Rubber Restorer...

From: Frank McConnell <fmc_at_reanimators.org>
Date: Tue Nov 6 23:59:29 2001

ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) wrote:
> No. No mains connectors at all (obviously). In the UK, the standard mains
> socket has shutters over the live/neutral contacts which are openned when
> the earth pin enters its contact. So you can't stick bits of wire into
> mains sockets.

Well, that's no fun. How else are kids supposed to learn that
sticking a neon lamp's leads into a wall socket is a bad idea?

-Frank McConnell
  "I don't want a kinder, gentler world. I want one full of traps for the
  unwary, whirling blades, spite and radios which bear in large red
  letters the Dave-Barryesque legend 'OK TO USE IN TUB.'" -D. Henke
Received on Tue Nov 06 2001 - 23:59:29 GMT