Random Stuff - Beans, Beaches, Hazardous Electrics, Comment Positivity, Wrecks and Green Soup

[@HiruS22]

I really enjoy these long form videos containing lots of different segments, they’re almost magazine like.

[@Epinardscaramel]

Very true, nice comparaison :)

[@sarahstrong7174]

Using a washing up bowl does save a certain percentage of hot water & that does add up.

[@sarahstrong7174]

Before plumbed in sinks were the norm, people often used to wash up in a bowl placed on the kitchen table, either in cold water or in water heated in a built in tank of a range or in a pot above an open fire. So at a certain point in history many people would have started with a bowl before they had a sink which got installed or moved on to later.

[@sarahstrong7174]

I love watching the waves, thankyou.

[@sarahstrong7174]

Rock Samphire is best barbecued over a beach fire.

[@henningerhenningstone691]

This video could have been cut into a dozen individual ones to milk it out, but instead you decided to spoil us with another feature-length! all here for it

[@s.b.2088]

Mike, you have no idea how much I appreciate your eclectic wealth of knowledge, your proper but kind demeanor, and above all your consistent avoidance of vulgarity. Also, you are the only major KZbinr I know of that does not pander to the crass commercialism of the KZbin algorithm, and I truly respect you for that. Warmest wishes to you and yours, and thanks for everything.

[@clarelwc2849]

Very well said!

[@richardmillican7733]

The uk plug was designed by a company from Ulverston, Cumbria in the 1950s A request for a suitable standardised plug was sought by the government and draughtsman across the country were competitive in various designs. The Ashley plug was chosen, and put out to open patent. The designer was a gentleman called Robert Mark Millican. My late father!

[@mgratk]

That is really an amazing achievement. Your father's work lives on in the daily lives of so many people! So very cool.

[@sammcloughlin9291]

That's a really interesting bit of general knowledge and as a barrovian gives it an added interest..... well done to your father...

[@ChrisKatsu-]

Well there you go. Everyday a school day. So many using his work daily

[@artistknownaslisa2850]

@@richardmillican7733 Congrats! Well done! 👏

[@TheWizoid]

oh wow, im from ulverston i never knew that! gonna have to tell everyone i know now, thank you :)

[@gigi3242]

There are tons of KZbin channels that teach how to make clothing from bed linens; Jenny has been gracious in allowing us at her dinner table, along for walks, and on vacations...not everyone wants to be a YT Star. Thank you for the video, that hazardous electrics is a valuable lesson, there are reasons for manufacturing regulations. Have an awesome week.

[@ddsv7184]

Ever since I saw the video of Mike's homemade eggs Benedict at Christmas four years ago I've adopted his habit of nipping out for a spot of breakfast and people watching on Christmas mornings. This comfy little ritual brings me so much joy and I can't wait to do it again in a month or so, all while watching the baubles go up in the stores and streets

[@sandraguerfi7599]

One of the things that makes me happy are your videos. I love being able to just relax and follow along on your adventures. Always interesting and enchanting.

[@electronraygun6346]

I worked somewhere as a technician where they had one of those deathtrap knock-off plugs in use in a public area. I pointed it out to manager (supposedly more skilled than myself) he couldn't understand the problem no matter how many times I explained it he just replied " yeah but it works doesn't it..." That wasn't even the worst. One of them installed mains wiring with exposed copper/terminals with no insulation. Again I was told "just don't touch it then". There were many other similar examples. I'd love to name and shame that place but I could do without the inevitable legal hassles.

[@wefsef5458]

I must thank you, Mr. Shrimp. I was able to stop someone from losing $5,000.00 at my job the other day, all because of your scambaiting videos! Your picking apart of scams proved helpful in showing the victim how exactly it was a scam, and what to look for in the future! (And I must of course compliment you on the rest of your content!)

[@efu707]

what scam scenario was it?

[@lwoods507]

That's a bloody scary plug. My relatives keep buying these cheap, deeply-sketchy-looking lights & electrics off Temu and Amazon and I keep warning them that they're going to burn their houses down (especially the way they load the things onto extension cords within the reach of large dogs. But there's no telling some folk!

[@Smooshes786]

I wonder if the item is not country approved if they would have an issue with insurance should something happen? That might shift them some.

[@torbenmayer]

@@Smooshes786 depens on the insurance policy. Some will exclude negligence, some only hard cases of that, some won't exclude any of that. And then it depens again if it was really negligence at all using something like that, arguing how reasonable it would be for someone not as much into safety to see that a product like this might be unsafe. I'd argue the plug in this video wouldn't cause any trouble anyways. It's safe to say that it is more dangerous than plugs that are built to regulations, but realistically it still won't do any harm unless you want it to.

[@Smooshes786]

@ where I am, if it doesn’t say “CSA approved “ they will deny it. (Canada) Yet, someone who leaves a candle unattended will be ok. I do agree it’s not likely to make trouble, just one of those “what if’s” that could be awful.

[@torbenmayer]

@@Smooshes786 Yeah absolutely. I can't tell for sure how it would be in Germany. I'd guess you could get in trouble as well. In gerneral I'd also recommend everyone to stay away from sketchy PSUs like these. Personally, even if I would be fine, and insure would cover everything, I'd rather not have my house burnt down over something I could replace for a couple of bucks.

[@mgratk]

@@Smooshes786 Well if being ended by a quite localized very, very hot day doesn't worry someone, I'm not sure an insurance issue would be of much concern.

[@azurehanyo]

I love the sound of rain pelting a roof. I could have watched that bit all morning.

[@anonuser9367]

It would seem appropriate to comment on a random themed video that I was looking online for some fabric to cover a chair and came across a pattern that you would more than likely approve. The name of the pattern was - wait for it- Chesil Beach! There is no random, the Shrimps reach is far and wide.

[@artistknownaslisa2850]

Haha! Indeed!!

[@mixturebeatz]

Hey shrimp! I recently rewatched the video of your old Miao head sculpture and your quest to patina it to avoid it cracking in the cold. Do you still have it and how did the patina work out? Love the videos!

[@__-bk6mm]

Hi Shrimp in a recent episode of Tom Scott's quiz podcast Lateral they had a question about a sailor landing on the beach knowing where they were and I was able to answer it instantly because of your videos haha!

[@BuggleskellyStation]

I enjoy your magazine style episodes. It's like the One Show but actually interesting and enjoyable to watch.

[@smiller6925]

Very enjoyable, Thank you! I love "Random Stuff" All best bits served up in a garden soup for all.

[@crazyrobots6565]

You're on your way to one million subscribers, and I cannot think of many people at all who deserve it as much as you, Mike.

[@whitbydragon9619]

Thank you Mr Shrimp. The sound of Chesil Beach is one of the things that makes me happy. As are your videos.

[@jimmy75256]

Saturday morning & almost 2 hour Atomic Shrimp video is perfect

[@emilyg1539]

Yes!!!

[@RIPBlueInk]

My gran used to have a plastic tub in the sink to save water. They were on a water meter instead of a flat rate. It's something I've done in every house I've lived in where I've been on a meter

[@JensOdense]

The best tip for growing tomatos i have been given and tested myself, is to just keep on top of pruning off leaves that look unhealthy. My father always reminds me to not be sentimental, its not an ornamental plant, does'nt matter that the buttom will look bare.

[@paddysmyth90]

Hi Shrimp, just want to say that i really enjoyed the comment positively section. As someone who often gets sucked into reading comments on social media, where after 3 comments the discussion has usually descended into arguments, hate, ect, it's great to focus on these nice and interesting comments. Great advice too! Appreciate having the opportunity to make a nice slice of toast and coffee whilst listening to you rip into a dodgy plug 😂 thanks again 👍

[@vanessawelsh194]

Good morning Mr Shrimp, Re greenhouse lifting, my allotment neighbour has lifted her 6x8 greenhouse onto a raised bed to create a much admired, all weather growing space. She’s also re-used greenhouse frames (minus glass) to make walk in grow houses by covering the frame with agrimesh. (Securing with zip ties) = Zero cabbage munching wee beasties. Many thanks for your splendid work.

[@frankb5728]

You might be overwatering the peppers. Considering that the pots are quite small they could also be rootbound. Also if the temperature drops too low during the nights it may create a compounding effect that makes the plants yellow.

[@johanneswerner1140]

@frankb5728 This channel and the comment section are an education. I will take care of my peppers in the kitchen now. I thought they might be over watered, but completely forgot about the temperatures. Thanks!

[@Sara-xc9xo]

Only yesterday I watched a KZbin video that said for overwintering chillis. Bring them indoors and hardly water at all.

[@frankb5728]

@@Sara-xc9xo I have grown habanero plants in pots and managed to keep a few alive for over 5 years. They are quite sad looking during the winter where they don't get much light but at least are kept warm inside the house. Every 2 years I'll prune them a little and re-pot them in a bigger pot, hit them with some fertilizer when spring shows its face and the sun gets warmer. They get dry pretty quickly in the winter because the ambient humidity is in the mid 30% but this just calls for more regular waterings, if the soil is damp, don't water.

[@sunnasmilieu]

I'm not through it yet, but so far a lovely, interesting, and cozy video as yours always are!

[@WeirdWebbster]

I swear Mike is one of the only content creators who can keep my interest for over an hour on such varied and interesting topics, always such pleasant and nice viewing. Also that advice on questioning happiness and thinking about the "why you're happy" rings very true. I've found that instead of forcing happiness, doing those things that make you happy and pushing a forward a little each day does so much more

[@nataliekavanagh5573]

I really appreciate these long form videos. It's my favourite way to unwind into the weekend. Dog walked and fed, now for a coffee and some 'me' time before ww3 aka doggie bath time!

[@LeannLeannProduction]

These longer videos are ~2hrs of soothing, calm, wholesome, interesting content that I look forward to every month! 🥰 PS: Some Slow TV of that hard rain on the roof (maybe it could be a compilation of different kinds of rain?) and the immense churning waves of Chesil Beach would be lovely!

[@rageplayer20]

'Urbanite'. Don't know why, but that made me laugh out loud 😂. Thanks, I needed a laugh today

[@MyFriendsKitchen]

I believe we use plastic washing up bowls because of the fuel shortage after the Second World War, most people had large pot sinks and a washing up bowl was a way of using less hot water. Also I think this links into why there was a habit of putting oil in the pasta water. We were encouraged to use as little water as possible when boiling vegetables after WW2, if you've ever cooked pasta in a small amount of water it starts to foam and boil over, the oil stopped the foaming. There is the saying pouring oil on troubled waters which I think comes from the sailers noticing when they poured their leftover cooking oil/fat into the sea it calmed the waves and the ship traveled faster. Its something to do with the oil changing the waters surface tension. I think I found this out from Adam Heart Davis who made fun TV shows in the 1990s, it might have been a regional show and not shown throughout the UK.

[@izzysmum3861]

You've made a very good point there. Old sinks were massive and you'd need a lot of hot water to get any decent depth for washing dishes. Interesting point about the oil and pasta too.

[@thisperson5294]

Also if you are on a water meter, you want to use as little water as possible.

[@johnhockenhull2819]

This question seems to have suddenly cropped up on several KZbin channels in the last couple of weeks.

[@thekingofming]

I remember Adam Hart Davies! Definitely was on BBC2 in the east. He had the multi coloured Cannondale I think (with the lefty fork)

[@zahney1225]

Thank you for sharing the beautiful coastline and its history.

[@disrupt_ist]

Not long until you have one million subscribers and your GOLD Creator Award. Only 33k to go. I'm guessing you'll get there by Feb/Mar 2025. 🙂 Enough people to fill Wembley Stadium eleven times. INCREDIBLE.

[@friendlygiant1507]

Seeing the stack of canned beans in the section where you explain about your light-setup was unreasonably funny to me. Love the video.

[@curmudgeon1933]

1:18:30. On the question of washing up bowls in the sink, I can think of some good reasons for doing so. It uses less water, it is less likely to break delicate ceramic or glass tableware, it's quieter, and in the summer you can use the water from washing-up or vegetable cleaning to water plants in tubs or window boxes, so saving water and money. edit: 1:22:10. Bingo. lol

[@emilyg1539]

I may start doing this- our drain plug leaks and buy the time we're halfway through the dishes, the water's mostly gone.

[@artistknownaslisa2850]

It makes sense if you don't have a more modern, divided, shallower sink. My friend still used a plastic basin, even with the divided sink. It might, probably, goes back to having to do it that way at some point in one of those older, larger sinks.

[@arpz]

Oh sorry for a double post but please look up the book "new forest 222". I found out about it last week and the concept is that the author has laid a grid of square miles across the new forest and found something noteworthy within each square and then dedicated a page to each square. I'm going to try and visit them all but aside from that, it has a sort of vibe to it that I think you'd probably appreciate.

[@TheDarklingWolf]

That sounds absolutely delightful. I'm nowhere near the new forest (wrong side of the Irish Sea) but I might look that up anyway just out of curiosity.

[@arpz]

@TheDarklingWolf the author got the idea from another book doing the same thing, "dartnoor 365"...perhaps it'll catch on as an idea and someone will make something closer to you 😁

[@kitm141]

That is genuinely the most wholesome thing I’ve heard in a while. Thanks for sharing with us!

[@arpz]

@@kitm141 additionally wholesome is that he's got them stocked in all the farm shops around the forest 😊

[@andrewcoates6641]

Mike , watching you garner the ingredients for your soup, reminded me of a story that I read in my early teens (I am 64 years old this month) which told the tale and sort of gave the recipe for how Stone soup came into existence. The story was related by an old homeless man who hadn’t eaten for several days and happened upon a country inn that was fairly quiet and the old man thought he would try to get a free meal out of the innkeeper, who was working in his stable cleaning out his remounts. So the old man walks up to the keeper and asks if he had any work that he could do in return for a meal. The keeper looks at the man and takes in his shabby road worn appearance and says that he had nothing as he had just finished his chores for the day, but if the old man was to ask the keepers wife in the kitchen she might have some crusts of bread that she could be willing to offer to him. So the old man walks around the side of the inn and knocks on the kitchen door and asks the wife for any food she might be willing to give him adding that he had no money but was willing to work for food. So the wife looks him over and says that she has no work to offer him but he can come in and warm himself by the hearth and as customers come in she will ask if they have work that needs doing, so the old man sits by the fire whenever a customer comes in he raises his head to look at the exchange between the wife and the keeper and their customers but the customers all indicate that they have nothing for him to do. All along he is sat by the cooking pot getting hungrier and hungrier until he eventually breaks and asks if he could have a taste of the soup, but both the keeper and his wife say that no it’s one thing to let him warm up but it’s another thing feeding him for nothing. So the old man says that since they have already heated the outside of him could they let him have a large pot of hot water to warm his insides with so the wife gives him a pot of the still boiling water and places it alongside him. The old man then reaches into his pockets and pulls out his hand carved wooden spoon and a fist sized river washed stone blows some dust off of it and drops it into his hot water. The wife looks at what the old man is doing and being naturally nosy she asks him what he is doing to which he casually replies I’m making stone soup and stirs the water in his bowl. Intrigued she asks to taste the soup when it’s ready and goes to tell her husband about the old man’s cooking. When she returns to her kitchen she sees the man take his spoon from the water and taste the water and grimace and says “I wish I had a little salt to add to my soup”. So because she is so curious the wife says here is my salt box help your self and watches him deposit two spoons of salt to his pot and taste it. After a pause the old man says I wish I had a potato to put in my soup then it would taste fantastic so she looks at her store room and says here’s a potato and some old onions that won’t last the week you can have them for your soup and then she goes out to the dining room to serve a customer and inform her husband about the old man’s soup, so the keeper decides to take a look at the old man’s cookery for himself and goes to take some plates into the kitchen for washing so he doesn’t look too nosy himself. The old man noticed that one of the plates that have just been cleared has a well chewed ham bone on it and asks the keeper if he could just float the bone in his soup to get some of the bone marrow into his soup . This pattern of the inn keeper and his wife popping in and out of the kitchen continues and every time the old man asks for some other ingredient or seasoning to add to his pot until eventually the old man declares that the soup is ready and just needs a swirl of cream to be ready so he summons the keeper and his wife and asks them to fetch themselves some bowls and spoons and bread to join him in eating. So the pair sit down to eat as the old man fills all three bowls with a thick soup then the old man reaches into the pot with his spoon and fishes out the stone and takes it to the sink and washes the stone clean and re wraps it and returns it to his pocket, sits down and finishes his meal. When the other two finish eating the inn keeper asks the old man where he got the stone from to make such a wonderful soup and how much it cost him, and the old man stood up and said it came from the highest mountain and from the seashore, it cost him nothing but an empty belly and other peoples generousity and before the couple could make a move he jumped out of the door and was gone. And that’s the story of Stone Soup.🍜

[@ZachTandyMitchel]

You're a good role model frand:) Greetings from Tennessee!

[@JackHarrison-Redmond-mb8sv]

One of my favourite easy meals, or snacks, on my day off when my wife is at work is leek and onion on toast. Pan fry the leek and onion to your own preference, toast the bread and pop the vegetable ensemble on top. A bit of brown sauce doesn't go amiss, but is not necessary if you have another preference, or without. My wife doesn't understand this whatsoever, however I hope I am not alone in enjoying this. You can also add mushrooms if you're feeling daring. These long form videos are fantastic and I really enjoy watching them. Hope all is well with you and your family, Shrimp.

[@solistheonegod]

Love the glimpse of the hotdog wobbler above his head 😂

[@timmowarner]

Today was a good day because now I know the difference between flotsam and jetsam. I can't think of a single time in my life where I haven't heard them used together so never questioned it.

[@MrTommymonk]

It would be cool to cast some of those shells in food grade silicon to make moulds for your own fancy chocolate shells, they would make nice after dinner mint chocolates

[@rlowens]

silicone*

[@chuckpoore]

A couple of comments regarding two things from Comment Positivity: First of all, the plastic tub in the sink--in addition to the reasons you pointed out, I think it may also have had to do with keeping food debris from going down the drain. In modern kitchens, if you have a disposal unit in your drain it may not matter. But even in the US, I remember my grandmother doing this, and she always went out to the porch and threw the used wash water out in the yard, rather than it going down the drain and clogging it up. Don't know if that's an additional reason or not. Second of all, relating to the frying pan being more attractive to you out of the box and being used--This is a different subject of course, but I collect vintage toys. As a result I watch a lot of videos on You Tube from other toy collectors. But they always value toys that are still in their box, or still in the bubble on a carded toy, etc. And I realize that makes them more valuable, if monetary value is what matters to you (for re-selling for example). But for me, I'm just collecting for nostalgia sake. So a toy that's actually been played-with is more valuable to me personally because of that very fact. When it smudged or the paint worn off, or missing a piece, you can just imagine an actual child 50 years ago playing with it, and using his imagination and having innocent fun. I don't know, it just means more to me that way. I do have some toys that have their original box, and I do like having the box, even if it's faded and banged up. I have one toy where the box actually has a child's name written on the box in childish scratch (which I used to do, so my toys didn't get mixed up with my friends' since many of us had the same toys). That just personalizes it for me and makes it worth more, than one that is "mint in box--never touched by human hands" that might be more valuable to a collector for its monetary value. I can't help but think that's a similar feeling you had with the vintage pan that "needs" to be used and not displayed in a box forever.

[@DR.NIMROD]

the use of the bowl also help catch any drips from taps which can then be thrown onto plants in the garden or around the house.

[@SeanDS89]

1:06:31 More channels need segments like this! Thanks Shrimp 👍

[@pixie706]

Thyme self seeds everywhere in my garden. A welcome addition as the flowers are pretty as well as the obvious cooking aspect

[@marylynne9104]

And great for the bees.

[@SalamanderDancer]

25:20 well, at least if the plug is unplugged, prongs up, and you step on it in the middle of the night, it won't hurt. You'll just hear a crunch sound of the toothpick-strength prongs popping off.

[@artistknownaslisa2850]

Lol Always a bright side!

[@j_yh]

I'm glad you revisited the sound of the stones underfoot. You mentioned this in the original video. It might be interesting to take audio samples from the original video, at different points on the beach, and compare the sounds side-by-side. 🤔

[@Petrelles22]

If you walk a hundred meter east from the Chesil Beach West car park, to where the SWC path leaves the beach, you will find loads of pebbles looking like big smarties. Perfectly round, flat and about the size of a pound coin.

[@jills4597]

I wish I could go and see those!

[@skunclep1938]

Whilst serving the “Curry” Baked Beans, did anyone else think: “Jaam-es, bring me the BLANDEST thing on the menu!” 😂😂😂😂

[@KyleRDent]

Whole sketch is genuis. I still call butter "fancy stuff".

[@skunclep1938]

@@KyleRDent I hope that you suitably gesticulate whilst saying it? 😆😆

[@SmallPaleThing]

1:18:19 I'm from Germany, and my parents also use a plastic tub in the sink for washing up. I'm trying to think of other people I know who do this as well, but I think my parents are the only ones I know of who do this. Granted, some of my other family members and friends have dishwashers at home, and my parents do not. I also don't own a dishwasher and only have a single sink in the kitchen, so I've actually thought about buying/using a plastic tub, too (for the same reasons you demonstrate in the video) but never got around to doing it.

[@Smooshes786]

Mum lived in California for 40 years, she uses one for water conservation.

[@steve1]

The big mussel looks like Pseudanodonta complanata, the Depressed Mussel, its a fresh water mussel and I'm guessing it's depressed because it's an endangered species, very weird to find one on a beach.

[@rompdude]

On the subject of greenhouses. My dad is 6.1, he built a brick base for his greenhouse, raising it up a foot. It was very affective. It does 2 things, gives you more headroom, but also gives more growing room vertically! In reality, the bottom foot or so is dead space really, not much light will be on the plants. So it's not really a negative impact..

[@emilyg1539]

What a wonderful way to start the weekend- an hour plus of Atomic Shrimp! I have one suggestion that I've been holding back, because I hate people on the internet telling other people on the internet how to live their lives, BUT, in the interest of health and safety: if you were to place a dampened tea towel under your cutting board while you're using it, it wouldn't slide around like that.

[@AtomicShrimp]

Dealing with a damp towel is more inconvenience than a little bit of board slippage, I think.

[@emilyg1539]

@@AtomicShrimp Just a thought. I learned it in culinary school. I use the towel to wipe down the countertop afterwards.

[@AtomicShrimp]

@@emilyg1539 if I worked full time in the prep area in a kitchen I would probably see the sense of it, but wetting a towel for 2 minutes of convenience, isn't convenience

[@emilyg1539]

@@AtomicShrimp Funny coming from the man who counted the pebbles on Chesil Beach. 🥰

[@AtomicShrimp]

@@emilyg1539 I'm very inconsistent about the application of patience!

[@NoremacEcallaw]

I also like the basin in the sink method as it lets you rinse things with cold water along the side, like the coffee in the mug in your example, before going onto the drying rack without cooling the dish water

[@DaisyBaker-o7s]

You have changed my life I have watched you for nearly 3 years I feel I have been though hell and your videos have honestly help save me thank you so much x

[@suemills5108]

I love Chesil Beach for walks but despite being a good swimmer I’d never even consider swimming here. The loose gravel combined with the powerful waves means you get swept of your feet before you know it and can’t find footing easily again. The thought of being stuck in it terrifies me! It is a beautiful nature spot though, and I love the sound of the water breaking, it is so relaxing.

[@foragingadventures]

🎶 The only thing that helps him pass the time away, is knowing he'll be back at Chesil Beach someday 🎶

[@eriathwen1320]

Im glad im not alone in my frustration at the removal of leek roots these days! Not only is it annoying to clean, but I find they dont keep nearly as long, the root end goes mushy quite quickly! Also, speaking as someone who is, off and on, suicidal.. you are absolutely right, the little things you can do to create happiness on purpose will get you through life. Dont allow your happiness to be in someone/something elses control, when and if you can help it.

[@alara7777]

I know I'm just a random internet stranger, but when the poor mental health times come, please do your best to remember that the world is *much better* with you in it! Hoping you have some supportive people around you to help you through.

[@eriathwen1320]

@alara7777 thankyou, that's very kind of you to say. Luckily I do have some wonderful friends who check up on me and get me out and back on my feet when needed.

[@Anna-jv7wz]

I couldn't tell you what it was, but up over on the East of Scotland I've seen the first shell quite a bit, and even more so on the West Coast, same with the cockle shell

[@tashb208]

Love the rain interlude.

[@joshh9755]

I found the random assortment of small videos put into one was quite enjoyable and entertaining. Awesome video

[@CheshireTomcat68]

I bought a basic non stick pan from Tesco. It was in a cardboard sleeve and when I took it off, the pan had a big ding hidden underneath. So I thought, heck, have to take that back and get a good one. On examination, the non stick was undamaged so I decided to keep it and use it. That was over 3 years ago. I just thought of the waste of having the poor thing recycled when it was perfectly useable!

[@TheKittychans]

Love that the video is time stamped! Maybe they always are....but I wanted to highlight my appreciation for it now. I mean I have general appreciation for this video format also! I really enjoy how relaxing it is and I need it as I get ready to propose that the research I want to do is sound to a commit at my university (PhD program).

[@isobelmatheson8036]

I live in Spain, I love it, so much about it is better than the UK. But, nobody does plugs like Britain, they're the best on the planet. Here, I feel scared every time I plug something in, the plugs feel so flimsy and wobbly. UK plugs should take over the world!

[@janetwayman9459]

Many years ago I lived in an apartment in an old building in Chicago that still had its original kitchen sink. (There was also an ice door in the outer wall through which blocks of ice would have been delivered directly into the ice box.) That sink (cast iron with white porcelain) was huge, but extremely shallow, and it had no way to close the drain. I bought a little rubber mat to cover the drain, but found it difficult to wash dishes as the water would start slopping over the side if the water got more than about 2" deep. Thanks to a home economics textbook from 1936, I eventually realized that sink was intended to be used with a dishpan. I've always believed that the use of a dishpan would have been a carryover from pre-indoor plumbing days when you drained your dishwater by carrying the dishpan to the back door and pouring it out on the ground.

[@gir2005]

you always upload these types of videos as i'm looking for a video to watch before bed! ❤ from NZ!!

[@rosemarymee]

You could take the coal lumps with you at midnight on Hogmanay. Coal is traditionally part of your gift to the household you’re visiting to wish them a Happy New Year.😊

[@garethjones7341]

That plug was shocking!

[@DTronicsUK]

in more ways than one :D

[@mjsdecember1990]

Get your coat

[@RowdyTheHitman]

Ohm my god that was bad

[@dennybgood]

I have in the past dropped bowls in the sink and chipped them. We also don't have waste disposal units in UK sinks so it's easier to separate solid waste in a removable bowl.

[@soniashapiro4827]

We've been suffering from a months long drought. What a joy to see the rain in your video.

[@pressetoascend]

I love these random stuff videos, they’re always calming and just nice to watch

[@Adam-wl8wn]

You could try carving the coal. My aunt lived in a mining village in S. Wales and we always got presents from her of resin carvings made to look like coal.

[@MTLMiss]

Brilliant Mike, thank you for the Saturday content! I admit I did audibly gasp and shout "no!" when you added that tarragon to the soup but do realise that's my problem! Awful stuff. Thank you for bringing us so much joy and for teaching us stuff we definitely don't need to know (but may do one day!)

[@peterspyer1124]

I grew scotch bonnets on my windowsill at the start of last year, and the first year they were super unhappy. Dropped most it's leaves over winter after only producing a couple chillis. It this year went a bit mad with fruiting, I think it's now on it's 4th fruiting of the year and I've had 30+ chillis from the plant that looked like it was almost dead. Sorry I can't help with yellowy leaves, mine seem to throw a fuss both when I over-feed and under-feed, but they do seem quite resilliant to drying out. It ended up being an issue where I always had way too many chillis than I knew what to do with, and I started to get annoyed at the plant for causing so many of my dinners being much much too spicy, but eventually thanks to this channel I realised I should try oven drying and ended up with some amazing smelling chilli powder that I think will last quite a while. Now trying for year 3 with my scotch bonnet plant and hoping it can last through this next winter.

[@francescairving2678]

Please show what you do to your veggie patches over winter, just got an allotment and would be helpful to know what to do over the winter!

[@80TheMadLord08]

Hi Mike. Mike here too! Your advice for happiness really clicked with me, and I have noticed it in myself. This past year or two, I have really noticed how happy I feel when looking at plants or insects, and interacting with animals. And it has shown me a side of myself that I want to explore, through either work or continued pure enjoyment. So thank you. Its great advice, and I think its something that everyone should try at least once to see if it works for them.

[@therugbynoise2116]

just wanted to say i really do look forward to your new videos always a pleasure to watch cheers from NZ

[@MoonSpinners]

Amazing eclectic bunch of wonderfulness ❤

[@sarahstrong7174]

Dopamine is important for happiness. Worth looking into.

[@jamesgodden3]

1:19:32 I think the reasons why we do it, is so when washing dishes in a sink it is much easier to judge when the water is dirty so you can empty and then refill with clean water, and then rinse and repeat (joke not intended)

[@timowagner1329]

There is a German saying roughly translated as "you are the maker of your own luck". You can change your own fortune, you can make yourself lucky/happy. My own deliberate act of happiness is this: just in this exact moment, look at your own fortune or privilege. I am am able to lie peacefully in bed at an unreasonably late hour and can freely type a comment on a video. Similarly, someone who reads this may sit at their kitchen table and read this while sipping coffee undisturbed... Just imagine how many people in how many lifetimes of you are fundamentally unable to enjoy such "basic" amenities. What a privilege it is to be born in a highly developed nation at this time...

[@Mihail_K.]

A quick note on the power supply - it is actually a switch mode one. You can tell mainly by the size of the transformer and the core material - switching transformers use a ferrite powder core, while linear ones use a silicon steel one (often reffered to as just "iron" core). The little 4 pin SMD components is indeed a full bridge rectifier, which rectifies the mains. It is then fed into the DIP-8 IC, which is some kind of a generic pulse generator. The high frequency current goes to the transformer (that's the main advantage of the SMPS, with higher frequency you need a way smaller transformer for the same current) and then it's rectified by the 2 diodes on the low side. It's a really good idea not to use it, it probably has very high ripple. On top of that, the insulation on the PCB might be sufficent, but I wouldn't trust it unless it had an actual milled cut.

[@Mihail_K.]

P.S. The IC number _might_ be on the bottom of the IC, but considering how cheap it's made, I doubt it.

[@man_eating_monkey]

Thank you. I was looking for a comment like this so I wouldn’t have to write it myself. 😊

[@ian-c.01]

Those plugs on the power supplies are a liability ! I'm a retired Electrician and I can honestly say I have never seen such low quality devices which bypass so many safety standards ! Using plugs like that in your home is asking for trouble and if you need to make a claim on your insurance after a fire they would almost certainly refuse to pay out if they saw that !

[@rachelanderson-z6n]

No sultanas in the curried beans ! They used to do curried beans with sultanas in...

[@BaggieReg63]

Find the breaking of waves on cobbles almost hypnotic. I remember sitting on a sea wall in Lanzarote just listening to waves breaking on the stones and somewhere 2 hours just disappeared...

[@stephenpettitt5382]

The sound of Chesil Beach reminds me of the end of Jean-Michel Jarre's Oxygene album.

[@ICBMPIRATE2]

Love it as ever informative and luxurious in its entertainment, thank you

[@mattormson7688]

You make me happy 😊

[@Pattoe]

1:19:00 I know your analogy really isn't the main point here but I actually made a conscious decision to change the way I tie shoes a few years ago when I started working around children and having to tie shoes very often. I got the advice from a teacher. I use the 'Ian Knot' which is a very fast way to tie shoes which involves making both loops at the same time and pulling them tight in one motion. It takes only a couple of seconds. A bonus is that the knot it generates provides an equal level of stress on both ends of the knot, meaning it's much less likely to come undone by accident without the need of a double knot (which increases time to untie shoes). Children are generally not taught this method because it requires a bit more hand-to-eye coordination than making each loop separately and it's harder to demonstrate. Maybe this is interesting because something which is normal to the vast majority of the population is a pretty considerable issue to a minority of the population who has to perform the task many times so has to optimise it.

[@Smooshes786]

The wall must be changed to the best colour, agreed! Like the sound of the rocks as you walk, noted the comment about the rain on the roof and my personal favourite; real rubber tires on gravel. A man who collected “sounds” in NYC for some 30 years came to mind. I find the comment section on this channel a large part of “watching’, downright charming at times!

[@ce7406]

lifestyle goals!

[@regina_phalange]

Big Clive ❌ Medium Mike ✔

[@Moewenfels]

Awww... beans.. Still my favorite non-curse curse word. Much love to Johnny.

[@somethinginnocuousindahouse]

I think the coal would make an amusing Christmas gift for a geology geek or naughty child.

[@artistknownaslisa2850]

Lol

[@tiggerplaysguitar]

Regarding the plastic washing up bowl, I do agree with the reasons given by Mr Shrimp and by other comments (saving water in the huge butler sinks of the past) but I don't think they are quite as ubiquitous as suggested -- I don't use one, and can't think of anyone I know who does.

[@Smooshes786]

I’ve wondered if people who had a butler and lost the use of a butler very swiftly learned they don’t need 48 different plates, glasses, bowls cutlery to eat a full meal. They would have a very fast learning curve!

[@Frogdog0007]

Great video 😅

[@DerMarkus1982]

Without seeing the video title & uploader (end-screen of another video *somewhere else* on YT), I kind of anticipated this thumbnail to go along with Atomic Shrimp's work... Cursor hover confirmed that 🤣 Good thing for you, AS. Your videos indeed *are* very distinguished across KZbin! 😁👍

[@dees3179]

On the topic of wrecks and salvage……I went off on a thought tangent. If you haven’t already discovered him, there is a brilliantly crafted channel ‘drachinifel’ which looks at navel engineering up to the end of WWII which you might enjoy. (He once experimented with making Greek fire……) I know a few Atomic Shrimp viewers do as I’ve seen a few over there in the comments. The content is seemingly endless. But he pulls off that fine balance of being respectful and understanding of talking about many incidents which involve deaths, but also managing to not be on permanent depress everyone mode, or indulge in blame passing.

[@letsallstopthata4796]

What's your plan for 1mil subs Shrimp? It's getting close! Interested to see what material you use for your own 1mil sub plaque!

[@Ray.Norrish]

So the coal you found is just naturally exposed and washed up from underwater seams (not dropped off a ship). Trawlers commonly picked up coal around that area and it was actually quite sought after, as it burns hotter and better than mined coal. I remember you would get a good few sacks from the Portland area back in the day in week of trawling. After seeing you later thoughts on the coal, you cannot be sure it was "off a ship" or from an exposed undersea seam unless perhaps the coal burns differently as apparently sea coal (naturally exposed) should burn easier and more intensely, but more specifically produces less ash. Maybe there's no specific test, but it's of course feasible that coal seams can be exposed under the sea and like it's possible to tell from the crystals in rock salt where it was mined, perhaps the coal bears signatures which could link it to a mine/region if you wanted to go that far into it!

[@MochiHimochi]

The plastic bowl in the sink thing is interesting - I've lived in the UK my whole life and me and my family have basically never used a plastic bowl in the sink, with one exception: one of the houses I rented had an awkward sink with a non-standard drain size and a missing plug. We couldn't find a replacement plug locally, and we didn't want to order one online without being sure of the size. So we just placed a plastic tub in the sink and used that instead. Does have some benefits (like the stuff you mentioned) but also tended to cause a surprising amount of mess when attempting to empty it, plus splashing risk because the tub was able to shift around in the sink while washing. Maybe wouldn't have been an issue if we had a larger more well-fitting tub, but it was definitely a relief for us when the next house we moved into had a standard drain and a plug present from the get go! But it just goes to show even more so how "normal" things are often "normal" because you're used to them - within the UK there's people who have always used a bowl, and yet also people for whom the bowl is "strange". Hard to make generalisations on a broad scale in most cases! (Though, that makes it more interesting when things _are_ common across the country - usually I find those sorts of things are related to laws or regulations, current or historical.)