25 Things The UK Does BETTER Than The USA 🇬🇧 

Hiya,

What is that little pooch called?

America Culture: FREEDOM. As long as you work hard you can do anything! UK culture: Can you go and shout that somewhere else, I'm trying to forget my life by getting drunk as hell at a pub.

@@saadaleem7260 His name is Riley :)

@@WanderingRavens thank you.

They did, especially as they shipped production of many products to Poland to save costs and also altered recipes. However they recently announced their intentions to bring almost all Cadbury manufacturing back to the UK so fingers crossed. Kraft also closed the Terry's chocolate factory in York, and again moved production to Poland which led to the great Terry's Chocolate Orange shortage of January 2021 due to Brexit delays.

@@kevinh96 Didn't know they owned Terry's as well but I did wonder why I didn't see any of their products in shops for a while.

Used to be Kraft, now called Mondelez International, they announced a couple of weeks ago that production of Cadburys is to be home produced at Bournville again with a £15 million investment to increase capacity.

@@RushfanUK Just FYI, Kraft Foods and Mondelez are the same company. Mondelez division Just handles more of the international market products, where as Kraft does more of the domestic stuff. But it's all the same otherwise.

And Oreos in everything!

Ooo, we haven't noticed lots of litter, but maybe we just haven't been to enough towns yet.

I agree the fly-tipping here is horrific

@@WanderingRavens I find a lot of people dump rubbish at the sides of country lanes

Bag the dog poo and leave the baggies in trees on the pavement or on railings

Rubbish loose is blown into all hedges, collects in corners and is terrible looking

Vegemite is foul - marmite is lovely

Irish Butter is not British.

@@Buscolin who said it was?

In the video

@@Buscolin oh I see, sorry. I’m sure they realise that (they’re pretty clued up), but I think they only mention it because it’s available in the U.K. Although I’m not sure why they single Irish butter out tbh 🤷‍♀️, as I’d say it’s much of a muchness anywhere in the British Isles, being produced via traditional methods, and with no additives other than salt - but obviously with unsalted options available for consumers who want it.

@@Buscolin NI is a major producer of butter in the UK though that would technically be Northern Irish butter not Irish butter.

And they travel without passports!

@@WanderingRavens They still have a long way to go to catch up with the UK.

LOL. Few of them travel outside their country except to kill others.

Not replying to you're comment but it's so weird to see someone with the same surname as me that's related to me 😂😂 @PhillipEscott

Normally there are British soldiers accompanying them so wouldn't get too righteous. I am British btw but not dillusional.

As a person who has worked in call centres for years, I wholeheartedly agree. It's essential, more so for me because I am a Geordie. Without a professional accent, no one would understand me. ;)

I'm sorry Teresa, somehow a Northerner must have gotten ahold of a computer and mashed the keys necessary to leave a RU-vid comment, allow me to translate: "Me up from above the wall, fierce strong no no jobs means me got to work the phone but nobody want me to phone them so I pretend to be the Queen. On phone nobody know you have bone through nose.

@@John-rw9bv Yeah John is a funny bloke, as funny as cancer I believe. He should be on a stage, there's one leaving in ten minutes. Now the Southern shandy drinker thinks he's funny because he's got a smartphone paid for by working at McDonalds. "Would you like fries with that, Sir?"

@@Zooumberg Hahah, jokes on you i'm unemployed ;-) ...wait

@@John-rw9bv It sucks to be unemployed. I'm now self employed after telling them to shove the job at the merchant bank where I used to work. Now I fix coffee machines for Nespresso. But I get to choose my own hours and it keeps me ticking over. If you have a computer and can use a phone, I can point you in the direction to get a job self-employed which working for a minimum of 15 hours really goes a long way to top up your benefits.

I think they said Irish butter was the best but butter is butter is there a typical English brand that you think is better than the Irish by name Irish butter. they also mention Roquefort cheese but that again isn't English. I guess they just think everything sold in England is made there. Yes Germans have terrible cheese but good everything else.

@@nealthedeal1 As I said before all UK butter and dairy products are excellent - considered to be the very best, partly due to the lush green grass the animals feed on - High rainfall in the British Isles. There is not one particular one I would recommend, they are all excellent.

@@valeriedavidson2785 I would say Irish butter is from the emerald isle a very green land and they even put there countries name on it, that's how much they love it. I don't know of any other country that puts it's nation on butter.

@@nealthedeal1 England and Wales put their name on lots of butters. It says on the package English butter and there are Welsh butters too - lots of them. Where are you living?

​@@valeriedavidson2785 I haven't tried Welsh butter a bit hard to find, I Know some English butters but mostly supermarket brands. Of course there are others i just think like the guy says in the video Irish butter is better than American butter and he's right. Its very similar to English butter just more well known or symbolic from that point of view.

You can´t be serious.

To enjoy a red wine, one must never fill the glass. No more than half way is acceptable, beyond that is not good for being able to gain the bouquet of the wine and also to see if the alcohol content matches the label by the "tear drop" runs on the glass side when the wine is swirled.

yeaaaa Im not talking as a wine expert, im just talking as your typical Brit. Fill the glass!!!

Disgraceful.....

@@royhardy407 Maybe, but when you are at home and the doors locked, then let loose!

I think they come under Employment Rights but yes we do this all better.

Give it time...

That's a European thing in general

@@cappaculla I was told Poland has far more bank holidays, 15 I think, whereas the UK only has 8. But it's the better pay = better standard of living is why so many Poles have moved to the UK in the last 17 years.

@@derekc6445 very true I've many Polish friends throughout my time working and living in the UK and Ireland.. France, now that's annual leave capital of Europe my colleagues in our French office always seemed to be on vacation.

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American's really don't understand irony, putting a garden gnome in your garden isn't ironic lol .

@@Enigmatic.. I thought that too as in "‘Don't go overboard with the gratitude,’ he said with heavy irony"

The 3 ducks on the wall are commonly referred to as “a Muriel” (the origins of this are from the popular soap opera Coronation Street).

nobody has put three ducks on the wall since the 1970s...

Also isn't it sport over the pond to steal the neighbours front garden gnomes ?

Seems longer than 2yrs

Also we can have a chance to change the government before the 4 years is up.

It’s ment to 5 years but politicians left,right & centre are currently misbehaving & have been for a while

The reason a new UK government can start the next day is that in line with many other countries, we have a civil service who carry out the wishes, or tell the government why legally their wishes cannot be enacted, where as in the US all the positions are political and have to be set up after each election.

Plus we have Lord Bucket head and the Dolphin man at our General Elections 😂

“Oh hello yes I’m here .to ....eh shut it am own the fuckin phone

a fair bit less than half the size, the US is 40 times bigger than the UK, in fact there are states in the US that are bigger than the UK.

@@georgebarnes8163 That's what I said. "The UK is less than half the size of ONE US state". That was only a rough estimate, I didn't measure anything.

@@Beejay950 Sorry, my bad, I misread the comment.

J K Rowling has outsold any US author and didn’t even get a mention. Biased much?

really its population that counts, the UK is only 4 or 5 times smaller than the US by population, Russia for example is the biggest country in the world but only has twice the population of the UK. The UK has the worlds 5th biggest economy, an economy bigger than India's so its not quite the minnow its made out to be.

Good to know 🤣🤣

Yea that's pretty accurate, telephone and interviews/other formal occasions vs every day life

...I have three accents depending on who I'm talking to. Formal, informal and my actual accent. It's weird. And they change without me even thinking about it.

...come to think of it, I think I actually have 5 accents. Formal, informal, South East (when talking to my parents), my normal accent (effectively RP), and yokel (because I'm from Hampshire. This is only when I'm tired or drunk though)

For me it’s “telephone/interview/reading things aloud” voice. For some reason if I’m reading a passage of text out loud (which I did often when I worked in schools) my diction becomes really proper lol

...and when it's not raining... do the rain dance!

Cheers .....

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Hereford forever.

Scrumpy from a Somerset farm making their own with some vintage cheddar and fresh crusty bread.

As a rule. You should never drink strongbow. Thatchers gold is the king of ciders... or zider if you're from the west country.

@@benblacklaws6873 Thatchers Katy or vintage are far better than gold.

Either way. They are far superior to the likes of haze or cloudy lemon, even if they are from same family.

"Ironic" garden decor? Do you think he meant "iconic"? Or do you think he just meant "humorous". That Brits put Garden gnomes out because it is funny, not because you like garden gnomes. Is that what he meant? Kinda confused here.

Don't forget the sunny disposition. Always look on the bright side of absolute horror

Jimmy Carr is an excellent exsample on how to do it right.

Or when targeting somebody that might be perceived as "vulnerable" (and therefore the subject being crass) make yourself ALSO the butt of the joke. So long as you're not making yourself "better" than whoever you're insulting it's all good imo. Another comic who does this well is Al Murray. He plays a very stereotypical British nationalist character, but heaped with irony so that whatever offensive thing he says, he himself is the ultimate butt of the joke. We can both enjoy the direct meaning (hating the french, for instance. A great British pastime) while appreciating the ridiculousness OF that enjoyment (that fact that the French are our allies, we have an enormous amount of shared history & hating people for their nationality is dumb) An American comic that does this really well is Bill Burr.

@@DmGray Bill Burr is bloody great, one of my favourite US comedians.

For dark UK humour, try and get hold of 'Human Remains' (Rob Brydon & Julia Davis)

Yeah, the drinking here in the us makes no sense haha

@@WanderingRavens The UK's legal drinking age of 18 is still pretty strict compared to continental Europe; I know in Germany for example you can buy beer and wine at 16, but you have to be 18 to buy spirits

@@kingnotail3838 you can drink at 16 in the U.K. as long as you have a meal with it and someone over 18 is paying for it & stays with you

@@NicholasJH96 you can drink at 6 or something, in your own home,lol

@@Jamie_D nah, it’s 5 in the UK in your own home. The idea is it’s up to your parents to decide how you are introduced to alcohol. 16 in pubs, with a meal, 18, all bets are off...

It was the same when Nestlé acquired Rowntree's and Fry's, oh and they changed their own name from Nestles to that of the Swiss parent company.

"budget* milk chocolate these days has to be Galaxy - I just can't eat Cadbury now.

@@tonys1636 Frys is part of Cadbury not Nestle

@@sameebah Galaxy is made by Mars, which is a US company.

@@rich7447 - but to a UK recipe.

Thanks for this, I will try this tomorrow 😁🍪

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Poor you, I grew up in Northampton. Very different place to the 80s and 90s, and also in a county with a bankrupt council. Left there 16 years ago!

@@svartmetall48 Have yo agree moved out and went to Leeds, so glad I left, was so much different in. The 70s 80s and 90s

@@roundtheloopandback I went to Auckland NZ, then to Stockholm, Sweden and now am in Glasgow for now before moving on again! Funny where life takes you!

You've obviously never been to grimsby (clue is in the name),sunderland,ALL of liverpool and burnley. All different types of hell. I went to blackburn once. It was closed for repairs.

SO. MANY. KARENS.

as american i dont even think we have culture . American traditions could be culture???? Lol

Idk. The U.K. has its fair share of Karens. Katie Hopkins herself is the queen of Karens

@@sgl0d10n Eh I have seen some crazy woman yelling at some girl that was in uk. But Americans are just sensitive and not good at all. Some women in America have problems (like health problems, or being high) and some women are mad when people defend themselves or doing a small thing that doesnt need to be turned into a big deal. I do not know what is wrong with them.

@@sgl0d10n Katie Hopkins is a heroine for those who value free speech.

Have you tried the chilli marmite yet? It's so good.

Your right I think people unfamiliar with it treat it as a spread when really it's a seasoning. Of course when you've grown up with it and got to my age you can eat it by the spoonful. Honestly I'd happily sit and eat spoon after spoonful if it wasn't so high in sodium.

I got my [American-born] daughters hooked on Marmite by adding it to gravy and scrambled eggs [not on the same plate, obvs]

@@gollygaloshes I saw that today, but despite being a lifelong fan who shovels Marmite XO on, I was nervous about that, due it sounding completely mental. Thinking back that seems a little out of character. I must buy some next time!

The secret of Marmite is Never Buy It! Mind you people seem to like it?

How would that be sarcasm? 😊

I would rather have a dark fruits than a wife

@@lukesanders8912 do we have a tgf fan here

Smart these yanks ain't they !!!

Oh good, I can start eating it again, yum yum

@@catherinerobilliard7662 I was just thinking Oh good I can start putting on weight again, ha ha

Really hope this is the case.

Wait. What? Pray to God it leads to old and much better taste back. Because Kraft's version is awful and bland. What was the point of changing the ingredients? I so hope you're right

I really hope so. I’ve still been eating it but quite rarely. It’s like my mind occasionally has a craving for it but i buy some and the quality and familiar taste just isn’t there. The texture isn’t as smooth and the taste is mainly sugar rather than a milky chocolate. I used to eat loads of it in big helpings so easily 😭

yes haha

Americans don't know what a 'sea' is. Salt water is always called an Ocean unless it's in a glass!

I would bet that most Americans have visited either the Atlantic, Pacific or Gulf of Mexico at some point. To be honest, I prefer the Great Lakes to the ocean. That salt water is pretty hard when you hit it at speed.

baylessnow , I suppose it's because their coasts are either the Atlantic or the Pacific oceans.

I have spoken to many Americans and the majority said them have NEVER seen the sea

There’s an old (possibly apocryphal) story about an American tourist visiting a Cambridge (or Oxford) College and asking how the groundsman kept the lawn so perfect. He said “Ah there is a trick to it: First you mow it, and then you roll it, and then you mow it again, and then roll it again... and keep doing that for 800 years and it’ll look like this”.

@@nemo2e4 I often tell that joke, but it's The Tower of London, not Cambridge.

William the conqueror started building cathedrals after 1066

Ouch!!!!! 😂😂

America the only country to go from barbarism, to decadence then back to barbarism with no intervening time of civilisation.

LOL

Mean Ian

@@who798 not mean..just banter.

We tried to build some of those, but Zoolander wouldn’t have it.

@@WanderingRavens 'What is this, a museum for ants?' -Eric.

But if they were small we wouldn't be able to get in

That took me a minute, before I then awarded you today's internet!🤗

Our museums show off all the great stuff we borrowed during the empire days. BTW we’re not giving it back!

Hear, hear! I particularly love a good, mature Cheddar - just gorgeous! And even the supermarkets do a decent version, making it super-affordable too - which is a good thing, considering how much of the stuff I shove down my gullet...!

@@Tricia_K lol...!!!

Have you seen the colour of American 'cheddar' - looks more like red Leicester

@@Kay-uy4xn Bought some of that cheese here in Australia from Cosco , pretty shitty

Elgin, I presume

You fell for that one. Elgin marbles came from Greece. Actually in Britain we do have many amazing museums. Beamish open air museum in Durham is wonderful. The history of our country, shows how we lived.

@@joannakennedy6005 I love Beamish, walking through the different era areas is like stepping out of a time machine. (the fish and chips are fab too)

@@helenbanks7599 Yes and it's on my doorsteps. We have hidden gems in the North East, like Hadrian's Wall, Durham Cathedral, York with the Viking Museum, York Minster. Americans blab on, but they have no history like we have here!

There:s also the really quirky museums such as the pencil museum in Keswick, several lawnmower museums and so on. We even have a museum of Americana at Limpley Stoke, Bristol!

I saw red plastic cups in poundland a few days ago! The invasion has begun.

Costco is introducing them to the UK. I hate to see it. They are far too large 😂.

We will end up playing beer pong eventually😩

@@dontwatchtv5797 NEVER!!!!!!

@@baylessnow what? Tf you talking about 'never' you weirdo

Only homeless people drink Strongbow in the UK. It's like what Fosters is to you.

@@JoeyRhubarb Thatchers is the most popular cider in the West Country. Don’t know about the rest of the UK. Aspall is also a very nice cider.

BTW Brits love Oz.

Eric says that he appreciates you 😂

@@WanderingRavens It's scone, like stone.

@@WanderingRavens And I say he's wrong lol...

@@lassievision it's scone, like gone 😂

I’m Team Eric too!

Are you saying that us americans do not need passports? I am not sure what point you're trying to make in this comment but Americans need passports to travel no matter what. If you lose your passport you basically screwed up your whole life

@@lia.isjusbetter You need a passport to travel between states? Thats like us needing one to take a trip to Scotland crazy

@@Jamie_D If you are traveling local (in states) than you do not have to use a passport, but going to countries you do!

Having a large diverse country isn't an excuse as Canadians and Australians travel far more than Americans. Americans don't travel because they are insular, leanr very little about the rest of the world and get laughable holiday entitlement.

@@Jamie_D Jamir, Americans don't need passports to travel between states, don't be ridiculous.

Wrong. England actually fits into the USA 76 times. The UK fits 40 times.

Interesting fact, I must remember this one. In return, here’s an interesting fact for you: The last descendant of Napoleon Bonaparte died in America after tripping over a dog lead

@@danielrobinson2991 Lol thats fucking funny as fuck. What a retarded way to go out. Just proves there is a lot more than we think that can kill us.

@@s3_Ash thx, that fact was taken from QI's book 1342 facts to leave you flabbergasted. There are a lot more facts in there on every topic under the sun, it's a good book

@@TR4zest didn't think about that lol

Not yet! But we're dying to go!

@@WanderingRavens oh no, hope u get better! 😢 It's not worth going there if you're going to die because of it

@@WanderingRavens Cornwall is a must aswell

God built the rest of UK in the first 5 days, slowly honing the skills with mistakes until he could build the perfect place. Then he built Yorkshire and was so pleased with the result he called it God's own county. You can see that Somerset and Lancashire were built on day 1.

@@alanalderson1427 just a shame about the people in Yorkshire. How do you explain Cornwall in my opinion the most beautiful part of England.

Totally agree, marmite is disgusting

Marmite - hate it. Twiglets (also yeast extract flavour) - love them. I don't know why

Marmite is the best thing to put on wholemeal toast.

Marmite……nectar of the gods 😛

Marmite the best thing you can put on toast.

I do that sort of thing! My alternative is "I now call upon the Leader of the Opposition to address the House of Commons" or the "coronation in Westminster Abbey" scenario . . . "And now we see the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Right Reverend Sunflower Ice-Lolly Jones place the crown on the head of the new King George the Seventh". (For best effect, try it in the slow, BBC-running-commentary-at-serious-royal-event voice!)

In our family, we have the back door test. Go to the back door shout the name at the top of your voice. If you feel silly, DON'T DO IT!

@@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars That one works for pet names too 🤣

@@lilmisanthrope Absolutely. That's what stopped me from calling my kitten 'Fang'.

Yeah a lot of Americans view this as a negative thob... It's "communism" somehow

Its not free, we pay national insurance for things like nhs fire Brigade police etc

@@TheYazza1 Exactly the amount of times I've had to explain this to Americans.

@@TheYazza1 still a better system though.

@@TheYazza1 those who are not employed will not pay

Thanks!!

@@WanderingRavens I wasn't sure if that was intentional or just really good coincidence :)

Oh yes! Love Harry Potter!

I wish we could.

@@allenwilliams1306 😄 I bet you wish you had her money though 😁

@@allenwilliams1306 Me too, she's a bigot.

Most Europeans I've met could speak at least two languages well. Usually four or more.

Very true, and I find it slightly embarrassing that we Brits are generally rather poor at languages, but being taught French in school as a boy growing up in a small village high in the Pennines made it seem inappropriate and irrelevant - meeting someone from the next *village* was rare enough, let alone someone from another country ! In Britain, it would be a better use of resources if they taught kids to understand a Geordie or a Brummie accent. 😁

@@donrobertson4940 Europeans yes, the British no. Very few of us really are able to speak a second language..it’s just not that necessary, basically we spent quite a lot of time and effort invading half the planet and forcing them to speak our language so we don’t really need to bother now

Geo 🤣😂🤣

Labour laws are set by the states, not the Feds.

@@rich7447 that's kind of worse because it then means 50 states have terrible labour laws. Maybe one state needs to take a lead. Which state would you say has the best? I'll take a closer look at it.

@@rtsharlotte California has labor laws that are more similar to Canada and the UK, but they are the outlier. For the most part Americans don't want government injecting themselves into very much at all and this extends to business. If additional vacation or health benefits is something that you want from your employer then you ask for it and the employer is able to make a value assessment (as are you). If your needs are different then you negotiate based on what is important to you. As far as which state handles this the best, my definition of best will differ from yours. I like to work in states that limit government regulation and allow businesses and employees to determine their own working relationship. This approach tends to produce a meritocracy and a good balance between the needs of employers and employees.

@@rich7447 I did have a quick look but the labour laws there are still pretty terrible in comparison to the UK/EU. The thing with having a system why you negotiate basic benefits is that it leaves it wide open for it to take advantage of their employees. I consider myself a dam good barman but I can't negotiate for shit. I could no way imagine any bar in California accepting what I already have in my basic contract. I strongly feel that you need to have a basis for basic things and then negotiate them if you want a higher wage for example.

@@rtsharlotte It's all about marketable skills. If you have the same skills as everyone else then you are easily replaceable and there is little incentive to keep you. Remember that good barmen in the US make a ton of money, much of it tax free.

Stronbow is irish from clonmel

really its english how things change

Strongbow is not a great cider. I grew up 3 miles from a cider factory. Used to be Inches cider, but Bulmer bought it and closed the factory down to get rid of competition. Someone who used to work for Sam Inch bought the factory and started it up again using traditional recipes. They are now the Winkleigh Cider Company, and call it Sam's Cider. It is very nice. They also make wonderful Scrumpy.

I thought that was white lightning....

@@keefbrown when I was at University we used to mix white lightning and the drink Castaway. It was nice, we would call it Blastaway. But I missed proper Scrumpy as you couldn't get it in Hull at the time. I am originally from Devon.

It is apparently so bad in the US that it makes the UK's look amazing in comparison.

I've watched a few people from other countries say its really good apparently japan is great also.

Just shows that what all of us British complain about is actually from an outside perspective actually good

We call it public transport, not transportation

British transport is very good, we take it for granted

Beating the US in healthcare is like beating the disabled kid in a wheelchair, in a 200 meter sprint, it's nothing to boast about. The U.S. has major issues with healthcare which are overly political, just not worth having that political B.S. come up. Maybe in the future they can get something better in place... Obama did try but it wasn't enough.

Yes, no wonder he doesn't like it if he takes Marmite by the spoonful! For me the best way is thinly spread on wholemeal toast with some tahini.

to Americans Irony is similar to coppery

@@robchissy 😂🤣♥️

I'm glad I wasn't the only one thinking it. What they described was cliché, not ironic!

I think Alanis Morrisette is partly to blame...

Yes I can't remember the last time we had a power cut . Probably jinxed it now

We have a National Grid , and international Grid, which works , Look at Texas for instruction on how NOT to supply electricity.

The only ones I've ever had have been fixed just by resetting the fuse box.

Your chances of a power outage is primarily determined by the region that you live in. Many parts of the US get periodic outages with major storms especially when the type of storm is unusual for the area. North American weather tends to be far more extreme than anything that the UK experiences.

@@rich7447 Whilst we get local problems due to fallen trees major area outages such as hit Texas have not occurred, mostly due to well designed systems.

We'll do that!!

You must not have had white lightning or k cider lol

I only drink tea and cider, the latter always being at least 6% alcohol.

White lightening tramps and slappers drink of choice

Strongbow is proper rough, kopparberg is a good one. But I’m not a big cider fan

Grace was seemingly posher untill the canned cheese comment 😂

no

Oh no he isn't 😉

You're obviously from the south and therefore wrong. Grace of course has the correct pronunciation. You probably have barths too.

I am English and also not a Unionist and hope the Union is soon ended,everyone will be OK.

Absolutely. The nonsense in New York of not paying the displayed price got on my nerves. We have a flat value added tax that is rolled into the sticker price.

Perfect English, Kewicka X

That's not strictly true. Traveling around the US I've found an abundance of folklore, but I would divided it into two categories, pre and post European. Native Americans have some incredible folklore and post European folklore can be found in many small towns across the US.

I look forward to hearing the stories about Milton Keynes.

But local power delivery is almost always underground, so it's far less vulnerable to falling trees and traffic accidents.

Oh! Good to know!

@@WanderingRavens It is quite a shock when you visit an English (or Welsh/Scottish) village/small town and realise that the power is being supplied at roof level along the street. For me that surprise shows how rare it is. On the other hand many/most(?) houses have their Phone (and internet) service supplied by overhead lines. That is not what it seems. The lines do not run in the air, along the side of the streets from an exchange building to each house . The phone/internet lines run underground from the exchange, but pop up every 10 houses or so, where there is a wooden pole which supplies phone/internet to the nearby houses - up to 20 / pole. In my road (and town), the main telecommunications provider - BT, has now installed fibre internet along those underground routes and up to the top of the same poles. So I can now order up to a 1Gb Internet fibre Internet service, but it will come via my nearby pole. As it happens my town also has fibre internet from another provider which is distributed entirely underground. The company that paid for digging every pavement up to achieve that, went bankrupt - hence BT's use of cheaper poles and exposed fibre links!

If you live in a rural area chances are all your power is via overhead cabling. However in the event of a failure, for whatever reason, the supply grid is usually very good at isolating as small an area as possible while remedial work is carried out. Power gets rerouted. Point of interest if your power is out your telephone land line is often still working as it is a separate system. So when your mobile can't be charged you can still make calls from that old fashioned thing that's wired in.

We call them power cuts, not outages

@Rita Roork In the UK we do not need to defend ourselves from gun violence because there is not the same amount of guns in our society as in the US. Surely the direct correlation between gun crime and gun ownership cannot be ignored.

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Brutal! :)

Agreed.

I say it as 'scon' rather than 'scone'. I don't have an opinion on the order of the jam and cream though.

Unless it is the town in Scotland in which case both are wrong and it is Scone (Skoon).

Depends where you live. In the North East we say skone which is the viking pronunciation

If it's on your plate, then it's your sc-own; once you've eaten it, it's s-gone!