Personally I’d argue the parliamentary system is infinitely preferable.

Rule 1 of “if you get more A’s than B’s” quiz club:

A recent employment tribunal case in the UK found that Uber drivers are not independent contractors. The ability to quit a job does not imply you are self-employed.

The traditional way a profitable business bolsters its share price is to pay a dividend.

Dried mushrooms - they add some good umami flavours to a stock that can be hard to get otherwise. I don’t particularly like mushrooms to eat but dried mushrooms in stock just give it an earthy feeling of substance.

Bones, cartilage, skin and fat make the best stock.

To address your first point, about 40% of lifehacker.com’s unique page-views come from outside the US. Further the second paragraph of the article makes specific reference to international use.

Sorry to OT like this but as you know I’m banned in the most relevant places.

Maybe because Google Voice is US only.

Oddly enough we have hobs (US stove-tops) in the UK as well. They are rubbish for bringing water to a boil - perfectly fine for keeping water at a boil or simmer, but slow and wasteful getting it there.

That makes it somewhat slower then. My kettle can boil a 250ml “cup” of water fresh from the tap (so somewhere around 5-10C) in 40-45s.

I don’t personally have a microwave so I doubt I’ll be trying it.

It’s not so much the voltage as the power. UK kettles tend to clock in at around 2.5kW for a really shitty cheap effort to about 3kW for a pretty good rapid boil (obvs if you are buying for design rather than function then things can get silly), typical power ratings are about 2.8kW. The UK mains runs at 230V rms…

I’ve never tried a microwave to heat just water (as opposed to water molecules in some foodstuff) so I’m unsure of the time it would take to boil a given mass of water. A decent fast-boil electric kettle is significantly faster than using a hob (gas or electric) though. Those “instant” boil induction taps are faster…

If you click through you’ll find the 5 minute time is for diced potatoes, whole baby potatoes are the 10 mins I’m more familiar with. It also stipulates using the right size pan.

I have no idea why they list horseradish sauce as USA rather than UK, but I also have no idea wtf they are doing using yoghurt and olive oil instead of cream.

Yes. I don’t know how they cope.

1. Goose should not need basting.

The thing is Walmart has a European subsidiary (ASDA in the UK) so should have in-house all the necessary expertise and experience for a smooth switch to chip and pin.

Either the US uses very different gear ratios to those common in the UK or your gear to speed table is way out.