in the UK all my life and have had Lupus for 25 yrs... Know i can't work an office job anymore as the shitty open plan air con means that within a week i am suffering from a chest infection!!!
Without fail!!
@@sandiband9236 sorry to hear that. I have fibro and retired early from the military because I can't work. If I didn't have VHA I would be homeless because of all the healthcare costs. Not enough of American government care so they vote against universal healthcare...people die all the time here from small things because they cannot afford it or become homeless because they can't do it all with the pitiful wages. No matter how bad it is there, don't complain, it could be worse...you could be an America 👍
@@blessedveteran oh i am not complaining at all about our health care system!! Yes its not perfect... But at least I don't need to bankrupt myself for my physically necessary treatment!
Tbh i have been on 10+ medications a month for 19 years!! If i lived in USA i would be dead by now as i can't afford to live. Xxx
I had a similar thing happen to me and was sick for over 5 months. I got full pay off my employer for the full period I was off. I was also phased back into work.
The main difference between a UK and US (and may other countries) plug is the plugs here in the UK have a fuse inside. This is a really great safety feature that protects the circuit and consumer unit (fuse board). If there's a problem with that appliance, the fuse in the plug fails, thereby isolating the appliance from the rest of the circuit(s). Also, that third prong is for the earth cable, which is another great safety feature that prevents potential electric shocks. To provide an example, we've all seen the movies where someone is relaxing in the bath tub when the radio accidentally falls in. In the US that spells almost certain death. In the UK, the fuse pops, the circuit closes, and the bather gets out unharmed. Yes they're big and bulky, but they're much safer than the plugs in the US.
Part of this is also due to UK using a higher voltage (230 vs 110), which means more safety measures are needed but also meaning that it is easier to deliver higher amounts of power to devices... electric kettles aren't as common in the US since that lower voltage would take more energy and time to heat the water. The UK Plug (BS 1363) is actually one of the most used plugs in the world, it is used in most of the middle-east, parts of Asia and Africa too. It is definitely the safest but it is worse then lego to accidentally step on one.
@@DoomsdayR3sistance Agree that they are worse than lego to step on 🤣 Are they really the most used plug in the world? All of North America and almost all of Europe use 2-pin plugs.
@@AdrianWright6363 "one of", not the most. it'll probably be either Type A or Type C that is most used. The BS 1363 is also called Type G.
Many other countries use the United Kingdom Type G plug:
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belize
Bhutan
Botswana
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Cyprus
Dominica
Falkland Island's
Gambia
Ghana
Gibraltar
Grenada
Guyana
Hong Kong
Iraq
Ireland
Isle of Man
Jordan
Kenya
Kuwait
Lebanon
Macau
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Malta
Mauritius
Myanmar
Nigeria
Oman
Pakistan
Qatar
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
SaintVincent and the Grenadines
Saudi Arabia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Sri Lanka
Tanzania
Uganda
United Arab Emirates
Vanuatu
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
This UK plug, designated by its standard BS1363 was developed in the late 1940s - by a committee charged with safety above all other considerations.
The blades are very thick so they can’t be easily bent, their upper part of the live blades are clad in insulation so that a partially inserted blade has no exposed metal. The socket has keyed shutters to prevent insertion of non-plugs that do not engage the ground pin first. The plug body is designed to contain a mandatory fuse and the cable entry is at right angles to the socket, preventing people from yanking the plug out by the cord, thus having to extract it using the sturdy body itself. UK sockets have a strict orientation convention and the right angle exit cable is always downward lessening the chances of tripping.
The US NEMA 5-15P plug is of a design that goes back to the earliest days of electrical power distribution where cheap and simple was the rule, probably the 1880s. The prongs can be bent. The blades of a partially inserted plug can be touched by skinny fingers. there is no integral fuse and the in-line design of the cord encourages unplugging by pulling the cord. But at least its cheap.
What fool takes a mains radio into the bathroom?
The third prong on UK plugs is a safety prong. The other two pin holes will not open without it and it makes the wall outlets miles safer. You can't put anything in them without putting the top prong in first (which is impossible with the shape of the plug). The design allowed UK socket outlets to to output more power. Which is why we have electric kettles - they take way less time to boil than in the US due to having more power.
the "safety prong" is properly called the earth pin.....
@@ronburden7236 its both
I can't remember the exact video, but I watched one a couple of years ago, where a UK and an American electrician compared US and the UK/Irish plugs and plug sockets. The American guy was amazed at how much better and safer the design of the UK/Irish plug and socket was, when compared to the US.
I love how much your mind is blown by simple little things that most of us never even think about. I would LOVE to show you around the UK and watch you constantly putting your eyes back in your sockets after they have popped out :D
You can’t beat going into a Fish and Chip shop and ordering a Chip Buttie.
With either gravy or curry lol
@@peterrogers7800 I prefer mine plain but with tons of butter!
@@sarahtrew3314 I like it that way also from time to time lol
With a pickled egg.
If you are employed and pregnant in the UK you are entitled to 52 weeks (1 year) of maternity leave, no matter how long you've worked for your employer.
This is made up of 26 weeks of ordinary maternity leave and 26 weeks of additional maternity leave.
You have a range of rights during this period and can also request that your employer provides flexible working arrangements if you decide to return to work at the end of your leave.
Employment terms (for example, your pension contributions) are protected while on Statutory Maternity Leave.
Also if you're made redundant while on Statutory Maternity Leave, you also have extra rights. Someone on maternity leave will of course continue to build up holiday time and they will get the same pay rises as other staff.
Fathers also get at least a week of Statutory Paternity Leave and pay.
There is also Statutory Adoption Leave is 52 weeks.
This consists of:
26 weeks of Ordinary Adoption Leave
26 weeks of Additional Adoption Leave
Only 1 person in a couple can take adoption leave.
Roofs in the UK are typically wooden framed with thick under felt covered by reasonably thick ceramic tiles or slate. If a roof it done well as shown in the video it can last a long time. Occasionally you have to do repairs following a storm that might have damaged a few slates / tiles but replacing a whole roof is not done that often in the UK.
Shingles as used in USA would only be used on a shed!!!
I've been in my current house for 20 years - and my neighbours opposite have been here 40 years 'from new'. Apart from some minor 'edge' work on the timber, we just don't think about re-roofing. Now double glazing and poorly installed initial doors & windows is different!
I think the big difference is probably due to what the rest of the house is made out of and the foundations. In the UK we have deep concrete foundations, solid brick walls both inside and out and that can support a solid roof with decent tiles which would last a hundred years.
There are many houses and buildings in Britain that are over 200 years old that still have the original tiles on the roof!
If the house/building is solid, and the materials are of a good quality, then there's no reason to doubt that they'll last for a few centuries!
Where I live Suffolk (UK), many of there houses I pass on my way to work are 400+ years old; if they have a thatched roof, then that will have been replaced a few times, but solid tiles on the roof? They may be as old as the house!
My house was built in 1971 and the roof is just fine.
Brit here! When we went to America, we ate out every night because trying to buy all the ingredients for a meal somehow worked out either the same price or more expensive! Was wild 😂
I can officially confirm - pizza and chips does work. To the point that, you just can't have pizza without chips (and garlic bread)!
She forgot to mention that UK plug sockets have an on/off switch on them so that you can see if the socket is live or not, you don't have to unplug the TV or anything that is plugged in, just switch it off from the socket once you have switched it off with the remote control.
My TV and laptop is plugged into a grounded extentsion cord, if I am not home during an thunder storm or the power goes out, the tv and laptop is protected from an energy surge when the power comes back on and BTW, I'm from the US.
I've travelled a lot and never noticed that - nice one!
Also some UK plugs have two holes in the back so American (or European) two pin plugs can be inserted. Men's shavers also use them.
@@marydavis5234 here you practice something called turning the plug off by flipping the switch before leaving the house. In a thunderstorm you typically turn off all plugs just in case but most of the time you can chance it and nothing happens. Also the mains supply here is used to surges, the British mains gets demand surges often simply by mass use - the most well known being people taking a break during TV advertisements to put the kettle on.
Speculation on the roof thing: in the UK buildings are almost always built from masonry (brick or concrete). That means they can support much larger loads, and much heavier roofing.
Yer but they could use slate
UK buildings in general last longer than those of the US, the US tends to use materials which don't last as long. UK houses are often made of weather-resistant clay bricks as an outer wall with cement breeze block as an inner wall, usually with cavity insulator between them, compared to the US where most houses are made of treated wood. Interior walls in the UK tend to be just brick tho sometimes they can just be plasterboard like would be used in the US. There are two major reasons for that, wood is very cheap in the US (relatively speaking) while the UK has to deal with bigger seasonal changes (where wood is just not suitable), going from icy/snowy winters to very humid summers. Wood would deform and rot fast in those conditions, even if treated. When you are building a strong structure in the first place, you can fit a thicker, stronger roof on top and not much actual cost. All in all, UK buildings are just designed to last longer due to wood being neither well priced or well fitting to the purpose within the UK, so it isn't just our roofs that last longer.
My husband spent a lot of time in the US for work. He was chatting to a man he was working with about their respective houses. The American was talking about his old house and my husband was imagining a cutesy cottage. My husband told him about our modern house - turns out both houses were built about the same time!
-> is living in a 240-year-old stone house in Northern Scotland.
We also don't have termites or other bugs which require periodic house fumigation.
I visited my sister in Pennsylvania about 30 years ago (she's back in the UK now) and I was shocked by the poor quality of the materials used.
I don't mean the poor quality of the actual materials, which was good quality in itself, but by the flimsy materials utilized. For instance, the roof covering wasn't proper tiles or slate with sheet lead weathering but heavy duty mineral felt cut into strips
and then cut to form 'shingle style'
shapes within the strips.
The doors and windows were made from flimsy plastic or aluminium and I'm not sure but the glass may have been acrylic sheet.
There didn't appear to be any brick walls but brick pillars with stud walls in between.
It was reminiscent of british prefab housing put up by the government just after the war to house all the returning troops and their families.
I was told that this was to make rebuilding easier and quicker during periods of extreme bad weather which, at the time, seemed to make sense.
Couple of reasons for this. First,wood is plentiful in America,and that saves transport costs. Also,they have to keep rebuilding due to earthquakes, tornadoes,wild fires etc
Yes years ago I ended up in hospital for 10 days during a holiday, my employer informed me I had to take an extra 10 days holiday for that year. I was a bit shocked to find this out and I was very grateful as I could take a holiday and enjoy it.
I wonder if this is how I ended up with 2 extra days holiday when I returned to work after having covid.
I had booked 2 days off during the Feb half term (FE colleges don't get the same school holidays) but I tested positive the Sunday before.
I was confused when my head of department told me that I had unbooked holiday entitlement, as I knew that I had booked it all. This could explain it.
I've never worked anywhere that did this before, so I didn't even know it was a thing!
Introduced via the European Court of Justice i believe..
She mentioned roof tiles being different in the UK and US. But I’ve seen many US home renovations programmes that suggest that many homes in the US are made primarily from lumber and plasterboard (or drywall as it’s known in the US).
All homes in the UK are built primarily from brick/concrete blocks with steel and heavy timber frames. Support walls are solid block and partition walls are made of timber frame and plasterboard. Insulation, plastering etc from there on are the same.
Also, most UK homes are not air-conditioned, unlike in the US where air-conditioning seems to be the standard. Modern new-build homes are being designed with air-conditioning but it is by no means standard at all.
The point is we Brits have chips with everything. Pie and chips, egg and chips, steak and chips, pizza and chips, curry and chips and so on.
The roof in the US is the same as the ones we,in the UK, use on our garden sheds. On our homes we use either concrete tiles, slate or other types of stone tiles that are either nailed on or, more commonly, interlock by resting on the tiles around themselves so the whole roof acts as a single unit. In the UK we would complain if a roof didn’t last 30-50 years. On some really old buildings they use a reed roof called a thatched roof which we also expect to last 20+ years.
I live near Oxford and we have a park and ride system which enables you to drive in from the country, park up and get a free bus into town. This system covers at least 4 sites on the outskirts of Oxford and is very popular. I think most UK cities have a similar system 🇬🇧
It does, of course cost to park in the car park bit but his includes your bus (the ride part) fare into town.
Usually it's the more tourist centric cities that have Park & Ride, i.e., Cambridge, York, Durham. Where I live (Northampton) is nowhere near as popular so doesn't need one. Oxford Park & Ride is excellent.
There’s a parking fee and a bus ticket fee in Oxford. Where are these free buses?
American here. Been in the UK for more than 2/3 of my life. Job security here, and abusive employment practices in the US, are perhaps the biggest reasons I don't move back even though I miss the hell out of America
UK roofs are made of heavy cement or slate based tiles that can last for decades. My aunts home was built in the 1890s and to date has only had some tile replacements throughout it's life.
The house I was born in was built in 1920 and my grandfather was part of the building team, it was built as part of the homes for heroes scheme set up to relieve unemployment after world war l, the house survived any bomb damage of world war ll and the hurricane of 1987 and the roof is still good.
A town I lived in had some (supposedly) temporary housing put up after WWII. They are still there. The outsides were partly clad in corrugated metal which made them look cheap but the council painted them every now and then so they didn't look so bad. A friend of mine lived in one and it was very nice on the inside. The area locally was known as 'tin town'. :)
@@BoingBB prefabs
I heard that Luton's Tin Town was being replaced, and the residents aren't (or weren't) happy about it.
@@miaschu8175 That's the tin town I was talking about! I don't live there now so I wasn't aware of them being replaced. They have lasted far longer than they were meant to but last time I saw them they looked fine. I'm not surprised the residents complained.
I doubt if any replacements would last as long. What about the residents who had purchased their homes?
Dad bought his house in 1969. As a maintenance engineer he is well on top of what needs doing. He replaced the roof after 52 years, many of the neighbours still have the original roof tiles. It’s not something we really think about.
that comment on the UK plug being safer revolves around its design of the 3 pins, that 3rd pin usually pushes a lever in the socket, that will lift a cover on the live and earth contact points in the socket, the cover prevent kids putting objects in the socket, you may also notice the bottom 2 pins are half plastic, again this is saftey reasons, the metal wont be near the contact in the socket until its half way in, meaning only the plastic part is exposed until its fully inserted, i forget the video but there are videos discussing the big differences and well worth watching
Regarding the sick pay rule, it only applies if you were sick before an upcoming holiday time and were sick after that holiday time finished. You can then get the booked holidays back, and take the time off as sick days instead.
I can feel her love for England in her words and it makes me happy
The proportion of households without a car in the UK (based on the Census) was 22% in 2021. In London there is no need for a car - people still have them, but most places you can live without one. Exceptions being very rural areas. Also a range of free or subsidised transport for young people and older people, and season tickets for commuters.
I'm in a rural area where buses are only really suitable for school transport, it gets much better as towns get bigger. All depends where you need to go.
In cities like Oxford and Cambridge you'd only need a car if you leave the city. Most people use public transport, cycle or walk.
I know this is late but I need to comment on the roofing differences. I am an architect & have practiced in the UK, America & Australia.
The roofing identified in this video as UK is concrete tile, which is now used extensively in place of the previously used & more durable (but hellishly expensive)clay tile or slate. Concrete tiles will last at least 40 years & often much longer. The American roof is Asphalt Shingle & as shown is much thinner. Thicker shingles are available & consist of 2-3 layers of thin shingles laminated together. The single-ply shown would have a 15 year warranty but the thicker ones come with a 40 year warranty- which will cost you. Asphalt shingles simulate & have now totally replaced the wood shingles that the early settlers would have used & are a petroleum based product.
The British roofing products can all be reused, ground up or otherwise safely disposed of however asphalt shingles can’t be & for that reason & others such as aesthetics & historic appropriateness make for a superior roofing solution in my opinion.
If you were to go into a fish and chip shop in the UK, a chip butty is something that is usually on the menu. It's not usually between two slices of bread. But you also have a wider definition of a sandwich.
You would get a bread roll with thick cut fries on it. The hot fries with the butter on the roll, is fantastic.
Also, in the UK. Chips are what you would call Thick Cut fries, Fries are the sort of ones you would get in McDonalds.
I think Lost in the Pond has a really good video about the differences in electricity, plug sockets and plugs. It’s a huge difference!
Lost in the pond gets so many things wrong though and is very outdated on the UK.
Laurence does get a fair few things wrong about Britain in his videos. Tom Scott's video on 'UK plugs are the best in the world' is a good one though.
In the UK the number of sick days is unlimited... if you're sick you take a sick day... vacation days are a minimum of 20 days in the UK but you get more if you've worked there for more than 5 years. You're protected against getting fired for being sick, that's not allowed. Also when taking your vacation days it's not a big issue, you can easily take 2 weeks holiday without any real problem, some people take 3 or 4 weeks if they have to visit family in other countries.
Thats right, but that is not only in the UK . Its generally in any European country so.
sick time is unlimited in the UK but anything over 7 days (consecutively off), your employer can require you to get a doctors note, they might not always request it however.
A colleague took eight months off while he was being treated for cancer.
A shame the cash payout for unused annual leave was stopped. Made a good cash boost for the New Year (much lost to tax as jumped a bracket often) if not rolling over for a long overseas trip. Also stopped by some employers.
You can lose your job because of long term or repeating patterns of genuine sickness but it is not easy to do and can take a year or more, depending on the illness and time off from the illness.
When buying a house, we have a survey done which would advise if the roof needs repairing or not. We use tiles/slates.
Regarding roofs, many older properties have slates. My house was built in 1860 and it still has the same slate roof. We had to replace a few internal timbers but generally, slate roofs will last forever. They even recycle slate from demolished houses to reuse on newer builds.
Some different types of chips:
1) French Fries
2) Home Fries
3) Chunky Chips
4) Crinkle Cut Chips
5) Spiral Chips
6) Potato Waffles
7) Etc
8) Etc
The list is pretty endless.
My wife and i regret to it as "Potato Product"
_Chip Butty_
Chunky Chips
White Square Bread
Butter
HP Brown Sauce
Salt and Vinegar
_Layers:_
Bread
LOTS OF BUTTER
HP Brown Sauce
Salt
Vinegar
Chips
LOTS OF BUTTER
Bread
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I remember the video she is talking about.
Not so long ago she took her British citizenship, and now she is a British citizen.
She has dual citizenship with U.K. and the USA.
Wait until she has a meal of pizza, chips AND baked beans. It'll blow her mind!
Baked beans and sausage pizza!
YAY!
Baked beans on toast, my go to meal when I lived on the cheap in London and Derry a good many years ago.
Or Roast Potatoes covered in butter or Chips covered in curry sauce.
😂 too right❤
On my last visit to Britain, I had pizza and chips, lasagna and chips, and spaghetti and chips at various times. However , curry and chips is still my favourite!
Chips covered in curry sauce is the food of the gods.
Chinese salt and chilli chips 👌
@@cotton9087 I let them cool down to room temperature, they crisp right up,,, lush!!!🖖😁
Lasagna and chips with beans omg nom nom nom
@@abigailslade3824 Bloody Hell!
"the transportation is reliable" i nearly fell off my seat laughing. i would LOVE to live where she is lol I'm always nearly late to work as i have to rely on public transport as i can't drive. I also get up at 6: 15 to get to work for half 8 because thats how bad the public transport is where i live in the UK which is just outside London lol. We MIGHT have the odd day here and there when the bus is ACTUALLY on time for once lol
Chip butty is such a good comfort food ! thick cut chips/fries between two slices of thick cut white bread (spread with liberal amounts of butter on both pieces) throw in salt and vinegar and a condiment of your choice 👍
As a Brit who now lives in the USA, here's my "two penneth" regarding the cost of food. Walmart in the US is called ASDA (Walmart) in the UK. I often purchase groceries online at Asda for my adult children in the UK, especially during the Covid epidemic and occasionally at Christmas. So I notice the price difference regularly, Groceries are generally approx 50% less in the UK than they are in the States, If you buy store brands, they are even less and it isn't just groceries, personal items such as hairspray, toothpaste, and body wash are just so expensive here in the States. A punnet of mushrooms will set you back $0.65p, a bag of 4 large baking potatoes will set you back $0.65p, a punnet of tomatoes will set you back $0.50p, a bag of 3 large onions will set you back $0.80p. a tube of crest toothpaste will set you back $0.95p, and 2 large fresh chicken breasts will set you back $2.80.
Walmart does not own Asda anymore, a British guy bought the company back from Walmart in 2019.
That is a lot cheaper than in Canada
In the UK we also have Aldi and Lidl stores which are pretty good on prices.
@@OblivionGate You are almost correct, Walmart still owns about 30% of Asda and it was two British brothers who brought it back under UK ownership.
Another great reaction Tyler. I've just had a "chip butty with tomato sauce" for my lunch this afternoon, got to be fat chips though not fries - marvellous! The public transport is really great where I live in the UK (South Shields) I have a bus stop right outside my house and the bus runs 25 past the hour and 5 to the hour, regular as clockwork. The return trip to my largest town (13 miles away) is £3.90 ($4.47) the bus stops several times at various bus stops and takes about 45 minutes (depending on traffic) if I don't fancy the bus I can get a short bus trip (5 mins) to the centre of South Shields and get the metro directly to Newcastle which will take approx 26 mins. It's easier to use the public transport than trying to park your car in the city centre (which will cost you an arm and a leg)..
Public transport in the UK is routinely available , on time, and spotlessly clean.
Even small villages and towns have hourly buses as the norm. It is very easy to live without your
own car.
She is honest and totally correct about everything she speaks about!! From a brit!
Well done bootfair but I'm trying to conduct a war on your namesake you , so now I will have to go somewhere else and comment about the yanks firearms laws !
Mum said to not drink too much and she sends her love and devotion to you XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Chips = Thick Cut Fries
French Fries = Thin cut fries
In the UK, chips came before French fries. French fries were introduced when McDonalds came over.
In Australia house roofs last forever (almost) and unless damaged homeowners dont need to replace it at all. Roofing is commonly corrugated steel or zinc steel sheeting or concrete tiles looking much like the photo she put up. Both are resistant to many weather conditions and are used from up north in the tropics to further south in the snow country. If any damage occurs usually just the damaged section needs to be replaced.
All the houses I have lived in in the UK have had concrete roof tiles. My parents house was built in1965 and around 2011 I replaced the wood fascias and soffits with uPVC, there was also some other minor repair work needed on the roof. The outbuildings - sheds, garage and workshop had roofs that needed replacing from ten to twenty years.
UK plugs are superior in quite a few ways, especially with regards to safety features. There are quite a few UA-cam videos on this, which aren't too long, if you're interested. :)
Tom Scot - :D ...... ua-cam.com/video/UEfP1OKKz_Q/v-deo.html
I am so pleased that you mentioned the safety features. As a child I was sufficiently curious to push a screwdriver into a two pin socket that we had in the house. It was the live contact that I hit as I found out to my immediate distress. Also, having studied electronics I understand the importance of the earth. I am building a house in the Philippines which, as a country, has adopted the American styles. Except in our house. It will have entirely UK plugs and sockets and my Filipino family entirely agree.
As someone who lived in the US for 2 years, apart from the price difference in groceries the general quality in the UK is also much better. Far less additives in the UK and American food is loaded with sugar and salt.
I agree that food generally is cheaper and better than the USA. For our salaries though our standard of living was much higher in the USA
As a roofer, my house was built in the 1910’s and I’ve never had to replace or fix anything. Victorian engineering is a wonderful thing
I'm really surprised by the supermarket thing too, especially as this appears to be quite recent because as a native brit, our food seems incredibly expensive here, and prices are continuing to rise due to rising fuel prices and manufacturing expenses and like Tyler I always thought American wal-marts as the mecca of cheap food!
The US seems cheaper to us because their 'white goods' (cookers, freezers etc.), electronics, brand named clothes and computers (and their parts) are all a fair bit lower than in the UK. But general supermarket shopping is in frequently lower than the US.
Then again, the portions in the US are enough for four people. Sugary drinks are endless.
She didn't say where she got her shopping from, so could be tescos or lidl etc. Also don't forget Walmart owns asda so she could have been shopping there
Fresh cut chips from actual potatoes, eggs and baked beans with bread and butter cant be beaten .my mum always cooked this on a saturday when i was growing up and we loved it , it was the closes thing we had to a takeaway apart from fish and chips , every other day we would have potatoes with fresh veg and some sort of meat or pie so as a kid i loved saturdays
I love egg and chips with a couple of rounds of bread and proper butter 😋 only problem is it’s not very healthy
One of my very favourite meals is ham, eggs and chips with bread and butter. I'm happy to skip the beans though.
The plug in UK has 3 pins because of the much higher voltage 230/240v. The large centre pin is for an earth circuit which reduces the chance of electrocution. The sockets in the wall are often fitted with a switch to turn the individual outlet on & off. In the UK French fries refers to a narrow usually crispy variety, while proper chips are thicker with definite potato 'body', & can be
thicker again up to 'jumbo' size. There is a large roofing industry in Britain, because new properties are always being built, & even ancient tile, slate, stone & thatched roofing needs
maintenance & repair or replacement. The cost of the NHS to the individual through taxation is a small addition ,(about 1.5 pc) to the general income tax, (income tax normal rate about 20pc to a max of c.40-50pc). This works out at far less than a US citizen has to pay in medical insurance, never mind out of hand costs for drugs treatment ambulance etc. Most people in the UK get prescriptions free, or at cost of c.£9 per item (whatever the real cost). Dental work is paid for by the patient, but at a price far below real cost, & eye glasses also are additional cost
to the customer, with less costly types available. All medical treatment, including pregnancy & child birth services, ambulance & emergency, hospital treatment & stay, surgery procedures,
drugs, meals nursing & recovery care etc etc therefore cost nothing at the time of use to the
patient, regardless of income, status, age, or any such metic.
chip butty (sandwich) is the food of the gods, as are fish finger sandwiches, sausage sandwiches, baked bean sandwiches. in fact, if you can eat it, we'll chuck it in a sanrie (sandwich)
I worked at an iron foundary some years ago and was told by my foreman that I had some "sick days" owing to me and that I needed to take them
Should that be 'Sarnie'?
I only realised on my last visit to the states (Boston in December last year) that roofs are unusual if they last long when I saw and heard advertising for long lasting roof replacement. It’s because you use wood shingles which rot whereas we use tiles made of terracotta or slate so unless they physically crack or dislodge then you don’t often get leaking.
Evan Springer has done a few videos on here that compare British and US food prices! Definitely worth a watch. I have seen a few 'American reacts to...' Of his videos.
Could you start popping links and credits to the channel / video you're reacting to in the video description? Some of these channels are people I've never seen before. Seems kinda like good manners to just drop a link there if you're using their content!
Love the channel. You owe it to yourself to make a chip butty!
Really love this channel and the honesty in the reactions!
Plugs and sockets are actually much better and for a lot more reasons than she mentioned. They are much safer due to the design of the earth connection and socket protection slide that prevents the live and neutral from connecting until the earth is inserted. Better profile to the wall too, plus the switch which means you don't generally need to unlug things though we still do if going away for an extended time.
something she missed about the UK plug and im probably not the only person to mention this but... the reason we have 3 prongs where many other countries only use 2 is because the third prong is always ground. any device plugged into the wall is immediately grounded from the plug. it is intended as an extra protection along with the internal fuse to avoid fire damage by reducing the chance of an electrical fire. its not 100% effective but it is very effective.
Tyler does a good video, we answer his questions that he asks and make comments. BUT I don't know if he ever reads these comments as he very rarely comments on them or even likes them!
In the UK we have Asda which is an originally Northern English supermarket chain that was bought by Walmart in 1999. However, like Sainsbury's, Asda isn't in all areas like Tesco and Morrisons are. For example where I am in Mid-West Wales, I'm in the middle of a huge gap of about 130 miles between Asda Llanelli (South-West Wales) and Asda Pwllheli (North Wales). They do deliver to my area though.
Here is a breakdown of the UK plug/socket.
1 -- Firstly, UK plugs are built to carry double the number of volts (230V as explained below), hence the size difference.
2 -- Each plug is individually fused, meaning if an appliance draws more current than the fuse rating, the fuse will blow, cutting off the power and preventing overheating or fires.
3 -- In the video you saw that UK plugs have three prongs (live, neutral, and earth/ground). The earth pin is longer and ensures that the plug is grounded before the live and neutral pins make contact, which reduces the risk of electric shock.
4 -- UK sockets are equipped with safety shutters that cover the live and neutral ports. These shutters only open when the earth pin is inserted, which prevents children from accidentally inserting objects into the live and neutral slots.
5 -- The UK electrical system operates at 230V, which means it can deliver the same power at a lower current compared to the 120V system used in the US. Lower current reduces the risk of overheating in cables and connections.
6 -- With the addition of the earth pin, the plug cannot be inserted incorrectly-correct polarization.
To put it bluntly, UK plug and socket design is far superior.
The plugs are not only more secure, but they're engineered to perfection. The longer ground pin operates shutters for the live pins in the wall outlet, which means you can't just shove things into the socket and get fried, the live pins are insulated most of the way along so that if the plug isn't all the way in, it won't be a shock hazard. Almost ALL plugs have fuses, so you don't have to just hope that the breaker will stop a catastrophic overload, and best of all, the cables come out vertically from the plug, this has two benefits, first, yanking the plug out is almost impossible to accidently do. Second, they don't stick out from the outlet, so you can make better use of the space around the outlet, or even put something infront of the outlet without worry.
The buildings in the UK are actually made properly with brick and wood and steel and the roofs are made with big wooden timber A-frames, felt then tiles or slate and not made out of ply wood and plaster like America your houses are basically paper thin and pretty much could run though all your walls.
french fries are french fries and chips are chips they're also different ones like potato wedges and things like that
Wood house sway during Hurricanes , brick house will be completely destroyed during hurricanes or tropical storms, my house's frame is actually wood , but it has a brick overlay on the outside and the house is over 100 years old.
@@marydavis5234 how can you say they withstand hurricanes when they get obliterated because 90% are made of plaster and ply board you can literally run through your walls
@@sonnyhutchins3141 my house frame is made with a wood frame and had a brick overlay on the outside, it is over 100 yrs old and no damage when Hurricane Irene hit and the all brick house across the street was completly destroyed and that has was built in 2019
@@marydavis5234 how come your brick didn't move but there's did then
@@sonnyhutchins3141 Their whole house was made of brick so no movement during the high winds.
Something I have only ever seen in Scotland is a battered deep fried pizza.
How about deep fried mars bars?
@@laurabailey1054 Never had that, I am pre-diabetic already. A deep fried Mars bar would likely push me into insulin dependency.
Double decker buses operate in most medium to large towns and cities throughout the UK.
I have really enjoyed your your UK/US comments over several videos. As an Englishman, I loved taking my first degree in Scotland (surprisingly different culture), including getting to know a number of really nice American fellow-students there. (I have never shared the anti-American snobbery that can still sadly be found here, although thankfully it isn't common.) Those were great people.
Since then I have also worked directly with a few American editors, publishing some of my academic writing. All really great people, without exception.
Therefore in my (admittedly very narrow) experience, there is no fundamental substance at all to the supposedly traditional US/UK friction and competition. I am delighted to see you pointing in several videos at comparisons that simply indicate accidents of history (which country happened to get to something first, say). All of that is driven by such a multitude of historical, political and social factors that any kind of point-scoring is just completely irrelevant... even if it were grown-up behaviour (which it isn't).
And as far as I can see, direct cooperation between our countries is far more pronounced than the agitators (on both sides) might want us to believe.
So... thank you for your calm and balanced accounts. Keep going!
My American wife is always commenting about how we Brits do “carbs on carbs” - many meals will have two carbs as the primary part of the meals, for example Pizza and Chips, Chip butties, spaghetti on toast (my personal favourite). It’s a thing. :)
The 3rd large tooth on UK plugs is the ground wire or as it's known as Earth wire, which protects your house in case of a surge as well as a fuse on the live wire in the plug thus the size.
theres plenty of grocery comparison videos uk vs usa i was shocked how much more you pay compared to us in the uk
You want to try chips and curry sauce..... it’s another very British combo 😋
Don’t forget chips and gravy….butties. Mouth watering heaven of a comfort food
Here in South Africa, we also do chips (Chips are cut thicker than french fries, and sometimes a bit more floppy, and not as stiff as a french fries) on bread. It is delicious, especially if the bread is super fresh. There are numerous fish and chips shops where you can get chips, with either hake, russians (sausages), viennas (hot dog sausages), frankfurters or cheese grillers (different type of sausages), wrapped in paper. These were originally made popular by portuguese shopkeepers. Chips are normally hand peeled and cut, not by machines.
Regarding the roofs, we use corrugated iron or thick roof tiles, which lasts for decades.
Our off days are on par with UK. In my organization, we get 24 working days (almost 5 weeks) of vacation days, 80 days sick leave over 3 year cycle, 5 days family responsibility leave annually for either funeral attendance, or in the case of direct family death, for bereavement, or can be used to look after sick child. 3 months maternity leave for new mothers and 1 week paternity leave for the daddy's. And from 10 years, every 5 years get additional vacation leave days, which can be encashed if needed. I am 25 years in March 2024, and will receive 30 additional working days for vacation. And we get a 13th cheque as bonus in the month of your works anniversary.
I ate French fry sandwiches as a kid. Every time we had fries. It’s amazing if the bread is super fresh. You would save enough fries to fill 1/2 a piece of bread, then fold it in half and enjoy! (My mom was born in England). We used to eat fries and scrambled eggs a lot.
Many of these differences can be traced back to your nation's formation.
Think about the rooves.You had to make 'em fast and cheap.Survival first and using whatever was to hand.It just developed along those lines to the flimsy ones you use now because that was how the industry developed over there and resources availability.Here,while we have had some rooves similar to yours,the majority are made from the most reasily available resources at a decent price.Flat,black slate,often from Wales and simple baked clay tiles both became the best option.It just turns out they would be perfect for your houses because they can withstand such extremes of weather.My house is almost 200 years old,the roof has remained untouched flat,black slate.It is rough around teh edges but still perfectly viable and takes at least a couple of hefty storms to the face every year.
I would like to see your people build with brick and slate more.It would help your forests and your homes would be far more sturdy.Pro's and cons to everything so who knows.
Oh.and the electric plugs.Best not talk yours up because quite frankly they are garbage as you would say.The British plugs should be a world standard,packed with safety features.Check them out if you do not believe the hype.
British Chips can be covered in melted cheese containing any other ingredient you want to add. These Loaded Fries/chips are very popular in the UK and are a meal alone. However, the combination of loaded fries with Burgers, fried chicken, Hot dogs is amazing.
Not only public transport, but the suburbs are different in the UK. Most people are within walking distance of a shop that will do groceries, a pub, coffee shop or restaurant, which isn't the case in the US suburbs, due to their zoning regulations.
I live in the UK and regularly walked the 2 miles into work/town rather than take the bus. Still do at 72 and often walk the return journey. Perfectly safe to do so.
Chip butties! Don't knock it, till you've tried it! We love them!
Uk plug sockets also have a switch to turn of the appliance at the wall.
As someone who been hospitalised last 10 years since assault in Australia but English NHS is amazing well said so much respect
She didn't mention that chips are served with almost all other foods. In restaurants Indian food comes with chips and or rice. Chinese food comes with chips and or rice. I didn't find this strange until I left the UK to live in Australia where you don't get the option of chips. I once asked for pizza in Edinburgh, and it came served as 1 slice of pizza with mashed potato, peas, carrots and gravy.
I'll see your "come with chips or rice" and raise you the Welsh "I'll have half and half"!
Chips or rice, or half and half.
As a rural UK resident, hearing her say how good the public transportation is in the UK makes me wonder how bad it truly is in the US as it's one of the worst run public services where I live and if I didn't drive I would never be able to leave my village
I’m from The UK and have lived in The USA for several years. Public transport here is a complete joke. It’s interesting to learn why that is. Being The USA, of course it’s all about MONEY!
Plugs in the UK, if they meet the legally required spec, are impossible to touch the metal of the pins while still live. They also have individual circuit protection fuses built in, which limits multiway strips to the maximum safe capacity of a single plug (About 3100 watts)
Our roofs here are "tiled" not shingled. The tiles are made of slate or concrete or other solid material, not thin plates of wood or (as show in the picture) small felt squares, so they last for decades, no matter the weather
I read somewhere that during WWI some US soldiers got fries, they thought they were in France so called them French Fries, but, they were actually in Belgium, there they are called Frites and made freshly while you wait.
In the UK we call the fried potatoes you get in fast food outlets that are mashed/processed potatoes extruded through a set of dies, they are very thin. In the UK fried potatoes made from peeled potatoes, sliced and then deep fried are chips.
I worked in The Netherlands for 4 years, visiting Belgium often. The Frites are deep fried once then kept in a heated drip tray above the cooking range. When you order a portion of chips are taken out of the tray above the cooking range and fried until ready to eat. They always ask what sauce you want. The default in The Netherlands the default is mayonnaise, but tomato ketchup id another option along with a curry sauxe
When I worked in Milan, Italy for 6 months in 1998 we used to go to a great Italian café that sold a great four cheese pizza with roasted potatoes as a side especially for us Brits, rather than chips.
Short answer is EVERYTHING!
We live in an old Welsh miner's cottage with a slate roof. It's over 100 years old and only needs small repairs occasionally.
Our roofs are usually covered with slates,a traditional and long wearing, sometimes centuries. Clay tiles as you saw are a relatively recent introduction (100 years) and again will last for centuries, There are Roman roofs which have these 'pantiles' and are over 2000 years old and still effective. Generally, American domestic buildings seem to be built by relatively flimsy methods. Employers in Europe (I include the UK) the attitude is that workers who are health y and cared for and rested are much more productive and work to a better level. We work to live, not live to work. Our electricity system runs at 240 V and is much more powerful (higher current levels) so need to be more robust. Also the live pins have insulated sections and the socket has sprung shield operated by the longer ground pin, plus these days each socket outlet has an off switch for safety.
The extra pin on a UK plug is a safety issue... It's the earth pin as we run at higher voltage.
She mentioned that in the UK we put vinegar on our chips (you stopped the video around about there so you didn't hear her) but sadly vinegar on chips is honestly amazing.
We also have this stuff called Marmite in the UK. So good.
One thing about the British plug. Let's just say you won't find a British person complaining about stepping on lego.
I live in UK and this is going to completely blow your mind.
I was signed off work for 9 months. I got paid the whole time I was off and then when I got told by doctors I wouldn't be able to go back they then paid me all my holiday / vacation days I hadn't used so I got a bulk payout at the end 😬
A chip butty is a huge comfort food for me. I love them.
"Chip butties" (French fry sandwiches) are a staple, French fries to us are like McDonalds fries, thin little things, Chips are chunky and usually hand cut, wedges are skin on triangle-ish chips, hash browns, crickle chips, curly fries, roasties. we like our potatoes.
The Harley Davidson motorbike wasn't invented by an American either it was invented by a man from Scotland who immigrated to America.