American Reacts to How An Angry Letter Saved Millions!

[@mylesmears6558]

Writing an angry letter is such a British response, and it's amazing how often it works.

[@airgunnut]

the best sternly worded letter ever

[@cadifan]

On old rotary dial phones 111 in New Zealand was the same as 999 in the UK because the numbers on New Zealand phones numbered the other way, so 1 was next to the zero at the bottom of the dial instead of 9 being there.

[@Spiklething]

I was once interviewed by the police after a malicious call to the fire brigade. A guy where I worked was also a part time fireman (retained fireman). He had a beeper and when his beeper went off, he would have to go to the fire station to attend a call out. He got paid whether it was a genuine call or a prank call. Turns out, he was short of cash and thought he would make some extra money by calling the fire brigade himself. Little did he know, that even in the 80's (when this happened) they were able to put a hold on the line to trace the call, even if the caller had hung up. He lost both his full time job and his part time fireman job too. I never heard if there were any other legal consequnces

[@onbedoeldekut1515]

999 was chosen specifically because rotary dials took longer, it was harder to accidentally dial 999 than 111.

[@nickwalters5380]

Beat me to it.

[@gregmoore2386]

In NZ the dial was numbered clockwise so 9 is at the the top of the dial hence 111 was used

[@wobaguk]

There is a bit more to it than that. The major problem in the system was that sometimes pulses, which the numbers represent, could get lost in the system, so the exchange would read a 6 as a 5 or a 4 as a 3 etc. But nothing can 'accidentally' be a 9, because there is no 10, so its impossible to have a system fault cause a 999 call.

[@grabtharshammer]

@@wobaguk Is not a zero ten pulses?

[@kewajodo]

Or to dial malevolently, as some of those morons lack patience. Mobiles have led to nuisance calls going up (but also give new means of tracing the miscreants)

[@thegroovetube3247]

Of course, prior to inventing the emergency phone number, Britain had already invented the Police Force and the Fire Brigade.

[@faithlesshound5621]

Policemen already existed in ancient Egypt (the fifth dynasty) and Babylon, as well as China (the Spring and Autumn period). The emperor Augustus set up a fire brigade in Rome.

[@Elaine-p3g]

@@faithlesshound5621 Thank you. That's interesting.

[@samstevens7888]

Most of the quicksand deaths in the UK, do not die from being buried to the head. The die from drowning from the tides coming back in. Look up the Morecambe Bay cockling disaster 2004 this was the biggest death toll in one accident in the UK. But there are deaths most years.

[@TerenceDixon-l6b]

My father was born in Morecambe, and we used to visit family there regularly, his Mother came from a family who owned fishing boats and there were many stories of such deaths in the incredibly fast and treacherous tides of the bay. Apparently the channels in the sand were constantly changing and the direction of the rising tide was unpredictable. One story told that, many years ago, there was a horse-drawn coach service from Morecambe to Grange-over-Sands on the opposite side of the bay, and one time the horse and carriage were caught in the quicksand and everyone, including the horse, drowned as the tide came racing in.

[@samstevens7888]

@TerenceDixon-l6b I remember that horse story being talked about on the news when the people I talk about above died. I think I remember 2 of the gang masters from above got caught and were sentenced too. There were more gang masters that got away. It's a beautiful place but everyone knows how quick the tides come in there and how dangerous that beach can be. My nan loved to visit Morecambe she would drag me along when I was young. I haven't gone back in decades, but I remember it well.

[@TerenceDixon-l6b]

@@samstevens7888 I still have family there but have not visited it for a couple of years. When I was young it was a lively, but more refined version of Blackpool, we used to visit the bar at the Midland Hotel and the Miss England contest used to be held at the lido next door. Even when I was at Lancaster University in the early 70s, it was a nice place to visit and have a good time. Now, however, it has suffered the ravages that many UK seaside resorts have and has a feeling of a declining and run down older relative, sad to see but seemingly inevitable, a real shame.

[@thegroovetube3247]

The 'more difficult to accidentally dial 999' thing obviously no longer applies in the digital era. Around 15 years ago I gave my hyperactive son my phone to keep him occupied as I tried to change his nappy/diaper. Twenty muintes later I looked out the window and a police woman was walking up my drive ...

[@jaccilowe3842]

999 was safest in low visibility smoky situations. We were taught as kids to feel for the stop guard then put two fingers in the first two holes; the second hole was 9.

[@Butterfly54684]

As a one-time telephonist in the largest exchange in the UK, I know we went on to have a switchboard position that dealt only with emergency services. All the caller had to do after I said, "Number please," was state which service they needed, and I would put them through. I remember during the Irish troubles, we would get a lot of bomb threats and would have to leave the exchange, but if you were the operator in that position, you had to stay. They could be scary times.

[@KevinDrury-y9c]

Paul used to live at 57 Wimpole Street so your Beatles radar was accurate.

[@gphunk1995]

It’s where he dreamt the song Yesterday.

[@gregoryams]

112 here in The Netherlands. Hope you and yours are ok there in LA. Sorry, i have to say it. You have one of the best voice ever.

[@grabtharshammer]

I never knew that about the Achy Shaky lines being the reason for 999, but it makes perfect sense. Because back in the old Analogue days, you could avoid paying for your telephone call in a Phone Booth, by picking up the receiver and tapping the levers it sat on, the number of times with a space in between, with the number you wished to call. This sent the numbers to the relay. Interestingly later on at the beginning of the digital age, this was the method employed by Modems. It was known as Pulse Dialling.

[@davidmarshall6616]

For you Americans visiting there's no need to remember our emergency number. Simply dial 911 as you would normally, it will have the same effect and put you through to our emergency service.

[@Nicoleheartsbooks]

111 is used in the UK for non emergency medical help and they’ll help from there. You can speak of nurse or doctor and they can help if GP closed or book you an appointment to go to the walk in centre

[@wulfgold]

I worked outside a major train station in the Southeast, in a massive office block - all glass front. Smoking area out front, noticed an abandoned suitcase, called it in to the police from reception, waited in reception. 5 minutes later Thames Valley Police screech up in a car, two officers get out, first officer picks up the suitcase and shakes it. I think there were 4 of us watching in reception that all hit the floor. JJ - you should check out Sir Nicholas Winton - there's a few videos on here.

[@Sue-Eliz]

Sir Nicholas Winton a humble human being …

[@wulfgold]

@@Sue-Eliz a great human, but it felt horribly poignant reacquainting with his example :/

[@the_yorkshire_pudding]

I seem to remember hearing that 111 was not used as it was considered too prone to false signals from thing like branched tapping on the telephone wires during a storm but this may be wrong.

[@carolineskipper6976]

Something I had never realised until I fell foul of it it the mid '80's was that if you dialled just '99' you were automatically put through to the emergency helpline. I realised this because at the time I lived in an area of London where the area coode was '993'. If you dialled this (followed by the actual phone number) from within London it just treated it as part of the number - but if you were outside London you had to dial the London code first, which at the time was '01', before continuing with your 993.....etc. On one day I tried calling home from my workplace which was just outside the 01 area, and forgot to dial the 01 - and got put straight through to the emergency number after only two 9's. It was only after this happened 3 times in quick succession that I realised what I had done wrong.

[@garlicbreath7259]

If you can`t get out of the quicksand on the beach, the tide will come in and drown you !

[@BKKMekong]

The problem with 111 on the old analog system is that a loose connection could give a spurious pulse or a 1, 3 of these with correct space in between would dial 111. I am old enough to remember “Tapping Out” phone number from a call box to get free calls 🤓

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

Me too, my parents had a phone lock on the dial and I used to do that to speak to my friends when my parents were out of the house.

[@lynnejamieson2063]

Haha, my brother used to do the same thing when he first moved away from home.

[@mandyireson5101]

Damn, wish I'd known that as a kid - where was the internet back in the late 70s???? Grrr

[@BKKMekong]

@@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis. A hoe phone was simple since the cranked was linked and only had to tap on one side with a finger. A pay phone was a whole different matter, you had to press both rests at once, my preferred method being the side of the hand.

[@Deltic07]

I loved having the lock on the phone, they were easy to pick and that meant the phone bill being too large was nothing to do with me. We also used to reverse the charges, phone box to phone box. Easy!

[@marksanders2784]

All dog parents relating to the Spaniel giving zero fucks about what is going on, it's all about THE BALL!! 😂

[@KateSander22]

🤣

[@LegsAkimbo]

I remember the bakelite rotary dial phones. I used to answer the phone "Wideopen 8136". I miss the rotary dials. I do not miss the "heavy breathers", once so common but, thankfully, no more.

[@MJS-vx3oj]

I used to share a student house with some girls and they'd get a heavy breather. Never called back after I told him to stop masturbating. 😂

[@lottie2525]

We use 111 in the UK for NHS 111 which is a free service providing medical advice and connecting you to local NHS healthcare services. They take all your symptoms and either put you through to someone or get you a call back from a GP if it's out of hours.

[@mandyireson5101]

As a Brit living in the US for the past 26 years, for 25 of those, I've been a 911 dispatcher and I never knew that the emergency number system originated in the UK. I know all about the US first call being made on February 16, 1968 in Haleyville, Alabama, but had never even given to the consideration of it's absolute origin. Thanks for this one JJ. And yes, even today, we do get calls about Towser being lost and the kitty up the tree via 911 :).

[@catherinehaywood7092]

He said that it was not used in the whole of the U.K. until 1976. I lived in a small town in Wales and was a 999 operator with the police in 1974. I can’t imagine there were many places that didn’t have this service until 1976. Also if you are in the U.K. and you were to dial 911 you would still get through to the emergency services.

[@Gmackematix]

But not many is still not all.

[@nbartlett6538]

Also 112 still works, as this is the EU-wide emergency number and we implemented it while still in the EU.

[@1marconisa]

All the Wimpole St houses have seven storeys. You missed they all have stairs down to the basement/subground storey.

[@DB-stuff]

You always have a entertaining reaction, and a genuine want for information.

[@DeltaMikeTorrevieja]

As others mention, and the vudeo states, 111 could be signaled by phone lines clattering in the wind triggering a pulse.

[@richmorris2870]

222 is/was used in British hospitals as thw internal emergency number, so if you hear hospital staff say they're 'not for 2s' means they have a Do Not Resuscitate in place.

[@juliewylde5238]

Nurse here some hospitals use 2222, but 222 more prevalent

[@TerenceDixon-l6b]

Don't be surprised that there was a time lag in the USA. Mostly, you live in the past anyway, still using the almost medieval Fahrenheit temperature scale, the British actual medieval 14th century gallon measure (Queen Anne wine gallon) instead of the larger Imperial gallon and a measurement system based on the British imperial defined 200 years ago, which itself was based on a mishmash of ancient measures from various regimes.

[@TerenceDixon-l6b]

Using 9 means that it is the last but 1 before the finger stop on an old-fashioned rotary telephone, so is easy to find in the dark or a smoke filled room. Two fingers next to the stop means that the index finger is in the 9 position. It is easy to fumble or miss other numbers, even 1, in a panic situation or for the visually impaired or in the dark. BTW the number 000 was already in use in London. Not such a problem now with one button emergency calls.

[@alicemilne1444]

Our rotary dial was 0 to 9, so 9 was the number next to the stop, not zero.

[@TerenceDixon-l6b]

@@alicemilne1444 That was an extremely rare and unusual phone. the International standard was to have the '0' (Zero) at the stop. This is a British Standard (BS) UK telephone dial on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_dial#/media/File:Phone_from_1950s_uk_-_This_one_is_real.JPG I would have loved to have seen yours as I collected these dial phones once the were discontinued - especially the old black Bakelite ones and have never seen one as you describe, a pity you can't let me have a picture. However, there is also a picture of a Swedish phone from 0 to 9 as you describe, but others from there have the standard layout, you must have had one of those - but that's unusual outside of Sweden and could be quite dangerous for someone not familiar with it if calling for emergency services in Britain in the dark or smoke filled room in the UK being so non-standard. BTW the Wikipedia shows a range of standard dials from international sources, it's quite interesting - at least to me.

[@trebr001]

Supposedly, the reason for adopting 999 as an emergency number was that, if in a smoke filled room, the number 9 could be easily located by finding the finger stop on the rotary dial, inserting two fingers next to it and the second finger would be in the 9.

[@skyefarnan2311]

If the room is smokey enough that you can't see the phone, you're not going to be calling the fire brigade. You're either dead or trying to get out

[@diamonddave2622]

Just read some the newspaper articles - huge NATIONAL story at the time Headline: 'FIVE WOMEN PERISH' 'Wimpole Street Blaze Horror' 'NOTED DOCTOR'S WIFE A VICTIM' -Daily Independent, Sheffield, Monday 11 November 1935 Deaths Mrs Franklin, 55 owner Mrs Lilian Hannah Brook, 22 - her neice Miss Alexandrina Lamont, 22 - housemaid Miss Evelyn Hardy, 15 - kitchen maid Mrs Elizabeth Caroline Dunkley, 53 - cook

[@wobaguk]

If you want to jump back to the americanisation of Britain, kids exposure to american dramas was so high that a sizeable percentage, when asked, thought the emergency services number was 911, so it has been officially used and diverts to 999 automatically.

[@nickwalters5380]

sad but true.

[@jemmajames6719]

Wow didn’t know that, but what are parents, teachers, teaching their kids. When my kids were two I told them how to dail 999, and they knew not only their own phone number and address but their grandparents phone numbers.

[@jinxvrs]

Dialing 112 does the same thing.

[@jezlanejl]

I'm pretty sure 999 is universal now, so if in the US you dial 999 it will put you through to 911, same in most places, don't believe Americanization had anything to do with it.

[@mandyireson5101]

I did not know that, wow, thanks for that.

[@Gmackematix]

I remember seeing a video about 911 in the US. I think it first appeared in 1968 but took years after that to be adopted by every state and still works on a localised basis rather than being nationwide, or even statewide.

[@missmerrily4830]

Oh don't! I was in stitches at the quicksand section! 🤣

[@andrewlockett7985]

I teased my Dad a little when I found out I got a better degree mark than him.... I did Archaeology at 30 years old, in 2009-12, he did physics and maths in 1966. Not that he used it as a debate point, but he did it on a type writer. Jeez, ctrl+x, or ctrl+z is the only thing that kept me sane in 2012. As a kid, if I wrote an A4 page and made a mistake on the last line I'd want to start all over again. A dissertation on a type writer. He is a better than than me, lol

[@andybaker2456]

As someone who's lived in and around London my entire life, I had no idea that 999 wasn't nationwide till 1976! You live and learn. 🤷‍♂️

[@hiramabiff2017]

The is next to nothing in life you will ever touch wear or use that does not have it's origins in Britain.

[@AxR558]

As a child of the 80s in Britain, quicksand was drilled into us as being a huge danger to be aware of. To date, I've still not come across any though.

[@abigailjohnson4270]

Harley St is where you go for the really expensive private drs… 999 was chosen because u have to really want to dial that on a rotary phone. U can’t do that by accident

[@suzw7154]

Learned something new today - this was interesting. Thanks!

[@greendweller5116]

Golden oldie 😢 i feel old now

[@brian9731]

Wimpole Street is in the heart of the private medical practitioners' district, (the most famous street of the area being Harley Street). It has one famous real address where the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning lived and another fictitious address (the number doesn't exist, I've checked) where the fictitious Henry Higgins of Pygmalion/My Fair Lady lived.

[@lyndarichardson4744]

JJLA. Wimpole St & Harley St are areas where very expensive private doctors and other health professionals did and still do operate . I suspect those houses are Regency period where the servants lived on the top floor.

[@daveac]

Anyone else think the guys voice on the watched video sounded a bit like Michael Caine ? :-)

[@debbielough7754]

Being an island, there's a surprising amount of quicksand around the place. It's usually pretty easy to avoid, because known spots have warning signs (eg, near Holy Island), but there's always somebody who'll ignore it. Wimpole Street is actually not that far from where the Beatles played on the rooftop (which was Savile Row). It's probably a quarter of a mile, if that.

[@Iskandar64]

If you are ever in London and you have a desire to go inside one of those red telephone boxes, don't, because they stink of piss.

[@helenwood8482]

I was born in 1970 and I had no idea it wasn't available everywhere until 1976.

[@melm2740]

I didn't know that, but do now, so interesting,thank you❤🙏

[@TerenceDixon-l6b]

A number of Chinese fishermen and women working in the area shown in the video (near Arnside), working at night searching for shellfish which are just below the surface f the sand, when they were caught in quick sand and the tide came in, and it comes in very quickly in the bay there (Morecambe bay). The Bay is infamous for it's quicksand and treacherous tides.

[@markthomas2577]

27a Wimpole Street is the fictional address of Professor Higgins in My Fair Lady. I had some root canal treatment done a few weeks before the pandemic in Wimpole Street.

[@brian9731]

On the old loop-disconnect dialling mechanism, a 1 didn't really count. I'm not sure of the technical reason for this - an old timer telecoms engineer might be able to answer why.

[@WOFFY-qc9te]

On lifting the receiver the exchange is waiting for an interruption to the line from the dial. You could tap out the number on the cradle but if you were to slow the line would drop. This is why the dial returned at a set speed switching the line to the exchange uni-selector 0 is ten pulses 1 is 1 etc. Pre Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) the numbers were not prefixed with a " 0 "as this was the operator, I think this is what you may be referring to. " migette1" YT channel has a nice selection of phones

[@Sue-Eliz]

The guy in the film typing is definitely a “finger” typist, not a touch typist. For context - after using a computer for about eight years, I had temporary job; I was shown to my workstation, where in place of a computer was a manual typewriter. I learnt to type on a manual, so although my heart sank, I thought it’d be ok; famous last thoughts - I wasn’t prepared for how incredibly difficult it was - computer buttons barely need to be touched, they’re so light. I didn’t realise how heavy going, especially office size typewriters, were. My work seemed to take forever😮

[@dcallan812]

My partner was a call handler at a mobile phone company in London Some of the 999 calls that went through the centre were harrowing. Now people ring if their Nando's order is missing an item.

[@Badgersj]

"Notice the hand moving the space bar." Oh you poor innocent little sweetie you have no idea. That was how we oldies learned to type, and learned to type accurately because if you failed to hit the key you (a) got your finger stuck in the gaps between the keys and scraped the skin pulling it out again and (b) had to spend ages rubbing the wrong letter out with a special hard eraser. There was no power, your finger had to move the whole mechanism. The electric typewriter was an amazing invention and even then you had to rub wrong letters out.

[@becksyno7]

If I ring 911 here in Britain I get through to 999.

[@Jamie_D]

same with 112,maybe the others as well

[@Teddytrick62]

We had a call 'hello this is the emergency services, we have had a silent 999 call'. My very young daughter had somehow dialled 999 on the land line. Sorry guys but amazing how they called back to check.

[@Gotbesure6793]

In England 111 is exclusively used for the NHS non emergency service

[@RIPSOE404]

Remember as a kid THE worst thing you could do is going on a building site or pranking 999...... Now it's stabbing a classmate.

[@snowfirma5423]

Brilliant

[@ElDubz2025]

If I shake my phone to much it automatically calls 999. I heard voices coming from my pocket and it was emergency services asking why I called 😂 must be a panic thing incase your gettin the shit beat out ya or in distress

[@roystratford4361]

112 is a pan European emergency number that also works in the uk and connects to the 999 system.

[@klaxoncow]

Yeah, I remember rotary dials and that, when you answered the phone, you'd say "[town name] [phone number] [your name] speaking. Who is this, please?". That might seem like an effort, but it quickly sorted out wrong numbers. Because you immediately knew you'd made a mistake. Also, you have to remember that a phone would be shared by the whole household. So you say your name to quickly get to the "could I talk to [other person], please?".

[@christinemarshall1366]

There's a reason why 111 was not practical - they can be entered by mistake, by a child for instance.

[@margaretflounders8510]

Our grandson did 999 and the police rang back, that was when we realised Theo was copying us, he was 18 months old!

[@CiaraNíShúilleabháin1990]

I've always thought that 555 would be the best number because the 5 button has a tiny locator bump for visually impaired people. It would make it much easier to dial the number, even in total darkness.

[@Swivel360]

That's y 999 was chosen. Remember it was chosen in the days of rotary dials, not push button phones

[@stephenlee5929]

Cigarette company had already taken it '555 State Express'

[@sueturner9468]

This is the centre of the private medicine world. Harley Street is adjacent to Wimpole, but the entire area is referred to as 'Harley Street'.

[@SaturnPandaCat]

Harley Street is where all the best private doctors in the UK have their clinics; Wimpole Street is the equivalent for dentists and orthodontists. I was very lucky because my dentist referred me to an orthodontist on Wimpole Street. I had 5 years of orthodontic treatment from one of the best orthodontists in the country on the NHS. All it cost us was the bus fare to get there. I will always be grateful to my dentist and orthodontist. My teeth were a mess. They stuck out so far, I could barely close my mouth. I had a HUGE gap between my front teeth, the teeth either side were bunched and overlapping and my bite was completely misaligned. I would often end up biting the inside of my cheek instead of my food. At the end of my treatment, my teeth were perfectly straight and I mean perfectly. Every time I received a compliment on my teeth (probably because I was confident enough to smile more), I made sure to say it was because I had an amazing orthodontist. Most people didn’t believe they were as bad as I said they were before treatment. But they were probably even worse tbh. But they didn’t just help me. My stepdaughter was referred to an orthodontist last year. She was very nervous. But I was able to tell her the difference it made to me and it made her a lot less anxious. I know this has nothing to do with emergency lines. But I also know you have an interest in the background/history of the places you cover.

[@SaturnPandaCat]

PS Many Harley Street doctors also offer their services to the NHS. I had a Harley Street doctor perform surgery on me because he worked for the NHS two days a week. He could have made more money by staying exclusively within the private sector. But even private doctors here believe in the NHS.

[@helenwood8482]

If you call 911 in the UK, you get through to 999.

[@jamesleate]

A branch tapping against a wire could potentially dial 111.

[@iainlittle4735]

£876 is $1,093, so more expensive then you thought.

[@scottythedawg]

"hello 3297" ah i remember having a 4 digit number once.

[@nolaj114]

Can still remember my mum saying "1409" when she answered.

[@lynnejamieson2063]

For me it was a five digit number but it was “Hello 39664” 😊 no need to worry about area codes. I do remember when we bumped up to six numbers though and it took a wee while to remember that prefix of a six.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

I recall at my Mum's house saying when answering the phone, "5295"? No "Hello" afterall, I might not want to be polite to a stranger!

[@mandyireson5101]

Mine was 4232. Can't remember my best friends number today cos it's on speed dial lol. Where did all that extra memory space I don't need for phone numbers anymore go to???

[@markwheatstone5943]

If you're in the Uk and you call 911 or 112, you will still get through to the emergency services

[@gwaptiva]

Sometimes Brexit just isn't Brexit

[@Robbie58uk]

Hi watch all your videos and enjoy You probably watch quite a few on british accents But one i think you would really be confused with and also in a funny way is the wigan accent from wigan lancashire england nothing like it lol Try looking on youtube wigan accent good luck understanding it😅 Forgot to say Skool of wiganese by dirty work pictures there are quite a few in sure will make you laugh By mick n praters

[@Robbie58uk]

Hope you got this message

[@LindaYoung-o3l]

So the ladies in Wimpole St didn't die in vain. Amazing it took 2 years to implement the idea. I'm shocked it wasn't country wide until 1976 - probably because I always lived in cities until I was in high school. There's still idiots who phone 999 for a joke or for non-emergency reasons. They should be publicly named and shamed.

[@ebbhead20]

The European one is the most used, but I would never have guessed Russia to use it. They seem to do their own thing. But 112 os used by 127 countries today. So all of the EU ise it, bit england didnt even when a member of the EU. But o read that you can still use 112 in england as they know ota the main one used in Europe. We used to have 000 and that's awful on a rotary phone. Its not the 9 that comes last JJ. I used them as a child and young man in the 70-80. Gave my nan a modern one in the early naughts as it was time.. i mean we had a nice Kirk by the early 80s. But nan kept holding on to that thing.

[@Richardgwilliams]

I always thought 111 would be quicker. If you take a look at Comedian 'Lee Evans' (one of his KZbin videos) he does a 'skit' on how long 999 took!!

[@JayKughan]

You're either remembering the rotary dial wrongly or it was different in the US. 9 (followed by 0) is the closest number to the end of the rotary dial (as shown in the video you're reacting to @ 7:42). So, 111 wold have been the worst decision for emergencies.. and the US still decided to go with 911, as opposed to 988/900, which would have been quicker to dial on a rotary dial phone.

[@bobgoodall1603]

The Barratts of Wimpole Street.

[@isladurrant2015]

Qwerty keyboard is laid out so the mechanical arms of typewriter don't get entangled... no reason for it nowadays really.

[@janolaful]

Why do you find it so funny with the typing IT WAS 1935. Rude 😮 and we have 111 for nhs advice. February 2004 over 30 young men and women were trapped by rising tides in Morecambe Bay as they harvested cockles - 23 tragically lost their lives they were stuck in sinking sand so couldn't escape

[@MichaelOCallaghan-j7x]

JJ you don't remember your history. Typists used to be damn speedy on the typewriter. Before computers they were so important to all businesses. And Wimpole Street was where Elizabeth Barrett Browning lived. Wife of the poet Robert Browning

[@PhilH919]

Try typing quickly on an old mechanical keyboard. You have to thump the keys. No light touch here.

[@nolaj114]

Haven't found the music channel yet... 🤔

[@KateSander22]

There's a link at the end of this video. The round picture of his face 😂 it's not very obvious! I didn't see it to start with.

[@tonysanderson6355]

Where the link to the original video you know the content provider that actually did the work. Stop stealing other peoples hard work!!

[@klaxoncow]

Criticises narrator for "throwing shade" when he wasn't really. Immediately follows up by throwing shade at North Korea for having no food. (I mean, don't get me wrong. North Korea deserves the shade. But hypocritical much?)

[@clymtc]

you haven't seen the speed of my typing!

[@NotYourKindOfPeople-z6m]

Get with the rest of the world.... ground level floors are called......ground floor (!), 1 floor up is 1st floor....

[@gamortie]

Isn’t 112 the universal emergency number from mobiles?

[@nolaj114]

5:33 Looked like you were about to do a Musk move there

[@Chris_GY1]

It is called a typewriter peasant.

[@arthurlincoln220]

The original idea using 999 was it was easy to use on a rotary dial in thick smoke. The first and second fingers were put into the two holes next to the end stop which meant first was in 9 second was in 0 use the first finger to dial a 9 and repeat 3 times. This could be done even in thick smoke when it was impossible to see dial clearly. Typical American you come up with stupid jokes without understanding the very real reason for using the 9,think could you easily find a 1 without having to feel the right hole at the other end of the dial. Hint put brain in gear before engaging mouth,its better to be thought a fool than open your mouth and prove it.

[@colingrant8401]

Slow typing? You do realise that`s a mechanical typewriter, not power assisted?

[@TukikoTroy]

Originally posted only six days ago. Shame on you.

[@christinemarshall1366]

You pause too often, why not leave your reactions 'til the end. I can only survive your pauses by fast forwarding.

[@Gmackematix]

It's a react channel. He's going to pause it to react. If you want to see the original without reaction, you just click on the link in the info!

[@brigidsingleton1596]

I'm glad you said it - I get "shot down in flames" by others telling me (sometimes politely, sometimes less so!) "It's a Reaction channel. - what do you (bleeping?!) expect?!" However, JJ isn't as bad as Tyler Rumple, nor his fraternal twin brother, Ryan Wuzer, for _pausing frequently_ constantly asking questions (which are answered by the video soon after - if they'd only wait and listen, they'd learn...!) Frustrating, no...? Yes, actually!

[@Gmackematix]

@@brigidsingleton1596 JJLA isn't doing that at all though. We get views of places mentioned in the video, interesting US takes on the situation and in this case we get to see the Quicksand Rescue in action, complete with dog! I think he has added to the original.

[@Sue-Eliz]

@@brigidsingleton1596I agree … I gave up listening to Tyler Rumpole

[@Boggin_]

Early! 😁