Reply to: Boris gets the check book out.

[JohntheBike]

this is not true though.
Granite radioactive effects are based on inhalation of Radon, which has a very short half life. SO only a problem for people in the area in enclosed space.

I was only using this as an example. I wasn't suggesting that this was actually the case.

[vetran]

Have a day off, don't be a **** all your life.

feckin impossible for reeker!

[darmstadt]

[BlasterBates]

Perhaps our continental cousins finally realised a safety feature was a good thing, as the old continental plugs were more like this;
Power plug & outlet Type C - World Standards

No they haven't, again you are jumping to conclusions. The type C plug is used on devices which are insulated. In the UK you will find plenty of these as well where the 3rd pin isn't used.

You don't need to earth a plastic device.

[original PM]

Yes

[Whorty]

Do you often sit there and judge people on how much money you think they do or do not have?

Does it give you a tumescence?

Yes

[Mordac]

How can I still post?

A question science may never be able to explain...

[WTFH]

Perhaps our continental cousins finally realised a safety feature was a good thing, as the old continental plugs were more like this;
Power plug & outlet Type C - World Standards

Looks like a UK shaver plug.

[SimonMac]

How can I still post?

Have you not met NAT before?

[Eirikur]

How can I still post?

[NotAllThere]

Perhaps our continental cousins finally realised a safety feature was a good thing, as the old continental plugs were more like this;
Power plug & outlet Type C - World Standards

Two prong plugs are fine. It was the sockets that were problematical, and eventually made illegal to fit.

[Bean]

For people who don't understand two pronged plugs here is an explanation.

European sockets

Perhaps our continental cousins finally realised a safety feature was a good thing, as the old continental plugs were more like this;
Power plug & outlet Type C - World Standards

[BlasterBates]

For people who don't understand two pronged plugs here is an explanation.

European sockets

[BlasterBates]

Yes.

Go have a look at a UK plug, whilst paying close attention to the bottom two holes - now stick a fork in the top hole and watch as magic happens before your eyes.

The top hole is a safety device, that when the top prong is inserted, elevates the safety barriers in the bottom 2 holes, to allow the bottom 2 prongs to make a circuit.

So yes, the UK plug is objectively safer than the 2 hole equivalent.

Perhaps on the continent, they're using it as a form of Darwinian selection for children?

No it isn't. Two pronged plug has a metal clip that does exactly the same thing as a three pronged plug. In other words it also has an extra ground connection, it just isn't a prong.

[darmstadt]

Yes.

Go have a look at a UK plug, whilst paying close attention to the bottom two holes - now stick a fork in the top hole and watch as magic happens before your eyes.

The top hole is a safety device, that when the top prong is inserted, elevates the safety barriers in the bottom 2 holes, to allow the bottom 2 prongs to make a circuit.

So yes, the UK plug is objectively safer than the 2 hole equivalent.

Perhaps on the continent, they're using it as a form of Darwinian selection for children?

I just stuck a fork in the plug here, all it does is trip a circuit breaker for the room.

Mind you, I look like Don King now