7 American Inventions That Changed Britain Forever

[@LostinthePond]

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[@geneard639]

The irony of Tomato ketchup? It started as a type of Fish Sauce in old Siam, British Seafarers brought back the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom didn't have supplies of Fish Maw, Tamarind or Ginger, but it did have Anchovies, Beet Sugar and other spices and trying to make the Old Siam Fish Sauce...but they didn't make that they made Worchester Sauce. In the Colonies that had some former Sailors from Britain wanted the Old Siam Fish Sauce, or Worchester Sauce... and made Mushroom Ketchup but back then? Some of the New World Mushrooms were deadly or caused some wild hallucinations. So, developments ended up making Tomato Ketchup with tomatoes, cane sugar, vinegar and a few spices. Then, as some would say, War Were Declared! Yeah, the Viet Nam War started and eventually a total of six major Air Fields would be built in Old Siam, today called Thailand. Today you can still see the six airfields as you come into land in Bangkok. With thousands of US and Allied Service Members flooding the Bangkok area soon enough American Fast Food joints would open up stores, and McDonalds would import in mass cases of ...American Ketchup, and it IS marked as 'American Ketchup', and then the same fast food joints also have 'Ketchup'.... which, is tomato based ketchup that uses Fish Sauce in lieu of vinegar. The smell and taste is distinctive of tomato and fish.... You don't have to ask for American Ketchup, they will just give it to anyone who looks White, you have to beg for the local ....and then pay for the American Ketchup while hearing laughter.

[@kimfleury]

Those were really crappy examples of the coverage on that topic.

[@jager6863]

I thought Les Paul invented the Electric Guitar???

[@marigeobrien]

I like Ground News. It is the first fully un-biased source for news. In fact, that's its whole premise.

[@Ron-d2s]

@@jager6863 On the subject of electricity.... JL Baird a Scotsman invented a mechanical TV but walked out of his own lecture when he saw what US born Philo Farnsworth did for the first electric TV. So to say that Baird invented the TV is like saying that Orville and Wilber invented the 747!

[@jdellis6511]

My former British wife could not be convinced that Heinz was not a British company. As a former Pittsburgher, I had an idea what I was speaking of.

[@fredm5570]

I lived near Pittsburgh as a child. I still have a large, ride-on, plastic Heinz ketchup bottle toy to prove it.

[@HeatherJones-b5g]

My French roommates in college in France absolutely insisted that Tupperware was a French invention. Earl Tupper, however, was from New Hampshire. Sounds like a British place perhaps, but certainly not a French place. 😂 Phonetically /verbally to them, it was “too pear wahr”. Just because you pronounce a not French name with a French accent does not mean that you invented it. So silly. I love France btw. And my roommates were awesome.

[@frostbite0707]

I assumed it was German. Heinz isn't really a British name.

[@AnonymousAnarchist2]

I too, would say she was my former wife had she not accepted that Hienz is an American company.

[@benbaker2965]

Heinz is not British surname.

[@pmbair]

Don't forget Les Paul! When discussing electric guitar, he was a pioneer and inventor that made a huge impact.

[@nahnope8581]

Oh lord please let no one start a les paul/leo fender/rickenbacker flame war in here haha

[@Rockin357]

❤❤

[@HipposHateWater]

@@nahnope8581 les paul/fender/rickenbacker sucks. Unlike les paul/fender/rickenbacker which is vastly superior. There now it's a wonderful choose-you-own-adventure! 😌👌✨

[@beenaplumber8379]

Didn't Les Paul tell Gibson what he wanted, and they did all the inventing and engineering for him? Leo Fender never claimed to have invented the electric guitar, but his fretted electric bass was the first, and it really changed the world. But I love my Rickenbacker! Incomparable quality, tone, and playability. 🙂

[@kadourimdou43]

Les Paul was a player not an inventor. Leo Fender was a pioneer in Electric guitar.

[@TheodoreWeiser]

Escalator story: We were leaving an NBA game that required riding an escalator down from the cheap seats. We about a 3rd of the way down when it broke. Nobody moved. After a moment, I shouted: "What do you call a broken escalator? STAIRS" After some laughter, people started walking down

[@kyrataylor2035]

Much like when the power went out at the factory where I did payroll in the office. The other ladies quit working; I grabbed my pen & paper. One of them said, "What are you doing?" as she filed her nails. I told her that I learned math in school and didn't have to depend on an electric calculator to do my work. They just stared at me.

[@shift7808]

good one

[@amicooke1790]

"An escalator can never truly break; it can only become stairs. The sign shouldn't read, 'Escalator out of order". It should read, "Escalator temporarily stairs; we apologize for the convenience.'" --Mitch Hedberg

[@sittinandthinkin]

It's amazing how people get vapor lock and can't problem solve.

[@JF-xw4ef]

Either that happened or you just appropriated a Mitch Hedberg joke.

[@tgmittler]

The Baseball Cap. I recall 20 years ago as an American in Britain standing out like a sore thumb wearing my beloved Chicago Cubs cap. Now seems like the ball cap is everywhere in the UK.

[@beenaplumber8379]

In the early 1990s UK sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, Onslow usually has a baseball cap on when he goes out. I think it usually says FA on the front, but in the special episode where they go on a cruise, it's a Minnesota Vikings cap. Okay, soccer & American football, but it's the same kind of cap.

[@jbkibs]

@@beenaplumber8379 Keeping up Appearances is SO GOOD! "The bouquet residency!"

[@urwholefamilydied]

it's a strange phenomenon when you think about it... even in American sports like Football, Basketball, Soccer, etc.. they're going to have a baseball hat to represent their team. Why the baseball hat? It just became a normal "hat".

[@joelellis7035]

@@beenaplumber8379 We Americans still refer to it as a baseball cap even if other sports use it. It's become a convenient way of displaying your team affiliation. Sometimes simply referred to as a "ball cap."

[@beenaplumber8379]

@ I'm from Minnesota, which is why I noticed the Vikings cap. 🙂 I'm not sure, but I think he wore a Packers cap or shirt or something once too. (Grr...)

[@525Lines]

American blues artists who couldn't get booked in the US went on tours of Europe and that's how the UK took their place in rock history. Eric Clapton talks about sitting on the edge of the stage listening to blues artists from the US.

[@thedennismillerratio]

The same racist policies that denied American Blues, and early Rock, artists from radio play and major touring in the States are a driving force in the reason British acts were played in to begin with.. But that's a bit heavy for this video, I'd guess.

[@Objective-Observer]

I've always said that Americans couldn't understand Blues, until the Brits homogenized it. Well, maybe the better term is civilized it, polished off the ragged edges. Ok, stop dancing around the pink elephant: Brits colonized, gentrified Blues. In listening to the primitive recordings of Deep South blues guitarists and singers from the 1930's, they sound like high school rock bands. Sure, you can hear the chord progressions and the riffs and the bridges, but it's NOTHING like the smooth, fluid tones that Clapton et all brought back to the USA. I don't necessarily think this is 100% percent an issue of race, but what the majority of Americans were listening to in their music. When they wanted heavy handed minor chord [sad] music, they went to church or the symphony, not a night club.

[@ohger1]

Getting off topic a bit but blacks had so much influence in pop music over the years (jazz, blues, rock, Motown) and have now abandoned it in favor of hip hop. Shame.

[@nicoleervin4352]

@@ohger1 Excuse me?? Plenty of us "blacks" don't listen to hip hop (especially this new crap). We don't all do the same things or listen to the same music. It's a shame you didn't know that.

[@DouglasRichardson-er4ky]

... Armed Forces Radio had more to do with the British Invasion than touring acts from the USA I'll SLIGHTLY refute your thesis.

[@cshubs]

In 1994, I worked for Macmillan, editing books about software and the internet. I was in charge of the first World Wide Web Yellow Pages, an actual 800page book listing web sites, if you can believe it. The foreward was written by Tim Berners-Lee. I edited it. 🙂

[@andyjdhurley]

I seem to remember being given a copy of that (or something very similar) by my wife - it's usefulness was debatable as there were already search engines that were easier to use. It made a good coffee table book though, to browse and see just what sort of stuff was out there.

[@teologen]

Where you were forward thinking when editing his foreword?

[@WalterWD]

I may still have my copy somewhere lol It was actually very useful. Thanks.

[@JF-xw4ef]

Hopefully there was an editor above you who changed his “forward” to a “foreword.”

[@Silent_Soliloquies]

@@JF-xw4efThank goodness there’s still some grammar enthusiasts out there!

[@empressmarowynn]

If you're ever in Pittsburgh I highly recommend the Heinz History Museum. It's about the history of the whole area but there's a section on Heinz himself and his company that's genuinely fascinating.

[@tiladx]

"If you enjoyed this video, there must be something wrong with you." OOOOOOH, Laurence, you know me so well! 😂😂😂😂😂 I eagerly await part 2, as well as the reciprocal British Inventions that Changed American Life.

[@bonnafide2606]

First British Invention that changed American life: Tyranny (at least that's what the Declaration said)

[@marlenepearson3936]

Great video Laurence. I await part 2 👍

[@marscaleb]

I appreciate the picture of Al Gore you posted on the screen when talking about the invention of the internet.

[@RandyVictory420]

Gave me a laugh, too!

[@howlinhobbit]

Gore never said he invented the internet, he simply said he was on the congressional committee who voted to turn the Arpanet into a publicly accessible service.

[@Motherhubbard170]

talking of which, he's strangely silent on the fact that 20 years after his infamous book on 'climate change' there's no difference in the levels of the oceans and NY is not under water as predicted. no matter to him, he made his millions

[@bradc6199]

😂

[@vintagethrifter2114]

My father was in the military and used Arpanet in the 1970s and early 1980s. He said that they called it "surfing" when they used it because of Vint Cerf. Cerf is French but is pronounced "surf" in English.

[@MurderMostFowl]

I think the offering of brandy every time you ride an escalator is something that should continue. We all deserve calm nerves.

[@cynthiajohnston424]

Definitely ! 🍷 For some reason , I'm ok riding up on an escalator , but riding down rattles my nerves a bit . 😂

[@danielzhang1916]

@@cynthiajohnston424 because you feel like you're falling, that's why people are okay going up

[@cynthiajohnston424]

@@danielzhang1916 Yes , it does seem that way . I'm also uncomfortable going up or down " open " staircases . 🤔

[@rdaltry777]

Stand right, walk left is very much part of the DC culture. Metro (tube, subway, etc) most commonly, but also on the moving sidewalks at the airports.

[@bobrichey1]

So annoying when tourists stand on the left on the Metro escalator when I’m going to work.

[@erakfishfishfish]

Same in NYC.

[@HeatherJones-b5g]

That’s the rule everywhere. Folks just don’t always comply. Boo.

[@_iarna_]

Boston too! But I'll note that these are all amongst the cities with functional mass transit. I suspect it doesn't survive to places without that, as most folks experiences with escalators are rare and short. (I certainly didn't know of it till I moved to Boston.)

[@NoraNekoNikki]

In Japan it is the opposite in most areas (including Tokyo); stand left, walk right. In the south (Kansai area) around Osaka, however, it is the opposite of Tokyo; stand right, walk left. In LA/California it’s stand right, walk left as well.

[@richardkammerer2814]

I thoroughly enjoyed the video, including the sarcastic subscription demand. That’s why I subscribed.

[@lennybuttz2162]

He says that in every single video. Well OK not every video sometimes his wife says it which is kind of funny because it appears to annoy him. I like it when she annoys him.

[@childishpropaganda]

1891: Carpenter Electric Company in Chicago introduces the first electric kettle 1891: R.E.B. Crompton in the UK develops the heat radiator concept 1893: Crompton’s concept is incorporated into Carpenter’s design

[@ElderNames]

Don't forget the tea bag as well.

[@poolhall9632]

@@ElderNamesand don't forget East Enders.

[@jcortese3300]

The concept of a retro styled microwave is pretty amazing.

[@lennybuttz2162]

They've had them at Walmart for what, 20, 30 years? You can also buy retro style refrigerators, stoves, blenders, toasters and other things.

[@nmgg6928]

Im not a big shopper so I had no idea either lol neat to know for future reference tho

[@lennybuttz2162]

@ They've been available for a very long time at first they were really expensive and only affordable to rich people. I think the first time I saw a retro appliance was on Martha Stewart's show. Lawrence's wife is very into the 50's lifestyle. She used to wear a lot of 40s and 50s style clothing and hair styles.

[@steprockmedia]

Ha! I hadn't thought of the implications, but yes, that's pretty funny. I think others might not have picked up on what jcortese was saying - microwaves weren't around in the 50's and never had that kind of styling, so the design aesthetic is ironic.

[@gcvrsa]

@@steprockmedia Microwave ovens have been available since 1947. They weren't very popular until the late 1960s, because they were very expensive, but they definitely did exist. Tappan was selling a home microwave in 1955. But, it was Amana's countertop unit in 1967 that really opened up the market.

[@wilelowman]

Hey Laurence, The Cell phone was revealed to the public at Soldier field. Motorola had a press conference letting reporters call anyone in the world. The reporters called parents, editors and old friends until the batteries ran out in about 2 hours.

[@Silent_Soliloquies]

That would’ve been neat to watch!

[@gwesco]

I was an on-call tech and bought my first Motorola "Brick" cell phone back then. The office would page me and I would find a place to pull over and call them back. I didn't want them calling me all the time as it cost quite a bit per minute of cell time back then. It was actually cheaper to call them back on a pay phone most times.

[@davidhensley76]

Thanks for real pictures & videos in this video.

[@donnaj9964]

I loved the "old-timey" sound treatment on the voice-overs that went with them too!

[@RandyVictory420]

Can't wait for Part 2!! 🤔 This is an excellent way to start the day! 😉

[@RussKlo]

Laurence: Your cross-pond perspective gives a lot of insight to our US habits and devices. You make me think about things I would otherwise ignore.

[@jaytoser5212]

My grandmother's cookbook (1948) included two pages devoted to Radar (or high frequency) cooking. It mentions only the Amana Radarange, the first home appliance microwave oven.

[@mbd501]

Wow, that was early. My family didn’t get one until the early 80s. That’s when they really started taking off.

[@ianjohnson2193]

We had a a Radarange in the 70s. At 5 years old, I wasn’t allowed to use the cooktop or oven, but I could heat up my own Oscar Mayer wieners in the Amana. And top it with, of course, Heinz ketchup.

[@peggarick2756]

In the 60s /70s, RadarRanges were often a prize on daytime game shows. I was a teen but didn't really know what it was. Wasn't until after dad got mom a microwave (late 70s, early 80s?) that I realized that's what a RadarRange was!

[@richardbeckenbaugh1805]

We got a microwave oven for Christmas in 1970. It cost as much as a cheap car. It died in 2020 after 50 years of use.

[@Ron-d2s]

My moms 1930's-40's Lighthouse magazine cookbook has a recipe for rabbit fricassees 🐇

[@AC-ni4gt]

The electric guitar is also used in some modern musicals too. The Broadway musical Wicked has it in there.

[@cate9540]

Jesus Christ Superstar used the electric guitar liberally through its score.

[@rachelirwin6747]

Phantom!

[@beenaplumber8379]

@@cate9540 Some people promoted JCS as the second major rock opera. A.L. Webber described the music as a rock band plus orchestra and voices.

[@TheBTG88]

Here’s another one - The Jeep , the inspiration for Land Rover and the grandfather of SUVs everywhere.

[@aylamaiia]

4Runner was still the first true SUV, Toyota, Japan.

[@typ044]

@aylamaiia No idea why on earth you would think the first SUV is a 1983 forerunner?! That's a wild claim.

[@lindabaker667]

I love your teal retro appliances!

[@RandyVictory420]

I had to get a microwave a few months ago. They sell those things online from w@***** for between $70-120 delivered in three days (see American invention #10 at the end of the video). There's even a cool red one! I ended up gettin' a boring plain white box, because that's what everything else in my kitchen is. 😒 "What do you call the style your kitchen's decorated in?" "Boring Box Moderne`"

[@Sirge57]

That is a cool microwave. I think they should remodel their kitchen to a 1950's retro diner with white tile, with a big neon rimmed clock on the wall. Couldn't get any more @AmericanAF than that.

[@Shannon-um2cf]

I think his wife picked it out

[@Sirge57]

@ Yeah, I'm pretty sure she did. I know she is a big fan of retro-Americana.

[@Slick9600]

It's made by a company called "Nastalgia" thats makes all kinds of retro appliances. I wish things still looked that nice by default.

[@DMacB42]

“The late 1900s” oh god, we are getting dangerously close to commonly referring to 1970-1999 that way, aren’t we?

[@PixelatedH2O]

1999 was a full generation ago

[@CptJistuce]

​@@PixelatedH2OAnd we partied like it too, you dang whippersnappers!

[@Terran.Marine.2]

Sure was.

[@guyfaux3978]

It will always be "the late 20th Century" to me...

[@stevethepocket]

And then the years 1907-1909 will have to be called "the late nineteen-oh-nothings."

[@bonniewight911]

Thanks!

[@kimnapier8387]

Hi and Happy New year to you and your family ❤️! Thank you for a new video! You KZbin sensation! Much love to you from California! Hopefully you are well 💕😊

[@MlleAdler]

2:45 OMG! The glop sound! 🫘🙀

[@burnout_2017]

Happy New year you bloody American 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@alexandertruesdale4211]

Great video Laurence.Take care of your self and happy new year.

[@djricecakes6035]

Great video as always

[@richardbeckenbaugh1805]

The mobile phone was actually invented in 1957 by Robert Heinlein. He offered it to the Bell system. They refused it because as one Bell system executive put it, why would you need such a thing when there’s a pay phone on every corner? It wasn’t until Heinleins patents expired that people began working on new mobile phones.

[@jamescooley5744]

AT&T also had the radiophone that used by the very rich in their luxury cars.

[@kevinmcfalls945]

First time I ever thought your narration for the "commercial" was more engaging than your narration of the video.

[@pattischult9401]

The fact that you didn't edit out your belch is so 😂😂😂 LOVE this channel, Laurence!! Keep up the awesome work!

[@cate9540]

I remember that our first microwave was an Amana Radarange. The weird memories that are still available 50 years later.

[@RandyVictory420]

I remember those. You guys must've been rich!!

[@Linda-zo8ds]

You are really really funny😂. All your videos are witty and hilarious. From a fan in Wisconsin.

[@GilGTG]

Last time i was this early, the government said ketchup was a serving of vegetables

[@shelliecollier7017]

I still don't understand how that can be a veggie. Tomato is a fruit.

[@KairuHakubi]

tell you what when you actually look into that, it sounds completely reasonable. also it got shot down.

[@thomaswilliams2273]

@@shelliecollier7017 Well, back in the day when we had the four food groups, fruit and vegetables was one of the categories. Vegetable was just shorthand for the whole category. Or if you prefer, animal, vegetable, and mineral are said to be the three categories of things on earth. Under this classification a tomato would be vegetable. And yes, I understand that you were making a joke, and I probably just ruined it. 😆

[@marcusdire8057]

😂

[@jwb52z9]

@@shelliecollier7017 Years ago, no one outside botanists knew that about tomatoes.

[@jpack85]

The microwave is for heating water for tea. Now I'll sit back and eat🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿

[@FLPhotoCatcher]

I think UKicans gave up fighting that.

[@reindeer7752]

Never, and I'm American.

[@shift7808]

true

[@andyjdhurley]

That can be pretty dangerous as, in rare circumstances, the water can become superheated and when you add anything (including a teaspoon) it can become an explosion of super heater water and steam. It doesn't happen often but the fact that it can should be caution enough to avoid it.

[@shift7808]

​@andyjdhurley lol

[@CJbrieflittlecandle]

Happy New Year Lawrence! Thanks for the entertainment!

[@ladyjustice1474]

Lawrence have you done a video on inventions from Britain that changed America?

[@Eli-pj8xm]

The British imported slavery into America.

[@lennybuttz2162]

I'm pretty sure he did a video about things we use daily that were invented in Britain. Like 10 inventions we didn't know were British something like that.

[@springmotor70]

You mean like half of our television show concepts?

[@nachobroryan8824]

The English language

[@miowacity]

Yeah but we improved it and the Brits are now reluctantly using American words.

[@williamford7966]

This was one of your best videos. Thanks, Lawrence!

[@mikki3961]

Please explain the fascination with baked beans on toast, sounds ghastly. Been a subscriber for ages and I wonder why you have never done standup as you are truly hysterical.

[@jwb52z9]

American and British baked beans are very different. That's a part of the reason. The rest concerns, as I understand it, the severe food rationing during WWII and people ate whatever they could get. This is also why British people eat marmite. It's a source of protein which was very important when meat was a luxury and not everyone had easy access to grown food and livestock.

[@dustdevl1043]

And the beans for breakfast thing. Beans are about as far away from being breakfast food as you can get!

[@MrSheckstr]

I think serving beans on toast was a way to soften bread that had gone stale, or was very tough to begin with.

[@daffers2345]

As someone else mentioned, it probably had to do with rationing in wartime. I have heard that PB&J sandwiches also came about during wartime, as United States soldiers were issued meal kits with bread, peanut butter, and jelly or jam. Of course, I could just be talking out my @$$ here, but it makes sense. A lot of foods are influenced by wars and rationing.

[@jager6863]

Food of the poor, the equivalent in the USA would be making chili with beans, as meat was too expensive.

[@davesunhammer4218]

Lawrence! That you advertize a "non-biased" media is almost as awesome as your "snarky" videos about how we all got it so wrong. I jest. Heize got it right after all.

[@janerkenbrack3373]

You may not yet be aware of the importance of ketchup in the diets of the folks up in Minnesota. I point to the (now historic) long running Minnesota Public Radio series, Prairie Home Companion, where one of the scripted commercials was from the Ketchup Advisory Board.

[@Lucius1958]

Those 'natural mellowing agents'!

[@janerkenbrack3373]

@@Lucius1958 Yup.

[@LindaC616]

Ooh, Laurence! with all of the baked bean shots, are you trying for a particular sponsorship? Tell Uncle Toby he looks younger than I expected

[@donalddove472]

thank you laurence for an informative and entertaining video

[@cattewest]

Love the "retro" microwave, Lawrence! Enjoyed the video too.

[@claycassin8437]

Nostalgia brand. Available at Walmart.

[@gcvrsa]

Speaking of cell phones and the Internet, I think it's worth mentioning that a British company played a major role in creating the chips that run the vast majority of smartphones in the world today. That company was Acorn Computers Ltd., whose partnership with Apple and VLSI Technology, called "ARM" (short for "Acorn RISC Machine") developed what is now the basis for the most popular CPU in the world.

[@stevethepocket]

Was Apple involved in any way with that? I'm pretty sure they developed it entirely on their own for their Archimedes (their ill-fated competitor to the already-ill-fated Amiga) and just kept working on it until various companies, including Apple, started using them in mobile devices.

[@d.jensen5153]

@@stevethepocket Perhaps @gcvrsa is referencing a visit a couple Acorn engineers made to Western Design Center, the current license holder of the 6502, which was the CPU at the heart of the first two Apple computers. Seeing that WDC's IP was mere code (written in an HDL) they realized they could design their own RISC CPU. And that's how the world got ARM.

[@lennybuttz2162]

I love the Beatles and many other English rock groups but Lawrence I think you'll find Chuck Berry was highly instrumental in the early stages of rock. When the Beatles came to America rock and roll was already well established. They did make some amazing contributions but their licks were mostly based on what they learned from American musicians like Chuck Berry and Buck Owens. They're Blue jeans not blue Genes.

[@brianross2377]

“Instrumental” Ha!

[@markoverholser3694]

I heard of a story about Eric Clapton, a British guitar player, being asked about who Influenced him.. Mr. Clapton said It was the famous American Blues player, B.B. King…. Which at that time, few Americans knew about Blues players like B. B. King, because most Americans were not familiar with “Non-White” musicians…

[@lennybuttz2162]

@@markoverholser3694 I think it's that way for most of the early British rock stars, they always talked about American musicians who influenced them. Lawrence wasn't around in the 50s and 60s so he can't remember how it really was back then. He does put a British slant on his histories.

[@ezool18]

thank you for sticking with stock footage and real images this time! it made for a much more pleasant viewing experience, and i got to learn a lot since i could actually stand to pay attention this time around.

[@danstratyt]

Has he been using AI?

[@ezool18]

@danstratyt his previous video about different American home architecture was ALLLLL ai images. based on the comment section of that video, nobody could enjoy or stand watching the video. it made for any visual "examples" of the architecture completely unreliable, and many people wondered why he resorted to ai for the video so suddenly and with such a quantity in a single video. fortunately, there's none of it here, and hopefully the previous video will stay as a one time fluke.

[@danstratyt]

@@ezool18 Ahh, I didn't watch that one

[@ezool18]

@danstratyt as im sure you can tell, you didn't miss much 😅

[@richardbrobeck2384]

Great video and Happy new year !

[@kathywiseley4382]

"Mind the gap" with escalators is good advice. I can't imagine how many ladies' long skirts were caught in the gap. I worked in a department stores in the early 70s right next to the escalator. I could tell horror stories about injuries from people who didn't mind the gap. I also demonstrated microwaves at the same store. I zapped "baked" potatoes for hours.

[@jillkoop5682]

GREAT video, Laurence! I really enjoyed it. Please do more like it!

[@mcarp555]

At 2:52 is that a Zenith acoustic guitar on the right? Oh, and the Beatles came to America with Rickenbackers, Gretches and Hofners. No Strats or Gibsons until the following year.

[@stevethepocket]

Didn't Paul play an Epiphone?

[@mcarp555]

@@stevethepocket Paul was the first to buy an Epiphone Casino in late 1964, with John and George following later. But when the band first came to America (and played on the _Ed Sullivan Show_ ), he did not have the Epi. And yes, they did bring the Gibson J-160E acoustic, but Lawrence is clearly talking about electric guitars, so I did not mention that in my first post.

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

0:21. Impressive how you slipped into that Yorkshire when quoting Uncle.

[@SheltonVy]

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[@SheltonVy]

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[@Harveygorge]

Can't imagine seasoned earning $85,000 biweekly, God bless Ms Sandra Maria Ferraguti, God bless America 🇺🇸❤️

[@issoufcoulibaly7221]

She appears to be well-educated and well read. i ran a Google search on her name and came across her website; thank you for sharing.

[@PozosTomberlin]

I started my trade int with $5000, and in the space of one month, I got credited with $22,000. It remains my biggest win for the year 2024

[@SheltonVy]

There is her line!! under this comment!!! combine the DIGITS🔁

[@KipdoesStuff]

SO glad to have you here mate.

[@HunterShows]

0:44 This whole channel should be renamed "Faffing About"

[@kenammerman3101]

Another great video, Lawrence. I really enjoy watching you.

[@ELXABER]

I''ve never been to the UK but my wife has and she never fails to mention how badly they messed up the Ketchup recipe any time she talks about the country.

[@Simonsvids]

The American ketchup recipe has fewer tomatoes and too much sugar and salt so needed improving

[@ELXABER]

@@Simonsvids She says the British Ketchup tastes like sugar syrup with no tang. 🤷‍♂ I do envy you guys your milk men though, I love milk and we don't get real milk here. My friend is a milk delivery man in the UK.

[@WalterWD]

@@ELXABER Depends which ketchup you buy. The US has sooo many to choose from it would likely explode the mind of a Brit. And the milk delivery depends your local area in the US. It is a widely available service. Oberweis is a common one here. Check around, you can find pretty well anything you want in the US. That's kinda our thing lol

[@anndeecosita3586]

@@SimonsvidsYou can buy sugar free ketchup in the USA. There isn’t one recipe. I don’t like all brands and varieties. I like spicy ketchup which I would be curious if it exists in the UK.

[@danstratyt]

​@ELXABER Nobody really has milk men any more. I wish we did; it would be so sustainable (re-using the bottles). I mean they exist and that's what your friend works as but it's not how most people get milk now.

[@b1gg0at]

Great video! It's been a long time..

[@nedludd7622]

As a kid living in a rural area in the Midwest, I wouldn't wear my Levi's to town because I would be regarded as a hick.

[@ChiefWaller]

Good one, thanks

[@pseudotasuki]

Riders on the DC Metro are surprisingly good at standing on the right side of escalators. Presumably because some of them are ludicrously long.

[@brendatucker35]

More please!❤

[@darcyjorgensen5808]

In SF, on escalators, you always stand on the right and walk on the left. Same thing on moving walkways in airports.

[@TheRealBatabii]

I never understood walking on escalators at all. You're already moving, what's the big rush? Seems to defeat the point of an escalator if you're still climbing stairs anyway

[@daffers2345]

Sometimes people just want to and there are no stairs available.

[@heathercutler5114]

Happy New Year!!!🎉🎉🎉

[@MlleAdler]

Don’t forget microwaved tea! ☕️😹

[@jburnett8152]

Happy new year to you 🎉

[@jackeisenring704]

🤔 So, in Britain, when on the escalator you stand on the right and pass on the left, but when driving your stay on the left and pass on the right 🤯

[@rector0455]

Their subconscious reveals their true feelings. How long before they readopt imperial measurements too?!

[@justinmorgan7851]

That's so weird. It's like they copied American escalator etiquette despite the fact they drive on the other side of the road. In the US we pass on the left side for both escalators and roads.

[@cherryjuice9946]

And as I remember, when two boats approach, they go towards the right to let the other boat pass on their left. Boats go in international waters, so I would think the Brits also do things this way.

[@andyalder7910]

@ We do, it goes back to the days when a steering oar stuck out one side.

[@cheesedoff-with4410]

I believe it's because most people are right handed. The advice is to stand on the right and, hold on to the handrail.

[@joannunemaker6332]

I enjoyed this video. 😊❤

[@MichaelJohnson-tw7dq]

I once was stuck on an escalator for three hours during a power outage.

[@betseyr.9081]

Elevator I can understand but did you all suddenly forget how to walk? Sorry but I can not fathom any kind of excuse for your claim...

[@curtisbartlett8170]

Lol. Love it.

[@d.jensen5153]

🤣

[@slluky]

I love your segue (first time writing this word) to ground news, although I recognized the add with the first sentence.

[@gabrielleangelica1977]

Thank you for Alexander Graham 🎐 Bell.

[@cynthiasloan3867]

That was fun. Well done.

[@shirleyz7400]

I didn’t realize we invented so many of those. Have a awesome week! 👍✌️😊💚

[@LillibitOfHere]

We also invented the T-shirt. It was originally produced for the Navy

[@shirleyz7400]

@ that cool! 👍

[@wessexdruid7598]

'Ketchup' likely comes from a Chinese word. It is mentioned in print in Britain in 1711 - but 'Catsup' is found in print in 1690. The first published recipe in the UK, in 1727, contains mushrooms. The technology used in the microwave was invented in the UK and given to the USA (like so many other things).

[@LillibitOfHere]

@ He specifically said tomato ketchup for a reason. Just because the British invented being a stick in the mud, doesn’t mean you invented all art.

[@wessexdruid7598]

@ Ketchup is 'art'? LOL. If you'd read my post, it came from Asia. Pretending that an American 'invented' it in 1812 is stereotypically American, isn't it? As is doubling down, when you're wrong.

[@SZfiftyfour]

lol The beans on toast sound effect had me rolling for some reason.

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

L O V E that microwave in the background!!

[@kimnapier8387]

Love your retro appliances 🤩! The colour is right up my street

[@Levelistchampion]

Regarding escalators--it IS considered proper to stand on the right and walk/pass on the left. The only people who fail to understand this are tourists who are otherwise too distracted.

[@TroyBrinson]

In the US that is

[@gregchavez1534]

Came here to say the same . I live in D.C. and can tell you that this precise etiquette has been well-understood by patrons of the city's Metrorail. Whenever I would get stymied by tourists standing in the left-side turbo lane, I would say "excuse me, please" until they moved or I found enough space to squeeze through the obstruction. It is, however, non uncommon for other locals to skip the "excuse me" part.

[@themightybuzzard3088]

That's situational to high traffic escalators. On the vast majority of escalators nobody walks, so there is no such rule or even tradition.

[@gregchavez1534]

@@themightybuzzard3088 Hence the tourist caveat.

[@themightybuzzard3088]

@@gregchavez1534 Right but what I was pointing out that only applies to very high traffic escalators. On most escalators in the US, trying to pass at all marks you as the tourist. Which is the right way depends on if you're counting by people or escalators.

[@zippitydoodah5693]

well done

[@barrydysert2974]

More more more! We want more !:-)

[@Terran.Marine.2]

One missed call at a time. So true, Lawrence.

[@Aug_Bot]

Hi, thank you

[@vortexathletic]

7:18 as soon as I saw that, I thought of the clip of the lady saying “mee-krow-wah-vay” 😂

[@danstratyt]

Her name is Nigella Lawson

[@Colorado_Native]

My first cell phone (short for cellular phone) was called a bag phone. Later, I upgraded to a flip phone. The phone I had installed in my car was quite expensive and the main part filled the space on one side under the back seat, plus, there was an antenna mounted to the rear side glass. The advantage is they had more power ( but there were a lot fewer towers).

[@yeeaahBUDDY]

LOL everyone knows cell is short for cellular

[@Colorado_Native]

@yeeaahBUDDY Everyone? All 8.2 billion? That's unbelievable! But I won't argue with you. Thanks for the reply.

[@kyrataylor2035]

My first cell phone was the flip phone. I loved that thing; such power! I stood on the walkway at the old Busch stadium and called my Mom, 350 miles away. She was so loud it was like she was standing right next to me.

[@anndeecosita3586]

I had a bag phone too and it was analog. My mom had bought it for me as a teen because I had a part time job in a rural area and got off late. I kept it after upgrading because It continued to work after hurricanes when other people’s phones weren’t working.

[@mikedarr6968]

I am a USAF veteran who spent 6 months in England, circa 1967. I still prefer malt vinegar on my Fish N Chips. Boy, do I miss those nights after leaving the pub and catching a bus back to the base with a fresh cooked by a Mom and Pop shop, Fish n Chips.

[@Ineden774]

Pretty yard! 😊

[@I.PittyTheFool]

Love it!

[@cavey001]

Good one! (Commenting just to help the channel)

[@RachelsYear2025]

Ditto

[@debbralehrman5957]

Oh yes Happy New Year🎉 to you and your wife.

[@paulbrickler]

That's a kick-butt microwave (or toaster oven?) over your shoulder.

[@LindaC616]

Microwave. His wife's channel is all about vintage stuff, that's her thing

[@deeps6979]

2:10 Now I know who to take out if I ever get to go back in time...

[@gunnarasgeirsson6870]

What is that microwave brand I love it

[@RandyVictory420]

I had to get a microwave a few months ago. They sell those things online from w@*** for between $70-120 delivered in three days (see American invention #10 at the end of the video). There's even a cool red one! I ended up gettin' a boring plain white box, because that's what everything else in my kitchen is. 😒 "What do you call the style your kitchen's decorated in?" "Boring Box Moderne`"

[@WarDog793]

Thanks, Laurence, I needed a few good chuckles. And I did not know Tim Berners-Lee was English!

[@Joemantler]

Forget the video. I could just look out that snowy window for 10min! ❄

[@Phiyedough]

When that car went past so close to the window it seemed more like UK than USA!

[@Joemantler]

I didnt think about that. I certainly noticed when it went by. I also know that some older neighborhoods in cities have the houses closer to the street, and all the yard to the back.

[@EasyThereBigFella]

Happy New Year

[@FinallyMe78]

As an American, I want to apologize for the baked beans. However, putting them on toast is next level bad.

[@RBernsCarter]

It is delicious. Especially with melted cheese snd Worcestershire sauce. Also, our baked beans are not the same as US baked beans. Less barbecue-y

[@justinmorgan7851]

@@RBernsCarter I love American baked beans, and I'd love to try the British version with toast, etc, someday. As a non-Brit, the concept sounds weird, but I bet it tastes good!

[@oml81mm]

Never put baked beans on toast... they make the toast go all soggy.

[@amicooke1790]

Nah. Do brisket baked beans on a Texas-thick slice of grilled sourdough.

[@WalterWD]

@@RBernsCarter It is delicious, and you're welcome. Beans on toast is another great American "invention" and we're not giving that up lol Also, you're comparing names, not products. Baked beans in the US are the barbeque ones. The actual American equivalent is called pork-n-beans. Other than the inclusion of pork, the tinned bean products are the same. Oh, and as a bonus, UK Heinz Beanz are even made of North American beans.

[@springmotor70]

OMG "The late 1900s..." and My family got our first microwave in 1976. Spot on Laurence.

[@HeatherJones-b5g]

We had a microwave then too! My friends were fascinated. Then it broke and we were the last ones to get the countertop kind. Ours was built into the wall below the regular oven. Which makes me think of Shrinky Dinks. Because it was the time. 🙂 Staring into the oven while answering questions about the microwave. And this is why I now need my kids for tech support.

[@kandipiatkowski8589]

I had a full Irish/English breakfast (they both seem similar to each other). The baked beans Brits and Irish love so much, taste like what we in America call pork n' beans (possibly without the pork). While it looked a little odd to be on a breakfast plate, I already like the American version....so it was pretty tasty. And to have tomatoes and mushrooms, made it even better. One caveat tho....Brits and Irish can keep the blood sausage...not my cuppa tea. I would like to try some other British/Irish foods, but sadly I'll have to do it from home. My finances won't allow me to go back for a while. I want to try fish and chips again. I got take away while on a stop in Kilkenny whe traveling clockwise around Ireland. It was just a little soggy when it arrived to me. I have had frozen battered fish cooked in the oven, but nothing beats frying!

[@LindaC616]

The breakfasts are pretty much the same except that the toast in England is fried bread. In my house growing up we called it buttered toast. It's basically like when you make a grilled cheese except you but I both sides of the bread. They don't fry it and like that in Ireland.

[@oml81mm]

A breakfast in Ireland does not have beans. This is because everything in an Irish breakfast is fried. (England is different, and they are the ones who put their beans on toast. This means that the toast goes soggy).

[@matthewmitchell6899]

Fun fact:: ketchup contains more sugar than Coca Cola. So it's basically sugar sauce with a bit of tomato flavour.

[@LindaC616]

@oml81mm I have seen them offered in addition to the standard fry up

[@kandipiatkowski8589]

@@LindaC616 I did experience both versions of full breakfast. First was the Irish at a B&B in Kilkenny, Ireland in July of 2016. I think the English version I ate at the Three Broomsticks at Universal Orlando in January 2017.

[@azjim2946]

Thanks for a great video. I really appreciate your "dry" humor (or should I write humour?).