American Reacts to Lesser Known Things About England (from a foreigner's perspective)
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- čas přidán 21. 11. 2022
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There are things that seem normal if you have been living in one place your whole life that can seem completely strange to a foreigner, and England is no exception. Today I am very interested in reacting and learning all about lesser known things about England from an American's point of view. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
Joking aside the full word is Mathematics not Mathematic so Maths makes more sense than Math, so jokes on you guys I guess! XD
And yet we say 'sport' and not 'sports' like the Americans do. However, you never hear anyone say, "I really like 'Huntings' "
Yes, maths because there are different types of mathematics it's not only thing. Trigonometry, calculus, statistics etc
@@brentwoodbay someone’s not to good at English
@@ShowaMan6 I hope you are not referring to me! I am an expert in English and how it is spoke!
Cause mathematics is a plural subject, so I don't get why Americans use the singular term, it's weird.
In UK we used 240v electricity rather than 110v in US/Canada. So, it's more dangerous to have power outlets in bathroom.
Also, our bathrooms are tiny, so anywhere you would place a socket/outlet, it would be close to a water source, increasing the risk considerably.
We have 230v and small bathrooms where I live, and we have outlets in there. Nobody gets electrocuted, that's silly. You also have water sources in a kitchen, so why is that ok?
@@Efebur because it's mainly to protect from dropping electrical items into a bath whilst the person is bathing, I.e. death follows. You are unlikely to have a bath in the kitchen.
@@Efebur you have to remember they is a bath a sink a shower and all that hot water causes condensation water dripping down the tiles and with such high voltage 240 that’s just too risky.
Why light switches are on the ceiling and you pull a cord tho even them have become less common now have light switches placed outside the bathroom.
It’s time as many appliances are designed for 120v or 240v so one would think 120v for lighting and outlets for bathrooms would be 120V and 240v for other rooms.
Also bathrooms in the UK not as big as in the US.
We have shaving sockets in UK bathrooms where you can charge your electric razors & toothbrushes
When we in Britain hear “math” we die a little inside, after all it’s mathematics with an S!
@@mrychards6682 Just chill out it’s not that deep. Math is still wrong though Bwahaha 🤣
I’m NI (or maybe just my school) it was pronounced mazz so math and maths sound weird to me
@@mrychards6682 but maths is an abbreviation for mathematicS. you guys are just wrong and laughing at us for being right. There's a difference between evolving and devolving.
@@mrychards6682 chill out babe 😂
I always thought it’s because there’s different forms of mathematics therefore it would be ‘maths’, or maybe it just rolls off the tongue easier because of the accents
we dont generally put barbeque sauce on our burgers instead of tomato because we can read the label on the dispenser
Often you can see the colour difference somewhere too.
In bathrooms, your 110v makes you go “Ow!” Our 240v makes you go “Boom!”
Or more likely a frying sound as you fall to the floor!
110 and 230v volts will kill you its all about the current.
You can have ac outlets in a bathroom in the UK but the average bathroom is not big enough to have it in a safe location away from condensation or splashed water
@@evelbsstudio correct but our body risistance stays the same so the current is more than double at 240v vs 110v,
In Canada we are required to have GFCI outlets near water sources that have trip circuits built in, in washrooms etc. for safety, I don't know if they work for 240V systems or not. Lived in England as a teenager and also remember the ceiling mounted pull string light switches in the washrooms / toilets, in Canada we just have regular switches, again lower voltage here like the USA.
You can have low current shaver and toothbrush electric sockets installed in UK bathrooms. They usually offer 110/240 volts, connected via a two pin socket outlet panel with a small transformer behind it with "shavers only" stamped on the outlet panel.
In the UK basically everybody learn to drive a manual (which you call standard). This is because if you learn to drive on an automatic you get a driving licence (note we say driving not driver's) which will NOT allow you to drive a manual. Learning to drive on a manual meanwhile allows you to drive both here
I think you mean "will not allow you to drive a manual"
@@Gallopstar changed it thank you
Americans cant change gears and steer, its asking too much
Their is no way I would have a mail box at the end of my drive !
Plus manual cars are just more common and tends to be easier to find
Though I passed my test last year and it was a 2:1 ratio in the automatics favour
Having a mail box US style outside your property rather than having your mail posted inside your house makes it a lot easier for nosy neighbours to see what sort of post you are getting, and for people to actually steal your mail or even just to see who is living at an address for the purposes of identity fraud for example.
It is a Federal Crime in the US to steal mail from your mail boxes and so no one wants to spend up to 20 years in prison for stealing mail in the US.
People steal post or your identity if they have access to your post. So having it inside your house is secure.
I also shared EVERYTHING that has my address in it, if I'm not keeping it.
We post our letters in a post box, the post man only delivers to your house, they collect post from the post box or post office....
As do I when it comes to shredding letters and other documents, @@anwenpoole2115, and once shredded I put them into the waste paper / cardboard wheelie bin for them to be collected and recycled. In fact I'm so security conscious about having my identity details stolen that I take off the sticky labels that are on any of my prescriptions and scrunch those same labels up and dispose of them within my ordinary rubbish in black bin bags. Better safe than sorry, isn't it?
When it comes to sending letters or any other post I can either go to my local sub-post office and hand them in over the counter and pay for the postage or if I don't need any stamps I just post them through the Royal Mail letterbox which is attached to the side of that same building.
The houses in UK cities are literally spitting distance from each other plus our streets are much narrower than yours so there is no need to put a mail box at the end of a 5ft long garden path.
And for these same reasons UK post men walk their rounds, unless it's a more rural area with more distance to cover.
Also there is simply no space to have mail boxes everywhere, England is too cramped for that.
The postman doesn’t collect mail in the UK, they only deliver it. We have to go to a postbox to send stuff but they’re everywhere. Foxes are super common all over London and other big cities. They’re very brazen and will often walk down the street beside you 🦊🦊🦊
Postmen do collect how do you think they are collected from postboxes.. magic??
The point he was making is that in the US you can leave post in your mailbox and the postman will pick it up. As far as I’m aware no postman in the UK has ever knocked on my door asking if I have anything I need to send. That’s the difference.
@@paulrobson7887 If you buy your postage online you can opt for a home pick up, but it's a very recent service and they won't take any other mail you have that wasn't part of your order.
They do collect from your doorstep you just have to book it
@@cornishbluebird Obviously you can read. But your comprehension leaves lots to be desired
In the UK you generally only drive an automatic if you weren't good enough to pass in a manual - if you pass in a manual, you can drive either, but if you pass in an automatic, you're only allowed to drive automatics.
Another common reason might be that you have some kind of medical condition. My dad drives an automatic because he has bad arthritis, and he finds it more comfortable. I've heard arguments that manual gives you more control over the car - I wouldn't know, I've never driven an automatic to test the difference for myself - but honestly I think its just a cultural thing more than it having any particularly rational reason behind it. I imagine both automatic and manual have their advantages and disadvantages.
My very tall Dad drove an automatic so he had somewhere to put his left foot. My husband drives an automatic because he's disabled. But increasingly these days it's because the car is electric.
I passed my driving test first time, and have driven everywhere with a gear lever in every car. Recently, I have changed to driving an automatic, as I now have arthritis in my joints -including my wrists and fingers. Driving an automatic was strange at first, but it means I can still drive long distances, so I'm happy with that.
I've driven both manual and automatic over the years. Generally I prefer manual but have no issue with automatic. I actually do find manual gear boxes give slightly more control, but it's not a huge difference.
That sums it up fairly nicely. There's nothing wrong with either as such, but...
Automatics traditionally have been either rubbish or expensive, and that is still true to an extent even now. Thus, entry-level "economy" cars with small engines and 40+ mpg economy were not really suited to being bogged down by a traditional autobox with hydraulic torque converter, not to mention the extra mass added by all that; alternative-tech autos such as CVT or DCT were often unreliable, costly or both, even if excellent in theory. Some people don't like the "lawnmower" engine sound caused by CVTs. Lots of British people like economical little cars because fuel prices are quite high here, and the population density is too, leading to lots of start-stop or low-speed driving.
My previous four cars (both here and in North America) had manual gears and an engine with either four or six cylinders. My current car (here in England) is automatic with a V8 engine and 27 mpg or so if driven very frugally. :)
Manuals DO give better fuel economy but, this requires LOTS of concentration, people who drive all the time can NOT keep up the level of concentration required so though it would save some money on fuel consumption a lot of commercial lorrys use auto boxes.
I personaly, now, drive a car with a CVT (constant velocity transmission). There is no discreet gears so you do not get the 'change when it wants' lumpy change of a 'normal' auto.
Our mailmen don't really take post from you except for some health things. Usually you go to the Post Office to do it yourself or put it in a postbox - which is why we have so many of those red pillars with the crown on
You can book collection of items from your home by Royal Mail on-line.
@@keithparker2206 - That's a quite recent thing, though.
should do , any stamped mail can be passed to a postie even if they are doing a delivery round ( I would not guarantee that they wont forget to place it in the outgoing stream at the sorting office though
We're basically just weird, eccentric, wonderful people 😉
When I've seen American films and someone comes back from the grocers they are always clutching the grocery bag with two arms like they are hugging it. In the UK all our grocery bags, or shopping bags as we call them here, have carry handles. That seems a lot easier than clutching a bag to your chest.
Most grocery stores switched from paper to plastic years ago, so no clutching. It's all either plastic or own bag. Some stores have cut staffing by shifting bagging to the customer. Actually, within just the last few years, more & more have shifted all scanning AND bagging onto the customer.
And you usually have to pay for a bag in a shop to encourage people bringing their own reusable bag. Saving the planet, bit by bit.
Its not just the UK driving a 'standard' cars.....its the majority of Europe!!
What’s a “standard car?”
@@leonbanks5728 manual
@@aaron_p12 Ok. Thanks.
Also most Ex-British colonies. We have the same in South Africa and most people learn on a manual so you don’t have an automatic driver’s license because manual cars are WAY cheaper than automatic cars.
@@brynngerson3524 Are there more of them as well as them being cheaper?
I'm dying at the foxes 😂😂 I lived near a nature reserve by East London and her description of Foxes love noises is on point 😂😂
I thought they just made that noise anyway
North London foxes make the most horrendous screams at 3 am 😭😭😭😭😭😭
@@AmuJaneTVhow do you sleep? im honestly glad i've never experienced it
Bagging our own shopping up means the cashier can serve more people, therefore the queues go down quicker and you don't wait as long to be served.
And it saves the cashier's back.
@@markfisher8198 Also stops some twat putting my bread or eggs at the bottom and them getting broken or squashed
I can't remember the last time I went via the cashier. I always use scan and shop, so I pack my bags as I go.
The reason for no plug sockets in bathrooms and toilets in the UK is we use a higher voltage so greater chance of an accident. Modern or refurbished houses tend to have a shaver outlet. We recently added one inside the built in mirror units for our toothbrush charger etc. and so you don’t see a nasty shaver point!
On the maths thing we don’t ever say the maths, we would say I am good at maths or I am doing maths. Plus mathematics is a plural word so the contraction should also be plural hence maths.
Plus "doing the math" doesn't make sense as in order to work something out you might use multiple forms (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) to get the answer.
Maths (mathematics) is plural not singular. There is only a shaver socket in British bathrooms no plug sockets in the bathroom it’s a health and safety issue. We have letter box on our doors for the post to be put through by the postman/woman, we go to the post box to send anything by post once it has the correct postage on or we go to the post office attach the postage or the assistant will it put on and then put with the other post with the same postage on.
You can have a socket in the bathroom in the UK provided it is at least 2.5 meters from the bath.
And the shaver socket is where we charge our electric toothbrushes as well.
@@Ga11ifreyan yep but not meny uk bathrooms big enough for anywhere to be that far from the bath, most are not much bigger than than 2m x 2m, you can also hardwire appliances with a fuse spure that's how my TV is installed and my google home is pluged in the loft space as is my RGB Led strip
both versions are correct, if complicated by the fact that while mathematics sounds plural, it may actually be singular.
the sockets is bathroom and Kitchens in US house have a circuit breaker inside it and when it gets wet ,it automatically kicks of the ciircuit breaker inside it and at the circuit breaker box at the same time so NO power to it, and you can not reset it until , it is 100% dry.
"x" means a kiss, but I have NEVER finished a note/letter/email with an "x" if it wasn't to a very close friend or family member.
It's important to note that this is heavily gendered. Women will put an x on a message to pretty much any other woman they've ever met before, and any man they're related to, whereas I don't think it's common for men to use an x except to their romantic partner or their mother!
@@lucyj8204I’m a man and I put x’s on messages to my wife, or female relatives, or close female or gay friends IF they put them on a message first.
The only exception is my best friend. We’ve been best mates from 11 and we’re in our 40’s now.
But that is uncommon for most men.
Having had bad reactions to some texts and emails I usually put a x to show it's friendly. Obviously not on business mail
I put an x on most of mine as I usually only text family and friends BUT I have to be careful when I text the lad who helps me in the garden, as an x would be highly inappropriately, and his parents wouldn't let him come round anymore 😂
The driving test in the UK is one of the most rigorous and difficult to pass in the world. Almost everyone in the UK drives a manual gear shift and it's the default when doing your driving test. I've got some American friends and it blew their minds how well in people in the UK can drive compared to in North America. Weird to think though considering people drive for everything across the pond.
It's because our roads are narrow and winding and crowded and we have to be able to point our tiny little cars at very small spaces. Americans don't have to try very hard because they are all driving gigantic trucks on wide, straight roads. Unfortunately, in the SE of England, our roads are now full of foreign drivers who haven't passed our driving test and so the standard of driving is absolutely diabolical.
The postman does not collect mail from the house. You have to take it to a mailbox or the post office. You can not hand it to the postman either.
They have designed their roads to be simple. The cities are often square blocks, and their long roads are all straight.
They heavily rely on traffic lights to tell them when to go and when to stop. Which is why they struggle with roundabouts. Where it’s on the driver to give way to the right. Even though roundabouts are far better at managing traffic.
With 240 volts you can get an electric shock if you just have wet hands using switches, with 240 volts a shock can throw you across room , it's a frightening experience
Seriously? What about Australia? Plenty of switches and power outlets in the bathroom
@@Dr_KAPYes Seriously , I don't make the regulations and if Australian government wants to risk people being electrocuted dying when a hair drier or similar appliance is dropped/falls into bath water thats entirely up to them .
If only they shifted their gaming regulation zealotry into their electricity department instead
@@Dr_KAP Australia's regulations are very similar to ours. You can't have a socket within 4m of a water source, and other sockets have to have extra added protections such as RCDs. All switches need an IPX4 rating, and if they're within 1.2m or so of a water source they need to be above 0.3m from the floor.
The difference between AU and UK bathrooms though is that useful outlet locations tend to be near water sources (next to mirror above the sink etc.), bathrooms are rarely large enough to allow for switches at the entrance, and we decided to standardize a specific outlet type solely for bathroom use/appliances.
The 24 hour clock thing is just something we are mostly all used to; if I look at my phone and it says 16:20 I know it’s twenty-past-four instantly 🤷🏽♂️
Maths is the shortened form of mathematics, it’s a plural word not a singular. If you were using the full form you wouldn’t say ‘let me just do the mathematic on that one’, you’d use mathematics.
Some of us have shaver sockets in our bathrooms, so I can charge my electric toothbrush and shaver, but no actual plug sockets or light switches. The voltage here in the U.K. is twice as high as in the USA so it’s a strict safety regulation. Light switches need to be outside the bathroom or there can be a pull cord for lights inside the bathroom.
I know two people that still drive manual cars, but everyone else I know drives automatic. I wouldn’t say that’s representative of the nation, but there is definitely a big chunk of automatic drivers here, but some do prefer the control they have with a manual car. All just preference I guess
Yeah… the fox mating scream definitely sounds like a woman screaming loudly in pain
We have postboxes all over the place to send mail, our postpeople don’t generally take mail from your property, although I do believe there are specialised services that they offer for that kind of thing which you can pay for. We post letters in postboxes or can go to the post office
The ‘x’ is a kiss here still, but it’s meant to just show affection; more kisses for those you want to show more affection to. Depends on the person too, normally wouldn’t to your boss unless you have a good personal relationship too. Also a good measure of if you’ve pissed someone off when u get a message without an ‘x’ when you normally would get one!
Try hiring an automatic car in the UK difficult and more expensive, than manual. All electric cars are automatic
I'm surprised you think automatic cars are more common. Prior to the last few years when electric cars have become more common I would have estimated that around 80-85% of cars in the UK were manual. Go to any second-hand car dealer who has cars more than 3-4 years old and you will be lucky to find an automatic in his stock. Visitors to Britain who are hoping to hire an automatic car will need to specify the requirement, otherwise they will get a manual car!
@@saxon-mt5by I don’t think automatics are more common than manual, I was just giving an example of my personal experience just to demonstrate that they aren’t rare here! I’ve said that’s not representative of the whole country though, and I agree that manual cars are more common - but automatics aren’t as rare as the original video he’s reacting to suggests. ☺️👍🏼👍🏼
In the UK, it's not 'military' time - it was _railway_ time. People understand both - just like we do feet and metres, pints and litres, grammes and ounces, pounds and stones.
Just a quick note, mathematics isn't plural just like physics isn't plural, it's simply the subject name. Not that it really matters, but it's actually one thing American's are actually grammatically correct on. I used to think the same but there's a couple videos on youtube explaining the etymology.
In the UK, we use postboxes to send out mail. You probably recognise the red postboxes. They're iconic.
What’s to stop anybody from helping themselves to the contents of your mailbox???
@@lynby6231 I dont know if you're asking this as rhetorical or not, so if you're asking how people don't steal outgoing mail in postboxes, they're locked. With just a slot to drop your outgoing mail in.
@@lynby6231 I think you mean the American mailboxes outside? I too always thought that & in movies they're never locked? Even ones on a farm, where the mail box is next to the main road, they don't seem locked.
We certainly have more Manuel cars then automatic cars..
@@beverleyringe7014 - I don't think they all come from Barcelona . . .
"you'd have to be pretty reckless to splash water from the bath tub across the room"
Someone obviously doesn't have kids XD
Yes, after the kids have had a bath it looks like a Tsunami has struck 🌊
Bagging our groceries is something I think we prefer to do to ensure our eggs don’t get crushed by the potatoes through someone bagging badly!!!
We also have our own way of bagging by putting specific items in different bags.
@@douglasmcclellandthat’s what I was just about to say. You put all frozen stuff in one bag, and keep shampoo or bleach separate from food, bottles and tins at the bottom, bread and lighter items on top, etc. it’s also easier to unpack.
I had an English friend who lived in the US. Who didn’t like the fact they just rammed in whatever came next.
Yeah I'd much rather pack my food in my bags myself 😅
You do realise of course that Maths is shortened version of Mathmatics which stands for Arithmetic, Algebra , Geometry etc plural😂
Almost every front door is made with a letterbox , with a spring flap . You've missed out on pillar boxes which are all over the place on our streets , with the Royal Cipher cast into them many dating back to Queen Victoria with newer ones having later monarchs painted bright red . Once letter are posted they are secure and collected every working day . Maths is the one and only abbreviation of mathematics . It's a good video , addressing lots of little things most of the others dont .
'Maths' is recent. It was alway collectively just 'math'. 'maths' sounds like common slang. 'Mathematics' is the plural.
I'd much rather my post was delivered through the letterbox than having to trudge down the drive in the pouring rain!
@@MrBonners In what context and how recent? I been alive a while, and my parent called it maths, as well as my grandparents
@@shmupperfromhell "maths" only in the last 10 years or so. I first heard it in some British media. Then started hearing it in American common language with a street language slang inflection. I'm both a master electrician and electronics technologist and now retired. Have years of algebra, calculus, matrices, physics exposure and use. Generically and collectively just called 'math'. "Math" is already plural and singular. Specific subjects would be 'radio frequency math', ' electrical current load math', 'thermal dynamics' etc. Not 'maths'.
@@MrBonners Oh, you mean in the context of the US, then ok fair enough. By the way, how do y'all do plurals? Coz it may be different.
Just to be clear 'Math' is not plural, 'Maths' is.
I'm a long term subscriber to Adventures and Naps so over the years Allana has had many great observations from living in the UK. Really worth watching her videos.
I have been following her for years as Well well worth using her for a source
Me too , we should get him to watch a drunk Allana vid 😂😂
@@lilyliz3071 Then a food one!
And watching her get sloshed.
people in the uk used to drop the electric radio into the bath .. we bath more than shower, and 240 volt will travel through water and steam.. im watching this at 15.56 on the 22/11/22
For the longest time manual cars had much better fuel economy than automatics, so most people preferred manuals. That said the automatic technology has come a long way so each year automatics are getting a bigger share of the new car market, but at the moment manual cars are the most common on UK roads.
Our "postmen/women" don't pick up outgoing mail. You have to put it in a postbox, either in a street near you or at the Post Office.
"Foxes running around England, that would have scared me if I didnt know!" had me chuckle
Some supermarkets in the UK have gone a step further with the self checkout. I pick up a handset when I go in, and scan and bag as I walk around.
And yes. Foxes scream, and it's horrifying.
I genuinely didn't know postmen in the US collected mail 😅 we go to the post office or drop them in the red postboxes. Keep in mind, most houses here are terraced houses and a lot don't have driveways so that would be a lot to go through.
I actually had to think about this, it’s such a foreign concept to not just post mail that you’re sending 😝
Am amazed that works in the US here there would be a few problems, 1 all the mail would be stolen 2 a lot of houses don't have any front garden at all step state into the public footpath or rad from your door so no space 3 far two expensive and would need to reorganise the whole system to collect from every house, post is collected by different post men and taken to the sorting office after they drop off the post to be delivered, post men and women in the uk in towns and city's walk or ride bikes as there letters are dropped of before they start there round in rural areas like where I live they do have vans but it's not every where
Dont know what the comments here are saying, postmen here also pick up mail, and have been able to for a while
@@michael_177 It depends on where you stay. In the Scottish Highlands, there are post buses which deal with posted items as well as providing transport.
@@michael_177 I'm near London and only recently heard that their gonna start doing this soon
As a Brit, you're really getting me started: For example: MathematicS is the full word, it is a plural noun, so the correct abbreviation is maths, not math. Math is not a word!!!! Power outlets in the bathroom: remember we use 240V not 110V. An electric shock when you are wet can be lethal. You can have a shaver socket which also allows a toothbrush charger. They work on lower voltage, so they are safe. Scanning and bagging is slower. more people get served when we bag our own stuff. Also we get home know what is in each bag. Automatic cars use more fuel and in the UK we pay a LOT more for fuel. Foxes or Rattle Snakes - take your pick! (I agree with the sound of Foxes "doing it"! though. Kinda logical that Americans come from America - Unless you are also called United-statesans. (Oh, and while we're on the subject, the language is ENGLISH, like English people, it's from England.). Doesn't your mail get stolen? Ah, ha, mail gets picked up from your mailboxes. That's a good idea. One to you (xx). (x is a friendly gesture, kind of. We do that - you know, be friendly).
USAians? lol.
power outlets in the US are 240v, they have separate wires , each wire is 120V, small aplliances in the US use one 110V wire and big appliances like stoves, washing machines and dryers use all 240v.
@@marydavis5234 They're 120V. What you're talking about with "separate wires" is two different phases. UK supply is 400V phase-to-phase, but nobody runs equipment between phases in a house -- that's just for heavy machinery in a factory, etc.; you only need to do that because you can't pull enough current out of a 120V supply without melting the wires in the wall (or having very expensive wiring). In 230/240V countries it's not common to have more than one phase coming into a house (but my previous house had all three phases connected).
I always think of the sound of two foxes “passionately hugging” as that of a cat being tortured.
It is the vixens (female fox) that do the blood curdling screams, mainly in the spring time.
manual cars are generally the norm. If you pass you driving test in an automatic car, you can only drive and automatic car. But if you pass your test in a manual car, you can drive manual or automatic
The reason we don’t have outlets in our bathrooms is because we run in a voltage of 240 whereas in the Us you run on 120v. We don’t have light switches either we either have a pull cord or the switch is on the outside wall. My bathroom light is on the wall in my hallway.
We do have automatic cars but we also drive manual. In fact when you take your driving test in the U.K. if you pass an “automatic” test you can only drive automatic cars but if you pass your test on a manual transmission you can drive both.
I wish she would explain the reasons why these are a thing over here.
Foxes do roam a lot and they can be noisy but not often.
Postman doesn’t collect our mail we take it to the post office or post it in a mailbox in the street. They are red pillar boxes or red boxes on poles or built into walls. They are dotted all over the place. The X at the end of a message is a kiss. X
Not true plenty of countries have 240V. We have about 4-6 power outlets in my bathroom no safety issues here in Australia
@@Dr_KAP
Well that’s the reason in this country. It’s building regulations
@@catherinehaywood7092 yes it’s just the UK haven’t built in safety switches into the power points I guess.
@@Dr_KAP yes we do, the biggest difference is the size of the bathrooms
@@grabtharshammer nah we have all different size bathrooms we have units, flats, houses and mansions
We blow dry our hair etc in the bedroom where we get dressed . There are sometimes plugs in the bathroom for shavers , it’s a different kind of socket but you can get adapters for electric toothbrushes .
UK and EU regulations only allow for an electrical shaver socket in bathrooms. Light switches have to be on a string if they are in the bathroom or outside of the bathroom by the door to the bathroom itself. Condensation can be a problem in the UK in general due to the high humidity in the months outside of Summer. However, you normally use your hair dryer elsewhere (i.e. your bedroom).
depends on the size of the Bathroom, you can have power outlets in a larger bathroom and EU regulations do not apply in the UK.
@@georgebarnes8163 Where did I say EU regs apply to the UK?...
@@ukmaxi why did you mention the EU on a video about the UK and what makes you think you can not have a power outlet in a bathroom?
@@georgebarnes8163 just highlighting the regs are fairly aligned and across Europe in general there are higher requirements/standards.
@@ukmaxi the UK has its own regulations which are set down by the Institute of Electrical Engineers, nothing remotely to do with the rest of Europe.
Aussies say Maths too, never the maths, unless you’re using it as an adjective, but it comes from mathematics, no one says mathematic.
Yeah foxes are a common occurance here in the UK. I'm in Dundee, Scotland and have seen several run around my street or streets close by. My dog has even befriended one while on a walk in the local forest (it was really cute, my dog is a fox red labrador so they were both the same colour running around playing). We have shaver/tooth brush charging outlets in some bathrooms here but power sockets are defo not in bathrooms, I don't think I've ever seen one here in any house I've went into. We use red post boxes or post offices if we want to send mail, mailman doesn't collect it from our houses. An 'X' means a kiss here too but we do tend to send it to alot of people lol. Only people I don't send it to are ex's or people I don't like lol.
I always try to use self-service checkouts and I wouldn't want someone else bagging my stuff; I have a system :D and heavy stuff goes on the bottom thanks. The no sockets in the bathroom thing to protect us from our own madness, like toasting bread while having a bath. Foxes usually drive automatics in the UK because they can't do gears. If we had US style mailboxes in the UK kids would take out the mail and set fire to it, throw it in a puddle, post it someone else's mailbox, eat it, etc.
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Really enjoy your videos Tyler. As a Canadian who lived in the north of England as a teenager, she is spot on including the standard cars. I had a paper route in our village and had to squeeze the papers through the letter boxes in the doors of houses, one house had a Jack Russel Terrier and whenever I tried to deliver the paper it would rip it from my grip through the letter box and tear it to shreds, it was hilarious as a 13 year old kid, I loved that crazy dog. I now have a terrier and she is truly crazy.
It's not just splashing water, you have steam and condensation. Also American voltage is weak compared to the UK.
The escalator thing is more in extremely busy places like tube stations in London, etc. Where I live, if you can't wait for the escalator to run its course, you ask politely to get past and try to ignore the daggers and muttered insults.
The standing on the right thing is really only on the Underground in London (perhaps on the underground sections of the Merseyrail network in Liverpool, Tyne and Wear Metro and Glasgow Subway) and there are frequent signs to remind you of this. It's easy to spot a tourist in London for this reason and you really get criticised (often loudly) if you stand on the left! Personally I'd love it if it was a universal thing but sadly it isn't... note also it applies to moving walkways.
And people can’t pinch your mail when it’s posted into your house.
Returns we will take them to the Post Office ourselves.
Great to see Alanna (Adventures and Naps) appearing - I've subscribed to her site for years and she does a great job of observing and commenting on the good and the bad about life in the UK...she does a mean taste test or two as well!!
We use the old red pillar postboxes on the street to post letters and small parcels 😊
She's referring to our door letter boxes, the Yanks also use post boxes on the street
The x still means a kiss, but it’s rarely romantic, but if it is, the context of the message usually covers that.
Foxes are like small timid dogs, they tend to keep their distance, however, it has been known for a fox to follow me while walking my German Shepherd. This has happened with just about every dog I have had, one used to play with my Lurcher years ago, It used to wait on the bridge for her and then they used to run off playing. Foxes are definitely a wild animal in England, probably more so here in Yorkshire than in a more urban town. So I wouldn't reach my hand out to one, not that they usually let you get that close. People around here tend to put food scraps out for them in their gardens as some come around regularly because of this. As for their mating noise, some say it's like a baby screaming, It can be very distressing until you are used to the noise and can recognise it. They are a beautiful animal and I for one have never had problems with them raiding the rubbish, although I'm sure some do.
Manual cars in Europe are the norm. In the Uk you can take an”automatic only” driving test. If you take a manual car test you’re authorised to drive either type.
Time, our military use Zulu time, which is GMT, Greenwich Mean time, which is Zero. We use both clocks 12 and 24 hours, no problems. No outlets in bathroom, our electricity is much higher wattage than yours, not good idea so strict regulations. Manual transmission is normal , never driven an automatic. Letterbox in doors, eons old, the first postage stamps issued in UK, that's why it never has our country 's name on them.
We have Manual and Automatic if you take your driving test on a Manual car you can drive both Automatic .But if you take your test on Automatic you can only drive Automatic.
Same in Australia
First time I ever heard a fox screaming I thought a woman was being attacked, it freaked me out
Electric outlets in bathrooms- moder bathrooms tend to have special outlets for electric razors and toothbrushes, which have a different style of conection to the normal 3 pin plugs. Hairdrying- we do it in our bedrooms rather than the bathroom- why hog the bathroom for longer than necessary? Our voltage is 240 v - more than double that in US, so safety is a higher priority.
It is far more common to have a manual gear change here in the UK - not just where Alannah lives. It's much harder to find an automatic if you do want one.
Mail boxes. The Postman/woman does not collect from individual houses- we post our mail in 'Post Boxes' which are available on the street, usually within 10 minutes walk from your house, unless you are in a very rural area. Alannah has recently done a really interesting video specifically on Post Boxes.
Foxes are quite majestic. They aren't aggressive at all. They are lovely. But yeah their voices do screech a bit. It's not like a meow or bark. It's more piercing.
Tell that to my hens three evenings ago, with the nights drawing in, the foxes are quite brave, getting the hens to go inside before dark is a trial. Fortunately my Cockerel puts up quite a fight, i heard and drove the fox off with only tail feathers littering the yard.
@@windyfarmer.6095 I lost all my ducks to a couple of Foxes, they got into the run and killed all six, caught on a trail camera, the outside automatic lights coming on did not deter them, my fault really should have replaced the chicken wire as it was getting rusty. Plot not large enough for a Duck Pond with an island, unlike a certain MP. They were Indian Runner Ducks, they don't swim.
@Tony S Sorry to hear that, the only runner ducks i had wouldnt feed a fox, but they are nice. Chicken wire no matter how new doesnt always help, we have badgers that can destroy a pen, we have to use heavy net and well built huts. More cockerels help, unfortunately my last hatching produced all hens so i have only one. Mind you it saves on competetive crowing at 3.00am,( i dont have any neighbours within half a mile luckily).
@@windyfarmer.6095 They definitely live up to the name, they could get a shift on when escaping from the garden. Only had the one Drake, he was a fiesty bugger, the neighbours cats were terrified of him, unfortunately would have been destined for the pot as was not doing his Job. The foxes have not been seen for a couple of years now, may have found new territory as both were young dogs or the local Farmer has improved his aim. The old dog and vixen have also not been seen for a few years. Perhaps the local Hunt has also been successful of late. Luckily we don't have Badgers in Ireland. Avian Flu seems to have taken hold here, I've been seeing dead Crows and Seagulls a lot recently, at least the power lines no longer look like a scene from 'The Birds' and my gutters may not end up as miniature rain forests.
Most things are recharging so you don’t need to keep them plugged in anyway, maths called that because it is plural, Also she says England and UK interchangeably
If you live in the countryside it’s not uncommon for your postman to open your (usually back) door, walk into your house, leave your post on the table or by the door and then leave again. Quite a shock if you’re not expecting it and are still in your pyjamas 😅
By what authority?
@@billfaint6736 I'm not sure if you're asking whether they have permission or what company they work for, but only Royal Mail postmen would do this because everyone gets to know their local postman quite well over the years - as far as I'm aware they don't ask permission as such, but some people might suggest they just leave the post inside (or in a specific place) and they'll do it from then on.
@@samkenyon4522 That doesn't make it legal!!!
@@billfaint6736 Technically it's not illegal either - there's no law against (most) trespass in the UK. Also, nobody minds, and many will ask their postie to do this for them - it's just a surprise if you're not expecting it 🙂
@@samkenyon4522 Yes, you're right. Neither the laws relating to burglary, nor housebreaking, would apply. How does that make it right?
We can have a specific type of power outlet, that is a 2-pin shaver socket double-insulated via an isolating transformer (that may be centre-tapped to offer a 120V output as well) with a maximum output of 20VA. Electric toothbrushes sold here that are rechargeable come with shaver plugs to use this outlet. This outlet is deliberately incompatible with the usual Type G (BS1363) outlets normally used, though you can buy 1A-fused shaver adapters to use elsewhere in the house in a normal BS1363 socket.
Although not always, the majority of fox damage is if the bin bag (black sack) is left on the floor and not in a proper bin. They’ll occasionally knock a bin over if something smells particularly good
Bathrooms are generally the size of biscuit tins in the UK. In very old houses with perhaps 6 bedrooms then one bedroom would be converted (in more modern times) to a bathroom thus its of a decant size so any power points would be well out of the way of water.
Im so glad you like learning about the weird stuff we do in the UK also if you haven’t already check out Lost in the Pond as he’s an English man who’s lived in the US for 14ish years and compares the differences x
I am English but that Lost in the Pond man drives me up the wall and he does not always say things that are correct.
@@valeriedavidson2785yeah Laurence he's called and he's lived in the US so long that he's not up to date with what's happening here in the UK.
Outside, attached to wall mailboxes are becoming more common in the UK now, particularly if there are children or dogs in the house. People once attached a cage on the inside to catch the mail but with the hallways becoming smaller they prevent the door opening flat against a wall.
I live in Ireland and our Post Office (An Post, literally The Post) sell mailboxes that are secure, only the householder has a key, the Postie a master key (separate interconnected lock) so mail is secure, the Postie will also collect mail from them when delivering but only when and it must be prepaid (postage stamp or other fee paid means). They are large enough to take packages (two or three shoebox sized ones). A barcode inside is scanned when a delivery made which acts as a signature for POD purposes and generates an email to householder and sender if tracked, advising of delivery, (except for Registered Mail, one still has to answer the door and sign for that and provide ID if not known to Postie).
Also regarding post at the time the postal service was popularised in the uk many houses ( especially workers houses) did not a garden/ yard at the front and the front door opened onto the street. There are still a lot of these due to land price. So letterboxes were in the front door because theres nowhere else to put them.
Our power sockets are double the voltage of yours, so you def don’t want to plug things in! Our lights switches are on a pull cord (on a string attached to the ceiling). You really don’t want to be touching that with wet hands 😮
Wrong , we have both 110v and 240v in the US, the 110v are usually in the livingroom , den or bedroom, the 240v are in the Kitchen and laundry room.
the X in text is a show of friendship towards you , revealing you are friendly toward them .
We call them letterboxes and it does STOP people interfering with your mail. When we need to send mail, we either take it to a post office or we take it to a post box usually placed in an easy to reach position and the mailman collects your mail from there.
The x on the eve of a text usually means the end of the text
We learned both at school but I think it was to do with when digital watches came out it helped people get to grips with Military time and so most people I know will probably use both in their everyday life with no bother.
Alanna has done that many videos about British stuff she's practically British now 🤣🤣
Yet she titled the video ''Things About England''. And everything in the video relates to the whole of the UK, so she hasn't learned much.
@@Philzoid that was pretty early on though, I think the wrath of the comments section have taught her a fair bit since
@@Philzoid that particular video yes. But in other vids she clearly displays that her experience is limited to the southeast of England and she knows virtually nil about Scotland, Wales, N Ireland or the north and west of England.
There's still far too many CZcamsrs that think their experience of England (or even just London) qualifies them to refer to the whole UK as being the same when it is not necessarily so.
And to answer your question on posting Mail we take our post to the post office or use a postbox (those red things you see on the street)
My daughter's boyfriend is a statistician University lecturer and it drives him nuts when people say 'math' instead of math's... your forgetting steam in the bathroom Tyler! We have always packed our own bags, 3xcept maybe at Christmas when it's really busy! We all like manual cars, in fact if you past your test in an automatic you are NOT allowed to drive a manual..! She must live where the fox's are massive, yes fox love is terrifying, in Sheffield I have a fox den somewhere near and for years we've watched them and their cubs walk through our backgarden and play in the street. We write USA we say America. We call the hole in the door a letterbox and walk to a postbox to post something.. the X is a kiss and only a stranger doesn't get one although if you send oxo for kiss an hug to a Brit it means a stock cube 🤣
Also we tend to have smaller bathrooms in the UK so an accidental spray of water would be a lot easier. We tend to dry our hair in the bedroom often whilst sat in front of our dressing table and mirror.
That's definitely true about manual (standard) cars. The roads usually wind so much that automatic cars are not suitable.
That is just not true. I have to drive an automatic car now (arthritis), and I live in Scotland where country roads generally follow the line of old drove rods and so are twisty and full of corners and bends. It is no different from driving my previous manual cars!
Ermmm I've always driven automatic and never had a problem with any roads so don't know where you get your information from ! !
re: post boxes vs letterboxes in doors. In the UK the Royal mail delivers mail as standard but does not collect as standard from houses. If we want to send mail we have to to either put it in a post box with stamp, or go to a post office to buy postage or you can buy postage online (prepaid) and print a label and take it to a delivery office. You can request pickups from your address but this incurs an additional fee which you order and pay online and the post person knocks on your door and collects it - you can book a two hour slot for collection. So if you are asking for a collection you have to make sure you have the correct postage on the item you are sending and also pay the collection fee. Most people don't bother because they live or work in walking distance of a post box where it will be collected from at least once a day and sometimes two or three times a day depending on location. We have post delivered to us everyday except Sunday. Pretty much all communities other than really tiny hamlets/villages have a post office and a post box.
Alanna's videos are always worth watching!
Escalators - I live in the UK and as far as I know the standing on the right, walking on the left only really applies to the London Underground or Tube. I think it’s becoming more common in general use of escalators but it definitely is a major thing on the underground.
You're lucky if you find a ketchup dispenser in a McDonalds, they usually give you sachets that no one can open or little pots. Some even charge you for them too!!
Ah. This is one I forgot. What's the big deal with having pump dispensers specifically for barbecue sauce ? If it's OK for tomato sauce, why the exclamation 'they have them for barbecue sauce as well!'
@@quantisedspace7047it's actually brown sauce anyway I think, different to BBQ sauce
you can have power sockets in the bathroom, its less common, but they come in the form of a two prong plug designed for either shavers or electric tooth brushes. you can either have a 110v or 230v version of this but it cannot be the the normal full size plugs found in every other room. even in the in kitchen there are laws, for example you cant have a full sized plug within average arms reach of a sink.
you say less common but every house I've lived in have had the 2 prong, lower voltage outlets in the bathroom. I thought it was pretty standard these days
Foxes are far more timid than a racoon, if they hear you they usually run away.
Shout out to Alanna. Love watching her taste test videos. 🇬🇧🇨🇦🇺🇸💜
Absolutely. One of the best You Tubers out there.
The UK has red sauce (ketchup) and brown sauce (bbq sauce) at McDonald’s. It’s always been that was since I visited in the 90s. Walmart in Canada no more bags groceries. You bag as they scan and shove it down a slope into the bagging area.
Bbq and brown sauce are different things.
@Gilly Carpenter Exactly, brown sauce is brown sauce (HP, Daddies etc.) and bbq sauce is bbq sauce!
Have to agree with the other two, brown saue or HP sauce is not the same as BBQ sauce.
@@aowin5022 And Worcestershire Sauce (Lea and Perrins) is brown, but completely different!
with the mail situation, you send off mail and packages using post boxes (those red things you've probably seen in movies) or post offices. post offices are also used for currency exchanges and some stores you can use it for passport applications and buy packaging supplies
Our tomcat Barney will not tolerate a dog within a hundred yards of our house, this is his street and he sees tyhem all off, however I have often watched him coming home after a night on the tiles, walking down the garden and passing the fox going home the other way with just a nod and "good morning".
This must be an old video of hers because Asda is no longer owned by Walmart as she stated - it's now owned by two brothers from Blackburn, Lancashire called the Issas and they acquired ownership of it in October 2020.
As to your point about there being no electrical outlets in bathrooms that's because we have higher voltage electrical outlets throughout our entire homes and it's not so much a case of splashing water onto them as the amount of steam that can be created which can lead to accidents such as electrocution or them short-circuiting and creating fires. Incidentally we substitute light, electric shower and extractor fan switches with pull-cords so that we don't electrocute ourselves whenever we want to use any of them - these are mostly used in bathrooms but personally speaking I have an extractor fan in my kitchen and it can only be operated by using a pull-cord.
As to her point about putting rubbish out and foxes getting into those black bags we have to put those bags into wheelie bins rather than them being left out on the pavement for animals - including urban foxes - to get into. In fact if any black bin bags are left out for collection outside of those wheelie bins then we can expect them not to be collected by our bin men and women. Where I live if we do such a thing and the specified wheelie bin's lid isn't tightly closed or it's overflowing then likewise we can expect the contents not to be collected.
While this might sound a bit extreme to you here in the U.K. we recycle a lot of items including cans, bottles, plastic containers, aerosols, metal items etc which have to be put into their own specific coloured wheelie bins and separately from that we also have a different coloured wheelie bin for cardboard, paper, cardboard wrappers etc. Additionally we have yet another different coloured wheelie bin for garden waste such as grass and hedge clippings, leaves, weeds etc. Each of the collections of those different recyclable items are collected on the same day of the week ( it's Tuesday where I live ) and the residents know what's due to be collected every Tuesday because their collection is staggered, i.e. ordinary waste is collected one Tuesday, then bottles etc next Tuesday, back to ordinary waste on the third Tuesday, then paper / card etc the Tuesday after that and then back to ordinary waste. As this reduces the quantity of waste in black bin bags, i.e. non-recyclable items, and they're collected on alternate weeks it's a system that works very well for all of us. Incidentally as I don't have a garden where I live I have no reason to have a wheelie bin for garden waste therefore I don't know when they're emptied.
By the way, I've never seen any urban foxes where I live therefore I obviously don't know what noises they make while they're copulating - I'm more likely to hear cats doing that at night than I am to hear foxes.
Walmart still has a big share in ASDA (I think it's about 30%).
Garden bins are collected with black bins
The X thing amused me. Everyone does it, but I find it a bit difficult to get into. I'm too buttoned up to send an X to anyone but loved ones - and even then I often forget. Speaking purely for myself, being the deeply sarcastic person I am who sometimes sounds it even when I'm not being sarcastic, I tend to use it to show I'm not being so.
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I only send an X to loved ones, I wouldn't dream of doing it in say, a work setting. I don't know anyone who does it as a matter of course, come to think of it. Maybe that's a regional thing?
Not everyone does it . . . I don't know anyone who would do it except to a close friend or family member.
@@sameebah Agreed. I've only seen family and couples do that.
in the UK and X on the end of a text is more like a quick friendly hug. Like you'd give someone a quick hug before parting. Very common among girls. Guys tend to do it a lot less. But it wouldn't be strange to get an x on the end of a message from a guy friend if you were upset about a break up, being fired or bereaved, etc.
The BBQ and tomato sauce pumps are coloured different, tomato is bright red and BBQ is a dark red nearly brown colour.
I have a couple of foxes who raise a litter at the bottom of my garden every year. I encourage them and leave dog food out for them every night and sit in my living room watching them as they feed and play. I really don't get her issue because they are a bundle of pleasure as far as I am concerned. I love the fact that, even here in London (in fact they are more common in cities than in the countryside), I always see foxes when I am out during the hours of darkness. The screams she refers to are the fox cubs yelping in pain when play occasionally gets too boisterous, not the adults mating.
I never refer the USA as America .. in fact it really pisses me off when people do.
As for charging her toothbrush in the kitchen: WTF? In my 63 years I have NEVER lived in a house in the UK that didn't have an 115/240 volt two-pin outlet above the bathroom sink, in every bathroom, which allows you to power/charge shavers and electric tooth brushes etc with any two-pronged plug from anywhere in the world, but you'll fry the circuit if you try to use it to power laptops, hairdryers, curling irons, or other high-draw devices (all of which are supplied with three-pin earthed and fused plugs in the UK) ... and yes we are allowed regular power sockets in the bathroom provided they are at least 2.5 meters away from the bath and outside of the spray radius of the shower, but there is no demand for them unless there is no provision for a washing machine elsewhere in the home.
If you pass your UK driving test in an automatic car your driving licence is restricted to automatic cars only .. so most of us make the choice to learn to drive and pass our test with a manual gearbox. The USA is the only place I've ever driven an automatic because that's what you get with a hire car in the US .... but otherwise I avoid automatic like the plague. In Europe most hire cars will be manual unless you specifically request an automatic in advance.
As for the use of X to sign off: she has some weird friends and cleaners . In my circle we would only use that for family and loved ones and anyone using an X more liberally than that would be considered weirdos.
Actually if you do have to put your washing machine in the Bathroom as I had to, then the machine is not connected via a plug, it has to be wired directly into a closed socket, and it has to have a separate On / Off switch (Double Pole) outside of the Bathroom
@@grabtharshammer Regs have changed recently ... it all depends on distance (ie more of less than 2.5 meters ... which until recently used to be 3 meters). Most bathrooms in the UK are so small that you need to wire directly, but you don't need to if you have a luxuriously large bathroom.
Maths is short for mathematics
Also people used to bag items for you in the UK, but it went out of style ages ago.
As a single Male shopping, I often still get asked if I want help bagging, in which case either the cashier will, or they get a colleague to do it. Because apparently we males are no good at it 😄
@@grabtharshammer I won't let anyone else (even my wife, because she agrees) bag our shopping as they put the wrong things together and heavy things on crushable stuff. Apart from xmas, it has been decades since staff bagging shopping was a more regular thing here in the UK.
We post our mail in a post box, which is big and red and stands in the street. But letter are delivered to your door and pushed through the letter box. Also, our paper boys push newspapers through the letter box too
A brief notes about the bathroom plug situation. Some houses in England do have plugs in bathrooms. But we have a different safer type of plug for bathroom appliances. The major reason for this is because we use a higher voltage mains system than America.
You do have a mail theif problem in the US but it's only been highlighted since Ring doorbells have been catching them
Mains electricity is 240 volts in Britain. It is dangerous to have near water in bathrooms & kitchens!
The Toronto subway used to do walk left, stand right too. It was phased out about 15 years ago either because walking scared people or because they like chaos. But even when it was a thing in Canada, it was not as uniformly common as it was on my trips to the UK. In the London Tube, you’d be trampled if you stood on the wrong side.
You should link to the original channel (@AdventuresAndNaps) so people can go follow her. I've been watching her for years, she is so refreshing and honest
Bathroom's have electrical outlets for shavers etc, some more modern houses will have normal outlets but older ones will not
Building regulations in the UK forbid standard electrical outlets in rooms having either a bath or shower with access to heated water. Shaver outlets are permitted, provided they are wired for use only by low power shavers. UK standard voltage is twice that of the US and most European countries. The risk of death should a hairdrier, etc, running at 240 volts fall into an occupied bath or under a shower is serious.
@@t.a.k.palfrey3882 Actually the outlets in American bathrooms and Kitchens are GFCIO which is Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter outlets, when any kind of moisture gets on it , it automatically trips the circuit breakers inside it and at the circuit breaker in the circuit box at the same time and it will not let you turn either back on until it detects 100% No moisture.
The reason they don't pack your shopping it's because in the UK we're not lazy and we are capable of packing our own shopping
We used to have to ask if the customer wanted us to pack, but this was about 25 years ago. It takes so much longer if the cashier packs so we stopped it.
Cahiers in the US are actually paid to bag your groceries, but I do bag my own groceries.
I'm not an electrician but before I retired I was a carpenter and picked up a load of bits of knowledge of other trades.
So, the power outlet for an electric razor is usually 12v and DC (direct current which is less lethal than alternating current AC).
This is another reason for the pull cord to switch the light on/off or a pull cord to start or stop a wall heater.
In the kitchen the law is that you should not be able to touch an electric point and reach a tap at the same time. Of course, some kitchens are so small that this cannot be avoided (these small kitchens are called kitchenettes, and usually are part of small flats).
As you probably know, we only have the one voltage, 240AC, but the Amperage can change dramatically.
3,5,13 amps is common for most outlets but for things like cookers/showers/storage heaters/electric showers etc higher amperages and voltages are required and they have
their own dedicated circuits and fuses.
On building sites the only power available is 110v and the only power tools (apart from cordless) allowed are 110v powered tools. Ejection from a site is what happens to any contractor attempting to use 240v tools.
Contractors use step down transformers to work on peoples houses, 240v - 110v.
15:59 the iconic red postbox there quite a regular sight and everywhere you can walk for 20 minutes and pass at least 4 of them you take ur post to your nearest. There are around 115,500 pillar, wall, and lamp boxes across the UK. Some post boxes are rarer than others and some have very special places in our heritage. Some boxes have deep connections to prominent people and places.
I’d say most Brits are not good at other languages but we are good at converting or just understanding the 24 hour clock without even thinking. I think the 24 hour clock is great tbh.