Comments by "TotalRookie_LV" (@TotalRookie_LV) on "IWrocker" channel.

We do have advertising for medicine in Europe too, followed by "ak your doctor first" or something like that, but only for over the counter things. Besides doctors can no longer prescribe one particular branded medicine, active ingredient is what matters, so pharmacy can suggest a cheaper alternative.
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There are student fraternities in other countries too, but they tend to have long histories, Latin names and are not just about drinking and parties.
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I'd move to Canada if I had to, as the climate there is pretty close to what I have here back home, unlike Australia, which is largely hot and dry.
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WTF is wrong with American drivers?! A European girl recently told of her driving experience in USA - if she shows turn signal before switching lanes, there always will be some asshole blocking her - driving side by side and matching speed, so the only way to "drive safely" is to switch lanes without warning other drivers.
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Yeap, we can own and carry guns in my country (North-East Europe, just next to Russia), and our police has full auto AKs (but you will seldom see them carrying those, except on parades). Yet gun crime is rare, and if something does happen, it's a sensation all over the media.
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Going for food to USA?! Are you out of your mind? There might be a large variety, but large variety of crap isn't really appealing, even fast food is better outside USA in the very same "restaurant" chains. OK, I'm sure it's not all bad, but it's definitely not the biggest selling point of USA, those could be your national parks and nature.
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I haven't spotted Americans , as I rarely at tourist part of town these days, besides we are not the most famous destination in Europe, but I've dealt with Americans on a construction site - workers and security guys, and... they are a bit different. Like one of the guys loved to talk what he has done, where we has worked before, it's may seem unusual, almost like a bragging for an European, but i guess it was just small talk. Not shy to ask anything, like I was using a laser distancer instead of measuring tape, basically it's a very precise rangefinder, and one of Americans saw that and asked what that is, I guess now those are a common sight all over the world. And another weird thing, we were all leaving construction site on lunch break, behind me walked two black gentlemen, and one of them asked another to which church he goes. I went "WTF?! They really ask things like that?" I mean, here religion is almost completely irrelevant. It's still there, still too much of it to my taste actually (especially before elections, when some assholes, famous for being corrupt thieves, are pushing their thing about "traditional values" and other crap), but still we are in top 20 of world's most non-religious countries.
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At this point I'm not even considering a car other than universal (station wagon) or a hatchback. Since I'm handicapped, I can throw a full size bicycle (with 28" wheels) in my car, when I need to leave it at a service, so I don't have to drag my feet. I also carry a kick scooter in my car at all times like sort of a life boat; if it's gets worse, I will eventually replace it with an electric scooter or a wheelchair. Sedans are almost useless and pickup trucks make sense only for business and maybe those who pull a trailer with a boat often, but even then a van or a SUV might make more sense. P.S. How is manual a problem? I'm not a good driver, but even I can drive manual with few issues... well, I could until recently, had to switch to automatic due to my disability. At first it felt sluggish and unresponsive, but now I've got used to it.
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7:21 - I'm pretty sure it's the other way around, as winter tires must have deeper grooves for snow. In my country minimum is 4mm for winter tires and 1,6mm for summer tires. Winter tires also must have "M+S" and "snowflake and mountain" markings, besides winter tires are mandatory from December 1st to March 1st, but usually I switch to winter tires somewhere around middle of October and to summer tires around April-May. As for regularity of inspection, it depends on country and also on a car. Like in some places brand new cars don't need to be inspected as often (could be biannually, maybe even once in three years in some places), but my was made in 2005, so it's annual inspection.
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17:15 - can't say about Germany, but one of my colleagues had a Honda "Del Sol", which he used both as daily commuter and a drag racer on weekends, it had a removable resonator in the exhaust, to had it street legal, but also able to have more power on a track. I've also seen photos of exhaust pipe with a literal valve to switch it either into regular mode with a muffler or a straight pipe mode.
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@kenchristie9214 Compared to my country - yes it is. The hottest temperature in Tasmania was 42.2 °C vs 37.8 °C, here and the lowest in Tasmania ever was mere −14.2 °C, while here it was −43.2 °C. Average yearly precipitation in Tasmania 565.9mm vs 655.04mm in my country. So Tasmania is a bit dryer.
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@kenchristie9214 LoL, n , just going out to swim in a sea or lake on hot summers. And riding my bicycle only with shorts and a T-shirt on when it's around +10°C, feels a bit chilly at first, but then I warm up and it's quite OK.
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@kenchristie9214 Around +30°C outside now in my place, and it's 20:05 (8:05 pm). We got red weather warning due to heatwave today and tomorrow too.
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I've been subscribed to Hayley for quite some time, but I've missed some of those points, like... Aren't Americans obliged to carry warning triangle and reflective vests in their cars? I'm not from Germany, BTW, but Europe is more or less uniform in this. Vest in my country might not be mandatory, but I just carry it anyway.
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7:37 - Of course you can have LEDs, that came stock, but you can't switch out yourself regular bulbs to LEDs, as in such cases lights were not designed for that, which my cause issues, like blinding oncoming traffic and pedestrians..
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I once bought a coffee beans of a British brand, big mistake. Later I heard from my relative now living in London, that pretty much the only places, where one can get good coffee in UK are Italian restaurants. That was unexpected. I mean it's Europe just next to France, WTF?! I don't go out for coffee, we brew it ourselves from a ground coffee, mostly those are Nordic, German and some local brand coffee in our supermarkets, nothing unusual and too fancy.
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Another weird use of word by Americans is "officer". First a constable , a simple policeman on patrol is like a private, not an officer. Or people like CEOs are just like... Why?
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I don't know about reaction times, as just as strength it is associated with testosterone, however, women are better at tolerating g-forces, thus they might be fantastic fighter pilots, if it came down to a dogfight.
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Let's add some salt! Cars, including station wagons are lower, which makes them better at handling in tight corners and amazing to drive, but also makes getting in and out of them is harder for elderly people, people with disabilities and those, who are overweight... which are Americans, thus they prefer SUVs. 😆 Besides most Americans are shit drivers, so again - good cars are not meant for them.
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Basically it's malt based / beer-like soft-drink. And yes, it's popular here, in fact so popular, Coca-Cola company had serious difficulties breaking into several Easter European markets. P.S. And like beer, kvas can be of quite different taste (sweeter or sour, with cummin added etc) and quality, I sure got my personal favourites. Like the 2nd "kvas" you had is not a real - naturally fermented, one, it''s a "kvas-like" drink made of sugars, water, various additives and a mysterious "kvas concentrate". Also in the case of those cheaper drinks they have to add CO2 (which then makes more foam), as there was no gasses produced during natural fermentation. Hmm... however, on the can it does claim to be of "natural fermentation" (no, I don't actually speak Ukrainian, but it's similar enough to other East Slavic languages), so I might be wrong, but fructose-glucose syrup in a kvas, seriously?!
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It's scary for new drivers, sure was for me. But years later, especially in a powerful car, I love them. P.S. This also explains why Americans say they hate them - to many Amercians suck as drivers.
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Eastern Europe here. I'm not an aggressive driver. Mostly. I may be "part time aggressive driver" - taking off at green traffic light, but then stopping acceleration as the speed limit is reached. First got my licence over 20 years ago, not because I needed really, but because I was killing time after my first girlfriend finally got through my daydreaming and explained, that it was just a short romance, not a life ling relationship I imagined, thus I looked for ways to spend my evenings in some company of people, instead of crying my eyes out while alone at home, so I went to driving school and French lessons. Anyway, after that I got to drive only occasionally, since I did not have my own car - my step-fathers old BMW 528i, another BMW 316 and Opel Meriva my workplace had (also drove Škoda and AUDI 80 for work a couple of times). Then spent 8 recent years driving really old VW Golf, 2 litre GTI engine, manual transmission, quite enjoyed it. And now for the first time in my life had to get myself a car with automatic transmission, because now I'm slightly handicapped, thus driving manual may get hard sometimes. At first automatic seemed much more boring, but after a week of driving it, I actually like enjoy that, besides on AUDI it has "sport" mode too and "TipTronic" option, if one wishes to switch gears oneself (haven't tried it yet and I guess not going to, unless it's needed on icy road or something). Getting driving licence back in 1999 in Latvia was neither hard nor insanely expensive. Well, it WAS expensive for me - around 120-160 lats (which is like 240-320 US dollars), maybe 180 (360 USD) with some additional driving lessons, while I earned 170 (340 USD) per month back then. Thus getting licence was expensive, but did not made me broke. And there were MUCH fewer cars, since then their numbers have at least doubled, I guess that makes learning and driving harder fro new drivers.
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California specifically has a large homeless population because: 1) it's warm; 2) other places, like some towns in Texas kick out their homeless with a bus ticket to California.
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There are some sorts of orange cheese in UK too, and they are good. No idea what exactly gets added to them to get that colour, carrots, perhaps? XD IIRC one of them was named "Red Fox" or something.
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As for black Friday: 1) we have actually fun things to do and beautiful places to visit; 2) discounts seldom are as generous as advertised, so there really is no point in that; 3) I hate crowds, I want shopping to be peaceful and orderly; 4) we are not that broke ass, if it costs money and you need it, then OK, that money must be spent, however.. 5) ..if you don't need it, why spend money at all? Material culture of the "buying for the sake of buying" kind is not that prevalent outside US.
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Cargo pants - not a teller really. Same with sandals - I often wear trekking sandals (made by UK company) during summers, especially if it might rain, because unlike sneakers, they are not afraid to get wet, I've used them while on a boat ride down a river, they have been in water and mud. Cargo shorts are the best while cycling, because of those side pockets, as normal pockets are hardly usable while riding; and commuting on a bicycle isn't exactly an American thing, is it? Those, who say Europeans don't wears sneakers, must have only seen Southern Europe. Putting style above comfort is not a thing here up North.
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Manual is cheaper, not as demanding in maintenance, also helps if car breaks - can be jump started or towed.
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