6 Nov
2001
6 Nov
'01
3:59 p.m.
ard(a)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