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@FelifromGermany Год назад

What are some of the things that YOU saw for the very first time when traveling to another country? 😃🤔 Let me know in the comments!

@lavaha6627 Год назад

Das im Paris war Müll auf der Straße und war fast keine Benzin im Paris wann mein eltern brauchen eine

@folkehoffmann1198 Год назад

Water fountains! And a local High School that has its on TV channel. Oh and back in 2006 I had never seen string cheese in Germany either.

@folkehoffmann1198 Год назад

And I had never seen a money order either.

@GRT1865 Год назад

While at a market I noticed the police were dressed in 3 different uniforms. One had no weapons, another had a pistol, the third had a riffle. Some local stole something from a shop. The first police yelled and chased maybe 10 ft. The second chased to the end of the block. The third shot into the air and the thief immediately laid on the ground and waited to be arrested. It seemed like nobody at the market even flinched or noticed.

@michaelodonnell824 Год назад

When I first visited Germany in the late 1970s, I could not get over the fact that there are cigarette machines on every corner. I don't think we ever had them in Ireland.

@stevegfromnc3482 Год назад

The lengthy warnings at the end of the prescription medication ads only started when one of the companies lost a huge lawsuit based on failure to warn consumers and had to pay out billions in damages.

@ACGreyhound04 Год назад

I write disclosures like this for financial companies. All of them begin as litigation settlement requirements.

@dead-claudia Год назад

and they'll still get sued if it's incomplete - just ask johnson & johnson on what happened with risperidal

@bill45colt Год назад

@@ACGreyhound04 all her life, my great grandmother was the neighborhood pharmacist. She would scour the woods in the late spring to gather up lots of buds and sprouts and roots to dry for making up her potions. She had all sorts of things and didnt charge anyone if they wanted to use her. They were 34 miles from town off the front porch, and the nearest neighbor to the rear was a 38 mile trek through the woods as there were no roads. She lived kinda remote. She was half indian. They had all sorts of concoctions over the years, and most tasted like the soup of hell!! But many of them worked.

@ACGreyhound04 Год назад

@@bill45colt - My great-grandma, straight off the boat from Greece, was similar. She was a peasant woman from a mountain village, and her home remedies were legendary in my family. She lived to be 98 years old, so she must have done something right. RIP Yiayia!

@DataCab1e Год назад

Apparently the list of side effects is only required if the ad states what the drug is for. Which is why some just vaguely say "Ask your doctor if ___ is right for you."

@ohioguy9512 Год назад

I have hosted six German exchange students here in Ohio. It’s great that you’re pointing out things they’ve noticed as well. And it’s fun for me to see my home through their eyes. I’ve also been to Germany to visit them, and I loved it. Experiencing different cultures is so important, and as an educator, I think it’s the best classroom!! Thanks for sharing!

@jlandon6028 5 дней назад

Nice testimony. May it happen throughout the world without ceasing.

@vasilkraychev8194 Год назад

The US Department of Labor states that every employer across the US must provide drinking water. Specifically, the drinking water must: Be in accordance with public health standards Come from a drinking fountain, covered container, or single-use bottle Amusement parks are also obligated to have them so you don't have to pay $10 for a bottle of water. They usually put water fountains in hard to find places :)

@Nostripe361 Год назад

I am wondering how water fountains will be affected by the pandemic long term. Even afterwards, I still see many now afraid to drink from something that everyone else has touched or put their lips on.

@randyhawley7202 Год назад

@@Nostripe361 Put their lips on? I've never seen a drinking fountain designed for you to put your lips on?

@Nostripe361 Год назад

@@randyhawley7202 You're not supposed to but I have seen some weird people who put there mouth right on the are where the water comes out of. Also it wasn't uncommon where I went to school to see some people use the fountain to gargle and spit out the water when they were done back into the fountain basin.

@dead-claudia Год назад

only really mandated for employees tho doesn't need to exist for the general public - that's just a social norm

@golden.lights.twinkle2329 Год назад

Most water in the US tastes so horrible you have to buy bottled water anyway.

@xfdrtgfd Год назад

The thing that amazes me about flavored coffee creamer is that there is a huge selection of them in the grocery store. I don’t use them, I don’t like my coffee sweet. Nothing wrong with cream cheese on toast, to me anyway. Cream cheese and jam works too, on toast or bagels.

@deutschmitpurple2918 Год назад

😊😊❤❤

@CdA_Native Год назад

oooh, cream cheese and jalapeno jelly on a Triscuit cracker.........

@VersedNJ Год назад

I use cream cheese on toast, most like soft, maybe whipped. I do think it's regional and ethnic. I don't care for flavored cream cheese except for lox cream cheese. As far as coffee, half the time I drink it black, sometimes with milk, on and off with half and half, since the price soared on half and half, stopped buying. Went through a short month or two flavored creamer thing, not worth the health and calorie risks. Fine for a late afternoon cup of coffee more of a trade off for a candy or cake, but just a little.

@mikeh720 Год назад

@@CdA_Native cream cheese and medium salsa on a triscuit is my kryptonite! I'm rendered helpless until one of the three is completely consumed

@janaaj1an889 Год назад

My parents told me at 12 if I wanted to drink coffee it had to be black (my father drank it that way). I have ever since (65 years and counting).

@bigbrewha Год назад

Storm doors in the northern area's actually help to insulate the door way! The idea being that the extra layer of non/minimally moving air helps to insulate similar to double paned windows. It also helps to prevent heat loss around the door stops by creating that buffer. Even with modern doors the biggest heat loss is from the crack, so it helps to keep the air from moving and drawing the heat from the home. You can also get security doors that have laminated glass and stronger locking mechanisms to provide extra deterrence.

@kkarllwt Год назад

And, before foam filled metal doors, the wood was a so/so insulator and air moved thru the cracks in the joinery. South facing doors turn into solar heat collectors when the inner door is open.

@solicitr666 Год назад

And, conversely, in the South before air conditioning, a screen door was a way to get air circulation without letting in flies and mosquitos.

@csnide6702 Год назад

EXACTLY --- big thing here in Michigan ... ! 👍

@bothellkenmore Год назад

The storm doors at my parents house had a sliding glass pane and a screen so you could have the airflow in summer and the protection/insulation in winter.

@csnide6702 Год назад

@@bothellkenmore yup - I've got the same thing

@davevann9795 Год назад

8:09 In the US, the term "coffee grounds" usually refers to the leftover wet mess of coffee beans after coffee is made. The packages on the store shelves is called "ground coffee". Simply reversing the order of these two words seems to make a big difference in the US.

@JPaterson8942 Год назад

I never noticed that before - omg cat just let me type this and then I'll pet you geeze!

@psirrow Год назад

I've never heard of "coffee grounds" only referring to used grounds. I've definitely seen and used the term for unused or "fresh" grounds. When it's important to distinguish, the qualifies "used" and "fresh" are used. However, context often makes things clear. I've never used the term "ground coffee" and that term only seems to exist on packages as an adjective or past tense verb to distinguish from "whole coffee".

@andrewwhitehead2002 Год назад

Definitely in British English “ground coffee” is the stuff you make coffee from and coffee grounds is what is left after you have made the coffee 😂

@chawndel8279 Год назад

@@psirrow must be where you live. I'm in the Pacific Northwest and the word order distinguishes meaning. Coffee grounds are what's left over. No one here calls fresh ground coffee "coffee grounds".

@danielcarroll3358 Год назад

@@chawndel8279 Same in California.

@mutzekiepchen Год назад

Definitely with on the check thing. I live in New Jersey and came over from Germany in 2020. When I came over, I opened a bank account and could order my own personalized checks (of course I chose animal pictures lol). I had to use them especially in the beginning, setting up rent payments and such. Luckily, now I can do online banking and auto payments almost everywhere. Occasionally though I get checks from insurance companies or have to use one for payments still.

@christophb2736 Год назад

As a German I was nearly unable to buy myself a cup of coffee back in 2001 in a Starbucks in Detroit. They asked weird questions about size, taste, topping and my name...

@Habakuk_ Год назад

asking for their names is a no-go :)

@scvcebc Год назад

You can make up a name, but then when they call it, you better remember that it is your order that is ready!

@icerepublic Год назад

@@johnp139 In Germany we usually only have these endless questions with American restaurants like Starbucks, Subway etc. Many people (including myself) avoid to go there for this very reason: They don't like to answer so many questions. I'd definitely go there way more often without all those stupid questions. In a normal German restaurant you just go there and say in a single sentence what you want and that's it. You don't usually configure it that much. I guess it's a cultural thing. In the US people have the feeling it's a customer-friendly service if they can customize their order to a T. In Germany we find this annoying and a waste of time. How do German restaurants know whom to give it to without asking the name? Well, they usually serve one after the other or they just remember. Due to high labor costs there are in fact way less people working. So usually it's less confusion and the person who took your order is also the one preparing it and giving to you.

@hannahk1306 Год назад

@@icerepublic I'd say it's similar in the UK and even when they need to call you over they just call out the order, e.g. "2 teas, a cheese toastie and an omelette", or they have table/order numbers. Some places also have these fancy vibrating coasters that buzz when your order's ready.

@icerepublic Год назад

@@hannahk1306 I don't know what the Americans are thinking with their constant name-asking. On vacation in the US, I always had to give my name. Ordering a coffee? Name please. Waiting for a free seat in a restaurant? Name please? I gave my name, even spelt it letter by letter, they wrote it down. And when they finally called me... my name was completely unrecognizable due to bad pronunciation 😂😭 They wondered why I didn't react and looked at me. So they knew who they where looking for without the name anyway. 🤣 Why didn't just tell me that my coffee is ready. After a while I honestly thought about pretending I was Peter to circumvent all the trouble. Weird. If they have really trouble discerning their customers why don't they just hand out numbers? It really seems unnecessarily complicated.

@steveschainost7590 Год назад

With a glass storm door, on sunny days, we can leave the front door open in cool/cold weather. The glass door keeps the cold air out and additional light and warmth into the front room. Our dogs love the lay on that warm spot in front of the door.

@greatscot04 Год назад

Re: storm doors: Mine actually have a removable pane that you can either put glass or a screen in depending on the season. I don't use the glass by itself that often, but having the screen is quite nice during warm weather.

@anthonyfuqua6988 Год назад

Most have glass that slides up and down.

@loboheeler Год назад

Europeans don't treat doors and windows like we do in the US. It's a thing of bugs in the Summer, and insulation in the Winter. Older houses needed the extra outside insulating glass panes, which you had to install seasonally. Storm windows as extra insulation are not as common now with modern double pane windows. I had an older house in Chicago that had glass, screen, and storm window all in one frame.

@JPaterson8942 Год назад

We've got doors with the sliding pane. Although if it's too cold or nasty to not have it open, we're not going to use it with the pane closed.

@mrcryptozoic817 3 месяца назад

That's a really old model. I've never seen one like that since about 1970.

@Steve-hu9gw Год назад

Part of the point of a drinking fountain is having cold rather than tepid water. We Americans love our cold water. Tepid water just doesn’t quench our thirst.

@80cardcolumn Год назад

I went on a motorcycle tour in 1991 that went through parts of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, and France. Some things I never saw in the USA: - Border crossing posts and passport inspection at every country line. - Changing currency for every country. - Turning in your passport while staying at a hotel. - Giant vending machines that sold all kinds of groceries. You selected a loaf of bread at B17, for example, and it was moved to the dispensing door. - Large spreads of food served at smorgasbord breakfasts at hotels. - Stores closed for several hours in the afternoon. - Bathroom where the toilet was just a porcelain slot in the floor. (Small restaurant in Italy) - Beer gardens and humongous beer glasses.

@minihamster Год назад

Of course you wouldn't experience changing money or border controls in the USA since it's one big country. But Switzerland, Austria etc are different countries. It's like you would need to change money and maybe getting stopped by border control when you're driving to Canada or Mexico. Europe is not the same as the EU. But since the introduction of the Euro there isn't a mandatory border control or changing money anymore - except for Switzerland, which isn't a member of the EU :)

@richardtodd6843 Год назад

Some things I noticed when I visited Europe as a teen in 1976: 1) When visiting a grocery store down the hill from Marienplatz in München, you had to bag the items yourself (minor surprise) and the cashier sat on stools (bigger surprise). 2) A coin-operated beer machine in a hotel hallway in München. 3) Cars on the streets of Amsterdam in perfect condition where in Cincinnati rusty cars were common. I wondered if that stemmed from cars being more of a luxury item there with tighter maintenance regulations. 4) What appeared to be poor people living in beautiful neighborhoods in Amsterdam. 5) Trams running in Heidelberg when they didn't exist in far larger US cities. 6) Coca-cola and carbonated fruit drinks sold in ⅓ liter cans. It made realize that there wasn't much difference between those and 12 ounce cans. Subsequent developments made me realize Americans have no trouble understanding the metric system when it is applied to soft drinks, yet somehow the 12-ounce cans persist alongside the .5, 1, 1.25 and 2-liter bottles. 6) Mind-blowing air pollution levels in Brussels due to a heat wave. Possibly because of Europeans driving less, they were a few years later than the U.S. at instituting air pollution controls for vehicles.

@SJHFoto 6 месяцев назад

6-From Canada. A 12 oz can is 355mL, so you are correct. 1/3L cans are SLIGHTLY less

@hydrolito 6 месяцев назад

12 ounces is smaller than half a litter. Gallon of milk or gallon of ice cream is 3. 78 litters.

@SJHFoto 6 месяцев назад

@@hydrolito I know! That is why I said it is 355mL! There are 1000mL in a litre (I assume you mean "litre" or "liter" when you said "litter", yes?

@johnedwards9051 Год назад

Hello! I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the things you cover on your channel. I am middle-aged and blind. I am in the technological Stone Age. But, I started using RU-vid specifically to learn German. Your channel was my very first subscription and this is the very first comment I have ever left. I love your content. Learning all of the small cultural differences is great. Armed with this knowledge, I have recently made two German friends from Paderborn. They are blind as well. The things that you cover on your channel was a great spark to ignite conversation. I’ve been learning German for the past two years and will be playing host to them when they come to America. I am looking forward to this and I have to give you credit where it is due. Since all three of us are blind, charades is out. You have created a desire to learn German and German culture. Thank you again from the bottom of my heart. Addendum: your marketing and your products are amazing! It is almost as if you have a history in marketing lol. Thank you for sharing so much of your life with us viewers and I hope you and your boyfriend have an amazing Oktoberfest!

@johannesmontoya6936 Год назад

Hey, greetings from germany! I feel you in my heart and it was very emotional and beautiful to read your comment. Wish you all the best in life my brother 🙏🏽❤️

@ferlou2373 Год назад

❤️

@flobi2306 Год назад

This was so heartfelt. I hope we can welcome you in Germany too and you will have a wonderful time here. Thank you for sharing your story💓

@clinthowe7629 Год назад

when i was a kid we went to visit relatives in New Jersey and at breakfast i excitedly reached for a chocolate donut, only to find out it was a pumpernickel bagel 😂😂😂 our Jersey host thought i was out of my mind, but my parents actually bought large devils food chocolate donuts and regularly kept them on the refrigerator, they looked exactly like those pumpernickel bagels. ☺️

@kenjf1009 Год назад

Some dip weed USAF inspector complained that the complimentary donuts we provided his team were stale. They were bagels.

@mrcryptozoic817 3 месяца назад

@@kenjf1009(chuckle)

@Sailor-Dave Год назад

I pay with a check for the electric bill, my Discover Card bill, the phone bill, and the water bill. Other than that, I almost always pay with the Discover Card. I'm very sorry for how unkind this sounds, but I'll bet prior to the 1930s, there were bagel bakeries in Germany. Screen doors were used to allow ventilation and keep out the flies and mosquitoes prior to the ubiquitous use of air conditioning.

@stparisian Год назад

Finally! Even tho’ we didn’t do it, I had to scroll thru hundreds of comments to find someone “brave enough” to comment on bagels! 😅👍❤️

@aphextwin5712 Год назад

In a way, one main purpose of screen doors seems to be to turn doors into additional windows.

@rettawhinnery Год назад

I agree that prescription drugs should not be advertised on TV. Plus, I think that doctors get paid for prescribing certain drugs, so it does make the product seem untrustworthy. On a similar but different note, a PA (Physician's Assistant, who can prescribe drugs) wanted to put me on Metformin for diabetes. I don't like taking pills at all, so I objected. She apparently thought I was asking for a designer drug because she explained to me that it was the least expensive. We were not on the same wavelength at all.

@Ghost-ur7kq Год назад

It is actually illegal for doctors or PAs to get paid for prescribing it.

@rettawhinnery Год назад

@@Ghost-ur7kq Good to know. Thanks for the update.

@captain_context9991 Год назад

Yes this is a huge american problem. How doctors get paid to push meds on patients completely without any medical benefit. Just to cash in. Its a corrupt system to the very core. This has been linked to RAMPANT pill dependancies, crisis-levels opioid epidemics, and entire communities ruined. You would come into a doctor with a bruised hand, and leave with enough hard drugs to sedate a village. For no reason. These drugs are strong enough to knock you completely out for days. I was given one once and it was scary. Also..... Whats wrong with Metformin for diabetes?

@jonathangullett3143 Год назад

Again, it is illegal for doctors to receive money for prescribing drugs. Drug companies try to fund information sessions in a variety of awesome location, and market thought leaders with meals etc, but these practices often come to light and diminish credibility of pharma and prescribers.

@jonathangullett3143 Год назад

@@johnp139 simple, there are gatekeepers who make money on simple services that do not require an advanced degree.

@jonmkyle1 Год назад

Hello Feli, The reason there are regionalized commercials in the US, is that the major networks set aside a certain number of commercial slots for the local affiliates. For example, the local NBC affiliate sells adds that are only broadcast on that channel. The NBC affiliate in the next major city will air a different add in the same slot because the commercials are inserted locally. Hope that makes sense.

@chrisbegger8684 Год назад

I like this one as it wasn't a total " Bash America, Germany does it so much better" video I have seen mostly as of late

@SnowmanTF2 Год назад

Water fountains long predated the popularity of personal water bottles, if my experience is common in the US it would be by around a hundred years. Sure various similar products existed even back then, but when I was in elementary in the 80s basically only type of drinks students had was in a lunch box's thermos or sealed containers (generally juice or pop, not water), I did not start seeing people commonly using water bottles either at lunch or the rest of the day till around early 2000s. Granted they did seem to start finding niches in recreationally sports or exercise in the 90s, before which it was more common to just see only a team water dispenser with a lot of paper cups.

@spellbinder3113 Год назад

I agree. Water bottles were not a thing in the 80's.

@aquilapetram Год назад

@@spellbinder3113 Certainly not in individual drink sizes. Larger bottles (liters and so on) started appearing in the 1970s, but they were mostly imported sparkling mineral water. I don't think I saw still water in bottles until nearly 1990, and I didn't see it in the pint/0.5 liter or less individual drink sizes until the late 1990s. And this is in the SF Bay Area, which tends to pick up on fads earlier than most places.

@davidkermes376 Месяц назад

when i was in school, elementary through high school, students couldn't bring bottled drinks into classrooms. .that made drinking fountains pretty much a necessity.

@sammijean06 Год назад

The first time I traveled abroad from the United States, I couldn’t figure out how to keep my hotel light on 🤣. Apparently you insert your room key. This is absolutely genius for (1) saving on electricity and (2) not losing your room key. However, it took me a good 15 minutes and a Google search to figure out what the heck I was doing wrong.

@michaelodonnell824 Год назад

I was confused as hell when I first encountered them. Also, why do you have to TWIST lamp buttons to turn them on in the US, at home we just push them through. I literally could not turn on the lamp my fist night in the US and reported it as broken the next morning - then they Twisted the thing I had been trying to push...

@nathan1821 Год назад

ist doch in Deutschland auch so?

@captain_context9991 Год назад

You are so right :)

@sammijean06 Год назад

@@michaelodonnell824 I also don’t know why we still have twist lamps. Nothing is worse than trying to turn your bedside lamp off before bed after applying lotion to your hands and you just can’t gain enough traction to actually turn the darn thing.

@Mirabellism Год назад

We used to have twist switches in the cellar of my parents house 40-50 years ago (in Germany). I almost forgot about that. 💡😂

@antediluvianclockwork9769 Год назад

I bet I could guess why bagels aren't popular in Germany nowadays...

@antediluvianclockwork9769 Год назад

@@johnp139 perhaps!

@pghsanta Год назад

She needs to talk to her grand parents or read a history book about the bagel lovers from Germany

@kriswarren2469 Год назад

Maybe something to note about watching a nationwide broadcast and seeing local ads is the fact that your local broadcaster has the rights to air the national coverage. They then splice in local adverts. It happens up here in Canada when watching American television. Sometimes when the local ad finishes you'll see the last second of the American advert

@georgiancrossroads Год назад

Feli I was just in Germany two weeks ago for half a month. Every German had one thought on their mind: "Winter is coming!" And I'm sure you know what that means this winter. Maybe you can do a video on this sometime. By the way having watched your channel for several years it really paid off. Still didn't make it to München though. But I did visit Heidelberg for the first time. My new favorite German city.

@Zireael83 Год назад

I´m from germany too and I don´t think about winter and high gas prices. But I´m in the luck position that I´m not one of the poorest in my country (not one of the riches either) but It won´t kill me if things cost double. But there are many people that don´t have any spare money left each month. For these the winter probably won´t be as pleasant.

@lionmuesli4321 Год назад

Yes, Heidelberg is such a remarkable (and delicious) city.

@rachelledoninetch9560 Год назад

Probably because the wonder if they will freeze when Russia turns off the natural gas.

@martinherrington9499 Год назад

Good list. I remember being surprised when we moved from Belgium to the US that the US was still using checks so much. In my business, we have customers who regularly pay us amounts like $100,000 by check. I still find this amazing!

@csnide6702 Год назад

you can send that 6 figure check to me if it becomes a problem.... 😅😉

@WalterGreenIII Год назад

@@csnide6702 As long as it is not printed on Latex...

@csnide6702 Год назад

@@WalterGreenIII or 🏀

@martinherrington9499 Год назад

@John Smith I still write "cheque" when I am in the UK, but "check" seems to be the usual spelling in the US.

@michaelmedlinger6399 Год назад

@John Smith Not in the US.

@GhostIntoTheFog Год назад

One way to get around manually writing and mailing a check yourself is to use your bank's bill-pay option. Usually, if the person/company you're sending the check to hasn't signed up for electronic payment, the bank will mail a bank check to them at no extra cost to you.

@mmosbauer Год назад

When I lived in Germany I loved how the windows could swing open or you could simply tilt the top portion in. This was great when it was raining to still get fresh air. Here in the US windows simply slide up or down.

@pprimiani Год назад

I stayed in Gütersloh for nine weeks in my company’s guest house. The lack of window screens was the toughest for me to get used to, especially after waking up in the middle of the night to a huge mosquito dancing on my face. But one thing I miss after coming home is the fact that juice one buys in Germany is made with sparking water instead of flat water. I don’t like sparkling water on its own but it’s delicious with juice so now I mix all my juice half and half with sparkling water.

@MPerski Год назад

One of the first things that stood out to me when I first travelled to Germany, and actually many European countries, were the outdoor cafes. I really like having a coffee or espresso sitting outside, watching people go by (another observation I don’t necessarily see in the US), and I don’t know if it’s because of our weather in the Midwest (I live near the IL-WI border) or because we have more bugs; but we don’t have many outdoor cafes or coffee shops. Would love another video of shops/restaurants, etc you miss from Germany, and those in the US that you really like. For example, what about our massive shopping malls? Keep up the good work 👍🏻

@MrPip9999 Год назад

Outdoor cafes in the US ?? they will run away without paying the waiter for their drinks 😜

@largol33t1 Год назад

I used to find it funny that Germans don't blink an eye at public nudity. I've learned to live with it. It isn't hurting anyone so it doesn't bother me.

@MPerski Год назад

@@MrPip9999 LOL 😂

@vasilkraychev8194 Год назад

@@MrPip9999 Do you know that as a fact, or from your own practice? And don't forget, US waiters often carry guns😉

@jeffreysahaida1111 Год назад

In Wis. we have outdoor seating but like you say, a times it's too cold or muggy or mosquitoes, but with all the beer tap rooms and bars, they offer out door seating for the smokers. And thye either start a tab or you go inside and pay for the beer. If you run off without paying they just bill your debit account

@emily_gross1990 Год назад

One of my favorite things is a French toast bagel with whipped cream cheese. So delicious! You also must try a baked potato with garden vegetable cream cheese on it. It's actually really good. It's more luxurious than just butter and sour cream but a bit better for you than slathering it in both of those.

@Zireael83 Год назад

I, as a german, like sour cream or "Quark" way more than cream cheese on my potatoes, but thats maybe a personal thing ^^

@broken4520 Год назад

I lived in Germany from 1980-1983 and have returned to Germany quite frequently since 1999. One new thing I began to notice is while bathing. Some places I stay have the shower head sticking straight down out of the ceiling instead of up on the way. I kind of like the idea of the water coming straight down, so I think that is a good innovation.

@qedsteve Год назад

We live in the Desert and during this heat, we can leave the doors open and get decent ventilation when relying on natural ventilation and cooling. Our front is a hard, secure steel lockable screen so we can go to sleep with it open (we just have to remember not to run from the shower naked since you can be seen from the street with the light on). It saves $$$ by not needing to run the air conditioning overnight.

@stevenprichard1925 Год назад

I stayed in an AirBnB apartment in London five years ago and was surprised to see that the “shower” was in the middle of an open bathroom with a squeegee provided to push excess water toward a drain in the floor. This feature is super impractical for wheelchair users as I had to tape together trash bags and drape it over my chair to keep it dry while taking a shower.

@bothellkenmore Год назад

When I first saw those European style bathrooms on HGTV's House Hunters International they did seem weird but I could see being OK using one. Then I saw on another reno show where they made a "wetroom" bathroom in that style in the US and I really liked it from a cleaning aspect, just hose everything off, but it also seemed like it might be AMA compliant. But I think what I'm hearing from you is that you need to get as close to the shower area so you can transfer yourself with as least effort as possible and have your mobility device protected by a barrier like a glass wall. Am I close?

@davidcosta2244 Год назад

Many other countries don't have laws like the U. S. 's ADA laws.

@lorrefl7072 Год назад

I'm from Belgium and been to the UK many times (especially to London), and both in Belgium and the UK I've never seen an open bathroom. 30-40 years ago they did still have some toilets in France that were just a hole in the floor (so no seat or anything) but I've never seen showers that where open. Maybe it's a popular AirBnB thing because they can just hose everything off?

@CaraBirkholz Год назад

A number of years ago my husband got a traffic ticket on a Germany trip. The only way to pay was by bank transfer, but since we don't have a German bank account, that was impossible. Ended up having a German friend pay it and then got them cash.

@lorrefl7072 Год назад

I don't get why you couldn't transfer the money with your American bank account. My American BFF who lives in Belgium now was able to transfer money without any problems before she permanently lived here with her belgian boyfriend and was here on visits.

@volodymyrkleban1484 11 месяцев назад

@@lorrefl7072my bank has $45 fee for international SWIFT bank transfers. Also I assume the German government requires some kind of identifying information on the payment, which might not be possible from the US. IBAN is purely a European thing

@TheQuickSilver101 Год назад

It's nice to see you back in action again. Sorry you were so busy. I hope your fall is more relaxing though I guess that won't happen until you get back from your upcoming trip to Germany!

@saragwaltney5725 Год назад

I just love your content! I was blessed to live in Germany for 4 years and I miss it daily. One of the first things that confused me when we first arrived was I asked for some milk at our hotel for my 2 year old. They looked a bit confused and kindly brought me shelf stable milk. I was so confused!!! It was room temp. Still cracks me up when I see shelf stable milk here in the US. 🤣🤣

@dawnmiller6899 Год назад

What is shelf stable milk

@michaelodonnell824 Год назад

In Ireland something weird happened with cheques a couple of years ago. The Government introduced a basic "Water Charge" and we were all supposed to register. Those who did had our charges withdrawn directly from our Bank Accounts. There was a HUGE political controversy about this and in a later election, while the government remained in place, their new majority depended on them abolishing the "Water Charge". Because a large number of people had never registered for Water Charges, the government decided to refund those of us who had. Despite the fact that they withdrew the Water Charge directly from our Bank Accounts, the gave the refunds by cheque, which I always found very strange.

@rabbiezekielgoldberg2497 Год назад

Why would you register in the first place?

@rabbiezekielgoldberg2497 Год назад

@Nicky L That didn't bother the people who didn't register.

@AV-we6wo Год назад

@@johnp139 It's spelled checks in American English, but (usually) cheques in British English, that's why it is spelled that way in Ireland, too.

@csnide6702 Год назад

that way they could prove you got it back...... nobody could say they didn't get theirs......

@haukenot3345 Год назад

@@csnide6702 You know that banks keep records of all transactions, right? Why would a paper based cheque be more secure or reliable than a digital transaction? If anything, I would have thought the opposite. But I've never used a cheque in my life, so maybe I am missing something.

@ididntknowtheyhadwifiinhell Год назад

about why bagels aren't a common thing in germany: i'm guessing kosher bakeries as a whole aren't either

@chuckwilliams6261 Год назад

Right? The final solution to the bagel question... awkward.

@mramisuzuki6962 Год назад

North East Americans and History buffs doing the cringe smile about the lack of bagels and sweet cream cheese in the Germany.

@ihatethewind Год назад

You kinda have to not kill all the bakers to have the bagels

@jennifersilves4195 Год назад

@@emilwandel Bagels aren’t rolls with a hole. They get boiled. The hole in the middle is important to their cooking evenly.

@maxbarko8717 Год назад

I personally don’t like bagels because when chewing them it turns into a mushy substance. I prefer good German buns for that reason.

@timmy334 Год назад

I work at a local tv station. The way it usually works is that the local tv station receives the video files from national tv shows that have the national commercials and airs local commercials during the commercial breaks at some point. So, if everything is done properly, you'll never notice when it switches to local.

@eh5806 Год назад

Former TV guy here. Local/regional ads works like regional program slots; just on a smaller scale. The networks and affiliate stations all have agreements for a certain amount of local ads in every network show, and the network will provide timings that basically say like, "At 11:17 into the show, commercial break 1 will start, and the first 2:02 are yours (usually 1 second of pad per minute to help make transitions smoother), then you go back to the network satellite feed for another minute of national commercials and more of the show." And it's up to the local stations to switch the on-air source as needed. Also, cream cheese on toast is wonderful and not the least bit weird, and I agree cream cheese in Germany is on a different level, even if you're just buying a pretzel from a vendor at a train station.

@aphextwin5712 Год назад

In regards to drinking fountains, there is one exception in the German speaking world that I know of: Zurich. They have about 1200 outdoor drinking fountains that are even fed by a different water supply (created in case the primary one fails or is compromised). Many of them have the form of conventional ornamental fountains, but a good number of them also resemble the traditional American water fountains with a small upwards-directed stream (though they are continuously running, not user-operated) or, while looking like ornamental fountains, have water volume suitable for direct consumption and easily accessible for your head.

@freakyfelt Год назад

Berlin has outdoor drinking fountains in the summer time as well

@manveroo1340 Год назад

Also nice to know: Public fountains in Switzerland need to be marked (icon or in writing) if the water is NOT drinkable. So, go ahead and fill your bottle!

@TheRavenir Год назад

I've actually lived in Zurich almost my entire life, and while you are correct that Zurich has a ton of public drinking fountains, they're still not really found inside buildings. At school, we do the same thing they do in Germany: fill our water bottles with tap water in the restroom (many classrooms have a small faucet with a sink as well) or just drink directly from the faucet.

@Karldin83 Год назад

I remember my mom using checks a few times in 1989 or sth like that, then I never saw one until I went to the US as an exchange student in 2001. Felt mindbogglingly oldfashioned even back then

@petenielsen6683 Год назад

The purpose of the storm door is not to let cool air in without letting bugs in, but as you have seen to protect the door. So when I worked for a door and window company we offered them without the option for a screen. And my parents had kept the glass panel for the original front door in the basement. Only the one on the addition had the option to slide the glass top half behind the lower panel and let the screen take its place on the top.

@sandyseibelhager7131 Год назад

Back in 2003 I worked for the Federal Reserve Bank processing checks. They actually consolidated because check use had gone down. It's decreased even more since then. I have found that many older people are not as comfortable with electronic banking and still prefer using checks. I am 49 and mainly use checks for government transactions. They seem to want to charge outrageous amounts for service fees if you don't use an echeck or check.

@PanniMezei Год назад

The checks were a big one for me too. Thankfully I can use my bankcard most of the times, but ALL the landlords want the rent via check, it's so weird. Oh, and when the airways lost my luggage, they also sent me a check in the mail, it was so weird 😂

@SuprousOxide Год назад

I remember my first checkbook back when I was in my teens. Really made me feel like an adult being able to pay bills that way. Now it's a hassle, where did I put it, why won't they accept credit cards like civilized people...

@robicog1864 Год назад

Being paid by check means that random people don’t have access to your bank account number. A landlord asking for rent to be paid by check keeps tenants from having access to the landlords bank information. It’s a privacy issue and some people prefer the “paper trail” to track financial transactions. A line item in your bank statement doesn’t always have enough info.

@RottenRottys Год назад

@@SuprousOxide I think there are a few reasons landlords wants checks. 1. no transaction fees 2. In order to setup ACH, you'll get information that could potentially be used to steal money from the landlord. 3. Credit card charges can be appealed, and the amount can be held by the CC company for months during the investigation. Personally, I prefer people to pay me in cash.

@lilg2300 Год назад

the land of the credit card use checks. that's kind of funny! i really love that online banking is popular in germany, wouldn't want to go back to checks. i know in italy they still use checks. but elsewhere in europe?

@michaelmedlinger6399 Год назад

Checks went out in Germany when the euro came in. Until then, I had checks from my bank that you even used to get cash at the bank, and everyone had the eurochecks. They were Germany‘s „out“ from credit cards for a long time. The person accepting a eurocheck knew that payment was guaranteed up to 400 marks whether the person had any money in the account or not. Some companies would ask you to write multiple eurochecks of no more than 400 marks each for larger purchases for that reason, but most didn‘t bother with that. But they all disappeared completely when the euro became our currency in 2001. But they weren‘t used to pay rent or utility bills or any bills sent to you; that was done by transfer (for one-off bills) or direct debiting/occasionally standing orders for regular payments. Only for purchases or services you paid for in the stores.

@roxcyn Год назад

Does the option still exist? I know they've been phased out. However, if someone wanted to pay with check at a grocery store or mail a check to pay the utilities, is it possible?

@michaelmedlinger6399 Год назад

@@roxcyn I really don‘t think so. People didn‘t really pay by check at grocery stores even before 2001, and no one ever mailed a check to pay a utility bill. The system here is completely different. Utility bills have been paid by direct debiting for as long as I have lived here, and that‘s been 48 years! Even when we had checks, they were used only for large payments in stores. Germans still love their cash, although people pay for a lot more things today (since COVID) with cards (either credit or debit). Salaries are paid by direct deposit, and if you want to pay a bill, you use bank transfer. I did get a check for a refund a couple of months ago, but that was the first time in years and years. I don‘t know anyone who has checks.

@NormanF62 Год назад

In Germany and Austria, the outdoor mall or market is a thing. In the USA, they tend to be in enclosed air conditioned buildings. The shopping experience is already different even with the crowds that frequent them.

@briantrumpower8108 Год назад

During my time in the Navy, We had a port call in Italy. My shipmates and I went to a bar (celebrating my 21st birthday!). I went to the restroom, and found there was simply a tiled floor with a big hole in the center of it. So glad I didn't need it for a #2!

@SwordsmanRyan Год назад

reminds me of the Patton movie from the 1970s: journalist: "Is it true you're using Italian POWs to dig latrines?" Patton: "Latrines? They didn't know what they were until I showed them."

@jwhiskey242 Год назад

First place I saw that was in Greece.

@briantrumpower8108 Год назад

@@jwhiskey242 I've been to Greece a few times, and Crete, but fortunately never ran into one of those there.

@maximipe Год назад

@@SwordsmanRyan lol talk about white saviour complex, latrines existed since ancient Rome imagine thinking people 'didn't know what they were'

@lorrefl7072 Год назад

30-40 years ago you still had quite a few of those toilets in France too. Never seen them in Belgium (where I'm from) so whenever I saw one of those toilets in France I would hold it and look for a "normal" toilet because as a women I really didn't want to squat and try to avoid my shoes and pants.

@michaelschaefer1943 Год назад

You are right about the medical ads, should not be done. Checks.... I write, typically no more than 5 per year. As far as rent goes, it is a good tracking tool for you. You can look at your account online and see when it was written and when they deposited it. Screen doors are great for letting in the outside air on a cool autumn or spring night.

@loboheeler Год назад

Public water fountains have been a thing in the US, as long as a centralized water supply has been available. Using bottles that you carry around is a new thing. Many water fountains are refrigerated, which you know is the preferred way here.

@JDoors Год назад

Re: Storm/Screen doors. The all-glass ones come with screens that can be swapped out for the glass pane, giving you an all-screen door. Wrangling the large glass or screen is more difficult than the sliding glass/screens in other doors so some people never bother to do the swap when nice weather arrives, hence the all-glass doors even in nice weather. Screened doors are for ventilation, glass doors are, in addition to the reasons you gave, for extra insulation from the weather. The inside door doesn't get as cold or as drafty in the Winter, for example.

@georgehale9625 Год назад

Feli, Regional ads on national programs are not shown nationally. These ads are inserted by either the local TV station or cable company locally in time slots provided by the😢 national program. Only the intended area sees the regional ad.

@aguyinnc2865 Год назад

Yea it's always been confusing to see ads for prescription meds, because they are basically saying, " if it doesn't kill you, it might help you!" LOL!

@celiabrickell2500 Год назад

When I was young, prescriptions weren't advertised on TV. Neither were lawyers! I think that it was better for both to not be advertised.

@davesaunders7080 Год назад

The anti vaxxers risk management decisions are baffling too, how many of these med's do they take while ignoring the laundry list of side effects while ignoring the vastly safer vaccines we have available to us.

@davesaunders7080 Год назад

@@johnp139 It is also about marketing, you do not have to spend a nickle on a marketing campaign to promote a product that everyone in the world needs , and as much as you can produce you use it all. Side effects are really about statistics and risk analysis which few seem to comprehend properly.

@manuelusg Год назад

I was in München September 15-21 for Oktoberfest, it was an expereince. Watching your channel and NALFs channel helped out. We did have a German in our group soo that helped a bit to (Moved to Boston when he was 8).

@charleselertii6187 Год назад

Hi Feli. I was born in 1958 and grew up in Detroit, Michigan. My Mom made me cream cheese and jelly sandwiches on regular bread all the time when I was in grade school. I never even saw a bagel until I was in my 20s. Chuck in Florida.

@jeromemckenna7102 Год назад

This kind of advertising didn't exist during my childhood and the only advertising allowed was aimed at medical professionals. I didn't realize that there was sweet cream cheese either. As far a bagels go, since they originated among Polish Jews it makes a lot of sense that they are common in the US and uncommon in Germany.

@doug112244 Год назад

And more common in the Northeast which has a large Jewish and Polish dispora.

@trentpettit6336 Год назад

Did you know bagels are uncommon in ISRAEL despite many Polish Jews (as well as Jews from many other lands) having settled in Israel/Palestine starting over 150 years ago? Also, MONTREAL is famous for its bagels and other traditional Jewish foods, but most of the Jews in Montreal (there aren't many Jews in the rest of Quebec though) are native English speakers, without any French colonial heritage, even though Jews have a long history in Montreal!

@jeromemckenna7102 Год назад

@@trentpettit6336 I didn't know that bagels are uncommon in Israel.

@cylonred8902 Год назад

@@trentpettit6336 I wonder how many yeasted breads they have in Israel. Wonder if it has to do with the climate and lack of needed high protein flour. If you are going to make yeasted breads you are going to need AC to control the proofing and to prevent the dough from getting too hot in the mixer. Can't imagine that hand rolling them would be practical either, so they would need more equipment than say in NY at a shop that still hand rolls them.

@jrgptr935 Год назад

Ich hätte gedacht, daß Beigel ungarische Brötchen sind; nach dem Klang des Wortes könnte es (das Wort) durchaus jüdischer Herkunft sein.

@Rivercoon Год назад

I have never been to Germany but did work for a travel trailer manufacturer that bought part of similar company in Germany. We brought over some German made trailers to compare with what we were making. One thing that struck us all as odd was the lack of bug screens in the German made windows. We all wondered why Germans liked being bitten by mosquitos.

@Nils.Minimalist Год назад

You can order suitable bug screens here in Germany on the Internet, which are delivered after measuring the window (inside dimensions) and can then be inserted exactly into the inner frame of the window. I have them in all my windows. In the office at my work we also have them in all the windows, i would say they are very common now.

@weinbergfahrer4048 Год назад

@@johnp139 Depending on the region and season, bugs are not really an issue.

@jwhiskey242 Год назад

A friend of mine visiting the US for the first time (he was from South Tyrol) asked me if "all of the windows had those grates" - meaning window screens. I said pretty much. He said bugs in Europe just flew in and out as they wanted.

@Bacopa68 Год назад

Here in the southern US your entire house would be filled with mosquitos and flies. Plus, we have giant flying cockroaches. Roaches 3-4 cm long. They'd be everywhere without screens. And we have minor outbreaks of mosquito spread diseases. West Nile most recently, which I have had and was a very bad two days. Guy I know went into a coma from it.

@SuprousOxide Год назад

The water fountains are still usually just tap water. Chilled sometimes, but otherwise just more convenient than drinking from a sink faucet. We didn't carry around water bottles when I was a kid, and even now that seems like quite a lot of hassle.

@kathykukura279 Год назад

I’ve been living in Stuttgart for almost 10 years. I remember when I first moved here I didn’t know where to throw my trash away. I was shown, but had forgotten, so I asked my neighbor who showed me the special covered bins outside for compost, trash, and paper. It’s a wonderful solution, but one I was totally unfamiliar with as I had always lived in a house in the states and we had our own trash cans which we usually stored either in our garage, or alongside the garage. I do miss flavored coffee creamer, free bathrooms, and water fountains. Another thing I’ve had to get used to is indoor shoes. I’m a teacher and it always surprises me that students must have indoor shoes and/or PE shoes, as well as outdoor shoes and rain boots!

@maikehudson333 Год назад

When I went to gymnasium in Germany, we had a water fountain. There was also one at the local zoo. Those were the only two places in Germany I have ever seen one.

@captain_context9991 Год назад

So what was weird. The water fountain? Or the place where it was.

@maikehudson333 Год назад

@@captain_context9991 The fact that I haven't seen one anywhere else.

@captain_context9991 Год назад

@@maikehudson333 Then I very much agree. Thats weird. But things that are "public" arent very popular in the US, are they. Because thats SOCIALIST water.

@oldwillytc6296 Год назад

My cultural shock find was unisex toilets in Korean restaurants. I was so enthralled I married my Korean language teacher and we will be celebrating our 52nd anniversary in December and are still sharing a unisex toilet by the way.

@jasonbabila6006 Год назад

I would recommend watching the German In Venice(GIV) he’s fun to watch and his vacation in Germany visiting his mom and showing us different places in Germany.

@tylerdowdy3038 Год назад

Frisches luft is one thing I noticed while in Germany. Americans love fresh air but it’s a way of life in Germany. While my mother was and exchange student in Germany in the early 90s she had caught a cold and the family she was staying with carried her bed outside so she could get fresh air like medicine.😮

@jsat5609 Год назад

6:38 Having to time shift live TV programs in the 1950s to show them at different times in different time zones, led in no small part to the invention of the videotape recorder which first became available to TV stations and networks in 1956. Before videotape they had to record live programs on film by an inferior process called kinescoping. CBS estimated that switching to reusable videotape cut their cost for time shifting programs in the 1950s from $300 per hour to $9 per hour.

@jsat5609 Год назад

The oldest videotape still in existence, The Edsel Show, broadcast live, October 13, 1957, with Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney, and Bing Crosby. This is the complete show, including Edsel commercials: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ze0Az9tdkHg.html

@arimermelstein9167 Год назад

“A bagel is another type of bread” I mean, the BS ones in the grocery store, yes, but actual bagels are completely different. They’re boiled and then baked so they’re chewy on the outside and soft on the inside. They’re amazing. I’m so disappointed when I go somewhere that pretends to sell bagels and then they’re just round rolls with a hole inside. Definitely not a bagel.

@polyanthajones8168 Год назад

That's weird, isn't it? Especially since, much like donuts, when they are not actually fried or boiled, there is no point in having a hole in them. And I find the hole incredibly annoying. This is where all the jam, cream and other creamy stuff oozes out and makes a mess.

@RolandHutchinson Год назад

Hence the term "bagel shaped object" for those things that are passed off as bagels in supermarkets, at Dunkin Donuts, and elsewhere. There are vast regions of the USA where true bagels are as scarce as hen's teeth.

@aquilapetram Год назад

@@RolandHutchinson A bagel substitute that eliminates the hole is the bialy. The process (boil, thenbake is similar, but it looks more like a fritter or a thick flatbread. You can use it in a fashion similar to a bagel, including the optimal use case (Bagel/bialy. cream cheese, lox, red onion/scallions). They're not common outside large cities with traditional Jewish food cultures such as New York, but they're worth trying when you can find them.

@Trifler500 Год назад

We lived in a house for a while where there was an outdoor hallway between the side of the garage and the side of the house, leading to a recessed front door. The roof did cover it, but the end was open to the outside. This hallway was always incredibly windy. We decided to install a storm door at the end of this hallway, so the storm door was at the exterior end, and the front door was at the interior end. It completely eliminated the wind issue (including freezing wind in winter). It also had the bonus of allowing package delivery drivers to leave packages just inside the storm door, where they were out of sight and safer. The storm door also provided enough insulation that the air inside this hallway, despite not being regulated, was always warmer than outside in the winter.

@kms250 Год назад

One of the things unique to my wife and I in Germany was the wall shrunk which we still have 😊 Great video Feli!

@neilis2405 Год назад

@13:44 For anything that needs a monthly mailed check, most banks have a free service where you can just specify an address and an amount and they'll mail the check to that address monthly for you. I used to do that with my last bill that didn't accept e-checks or other online payment, but that bill was eliminated about 6 years ago so I haven't dealt with checks since then. But yes if you're dealing with an individual for large sums of money like renting a house from someone it certainly is still common.

@jrgptr935 Год назад

Mein Vermieter schätzt Überweisungen gar nicht, und versucht jeden neuen Mieter von den Vorteilen der Barzahlung zu überzeugen.

@matthewgerlach2420 Год назад

The prescription drug side effects one is funny because I have seen a commercial that said "please call your doctor if death occurs"

@brianmccarthy5557 Год назад

In hellholes like Los Angeles we often have security doors. They're usually stout steel bars that are anchored securely into the doorjambs backed by a metal mesh bug screen that also serves as additional security. They're intended to stop home invasion robbers, or at least delay them until you can get your guns. Very common in large sections of Los Angeles.

@thr8061 Год назад

Harlan Huckleby (worker at nearby Kohler Water Works) invented the "Water Bubbler" in 1888. "Water Fountains" are for decorations (like in parks & hotels) and water bubblers are to drink from.

@garrettwinkler3687 Год назад

The thing about checks in the US is that while you don't really need them in day-to-day purchases, nearly everyone has a checkbook in case a check is needed for a security deposit or a down payment or even rent payments for some landlords. They're more rare, but nearly every American has learned how to write and use checks.

@boomboombaby9140 Год назад

In Nashville I pay my rent and all my bills online

@Habakuk_ Год назад

As a European, I think it's a good alternative who doesn't feel like a credit card :) we abolished them in 1999

@Neville60001 Год назад

@Boomboom Baby, here in Canada, I also pay bills online (sometimes), and my rent is automatically deducted at the beginning of each month.

@Habakuk_ Год назад

@@johnp139 That has nothing to do with it, it's our mentality not to get into debt bondage. Preferably with cash.

@Habakuk_ Год назад

@@johnp139 Credit card has nothing to do with freedom but is a bondage.

@DreamingRealist Год назад

I only needed to go from Germany to the Netherlands to be suprised, when I tried to open a window unsuccessfully at first. The house I stayed in had a tild mechanism but not like in Germany. You have to open it on the downside outwards, with two handles. There wasn´t an option to open it fully either. I´ve never seen something like that before and it left me confused for a few moments. lol

@DreamingRealist Год назад

@Evi1 M4chine Same thought!

@erikbakker6974 Год назад

Windows that open on the downside outwards? That’s not common in NL. Most our windows swing open. And since the 1990s, most houses have the Tilt and Swing windows that Feli calls ‘German style’.

@reinhard8053 Год назад

@@erikbakker6974 I observed these kind of windows a lot in Denmark.

@Mirabellism Год назад

@@reinhard8053 Same! 🇩🇰

@DreamingRealist Год назад

@@erikbakker6974 That´s what I wondered about too. I don´t know how old these houses were or if it was a special style by the architect.

@a.ramosakadrumgrl6677 Год назад

I love wheat bagels with chive & onion cream cheese. I rarely use checks anymore. Have fun going home!

@petez1130 Год назад

A lot of those storm doors are also designed so that the glass panes can be replaced with screens seasonally! But you're right about what they're for.

@Podderich Год назад

Actually there is Strawberry, Mango and Milka cream cheese in Germany. Always see them at Kaufland, tried the strawberry one, regretted it.

@laserwolf65 Год назад

I think checks might be a regional thing. I just moved to Ohio from Utah about 6 weeks ago. Before then, I lived in Idaho for a spell and I grew up in Upstate New York. Ohio is the first place I've ever had someone request I pay with things with checks.

@wakannnai1 Год назад

Yep, I live in California, and haven't been asked for a check in around 10-15 years. Bank transfers are the norm here, even for rent unless you're renting from and individual. Quite interesting to see the differences here.

@aquilapetram Год назад

@@wakannnai1 In the San Francisco area, the only bill I still pay with a check is the water district bill. They built themselves a palatial corporate office tower some years ago, but they farmed their online payment service out to a third party, and charge two dollars per transaction to pay online. I am enraged at the thought of paying someone for the privilege of giving them my money faster and at lower cost to them; so every two months, I write out a check, stick it in an envelope, ride my bicycle the six miles to their corporate office, drop it in the mail slot, and ride home. THAT"LL show them! Most of my clients pay me in checks, though (both individuals and companies).

@What_Makes_Climate_Tick Год назад

When I was a young kid in a small town in the 1970s, most people had a checking account at one of two banks in that town. At most stores, even if you didn't bring your checkbook with your own personal checks, the store had stacks of blank checks from each of those banks. When it got back to the bank, they would have to manually look up which account was yours to charge that check against.

@jeffg.8964 10 месяцев назад

They called them “counter checks” and my father had them for customers to use in his pharmacy if they left their check book or cash at home. This was in the 1960s in northern NJ.

@McFlingleson 11 месяцев назад

What I always think is silly about medication ads is that there's usually nothing in the ad that's explicitly about whatever the medication is supposed to treat. Like, it will show a person doing things that people like to do, and the voiceover talks about the medication, and with the context you understand that the message behind the ad is that using that medication to treat your health problems will help you lead a full and happy life, but just by watching the scene it shows you you would never think that the video of a guy helping his kids build a tree house is about cancer medicine or whatever it is.

@jlandon6028 5 дней назад

if you were not born with it you don't need it. Talk to your creator and healer Jesus Christ.

@ch94086 Год назад

Speaking of water fountains, it reminds me of a long bike ride through wine country in southwest Germany. In the villages there was a cigarette machine on every corner but no water anywhere. It was Sunday so everything was closed. I finally had to go to a restaurant to order water. Now I know to carry extra water. In the US most parks and trail heads have a water fountain, but during COVID many were closed.

@idnwiw Год назад

Hm strange - are you sure you didn't overlook dozens of hydrants? Those also carry tabwater which is perfectly drinkable.

@full700kb Год назад

there are hundreds of public fountains in all the wine countries

@flowergirl2090 Год назад

One of the things that was different for me when I lived in Germany and traveled throughout Europe was having to pay to use a public restroom. I have never heard of such a thing.

@kenbrown2808 Год назад

in southern california, it's pretty common that in fast food places, you either have to ask for a token from the counter when you buy your food, or pay to use the toilet.

@raymondmuench3266 Год назад

Was common in NYC when I was a kid (‘50’s). Not sure when it changed.

@patriciadurio562 Год назад

I use cinnamon/ brown sugar cream cheese on cinnamon raisin swirl bread. And as an American I have used cream cheese on toast also. Cinnamon/brown sugar to be exact.

@WolfgangManichl 2 месяца назад

In German TV, there ARE regional ads, you just do not become aware of it. There is even a town selected by the market research company Nielsen, which exclusively sees new commercials before they are released in a nation wide campaign. The town was selected, because it was found out, that their behavior is a perfect representation of the whole population (yet no one really knows what's the reason for that phenomenon).

@tammyblack2747 Год назад

I agree totally about the drug ads! They have gotten way put of hand and should NOT be marketed to the general public, who are not doctors and have no medical training! Those ads used to be illegal here too. Greed prompted the change I think. Drug makers want to sell more drugs, and it isn't enough for them to try selling just to doctors.

@tnit7554 Год назад

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@jasonrodgers9063 Год назад

Not to mention the TRUCKLOADS of erectile dysfunction clinic radio ads. TOO MUCH INFORMATION!!!

@rabbiezekielgoldberg2497 Год назад

Makes you think what other unethical practices they do, for example by sponsoring news channels whenever a new drug or vaccine comes out.

@suedenim Год назад

The thing I don't get is, who are these doctors who prescribe whatever their patients ask for because they saw an ad? "Ask your doctor about Xylinimanital!" If I asked I'd just get a quick "No, you don't need that."

@Neville60001 Год назад

@Jason Rodgers, the same could be said about sanitary napkin ads.😏

@kernira Год назад

You've mentioned the detachable shower heads in a few videos and the first time I ever saw one of those was when I went to France on a two week high school trip. Also, if you really want to see wacky cream cheese flavors you should check out Breuger's Bagel Bakery the next time you travel east. They're known for having hoards of cream cheese flavors and some of them are very outside the box.

@captain_context9991 Год назад

Showerheads in France? That reminds me why americans go around saying "douchebag" all the time. Its a snide towards the French because according to american anekdotes, they never shower. So for some reason, "douche bag" has become a swear word.

@syrena911 Год назад

I'm in Chicago and we've always had detachable shower heads in all our homes. Then again we moved to the U.S. 36 years ago, from Poland (which also has detachable shower heads). My husband, an American, has always had detachable shower heads too. He's from Wisconsin, his family has been in the U.S. for at least 130 years.

@captain_context9991 Год назад

@@syrena911 Have they had detatchable showerheads for 130 years? Thats impressive.

@WalterGreenIII Год назад

@@captain_context9991 Actually douche is the French word for a shower, which is not any form of insult. It is the American meaning for 'douche bag' that is an insult. Douche is used as a name for toiletry, mainly a squirt bottle with 90 degree nozzle, that is used for feminine hygiene. Therefore a douche-bag is the container for such.

@captain_context9991 Год назад

@@WalterGreenIII ...........I know. And what I said is also true. Its not about what the actual word means in French, but how its used.

@danmcbride6258 Год назад

The first time I visited Germany, I was pleasantly surprised to see the Hotel balcony doors could angle in at the top for ventilation but remained closed. When visiting my friend, I told him the story and he showed me the same feature on the Kitchen window. He told me they didn’t have AC and all windows could do this. That was very new to me but the feature I thought was creative. 🇨🇦

@volodymyrkleban1484 11 месяцев назад

Yes, European windows and doors. They have three modes of operation: open, ventilation and closed. Quite a tricky mechanism. Ubiquitous in Europe

@fabianbianchi9159 Год назад

I have not yet been to the USA, but my oldest brother for a few times, once with wife and son. They were in New York and were in a positive way shocked, that there was a whole M&M shop!!

@campidor Год назад

Sweet cream cheese does exist. There's Philadelphia Milka as well as several fruity Exquisa ones for example.

@jessec5643 Год назад

@Evi1 M4chine Philadelphia cream cheese is salted in the USA as well. Even the sweet varieties. In the US it contains 315 mg of sodium per 100 g. In Germany it contains 300 mg of sodium. So there's even a tiny amount less salt in the German version compared to the US version. And the other common brands are also around that level (Almette 290 mg, Exquisa 280 mg, Buko 320 mg). There might still be a taste difference between American and German cream cheese due to other factors, but there's not more salt added in Germany (actually, it's a tiny bit less).

@Habakuk_ Год назад

@Evi1 M4chine then take Sanella ideal for baking

@lavalianyuckstersthorazine2123 Год назад

When water fountains are invented where there was no such thing as a water bottle or bottled water that came out in 1980s in the United States.

@scelestion Год назад

8:58 Sweet cream cheese also is a thing in Germany. We always had strawberry cream cheese at home when I was a child. There even was this "Frauentausch" episode that got a little famous many years ago for the woman who had an unhealthy diet, but claimed that cold cuts and strawberry cream cheese was rich in vitamins.

@Piratenbraut Год назад

Erdbeerkäse!

@scelestion Год назад

@@Piratenbraut Und Wuass!

@TsterMr63 Год назад

My two bagel combos: 1. asiago bagel with a savory cream cheese like chive & onion or garlic & herb, and 2. cinnamon raisin bagel with a sweet cream cheese like blueberry or strawberry.

@charlesbessenbach6252 Год назад

I'm a contractor just outside of Cincinnati. It amazes me how many people still pay by check.

@charlesbessenbach6252 Год назад

@@johnp139 I always give the option. I don't think they like the 3% fee.

@thorstensaccount1565 Год назад

As for coffee creamer … No, flavored creamer is not what virtually all Americans use in their coffee. Good “third wave” coffe shops almost never even offer it. In fact, flavored creamer is basically limited to grocery stores, gas station coffee stations, and workplace cafeterias. Even massive chains like Starbucks, Dunkin or McDonalds don’t have flavored creamer.

@EyMannMachHin Год назад

If I'm not mistaken, the reason there are so few sweet cream cheeses in Germany is probably we normally use quark, if we want to have it on bread with something sweet. But I do occasionally enjoy savoury cream cheese like Bresso with jam. And there is at least one sweet cream cheese that I know of "Buko Ananas" ;)

@LB-ie7el Год назад

I'm an American living in Munich for 3 years and here were a few of my surprises: 1) How functional the doors and windows are .. they open from the top and side - I love them. 2) My German friends have a basket of house shoes at their front door for guests (and I was surprised when my 1st grader was asked to bring a pair of house shoes to school) 3) You are required to put your name on your mailbox -- I thought this was a huge invasion of privacy and to me and Germans are very concerned about privacy -- but they are fine letting everyone know exactly who lives where 4) Recycling and all of the trash cans - we have 6 bins in our kitchen in Germany -- compost, paper, glass, recyclable trash, non-recyclable trash and a bin for bottle returns -- in the US, pretty much everything went into one trash bag and we had a small bin for recycling.

@ggrreeggy Год назад

One of the things I found in Germany that US does not have at least in my area is: Rouladen window shades. Loved them.

@annabuttimore6819 Год назад

I went to Germany (from the UK) a couple of months ago and saw metal roller shutters for the first time. I thought they were fantastic! So secure, and they blocked out all the light, or let a tiny bit through if that’s what you wanted, and they just went up and down with the touch of a button. I wish we had them here.

@patwagner9308 Год назад

Our German apt. had wooden ones & we loved them ! Wish we had them here in USA ! They were called roladen.

@doug112244 Год назад

The only place I've ever seen metal roller shutters is on the front of stores in higher crime areas in urban areas. I've always took them as a sign to be cautious about the area I was in. I would rent an apartment with them on only if I had no other option and I wouldn't be surprised that fire code made them illegal to be closed in an occupied building.

@patwagner9308 Год назад

@@doug112244 I know what you're saying ...but this isn't the case in Germany. The blinds are common on homes. We lived in a very nice town there....Definitely not high crime . The blinds offered relief from Summer sun or protected the windows from high winds. ( among other things)

@j3nn3s Год назад

@@patwagner9308 And most of the times they are made out of plastic, though they may look like metal. If they are actually made of metal, it is usually aluminum - nothing which would secure your home in a decent manner.

@patwagner9308 Год назад

@@j3nn3s when we lived in Germany, the roladen on our home were made of a heavy wood. They definitely were not plastic or aluminum. Perhaps modern roladen are plastic...but the ones on our place weren't new.

@munsters2 Год назад

Thanks for explaining what those comments are that request people to call or text them. I've received several replies like that from other channels and have been wondering who it is really from. You are probably saving many people from malware.

@hellkitty1442 Год назад

As a fellow German I have to correct: We do have some sweet cream cheeses now, mostly something seasonal. But you do see them from time to time. I do recall seeing one or two one year, might have been Philadelphia. Kinda like mixed with Milka, if I recall correctly? And something with honey also. But it is really rare and I don't think that many people buy them.