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@chrisb718 4 жыл бұрын
I'm from the UK and don't want to brag.. however, my teeth are perfect.. I drop a 'Steradent' in the glass from time to time to help keep them clean. :/
@mrdarren1045 3 жыл бұрын
Ditto ; )
@paddy864 4 жыл бұрын
"They're not going to put a Royal in the line of fire". Really? Prince Andrew flew Naval helicopters in the Falklands War and Prince Harry served as a Forwards Air Controller and an attack helicopter pilot in Afghanistan. Surprised you don't know that Yvette?
@penname5766 4 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing. People the royals are not just wallpaper. They actually work really hard and are very down to earth, especially William and Harry.
@fleshen 4 жыл бұрын
No way did that happen!
@williammcaleese2709 4 жыл бұрын
She meant an important Royal. William and Charles somehow avoided frontline service.
@barryfowles-zl5ib 4 жыл бұрын
@David Rawson So flying an attack helicopter in Afghanistan and a missile deflecting helicopter in the Falklands is out of the way? What do you do for a living, lion taming?
@petercott1 4 жыл бұрын
Harry started as a ground soldier in Afghanistan going out on patrols before he went back as an Apache helicopter pilot . He was only pulled out originally when a newspaper broke ranks and told the world that he was there.
@Isleofskye 4 жыл бұрын
One of the great misconceptions about The UK and Englishmen like me , in particular, is that we are pedantic,trivial and worry about totally minor and irrelevant things..... Oh ! By The Way the 4th and 5th paintings on the right of the wall are not quite straight or level. Well I " askew"....
@virtualatheist 3 жыл бұрын
Badum tish!
@thearmouredpenguin7148 4 жыл бұрын
I'm a Brit in my late 60's, and I find that one of the most annoying things in British life is the in-ability to complete the transition to the metric system that started in the 1960's. I buy petrol in litres, the road distances are in miles, and the fuel consumption meter in my car is in mile per gallon! We buy beer in pints - unless it's in a can or a bottle when it's in millilitres, centilitres or litres. Milk can be in either litres or pints, I buy 4 pints of milk marked as 2.28 litres. Jam is still usually sold in 1lb jars which are labelled as 454 grams. The final irony is if you ever go to the houses of parliament the distances to the various entrances are signed in metres.
@ianprince1698 3 жыл бұрын
contractors erected local direction signs but had to change them to yards because. most of them had been marked in metres
@chrisdew9449 4 жыл бұрын
The weather is definitely something people get wrong when thinking of the UK. I live in the south of England and the climate here is very moderate. In the summer we often get 30+ degrees which really shocks foreigners.
@EASYTIGER10 4 жыл бұрын
When my Dad was working as a university lecturer he quite often had students from south east Asia - Malaysia, Singapore, places like that - some of whom stayed over here for the whole summer. I remember we had one of those long hot summers we sometimes get in the UK, and they were shocked that it got as hot - if not slightly hotter - than back home!
@nathan_scofield_ynwa 4 жыл бұрын
Yes we got 38* which is 104 fareinheit last year
@richt71 4 жыл бұрын
The royals have and do serve in wars (Prince Harry in Afganistan and Prince Andrew in the Falklands war). However I guess it's right to say the senior royals that are part of the succession never see action despite serving with various military services). The mixture of metric and none metric measurements is mainly down to the EU who wanted to standardise measurements for all countries in the EU.
@keithmorfett671 4 жыл бұрын
richt71 The Queen also served during the Second World War.
@ghughesarch 4 жыл бұрын
We agreed to go metric long before the EU. Then we just didn't.
@EricIrl 4 жыл бұрын
@TheRenaissanceman65 1966 to be precise - although seeking to join the (then) EEC was part of the incentive to do so.
@hauskalainen 4 жыл бұрын
In school in the UK, from junior school to university everything was metric. I'm now 65 years old. This country is stupid. I'm amazed that milk and beer is still sold in pints and that distances and speeds still refer to miles.
@EricIrl 4 жыл бұрын
@TheRenaissanceman65 They did it in Ireland - so cost isn't the issue. But even Ireland hedges its bets. The roads show kilometers and KPH speed signs - but you still buy pints in pubs.
@raindancer6111 4 жыл бұрын
The conflicting thing I have found is that people from other countries focus on London as if it is all of England. But then if you tell them you are from London they will then ask if you know their second cousin twice removed as if they live next door. They have no idea of the size of London. Apart from taxi drivers who have done "the knowledge" most inhabitants of London only know bits of it well.
@Embetebe 4 жыл бұрын
re: Living in London. When I've lived abroad and people ask from where in the UK I come from, they often ask London first. Coming from Kent (the county / state) next to London, I say close enough. On a few occasions I've got a "Oh, do you know their friend X who lives in one of the towns on the edge of London". It seems that a lot of foreigners think London is a small town of less than 100 people and everyone knows everyone else.
@KB42moomoo 4 жыл бұрын
i think the tooth this is that american actors all pay for their perfect teeth, whereas any brits on tv will have healthy teeth (from nhs dentistry!) but wont have done any extra work, so you'll see more unique smiles. even though they are perfectly clean and healthy teeth, we dont tend to have those shiny hollywood symmetrical smiles
@goggler2 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah that was my assumption. Bleaching is far less common. Though its becoming more popular. And people really dont get braces unless they actually really need them.
@wobaguk 4 жыл бұрын
I think theres also a tendency for American TV to focus more on the young and the beautiful. In the UK you see more working class vox pops, and more working class soaps and other non aspirational faces, so I think the US shows more people who happen to have good teeth, rather than people actually all having better teeth.
@ianmcallister2268 4 жыл бұрын
Basically we don't all look as if we are breaking a new set of teeth in for Shergar (or Sea Biscuit for our American cousins).
@Blood_Monkey 4 жыл бұрын
@@ianmcallister2268 Too much Shergar's bad for your teeth.... ;-)
@EricIrl 4 жыл бұрын
@@Blood_Monkey I blame The Osmonds.
@psykergirl3615 4 жыл бұрын
Great video, however I think you should really take care to distinguish between Northern Ireland (part of the UK) and the Republic of Ireland (independent, part of the EU). It's not just quibbling over a name, wars have literally been fought over it. It's a really important distininction that I wasn't really aware of as an Australian.
@davew4998 4 жыл бұрын
Yes, I was going to make the same comment. It's also easier to keep geographical groupings separate from political; I.e. the British Isles and Great Brittain are geographical, whilst the UK and the Republic of Ireland are political.
@Jamie_D 3 жыл бұрын
@@davew4998 I think it would be generally be acceptable for someone to just say Ireland rather than Northern Ireland,, and casual speech as long as they don't say the republic is part of the UK.
@davew4998 3 жыл бұрын
@@Jamie_D I think generally you are right, but specifically if you are talking to Irish people north or south of the border, you could very easily cause offence. God only knows you can say Good Morning over there and someone might take offence.
@Jamie_D 3 жыл бұрын
@@davew4998 Oh yea for sure with that :)
@fionagregory9147 Жыл бұрын
@@davew4998 Britain is how we spell it.
@Jimmy_Jones 4 жыл бұрын
I would imagine most Americans would just not understand a single word from Northerners
@johnmaughan5007 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah I know Americans and yeah you're right
@damiendye6623 4 жыл бұрын
The queen has no power it's all passed to the government. You need a gun licence to buy a gun in the UK and then you have to pass a test but you can't get a gun as a normal person. And just get the met office app as that's the official weather agency for the uk
@anthjarma 4 жыл бұрын
Damien Dye your wrong about queen havin no power.. everything has to go through her
@kelsloney 4 жыл бұрын
Damien Dye the queen can overrule anything the government put into power, but doesn’t because the public have voted for the government and they don’t want civil unrest. If the government want to put another law into place, the Queen has to confirm it first.
@sahhull 4 жыл бұрын
I know Americans... Im also a Northerner. They have no problems understanding me
@dazzlingdaz187 4 жыл бұрын
Nice video Yvette, very accurate. It has rained a lot the last 6 months, I would say a lot more than normal and with no snow, which again is unusual. Actually there is more rain further west, so you're more likely to get wet in Wales than in Yorkshire (on average). On the subject of Wales, they dont quite have the same power as Scotland. Wales has an Assembly, rather than a Parliament, so powers are more limited. I'm glad you're enjoying your stay and it's nice that you are paying attention. Lol.
@antonygooding7657 4 жыл бұрын
Hi, Weather&Radar is a useful rainfall radar app. The met office also have a rainfall radar site. And yes there’s always a comedian saying ‘Just look out the window’ which is fine if you’re just popping out for five mins, but not if you’re going to be out for a couple of hours or all day. Oh, and thanks for bringing up the teeth thing that’s really annoying.
@briantaylor8804 4 жыл бұрын
I use the Ventusky app for weather, when I need something that does a little more than the BBC Weather app. They have a website too, which you can check out before downloading the app.
@Kay-vf8wu 4 жыл бұрын
The MET office have a weather app. That is the most accurate I've come across short of looking out the window.
@dabois8845 4 жыл бұрын
When you start travelling around this beautiful country head West to Cornwall first, stunning coastline and the best pasties anywhere
@patrickholt2270 4 жыл бұрын
It used to rain more frequently - climate change. Now we have long dry periods and torrential downpours which cause flooding. NHS dentistry has been effectively dead since Tony Blair was in power. He screwed with how dentists are paid so that consultants could be paid more, and the result is that now if you need anything more involved than the smallest filling, you have to pay through the nose. It's not remotely free at the point of use anymore. It's just some cheaper than outright private practise.
@neilbuckley1613 4 жыл бұрын
I don't know what part of Britain you live in, but here in the N.W. England it rains more frequently as well as more heavily than it used to.
@ethelmini 4 жыл бұрын
Dentists were allowed to opt out of the NHS and many did. That created a shortage so a lot us now pay for private schemes like Denplan. Children are still entitled to free dentistry, along with some adults.
@nick260682 4 жыл бұрын
Patrick Holt British people have some of the best teeth in the world according to stats. Look it up.
@colinwilson4658 4 жыл бұрын
We do have the equivalent of Australia.s Bureau of Meteorology radar in the UK its called PINE CONE and it works as follows the pine cone opens up When its going to be warm and dry the pine cone closes When its going to be damp or cold isnt technology wonderful
@bluechipcoach 4 жыл бұрын
Yahoo weather app is pretty good for London. It also can notify you if there is rain coming soon as that is the most unpredictable thing about weather in London. Weather besides rain is more pleasant than back home in Sydney Australia. Rolling 5degree temperature differences are the general average for London
@raindancer6111 4 жыл бұрын
I'm a Cockney with a Geordie father-in-law. Under normal circumstances I can understand him. But when he's had a few and the accent gets a lot broader I can generally get the gist of the conversation but there is no way I could give a literal translation.
@andrewbaker7839 4 жыл бұрын
The Queen has one interesting "power": once a week the Prime Minister has to go for a private audience with the Queen. It's totally private, the details are never published, but it's formal, with Bowing, "ma'am", and not sitting until invited to etc. She may well keep him waiting a while. He'll have to give an account of himself and his government, and answer pertinent questions. I understand most Prime Ministers hate it and fear it a bit.
@rogerbarrett9920 4 жыл бұрын
Andrew Baker - and long may it continue
@andrewbaker7839 4 жыл бұрын
@TheRenaissanceman65 I'm going by some comments made by some - they can't get away with anything.
@laertes103 4 жыл бұрын
It was Prime Minister Harold Wilson who asked the question "Why isn't this country a dictatorship?". Answer "Because every week the prime minister has to go to the palace and kneel before the Queen and explain his job to her".
@andrewbaker7839 4 жыл бұрын
@TheRenaissanceman65 partial comments former prime ministers keep sneaking out. Not about the detail of what was said, but about what it felt like.
@ivorbiggun710 4 жыл бұрын
I wonder how long she would have kept Jeremy Corbyn waiting had he won the election.
@forcestorm4119 3 жыл бұрын
I am a amateur weather man one I use is meteroradar. And put rain radar after it will show where rain and lightning is
@backawayfromthedonkey 4 жыл бұрын
There is no specific waiting period for a gun license. What does happen is you get thorough police checks (by the Special Branch in England), these checks can take a long time. Also many limitations on types of gun.
@wharfedalehome 4 жыл бұрын
If you're driving a UK made car your speedometer should be calibrated in both kilometers and miles per hour. It's worth having a look to check. If it is, it will take the guess work out of driving to the allowed speed on the road.
@wscottwatson 4 жыл бұрын
You asked how people from other parts of the UK feel. I come from Orkney, a group of islands off the north coast of Scotland. (Not to be confused with the western isles off the West coast). I live in Coventry which is in the southern end of this island less than 1.5 hours drive from the south coast. Problems? Firstly, people here think that they are in the middle of the UK. It would take 10 to 12 hours to drive to the north coast, depending on traffic and your keeping the speed limit! London is seen as the "remote south east" and about as representative of the UK as Aberdeen, except Aberdeen may be nearer the centre of the country. The make up of countries etc here is complicated and a lot of people south of the middle of this island dont get it. There are two nations in the British isles, the Republic of Ireland and the UK. The full name for the uk is "the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". It is made of four countries (not nations), England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Great Britain is 3 of those, England, Scotland and Wales. Some islands are administratively part of one of the four countries. Orkney, for example is supposed to be part of Scotland. My grandfather was insistent he was Orcadian and British but in no way Scottish! The biggest irritation is not people from elsewhere not knowing that weird structure. It is people from southern England talking about the whole British Isles as "England" or assuming that all the rest is just an extra 1% stuck on somewhere remote near the north pole!
@JohnSmith-ki2eq 4 жыл бұрын
I have a cockney accent and when I visited Florida some years ago I ran into an older Canadian couple who thought I was Australian!
@ivorbiggun710 4 жыл бұрын
I had a mate who, when in southern California, was assumed to be Australian by many. Crocodile Dundee was a big movie hit at the time. Personally I don't think he sounds anything like Paul Hogan but there you go.
@andyp5899 3 жыл бұрын
Converting Kilometers to miles in a UK car you have an automatic chart, the speedometer dial has the equivalence printed on it :) It is closer conversion to one and a half to one or two-thirds converting in the other direction
@Brummiemartin 4 жыл бұрын
Check out the following apps: Blitzortung Lighting Monitor - it's a radar based app that shows where Lightning strikes and where thunderstorms are active. Really interesting to watch. Also check out the AccuWeather app - it also has a Radar function.
@patrickokeefe4603 4 жыл бұрын
When talking about the part of the island of Ireland which is part of the UK, you should say Northern Ireland.
@adamgsy2698 4 жыл бұрын
Great video. Nice to hear my little island of Guernsey being mentioned 🇬🇬 😃
@hobmoor2042 4 жыл бұрын
One of the most significant powers of the Monarch is that they are Head of the Armed Forces. The Armed Forces and the Police swear allegiance (or Affirm) to serve the Monarch, not the Government. Thus, if there is ever a tyrannical Government, the Monarch has the means to remove that Government.
@PeachyNanaUK 4 жыл бұрын
We went to America a few years back and a young guy asked us where we were from. We said England and he said, ‘Is that in London?’.
@paul5331 4 жыл бұрын
I agreevwith everything you said I am from Manchester and it does rain alot here and yes it is raining now
@ttothep2443 4 жыл бұрын
Great Britain is the name of the largest island which has Wales, Scotland and England on it. The 2nd largest island is called Ireland but consists of Eire and Northern Ireland. Only Northern Ireland is a part of the UK. There are 136 inhabited islands in total which make up the United Kingdom.
@helenwood8482 4 жыл бұрын
Incorrect. Great Britain refers to the collection of islands, not including Ireland. That's why the United Kingdom is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and doesn't list every tiny island around the coast. Great, by the way, is to distinguish it from Brittany.
@ttothep2443 4 жыл бұрын
@@helenwood8482 Sorry, but you're wrong. The correct name for the largest island in the group of British isles is called "Great Britain". Great Britain does not refer to the smaller islands which fall under the collective name of "British isles". Here's a link to the islands and their names - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_of_the_British_Isles
@iainsan 4 жыл бұрын
The Queen meets with the PM once a week as Andrew Baker said below. All I'm saying is that if you could meet with the PM once a week in total private and if you had the status to make them listen to every word you say, that adds up to quite a lot of influence...
@dougall1687 4 жыл бұрын
I don't think you necessarily need an app to get weather radar. You can just got to the weather.com webpage and click the weather radar option for london - click the play button if you want it animated: weather.com/weather/radar/interactive/l/7517a52d4d1815e639ae1001edb8c5fda2264ea579095b0f28f55c059599e074?layer=radar
@pjmoseley243 4 жыл бұрын
I used to be in the Regimental shooting team , we were not allowed to travel with Ammunition and weapons at the same time
@FirstStudios1 4 жыл бұрын
Most of the royal men, in their early adulthood do military service of some type. In most situations what they are doing is kept confidential for obvious reasons. BUT... Do some research on prince Andrew during the Falklands conflict and it is well documented that he was flying in the line of fire to transfer and rescue other servicemen and was in the thick of it with no regard to his royal title etc. He then went on to be an Air-Sea rescue pilot which is not in the line of fire but is probably a very similar level of risk. Some royals just use their title and attend garden parties while others defend our nation, protect and serve the public alongside their countrymen and women.
@katpalmer8713 4 жыл бұрын
I'm a Geordie (from Newcastle for anyone who doesn't know!) and someone in Canada thought I didn't speak English - and I don't even have a strong accent. Even people within the UK ask if I'm Welsh(?!), Scottish or Irish - especially if on the phone. Most Americans I've come across struggle with my accent and I have to talk slower and make sure I ditch the slang. Feels like it's done nowt but rain this winter though! Summer wasn't exactly dry - or Autumn. Newcastle is one of the drier places in England though because of the Pennines protecting us. It's also not uncommon for us to be 10c colder than the south coast during summer so it gets annoying when people (including our news channels) think the south coast = the UK and talk about how record breaking it's been. As for weather, I use the weather from netweather.tv on the computer and have the web page saved as one of my browser tabs on my phone. It updates every 5 mins and is one of the best radars I've found. Clear Outside is quite a good website too (the app can be a bit hit and miss with finding locations though) if you want detailed info.
@Jimmy_Jones 4 жыл бұрын
The Weather Channel. I find that's the most accurate app. Plus its run by IBM's Watson supercomputer.
@richardlincoln886 4 жыл бұрын
Queen has some logical impact too - i.e. allegiance by armed forces is to the queen, prime minister forms a government at the queen's request... so you get some logical separation of politicians, state, law, religion etc. The queen sort of 'is/represents' the country/state - everyone else in parliament, forces, law even etc is separate/related but in deference to the head of state. Certainly NOT merely a tourist attraction.
@trevorWilkinson 4 жыл бұрын
For Rainfall Radar use Met Office website. Not sure if they have a radar in their own weather app. Just search Meto into google
@gitaryddcymraeg8816 3 жыл бұрын
The UK's best weather app is "the nearest window". The weather can change really quickly. The other night I decided to take my telescope into the back garden because the night sky was stunning and clear. It started raining before I finished setting up the telescope. LOL.
@paulhadfield7909 4 жыл бұрын
bes tone is cold is measured in celsius but heat is measured in fahrenhiet
@tersse 4 жыл бұрын
yeh im scotish and when i travel abroad, people often can tell im scotish or irish, when i say im scotish, they some times think scotland is part of england and not an actual country, i find it funny not at all annoying :)
@MYfurryLITTLEbrain 4 жыл бұрын
Dark sky is a great weather radar app! Especially for rain dodging 😅
@darrena5384 4 жыл бұрын
Great vid 😁 By the way the full name of the U.K. is United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland 😁 There’s a very good 5 minute video called “explaining the different between england, Britain and U.K. explained” or something that people might find useful 😁
@EricIrl 4 жыл бұрын
Before 1921, the UK did indeed include the whole island of "Ireland". But after that date, most of Ireland left the UK.
@kmorton5995 4 жыл бұрын
Geordie here. Americans either think I am Irish or just look very confused. Also - It doesn’t rain a lot in Newcastle. It’s actually one of the driest UK cities.
@rh2577 4 жыл бұрын
Scandinavian is what I usually get!
@catherinerobilliard7662 4 жыл бұрын
I'm a Geordie who was mistaken as Scots, Welsh and Irish when I visited the US. When I explained my surname originates from Guernsey in the Channel Islands, they had heard of neither. Not really a surprise as an American I befriended in Belgium once asked me if France was in London.
@oliviashawyer9135 4 жыл бұрын
I’m a cadet and we can use rifles obversely with military presence so definitely military use them all the time ( with the”gun” thing)
@handsolo1209 4 жыл бұрын
The miles to KM is about rounding up or down. It's 1 mile = 1.6km, or 1km = 0.6 of a mile. 10km is 6 miles, 20km is 12, etc and 10 miles is 16km, 20 miles is 32km, etc. you can round up or down to the nearest 5 and always be in the ballpark.
@michaelwilliams3861 4 жыл бұрын
8k is 5miles Hand.
@kevinh96 4 жыл бұрын
The Queen essentially does the job that a President would do in those countries where the President is just the head of state, countries like Ireland and Norway for example. They both have Presidents who represent their country as head of state, but aren't involved in the day to day running of the government. Technically their presidents, like our Queen, is responsible for appointing the Prime Minister, but in reality it's a formality and they simply appoint the leader of the party who won the general election. The Queen does have some political powers left over from the early days of the formation of our parliament, but they are only really formalities, such as the power to appoint the Prime Minister already mentioned , the power to dissolve parliament, the power to command the armed forces etc. Being Scottish I've never been mistaken for English when I've been to the States, but I have been mistaken for Irish.
@richardbillmen460 4 жыл бұрын
Hi, I'm a brit from Norfolk, when I've traveled to the US, my accent was often mistaken for Australian 👍
@ivorbiggun710 4 жыл бұрын
But can you read and write? I know you can drive a tractor.
@janecollins6742 4 жыл бұрын
I'm from west London, in the US, I was asked if I was from Australia too
@richardbillmen460 4 жыл бұрын
@@ivorbiggun710 you're right I have driven a tractor in my time, and I can't read or write, dont know how I've managed
@billythedog-309 4 жыл бұрын
Certainly it rains all the time in Britain - George Harrison wrote Here comes the sun based on something he read in a book.
@nomad1944k 3 жыл бұрын
To convert KPH into MPH, divide by 10x6 near enough not to get a ticket, reverse for the other way round.
@Spacecookie- Жыл бұрын
The Met office website is where most others get their weather from. It's literally the meteorological society site, which provides weather forecasts to the rest of Britain, so they can tell the public what the weather is doing.
@lavayuki 4 жыл бұрын
In sports in the UK people use KM, like running 5K, but when driving, body weight and height etc. it's imperial, but for food we use grams and kg, and in healthcare doctors also all use metric only
@dantetfear5253 3 жыл бұрын
no British people use imperial units and we learn imperial units at School as we left the E.u the UK is 100% imperial units
@TheLynneee 4 жыл бұрын
I am from Yorkshire. When I lived in the states, they thought I was Australian. I think it was because I don't have received pronunciation. However, when I lived in Scotland, everyone thought I sounded Irish. I think it was because it was a mixture of Scotish, Yorkshire and American.
@davidkeenan5642 4 жыл бұрын
Miles to kilometers? I don't know how others do it, but I'm okay with doubling & calculating 10% and then 20%. So starting with miles, I double & then deduct 20%. Sounds complicated, but it works for me to give me a rough conversion.
@vinnyfurlong6845 4 жыл бұрын
Hey Yvette I enjoy your vids. Not usually my cup of tea but find them both amusing and sometimes informative for me even as a brit! Nice to see that you appreciate that London is not Britain and Britain is not just London, and you realise that people outside the M25 get frustrated with that perception. On the topic of the accents around UK never heard you mention West Midland accent, Birmingham, Coventry and Black Country. Birmingham, after all is England's 2nd City.
@Siriuss96 4 жыл бұрын
Vinny Furlong Manchester is Englands second city not Birmingham.
@vinnyfurlong6845 4 жыл бұрын
@@Siriuss96 Only in Manchester's eyes!
@lucysmart6472 4 жыл бұрын
She can’t mention every single accent in the uk, chill out
@vinnyfurlong6845 4 жыл бұрын
@@lucysmart6472 Daint mean anything by it only asking.
@adgeyuk9803 4 жыл бұрын
To me Birmingham is down south still
@andyleighton6969 3 жыл бұрын
Can't see it anywhere so, first health system - Bismark introduced compulsory universal health insurance into Germany in 1884. Still the model for most of Europe.
@speleokeir 4 жыл бұрын
Easy ways to convert metric to imperial: - a mile is about 1600m, so 5 miles is about 8km, 50 miles is about 80km and so on. So 80 kph is 50 mph. - 3m is about 10 ft, so 100ft is 30m, etc. An inch is about 2.5 cm, 6ft is 183 cm, 2m is 6ft 7". - 14 lbs is a stone, so 140 lbs is ten stone, 15 stone is 210 lbs, etc. - 2.2 lbs is 1 kg, so 10kg is 22 lbs, etc.
@wharfedalehome 4 жыл бұрын
Universal health care does cover dentistry - in theory. But there's nowhere near enough NHS registered dentists for the whole population. So many of us use private dental care unfortunately.
@robokill387 4 жыл бұрын
UK teeth are actually in the top 5 in the world and above the US.
@marvinc9994 3 жыл бұрын
An' anovver fing: Scotland does NOT have a 'government': it has a 'Nicola Sturgeon' - which is a Social Affliction (like the rest of the SNP), not a Political Arrangement.
@stevetaylor8698 4 жыл бұрын
Kilometres to miles, just half the Ks and add a bit. Works for small numbers. So 40kph is about 25mph.
@stevesilk51 4 жыл бұрын
To get miles from kilometres Yvette: divide km by 5 then multiply by 3, gets you near enough. The same in reverse for miles to km
@RonSeymour1 4 жыл бұрын
Divide 8 multiply by 5 is more accurate. Compare the two calcs on a conversion site.
@stevesilk51 4 жыл бұрын
@@RonSeymour1 , I said near enough for a quick calculation, an easier calculation in your head
@RonSeymour1 4 жыл бұрын
@@stevesilk51 Fair enough, Steve.
@patrickokeefe4603 4 жыл бұрын
The NHS does not normally cover dental care unless you are a child or are on certain benfits (socal secuirty).
@ministry2627 4 жыл бұрын
But it is highly subsidised and a lot cheaper than the US for example. I use an NHS dentist, always have.
@littleannie390 4 жыл бұрын
NHS dentistry is available but unless you are on benefits there are set fees to pay as a proportion of the true cost. I have always used an NHS dentist.
@raindancer6111 4 жыл бұрын
I think it is also free if you are pregnant.
@ethelmini 4 жыл бұрын
@@ministry2627 If you can find one.
@ministry2627 4 жыл бұрын
@@ethelmini I have never had an issue finding one. It probably depends where you live though.
@avrilbowler8755 4 жыл бұрын
The day we went metric (officially) a friend went for some wood. He asked for posts X feet long. "Can't do that, sir. Has to be in metres. We've now gone metric". Length sorted. Now for width and depth. My friend held his breath. "Do you want 2 inches x 2 inches, or 2 inches x 3?". Nuff said!! I think the bad teeth rumour started in America. Teeth are naturally creamy coloured. In America, film stars etc started to bleach their teeth and the NHS dentists didn't do this. So British teeth were deemed bad because they weren't sparkly white. 👍👍👍
@KeithGadget 4 жыл бұрын
The bad teeth issue came from President Eisenhower who was in the UK for D-Day. He was asked what her felt about the UK people and in a throw-away comment said “bad teeth”. This was pre-NHS times. What you said is quite correct, the UK has social healthcare and the US doesn’t, and an estimated 50m Americans cannot effort health insurance or dental healthcare. British charities go to America to offer the poor free detail help. So it is mathematically impossible for Americans to have better teeth.
@martinlewis1015 4 жыл бұрын
I found Accu weather site even though it is American Alexa uses it and has been quite accurate. For years we had imperial measurements then had to use metric but we still like to use both as we will not call a pub drink 500mil we like pints. MPH, cable lengths meters much better
@dantetfear5253 3 жыл бұрын
British people use imperial units I have no clue how metic works because imperial units are easy and simple. metic units confuse boring. just look around and you will see see that we use Imperial units and not metic units .
@martinlewis1015 3 жыл бұрын
@@dantetfear5253 use both as some things are better in imperial and others in metric, like 1 meter is easier than 1 yard which is 0.91. Pints and gallons but when getting containers in litres are ok i.e 2L coke. I use inches but when measuring items and they are nearer to cm rather than inch it saves time, I don’t like to workout difference so if item is in cm just measure in that. I like stones rather than kilo, mph not kmh
@stephenlee5929 2 жыл бұрын
Hi, On converting miles to kilometres 60 = 100 (approx) as a drive look at the speedometer.
@EileensBoy 4 жыл бұрын
II am a very proud Londoner, albeit with not a very pronounced cockney accent. Yet the first time I went to the States one of the first things I was asked was 'What part of Australia are you from!?'
@plukerpluck 4 жыл бұрын
Much better is to add on 50% for miles into KM. (It's actually 60% more). So 40 miles = 60 km is closer as was your second guess (it's actually 64km). The reverse is more annoying, because you need to take about 2/3. So 90km -> 60 miles (actually 56). Should be a lot closer than your halving/doubling system
@tonys1636 4 жыл бұрын
UK sold vehicles have speedos in both MPH and Km/H. ( unless a private import ) so no need for mental arithmetic.
@zaftra 4 жыл бұрын
The royals in general play a very important diplomatic role, it's never mentioned but it's their most important.
@ianprince1698 3 жыл бұрын
the whole of the British government works in the Queen's name
@CrazyInWeston 4 жыл бұрын
Error: UK is England, Scotland, Wales and NORTHERN Ireland. Republic of Eire is an independent country. You would only include Eire if you used the term British Isles which also includes Jersey, Isle of Man, Guernsey etc. Its another thing to think of because the Isle of Man isnt part of the UK at all and many people in the UK think it does.
@martinpowell3855 4 жыл бұрын
You are required to apply for a fire arms certificate/license this will take much longer than 7 days and the police are involved in assessing if you should be allowed the license Then you have to show that you will keep the fire arm an the ammunition secure at locations. So it is a much more rigorous system of gun control in the U.K. also only sporting rifles and shotguns are permitted.
@williebauld1007 4 жыл бұрын
Yvette, prince Harry was in the front line twice in Afghanistan as an Apache pilot and as a forward air controller in the army
@andysutcliffe3915 4 жыл бұрын
Willie Bauld I still get the impression that there was likely someone tasked to be with him, probably without his knowledge, to make sure he was safe. Or his unit was only ever sent into low risk areas, as it'd be too much of a 'win' if he was killed
@williebauld1007 4 жыл бұрын
@@andysutcliffe3915 I'm not 100% sure but he may have had an SF bodyguard so the rumour has it anyway
@overlandingwolf 4 жыл бұрын
Weather app = Dark sky ..... it gives you notifications within 15 minutes of rain and has a map/radar for you Also most other weather apps use its weather model for predictions
@MostCommentsAreFake-ud8by 4 жыл бұрын
This is the rain radar I use www.netweather.tv/live-weather/radar I sometimes watch it when there is nothing on TV.
@kbrickell4732 3 жыл бұрын
Isle of Man Channel Islands (Jersey, Gurnsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm) Isle of Man are crown dependencies. Crown Dependencies are not part of the United Kingdom but are self-governing possessions of the British Crown.. Love your videos, you have a mild OZ accent you will have a British RP accent soon.
@jadetrill6642 4 жыл бұрын
A good weather radar that I use is the first result in google when I type in "weather radar" - netweather.tv
@thesushifiend 4 жыл бұрын
I've got a couple of issues with what you've said, but they're not very important. We've actually got lots of guns here, but we use them mostly for sport. It's not legal to own a gun for the purposes of home or personal defence. I don't remember sitting on any courses and there's no 7-day wait, but you do have to be interviewed by a police officer and they do background checks on you before granting you a licence. That can take weeks to months. The rules are more stringent depending on what type of firearm you want to acquire. Private handgun ownership is almost completely outlawed. But you can have semi-automatic shotguns, and self-loading rifles in very small calibres. For the miles to kilometres thing, It's better to add 50% than to double it. So yes, 40 miles isn't far off 60km. It's actually 64.something. And yes, teeth in Britain used to be awful. Kids grew up eating sweets and not brushing their teeth, and cosmetic dentistry certainly was not covered on the NHS. I doubt it is now, but the cost of dentistry has dropped dramatically, while children eat more healthily than they did 20 or 30 years ago. Lastly the issue with your channel is that you haven't done a makeup video - or at least not one I can find. I'm always struck by how beautiful your eyes are and how your skin is glowing. I know you're not trying to be a beauty KZfaqr, but come on, can't you do one? For me!??
@sahhull 4 жыл бұрын
True and factual statement on UK gun ownership... Weeks to get granted a license is optomistic.. My last co-terminus renewal took them 8 months!!!!
@thesushifiend 4 жыл бұрын
Northy my first certificate came 2 weeks after the firearms officer interviewed me. But then I only wanted an SGC. Renewal took nearly 3 months. Coterminous suggests an FAC and of course those take even longer to be processed!
@Isleofskye 4 жыл бұрын
I know you said they were NOT important but apart from mentioning, Guns and Miles/Kilometres and Teeth and No Makeup but anything else ? :)
@stephpick 4 жыл бұрын
People outside of the UK tend to get Irish and Scottish accents mixed up, its probably the same like for New Zealand and Australian. My experience is that its mostly Americans who believe we all live in London, whereas us Brits can instantly tell the difference between the different dialect and accents of the states. I think this is down to London/cockney and "Queens English" as it is refer too, is the most accent used in films and tv shows.
@mattdow9039 4 жыл бұрын
I think the misconception that it always rains in the UK/London comes mostly from novels and movies
@paulmaxey6377 4 жыл бұрын
The gun law in the UK roughly, and I'm not an expert so I am sure others will correct me where I am wrong lol. You are not allowed to have semi-automatic or automatic weapons and handguns were banned after the Dunblane Massacre when a man went into a school and shot and killed 16 primary school children (all aged between 5 and 6 years old) and a teacher. That was the point when gun laws were tightened in the UK including the banning of handguns and mandortry licensing of weapons. You are still allowed to keep shotguns and airguns but they must all be registered and have a reason to need them and if they are over a certain rate you have to apply for a Class 1 license, that includes airguns. The main reason farmers have them is for pest control, ie rabbits, foxes and such. I think you can still own some airguns without a license as long as they are not over a certain psi. Any shotguns or Class 1 weapons must be kept in a secure locker/gun case with at least 2 locks. Ammo I am not sure of what the limit is. Knives, which have been in the news a lot recently, I think (again not an expert so might be out of date) cannot have a blade over 3 inches unless it is a folding knife. It is illegal to carry any knife in public unless it is a folding knife with a cutting edge of 3 inches or less unless you have good reason. Lock knives are not included as folding knives so they are banned as if they were a normal knife. All other knives, ie butterfly knives, flick knives, gravity knives etc are banned.
@helenwood8482 4 жыл бұрын
You are correct.
@04williamsl 4 жыл бұрын
From Middlesbrough (about an hour's drive south from Newcastle). Usually get 2 experiences. 1. From tourists outside the UK/GB: 'oh, do you live in London?' when I explain I'm from Middlesbrough 'oh, is that near London?' 2. From those in the UK/GB, anywhere but in the North East of England: 'Oh, I love your Geordie accent'. It's not a Geordie accent, it's a Smoggie accent. After explaining I'm not from Newcastle 'Oh, is that near Leeds?' For someone from Boro, being told you have a Geordie accent or wondering if you're from somewhere near Leeds is actually quite the insult...
@fossy4321 4 жыл бұрын
It's a Uk citizen's right to own a shotgun, the police need a reason to refuse a license but to own a rifle or rifles you need a valid reason to own each one. Many shotguns and .22 rimfires are semi-auto but the shotguns are limited to 3 shots unless you own a section one (rifle) license. Contrary to popular belief handguns are allowed but again a valid reason is required for a license to be issued. Target shooting was deemed not a valid reason anymore so thousands of guns were confiscated and destroyed, Many deer stalkers own a handgun for dispatching wounded animals near roads where a rifle would be too powerful. There is no test to own a firearm but background checks are done and a relaxed "chat" with the firearms officer when he checks your security arrangements takes place to make sure of your character, he can refuse you if he just thinks "something is not quite right"
@RushfanUK 4 жыл бұрын
There is no such thing as a Right to own a shotgun in the UK, handguns are not specifically outlawed however any small firearm with a barrel less than 30cm and overall length less than 60cm is prohibited therefore handguns are effectively outlawed, there are a very few exceptions, gun control in the UK is probably the tightest in the world.
@timaustin2000 4 жыл бұрын
No checks? So why do I deal with farmers on a near weekly basis coming to my GP surgery to have their mental health checked by a doctor as part of license renewal? Shotgun licencees must be proven physically and mentally fit to own a shotgun and licensed as such with the police.
@fossy4321 4 жыл бұрын
No mate this is a common misconception you have a right to own a shotgun but the police can say no if they find a reason to deny it, any slight reason will do and they don't have to justify it. With a rifle the onus falls on you to justify owning it Handguns are OK if you have a valid reason for having one. The exceptions you give basically mean it is not classified as a a handgun! A deer stalker in Northumberland has a standard .44 magnum for dispatching game. If you don't believe me phone you're local firearms dept they are nice people and will confirm what I say.
@fossy4321 4 жыл бұрын
I said no TESTS. Many European countries test your knowledge of species and accuracy with a gun. but the UK does not. Mental health CHECKS are pretty universal now. Please try and keep up!
@sahhull 4 жыл бұрын
Im a UK gun owner, both shotguns and rifles. Im not a farmer. I live in a city. You do need a legitimate reason for ownership... Self defense isnt a reason. Target shooting, pest control, clay shooting are all good enough.. Tho for a rifle you also need a certificated piece of land or written permit to shoot on one, or be a shooting club member. The police will check to see if you are a known scumbag and you have safe storage for you firearms. Your local firearms dept and or gunshop will be generally helpful.
@markharris1125 4 жыл бұрын
Rain Radar: www.theweatheroutlook.com/twodata/uk-rainfall-radar.aspx They do a mobile app as well. The Met Office also has a rain radar page: www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/observation/rainfall-radar#?map=Rainfall&fcTime=1580703600&zoom=7&lon=-2.89&lat=51.79 Hope those help!
@F_Arrow95 4 жыл бұрын
I'm not surprised you're mistaken for being English (specifically from London) considering Australia was colonised and founded by Cockneys. There are some subtle similarities as a result.
@gamestargs6386 4 жыл бұрын
Another great video, you almost hit 9k. I think by May it will be 15k hehe 😉
@blindarchershaunhenderson3769 4 жыл бұрын
The latest studies have shown that we British have the best teeth, on average, in the world, exactly as you said with regard the NHS
@saadaleem7260 3 жыл бұрын
We are certainly in the top 5, but not place one.
@zippybanana2691 2 жыл бұрын
Tried lots of Weather Apps, can't beat the Met Office, may not suggest they can provide as much as other Apps but what they provide is actually based on reality not just fancy graphs 😄
@ianmcass 4 жыл бұрын
The thing that sounds most Australian about you is "heeer" vs "here" and the pauses when you speak - very Australian :D
@barryallan8186 4 жыл бұрын
Americans always know I am from Scotland and normally mention Edinburgh or Glasgow and I tell them Dundee and some may have heard of it because there’s a dundee in Florida
@krashd 4 жыл бұрын
Usually I get "Oh, like Crocodile Dundee?" and I reply with "No, he's from a place about 13,000 miles away that was named after my city."
@gamestargs6386 4 жыл бұрын
Oof that storm is coming.. its gonna be a wet weekend
@mikeet69 4 жыл бұрын
Others have commented and given different conversion factors. In fact one was so exact I had to look it up. And I am a Metrologist ( science of weights and measures not the Weather which is a Meteorologist ). 1.609344 kilometers to 1 statute mile. I round that off to 1.6 kilometers to 1 mile or 1 mile is about equal to 0.625 kilometers or 5/8 kilometers. I prefer to think of the relationship as 5 miles = 8 kilometers since many people do not like fractions if that helps. Or since I am an American where only 1 major road is in kilometers and they are switching back to miles I do understand the confusion between The Imperial Measurement system and the SI or metric system as some call it. I will find it strange to drive the road that was in kilometers back to miles. I also use a movie reference and the old national speed limit that was in place when the movie came out. Back to the Future where the Delorean had to go 88 miles an hour. If that was in kilometers per hour it would have been the Federal Speed Limit of 55 miles per hour at the time. Just how I remember the conversion factor. And I can understand the confusion with using a mixture of measurement systems. I use both, but mostly grew up on the Modified Imperial System. Getting better at temperature now that our lab temperature is recorded in C. Like most people are more familiar with what they learned and grew up using. And actually the USA is officially a metric country, but few realize it as it is less common here. It does make me smile to learn they still use the English Imperial Measurement System partially in the UK. But I have no clue about the stone as I have never seen it used in the USA. Anyway enjoy the weather no matter what system you prefer! ;-)
@raindancer6111 4 жыл бұрын
Having grown up with stones and pounds, yards feet and inches, and gils, pints, quarts and gallons, why do people using metric measures use the smallest only? Things measured in mm, what happened to the cm, and the same with fluid measures? Cookery books are a nightmare especially when you get American ones as well with cups.
@mikeet69 4 жыл бұрын
@@raindancer6111 Cups is not used in the UK?
@mikeet69 4 жыл бұрын
Bad English Sorry. Cups are not used in the UK as a form of measurement? I can only guess as to why someone would say 25.4mm = 1 inch vs. 2.54cm = 1 inch except to say they are keeping with same units throughout or they prefer powers of 3. I don't think I ever heard someone say decimeters instead of meters or kilometers. In fact my spellcheck just underlined decimeters so I guess even my computer doesn't know the word ( or measurement ). As far as cooking and recipes I am far from a person to comment on that. The SI or Metric system is supposed to be easier because it is based on powers of 10. And most people have 10 fingers. However that does not necessarily make it easier. Like I said most people are more comfortable with the measurement system they grew up with and the Metric system basically came into popular usage starting with the Meter Convention of 1898 or 1896. I forget which year. 2 cups = 1 pint liquid measurement.
@raindancer6111 4 жыл бұрын
@@mikeet69 Cup measures are available now but they are not really a normal UK measure. If as you say the cup fluid measure is 2 to a pint, that's 10 fluid oz per cup. But I have also seen them used as a dry measure for flour, sugar etc. I prefer to convert to something I'm familiar with. Another one that has disappeared in recent years is the dessert spoon measure. I assume the appearance of the cup is due to recipes published online and imported books.
@mikeet69 4 жыл бұрын
@@raindancer6111 It appears I made an error in the name of the system we use I head it called the Modified Imperial System. However I used Google and found it called the US Customary Units that date back before the English Imperial System in 1824 which has been modified by law as recently as 1985. Therefore there are some differences between the 2 systems. I immediately noticed when you said a cup would be 10 fluid ounces. Actually it is 8 fluid ounces. Still 2 cups to 1 pint, however that is a U.S. Pint which differs from the British pint as does almost every other fluid measurement. I found the Wikipedia article on the USCS very helpful including the section on cooking measures which includes a chart of Australia, Canada, UK, US and new to me US FDA (Food And Drug Administration) which strangely defines food labeling differently. So hopefully not too confusing. Some of it was new to me. It does include the gill which I never heard of, however I am not a cook. However the biggest news in basic measurement occurred last May when the 1898 International Prototype Kilogram and I believe LeMaster Kilogram in Paris became the last of the 7 base SI units to convert from a physical artefact to be redefined using a Watt Balance. A few other changes were made as well for the biggest set of changes since 1999. So basically there is not only 2 different systems of measurement, but at least 4 when cooking and food are involved in different countries that were all formerly part of the British Empire. So definately need to be aware of the origin of any cookbook in English. I wonder if all 4 types are available to buy things such as measuring cups in the UK. I will have to see if they are here. I am sure they are available online. Here is the Wikipedia link: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units
@jodieberesford8794 4 жыл бұрын
Harry was in the line of duty but made the decision to leave when the press started reporting about it
@djlads 4 жыл бұрын
The conversion from Km to miles 1km= 5/8 of a mile, so treat it like a fraction. 112km ÷ 8 x 5 = 70miles; 48km ÷ 8 x 5 = 30miles to go back reverse 30miles ÷ 5 × 8 = 48km. Simple
@niallmurphy4997 4 жыл бұрын
5 miles is 8km. Exactly. 1 stone is 6.35kg rounded to the nearest - almost exact.
@Shotbarrel 4 жыл бұрын
The UK is known for bad weather not because the weather is bad, but mainly for its consitency. For other countries weather is simple, spring, summer, autumn and winter. For example America has consistant weather, (more consistant). Whereas the UK will have several weather changes in a day/week. We don't normally have a week of sun or a week of snow. The UK weather isn't consistant which is why people complain. Especially for those who work, planning days off can be a challenge as it may be sunny, but rain several times throughout the day. So it's not that the UK weather is the worse in the world, its just not consistant which in my opinion is more important than good weather.
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