On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 15:48:31 -0000, "Owain"
wrote:

But weren't those German versions of British 13A sockets (with horizontal
rockers) hideous. And they never put that missing screw back in.

The missing screw was not missing. There was a metal plate behind,
which precluded having a screw at that point. I also note your mention
of the word "German" in your criticism of the sockets. Do you *know*
they were German? Or merely installed by Germans, perhaps?

MM