Comments by "Helmuth Schultes" (@helmuthschultes9243) on "American Reacts to Aussie's First time Shopping at WALMART" video.

  1. Many supermarkets have associated alcohol businesses, that operate a bottle shop directly attached to the supermarket or a side building to the car park, so while generally supermarkets do not sell alcoholic things, there are now other means, and Aldi (originally German chain establishing in competion to Coles, Woolworths, IGA and other small places) do have license and do sell a range of wines and beer. Far smaller chioce than the proper bottle shops that are the legally required original outlets of alcoholic drinks. Originally all alcohol sales were part of Hotels and public bars locally just called 'Pubs' with several independant sales groups establishing associated to hotels and 'Pubs'. Yet as these grew some were bought by the large Coles and Woolworths, central organisations which unsurprisingly are a different name to the retail supermarket names.
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  2. By nature having lots of foods of neighbouring countries applies rather widely. USA has considerable Mexican and Middle America influence, and while also Chinese, Japanese and Italian, French plus others, Mexican is lrobably by far the most common. Australia has far greater Asian influence, yes Europe too, Italian, Greek, German, French and others but very many Vietnamese, Cambodian, Indonesian, Chinese, Japanese, Indian restaurants, and goods in shops snd supermarkets. Even fish, meat and vegetable shops have many Asian products on offer. We have Mexican restaurant but far less than Asian and European. Much of Asia however is much as Mexico tending to quite strong spices too. Yes Curries of several variants, but also chillies and related. Korea staples like Kimchi (cabbage and chillies, potted, fermented underground typ 1yr) very hot if not experienced. While not havong US experience of Asian goods and restaurants, I have Europen Japan, Korea, Malaysian, Indonesian experiences, and I believe we have very authentic restaurants for India through Japan region while Asian restaurants in Europe seemed much altered to European tastes, not so authentic. A very good Mexican meal was had on pne Holden Car test trip, at a Mexican restaurant run by a original Mexican chef, as part of the Burke Golf Club. Burke is a far north central NSW town, by the Darling river. The chef came out to suggest to several of the dozen in our group he would lower heat rating lower, 0 to 9 choices across differing dishes in the menu, some had 4 to 7 rated choices and he suggested he tone down to 3 max. All agreed but myself and one other stuck to 5 rated, I finished ok but it was about all I would have wanted. The other guy was late to breakfast and suffered problem sitting comfortably, due to what he called "scorched backside: He had severe reaction to the strongly spiced meal, causing many night trips to pass on excesses. I understood this as very authentic Mexican offers. Holden used the area for testing as good long straight roads existed either side of town, with police quite cooperative, understanding that some outside law driving was needed. Even got test rides of "Desirable V8" models, and shared cool can of popular mens type stuff. On special occasions testing involved far above legal speeds, and police had drivers provided, but they often relaxed in the shade while experienced company test engineers did the work. Also if speed patrols were due on our side of town were warned, and we tested on the other side of town for that day. Away from the actual testing, during travel from Melbourne to Burke about 1200km from memory, so needing to get there in one day, speeds were often pushing the 100 Kph speed limit and highway patrol was quite happy to pass on numerous speeding fines. After several years Holden finally granted the test teams to break journey overnight about 2/3 distance, after union issues about a proving ground test driver being stripped for 2yrs of his driving license, due to fines and points accumulated during test trip, and Holden tried to dismiss him, as no longer able to do his job. Union stepped in as his loss was due to the one day demands to reach Burke. Holden had to keep him on as test drover within the Proving Ground AND provide pickup and return home either by chaufer or fellow proving ground workers as that young guy had no way to get to and from work othwerwise. Also the break in trip was now allowed, with motel overnight stop. Was quite interesting keeping up with V8 vehicles, in transport to/from Burke, when driving smaller 4 Cyl model Holden cars. One funny, but close to tragic event occured on one return trip at end of two weeks testing. While passing through one moderate central NSW town, West Wyalong from memory, suddendly two police vehicles with lights and sirens chased through central shopping strip, and cutoff one small test car, a light blue sedan, can not right now remember the type, with CB antenna on the roof. They hauled the driver out bundled him roughly into a police vehicle and off to the police station. Our group seniors wanted to know what was doing, but no reply, the car was left to be towed away, while our entire team went on to a large petrol station and roadhouse and started a early lunch break. Lots of confusion as we would have been in town vicinity for under 2 mins. Finally one mechanic went back to town, while test team managers were discussing options and what to do. Sadly that mechanic almost made the situation impossible and tragic. He was typical brash loudmouth joker and on walking into the police station, seeong this poor French Carburetta engineer, sitting handcuffed opposite two tough looking police, and one suited detective, without any tact or thought, loudly called out " PLAYING WITH THE GIRLS AGAIN?" WOW, hoe best to get someone jailed and key thrown away. Over two hours later, the matter was explained to our test team leaders thus. About 5 min before our light blue small sedan with CB antenna on its roof, was stopped, a identically described car had been involved in a gross sexual attack on two young (under 10) girls in a park in town, seen departing by people that saved the girls. So the mechanics comment was about as damaging as it could possibly be. The two girls were brought to the police station still in tears, however they were able to clarify this person was NOT the one, and the engineer was released as was the car though it was extensively unpacked and searched needing nearly an hour to repack. We were able to continue as a group some 5 hours delayed, getting to Melbourne after midnight. Had the two girls still in shock not been able or willing to identify, the engineer could well have spent long time in jail. Especially as police certainly were unwilling to take our travel time from Burke or statements of over twenty people as evidence that this person could not have been guilty. Sorry about this rambling test trip story, it is just so horrid to think how easy one could be left proven guilty, while innocent, merely by a series of coincidences.
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