I live in Utah and I couldn’t believe how long it took me to drive through Texas. So big!!

When spent three weeks just in Texas a few years ago. I loved San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas.

"People from the US think that 100 years is a long time. People from the UK think that 100 miles is a long way."

😆

@@goombabear Didn't venture off of I-35 much at all?

Christmas in Wisconsin vs. Christmas in Hawaii

Truth

lmao I live in northern Oregon right now but am going back to Cali for Christmas. Going from long sleeve to short.

Right… just went through a tornado today, went from 70 to 30 in minutes

A whole video could be done on the weather differences across the country. The weather is as diverse as the people.

Ouch.

Well at least the got to see a lot of Florida

Then they had to drive back?

Yeah Pensacola is in the panhandle near Alabama

12 hours each way with stops

Indeed🤣

Yup, for example, Texas is so large, that El Paso (southwest corner of the state) is closer to Los Angeles, California than it is to Houston, Texas. For example, if you were to drive across Texas from north to south, starring in the panhandle to the southern most tip, it's roughly 14 hours of drive time. The same applies to driving from east to west (the Texas-Louisiana border to the Texas-New Mexico border). And the fact that I am giving you distances measures in "Drive time" rather than miles or kilometers should by itself indicate just how big that state is (roughly 3.5 times larger than the entirety of Great Britain). Oh, and Texas is less than HALF the size of Alaska. Alaska by itself has more surface are than France, Germany, Italy and the UK combined.

Lol

We do not need a separate drivers license f or a stick shift car.. I learned to drive a stick shift at 19.

@@DeusEx1977 -- Really. 14 hours. Wow. That's also the time between NY to Chicago. About. It takes 6 hours just to cross Pennsylvania. I've done that run (actually NJ to St. Paul) a couple of times. That takes about 17-18 hours, depending on traffic around Chicago. As for Alaska, it is big but most of it is uninhabitable and nothing more than frozen tundra.

Yes. I am in my late 50s, and my current car is the first automatic I have driven, except for one hand-me-down early on from my parents..

Stick is fun to drive

A number of stories recently in the US of car thieves being thwarted by manual transmissions. The greatest anti-theft device - a stick shift!

First time I ever drove into town, my drunken uncle had me drive him in his beat up stick-shift Chevy, to the gas station to get beer. I was about 14, so obviously I didn't have a license. Lol Never really driven a stick shift at that point. So, that was an interesting way of getting my feet wet with the experience. Lol

My first truck was a Toyota Tacoma with a stick shift. My dad gave it to me for free so I had to learn how to drive it for a feee car hahah. It was definitely fun but I do not miss holding in the clutch in bumper to bumper traffic or when at a red light on an incline hahaha

Good point. Millie mentioned getting a driver's license at age 17 whereas the video said could get in the US at age 16. While generally true, their are exceptions and some states put restrictions on younger drivers until they are 18. The video does not go into a lot of those details.

I should explain a little more. Back in my day, 30+ years ago, in order to get a driver's license in Texas before age 16 you had to go to a driver's education class. This was done before school at an extra cost and not part of regular school (I realize this varies from place to place). After class we took the written exam. This was at age 15. If you passed the written exam you were given a restricted driver's license (or maybe after the practical in-car driving portion held in the summer I don't remember). The restricted license required you to have a licensed driver in the front passenger seat while you drive (and I believe no other passengers). This was someone like a parent or other person could help teach you to drive legally. Only when you turned 16 could you go take the practical driving test at the driver's license office with a state trouper in the front passenger seat both directing and grading you. In many cases, including me, you often fail the first try just from being nervous and messing up (in my case I failed the first test, parallel parking, although technically I passed by his grade. However he still failed me). I did much better the second time including passing the parallel parking test which was not as easy as my practical training since the car was much bigger. Nowadays I think the restriction may remain longer or be slightly different until age 18. I should also say both my practical and test were done with cars using automatic transmissions. However my first driving experience was in a 1966 VW Beetle with a manual/stick transmission so I did know how to drive one.

@@mikeet69 When I got my license at 16, I already had a permit (requires another driver over 21 to be in the car) for 9 months, as that was state law. Also, you had to drive 50 hours or more in that time period to get your license (though that was on the honor system, and was basically just an approval from your parent).

@@drakedbz Interesting. Not sure of the age requirement for the other licensed driver when I was 15 and had my "learner's permit". Some states allowed people as young as 14 to drive although that was mostly for agricultural workers/children. I think they may have changed some of these laws in Texas. What state were you speaking of and how long ago was your example? Have they made any changes before or after?

@@mikeet69 Illinois. Most of the changes happened just prior to me getting my permit. Before me it had been 3 months and 20 hours. I'm now not remembering if I had to do the 50 hours or not--I would have hit that number anyway, but I seem to recall people after me having even more strict requirements than I did, but I'm pretty sure they had to do 9 and 50. Our only requirement to get the permit was to be 15. You had to finish drivers ed. before you were allowed to do the actual driving portion with an instructor, but by then I had already been driving for many months. The driving portion with the instructor (which I'm forgetting the name of) ended with the driving test that allowed us to get our license. You had to be 16 of course to finish that out.

Yes, those lakes are just shy of being seas. If they were all one body of water, they would be a sea.

Yeah I live in Northeast Ohio off of Lake Erie too and brought my ex-husband up here for North Carolina one time yrs ago and he couldn't believe the size of the Great Lake and he's a southern boy

Hello from the New York side of Lake Erie yes that lake effect snow is brutal my mom and i got stuck in a flash white out snow storm and had to be rescued

@@Moonstriker2514 that’s scary, glad you got out though!

Wow I had no idea! Turns out it was over 2 years ago, and I just read that quite a lot of states has already raised it to 21 in the past several years. Thanks, you taught me something new today 🙂

If you order at McDonald's, check the prices. If it remains the same, all sizes for soft drinks are $1. Get the cup without ice and fill it to the brim. Also, if you stop at a convenience store often, get the refill mug. You can return day after day and fill mugs up to half a gallon or (even a gallon) for less than a regular disposable container. It doesn't matter which location that you stop at, the franchise chain has the same offer. Great option for those long drives.

Lucky people.. in Hawaii they took away any self serve due to Covid. And they're still not back at any fast food place I've been to. Feel like I'm in Europe more than America now

Yes, E-Z cheese is liquid American cheese in a can

@@CaptainFrost32 why tf would u get no ice people want a cold drink not a room temperature drink

No not always. At McDonald’s all drinks are $1. Also if u are planning to take your drink with u when ur done then U might want a large so u can take more.

Helluva lot better than polo w their policy of greeting every customer who comes in the door. That shit was a nightmare, half appreciate it, half just want to be left alone to shop, not to mention to speak legibly, the speech they wanted you to give every customer was at least a 30 sec speech ab sales, how are you, etc. when 10 different customers have came in by the time you get half way through the first one. Miss a customer, manager is coming on the mic to bitch at you for missing them.

I think Americans do love the country as much as these two. Perhaps you've been listening to too many Trump and GOP lies. We do have major problems that upset people though. Imagine not having access to good schools, health care, housing. It happens to a lot of Americans. If you can't afford a car, and you are stuck in a city, it can be pretty bad. IMO, people do need to spend time in nature where it's quiet. However, the population has doubled in my lifetime and it's starting to feel crowded to me. Rents are way to high for one person too.

Many who rail on America if they ever talk about America fall into two groups. The first are self-loathing Americans who tend to fall left on the political spectrum. They think the US is backwards - literally. The second are non-Americans, usually Europeans, who think the US is, well, backwards, weird, and dangerous.

@@jaelynn7575 I don't know what world you live in, but at least there's a lot of anti-American hate on social media platforms - KZfaq, Reddit, Twitter etc. and then there's the alphabet soup of news networks. Add in foreign press in the form of The Guardian and BBC. I'd argue it got very little to do with Trump and the GOP. And nice playlists. Go figure. No one brought up Trump BUT you did cause you're THAT TYPE OF PERSON. See my post to the OP. There was bound to be someone like you. YOU'RE SO UTTERLY PREDICTABLE. And your bit about schools and healthcare is really just you projecting your politics onto this discussion when it ain't even relevant. " If you can't afford a car, and you are stuck in a city, it can be pretty bad." Are you stupid or something? If you live in the city it's called public transportation. Even if you're dirt poor and are on Medicaid there are services that will come to your apartment or house TO PICK YOU UP TO GO THE DOCTORS OR HOSPITAL. You literally are a person who knows nothing of which you speak of.

Yeah! Pay it forward! 😊

Nice profile pic btw

Convenience stores often have a little container of change at the checkout that says, “need a penny, take a penny. Have a penny, leave a penny.” Just for that purpose.

That "spray cheese"is not that bad, actually. It's good spritzed onto some crackers for a quick snack or something like that. I have a can of in the cupboard right now. Obviously no Brie or Stilton, but it's still tasty. And as far as refrigeration goes, cheese used to never be refrigerated. It was always kept on the counter or in the cupboard under a cover and if a little mold grew on it, it was cut or scraped off and away you went. I worked in a convenience store a few years ago and we had a wheel of cheese on the counter we treated exactly like that. Sold many, many pounds of it.

@@Whoozerdaddy Hoop cheese. I love it.

Ohhhhh, yes it is. Between the ages of 12 and 21, maybe? Middle schoolers, high schoolers and college kids. :)

@@cynthianewton3987 this video just makes it seem like EVERYONE is just always downing spray cheese. I think I have had it once and don't know anyone who actively buys it.

It's a few molecules shy of being Teflon 😂

I’ll never eat that canned cheese & I’m from NC, never seen anybody eat it in person actually

@@scotthill1600 you missed out

What state was that? This definitely wasn't the case in Michigan anyways lol

@infrared Tennessee was the first state to require universal carding for sale of alcohol in stores, 2007.

Here in Oklahoma, it's the same; you have to show your i.d. to buy alcohol or tobacco.

It was like that in Louisiana. I refused to follow such ridiculous laws. If they looked old enough I didn't card them.

Yeah, that's just really dumb. Getting carded when I clearly look older than 21 it really getting annoying.

You're correct on the cost of drinks. The cost ranges about $0.10 cents for a large drink therefore bringing people in by offering free refills is a great way to increase sales & customer service feedback

I beg to differ on the "door gap". I was in the ladies rest room a few days ago (the handicapped one) and could see the lady next to me sitting on the toilet. I was shocked. Never have I seen such a large "gap". Often I've removed a jacket or sweater to cover an unusually large gap between door and wall in the ladies room. It might be different for the men's room.

What's funny to me is I keep hearing that Europeans are so much more open about nudity than Americans.

Doing a trip wit my boys from NY to Seattle , Seattle to San Diego and gonna end it off in the Florida keys can’t wait ( leaving off the east coast ) seen it too many times

That is really cool to go to another state and see things you know like McDonald's or Walmart but then see a different gas station or grocery store. Like a nice mix of new and familiar.

Yeah now most of the stores aren't 24 hrs anymore due to shortage of employees around the time covid hit. Sad face 😔

(Wally World = Walmart)

I remember when I was a little kid, no matter where we traveled (and we visited most regions of the US on our family vacations), there was always a Friendly's Restaurant with kid-friendly food, and ice cream sundaes for dessert which we didn't get much of outside of vacations and special occasions. As I got older and more brave about food, we didn't go to quite so many Friendly's on vacation, but it was definitely a staple of family reunions even when I became an adult.

Yesss. I moved from the DC area to LA, also about 40 hours. I did it over a week, kind of city to city each day (aimed for 6-8 hrs progress driving each day, with some exploring). Saw so many amazing things and know there’s so much that I missed at that pace even along the same route. I really hadn’t seen the middle of the country prior; we have some beautiful places 👍🏾

It isn't bad on a burger either LOL.

🤦 the stuff is so good lol

of course, you have dumb-assed places like New Mexico, where they don't have a separate left-turn lane, so everyone not turning left is in the right lane

Drivers tend to treat speed limits as “suggestions.” Everyone knows you can go up to 10 mph over the speed limit before law enforcement considers it worth their time to pull you over

@@YeoYeo32 you might be surprised to learn how wrong you are about that. if a cop wants to investigate you, for ANY reason, going one mile over the limit gives him justification for stopping you (by law)

There are states where checking ID is a requirement by law and regardless of the individual's apparent age.

Unless it’s to limit voter fraud then it’s racist

Spray can cheese is gross Don't do it.

I'm over 50, and when I get carded, I take it as a compliment and thank the clerk.

people used to have good sense (usually), and it wasn't difficult for most people to determine if someone is a minor. nobody wants to be accountable for people who don't have good sense, anymore, so many of them just ''card everyone''. I haven't been a minor for plenty of years, so if I get carded, I go shop somewhere else. the person who happens to be working there has no right or reason to know any damned thing about me

And dial phones!

@@janetdw analog clocks too. My teenage cousins cannot read a clock. I was shocked

It's the same with racism. America is the only nation in the world that still struggles with letting the past go in regards to slavery and racism places like the UK and many other nations which had slavery let it go a long time ago. Meanwhile america is also the only nation that has many many different races cultures religions etc etc.

@@johnblack8872 That's not true. The only people who can't let go of racism in the US are the people who make money off it. Race baiters, and race hustlers. The VAST ,VAST majority of the US don't think about race at all. But as long as the Democrats need scare tactics to keep there power and the main stream media need it for ratings. There going to keep kicking that dead horse getting the weak minded all worked up over nothing.

Great comment but I have to ask for an edit... "no idea what *they're* talking about."

@@scottfree641 Lmao. This shit's funny. Dude only thinks Dems use racism. Hahaha

@@Dr.Spatula Umm........yeah it's all the Dems talk about. Everything is racism, no matter the topic. People who think about race 24/7 are in fact racist. There obsessed. And the majority of people know it. If you knew history , before ANTIFA the Dems had another armed force called the KKK. It's the same Dems just modern tactics is all. The Republican party was birthed as the Anti- Slavery party and we're STILL to this day trying to free Black Americans minds from the modern day plantation of the Democratic party. To this day. You see we view a man is a man and a woman a women it's don't matter what there wrapped in. Everyone knows that CNN, and MSNBC are both part of the Democratic party, it's common knowledge. Listen to Joy Reid and the rest talk, there obsessed with it. Hell most are racist against whites is so pathetic.

Yeah, places like New York have thousands of pedestrians walking and crossing the streets, so red light right turns are illegal. Doesn't stop people from still making them (even cabs), but they're not supposed to be turning right on a red.

just ignore them? lol that is a dick move right there. if you are unsure of those things then maybe look it up if its allowed so you wont be a burden to other people. some people have really bad road rages that some will not just let it go

@@ernestogastelum9123 LOL, yes. Yes it is a dick move when you know if you can make the turn and it's safe to do so and you don't. While it can be a burden on the other driver who's in a hurry to go from point A to point B, in every state in the country, they are in the wrong if they escalate it so screw them and their problems if the car that's legally stopped at a light doesn't turn on red (to be a dick about it or genuinely not knowing if it's OK doesn't matter). Just because it's an option, it doesn't mean it has to be taken, but yes, you really should do research into the area before hand. It's better for everyone when they're all on the same page of where and when it's allowed.

In Indiana (and maybe other states), it's legal to turn left on red from a one-way street onto another one-way street (unless there's a NO TURN ON RED sign).

I had no idea there were places where we can't go right on red by default. Granted if I was in New York I'd assume I didn't know shit, and I would simply not ever drive in Manhattan. Long Island, can you right on red there? I actually drove just a wee bit there... can't remember if I ever got honked at, but I bet I would have picked up the vibe and not done it actually.

How old and what state? At 35 Alabama, I feel like refills were always a thing, though memory is hazy.

@@waldoman7 67 y/o, Michigan. Edit. I live in a rural area, and it was well into the 60's before any fast food places moved in. So, I don't doubt that refills have been free your whole life.

@@concernedcitizen1 yes, at your age that does mesh with what I've heard and would expect. BTW, might I ask what concerns the citizen?

@@waldoman7 lol. I started the channel after the mass shooting in Las Vegas when there appeared to be multiple discrepancies between what could be seen on witness videos compared with what the MSM and law enforcement was saying. There grew a community of investigators trying to find out what they were hiding. (Lots of theories but nothing ever proven). In the past few years there's been too many concerns to list, but I'd say among the worst is the erosion of the constitution and the corruption of our government.

@@concernedcitizen1 for sure. I just, don't know what to do about it. Open to any advice.

Juices or miilkshakes are not refilled for free, but soft drinks and water are. I don't drink coffee or tea but I believe they are refilled for free. Irony is that in my home of Pennsylvania, buying food and non-alcoholic drinks in the grocery store is not taxed unless the drinks are coffee, tea, or soft drinks. In our area, soft drinks are referred to as pop.

That is correct: USA driving licenses do not distinguish between authority to drive automatic or manual transmissions.

@@barryfletcher7136 However, Commercial Drivers Licenses are a clear sign that you can drive manual transmissions.

@@CaptainFrost32 not anymore. Half the new drivers can't drive a manual 🤣🤣. A manual on a new truck is now a special order.

@@jredcali1913 Even the US military uses automatic transmissions on most vehicles, since most recruits don't know how to drive manual.

Haha that’s hilarious

Lol im from NYC and ive done the drive down to Miami and Orlando several times in my teenage yrs when flights were too expensive. 16-18 hrs speeding most of the time and not stopping only for gas. Going there isnt so bad, bec ur excited. But coming home is a whole other story lol

But don't use the expression, "driving stick," in public, because it has a sexual connotation I'll leave it to you to look up. 😏

Rocky Mountain National Park, really great. Also drove from Denver to Grand Junction, spent some time there, and drove back. Great state. Good horseback riding trails. Sadly, I must say, I preferred my trip to Wyoming and Montana, visiting Grand Teton, Yellowstone, and points north. And I wouldn't overlook Utah's parks either.

Just write out the instructions in script.

Just write out the instructions in script.

Correct. I don't know anybody who eats Cheese Whiz.

Facts never even seen anyone eat cheese whiz

I love spray cheese on triscuits

@@alysiareid6659 wheat thins for me.

How dare you conflate Cheez Whiz and Easy Cheese

I’m a New Englander and IMO, the size and location are why Boston is so nice. It’s the biggest city north of maybe Hartford, CT, and tbh the only major city in New England. But most of the buildings aren’t skyscrapers, so they’re not blocking out the sun; there’s lots of space and greenery. And Boston has lots of rules about historical preservation, so a lot of the buildings are old in a beautiful brick or wood Colonial style. As the video said, they’ve also got a really great public transportation system, at least for the US! And Bostonians are a weird balance of American friendliness and New England stand-offishness, so they’re usually more than willing to help you out, without necessarily being overbearing. Living in cities is convenient, but I generally still don’t love it- Boston always makes me feel like maybe it wouldn’t be so bad 😂

You hit methadone mile bud?

Just don't be shocked when you ask for directions in Boston and the first words out of the other person's mouth are "you can't get there from here", followed of course by directions of how to get there from somewhere else nearby that they'll tell you how to go to.

There is so much generalization in everything you said

@@Dr.Spatula When "some" precedes a sentence, you can assume a generalization is incoming. They did not say "this is the case in all of America," they said that it happens in "some stores," which is absolutely, unequivocally correct. And it is arguably common enough that it bears mentioning, as was obviously the case of this person.

Same here

I wish you and your family all the best.

I’ve seen pay toilets this year in the US