7 things I had NEVER SEEN before I came to the USA 🇺🇸 | Feli from Germany
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Published 2020-11-19
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When I first came to the US, a lot here looked pretty similar to home except that everything is much bigger! But every now and then, I saw things that I had never seen before in my 22 years living in Germany, so I made a list with a few of those things and am telling you guys about 7 things I was completely unfamiliar with before I came to the USA. 🇺🇸😊
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All Comments (21)
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What is scary is that the drive-up ATM has Braille on the keyboard.
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As a teacher, I must say those wall-mounted pencil sharpeners are the best—and they last FOREVER!
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We have a drive through ATM in my village here in Germany 😂 and also the spray oil is quiet common because it is really great for preparing the baking pan before putting the dough inside
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Spray oil and butter are for baking. When you have to grease a pan, it works better to spray the oil than to spread it around with a brush. This is especially true for pans with a lot of corners or nooks and crannies, such as Bundt pans. There's even spray oil with flour mixed in, for recipes that call for a greased, floured baking pan. Professional bakers use these products, so they're not just for lazy or inexperienced cooks.
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I'm German and have a handcrank sharpener similar to that one, and it's even made by the German company Dahle, a leading manufactuer of shaperners worldwide. It's not mounted on the wall, but firmly attached to my desk. It's much easier on pencil leads than the little handheld sharpeners, and that is why I like to use it for my more expensive color pencils. If you are a color pencil artist in Germany, you will most definitely know this type of sharpener.
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A trip to the pencil sharpener was always somehow fun and at the same time made one feel self conscious because everyone in the class could watch you do something that looked funny.
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I remember being in school. The classroom is dead silent because everyone is taking a test. Then disaster strikes... My pencil breaks. So I get up and walk to the sharpener on the wall. Nothing in the entire world is louder than those pencil sharpeners during a test.
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FYI. The pick-up truck "dual wheelers" you referred to are sometimes called fifth wheelers. They have a tractor trailer type coupling (this is the fifth wheel) mounted in the bed of the truck. The four rear wheels and the robust coupling allows you to haul a much larger camper/trailer than you could with a typical two rear wheel set-up in that it provides increased stability and safety. You frequently see folks traveling across country (vacationing) using them.
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As an Englishman who says Autumn instead of Fall, it always throws me off guard when you say "Fall of 2016". I imagine it like the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Cans DO warm up faster than bottles, and for two reasons, 1) the walls are thin, and 2) they're aluminum and have high thermal conductivity.
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Oh, "beater" cars are still quite common in states that require annual inspections. Just east of you here in Pennsylvania, a vehicle can look ready to fall apart and still be perfectly safe and legal to drive. As long as the important safety systems are functional and nothing is in danger of actually falling off on the road, you're good to go.
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When I lived in Germany I noticed that people went grocgrocery shopping almost every day and didn't have huge refrigerators
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Trucks: Some just like ‘em. Mostly tho, the dually models are used to tow boats or RV’s to weekend/vacation places. They’re not attached to the truck every day, so you wouldn’t necessarily know. I lived in Augsburg area for 3 years & Berlin for 4. Everything we needed was always w/in easy walking distance & we walked. Now in US (Texas), my nearest access to any kind of business is over 3 miles away - so, yeah, I drive.
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Dual wheels on a truck (referred to as a "Dually" are primarily for hauling large loads. If you go to farms in rural areas you see a lot of them.
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In snowy Syracuse NY we have something called a "winter rat", a car that you drive in the winter that's dependable but usually older or beat up! Especially with sports cars and high performance vehicles, the nice car will go into storage in late autumn for the winter to escape the salt damage (we get A LOT of snow here by Lake Ontario) and winter accidents.
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Your videos have helped me understand so much about the German side of my family. After years of believing their behaviors and traditions were merely quirks specific to my family, I now see it is really due to our German heritage. Thank you for giving me greater insight.
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FYI: There’s not just one drive-thru wedding chapel in Las Vegas. There are MANY drive-thru wedding chapels there.
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Love the driving in the opening clip! 🤣🤣
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I was actually shocked to hear that there are no regular car inspections in Ohio. I am from Texas and we have to get our cars inspected every year in order to get required tags for the car. If they are not up to date then you will get pulled over and ticketed.
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I use pencils for years. One reason was, I worked as a press photographer, and I had to take notes, outside in the cold, and using a pen the ink will freeze in the cold weather.
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