OT: You know you've been reading classiccmp too much when...

All, night before last, I dreamed someone was showing me a piece of circa 1950 or so radio gear, which was so constructed as to *accept* power via a standard 120V wall socket built into its back. The problem with that arrangement is that it implied the existence of a "power adapter cord" with a normal 120V wall plug (with two exposed blades) on either end. As soon as this piece of gear was shown to my dream incarnation, I started yelling "No! NO! That shouldn't exist!" and trying to take a big pair of shears to it to eliminate the safety hazard. I remember the museum curator, or whoever was showing me this, looking displeased just before I woke up, and my wife, looking displeased just after I (and she) woke up. -- Mark Tapley, Dwarf Engineer (I haven't cleared my neighborhood) 210-379-4635