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Brian Sharrock wrote:
It's what annoys me when the objectors to unified colours throughout
the EU go on about the 'instinctive' old colours. There's no such
thing.

OTOH: 'Human Factor Engineers/industrial Physiologists do know about
what is 'instinctive', or at least inculturated, for the 'majority' of
people. 'Righty-Tighty ~ Lefty-Loosey'; Red -danger ; Clockwise-more,
Anti-Clockwise~less; works for we acculturated folks in the UK. Having
to bow-down to the dictates of an unelected bunch of Eurocrats dreaming
up directives 'to work towards a more integrated Europe' is really
'what annoys me' (to quote your words).

So you don't think unified wiring colours throughout the EU a good idea?

But if you did how then do you get round the fact the that Germany
apparently thought red the best colour for a safety wire while the UK
chose green? Red may mean danger in most countries, but then the
'dangerous' wire to get wrong on a three wire appliance is the earth - not
the other two. And don't let's forget red is the least visible colour to
man in general - and even more so if you're partially colour blind. So it
wasn't chosen with science but merely became the convention - why, I don't
know. And I'd guess the same with threads and clocks.

BTW; AIUI the EU bureaucracy will not employ people born _before_ the
establishment of its predecessor(s) [Application forms bear a statement
to that effect]. "It's what annoys me" that people with a earlier
date-of-birth are presumed to be objectors "throughout the EU"

Strange, given the main idea of the original 'common market' was to
prevent wars between the likely members which had occurred rather too
frequently in the past.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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