Question for all Americans .. do you not have Spray Deodorant in the USA?

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In today's papers, and American from Florida in the UK.. is saying she's never heard of Spray deodorant.. which we use all the time, as well as roll on .... in the UK...

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never heard of heated bathroom towel rails.. which she's fallen in love...
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Can this be true ?.. you don't have Electric kettles, heated towel rails and Spray deodorant.. ? Before I believe this..who better to ask but my friends here... I can't believe this can be true...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/...-never-seen-letterboxes-electric-kettles.html
 

Disgustedman said:
She's crazy. Yes. We have spray, roll, stick application. Heated towel rails. No, have heard of them, never had them.

Electric kettles? Of course, coffee pots too.
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Almost everyone has heated towel rails in the bathroom here... they come in all sorts of designs


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...I personally think that this girl was looking for some kind of publicity... she sounds like a crank.. At one point she said that our 3 pin plugs which are made with 3 pins to 'earth' the electricity.. and are the safest in the world.. are '' good because they don't fall out of the wall like US 2 pins''... Not very bright
 
Remy said:
I never use spray deodorant, but I think it's around.

Heated towel racks, no.

Electric kettles, I guess you can buy them but they are not common.

I don't think most American's realize you can hang laundry out to dry either.
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very few people in the UK hang their washing out now ... mostly if they do it's big items like duvets etc... it's what I use my line for. It just sits up on the wall, waiting to be pulled out for big items to be dried... or like the other day I got the Garden lounger cushions out of the barn, and they were slightly damp so I pulled out the washing line and hung them on it in the sun..

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Electric kettle are one of the most major appliances in the UK kitchen because we're a nation of tea drinkers...
 
The only thing she mentioned that we donā€™t have are the heated towel racks. They may have them in more upscale home. I wish they would be come common.

Roundabouts are common now, not that Iā€™d like to drive on your big ones.

Sheā€™s young and naive and creating clickbait.
 
re Remy's post #7 I don't think most American's realize you can hang laundry out to dry either.

A few years ago, we had visiters from the US - they were AMAZED that I have an outdoor clothes line. Their comment was they would never hang their clothes outdoor as the neighbours would think they were poor!!
 
CallMeKate said:
I'm in the US and have one. And my sister has one and my Mama has one. :)
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Wow, haven't heard of them I guess it's not something I had ever considered. I wouldn't now since I'm trying to give as little as possible to Pacific Gas & Electric. Failing as they admit to raising prices to pay for burying the lines. And continuing to paying all the execs top dollar of course.
 
She's putting you on or she's not an American, just someone who wants Americans to look deprived of, y'know, modern stuff.....

Even here in dumb ol' Florida we have deodorant spray and electric kettles, right here at good ol' Walmart as well as just about every place else. Home Depot and Lowes (two of the biggest home improvement stores) sell pages and pages of towel warmers on their websites and I'm sure they have them in the stores, too.
 
hollydolly said:
very few people in the UK hang their washing out now ... mostly if they do it's big items like duvets etc... it's what I use my line for. It just sits up on the wall, waiting to be pulled out for big items to be dried... or like the other day I got the Garden lounger cushions out of the barn, and they were slightly damp so I pulled out the washing line and hung them on it in the sun..

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Electric kettle are one of the most major appliances in the UK kitchen because we're a nation of tea drinkers...
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I almost have an obsession with hanging clothes out and I don't know why. I like to. I have my folding racks and sometimes look for more to buy online. But until I buy a mobile, I'd have no more room.

I'd have loved a Mrs Peggs Handy Line but they are no longer sold in the U.S.. I got a very nice reply when I asked the company by email.

 
hollydolly said:
In today's papers, and American from Florida in the UK.. is saying she's never heard of Spray deodorant.. which we use all the time, as well as roll on .... in the UK...
69783799-0-image-a-36_1681385398246.jpg


never heard of heated bathroom towel rails.. which she's fallen in love...
69783795-0-image-a-26_1681385329450.jpg


Can this be true ?.. you don't have Electric kettles, heated towel rails and Spray deodorant.. ? Before I believe this..who better to ask but my friends here... I can't believe this can be true...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/...-never-seen-letterboxes-electric-kettles.html
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I have two electric kettles in my house and find them common with others.
We have three-prong plugs and inlets, actually they are ubiquitous.
I don't have a towel rack warmer, but I'm certainly familiar with them and could easily obtain one here.


This is silly; sounds like a ploy for attention. :/
 
Lots of Americans hang their laundry out when the weather is nice, but prefer the convenience of a clothes dryer most of the time. Our dryers are huge by comparison, we can dry a set of sheets and several towels at the same time, where the tiny dryer I had when in England could only dry one towel at a time and it took much longer. We also have extremes of weather that England never has. No woman wants to be hanging out laundry in Minnesota in winter.

Heated towel racks are probably more popular in England because many of English bathrooms don't have heat. I was really bothered by not having any electric outlets in my English bathroom so I couldn't dry, or set, my hair in there.

Electric kettles aren't quite as popular in America because we tend to be coffee drinkers and we usually have a coffee maker. Not many of us drink instant coffee on a regular basis. It was a surprise to us to be invited in for "a coffee" (not a cup of coffee or some coffee but A coffee) and then be given instant -- some thing I can barely get down.
 
BC Flash said:
re Remy's post #7 I don't think most American's realize you can hang laundry out to dry either.

A few years ago, we had visiters from the US - they were AMAZED that I have an outdoor clothes line. Their comment was they would never hang their clothes outdoor as the neighbours would think they were poor!!
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I think that is a fairly common misconception here.
I don't like to do it because I get weirded out by the thought of bugs and birds landing on my nice clean clothes.
 

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