On Tuesday 17 March 2020 16:55:56 Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users wrote:

> As big as the UK plugs are, with the beefy prongs, I'm surprised they
> haven't been classified as weapons and banned. ;) One could bean
> another person real good with one of your extension cords...
>
>     On Tuesday, March 17, 2020, 10:34:44 AM MDT, andy pugh
> <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  On Tue, 17 Mar 2020 at 16:18, Rafael Skodlar <ra...@linwin.com> wrote:
> > American standard for power plugs is way better but I don't
> > recommend to use N for an antenna
>
> There are unpolarised olugs in the US.

Yes, and the quicker they go away, the better off we'd be. But we've been 
stuck with the SOB's since the REA came thru in late '45. But I expect 
it will take at least 200 years since that is the plug most lamps come 
with yet.
>
> If you want to be super careful use the UK BS1363 plug. You can't put
> them in the wrong way round. Even if you remove the earth pin from the
> plug (as the shutters are opened by the earth pin).
>
> Of course the UK plug introduces a different danger, they hurt like
> hell to stand on in the dark.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEfP1OKKz_Q

Not available on this side of the pond.
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