BRIT MUM REACTS | 5 Summer Objects I Only Encountered After Moving to America

[@gkiferonhs]

Ceiling fans can save you money on your heating bills. In winter it can take the warm air near the ceiling and recirculate in around the walls and back down to the floor. Reverse the direction of the fan for summer and it can provide a gentle direct breeze to the whole room. In Kansas it routinely drops to -20°C in winter and hits 40°C in summer, so the fan helps.

[@allwaizeright9705]

That's TRUE - but remember Ceiling fans cool PEOPLE and not rooms - So make sure you shut them OFF when not in use - It will save on your power bill...

[@jeffrentsch4318]

Also good for pets while at work. Both hot and cool.

[@bradleyward285]

It costs more to run your ceiling fan than the fan on your hvac unit. So just turn you fan to on instead of auto on your thermostat. It will also help keep your duct cooler during the summer.

[@creinicke1000]

Here in Phoenix.. we have a nice house, high ceilings.. but we keep the temp at 80.. then have fans going constantly. ( a switch on wall like a light switch turns on) and it keeps the house and bedrooms very comfortable in the 110 degrees heat in summer.

[@FEARNoMore]

One thing they don't have in the UK are cooling centers like they have here in the southwest during heatwaves.

[@gkiferonhs]

The front porch is to keep tabs on the neighbors and socialize whereas the back porch is often used more for family BBQ's, etc.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Back porch is pretty much a porch in the backyard.

[@JPMadden]

Covered porches can also be used for sleeping in summer and keeping firewood dry in winter.

[@Patriot46426]

I'm on my balcony watching this

[@sallychambers3594]

Exactly right!

[@Kross8761]

My ceiling fan literally only stops long enough for me to clean it.

[@billyhndrsn4542]

Same

[@Catherine.Dorian.]

Exactly. And they are fully functional in the winter!

[@vaderdraco6892]

You mean when you accidentally shut it off and are like "Good Lord I need to clean that."

[@PaulaThompson-x9w]

Facts

[@pwizandtheween3652]

Same, room feels muggy without a fan

[@charlesbduke7947]

Bag ice is actually made to be put in coolers. Used primarily for large events like parties or family get together. They also work well for camping.

[@MichaelScheele]

Or keeping food cold returning from distant grocery stores during the hotter months. When I visited my father in rural Nevada, he sometimes would have to drive 100 miles (~160 km) one way to buy groceries at an affordable price. We loaded several coolers in back and would buy ice at the grocery store. Refrigerated and frozen goods stayed cold for the return trip of nearly two hours, even when it was in excess of 100° F (38° C).

[@Pinkfong2]

Luv Laurence. Some people nowadays add decks to their backyards and prefer to sit in the back because many have pools and everyone grills and they have swings and slides and kids stuff. Lucky ones have front and back. City row homes don’t have quite as many but they are a feature in some neighborhoods. Then some homes have no front porch. I have ceiling fans. If their is a shadow from it spinning, I get dizzy. Pulling the string, he wasn’t kidding, never could figure the darn thing out.

[@xScooterAZx]

Bag Ice is also put in fridge freezers to use in making smoothies,etc.

[@FEARNoMore]

Crushed ice with coke ... yum

[@Ancestral_Amalisa]

Bagged ice is convenient when your fridge ice maker stops working. Most drive thru fast food places will sell it too. Yes Sonic will sell you a bag of ice.

[@margaretspignardo5588]

Your mom is a great addition. I've been enjoying your videos together.

[@chouseification]

this ^^... she's much more interactive than hubby. Seeing his facial reactions IS NOT interesting AT ALL, however hearing cogent responses and contrasts to their own stuff IS interesting... i.e. mom convo. :D That is the point of "reaction" videos, if you're only going to continue to "react to" stuff vs making your own videos... so if that's the direction you're staying in (sadly), at least have mom around as she keeps the conversation going. Sorry hubby.

[@ryanlaymon2329]

​@@chouseificationyour comment was not interesting or helpful AT ALL either but there you are They have over a hundred thousand followers so they must be doing something right

[@chouseification]

@@ryanlaymon2329 find something tall... The point is, just them watching other videos is less interesting if less commentary is going on. Mom adds more, ergo it's more interesting. /shrug I've been a subscriber since they were at maybe 10k, so don't wave their count at me.

[@kittyplay9410]

​@@chouseificationHave to disagree. I like the way James and Millie do their videos. Mom is good too, so a mix is fine with me.

[@chouseification]

@@kittyplay9410 yet James just stared most of the time; he rarely uses his mouth to make a coherent thought. Reminder, I have been watching along since the beginning - hoping they would actually make some videos about life on their island, etc. Just "reacting" (facial expressions alone) is a dead end... especially since James' default facial expression is confused. I'm trying to hint them along to improve the quality of their videos. It's sad how people seem to assume I'm flaming them... constructive criticism goes a lot further than just cheering them on. Videos with mom were ten times as interesting to me. Period. If you disagree, too bad.

[@paganbornspiritbear8249]

I’ve really enjoyed this “British Mum Reacts” series. Hope Mum becomes a regular!

[@tcsam73]

Front porches used to be like an outdoor living room in the days before air conditioning. People would socialize with their neighbors and enjoy a cool breeze and shade when the house was too hot to stay inside of. Air conditioning changed all that.

[@juliearmfield2634]

Oh yeah I remember those days the family would go out on the front porch and relaxed after dinner and just talk and just be together and enjoy each other. We had an old metal glider swing with those 60's and 70's green flowered cushions on them I'm telling my age by that but I miss it.

[@kdm71291]

To say that there are places in The US that achieve 90 degrees F is a great understatement....there are MANY places that break triple digits and Death Valley California breaks 120 degrees on a regular basis in the Summer! Our cat loves the A/C, too!

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

I was born & raised in FLORIDA. No lies detected...😉

[@richardlahan7068]

It gets up to the 90s all the way up into Canada.

[@wyattdoesstuff418]

where i live in the summer its basically always over 90. hottest days of the summer can get to 110. the hottest it's been since ive lived here is 118 ~48 Celcius.

[@reneehomen2226]

Oh my gosh Millie, your Mum resembles Meryl Streep! That's a compliment. Lawrence , they have remote controls for ceiling fans. Lawrence is called central air conditioning.

[@donaldstewart8342]

Lawrence's new house has central air and a remote controled fan

[@juliayoung537]

The overhead fans are used year round, there's a switch on the motor at the top to switch rotation one way will push warmer air up the other will push it down 😊 Love y'all ❤

[@jamiestetler1522]

I was going to say the same thing. Actually, a lot of people don’t know that in the US. I don’t know how many times I went to someone’s house in the winter time and they had their fans off.

[@3DJapan]

Mine never had that feature, they all blew air down controlled by a pull string or a switch on the wall.

[@jamiestetler1522]

@@3DJapan it’s a little switch on the fan itself. You may not even be able to see it from the ground. You may need to get a ladder. I’ve never seen one without it, but wouldn’t be surprised if some do not.

[@jkelley14701]

Yes. The fan isn't really about blowing on you to keep you cool. It's for circulating the air. In the winter, suck/blow the warm air up so that it hits the ceiling and is pushed down along the sides of the room.

[@tomhalla426]

The impression I have of UK weather is that the newspapers call anything over 20 C a heat wave.

[@Timbothruster-fh3cw]

I know 🤭

[@jwb52z9]

I wish Texas would always be around 20 C instead of 40 to 50 C in the Summer.

[@tomhalla426]

@@jwb52z9 I live just northwest of Austin, TX, and wish it would not drop to -25 to -30 every few years. It very much limits what one can grow.

[@FEARNoMore]

One thing they don't have in the UK are cooling centers like they have here in the southwest during heatwaves.

[@trappenweisseguy27]

Yup, and any snowfall over 1 millimeter has the drivers bumfuzzled.

[@LibertyWolf1]

Ceiling fans are a great way to help your AC & furnace be more efficient by keep the air in each room more mixed.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Mixed. LoL 😅

[@riothero313]

@@runrafarunthebestintheworld Homogeneous

[@btnhstillfire]

And circulating the air…

[@LibertyWolf1]

stirred not shaken @@runrafarunthebestintheworld

[@Catherine.Dorian.]

Ceiling fans can be used in the winter, you just swap the direction the blade spins in. One way it sends heat up and the other way it sends heat down

[@susanb4213]

I live in Texas. You better believe we have air conditioning and ceiling fans-in almost every room! But the modern ones have wall controls instead of the chain. You can set the speed and direction the blades move (different in winter than summer).

[@TheCJTok]

I’m in Oklahoma now but also lived in Texas most of my life. I have a moment of silence every day in honor of Mr Carrier. I wouldn’t have made it as a pioneer woman. 😂

[@cliff5240]

Nice having your mother here. She is a lovely lady.

[@bethlovcy1276]

I am so enjoying these reactions with your Mom. She is a lovely lady!

[@kelmac1618]

I’ve moved 16 times and none of my homes had a front porch, nor ice dispenser in the fridge - but we definitely had ceiling fans. Love to see your mum reacting with you Millie!

[@andreakear97]

Fun reaction - love the mother-daughter team!

[@tjmctube]

We live in North Carolina. We have two central AC units (upstairs and down), and eight ceiling fans around the house.

[@mariandenk8613]

Millie, you have a lovely, charming mom. She fits your vlog so well. I bet she just can’t wait to hold that new grandson. I can’t wait to see him when you find it appropriate to film him.

[@Imme_begin]

1. In Texas ceiling fans are a must! They can lower electricity because you can set the air conditioner to a higher temp. We have one in every room except for the restrooms. 2. Same with central air! 3. Camping is amazing - be one with nature 😊. 4. Yep, I have two porch swings. Gosh, I guess I am really an American. LOL I would say we use the front and back yards; back yard more, from my experience. 5. The more ice, the better. Fill it up with ice and then the drink. :) Can’t wait for baby Beesley! Hugs!

[@GT-mq1dx]

I’m American but absolutely love British dry humor. Come on Monty Python anyone?! 😎

[@stephaniefoster1964]

Watched faithfully, every Sunday night, 11:30 pm _ in the 70s!😆

[@Trifler500]

A ceiling fan also saves a lot of space, since you don't need to use any floor space, and distributes air without obstructions such as a desk or bed, etc.

[@lizhasbrouck1376]

and cost very little to run.

[@Trifler500]

@@lizhasbrouck1376 True, but I was responding to them saying they just use a floor fan.

[@cenewton3221]

Typically the bagged ice gets put in a large cooler where canned/bottled soda/beer are placed in the ice, and taken outside for say a bar-b-cue. I love seeing some of the differences between our two countries and how you guys react to them. Laurence is terrific, been following Lost in the Pond since he only had a few hundred subs. I have to say he's spot on with pretty much everything. Love your channel, keep up the great videos! Love from Kentucky, USA.

[@richardkawucha1232]

We have whole house air conditioning. Usually we open the windows, in the evening, this cools the house. In the day we keep shades drawn, this keeps the house cool. We use our ceiling fans to ease the cost of using the air conditioning.

[@Big_Tex]

90 deg F? That’s a cool summer day, I wish it would be so mild in summer.

[@andie22311]

95 and lower this week has felt GREAT!!! (Ft Worth, TX)

[@gunnman185]

That's right -- here in Louisiana it has been over 100 F most of the summer without the heat index. Then the unusually dry summer didn't help (rain not humidity)

[@nukem8128]

​@@gunnman185buckle up, winter is going to be brutal

[@faithhowe6170]

Here in Arizona, we went through a heat wave this summer where it was 110 +, up to the low 120's everyday for 31 days straight. It was so bad saguaro cactus all over the county were falling over. Thank Goodness for air conditioning and ceiling fans! I enjoy seeing your Mum in the videos.

[@Puffinugginns]

I moved away from pheonix end of june and just barely missed that month of hell.

[@xScooterAZx]

I've lived here in Phoenix for 23 years and havent heard of Cactus falling all over the place due to the heat. It was that hot though. And the managers of the Westward Ho,where I live,decided to cut off our AC for the winter. It went off this month on the 1st and I am now hotboxed. We're also not allowed to open our doors for cross ventalation. Summer or Winter AC is sooo needed. It's 92 right now in my place and I am sittingh in wet clothes to keep from falling out.

[@BernadetteVanBlerk]

The saguaros that are falling down are the ones people transplanted and/or overwatered. Saguaros have survived brutal temperatures and drought through the ages. The ones in the desert are perfectly fine.

[@FEARNoMore]

I'll take southwest dry heat over east coast humid heat any day. lol Humidity Adds like 5 to 10 degrees of heat to temp. Plus feeling sticky and harder to breath. lol

[@emmteemee]

I've lived in Phoenix my entire life - 59 years now, and this is the first summer I've ever seen toppled saguaros. I think it does happen sometimes out in the desert because I've seen photos in the past, but it was happening all over the valley this year.

[@julieinthenorthwest4594]

Many of us here in the US have both a porch (front of the house) and a deck (back of the house). I usually sit out front in the morning drinking coffee with the next door neighbors watching our other (nor retired yet) neighbors go off to work. The deck and the backyard are more afternoon/night usage, especially for bar-b-ques.

[@waynepurcell6058]

AHHHHHHH!!!! That's grilling out dang it, lol. BBQ is around 10-14hrs of slowly cooking meat with smoke. It makes BBQers and people that love BBQ snap when people call "grilling out" BBQING lol. I'm playfully over-reacting but still it's the truth.

[@julieinthenorthwest4594]

@@waynepurcell6058 Well, it's getting to turn to fall in my area and it's time to drain the pond/waterfall and cover up the outdoor chairs. Bar-b-Queuing in the snow isn't fun :) Although in my youngers years I've been know to bar-b-que in the rain with snorkel, mask, and flippers.

[@mermaid1717]

Ceiling fans are made to be used in the winter, too. There's a switch on them to reverse the motor & have them rotate the opposite way to spread the heat around.

[@rg20322]

Ceiling fans where I am in the US/NH are used all the time. There are certain speed settings, and they go either clockwise or counterclockwise depending on whether you are in summer or winter. Counter in the summer and clockwise in the winter and I think it helps.

[@Calico_Jack_]

Ceiling fans are not just a use as a "fan". They are good to distribute the cool air. Also in the winter, most all ceiling fans have a switch to reverse the direction of the fan, for moving the hotter air at the ceiling back down to the floor level. You won't feel a "cold breeze" in reverse. The AC is also your dehumidifier. Cold air is dry air.

[@christypriest30]

As a former active paramedic in the Deep South I can’t even begin to tell you how many heat stroke and deaths we encountered because a heat wave and a widespread power outage coincided and the A/C wasn’t working! During the summers there it common to get temperatures up to 110° with 100% humidity. We would go inside the houses and it wasn’t uncommon for it to be 120°+ in there!

[@jasonligon5937]

Anytime I think of the pioneers who settled in the west, especially Florida, Louisiana or Texas...I am in awe. I mean, to survive in these areas without AC?!?! It's only 100 billion degrees with 100 billion percent in humidity. 😄

[@TheCJTok]

I wouldn’t have made it as a pioneer woman.

[@killzy707]

His air conditioner he showed is not the typical AC unit. He’s using what looks like a swamp cooler on his window, which works but most houses in America have a permanent fixture outside their house that blows cool (or warm) air through ducting.

[@s.jamessavell6995]

Just wait until you have 90 degrees ferinheit 30 days in a row. You'll be putting ice in your drinks to cool off. Not just a few, half or more, just to feel cool.

[@kajuncourier]

Millie and your Mum are delightful and love both of your inputs. A good change up for a bit.

[@genamayhew1961]

Loved it, yes you two!! We have big refrigerators because we don't like going to the grocery store so much so we shop enough that it will last for weeks to a month. That's why we even have the EVEN BIGGER STORES CALLED WAREHOUSE STORES like Costco or BJ's or Sam's Club ( owned by Walmart) that sell giant amounts of toilet paper, milk, lunch meat, alcohol to tires or limited furniture or huge TV's, king size beds, fresh or frozen lobsters, a bakery with birthday cakes & everything in between. Hope ur mum can stand in more whenever u 2 need her. 😍😻🙏💙🧊🥤💙🇬🇧 North Carolina 🇺🇸

[@zmelon]

I love Ma'ma❣️ She is ssssoooo normal. She gets the US vs. UK thing.

[@2012escapee1]

The hottest day I survived was 123F in Phoenix. Phoenix typically gets up to 118F. And growing up, no air conditioning. We had swamp coolers something you definitely don't have in the UK

[@nancy9891]

Everyone is waiting for baby and having Mum there is a privilege ❤

[@chrishebert5672]

As a meteorologist for the past 43 years working in Houston,TX, I see that people in the UK or NZ have no idea how hot it gets here in much of the southern U.S. In Houston, our highs have ranged from 38-44C since May, with morning lows above 27C (80F). You cannot open an window to let any cool air in, even at night. Having AC is critical to staying alive indoors. Ceiling fans help keep you feeling cooler.

[@farvista]

Re: ceiling fans: in Texas, where it gets to over 40C, and summer lasts FOREVER, you really WANT them, even WITH air conditioning. My house has an 18' ceiling in the living room and entryway, with an upstairs landing that looks out over them on either side, so you need to distribute the air. While I'd LOVE to visit over there, the "no ice in your drink" thing would be something of a real adjustment for me. I have more-ice-than-drink in my hand for most of my day. (Most folks have ice dispensers on our refrigerator, as well.) Again, though, it's Texas, where you're in shorts from May to nearly November. Most of us don't change out our wardrobes, 'cause occasionally, Christmas will throw a curve ball, and we have to go find a pair then too.

[@w9gb]

ICE industry in USA has been an established industry since 18th century. Before mechanical refrigeration, ICE was used by Railroads for Meat, Beer, and Fruit shipments across the continent. Railroad ICE Refill locations disappeared after 1960s. ** Some of those ICE Suppliers pivoted to Bagged Ice for consumers. ** Fruit Express trains from West Coast (and Florida for Citrus/Oranges) to Midwest / East Coast.

[@Bad_Meach]

If you wanted crushed ice to use for your ice cream machine you went to the rail yard. You could specify the grind you wanted, every thing between rough chopped to fine shaved. I miss those days.

[@3DJapan]

Usually when you buy a bag of ice for a party you'll put it in a cooler so it doesn't really matter if it fits in your freezer.

[@kennethswartz8252]

You can get lids for ice trays so you can make mini popsicles. Usually with sugar kool-aid or lemonade. Oddly not as popular as when I was younger.

[@andrewcolombana3226]

They can be used in winter or summer due to the fan blade angles and spin direction. In summer they spin to bring the air down on you to cool you sweeping the hot air away from you. The cord does blade speed. There is a switch that reverses the direction so during the Winter it directs the air upwards. So warm air goes up and bounces off the ceiling and gets directed around the entire room.

[@JustMe-dc6ks]

American fridges commonly had automatic ice makers in the freezer long before the ones with dispensers in the doors. They dump the ice in a bin and make more whenever it gets low. I don’t think your restaurants put nearly as much ice in a drink as ours do.

[@doubleubee7523]

Ceiling fans have a switch on them, summer mode or winter mode. The fans can either draw the air up or push the air down. (clockwise/anti-clockwise) I am not sure how many people switch the mode for the seasons. I use ceiling fans just to circulate the air. The fan blades still collect dust.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

*_"Yeah man, but it's a DRY HEAT!"_* *-- ALIENS [1986]* 😉

[@cindyknudson2715]

Just an FYI: 🙂 When I add ice to a drink or order one, I always ask for "light ice" or "just a bit of ice." I don't like having my drink so full of ice that I have to sieve it thru my teeth and not be able to take a proper swallow. Plus, when you buy it with full ice, you don't get much soda, or whatever, in the glass.

[@mikemc7170]

I grew up in a small suburban house the 50's-60's. No more than 50 feet porch to porch. On a summer night all the adults sat out there and often would have conversations w/ neighbors & passersby.

[@KittCrescendo]

Great job, ladies! BTW, we also use the bags of ice to fill our coolers when we got on trips to the beach or camping or even if you’re day tripping to a theme park and decide not to pay their for and drink prices, so you fill your cooler in your trunk.

[@mushinbujin]

Bagged ice is mainly used for parties (from what I've seen; I don't go to many parties.)

[@paulayala4816]

Whenever me and my friends went to the desert or river we would always bring 3 or 4 coolers. One filled with food and ice. The second filled with drinks and ice. The third filled only with bagged ice. The fourth filled with only large blocks of ice or dry ice. It would not be uncommon for the temperature to reach 120 degrees, so Ice management was critical. We had rules for draining / filling the coolers, and even how they were packed. All drain water was collected and used in water misters we made from bug sprayers. Even something as simple as drinking a beer had rules. If you opened a beer within a minute or two it would already be too hot to drink or taste good, so we would either shotgun the beer or pass it around (as long as no one had a cold). Later, passing around the can of beer even turned into a game for us.

[@leslietayloriii8405]

Your mum is sweet. Well done ladies

[@valg.3270]

I live in Texas. Honestly, we use our air conditioner almost all year long. Our house has central air conditioning and not window units. We only use our heater when it is really cold. Thank goodness we have a wood burning fireplace and a propane grill outside. When we’ve had freezing weather, we’ve lost electricity. (Last winter & 3 winters ago.)

[@hanschitzlinger3676]

I just finally appreciated how creative “lost in the pond” is for his channel It’s gone over my head for years

[@apsarasangreal84]

Bags of ice became popular for Tailgaiting

[@vickiethompson9245]

90° is a mild summer for some areas. 100°-110° is not unheard of. If we have to depend on solar & wind energy, those heat stroke deaths will be exponential.

[@ajruther67]

The most I like about Laurence is his dry sense of humor. He cracks me up!

[@angelamiller6275]

Here, here!!❤

[@krisschobelock4973]

Hi Mum! The nice thing about ceiling fans is that in the winter you reverse them and they move heat down (heat rises).....so they are useful! Just FYI - most of us (Americans) have central air - he was showing a window unit - which are used also. LOL Porches are on the front of the house - patios are in the back! I have a patio and I have a screened in patio....in the back. My swing "bench" (usually called porch swing) is on my screened in patio - love it when it's raining .... very calming! Watch out Mr. B - Mum is filling in quite nicely!!

[@alanflor703]

I grew up in a 100+ year old house with a big wrap around screened front porch. Of course it had a wooden porch swing and I spent many an hour swinging out there in the Summer in my teen years.

[@jaycooper2812]

Ceiling fans help regulate the temperature of your home. They can push the warm air down to save on heating and in summer move the warm air up to help cooling. They are not as common now that air-conditioning is common.

[@Ira88881]

They sell coolers nowadays that will keep ice frozen for DAYS, and not very expensive, so you don’t have to put that bag of ice in your freezer. They call them Extreme Coolers, and if you go “cooler shopping,” they will be rated 3 days, 5 days, 7 days, etc. I don’t know how the heck these things work so well, but maybe as Laurence says, it’s Wizards.

[@AzraelThanatos]

Better seals and insulation, they're also, normally, not intended to be opened as much. Essentially for a long camping trip, having a big good cooler and a smaller, more standard one. Transfer from the big to the small as needed while keeping it closed as much as possible unless you're adding more ice.

[@janetwebb2701]

Love your channel. Your mum is awesome!

[@TPR38655]

Actually they would have a good size backyard also, that they would use a lot. Front porches tend to be used like a sitting room. where you sit and talk being neighborly. while kids are in back yard being loud & crazy. It's also often used by the busy body neighbors as way to see what others are doing.

[@teenystudioflicks1635]

Really, really like having your mom on the reactions. Do much more in the future...😊

[@laurawendt8471]

What you do with the ice bags is buy one or two and immediately break it up and dump it in a large travel cooler to fill with beers, sodas, waters, etc. Whatever is left you can then store (a whole bag wouldn’t fit in my freezer either) or put in the plants 🪴 it’s def a party thing for people

[@pollypocket3508]

I would use my ceiling fans more often, but I have a parrot that I let out of his cage most of the day and don't want him flying into them. I usually only have the one in my bedroom going when I'm sleeping.

[@ScottyM1959]

Hi Milley's Mom 👋! Ceiling fans are great. They disperse smoke from anything that may have dripped onto the bottom of your oven, make things cooler still above the air conditioning in the summer, and make the heat more comfortable in the winter. Overall, it just improves air circulation, which always feels good unless it's 350⁰F and you're a turkey, then it's called a convection oven 😅. Even if it's 85⁰F outside, a/c still feels great and can't imagine life without it. Air conditioning is a beautiful thing, and I would cut my decency on it if I lived somewhere that had a stable climate. Bagged ice is great because even if your new fridge makes the stuff, you'd have to start making ice 2 months before the party to have enough on party day. This way, you go to the store and pick up up 8 5 pounds of ice, and it'll cost about 30-40 dollars but you'll be able to keep the beer and soda cold the food that's going to get cooked cold, your salads cold, the appetizers and desserts cold, and if you run out of room in the fridge you've got about a week's worth of icebox for leftovers. There are lots of things that make summers special here in the states, I just don't know if you have them there or not.

[@3DJapan]

My as a kid had a long front porch. My current house just has a small concrete slab, just enough for 2 chairs and nothing else. I really like the houses with a wrap around porch that goes around 3 sides of the house.

[@BTinSF]

Maybe Laurance needs to add Sensodyne (and other similar brands of) tooth paste to the memos "lost in the pond". It may be the secret for how Americans can drink seriously cold drinks painlessly.

[@TheLagunagirl101]

FYI..I believe when Lawrence did this video he was living in an apartment, hence the window air conditioner. Which alot of apartments probably still have. Most houses though, will have been convertedt to or built with an HVAC system...Heating, ventilation and air conditioning. So with the combination of your furnace and AC and duct work that is run beneath floors and walls..delivers heat in winter and cool air in summer. There are still homes without this system..but the majority of houses will have it. My house growing up did not have air conditioning of any kind! uuughh!🥵 Couldn't live without it now!

[@annabogart6689]

alot of times, those outside the fridge ice cube dispensrs clog up when you are using them. so we really just open the freezer up and take the ice from the container tray where the cubes are. those outside dispensers re really good for just getting yourself some cold water (in a glass)

[@HemlockRidge]

Many people in the US also have a "Freezer". A stand alone appliance that is for keeping many things frozen, without using up the limited space in your freezer part of your Refrigerator. Sometimes known a a "Deep Freeze", they are usually kept in the basement or garage. This allows for the purchase of bulk item that must be frozen. Like a quarter of a cow, or half a pig. Pull them out as you need them.

[@ashmituk]

The type of freezer you’re referring to is called a “chest freezer” here in the UK. People usually keep them in their garage or outbuilding and they’re mainly used to store frozen foods bought in bulk or larger items such as legs of lamb and turkeys. They’re probably not as prevalent as they are in the US but you can buy them and I know a few people that have one.

[@HemlockRidge]

@@ashmituk Yes, I remember Chest Freezers. Most now are uprights, kind of like a Fridge.

[@leannahash4322]

I freeze melon,fruit and berries for my drinks. So tasty and doesn’t water down my drink. Coffee cubes work great as I don’t like hot coffee

[@meme-sb7vr]

You can not survive a Texas summer without both a ceiling fan and an air conditioner. Almost everyday in the summer is above 100⁰f. Many American homes have both a front porch and a back porch (alao many of them covered). Most refrigerators in America come with ice makers in the freezer.

[@troys6965]

Porches provide shade for the windows. Before A/C, wraparound porches and sleeping porches were popular. They also provide shelter from snow and rain.

[@frankscarborough1428]

It's fun to see you two react together

[@SheaHarris]

Can't imagine not having ceiling fans! Gets stuffy without them. Mine are rarely ever turned off. Without AC we'd die.

[@Hydraulic67]

Love your Mom, she reminds me of my Mother-In-Law. My Wife and I married 22 years ago and I gained the greatest Mother-In-Law ever. Fairly quiet, somewhat shy, yet I don’t think I’d ever want to cross her. The English women are the best and funniest women around. P.S. I married a Scouser

[@MLFreese]

If you look at a map of the USA, just imagine a horizontal dotted line going through the middle of the country. Everything below that dotted line is un-freaking-livable without air conditioning and ceiling fans. Even some of the places above that line are as well.

[@stephaniefoster1964]

On the Eastern seaboard- in those coastal cities, north and south, it's not just the heat, it's the humidity! Very enervating 🥵

[@mattmadden3013]

Ten years ago, my wife and I took a trip to Ireland and England. When in saloons, what you call pubs, I'd order a double shot of whiskey and a glass of ice water. Apparently they thought I was from another planet. Either that or they were wondering if ice and water mixed. It was good to get back to states where we put ice in everything. I don't do it, but I've seen lots of people put ice in their beer...

[@joanwagner2538]

Love our front porch ❤️

[@Hardrock1a]

Growing up in Colorado, I had no idea that ceiling fans were a thing. In fact I don’t think I ever saw them in California either. I think I was about 30 before I saw them in Virginia. Definitely needed them in Virginia!

[@3DJapan]

10:04 It's not always hotter. Where I live it's quite cold for half of the year. Also the fridges that make ice cubes are not super common. Some people have them but they're pretty expensive.

[@valg.3270]

It seems like most of the newer refrigerators don’t have ice makers that last. We ended up buying a little igloo ice maker. I love sweet iced tea and ice water.

[@Ginoulmer]

We use ceiling fans year-round. They move hot and cold air around. Heat rises so in the winter they move the warmer air down

[@Trifler500]

Yeah, nobody buys bagged ice and puts it in the freezer. Even our larger freezers aren't big enough for that. :) Instead, we put the ice in a cooler, since it's just for the day.

[@Blondie42]

The house I currently live in, built long before ceiling fans were a thing (1904) and even though it received a modern remodel in 2006, no ceiling fans were added. The house I lived in before that which was built in the early 90s had one, which could be reversed during the winter to blow rising warm air back down. It had a remote and a wall mounted activation button control. None of the various apartments that I lived in didn't have fans that weren't for ventilation.

[@ianminto6315]

For the bagged ice usually you dump them into a large cooler like for the beach. Also handy to grab ice for margs and other beverages. Just toss it on the counter in a bowl.

[@ronsaunchegrow7418]

I have enjoyed watching some reactions with Millie and her mom. The first one I thought, "wow, James looks a lot different!" Hope she grows to love my country the way Millie and James seem to have. The great thing about ceiling fans is they can keep a room cooler or hotter while reducing the use of the ac or furnace; most have a reverse switch for forcing the hotter, higher air back down.

[@lisab.9956]

U.S. houses tend to have both front porches & back decks or porches. Most refrigerators have automatic icemakers in the freezer or ice dispensers in door of refrigerator. Usually bagged ice is used for parties & is put in coolers/ice chests that are packed with soda & other bottled beverages or used if transporting cold/frozen foods a distance from your home or when going camping (though battery powered refrigerators are available). During summer, I put a large cooler/ice chest in my car with a few frozen ice packs before going to the grocery store so milk & frozen foods don't spoil or melt on way home. (Not sure what you call coolers/ice chests in UK.)

[@kathalinehansen7078]

The other thing is that USA smaller size fridge-freezers have a small freezer OVER the fridge. Thus, the ice trays are easier to use than if you use a chest with a lid that opens on top of it. As you mentioned larger double wide units usually have an automatic ice dispenser in the door. One side is the fridge and the other the freezer WITH shelves. We can also buy upright freezer the size of a smaller fride-freezer that have shelves, too.

[@topherwhite370]

In the Pacific Northwest, we do “blue tarp camping.” Because it rains up to 300 days a year, if you go camping you have to string up tarps above your camp site in order to sit out around the fire.

[@annebishop9634]

In many old houses in the south there are small porches on the second floor off the bedrooms. They are call sleeping porches because people would sleep outside is the summer to catch the breezes.

[@andie22311]

I love this red comparisons between the US and UK, but I also like the comparisons between the north and south US.

[@kcook2256]

Ceiling fans are good year round. They help flow cool air in summer and push warm air in winter. Win , win. 😊

[@mariandenk8613]

Are you familiar with wrap-around porches? Some houses in the US have them in the front and around to the side(s) of their homes. Makes for very nice curb appeal. This style porch is more commonly found on old Victorian style houses as opposed to modern American. I have great childhood memories of the front porch to our house,. On hot summer nights it was a big deal to “sleep out” on the porch with a couple of friends. I’ve never been so relaxed as when I was lying on our old porch glider during a steady summer rain, great book in hand. Sometimes, Mom would allow us to put on our swim suits and dance around in the rain. There was only one above ground swimming pool in our neighborhood, but with 99 kids on our street alone, that pool filled up very quickly. I’m a mature (I don’t do elderly) lady now and still miss our front porch and running in the rain…

[@johnpearson5616]

Some Americans have taken camping to another level. Called the motor home or the trailer home.

[@darcyjorgensen5808]

My ceiling fans (bedroom and living room) run 24/7/365.