They most certainly are responsible if they are walking on private land! After all they'll always have signs saying PRIVATE or PRIVATE LAND in block capital letters so that people don't walk on them and if they still decide to ignore the signs and fences making it obvious that it's not public land then you most certainly should be the one responsible for whatever might happen next. After all there's a reason why they're private.

@@redbaron1001 There is another side to the coin. Walking in Herefordshire sticking to public footpaths, including registered long distance public footpaths, I was disconcerted by the number those public footpaths blocked by signs saying: "Beware of the Bull" or "Cows with calves in the field". That represents an awful lot of (presumably some pedigree) bulls and cattle. After scanning one field very carefully to ensure the path leading to a church was in fact clear I crossed it cautiously, whilst thinking the crop did not seem consistent anyway with running livestock. I mentioned that sign to folk at the church to be told "Oh, that's put there just to discourage walkers, many of them are like that." I am not sure that is a wise move overall. I have also encountered water troughs artfully located just under the stile on public footpaths. The result was quite a dangerous stile to negotiate plus a surrounding area of well churned mud mixed with a generous proportion of cattle slurry obstructing the only access route. Someone has a sense of humour I thought, though it is not so hilarious when you have small children with you. Someone's welly boot may still be under there. Rather sad overall, some of those paths have been in use in one form or another for hundreds of years and are rich in history. Even better if you can read an O. S. Map. Sadly, on at least two occasions I have discovered once well constructed foot path route signs sawn into pieces and chucked in a ditch.

Maybe not so sure. We seem to be getting like the US regards seeing.

@@redbaron1001 Checked the "Right to Roam" legislation lately? And don't forget the managed farming of livestock in the National Parks and the Crown Estate, land which is accessible by walkers. There is an obligation on all sides to act responsibly, vide my related post.

And is was better still years ago seeing culture did start to come across the pond late eighties onward.

I know, it’s awful

@Kal K . Countries in Europe have affordable universal healthcare with more than twice the population of the US. If it can be done in Europe why can't individual states do the same. Unfortunately in the US, healthcare is a very profitable business and not a public service. As for bankrupting the country, per capita the US citizen already pays nearly double that paid in Europe.

I'm sure a huge amount of Brits are in the same boat, The have saved my life on more than one occasion,

@Rae Ward same here, I had a multiple fracture of my pelvis, 6 wks in hospital 2 opps one over 27 hrs, the other 6 hrs. Operations were done by a pelvic specialist. It was a nightmare and at one point(just after admission) I was told that I would be in a wheelchair for the rest of my life(thankfully that didn't happen). All free under NHS, I dread to think what would have happened if I had been in America.

@Kal K The US Medicare & Medicaid is already more per head than the NHS, that's before the cost of private insurance

Lol fair enough 🤣

That’s incredible

@@LADYRAEUK It's also true. Thatcher introduced fees for students, in my view as a way of stopping them questioning the govt and going on marches to demonstrate against the govt. Today, due to the creeping authoritarianism everyone has to apply to the govt for a permit to demonstrate against the govt! I'm not making this up, lived here for 69 years and watched the legislations gradually eroding our freedoms.

At the time of the old grant system, combined with tough examinations, only about 10% of schoolkids ever went on to university. I was the first of my family to go to university and got the full grant and no tuition fees (hooray). However with the expansion that allowed nearly 50% to go to university that was financially impossible to continue.

Lol🤣

Well being English 100% agree and so does the majority of the world. Something like 60% drive on the left.

@@stephenlamley541 I'd only agree because most of the world is right handed and it's important to have your strongest hand on the steering wheel at all times. Though Americans mostly drive automatics, but most of the world drives manual.

@@Guttlegob strange thing I'm left handed and mu right arm is stronger. My dad's right handed and his left is stronger I digress

Yes; you hold the reins in your left hand, keeping your sword arm free for the opposing driver … (Unless you're left-handed like me of course!)

That sounds heart wrenching. I feel for you.

I was very lucky with my only child (lone parent). Whilst I was on maternity leave, the company I worked for collapsed. I was then able to claim benefits, had my rent paid and had access to training courses to get me ready for returning to work. I was able to spend the first 5 years of my daughter's life with her. I've always worked but being able to have a career break was priceless. I will always be so grateful for how we look after each other in the UK. I'd be so resentful if I'd missed those wonderful days/weeks/years.

Unfortunately, this has not helped with the rate of alcoholism in the UK. Nor has the legal age to drink. Here in Scotland the rates of alcoholism is horrendous!! Our whole culture revolves around drinking.

Same here. I did that with my four as well.

I was the same always allowed to try it if I wanted. But I'm one of those 'strange' ones who doesn't like the taste of alcohol really, so never been drunk before. I just don't see the fascination. I have enough health issues in my life, I don't need a nasty headache to add to it all 😂🤣

Worst thing about turning 18 was it took most of the fun out of drinking. Once it’s legal most of the thrill went out of it

My parents were the same and I'm not a big drinker either.

The reason for right hand shaking was also that only the left hand was used for wiping your TROTSKY

There are plenty here (UK) who will enforse pointless rules, though - quite often because they fear for their jobs if they were observed not doing so.🙁

@@G6JPG But it's not the default mindset, and that was my point.

@@SpiritmanProductions I see what you're getting at. Though I think some here have it too - not only those fearing for their jobs.

@@G6JPG They do indeed.

Thank you so much 😊

I totally agree.

She could so do voice-overs on wind-down/sleep apps. Her voice is so soothing! Oh btw Amanda have you switched locations? It looks like you’ve been booted up to the loft/attic with that skylight window in the background.

Lol I have switched locations 😊 Thanks so much!

Yes, I agree. Amanda should do some sort of voice work. Audio books, narration of some kind etc. I feel you have the right kind of clear and soothing voice for educational voice over work, as odd as that may sound.

Similar issue when I was 22 back in 1969 I crossed the street in downtown Detroit, cup blows whistle traffic comes to a stop OMG someone is in trouble and then I realised everyone was looking at me, what had I done ? well I had crossed the road, what a strange law I thought ..

Well, it was Edmonton. As a Calgarian, I’m legally obligated to give Edmonton and Edmontonians a rough time.

Must have been a German tourist,

@Alfred Wedmore yup, I swear I’m the only cyclist that uses hand signals in my area! I do wonder if it’s because they don’t do the Cycling Proficiency Test at school any more?

@@sarahbettany7546 I don't think that accounts for all of it, although when I was at school, we weren't allowed to cycle to school until we had passed it. When I'm cycling, it's all about not endangering myself or anyone else. Sadly, that doesn't apply to a lot of cyclists or motorists these days

I'm glad :) Hope you enjoy it !

Are you sure? Shock horror when did they change the law. I left a 16 a long time ago.

Not quite, you leave school but have to stay in some sort of education and it can be part time

@@boringfunny2767 Equally your not required to be in school at any age, just receive an education

@Megsy Doodle well it’s used to be part time until recently if it’s changed

Thank you so much :)

Hey, thanks so much! 😊 we visited Canada a few years ago and we absolutely loved it. Vancouver and Whistler were among my favourite places

UK here too, and don't keep eggs in the fridge - there is no need. However, I do keep my own hens so the protective "bloom" hasn't been washed off them.

Was told by the farmers and my doctor in my region that the reason we don't really bother putting eggs in the fridge is mostly cause their is little point since the majority of the population if not all have had the vaccines to make it safe to do so either way it's up to you though

same as my home. :D

Thank you so much 😊

The worst thing on youtube is screechy American women in adverts.

I did that

I (English) didn't know we had _any_ minimum age - are you sure? If so, is it a recent change? (I know you can't _buy_ alcohol, or have it bought for you, below a certain age in a pub or shop [though you can _be_ in the pub with your parents, say, e. g. for a meal.)

@@G6JPG yes im sure! It is a little known obscure law (along with other crazy outdated laws like being arrested for having sex in any position other than the missionary position! (not sure who has the job of finding out how people have sex 😂) that still exists from a bygone time. I mean hopefully parents are not learning about this law then thinking it’s ok to get their 5 year old toasted on vodka!! I do think having these laws covers the parent legally but also demystifies alcohol for kids so it’s not such a forbidden fruit so to speak. With the US being at the opposite end of the spectrum and not allowing citizens to drink until age 21, kids want alcohol even more. I mean, it is crazy that at age 18 US adults can vote, sign up for the military and fight for their country, go to prison or jail, get married, make their own medical decisions… Etc, but can’t drink alcohol! Subsequently, in the US there are way more alcohol induced accidents, and deaths in the teenage population then other more liberal countries that don’t see alcohol as a huge deal!

Upping the school-leaving age instantly lowers the unemployed which is why governments do it, especially in the UK.

Some castles have anti-clockwise staircases. It is a myth that clockwise staircases were easier to defend. I was mildly shocked to find that out after years of visiting to castles.

Same in the Uk. If you end up paying just 1p over the cost of the advertised price, the retailer will get hammered in the courts.

Australian here of German heritage. My parents allowed me to drink while in their company at the age of 16. At 66 I still enjoy a drink but I don't need to drink. I can count on two hands the number of times I've been horrendously drunk. Happy yes, but not paralytic.

I'm surprised no US shop (sorry, "store") has thought to do the sums and advertise "shelf-edge price shown is what you pay" or some similar slogan: surely it'd give them an edge over their competitors?

the US think we cant own a gun in the UK well we can you just have to pass a psych exam show a need for it and follow strict rules on storage with random inspections, for urban pest control an air weapon is good enuff (OK shooting a mouse with an AK47 will be more fun but the landlord might moan about the holes in the wall)

me too! :) Thanks so much!

@@LADYRAEUK Not least, the languages! (Sadly, one unfortunate aspect [language and everything else] is that _some_ people - on both sides! - think their way is the _right_ way, or even worse, the _only_ way. I notice it more in USians, but I guess you notice it more in UKians.)

Is there any major differences you’ve. One across after years living there?

@@LADYRAEUK It's all things medical. The filling out of pages of forms and signing them, the dreaded medical insurance and the feeling they just want your money like a business rather than wanting to help you get better.

Yeah that’s usually the case, it’s so different .. I completely forgot about that

In Finland we can even pick berries and mushrooms in the countryside, if it’s not anyone’s private property, and most of the landscape isn’t.

@@seppokangas1488 Same here in the UK,always went blackberrying and looking for chestnuts as kids.

@@mubbles1066 Its a bit more complicated in the UK. The laws allow and forbid various aspects, both in public *and* private land. It's rare anyone is really doing much so most people haven't a clue of the specifics.

@@mubbles1066 as a recomendation do no blackberry pick in a forest or by the side of the road if you need an explanation as to why. Firstly berries by the side of the road draw up fumes from cars just like treets do which they then turn into oxygen berries cant do that but they can absorb the fumes making the berries not safe to eat. Second why not woodland areas because generally speaking dogs homeless and drunk fucks on there way home have merrily pissed all over the berries it rains covers the smell and remember when i said berries are natural asorbers of toxins well piss contains all of the chemicals and waste your body is trying to expel so no amount of washing will get rid of that.

Yes! That’s so true 👍🏻

Yeah, they just get knifed instead. Knife crime and murder are hugely on the increase in the UK among schoolkids and teenagers. True, but so very sad!

@@2eleven48 Almost all drug gangbangers stabbing each other. Not a problem tbh.

@@kensummers7757 ...well, yeah, that goes on all the time, I know, but I did say among schoolkids and teenagers that has nothing to do with 'drug gangbangers'. It's a new phenomenon of knives being carried by youngsters that has nothing to do with drugs. It's about other social issues.

@@2eleven48 "Knife crime and murder are hugely on the increase in the UK among schoolkids" Citation needed. Not saying it doesn't happen, but common? No.

@@2eleven48 not UK... maybe bits of England, some parts of Britain safer than others......hmmm wonder what the common factor is.

I do like a shandy, it's lovely. :) Thank you so much, I hope youre well :)

@@LADYRAEUK British or American, he smiled. I am well thanks, hope all is well with you....

To be fair it was never free it was taxes. And it is free at the point of attending, with basically no actual negative impact on life. The complaints about loans are massively overblown.

@@wyterabitt2149 I know, and the generation moving on effectively paid for the incoming one, but of course you are right. I was thinking more that back then there were fewer entrants and this made such a system viable over the one which exists now.

Makes sense👍🏻 Thanks so much 😊

The Food Standards Agency recommends keeping eggs In a refrigerator .

Really? I didn’t know about costs being less for overseas visitors! That’s well good😊👍🏻

Had the same experience in GAP in NY, heard the Brit accent, asked if I was a tourist and got an extra 20% discount . Job Done..

AMANDA RAE Lots of larger stores in London have (or at least used to have) a desk where visitors from certain overseas countries could get assistance to claim back taxes paid on their purchases. Harrods, a favourite of wealthy arabs, Chinese and Russians certainly did. I'm sure most of the Bond Street retailers and jewellers also offer such a service, albeit discretely.

That’s really interesting, I had no idea 👍🏻

@@spencerwilton5831 I remember a lot of the shops in London in the 80s ,especially the electrical stores around Oxford street had 'ask for export prices' attached - I don't know which countries this applied too ( & Hi-Fi , cameras etc were generally high priced in the UK)

2 of my (British) colleagues were in the USA in a suburb of Milwaukee. They looked on the map and found there was a bar about a mile away so, as it was a nice day, they decided to walk there along a country road. They got about half way there when they were stopped by the cops. The cops wanted to know where their car had broken down, and did they need help? They said “No., we’re just out for a walk on a nice day!”. The cops took them in their cop-car to the bar and told them to get a taxi back home afterwards. Why? Nobody walks along American roads, at least not voluntarily! And if you do it, it immediately makes you look suspicious and the cops will probably want to know what you’re up to.

@@martinstent5339 I remember back in 1980 when I stayed at a hotel in Washington DC with three work colleagues. After a day touring the Smithsonian, we headed back on the subway to the station nearest the hotel. We could see it on the other side of the freeway, but couldn't see how to cross the freeway. After asking a local, he told us, "You can't walk there, call the hotel courtesy coach to pick you up."

Well explained. Indeed some trackways are ancient, such as the Ridgeway.

Same here, there are surely a higher percentage that pay tax than don't, so it makes sense to add it! Imagine having a limited budget for food shopping and not easily adding up as you go along. Although your 10% tax sounds lovely, it's 20% here in the UK!

It’s the same in Canada, well at least Quebec where I spent a few years getting used to seeing the price and then the GST/PST (sorry if I got these wrong… it was a long time ago) taxes added. The question of why can’t the taxes be simply shown in the final price was asked back then too.

Same here in the UK and well in fact most countries can’t be bothered with local prices over a single calculation of percentages.

It is like tipping, in Australia you are paid a decent wage hourly and the final cost is the final cost. In the US,you are expected to pay extra as the hourly wage is close to slavery andyou are expected to top up the cost of your meal or service.

we drove across the country east-west through a dozen states and the tax percentages were all different. It kinda makes sense that, say, coca cola et al can sell their product nationally and provide the same advertising material with prices, and then have the different states add their own tax, rather than have to create 50 different POS signs, but that doesn't stop it being annoying. Especially when I went in with my Aussie accent. I had no idea if anyone was ripping me off. :P

Yeah ,then it was 'hot food /takeaways- & for a short time some outlets got round it by not charging for the food but for salt, vinegar ,tomato sauce etc...

Not that quickly. VAT on hot takeaway food was not added until well into the 1980's. I forget the exact year.

Indeed. I vividly remember my favourite drink as a child of 7, 8 years old being a Snowball (i.e lemonade and Advocaat). Oh, and I will add I did not become a binge-drinking adolescent like many of my peers. I rarely drank alcohol at all in fact. And don't drink at all as an adult.

If you buy a young adult here in the USA, 16 to 21 alcohol in a restaurant , not only would you get arrested and the young adult but in some states like Florida the server would be arrested as well. I have been carded in Florida at an old age when I have bought drinks with over 21’s in the party as well as them.

You are legally allowed to be fed small amounts of alcohol in a home setting from the age of 6, would you believe it?

Well, you aren't allowed to drink and drive at 18, so some restrictions.

I thought it was crazy when I first heard it lol

thank you so much, I really appreciate that :) is there anything in particular you're curious about ?

@@LADYRAEUK well I grew up through the 90s so we all watched save by the bell and American sitcoms so would be cool to hear about the real high school experience and the differences between uk and us schools, health care in a bit more detail, job differences, American holidays, how is history taught over there? And geography? I dunno how to suggest things without bad mouthing the states because I’m a firm believer that there’s good and bad in both countries, just seems history (according to American movies) and geography are things Americans who haven’t broaden there horizons are particular bad at, also any experiences you have with those topics above in your time in America and also like how it’s like living in a country with states like you have federal laws and state laws how do you know the laws of each state? Again not bad mouthing Americans or anything just a curious Brit, there’s things we’re awful at too and things this country has done in the past that’s bad too, sorry for rambling, love the channel, longer videos please! Lol ps oh and taxes why are you doing your own taxes? Like what? And gun laws? Why haven’t they changed? Do most Americans want gun control? And democracy, The USA loves freedom and democracy like they where the first to have it but the rest of the western world is more free and had democracy before America I dunno like is this a national propaganda? Sorry got serious late on there lol

Mine are never in the fridge and never have been. I'm 70+.

Haha I’m not aware of it at all.. even after people tell me, I still feel like I sound the same 🤣😊

@@LADYRAEUK the video about animals native to the UK and not the US, you said China with the _strongest_ South East English accent!! “Choynah!”

@real burglaz official 🤣🤣really?? Lol

@@LADYRAEUK absolutely!! Also, go to bed! It’s quarter to 4 in the morning!

Sneaky! Lol

That is also why the essentials are normally at the back.

That's why I love Aldi for my grocery shopping. They mainly only carry the essentials and whatever more they sell is in a specific location in the store and that layout hasn't changed much in decades. It's all about shopping for groceries as efficiently as humanly possible.

Impulse buying and adverts is exactly why they do it.

Yes, it's true. I am tending to avoid the every little helps place these days for various reasons as well as this one.

The left side goes far back in history. Charioteers, jousters and soldiers would ride on the left to keep their right arm toward the centre, given that most are right handed

I rented a car in Florida when I went there, it wasn't so much the 'drive on the right!' that got me, coz I drive in France or Belgium quite often, but being able to filter right against the red light, I never felt safe, and had to practice in a supermarket car park for an hour before I'd go on the road!

Steven is correct. It's also known as the "sword arm". When people carried swords on the street, they had to keep their sword arm free in case someone approached them in a threatening manner. Given the preponderance of right handed people, you don't want your sword arm trapped against the wall - walking on the left side of the road stops this happening. It also explains why gentleman allowed their ladies to walk on the inside rather than the outside - something that older men still do today. My Dad always walked on the outside of the pavement. Sorry for waffling.😊

@@elizabethabbott3726 There is also a concept in design of fortifications. The defenders would be upstairs and those stairs were designed to make it difficult for the attackers to use there right hand in a swing.

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it 😊

Thank you 😊

Now that I’ve lived here, it’s incredibly annoying lol

It's not just the USA that does that with the tax I'm in Canada and they don't have the tax and it's separate too here in Canada which I think is stupid and the drinking age in Canada is 19 in eight provinces and the three territories and it's 18 and two provinces

It just amazes me that any society would have it that you don’t pay what it says on the price tag, you get an arbitrary amount added on when you get to the til.

I know that it can be annoying if you're not used to it. However, I prefer it because it is a constant reminder to everyone just how much the government is taking.

I like added sales tax. Yes, it's more convenient the other way, and I remember that (I'm old enough to remember when Canada introduced its sales tax), but the point behind making it visible is it reminds people they're paying a tax. Yes, people hate it, but that's a good thing. People will stop hating paying tax when governments start using the money better.

I was the same. My mum ran pubs and clubs so she knew what was beat

Mate a baby can legally drink in the UK if supervised it's greats obviously nobody is going to give a baby alcohol well unless it's rubbing alcohol for sore gums.

Same here, I could have any alcoholic drink I want, but I had to ask my parents for it, answer was always yes, if you drank it without permission..... Hell was coming your way. Best policy to be honest. A mate of mine used to take is daughter (13 -14yrs old) in the local pub, she could only drink non alcohol drinks. As a a result she mixed with older women, IMO her self confidence grew rapidly.

Yeah. I remember going to Australia and seeing a group of young US lads who’d just arrived absolutely destroy themselves with Jack Daniels even before the bus arrived to take us out for the evening. Passing out, vomiting, weeping etc. We all got there over the course of the evening😂, but the brits, Germans and Aussies all managed to get to the end of the evening by having some idea of how to pace themselves!😂

​@@samuel10125 ..You are better off using bonjella or marmite for teething gums. Rubbing alcohol is not safe for consumption - it is a sterilising strength alcohol !!! ..then again Samuel, I suppose that you don't use it for your used needles either ??

Hahah crazy isn’t it 🤣😊

@@LADYRAEUK I'm Canadian and I was on holiday in the U.S. with my wife, when we stopped at a supermarket to pick up stuff including beer. I had to present ID to buy the beer despite being very obviously on the wrong side of 60. For me, the arbitrary nature of rules and laws in the U.S. is one of the biggest differences between the U.S. and other places. Elsewhere people are expected to use their common sense, but in the U.S. there's a rule for that.

@@LADYRAEUK I lived in the USA when I was about 50. In a beer festival in Alexandria VA, I had to prove my age. I said are you joking but he wasnt!

I’m 55,and the last time I was visiting the US, I got carded. It happens every time I go. I’ve learned to bring my passport with me when I go out.

I got ID’d in New York at 40 years old 🙄

I`m in Scotland. You should have seen my German wife's reaction, when she drove on single track roads for the first time. Apparently she had never encountered roads without a white line in the middle. :D

In Silver Spring, MD, they occasionally have periods where they will issue jaywalking tickets in large quantities. One little brat managed to get two in one day. If they would use some brains when they do it, I wouldn't mind, but they blindly cross the road while staring at their phones.

The idea in Britain is that people should be free to cross when there are no cars anywhere near, not that people should seek to make cars slow down. We think it just common sense that people are responsible for their own safety. Americans are too litigious and treat people like children to be told what to do.

Hmm, getting caught by the teachers in the toilet … was it a public school … 🤔

Deputy head told some 16yo pupils at my school to use another pub as they were about to go in, the head was inside. Same one, and another teacher were buying the pupils drinks on the ferry to France (with the pupils' money, not giving them free booze).

Thanks! I hope you’re having a great week😊

@@LADYRAEUK Thanks so much! Hope you're having a great week too!

We drive on the left due thanks to the Romans. As you say, right hand was needed for swords... However, most of Europe drive on the right, due to Napoleon being left handed and making his troops march on the right.

@@Gazz1982 I'm sure the Romans would've found Napoleon's approach quite sinister..

@@edhoward-bearder3081 🤣🤣

@@Gazz1982 a joke 2000 years in the making.. Timing, they say, is everything.. 😁👍

Driving is obvious - Left is right, Right is wrong....

Having been scared to death in Tucson Arizona as a wave of traffic was bearing down on me when then light was green for me I totally disagree. The idea is insane. Please attend some clinic or other if you can afford it, (that is if you still live in the U.S).

Agree, stop signs are crazy. Turn up to a four way junction and play guess who’s turn it is.

@@2011littlejohn1 Don't live in the US now! Now back in the land of roundabouts and giveways! (yield signs)

I presume you are advocating that we in the UK should be able to turn LEFT at a red light, as we drive on the left! Having lived most of my life in a so-called New Town (built after the Second World War), which had lots of roundabouts and very few traffic lights, I have now moved to an older established city with fewer roundabouts and lots of traffic lights and it doesn't half mess up the traffic flow, especially with some of the more modern cars with their cut-out systems when the car is stationary. When the lights turn green, there is that extra delay as the engines fire up again.

here in the UK a red light means STOP in the US it means if you carry on your might get T-Boned but you can turn right on red and screw the jaywalker for trying to damage your car

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Yes the age you can drink alcohol in the UK varies on the situation, e.g. out for a meal with parents

@@paulclubley7206 that's also down to the bar manager/landlord. They can still legally refuse

Yes was going to stay the same about 5 years old. Not sure Amanda is right about the reducing the mystic of alcohol, not seen much restraint from the UK population, and think in the international drinking levels the US are light drinkers😂.

@@davidshipp623 UK drinks a similar amount to Germany

@@djlads yeah I think its a Northern European thing, we are all pretty bad 😬!

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strange in the 1800's people left europe to go to the USA for a better life, nowdays they want to come back

I don't keep eggs in the fridge, but I tend to only keep them for a couple of days because I'll buy them just before I'm going to make something with eggs. So if I'm planning to bake a cake or make omelettes on Wednesday I might pick eggs up on Monday. I guess it's just a case of not letting them have a chance to go bad?

I don't. Mine are in the cupboard.

So you've never tasted a real egg? That's so sad! Eggs kept in the fridge are flavourless things and are actually more susceptible to bacteria.

Shops don’t keep eggs refrigerated

I know someone who doesn't store eggs in the fridge. Every single supermarket/shop

Try what it costs in the US.

English students studying in Scotland still have to pay full fees. It is discrimination but has not been challenged.

I’ve just said the same above lol then seen your comment

3 pints of cider and 3 roast dinners

I know I’ve said it before I just think it’s a much better approach, alcohol isn’t made to be such a big deal

16 minimum age not 14 with a meal in Pub or Restaurant.

Not 14 though, 16 is the age from which a person can have beer, cider or wine with a meal, so long as it has been paid for by an adult. On private property children from age five can have beer wine or cider.

I didn’t even think about that. That’s a good one 👍🏻

Other than a loop-hole in the food labelling laws. If a colourant is added by a manufacturer it has to be listed, but if a colourant is in another ingredient it doesn't. eg a can of black cherries with a red colourant in the cherries (I kid you not) will have the colourant listed, but if that can of cherries is used to make a black forest gateau, the ingredient list for the cake only needs to contain "black cherries" with no mention of the colourant in those cherries!

Thanks so much, I really appreciate it. I hope you’re well 😊

@TheRenaissanceman65 'You've hit on the head' so to speak, tanks for the reply. Best Wishes.

@TheRenaissanceman65 You gave me a laugh, when I was thinking of my dear old dad, so thank you.

@TheRenaissanceman65 I actually wish parents would in general be more supportive of kids not going to uni. Get them set up for a trade and if they are diligent workers they could have a deposit for a house or better long before a uni student graduates. A lot of trades like plumbing, carpentry, and air conditioning are hard up for skilled workers. Unfortunately it seems like nearly every parent wants their kid to be a doctor or lawyer. Can you imagine a world with only doctors and lawyers? Terrifying.

Too many graduates = lower pay in those fields... Solicitors are still on the same wage now as they were 20 years ago

I'll add it to the list :) thanks so much!

Yes that is very funny. X

Religiously/OANNist/Republican rural US farmers are likely anti vax for their chickens and other animals....

Oh wow, that's umm, fantastic. As in, fantasy.

I see the KZfaq trolls are still alive and kicking...

@@M0UAW_IO83 How so?

Wrong they last just as long not in fridge as long as you don't clean them which destroyes natural protection as farmer i have never put eggs in fridge 🥚

They can last for over a year outside of the fridge if you turn them upside down every few days. It sounds mental but it's true, just ask anyone old enough to remember rationing.

The reason America washes them - and why they also wash their poultry in chlorine is because they have next to no food hygiene laws so most farmers keep poultry in appealing condition battery farms (which are illegal in the UK). So they are covered in faeces, which spreads diseases.

Haha I know

In the US you cannot legally drink or purchase alcohol until age 21.

In the US it depends on which state, some states allow marriage and being able to kill before you can legally drink 🤣🤣🤣

or the bottle shop is JUST outside the supermarket..Vic here..

You will never see alcohol next to bread in a U.K. supermarket it has is own department normaly at the back or you might see a special offer display near the entrance when you walk in

@@waynechalkley6693 well I have a photo of bottles of Gin in the shelf next to the Warburtons in Tesco in 2018.

In the USA there are still dry counties. No alcohol can be sold or consumed. Moore county where Jack Daniels is made, is a dry county.

In Sweden it's state controlled too. Supermarkets can sell beer up to 3.5% but no higher, everything else has to be bought from a state run store. (monopoly) or if you live near the West coast just hop on a ferry to Denmark and buy there or on board.

More like at least 21 years , thats when I did it , but I was a bad kid so was tge army for me😫

nah thats only england

I was 16 when I left

@@connormc5809 yh but u have to have an apprenticeship or be in part time education

@@hananasrah No I just left

Tips should NEVER be mandatory

Nope, but I think they should be optional, as it means more to the person that you are giving it to if you didn’t have to…

Gosh Is that true? When I was 16 in the late 50s you could walk away at sixteen and get a trainee engineering job and learn something that would always be useful. Now Britain doesn't seem to manufacture much at all and you need a degree.

If that's the case then in Scotland you could never leave school as these exams do not exist!

@@EuroScot2023 19 is the magic number. If you've still fail they give up on u. It was brought in to stop the amount of NEETs in the system.

Just FYI, In the USA you can allow your children alcohol as religious rituals (communion, Jewish circumcision, bar/bas mitzvah), celebratory events (weddings, baptisms), and ethnic cultural customs. In our Lithuanian-American household, wine and spirits were given to children, mixed with ginger ale or 7-Up. The amount of alcohol was increased as the child grew until the child came of age. The only arrest I have heard of was around 1972 when a very young couple gave their infant an 8 ounce baby bottle of vodka, hoping the child would sleep so they could party. The baby died and they were arrested.

Alcohol is never okay in any country for children and teenagers. Alcohol is a poison to the human body.

Crazy isn’t it lol

Sweden has a state monopoly on alcohol above 3.5%, if you are under 25 you will be asked for ID.

That is absolutely amazing. That takes so much pressure off of parents.

When I had my children, as well as maternity leave and pay, you got child benefit from the government until your youngest child left school (18), plus if you had worked for the company for at least 2 years they had to keep your job open unless you decided not to return.

I'm old too (in my 70s) but as an engineer I always used the metric system for my work and definitely prefer it. I do get irritated when there is a heat wave and the newspapers, particularly the tabloids, start writing headlines quoting the temperature in Fahrenheit. The met office switched over to Celsius 50 years ago!

I was brought up during Decimilisation and learnt both, although I personally prefer the imperial system, I use the metric system for weights and Imperial system for lengths. As an Engineer, most European equipment is now fully metric, but USA still fully use imperial on industrial manufactured equipment.

@@stevienico452 Decimalisation was the change of the UKs currency from £.s.d to £.p in 1971, the change to metric measurements is known as metrication. European manufacturing has used metric units for centuries (thanks to Napoleon!). Even the US is now moving towards the use of the metric system in manufacturing in order to harmonise with international standards. Science, of course, has used the (metric) SI system exclusively since the early 20th C.

@@davidfaraday7963 The US military also uses metric but ordinary citizens do not (unless you count buying soda in 2-litre bottles).

@@davidfaraday7963 typo error, sorry, I was born after Decimilisation. But I think it's fair to say that by law to Date, it's only recently that Governing bodies are legally finalising changing units over. And as far as I'm aware it's been a journey in getting anywhere near completely changed. Still Today there are people who still use imperial systems, albeit for legacy engineering applications.

Had never been to Europe before that you absolute clown 🤦‍♂️

@@declanshanahan3888 Erm, no. America was the first place I'd been to where they drive on the right. Rude bellend

I bet she was lol

At Detroit airport I had to prove I was over 21. As I was 65 with grey hair I thought this was a joke but had to produce my passport to get a beer. I must say that in all other places I drank in Michigan and Ohio I was not asked. Ohio is strange - I bought some 'gin' in a supermarket and when I added tonic at the hotel I thought it was a bit weak to say the least. I found that it was deliberately weak, about half the normal strength. Normal booze shops sell the full strength stuff - if you can find one.

I'm so glad :) I hope you've had a lovely weekend, and thank you!

I would never be ashamed to be British.. I also love her appreciation for the UK as well..!! :-)

I'm ashamed to be British too... I don't recognise the open racism & hostile environment as my country. Was it always like this and I just didn't notice? Or is it a much newer phenomenon? I imagine there's quite a few people in the USA feeling the same way. But yes, I love the positivity of this channel. Our differences are to be celebrated and learned from.

Why are you ashamed to be British? We’re great, we have Brexit

​@@maldonhammer236 I'm not stating my opinion as to why because I'm not arguing with anyone about this that is how I feel end of.

Thank you 🙌

Americans call the alcohol version Hard Cider.

Technically legal for 5 year old to drink in the UK. Though I've never seen it happen. Cider in the US isn't what the UK calls cider (think jelly), I believe the Americans have a different name for alcoholic apple drinks.

Not true. I have previously worked in a pub/restaurant. Customers tried this all the time, under 18s cannot consume alcohol even with a meal.

@@davidjones4497 you're correct, under specific circumstancews this is true.

😊👍🏻

It's for "The Greater Good"

@@James-mb3je The greater good

@@James-mb3je The Greater Good

@@James-mb3je The greater good!

I was brought up having a small amount of alcohol on special occasions. It meant that when I when to university (1991 - 1994) I didn't go out and drink excessively unlike a lot of others who would get drunk regularly.

Hahah

As a fellow retail worker, I don't agree it's the most asked question. The most asked questions is "do you work here"... While you're in full uniform and working 😂

Believe it or not, but my local grocers didn't have any eggs last week.

I stopped buying eggs at the height of the pandemic. Everytime I ordered them some were broken and I got fed up complaining to them about it, after the 4th time I stopped ordering them. Now when i'm back in the shop again, i've not really thought about them anymore.

@@Gazz1982 don’t forget “can you get another till on I can’t wait this long” when you have no other staff

In Scotland you get your prescriptions paid for by the English. Scrap the Barnett formula

Haha well that's what you get for testing poll tax and the smoking ban on us first. Fairs fair lol 💩

even for Americans, paying "full price" in scotland, the price is cheaper.

Also no prescription charges in Wales

@@FoxDren no prescription charges in Northern Ireland either!

You've never been asked "fried, scrambled or poached" when ordering eggs?

@@geoffhaylock6848 Actually I meant specifically regarding fried eggs. When I order a fried egg I just want the egg fried. I don't need to specify which way up it's fried or how long for, just serve me the egg and I'll eat it.

Like sunny side up lol

@@Choppit53 We're all about choice in the US. I would never accept a hard fried egg -- gross!

OR, when asking for a skinny latte in NYC...they looked dumbfounded at me, which is funny, cause I thought America was the home of cafe coffee...I had to describe what it was..Aussie here..

You're right, there is no need to refrigerate them, especially so if you keep hens, the natural "bloom" on the egg protects it - it is often washed off when produced en-mass because they don't want customers to maybe see a bit of poop on the shell. I think we managed perfectly fine for millenia before the invention of the refrigerator. On a plus note, not keeping eggs in the fridge leaves more room for beer!

@@spinningtop5749 I keep eggs in the fridge. In the door there's a row of shallow "cups" to hold them. Perhaps I have a very old fridge and modern UK versions do not have this feature.

Even my brand new Korean fridge has egg holders at the top of the door. I took them out and use that area to put butter as it fits well.

At least he only gave a warning :)

I'm curious about the whole jaywalking thing - as a Scot, if it's safe to cross, do it. Does the US have a lower accident rate involving pedestrians? Why does this law exist?

@@StockportJambo I know the US has not modernized its pedestrian crossings anywhere near as fast as most western countries. The fines at as much $250 a pop in California should go to modernizing and upgrade the system to keep you safe but many of the laws that have punitive fines are really a local revenue stream. As the standard of driving here is lower than where you are from. Driving tests here are about 10 to 15 minutes long so the drivers level of proficiency is lower to start with.

@@raybuck8199 Speed cameras serve much the same purpose here. Why did the chicken cross the road? Don't know, but that's a $250 fine, madam.

@@StockportJambo . In the early days of the motor car, pedestrians had priority on the roads. Car manufacturers were worried it would put off people from buying cars so persuaded the state governments to pass laws effectively banning pedestrians from using the roads except at certain points. Just another case of the country being run for the benefit of corporations and not the citizens.