In article NbbZg.4316$Z46.1529@trndny05, "Edwin Pawlowski" wrote:

I was told by an electrician that the practice was changed to ground up a
few years ago. The reason is that if a plug is not all the way into the
receptacle, something dropped, like a paperclip off a desk, will not cross
the two prongs and come to rest. It would most likely slide off.

Now *that* makes sense!

However, I don't think I'm gonna reinstall/invert all of the outlets
in my home.

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