7 Everyday Differences between GERMANY & USA!

[@DeanaandPhil]

What are your thoughts on these things? Are these things similar or different in your country? 😊

[@japnuts]

Our milk comes in bags. Cartons as well but most people buy the bags. Ontario, Canada

[@michaelgrabner8977]

In Europe battery farming for eggs is forbidden because of "EU animal welfare standards"..battery farming is caging way too much chickens (the more chickens= the more eggs= the more profit) in a small cage = "battery" so they can´t even move..therefore those chicken are shitting on their eggs because of the lack of movement in those batteries..that´s why battery farmed eggs have to be chemical cleaned in order to get rid of chicken feces, but that chemical cleaning process is destroying the natural protection shell of egg shells and therefore those have then to be fridged....and because that kind of egg farming is forbidden in the EU (it is just allowed a certain amount of chickens for a certain amount of space therefore chickens are not forced to shit on their eggs which they wouldn´t do anyway by nature) our eggs have their natural egg shell protection intact and therefore those eggs don´t need to be fridged..as simple as that. Just "H-milk" is not fridged because it is made long lasting by heat treatment. "Fresh untreated normal milk and Lactose free milk" is in the fridged section because those have to be fridged.

[@smrothstein]

In the US...mailboxes can be at the end of the driveway, on a house, or if the community is large, it's in a centralized location. In the US Military, we use the metric systems for distance.

[@jdmagicmusic]

i'm going to call you out on this! must be old footage, there are NO restaurants open for seating in Germany now!!!

[@jdmagicmusic]

yes, Thailand, where i lived 8 1/2 years before coming to Germany, we used forks to scoop the food onto the spoon; we used chopsticks only w/Chinese-derived dishes such as noodles, etc (btw thumbs up #257)

[@1970Runaway]

Deana to Phil in a romantic moment on the sofa Deana " whisper a nice german word in my ear " Phil " UMWELTVERSCHMUTZUNG "

[@DeanaandPhil]

😂👌 Exactly!

[@karsten_m]

Uhhh, dirtyyy 😜😘

[@user-io2eg2hc2w]

Oh no

[@user-io2eg2hc2w]

UK he she it Germany der die das Hungary ö ö ö

[@MetalBere]

😄 😄 😄

[@T0MT0Mmmmy]

I don't understand why every, really every "american-german-vlog" claims, that in Germany milk is selled in an non-refrigerated way. I am 54 years old and all my life through I got fresh milk in a grocery store!

[@beag6296]

that means you got culture! The H-Milch is awful, dead milk. It seems more and more people prefere convenience to quality and healthy, naturally tasty products

[@AtomicGarden1983]

Same here, Team fresh milk all the way, and you can buy fresh milk in every German grocery store in the refrigerated section, too. How popular UHT milk in Germany is though and how little the average consumer cares about quality is demonstrated by Starbucks which switched to UHT milk in all their fresh drinks after it's German branches got bought by a Polish investor. I don't go there anymore.

[@billyboycinci]

That shelf stable milk is popular in Mexico. I use it for cooking and coffee, but it's disgusting to drink! They also sell fresh cold milk.

[@jnjcustomdesigns]

Most German ( berlin ) milk you’ll find on the shelf. I don’t claim that i grew up there.

[@michanone8883]

The so called fresh milk from the refrigerator is not really fresh milk but super close to "H-Milch". If you want fresh milk, you need to get it straight from the farmers.

[@wolly16]

I'm a German living in Boston for 12 years now. My American girlfriend of ten+ years and I we totally agree with these 7 differences! She has been to D several times. However, you should have made it 8 and add the way of people showing numbers with their fingers, like Deana did all through the video. This is actually always a big laugh when I do this here in the US the German way :-) especially 1,2 and 3

[@brianblackburn5238]

They did that in a previous video. I think it was a couple months ago. I’m an American living in Germany and it’s hard to change how I do certain things to do like the Germans.

[@strangeling325]

The bakery I work in (I live in Missouri) uses metric vs. imperial because it's a lot easier to keep consistency when making repeated batches. We go by weight rather than volume, so the only equipment you need is a scale which is extremely efficient.

[@DeanaandPhil]

Ohh very interesting! Yeah, a decent amount of professions in the US use the metric system. We're ready for the switch!

[@strangeling325]

@@DeanaandPhil it would just make things so much easier! I really don't understand why the US clings to fiercely to the imperial system.

[@brianblackburn5238]

@@strangeling325 several years ago I was developing a BBQ sauce recipe and I use a scale for the brown sugar especially since it’s more accurate than packing a measuring cup and it’s easier to multiply for larger batches.

[@Karamuto]

@@strangeling325 because no polotician wants to tell 300 million people, that from now on all is scaled in a system most of their people aren't used to. The people there are used to it, we kinda have to keep in mind that people usually don't like too much change.

[@emjayay]

@@Karamuto Actually the Carter administration was having metric distance signs made for interstate highways (like our continent mates to the north and south) and Reagan came in and had them destroyed, along with solar panels on the White House roof.

[@wtsalive8210]

An other important every daily difference is the labelled prices in the grocery/supermarket. In Germany the labelled prices are the prices you have to pay at the cashiers! All taxes are included! Also you can compare the prices due to the price label. There the prices are signed per Gramm/Kilo/piece

[@dalemoore1308]

I would rather pay my unadded 9% tax in the US than your 20% added in tax inGermany :)

[@wtsalive8210]

@@dalemoore1308 If you take a look at the height of the tax in percent, than you are nearly right. The tax of normal things is 19%, but 7% of food only. And the food prizes are much higher(without tax) than in Germany(with tax). So a real comparison is not possible. But I didn’t say something about the height of the prizes or taxes, I say something against the display of the prizes without taxes. Here in Germany you see the prize(with tax), which you’ve to pay at the cashier.

[@mikecumbo7531]

Remember, taxes in the US vary by location. In Maryland the sales tax is 6%, North Carolina there is a base tax rate of 4.75% BUT each county and city can add their own taxes which means you can pay 6.75% or more depending on where you are in the state.

[@wtsalive8210]

@@mikecumbo7531 I heard about it and especially that is the best argument to sign the real prices at storage racks. As an foreigner I don’t know the local taxes. And this only one reason..

[@MsSarahInsane]

As a German that has lived in the US for a year, I love love LOVE watching your videos! We do have fresh refrigerated milk in Germany though, the reason why some are not, is because they are heated in production to kill the germs - creating H-Milch :)

[@DeanaandPhil]

There are non-refrigerated milk in the US as well. In addition, there are also refrigerated eggs in Germany. We just mentioned the average or what is "normal" to see in either country.

[@colorene5905]

same :)

[@pjschmid2251]

All milk whether it’s refrigerated or in a shelf safe package is heated to kill bacteria. You can’t sell milk in the US and I doubt in the EU without it being pasteurized. Pasteurization is the process where the milk is heated to kill bacteria.

[@CC-dk9mf]

I remember H-Milch. It doesn't taste the same as milk that is only pasteurized. Ultrahocherhitzt. I prefer to pass on that but it is more convenient. It can be found in the US, but has never become popular.

[@CC-dk9mf]

@@pjschmid2251 Option to sell non-pasturized milk varies by state.

[@Ontheroadbrogymgo]

I would like to see a video on the health care process. Like making a appointment, and the process of getting through the visit. Have a great weekend!

[@ericv7720]

The flag on a US mailbox indicates outgoing mail. Also, since some mail routes cover spread-out suburban and rural areas, curbside mailboxes just make more sense. Mail theft in the US is a serious federal offense, so it doesn't happen too often, and the postal service has their own investigation force just for that.

[@gailmendoza4897]

Hello, I have been watching your videos for quite some time and I like your comparisons. As an Asian living here in Germany, I still find it weird that people use fork & knife when eating rice dishes with meats sometime. Also I definitely agree with Phil that Metric System is the only measurement that the whole world should be using. Imperial System to me is like Rocket Science. I have been baking and cooking a lot too during this lockdown. . One thing I like about German baking recipes is that they are precise which oven function to use unlike in the English recipes. On the other hand some ingredients here in Germany are different from what I know of. The baking powder here in Germany is different which sometimes frustrates me. So what I do now is I order them online or buy them in Asian stores.

[@kevinf6552]

Another major difference regarding measurements is that German recipes use weight for flour, sugar, etc., whereas we in the USA use volume.

[@christyp4740]

As a (American) pastry chef, grams are the best way to go! Consistent results, exact measurements, easy clean up! No little spoons or cups to keep track of.

[@gwillis01]

There was a brief lobbying effort way back in the 1970s, when Jimmy Carter was President, to implement the metric system. For some mysterious reason, everyone resisted the change.

[@shannonbradley4699]

Spot on about measurements. I don't know why we still haven't switched. In 2001, I was visiting Australia and I went to the supermarket to get ingredients to make a lasagna for my friends. It never occurred to me that they used the metric system. This was before the internet was on phones. I had to leave. Hahahahaha

[@freedomdove]

A raised red flag on the mail box means there is outgoing mail for the postal carrier to pick up. They are useful when no mail is incoming and the person doesn't want their outgoing mail to be overlooked. I live in a med-large Midwestern US city in a small single-dwelling neighborhood and all of our boxes are mounted on our houses. If we have outgoing mail, I clip it to the outside of the box using a binder clip. Most of these boxes aren't locked. That's usually just at apartment complexes.

[@corinnalalala1365]

You two could make a Video where you bake the same but Deanna makes it with Gramm and Phil with Cups 😁 or Deanna could make both. I would love to see something like this 😊

[@rureal7742]

Cute idea though that means they will have two items to eat afterwards. Or have a blindfolded taste test to see which one was better too 😁

[@JostSchwider]

Thanx a lot for using time stamps! 👍

[@pjschmid2251]

The other thing that a host/hostess at a restaurant does is make sure that the load across the various waiters is balanced. Otherwise one waiter could have a preponderance of the customers while the other one is sitting twiddling their thumbs.

[@jlpack62]

I have never had my mail stolen in the US, and I've lived from coast to coast, north to south, and large city to suburb. I've even had packages left at the door of my apartment for days without an issue. Does it happen? Certainly. Is it widespread? I don't think so.

[@sherapontaoe3214]

In school in the early 1970s we were threatened that we MUST learn the metric system because the US was transitioning to it. We were LIED to...never changed!!

[@richardgrenner5853]

I'm an American. Our parents always taught us to have both hands on the table, and elbows off as well. However, we do have German ancestry, so maybe that's the case? Though we never really had a specific "cut things up one at a time," although, I personally implement it.

[@paulinhavk]

Omg! Please share the receipt of the brownie 😍😍😍 I'm from Brazil, most of our habits are more similar to Germany. However, instead of our names on the mailbox there's the apartment number or if you live in a house it's common to have a box (more like in the USA). Nice video!

[@Bluesbabesrv]

Milk in the USA comes in several sizes and in glass/cartons etc.. I have lived several places where the mailbox is on the house. Table manners is a parental responsibility and we were taught good manners in my home. Metric system, Jimmy Carter tried.

[@franciscomaytoreable]

Very informative and interesting I enjoyed it alot thank you folks have a good one and be safe 🙂🤙🤙🤙

[@mariog2609]

You showed one important piece of difference by sudden several times....I made a snapshot when you started with number 3, unfortunately I am not able to upload it. So the way counting with fingers, it was funny to see that you can't pretend your roots.Deana was starting with the index finger whe Phil was starting with the thumb...of course😋 But on 7 Deana switched from 🇺🇸 to the 🇩🇪 version back and forth 🤘

[@gwillis01]

I think the main difference in American restaurants is the level of formality the restaurant wants to operate with. The more formal the U S restaurant, the higher the chance you will have to wait to be seated by a hostess or host.

[@gudrunasche9124]

There ist fresh Milk in Germany in Supermarkets. The Biomilk Most in Glas.

[@danielab.r.5697]

Yes please to the metric system in the US. 📏 Great video again!!!

[@neophytealpha]

Some cities the mailbox are definitely on the houses. County ones tend to be at the end of the driveway.

[@S_mitty]

7:08 I dont agree on that, usually people go in and to the bar and ask if there is a table free and then practically get seated this way. there is just not a separate person for that

[@HeatherHogue73]

Yas to grams and liters! Especially grams. It’s way more precise. (American here - started using grams for soap-making and trying an Australian’s bread recipe, and I’m hooked. For everything I can.) Grüße!

[@aprilvoecks5877]

1 liter ~ 1 quart. The liter is a smidgen more, though (just under 34 oz instead of being 32 oz). If you don't need to be very precise, use that as a base, then multiply or divide as needed.

[@kaitlynneastwood6711]

I am Kaitlynn, the "pioneer". Thanks for the shoutout! Love you guys!

[@jlpack62]

Big difference #3 is how we say #3 with our fingers! @4:32

[@davidsimmons9763]

I love you 2 so much that I just wrapped up my once in a lifetime trip to Germany...and I STILL LOVE WATCHING YOU GUYS!!! I ate at the restaurant in the Mercedes Museum and was scared to death that I wasn't doing things right. They had long school cafeteria style tables and everyone was scootched together but I sat by myself at the end. I had Venison Goulash, by the way. It was awesome!!!

[@emjayay]

The flag on rural boxes is for alerting the mail person that there is a letter you are mailing in there. In rural places they pick up as well as deliver.

[@BikerVFR]

Noch nie Frischmilch im Kühlregal gesehen? Gibts sogar in Glasflaschen.

[@gwillis01]

hello I think the people in the U S use SMS texting instead of WhatsApp because the SMS function is hardwired into the phone and preinstalled. An American would have to be aware that the WhatsApp app exists and then make a special effort to install it on the cell phone manually.

[@erichamilton3373]

To get the mail in Germany just put "your name" bei "mailbox name" and you will receive it. Same in US...bei = c/o

[@stephaniea.7527]

I was able to enter Germany recently and visit my partner under the exemption. We were on a walk when of a sudden he stopped and pointed at a house. The home had not just an American-style mailbox, but it said "U.S. Mail Approved by the Postmaster General" on it 😅 It was so out of place and funny to see compared to all the other stereotypical German-style mail slots!

[@marjoriediaz5598]

Whatsapp is very commonly used in Latin America as well. I live in the USA and I use whatsapp to talk to friends and family. I do text to communicate with people who live in the US.

[@KristieBr1991]

I remember coming to Portugal where I live with my Portuguese fiancée and noticing that dairy and eggs are not refrigerated and even at home unless opened they are not refrigerated which was so surprising to me!

[@Nicole-mr8po]

I believe older neighborhoods in the US often have the mailbox hung next to the front door as my 1950's family home did :)

[@DeanaandPhil]

That's true! In downtown Charleston, SC the mailboxes are usually by the door as well. Phil was just mostly blown away by the street mailboxes.

[@blueharrington1893]

Ya door slots I have had them all thanks fun video have a good one 🤘☮️💚🍀😜🤟🦋

[@Bluesbabesrv]

If you live in the city in the US most mailboxes are on the house. Ours was in both Ohio and Florida.

[@eastfrisianguy]

I grew up in a rural German area and we knew the mailman. When we wanted to send mail, we would clamp a zip bag with the letters and the change for the postage to the mailbox with a clothespin 🤣 Now I also live in a village, but in a large apartment building and all mailboxes are in the hallway, here I would never try it 😁

[@roerd]

Did your village not have a public mailbox for sending mail, or did you just not want to walk there?

[@eastfrisianguy]

@@roerd Oh, I should have mentioned that this memory came from my grandma. She could only walk short distances. The post office was at the other end of the village and riding a bicycle was also difficult for her. But many people did it that way +20 years ago because it was more convenient.

[@jamillx]

the reserved signs are a way to close certain sections of the restaurant, so people automatically walk where they are supposed to be by themselves without needing a waiter to shepherd them.

[@BirteK1975]

I live in Germany. Milk IS refrigerated in grocery stores and expires within about two weeks.

[@ACEsParkJunheeWreckedMeHard]

Even tho I am from Germany my grandparents had their mailbox directly at the road. Oneday my grandma's best friend said "God is this ugly!" and gave my grandma money to buy a new one that we put there but it was bad quality and my grandma broke the key so she went to a store who sold mailboxes and she got one to hang next to the door xD. Some of my relatives also just had a hole in the door with a lid on it for mail

[@cstarv]

assigned seating helps balance out the patrons among the servers. That way they receive similar tips. Since no tipping in Germany, it doesn't matter if the seating is not spread out

[@BirteK1975]

No tipping? I tip all the time.

[@PriddyBennie]

In large American restaurants the guests are seated to distribute them in all parts of the restaurant. Servers usually are resposible for the tables in a specific area. If the guests choose tables in only one area, the servers in the empty areas would receive no tips, which are a big part of their income. In smaller restaurants people are seated because we expect it.

[@mareiketje4899]

Hach, ich mag eure Videos und freue mich immer sehr, wenn es ein neues gibt! Ich finde eure Themen (Essen ist auch eins meiner Hobbies 😬) eigentlich immer interessant und mir gefällt, wie eure Videos gedreht und geschnitten sind. Und außerdem freue ich mich immer darauf zu sehen, welchen Nagellack Deana gerade trägt! 😁

[@kenninast]

Phil be like: "My granny taught me proper table manners, and I recognise bad table manners immediately!" =D

[@JKVisFX]

First off, Deana, I love all of your "Quinten Terintino-ish" moves with your hands, fingers, head, and expressions." It shows a lot of character and is fun to watch. Now, the metric system... what can I say? Absolutely it is the best system to use and it is used around the mast majority of this planet. That we still don't use it here in the US is a complete mystery to me. In fact, I am so frustrated with this that I am forcing myself to use it on my own despite our very antiquated, English-based system. Right now, I am focusing on driving and navigation. Once I get to the point I am comfortable enough with that, I will start branching out into weights, lengths, areas, volumes, and so on.

[@wendywesley7423]

A small correction. The flag on the mailbox is raised if you have out going mail for the mailman to pick up. As pointed out in the video stealing mail is a Federal offense. This is a very big deal and has very stiff penalties. 🥰 On the hole most Americans are honest and respectful of other peoples mail.

[@VoidVerification]

I distinctly remember my host mom in the US noticing me (German exchange student) eating with knife and fork in my hands, and admiring that I was "ambidextrous". And I just thought "that's how we all eat at home...".

[@jandubbers66]

I think that in the USA classic text messages are seldom used. But while in Europe iPhones and Android Phones both are very common, in the USA iPhones are much more dominant. And when two iPhones are „texting“, they use iMessage instead. So over there texting is more or less a synonym for iMessage which does mostly the same as WhatsApp.

[@Bluesbabesrv]

I have an android and other members of my family have an IPhone, we text all the time.

[@leonoremarlardi]

H-Milch ( Haltbar Milch) ist außerhalb von Kühlschränken, normale Milch (egal wieviele Prozent/Fett) ist im Kühlregal.

[@Sparkman61]

FYI - The red flag on the mailbox is there to let the mail person that you have OUTGOING mail. It is not there to let you know that you have mail.

[@pielmeierdieter]

About metric and US-imperial measurement: In the middle of the 90's and around Orlando/Kissimmee area, I have seen road signs in miles and kilometers. A few years later they where gone. Asking american people I met, why this happened, they answered: because kilometer are not american. So I asked myself: How american the imperial measures are??? Coming from the UK and based based on a English King's body size.😱😱😱

[@OceanluvOC]

My milk comes in a carton as well. We have cartons in the USA and I buy a six pack of eggs. I use text messaging but using more WhatsApp now. I went to private school and they taught us table manners and my parents enforced it as well. I hate to see bad table manners 😖

[@Eli-pf5og]

The table manners point was interesting to me. Who the hell eats with one hand in their lap or cuts their whole steak before eating it??? Where I live in the US we are mostly of Northern European decent and I lived in Germany for 3 years so the “German” way is pretty normal to me!

[@rolfgarske8174]

I‘m german and I would never cut a whole steak into peaces and then put away the knife an switch hands with the fork to eat it. And this has nothing to do with etiquette or table manners, but for practical reasons. If you cut the whole stake into pieces this will increase the surface area of the meat by a lot. This makes it cool down very fast, and I don’t like that. I want my meal warm, not so hot that I burn my mouth, but a decent temperature. And I am perfectly comfortable to use the fork in my left hand, which is faster and more accurate anyway, while my right hand is the power hand, which is slower but can have a much firmer grip and more power. Yes I‘m a left hander who was always told in my youth to use the right hand by parents, teachers and everyone else, but there are still things that I can better do with my left hand, and that will never change.

[@marzxbarz]

For me, it depends on what I'm having with the steak. If it's steak and mashed potatoes, I'll slice the steak as I eat it. If I'm having steak with rice (DELICIOUS and my go-to), I'll slice the entire steak. There's no rhyme or reason to it, but I've never once looked at other people's steak-eating habits. What matters in the end is if you enjoyed your meal!

[@timriehl1500]

Would love to go to Germany one day, but if I do, I should probably eat in private. I knew someone who was so tired of having teenage boys destroy her mailbox, she put a smaller mail box inside a larger mail box and then filled in the empty area with cement. That way, the next time a delinquent took a baseball bat to her mail box, he probably broke his arm!

[@s.s.2048]

Former US Mail carrier here...the flag being UP is to signal that you have OUTGOING mail to be picked up, not that you have received a delivery. This way, if the flag is DOWN and the carrier has no mail to deliver to you he/she can skip your house/address. Also, mailboxes on the street exist only in suburban and, especially, rural areas where the length of a driveway (especially as one moves west) can be so long that driving down each one (never mind WALKING!) to deliver mail directly to the door would add hours to the rounds of the mail carrier. I hope that Phil will appreciate the Wirksamkeit of these methods!

[@Tabfort]

If a gallon is too large for a small household, the US also sells 1/2 gal. and even smaller.

[@melindar.fischer5106]

Yes! Milk is sold in quarts in the USA. 1 quart = 0.946 liter. One quart is VERY close to one liter. Perhaps Phil could buy a quart of milk when he is in the USA.

[@melindar.fischer5106]

In the USA, you can find milk in 1 quart cartons. 1 quart = 0.946 liter. 1 liter = 1.057 quart. That's very close to being the same volume!

[@RustyDust101]

Eh, what about Frischmilch / fresh milk? That's definitely in the refrigerated section. BTW: H-Milch is only for those who have lost their taste buds, in my opinion. That stuff is at best usable for coffee, or as a base for white sauces. For drinking or even for cereals that slightly burnt off-taste really puts me off.

[@ganderkesee1]

Thanks again for this amazing video :) You're right. If you haven't been to a different county one is usually not aware of these tiny things which can be very different. It is a really interesting topic :)

[@neophytealpha]

We never cut all at once. Only one at a time, as we eat.

[@anothercheryladventure9387]

In cities in US the mailman does deliver to mailboxes next to the door or in the door flap for mail on the door. Rich suburbs or rural addresses have the mailbox by the road. My dad was a mailman and walked for miles a day.🇺🇸

[@jaehaspels9607]

You're right about the US mailboxes not being secure. When I had a flip open mailbox, I rented a mailbox at a UPS store. People used to be pretty honest but not anymore and I don't trust anyone. People will also steal random mail so they can use the address for websites and such.

[@lukewalker3]

It’s crazy how much the uk is alike Germany obviously I know the UK is a European country it we are very similar in many ways I love it ngl

[@S_mitty]

11:54 little known fact, the usa actually uses the metric system, because the imperial system is defined by the metric system. 1 Meter is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 second. 1 inch is defined as 0,0254 meter. So imperial is metric with extra steps

[@ericamunson226]

The flag is just to indicate to the mailman that you have mail to be picked up (so if you don't have mail to be delivered that day, the mailman still knows to stop and grab your outgoing mail)

[@mhamadkmayha441]

EVERY. SINGLE. TIME! 😅 This mid-video pause ..alwaya makes me think the video ended 🤦🏻‍♂️😅

[@angussharington2374]

Number 8: Counting with the fingers!

[@norwegianblue2017]

I think most people where I live (California) eat with the fork in the left hand if they are using a knife.

[@lynnstevens9666]

I haven't visited Germany in decades so I'm thinking of German restaurants as they were long ago. It used to be common for people who didn't know each other to share tables. Not special times, anytime. Is that gone?

[@joannesmith2484]

You know, you can buy milk in quarts in the USA too. I live alone and, unless I needed it for something specific, I buy a quart of milk. You can buy half-pints too, if a quart is too much.

[@joannesmith2484]

If you live in the USA and are not texting internationally (other than neighboring NA countries), why get WhatsApp? I have no clue why Europeans obsess about this. Texting is free in the US with almost all phone plans, no matter where you are and where you're texting to in the continental US. In fact, I don't know any phone plans anymore that texting isn't free. Why get an unnecessary app? I text relatives 3,000 miles (a little more than 4800 km) away on a regular basis, and it's not a problem or extra charge. And the mailbox thing? I've always lived in the suburbs. Growing up, I lived in a more densely populated and older small town. Mailboxes were on the house next to the front door. My daughter's mailbox is like this since she's in a town similar to where I grew up. When I lived in an apartment, the mailbox was next to the door to my apartment. Now, I have a mailbox on the street. I have never owned a locking mailbox. Those are usually only common in apartment buildings and in communities (like condo associations or trailer parks) where all the mailboxes are in one area that you have to go to in order to get your mail. If I was paranoid about having my mail stolen I could get a post office box and get my mail there. In any case, I can honestly say that I have never heard of anyone having mail stolen from their mailbox. Ever. So, while I'm sure it happens some places some times, it really isn't an issue for the vast majority of Americans. The only person who ever told me that their mail was being stolen was an elderly, senile aunt who said a man came to steal her social security checks from her mailbox every month. There was no such man. Her social security was direct deposited. She also had regular conversations with long dead friends and relatives. Anyway, stealing from mailboxes is a federal crime and a felony in the USA and is taken very seriously. "Under United States Code 18 Section 1708, federal mail theft is a felony. If you are charged with mail theft, you could face up to five years in federal prison and fines of up to $250,000."

[@margarethany]

“Metric system should be the one and only measurement system in the world” yes Phil thank you. It bothers me to have to keep googling “cups to grams” every time I try a new recipe.

[@Ira88881]

Your opinion on a standard measurement system is eerily similar to a standard genetics measurement. Who really cares that the U.S. uses a different system? What the heck is people’s problem with this?

[@grandmak.]

I even bought a set of cups because googling it was too tiresome for me.

[@Ira88881]

@@grandmak. Every measurement implement for cooking here in the states is in both metric and Imperial. They have both markings on them. People who have a problem with the U.S. system really need to get a life. It’s an incredibly ignorant issue to make an issue out of, but all YT’ers really care about is views.

[@grandmak.]

@@Ira88881 I'm sorry ? What makes you so angry ? Just the fact that a German who likes to bake American cookies bought measuring cups ??? Come on .

[@jensschroder8214]

Whatsapp does not work on an IPad because it has no telephone option. Only SIM card for data transfer. It works on Iphone, Android phone and tablet with a sim card. The SMS reception on the iPad is also severely restricted. I get the status SMS from the Telekom, but cannot write or receive SMS from others. You can only use the portrait Apple messaging system with it. Or Whatsapp Web. In Europe there is still the old British standard thread for water pipes. This is older than the American NTP. It measures approx 33mm for 1 inch. You can't handle it without a table because the dimensions don't adhere to the usual conversions. In the UK itself, calculations are made in meters and miles.

[@racingweirdo]

I never seen bottle crates in the us, like the beer crates, they are verry commen here in europe. Are they banned in the us??

[@ChrissCorner92]

The only restaurants that allow people to seat themselves are mainly fast food and certain family owned diners. Other diners might require you to wait to be seated but it depends on the restaurant and their customs where I live in the United States.

[@emjayay]

I first saw shelf stable milk in Germany years ago, but it's been common in US supermarkets for now though. It costs more and tastes different because of the sterilization. Where the Passport Two people live there are milk dispenser machines - you bring your own bottle.

[@foxyankeefrank6963]

Wait wait wait? You talking about non-ref milk in German? That is only the cheaper and no so tasty H-Milch! Normal regular milk is of course in the fridge in all shops!

[@treasuretreats8056]

I am not sure, but I think gas stations are also different. In Germany you pay afterwards while you pay in the US before filling up.

[@wmf831]

Milk in Germany comes in glass bottles (or tetrapacks), refrigerated, if it is fresh milk. I prefer glass bottles because they are recyclable, so less waste. The milk in the tetrapack that you are referring to is ultra-high temperature processed milk with a long shelf life. As a german you should really know this and give a full picture.

[@cliffordgeorge7153]

When I was stationed in baumholder when you entered a restaurant they would seat you with other people in the restaurant

[@michaelkonig5576]

There is an other type of mailbox common in Germany. It's completely inside the wall. Postman puts in the letters from out and inside there is a door to get it. So I don't have to leave the house for taking newspaper or letters.

[@SchmaltzyCraftsy]

Mail slots are a thing here, just a flap in the door. The mall just lands on the floor on there other side.

[@sarahmichael270244]

i buy my Frsichmilch from the refrigerated sektion. there also exsists Milk in glasbottels, there is not only H-Milch, guys

[@maervo4179]

Wowowow seat yourself is wrong! This only applies to a bistro or café, e verything else has a waiter who will direct you to your seat. It mostly depends on the status of a restaurant. High, medium class always have a waiter for that.

[@denisezdansky9877]

In pastry school we always used metric system. In he 1970’s the US tried to convert to metric system. Too many people objected.

[@51tomtomtom]

the US measurements are called "Imperial" , a shadow of British colonial-times..........from which they liberated, not from their medieval system......

[@wintertrine]

Counting with your hands is different right? As well as handwriting as you mentioned.

[@JadedKate]

Guys have you watched Isi & Ossi on netflix yet ? What did you think ? Maybe do a comparison of USA vs german movies/ tv shows or something ? 🤔 what do germans think about all the superhero movies ? Movie theater snacks different? 🍿🍿

[@TheBonzomatic]

You two are so cute together! I'm enjoying your videos!

[@TheBonzomatic]

I also have strong German heritage and I have always done the knife and fork thing naturally. My grandmother noticed it when I was a teenager and said it must be hereditary because my parents never taught me that.

[@eileenhildreth8355]

I get frustrated with usa recipes that use 1 stick of butter....what is a stick of butter?????

[@melindar.fischer5106]

Eileen Hildreth: Yes, a "stick" of butter sounds funny.😂 For those people who don't already know this, a "stick" of butter is part of a block of butter cut into 4 quarters, with all 4 quarters sold in 1 package. Each quarter, or "stick" is wrapped in paper or foil with measurements marked on the wrapper. This helps in cutting the correct amount of butter to use in recipes. Each "stick" = 8 Tablespoons = 4 ounces = 1/2 cup = 113 grams.😃 I am sorry if I am telling you something you already know. Perhaps this information is helpful to Germans and others who are using recipes from the USA.😃

[@eileenhildreth8355]

@@melindar.fischer5106 thank you for that useful information

[@SB-fh3sv]

i thought it was interesting that Germany has no power lines in the sky like here in the USA. Instead the burry their lines which makes sense although it is more expensive

[@marklittlehale5756]

Unfortunately WhatsAp is owned by Facebook and who wants to use that?

[@LeRoi715]

you forgot to mention the big duvet with down and duvet cover and not a sheet in USA ? cheers from Toronto!

[@markuslehofer5422]

I have never drank a milk in Europe that was not in a fridge

[@gregclark5084]

If I had an address I could send you a translation table from American measurements to metric. I found this in a American cookbook and I use this all the time I bake a lot of American cakes and cookies for my German friends.