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As my mother used to say, “ if Billy told you to put your fingers in the socket would you?” It seems yes! Not sure that can work on a UK plug can it? This is a great video showing all the safety features of our plugs compared to the rest of the world.
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7th Feb 2020 9:55 am
RRSTDV8
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You can do such things with British sockets, it just takes a bit more work. One needs to push something in to the earth location in order to uncover the live and neutral locations by sliding the protection out of the way. A suitable metal object can then be inserted in to each. A third metal object can then be dropped on to the first two metal objects.
All "allegedly", of course... Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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7th Feb 2020 10:07 am
Pelyma
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And if they are stupid enough to be doing this they won’t be clever enough to know that. DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
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7th Feb 2020 10:36 am
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It might be something we did on occasion at school, back in the unsafe days... Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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7th Feb 2020 1:04 pm
Pelyma
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Naughty step for you then. DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
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first week in halls at uni, one of the 3rd years gave me a tip for when you're trying to sleep before exams and some plonker next door is trying to party all night ... 3 pin plug, open it, shove a coin in it, reassemble.
When party gets to be annoying, simply plug it in and power for that section of the halls of residence is off until you remove it.
never resorted to it, honest.
7th Feb 2020 1:14 pm
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We did much the same at school. Remove a light bulb, insert a sixpenny piece, replace the bulb, & wait for someone to switch the light on. This would put most of the school lights out. Most spectacular, especially in the dark winter days. The only drawback was it cost sixpence a go.never drive faster than your guardian angel can fly
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7th Feb 2020 1:28 pm
RRSTDV8
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Pelyma wrote:
Naughty step for you then.
I'll bring a cushion; I feel I'm going to spend a lot of time there! Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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7th Feb 2020 4:10 pm
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pko wrote:
The only drawback was it cost sixpence a go.
What's a sixpence? Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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7th Feb 2020 4:11 pm
gstuart
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Almost as stupid as these morons
7th Feb 2020 4:14 pm
leeds
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RR a sixpence is a tanner and I am not referring to someone who makes leather from animal skins as vegans do not approve of tanners!
Yes I know confusing!
Now at secondary modern school if it was a nice day and you want to skip lessons and play football a quarter to half turn on fire alarm break glass front plate screw was just enough to set alarm off. No damage caused to break glass and took some time to reset system. Not me guv, honest guv, nothing to do with me.
We did much the same at school. Remove a light bulb, insert a sixpenny piece, replace the bulb, & wait for someone to switch the light on. This would put most of the school lights out. Most spectacular, especially in the dark winter days. The only drawback was it cost sixpence a go.
Not that imaginative! We used to hit the emergency off switch in the science labs then connect one end of a 100:1 transformer to the mains at and the other across each end of a pencil before resetting the switch to give it tens of amps. That and leaving electrolytic capacitors lying round the school that had been charged to 100 V...
A sixpence? Is that why threepennybits always come as a pair?
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