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@NYx38 сағат бұрын
Have you ever thought about doing a video on the things you don't like about America or that are done better in Britain? If not how about things you think Americans do that you find odd or funny?
@BongDonkySecret773 сағат бұрын
When is there gonna be a vid of you going back to hometown in England? Saludos desde California
@nhansen197Күн бұрын
The whole point of a top sheet is so that blankets and comforters don't have to be cleaned as often.
@Helloitsme328Күн бұрын
Also comforters and blankets sometimes are itchy
@gloriouslumiКүн бұрын
I wouldn't say it's the "whole" point, just a point. Another point is that it helps regulate temperature. Another point would be that it's useful for dealing with drafts when a comforter is too heavy. Stuff can be two things at once.
@alidaweber1023Күн бұрын
If you have a washable cover on your comforter/duvet, it takes the place of a top sheet.
@kathywiseley4382Күн бұрын
@@alidaweber1023But then you're wrestling getting the duvet put back together each time. I'll stick to my top sheet and quilt or electric blanket.
@jonc440323 сағат бұрын
@@alidaweber1023 It absolutely does not. You know what takes the place of a top sheet? Another top sheet. Because no top sheet is just gross.
@jstmezКүн бұрын
Couldn't believe top sheets were not a thing everywhere. Perfect for this summer when you want to be covered but not be hot. And when you don't necessarily want to have a blanket against your skin, or quilt.
@Zelmel12 сағат бұрын
Yeah, washing a top sheet is way easier and less resource heavy than washing a big quilt as often as it'd need otherwise.
@Phiyedough8 сағат бұрын
In summer I just have the empty duvet cover and a bottom sheet.
@firefighter1c576 сағат бұрын
I crank the AC so cold that I need the heavy blanket in the summer too
@lemonz17692 сағат бұрын
Sheets aren’t even a thing everywhere. We sleep on a woven mat on the floor with or without a light blanket in Myanmar.
@murder.simulatorКүн бұрын
I noticed you're using Farenheit degrees instead of Celsus. You're coming along just fine
@jovetj22 сағат бұрын
Fahrenheit > Celsius ...for ambient temperatures
@mrcryptozoic81721 сағат бұрын
@@jovetj Ah...the ol' F/C conundrum. IMO the space between C degrees is more than the space surrounding F which makes it inaccurate and forces you to use millicelcius (tenths) to get OK accuracy.
@borttorbbq255621 сағат бұрын
Genuinely Fahrenheit I think works better for just day-to-day and weather type stuff. Celsius is good for science it's fine for cooking too but I still prefer Fahrenheit for that too.
@jlaurelc20 сағат бұрын
@@borttorbbq2556Yup, this is the one unit choice I can defend!
@ReivecS19 сағат бұрын
@@mrcryptozoic817 personally I use F when talking about weather and human related things and Celsius in pretty much all other situations (I live in the US). I do a lot of work with tech in which case celsius values seem more intuitive but with people F seems like a similar scale, but in fact very much isn't. 100F for a human is bad just like 100C for my PC is bad. :)
@JIMBEARRIКүн бұрын
One of the major reasons for the existence of top sheets was that wool blankets were FAR more common in the US than duvets. The top sheet was used to keep the rough and scratchy wool blanket away from contact with your skin.
@CynthiaNilberg17 сағат бұрын
Nothing keeps the wool blanket away from your skin when you are allergic to wool
@philoctetes_wordsworth14 сағат бұрын
I am over 50 years old, and I have only ever seen wool blankets at a YMCA overnight camp.
@cisium118411 сағат бұрын
@@philoctetes_wordsworth Good Lord, I did. For the first five years of my life I thought wool blankets were our pets. In fact, my mom was a nurse and would bring home aged-out hospital blankets like pound dogs - every six months a new one would appear, freshly cleaned and groomed.
@memphoonthemississippi64210 сағат бұрын
@@cisium1184 Should have saved this one for Dr. Phil! 😊
@cynthiajohnston4246 сағат бұрын
@@cisium1184 🤣
@Rubrickety20 сағат бұрын
I recommend getting a space heater to warm you up after the window makes you too cold after the quilt makes you too hot after the ice cubes make you too cold after the furnace makes you too hot after the midwest makes you too cold.
@jlaurelc19 сағат бұрын
😎
@garyb621917 сағат бұрын
Okay, that was good!
@kristenahubbard33389 сағат бұрын
Well done.😊
@FourFish476 сағат бұрын
That's my routine too
@firefighter1c576 сағат бұрын
I will literally roll a window down while driving as opposed to turning the heater down
@ShatterverseКүн бұрын
Part of the point of top sheets is so you don't have to wash the heavier blankets as often.
@annbyrdieКүн бұрын
An American thing I can no longer do without; Lost in the Pond.
@albert71292Күн бұрын
Ditto. Really enjoy these videos. Just wish I could contribute more than just watching, following, and liking. On a low fixed income unfortunately.
@yondie49123 сағат бұрын
100%
@jovetj22 сағат бұрын
*:
@unclemetal877420 сағат бұрын
Ooh Laurence!
@BeukendaalMason12 сағат бұрын
@@albert71292Suggest it to others?
@TAllenYTКүн бұрын
Your fan should be on the other way during the winter, blowing upwards. That moves warm air from the ceiling down to where the people are without causing a breeze that makes you feel cold.
@jonc440323 сағат бұрын
I just run it like that all year. It keeps the air in the room circulating a little bit, without actually feeling like a fan is blowing on me.
@TAllenYT23 сағат бұрын
@ But the fan blowing on you is the only benefit in the summer. All fans actually increase the temperature.
@Colorado_Native22 сағат бұрын
I believe you misspoke. You have that backwards. Warm air tends to rise, so you want the fan moving in such a way it will push the warmer down, so you want the fan moving in a clockwise direction, when viewed from below. Verify by standing below the fan and determine the air is coming down. Also, you generally want to the fan on a slower speed, reducing drafty wind chills. This can reduce your heating costs up to about 15%. Hope this helps.
@thomaschefalo648122 сағат бұрын
Fans increase air temperature? How? Friction?
@paritybit783022 сағат бұрын
@@Colorado_Native You're partly right, but maybe not entirely. If you are running a meeting hall, warehouse, or any sort of large building, you will want them pushing heat down in the winter and pushing heat up in the summer, because you have a bunch of them running and a huge airspace above the fan blades, so directionality matters a lot. In a home (with a normal sized room and a normal 8-ft-ish ceiling) a single ceiling fan is going to cause all the air to circulate all the way around the room regardless, so the biggest difference is whether you feel the fan on your skin or not, which is largely a matter of preference but understandable why some don't want it in the winter. For people with 12+ ft ceilings and/or rooms big enough to host multiple ceiling fans, they may need to do it the commercial way because they have enough air at the top of the room that it might start acting as a significant heat reservoir.
@lisapop5219Күн бұрын
Top sheets help keep the duvet cleaner without so many oils on it
@Raven17729Күн бұрын
Why not just buy a duvet with a washable cover?
@marieroberts5664Күн бұрын
@@Raven17729 that works but the washable cover can be hard to get on and off, most comforters don't have removable parts, a regular comforter may or may not fit into your washer and or dryer...a top sheet is much easier to clean and since every sheet set comes with both top and fitted sheets they are inexpensive to have and maintain.
@SHalto14220 сағат бұрын
I'm getting nauseated just thinking of no top sheet to protect the duvet or blankets
@evanreign934416 сағат бұрын
@@Raven17729 At that point you basically have a top sheet that takes more work to deal with, and also visually covers up that nice duvet/comforter you bought to have a bed that looks nice
@sechran10 сағат бұрын
It's like underwear for your bed.
@jryan9547Күн бұрын
I have an American house that was built in the 40's with a mail slot like the UK. The slot goes into a coat closet in the living room. I get my mail from inside. :)
@gloriouslumiКүн бұрын
Those aren't that uncommon in US cities, where there's little room for mailboxes at the street. This is typical of townhomes with shared front yards, or no yard at all. The slot going into a coat closet, however, is very unusual. I imagine the owner didn't want one in their door because they would be constantly stepping on it when they entered. Seems like a great solution.
@lainiwakura177623 сағат бұрын
@@gloriouslumi Japan uses door slots in certain homes and apartments, but they have a box attached to the inside of the door that catches the mail so it doesn't end up getting stepped on.
@candaceroberts323822 сағат бұрын
Where you live and the age of the dwelling determines the type of mailbox. I lived in a LA 50’s house (slot), Santa Barbara (stand alone), Washington (bank of boxes).
@bunkyman809720 сағат бұрын
My cousin lived in an older house that had a mail slot. Actually it was like a little door we could put stuff through. Countless hours playing with it when we were kids.
@arthurgordon607220 сағат бұрын
Here in New Zealand, NZ Post will only deliver to a post box at the boundary of the property.
@markh.6687Күн бұрын
That walk-in closet you walked into is actually smaller than the old British telephone boxes, Lawrence. REAL American walk-in closets can be the size of some people bedrooms, or larger.
@laurie76899 сағат бұрын
I'd say that most walk-in closets can fit at a minimum 2-3 people. The rich people get the room-sized closets.
@AaronSmith-kr5yf4 сағат бұрын
Yeah but you have to have a somewhat newer house in the USA (post 1980 or so) for it to have walk in closets. The house I grew up in was a beautiful ranch style, 3000sq ft yet it had ONE small walk in closet in mom/dad's bedroom. The rest of them were just those bi-fold door type closets in the other bedrooms, one by the front door, two tiny ones in the hallway, that was it. There were two in the upstairs room above the garage, but they were more like shelves with bi-fold doors. The 2 car garage was huge so I guess that made up for lack of storage, you could park a Cadillac Fleetwood and a Miata on the one side it was so deep.
@Susan-cooksКүн бұрын
Most ceiling fans are reversible, also. In the cold weather, you can change the rotation setting so they force the warm air down from the top of the room into the lower half of the room.
@kenbrown2808Күн бұрын
right. in the summer you set it to mix the cooler air from floor level with warmer air at the ceiling, and in the winter, you reverse it so it mixes the warmer air from the ceiling with cooler air at the floor. or less silly - in the summer, you set it so you feel the breeze from it, and in the winter you reverse it so you don't.
@jmcg618923 сағат бұрын
I don't usually reverse the direction of my ceiling fans because they're upstairs where it is 10° warmer than downstairs. I open a window up there, usually when I'm exercising. Meanwhile I'm freezing downstairs. I keep thinking I should be lighting the gas fire but don't seem to.
@mfm8317 сағат бұрын
In winter it should rotate clockwise, summer counterclockwise. Some fans have a little sun & snowflake on/by the switch to take the guesswork out of it.
@TheHitsJustKeepComin8 сағат бұрын
You have your house too ridiculously hot if you are worrying about ice and ceiling fans in the winter time. Cheap money saving tip: turn down your heat to 65 degrees. You save in heating expenses AND you save on the electricity of making ice or running your ceiling fan.
@CarolannBrendelКүн бұрын
I've been hearing rumblings in the ceiling. I was going to hire someone to check the attic for raccoons, but after this video, I'm also having them check for KZbin sensations.
@jlaurelc19 сағат бұрын
🤣
@lanicotton8507Күн бұрын
I have an ice maker because my fridge is very small and there’s no room for ice in the freezer. I’m glad it even has a freezer at all.
@RussKlo11 сағат бұрын
I have an icemaker because it was cheaper than a service call for a fridge repair, and will probably last longer than the repair. That ten year “complete parts warranty” on my very expensive refrigerator isn’t actually worth much.
@nhansen197Күн бұрын
Salt only works at a specific temperature range. Never hurts to have a bag of fine gravel for when it gets really cold.
@rogueredshirt5239Күн бұрын
Salt is also not permitted to use on roads in certain states.
@RJM1011Күн бұрын
Sand also works real well.
@WendyHart-j2dКүн бұрын
kitty litter also works
@margaretthatcher6828Күн бұрын
@@WendyHart-j2d 💯 and I live in Montana
@kenbrown2808Күн бұрын
for surfaces you will walk on, salt is often still adequate. it just acts as grit until it warms up.
@wgebbiaКүн бұрын
I've been living in the US my entire life and I had no idea countertop ice makers existed before now. I can definitely continue to live without it when I already have a perfectly good freezer attached to my refrigerator.
@kenbrown2808Күн бұрын
they have only come into fashion in the last year or so.
@gabecollins5585Күн бұрын
I guess it’s a good device but it takes a lot of space and ice trays do just fine for me.
@heathercutler5114Күн бұрын
@kenbrown2808 We got one about 5 years ago. Our fridge at the time was small, and we have a large family. (We also lived in Florida with no central a/c.)😅
@LindaC616Күн бұрын
@@gabecollins5585 I can imagine that people who have lots of entertaining to do in the summertime would find it quite useful to be able to produce them quickly. Think of those people who have swimming pools and a ton of kids in their house all day every summer
@minuteman419923 сағат бұрын
I bought a new fridge about ten years ago. It has an ice maker and a water dispenser. It has become an essential luxury to me.
@estreetangel23 сағат бұрын
I'm a top sheet fan. I have to have a cover over me, even on the hottest summer night so a top sheet is perfect. Also, I'd rather wash a top sheet vs struggling with taking off and putting on a duvet cover each time I wash bedding. My house has a mail slot in the door and I love it. The mail lands on the entry floor. What could be more convenient. I have a cat so I don't have the problem of a dog chewing up the mail.
@joekelly7505Күн бұрын
My overly large American fridge makes its own ice.
@scottfw7169Күн бұрын
Which brings to mind a thing I learned talking to my parents earlier this evening, their refrigerator has a cold water dispenser in door and the thing has a filter, somewhere in the fridge, which needs occasional replacing. My apartment fridge has neither of those features.
@lessoriginalКүн бұрын
Mine used to too. Until the icemaker broke! So now I have to make ice THE POOR PEOPLE WAY!!! With IcE tRaYs. jkjk Not about the ice trays, but yeah.
@Raven17729Күн бұрын
@@lessoriginal if it makes you feel any better, ice trays don’t get jammed or clogged in an ice traffic jam like they do in the dispensers…and if you really splurge, the silicone ice molds that come in shapes are really fun. I love watching the little snowmen melt in my ice coffee!
@susanunger2278Күн бұрын
Mine, too. Never heard of a separate ice maker before
@jonc440323 сағат бұрын
So does mine. But I still have an icemaker close to the bedroom, because my girlfriend uses a LOT of ice. I use almost none, so I turned off the one in the fridge and use that space for storing other frozen stuff.
@eoinPalmer19 сағат бұрын
As an American who grew up with a closet (one that was not technically a walk-in closet, it had those rolling doors) I was fortunate to learn from C.S. Lewis that it was a very silly thing to shut oneself in a wardrobe. Since I didn't have a wardrobe, I felt confident that shutting myself in my closet was probably not silly at all.
@alansmithee883113 сағат бұрын
@eoinPalmer. I was expecting a flurry of replies along the lines of coming out of the closet.
@michaelvilain845722 сағат бұрын
The most amusing US item Laurence can't live without is 2 bathrooms. I've mentioned this a bunch of clients and they all laugh and heartily agree since they have multiple bedroom homes with kids and 2 bathrooms.
@garyb621917 сағат бұрын
I grew up in a house with one bathroom, two parents and five kids. It seemed normal at the time.
@Cifer77Күн бұрын
A salt dispenser? I've been spreading salt my whole life and a simple glass or pitcher has never felt inadequate
@juliamcwilliamКүн бұрын
When I saw this comment, I thought that it meant that you guys didn't use a sock grinder and that you were just throwing on huge pieces of salt on your food
@AlexKS1992Күн бұрын
I used a snow shovel, I just open the bag, insert snow shovel and spread salt.
@AC-ni4gtКүн бұрын
I use a handheld fertilizer set at the highest setting.
@BDUBZ49Күн бұрын
@@AlexKS1992 A snow shovel does not fit into a bag of salt.
@WendyHart-j2dКүн бұрын
I use an old juice can
@RRaquello8 сағат бұрын
As an ex-US Postal letter carrier I can confirm that while most people have mailboxes there were a few houses that just had a mail slot in the door and there was a couple in particular that when I started to stick the mail through the slot I could feel a dog just grab it out of my hand, pull it through the slot and go to work on it. It would happen, with those two particular dogs, every day. I used to tell my fellow workers, if they happened to be doing those houses that day, not to stick their fingers in the slot or they wouldn't have them any more. The dogs, when you got used to them, actually made the job easier because it was a pain in the ass to try to put the mail through the slot, but if there was a dog there, it would do most of the work.
@cynthiajohnston4245 сағат бұрын
There are some funny videos online of dogs who like the mail carrier , patiently wait for the mail thru the slot & then for the carrier's fingers to do a few " scratchies " on the head or neck . 🐾🐾💙
@pamabernathy8728Күн бұрын
Arthur has grown so much! Sure, I've seen him happily walking with you, Laurence, but to see him on the sofa (couch) with you, I am able to see what a handsome big boy he's become!
@markh.6687Күн бұрын
"Settee", if I remember my Monty Python's Flying Circus living room scenes.
@Artorius_Primus21 сағат бұрын
"since your not running your air conditioner in the middle of the winter" is something not heard in the south where there is only a week of cold in the winter
@kichan6 сағат бұрын
I feel like top sheets are the superior option. I've watched people swapping out their duvet covers and I'm like "In America, you pick up the comforter/blanket, grab the top sheet, toss it in the laundry, lay down a new top sheet, lay the blanket on top, and you're done."
@tdata54519 сағат бұрын
We always just used a seed spreader for salt when I used to help my stepfather plow, then his truck got stolen. I would shovel the sidewalk since he was well into his 70s when we started, and I would also use the seed spreader to spread salt. Worked like a charm.
@brandchanКүн бұрын
There are older American homes where the mail comes in through a slot in the door. I lived in one and rather enjoyed not going outside for the mail. I didn't have a dog though. 😂
@jryan9547Күн бұрын
I have a slot!
@TiredMommaКүн бұрын
My parents old home had a slot in the door. What wasn't plesant was having to balance yourself after opening the door to pick up the mail with 1 foot on doorstep and other foot still on outside steps, and no handrail on side of steps. 😬
@markh.6687Күн бұрын
My house was built in 1941-1942; I have a wall slot mailbox.
@santamanoneКүн бұрын
@@markh.6687I lived in 3 houses growing up and various great aunts and great uncles living in 5 different houses in the neighborhood for a total of 7. All of those were bouillon between 1900 and 1936. None of them had slots.
@markh.668723 сағат бұрын
@@santamanone Interesting. I wonder why (or why not)?
@JIMBEARRIКүн бұрын
At one time, most American homes, at least in the cities had mail slots [aka letter boxes] in the front door. The problem with Mail slots is that they let in drafts which is not a good idea in a climate that gets much warmer in the Summer and MUCH colder in the Winter than the UK. During the 1950s, it became common for the older front doors with windows and mail slots to be replaced with solid doors with weather stripping on all four edges to keep out drafts. Consequently, the mail slot was replaced by a mail box mounted on the wall next to the front door, although there are some older homes that still have mail slots..
@estreetangel23 сағат бұрын
Yes, drafts can be a problem with mail slots in doors. I'm grateful my house has one that empties into a tiny entry area with a door to shut it off from the rest of the house.
@curtiscroulet871521 сағат бұрын
My first house, in Los Angeles, had a mail slot. Letting in a cold draft wasn't a problem.
@YCno43Күн бұрын
What's funny is the ice maker is actually pulling heat away from the water and releasing it into the ambient air. So in effect, you are making the house warmer
@TiredMommaКүн бұрын
Only the space around the ice maker. The rest of the house can't get warmer from that.
@garyb621917 сағат бұрын
@@TiredMomma You missed the joke.
@jaykoerner10 сағат бұрын
@@TiredMomma I agree the effect is negligible but any amount of heat inside an enclosed space will increase the heat in the enclosed area, your entire house is a semi-insulated box, Even you without any heating at all will heat up the house based on body heat a measurable amount, this is how igloos make sense, a small enclosed space filled with a couple people will heat it up enough to keep you from freezing to death, a countertop ice maker uses about the same amount of energy that it releases as heat as you give off so it is certainly a measurable amount
@TiredMomma9 сағат бұрын
@jaykoerner I've lived in a home without heat for a whole winter. Believe me when I say that even 5 people, one being an infant who had to stay bundled up 24/7, except for diaper changes and a fast wipe down with baby wipes, does not keep a 2 story house warm enough to keep you from freezing. The only area that was warmest, once a day, was the oven in the kitchen to cook dinner. And one winter when it got to -10 degrees outside, inside the temps were in the teens upstairs. Thankfully we were already moving out.
@jaykoerner9 сағат бұрын
@@TiredMomma I did not say noticeable or even effective I said measurable as in a scientifically significant amount you could measure accurately with and without people inside that might be a degree or two but it exists, to be clear 500 watts(The average person puts out about a 100 watts of heat) in a two-story house is basically nothing but that is still a third of a single heater(about the amount of a oil filled heater puts out on low), if you shoved everyone in the smallest room in your house closed the door you probably would feel a real difference, to properly heat a two story house on the other hand you need around 20000 watts, so yeah your not going to notice
@diannadarling699Күн бұрын
“I’m not a child anymore, I’m a human being” 😂
@donnabert16 сағат бұрын
I caught that too. Too funny!
@williamflawrence4 сағат бұрын
Those teal appliances! Love em! I'm that rare American who doesn't put ice in anything unless it's broiling out. I have to tell the bartenders not to serve my area and stouts cold too!
@joshualamp243823 сағат бұрын
I’m American and I’ve never seen an ice cube maker that isn’t in the fridge.
@ReivecS19 сағат бұрын
I know many people that have both. If you live in a house with a family the fridge often can't keep up and the external model is used to supplement.
@jlaurelc19 сағат бұрын
@@joshualamp2438 They're a pretty new development for household use, but I think Lawrence's point applies to built-in ones too.
@kathleenhudson842918 сағат бұрын
A few years ago, my refrigerator ice maker broke. I decided that the room it took in the fridge could best be used for food, since I like to cook batches of food to freeze for future use. So I bought a countertop ice maker, and I am glad I did. It’s been perfect for me.
@o.o-vt1rc17 сағат бұрын
A coworker mentioned one of his friends bought an ice maker because he was tired of buying bagged ice, I assumed he meant one of the big units like you might find in a hotel snack vending area. I'd never seen a countertop unit before this video.
@originaldcjensen17 сағат бұрын
Countertop ice makers have become incredibly inexpensive lately.
@merlinathrawes746Күн бұрын
A simple scoop, plastic glass/cup or even a coffee can works perfectly fine for spreading rock salt/ice melt. Most Americans actually have their ice makers BUILT INTO their refrigerator-freezers. No need for a sperate unit like that. But you can also find ice cube trays to fill with water and place into your freezer.
@ReivecS19 сағат бұрын
Actually, many people have both depending on the number of people in the household and the speed of the ice maker in the fridge. The kind that he shows in this video that makes the "ice tubes" can make ice much faster than most fridge units will do.
@Phiyedough8 сағат бұрын
You can get a basket to mount behind your letter flap to catch the post before the dog gets it.
@jasonrodgers9063Күн бұрын
Puppy Arthur is adorable!!
@pamelabennett90576 сағат бұрын
Back in 1981 I was an exchange student to Norway and experienced a duvet for the first time. They have only become more common here in the US over the past 25 years or so. My host sister was an exchange student to the US later that summer and I had to describe how American beds were made with sheets, blankets and a bedspread and she'd need to sleep between the fitted and top sheets under the blanket and bedspread. Mamy people (and hotels/motels) still use sheets and blankets with a bedspread or comforter, especially in the warmer months when a duvet can be too warm. I use a duvet from mid-fall until mid-spring and then sheets and a light blanket the rest of the year.
@gwendolenshepard912421 сағат бұрын
Top sheets are also important to keep you warm. In the summer, I like just the sheet where it lets you stay cooler and I seem to want some type of cover.
@curtiscroulet871521 сағат бұрын
Laurence, what you call a "letter box on the door" is what I knew simply as a "mail slot" when I was little. That was in the 1940s & 1950s. I'm 80 now. My homes when I was young had "letter boxes." I always looked forward to seeing the mail come through the slot in the door. There was even a time when the letter carrier would come by twice a day! Later homes had a box on a wall near the front door. Then I had a home with boxes in a unified cluster at the edge of the sidewalk. That was so the letter carriers could put mail in the boxes without stepping out of their vehicles. They had special Jeeps with the steering wheel on the right, so they could just reach out to the box. I'm not sure what they do in the cities now. I live in the countryside, and I pick up my mail from a rented box at the nearest post office.
@cynthiajohnston4245 сағат бұрын
I live on a country road in central Illinois ( US ) . There have been a few extreme winter days ( black ice w/ severe blowing snow , white out conditions ) when it was not safe for our mail carrier to navigate the roads . The rural carriers drive their own vehicles , wisely owning various types of 4-wheel drive SUV's & Jeeps .
@eattherich921512 сағат бұрын
An icecube maker for when filling up a tray with water and putting in the freezer compartment is too much trouble. 😂 @6:26, before the advent of the duvet, top sheets were a thing. You made the bed with a sheet that was tucked under the mattress on all sides, then added the top sheet that was tucked under the mattress at the bottom, and then finally the candlewick bedspread was draped over the first two layers. The letterbox cage largely solved the problem of the dog eating the bills, but they also meant that you didn't have to stoop to pick anything up.
@tonymcgeachin990615 сағат бұрын
I'm in the UK, we always use a top sheet between us and the duvet.
@randomviking86768 сағат бұрын
The Only time I use ice cubes is in the summer. (from an ice cube tray) I just use them to cool down the hard boiled eggs as quickly as possible, since the tap water isn't as cold in the summer.
@wildbillakКүн бұрын
I buy the cheapest, biggest bag of rock salt, and use my seed/fertilizer/salt spreader. I spent 40 years living in Alaska…😉
@AC-ni4gtКүн бұрын
I do the same in Utah. Glad to see we think the same.
@Westpark1615 сағат бұрын
I like that just bought a house not part of HOA
@gingertunstall77399 сағат бұрын
If your fridge doesnt have an automatic icemaker, why not just use some ice trays? You can have as many as you want available and you don't waste counter space with that little machine that makes so few ice cubes.
@TsukabuNosoratori217 сағат бұрын
I love my top sheets, especially in the summer where we reach 115*F regularly. It's so nice when I can't handle the weight of my usual set of blankets and comforters but still need something, ya know?
@AverageSouthernManКүн бұрын
I'm from neither The United Kingdom or the United States but these videos are super interesting, I almost feel like I'm from one of these countries watching these.
@Colorado_Native22 сағат бұрын
Where are you from? Just curious.
@AverageSouthernMan17 сағат бұрын
@@Colorado_Native New Zealand
@Colorado_Native10 сағат бұрын
@AverageSouthernMan Thanks.
@slothfulcobra10 сағат бұрын
you can also clean the sheet more regularly than the quilt
@Alverant9 сағат бұрын
I like having the top sheets. Warm blankets can be scratchy. We use quilts in the midwest and those can have a "rough" under side (sewing seams and such).
@albert71292Күн бұрын
Down here in Louisiana, we don't get much ice or snow, so only salt I buy goes on my fish and chips. As for ice inside the house, I use old fashioned ice trays in the freezer. I don't have ceiling fans, since my ceilings are low, and I'd probably be decapitated. The older I get, I wish my mailbox was closer to the house. I have a long driveway, and get a but exhausted walking out to the box. Luckily, since I started paying most bills online, I don't get the volume of mail I used to. 🙂
@peggykrech69Күн бұрын
Per the recent news, you have experienced snow this January. In fact, New Orleans has had more snow than Anchorage Alaska as on Jan 25, 2025.😂
@albert71292Күн бұрын
@@peggykrech69 Didn't see any snow in my part of the state (northeast corner).
@markh.6687Күн бұрын
My late parent's old farmhouse had a low ceiling, so the ceiling fan was short-mounted, but still a hazard.
@CitiesTurnedToDust11 сағат бұрын
In always considered top sheets as a way to keep the bed cleaner by being something that's in contact with your body that can be easily washed frequently. Otherwise you're making your duvet dirty and sleeping against a dirty duvet all the time or washing the duvet frequently which is expensive and wears out the more expensive cover faster. Also being cleaner means keeping mite infestations down. We use double washable covers for everything to reduce bed mites even more.
@indygothicsociety9716Күн бұрын
Sooo many great references in this one vid, lion witch and the wardrobe. Bobs your uncle and more 😂😂😂😂
@hectorsmommy171710 сағат бұрын
I have very little counter space so my refrigerator makes my ice. I don't need yet another dust gatherer. Top sheets are necessary to keep from having to wash the blankets often. They are also good to keep the breeze from the window or ceiling fan from blowing on you in summer without adding much warmth.
@SDMasterYodaКүн бұрын
A standalone ice maker is strange. Never even knew they existed. Most people just have a fridge with an ice dispenser or use ice cube trays.
@nancybrewer849423 сағат бұрын
I have an icemaker in the refrigerator, but it freezes up all the time! Don't buy a Samsung! We have a countertop ice maker as well.
@javiersayshi21 сағат бұрын
@@nancybrewer8494 i have never head anyone be happy with their samsung fridge. I am surprised people still buy them
@hectorg580920 сағат бұрын
@@javiersayshiThey make great TVs and phones. Never buy a large Samsung appliance
@sueregan278220 сағат бұрын
I believe that Lawrence’s kitchen only supports a smaller fridge, so not much room for an ice maker.
@piperbird719314 сағат бұрын
@@javiersayshi We have a samsung fridge and I love it. It has a drawer in the middle for drinks so we're not opening the whole door every time. But even though it does have an ice maker and we use it often, we also bought a countertop ice maker because the fridge couldn't make ice as fast as the three of us use it.
@jenniferd3722 сағат бұрын
Yay for the Amoeba hat! So glad you’re supporting small(ish - certainly way smaller than Amazon) businesses!
@marynapoleone474822 сағат бұрын
I was going to say the same thing!
@twincrier697120 сағат бұрын
I just bought a fridge/freezer that makes 4 different kinds of ice; cubes, crushed, and mini cubes plus "craft ice" which is giant balls for scotch.
@jlaurelc19 сағат бұрын
@@twincrier6971 I didn't know they made those. Sweet!
@sms1776200020 сағат бұрын
The top sheet also protects the quilt, or whatever bed coverings you can name, from sweat stains.
@3DJapanКүн бұрын
One year the salt I bought came in a bit jug with a screw cap that flips open. Every year since we bought bags and poured them into that jug.
@markh.6687Күн бұрын
I used liquid laundry detergent containers for my ice melting salt.
@Redpoodle201621 сағат бұрын
We have mail slots in our townhouse community and for at least an hour every day my dog Is on high alert for the mail to come through the slot . She has destroyed a lot of mail so now we put up a small child gate to block her from going to the door.
@Allie-x4t13 сағат бұрын
😂
@santamanoneКүн бұрын
American born and raised and I’ve never even heard of that salt dispenser.
@donnaj996423 сағат бұрын
Utahn here, and we love those! But if you can't afford or find one an old coffee can works too. I also like ice-melt instead of salt; it's kinder to the lawn and garden.
@leahmollytheblindcatnordee358620 сағат бұрын
Many times when I have purchased ice melting stuff in a container it has a easy spout or holes to throw the stuff around, but if we bought it in bulk, I can see getting a dispenser.
@donnaj996420 сағат бұрын
@@leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586 We get ours in those big 40-pound bags, so they're not exactly easy to handle, but three or four of them will get us through all but the most-awful winters here.
@leahmollytheblindcatnordee358617 сағат бұрын
@ Not a bad idea at all. We live in town, unfortunately and so have relatively small areas to use it on. And am also in Mid Michigan. We do get a lot of snow some winters, but nothing like the west coast of the state gets or places like yours. My nephew lives in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Slightly off the subject, but did you know that Buffalo, New York actually has at least one large area where they dump the city's snow. Its then melted and flows away underground. The winds blow directly over lake Erie and the amount of lake effect snow they get is huge. I heard about it a while back and think it sounds rather cool.
@donnaj996415 сағат бұрын
@@leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586 I didn't know and it does sound cool--thank you for sharing!
@meg_pflueger20 сағат бұрын
I'm an American but i absolutely loathe top sheets 😣 but i love sleeping ridiculously warm. I just turtle my feet and arms out when I need to be cooler 🙃
@Jfleshman1209Күн бұрын
Kitty litter works good for traction in the snow.
@jennifermccrary15708 сағат бұрын
Not using a top sheet is NASTY, unless you wash your blankets/duvet every week. The whole point of sheets is to keep the rest of your bedding off your skin so it's not absorbing your oils ect. Otherwise that bedding is a breading ground for bacteria.
@suemitricka903121 сағат бұрын
You made me laugh 😂😂😂😂 thank you!
@emi_ohКүн бұрын
Lost me on the second thingamagie. I'm happy if my freezer works.
@albert71292Күн бұрын
I use old fashioned ice trays. Well, the plastic ones. Not the REALLY old ones, like the metal kind with the lever, like my grandmother had when I was growing up! 😉
@nhansen197Күн бұрын
Depending on where you live, the US postal service is recommending people not leave anything in the mail box. I was forced to get a locked box because someone was helping themselves to my mail. Be nice it they could pay the bills.
@TiredMommaКүн бұрын
Set up a camera towards your mailbox. You'd be doing your neighbors a favor if one of you can catch your mail thief.
@jlaurelc19 сағат бұрын
@@nhansen197 My local post office even closed the dropboxes outside because the issue has gotten so bad. 🤯
@marcparsons172623 сағат бұрын
Nice soft blanket even in summer! My blankie!
@LorrieGross-j1f22 сағат бұрын
My nephew went to study medicine, for a semester, from New Jersey to England. They tried to order him a sweatshirt and found out it was a jumper and a basket of food was a hamper. You uTubes have been humorous and valuable.
@MENTOKzКүн бұрын
Tara is the main thing that is keeping you on the path 😄
@anastasiarene661711 сағат бұрын
My first trip to Europe, I spent a good minute or two looking for a top sheet under my duvet. Then my friend, who I was staying with, explained after much puzzlement that they didn’t use them. A few years later, some friends came to visit from Germany one summer and I gave them a duvet meant to make the thin sofa bed mattress a bit more bearable and a top sheet and found they’d just been using the duvet on top of their heavy smoking, non deodorant using even in the summertime bodies. I threw the duvet in the incinerator after they left.
@JamokeGuyКүн бұрын
Chemical Ice Melt works in much lower temperatures and generally better for the grass than salt. Regardless, it's all a pain in the ass when you track it in. I live in Chicago too but I have an association that clears the walks so I just toss a little out between cleanings. You should tell everyone about the trash cans in the parking spots...uniquely Chicago...extremely odd.
@markh.6687Күн бұрын
And in the South Suburbs of Chicago, where many residents are former Chicagoans. Our street department plows them out of the way if they can get to the curb at all. People fill their garages with everything except the vehicle they need to move for snow plowing.
@JamokeGuyКүн бұрын
@ OMG! Get the shit out of your garage and put at least one of your cars in it! LOL
@markh.6687Күн бұрын
@JamokeGuy We have some REALLY bright residents. Like the ones who shovel by throwing snow into the street, then yelling when the plows re-bury their vehicle(s).
@TiredMommaКүн бұрын
Pet friendly reminder: Please clean your dogs feet if they've walked over deicing salt!
@jackzimmer655322 сағат бұрын
Arthur is such a cute looking canine! If I had a dog I’d want one just like Sir Arthur.
@alansmithee883123 сағат бұрын
A'reyt Laurence. Folk have salt and ice a plenty in fishy Grimsby, your home town. My girlfriend's parents had those fans for the conservatory, having had them in their other house in Spain. Being from northern England, a sheet under the duvet seemed normal. It can get cold enough to freeze up the boiler outlet if there is a "beast from the east" Siberian wind. When my mother got older I made her box room into a walk in wardrobe, so she could manage without all the fuss of rummaging through a wardrobe - no Narnia for her! Lastly, folk with dogs or posh folk with locking gates are adopting external mailboxes even here in UK. The post comes sometime in the day, not bright and early these days.
@blahdblah00073 сағат бұрын
For the summer what you might want is a double sheet. Two top sheets sown together in layers. A light blanket. I don’t know that you can buy these but they are a thing.
@timward311623 сағат бұрын
It's interesting how differences in regions and even communities and types of homes vary across the country. Living in an older condo in Phoenix, I don't have any of the things mentioned in this video other than a top sheet. In a different home here, I did have a ceiling fan, though. My mail is delivered to one of those little compartments in the community cluster mailbox, so I have to walk a distance (usually under a scorching, life-sucking sun) to pick up my mail every day.
@DanielMWJ19 сағат бұрын
Bro, all you had to do was get a pint of sour cream, use all the sour cream, wash the container, then let it dry. Voila! Free salt spreader! I don't have a top sheet. I do, however, have a pile of sheet next to the bed, just in case.
@deed581122 сағат бұрын
Mmmm grits 😋. I drink ice water all year. More heavily during a texas summer though.
@Ajax-013723 сағат бұрын
It could be the perfect room temperature and I'd still need a ceiling fan going. I couldn't survive in Britain😞
@LT-kq4bg22 сағат бұрын
Oooo.... That countertop ice maker is cool!! 😃
@christopherlawley184210 сағат бұрын
That's the point
@XianHu21 сағат бұрын
7:43 Although many places do have mailboxes, the house I grew up in, in Maryland had a mail slot in the front door, as did most of the houses in my neighborhood. However we didn't have a dog to chew it up, so I had to eat my own homework.
@jlaurelc19 сағат бұрын
@@XianHu Had to eat your own homework 🤣
@pohldriver6 сағат бұрын
Old row home in a town or city?
@XianHu4 сағат бұрын
@@pohldriver Suburbs, single family house (Wheaton/Silver Spring)
@meomy296 сағат бұрын
Ceiling fans can help keep the house warmer by pushing hot air down. (Fans have switches that make the air go one way in summer and the other in the winter.). If you get too warm, you might want to lower your thermostat to 68º+/- and wear a sweater. Much less expensive and more comfortable than a house that's too hot.
@katiekofemug20 сағат бұрын
Our fridge has no ice maker OR space for the dozen ice trays we'd need for 7 people living in the south. Counter ice maker has been so lovely to have throughout the years it has served so well. I don't really want a fridge with all the bound to break down parts of ice maker / water dispenser.
@jlaurelc19 сағат бұрын
@@katiekofemug Oooo, that's a good point!
@debbralehrman5957Күн бұрын
Ok I think I missed one. 🤷🏼♀️ Gee whiz!!! That top sheet thing was interesting. Never thought bedding was not the same all over. Thanks for the info.👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
@chadwhitten78794 сағат бұрын
The house where I grew up in New Hampshire had a mailslot in the door. The house was built in 1880 and was one of the older houses in the town. I never had a mailbox until I "moved" out when I was 17.
@belendemaria198923 сағат бұрын
My family and I were so confused when we got to our hotel in London and our beds didn't have a topsheet...
@INOD-222 сағат бұрын
Also, many hotel bathrooms there do not provide washcloths along with the towels for guests, as they do in American hotels. I think they call them "flannels" there, and you are expected to bring your own! We were very confused, and made sure to pack our own washcloths on our second visit!
@massivereader4 сағат бұрын
The most common salt spreader in America isn't a custom designed item bought for that purpose, it's any fairly sturdy plastic bottle with a built-in handle like a bleach or windshield washer fluid bottle cut at a forty-five degree angle to make it into a scoop. It makes salt spreading a simple operation: scoop the salt out of the bag (or more usually a small bucket or trash can or other covered container) and sprinkle it on the walkway by shaking the scoop side to side while tilting it slightly, or casting it around on a driveway or larger area like you are spreading seed.
@BlueRoseHelen25211 сағат бұрын
I live in the SE of England and the first thing we did when we moved into our house was put in ceiling fans... Rooms that we couldn't put a ceiling fan into have a wall fan instead. 😊. We keep our house cooler in the summer by opening our windows at night to let in the cooler air then close all the windows where the sun is hitting the house and close all the curtains on the same windows and open them once the sun. Has moved away. Our mum always had a basket/ thick mesh box on the back of our letter box on the door and the mail would fall into the basket and the dog couldn't eat the mail. when we had our dogs we either had a post box on the wall outside our flat's front door or when we moved to the house we are in now we changed the front door to one with no letter box because we have a porch door that has a letter box in it, we also leave our porch door unlocked so parcels can be delivered into the porch. 😊
@uncletoby-23 сағат бұрын
Nephew, if you spread salt where Arthur walks, be sure to clean his paw pads with warm water when he comes back in. Otherwise, he’ll lick it off and his paws will get raw. Plus he’ll get 🤢🤢🤢🤮 sick.
@bunkyman809720 сағат бұрын
There are ice melt products that are pet friendly.
@cynthiajohnston4245 сағат бұрын
Wise advice ! As a pet sitter , washing & drying dog paws is my winter hobby . 😂 🐾🐾💙
@uncletoby-5 сағат бұрын
@@bunkyman8097 Tru, but they still lick them off. Yuck.
@uncletoby-5 сағат бұрын
@@cynthiajohnston424 Thank you Cynthia.
@leahmollytheblindcatnordee358620 сағат бұрын
Am enjoying this series very much. Top sheets are indeed handy. They are much easier to wash and dry than a comforter even if you can have one with a cover that you wash. It is still a pain to take it off and on. Keep it up. I remember when there used to be a large drum of sand off to the side of road on one of the hills near us. Very useful to help us get around in the winter before the road was cleared out. They have disappeared because the snow plows with salt and sand spreader trucks have become more common.
@shesintexas119814 сағат бұрын
The ceiling fans I'm familiar with have a little switch that allows the user to change the direction of the rotation. One direction (counterclockwise) moves the air to keep the room cooler. The other direction moves to bring warm air down (since warm air rises). I don't use the fans during the winter because I think the moving air makes it feel cooler, regardless of the spin direction.
@JohnJanickiКүн бұрын
Tell your family and kids you love them
@robertleemeyer7 сағат бұрын
We used to have an ice maker in our fridge but we never used it since we lived in Seattle and no one there seems to use ice; then we moved to Michigan and the only time we use the ice maker is when we have out-of-town guests, so we keep the ice maker module out in the garage and only re-install it into the fridge when guests are around. Otherwise it takes up room we'd rather use for things like frozen fish'n'chips which we use whenever we feel like being British.
@StevenFuller552 сағат бұрын
A sheet is necessary. When we went to Europe, the huge duvet was too hot; taking that off was too cold. My wife took the draperies off the hotel window and we used that for a top sheet.
@Jeff_Lichtman22 сағат бұрын
This has nothing to do with the subject of the video, but I keep noticing your Amoeba Music hat. It's a small chain with only three stores, in Berkeley, San Francisco, and Hollywood. Did you get the hat while visiting California? A lot of refrigerator/freezers have ice makers build into them. Mine has one. It didn't work when I first got the fridge, so I put in a warranty service call. The repairman was a Russian-speaking immigrant. He couldn't figure out how to fix it, so he called someone else for help who also spoke Russian. I didn't understand most of their conversation, but I did learn the Russian term for "ice maker." It's "ice maker."
@cynthiajohnston4245 сағат бұрын
My ex had a plumbing / heating business & present husband is an electrician . Pro opinion of both is to not connect the fridge ice maker since it either dies immediately / can't be fixed / keeps running / floods the floor , etc. 😂 ( Both American & their term for ice maker is " d*mn thing " . 🤣 )
@nothanks450922 сағат бұрын
Lawrence there actually a fill line inside the machine, you can see it when you remove the ice basket.
@mom75510 сағат бұрын
It makes me shiver that you have your bed positioned in front of the window. All that chill pouring down on your head. If the bed must be positioned there at least add a thermal drape to block the freezing cold,
@t1m3f0x20 сағат бұрын
Someone: Laurence why don't you train your dog not to bark at the mailman? Laurence: Because I don't want him to stop barking at the people trying to sell me new windows.
@cynthiajohnston4245 сағат бұрын
We live in the country & we can tell by our dogs' individual bark " vocabularies " who is in the driveway ( friend or stranger ) , neighbors getting their mail at the row of mailboxes in front of our house , the usual UPS / delivery alert bark , etc. Appreciate our dogs doing their job !
@williamrobinson485010 сағат бұрын
Years ago (like the 80's) I had a boss from the UK who used the phrase 'Bob's your Uncle' all the time. First time I ever heard it, and now I use it too. 😀
@Beth_Alice_Kaplan9 сағат бұрын
I live in Maryland and definitely miss having a ceiling fan. They’re more common in Baltimore than in this part of the state, but they really do an excellent job at cooling a room in the summer.