Flying Squid@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agoWhy do so many UK electrical sockets have an on/off switch next to them?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square260fedilinkarrow-up1343arrow-down121file-text
arrow-up1322arrow-down1imageWhy do so many UK electrical sockets have an on/off switch next to them?lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square260fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days ago The weird foreign convention I would like to shame is doors that require a key to open from the inside. Huh. Where have you seen those? Seems dangerous.
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·24 hours agoThey’re used where there are windows close enough that, if broken by an intruder, the intruder would be able to operate the lock. The better solution is, of course, to not use such doors.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoWe mostly just leave the key in them unless I’m going on holiday. If somebody is going to steal my stuff while I’m away, I’m going to make them work for it.
Huh. Where have you seen those? Seems dangerous.
They’re used where there are windows close enough that, if broken by an intruder, the intruder would be able to operate the lock.
The better solution is, of course, to not use such doors.
We mostly just leave the key in them unless I’m going on holiday.
If somebody is going to steal my stuff while I’m away, I’m going to make them work for it.