Average IQ scores seem to have been falling and population ageing may be why

Re:Average IQ scores seem to have been falling and populatio... by raverbashing on Friday September 29, 2017 @07:25AM (#15364354)

I find it funny that the 'Great Kingdom' didn't sell electrical appliances with a plug fitted on the 1980s since that was standard in pretty much all the rest of the world.

It's not about convenience, it's about selling a functioning and safe product

And yes I do agree the knowledge of replacing plugs is important and is getting lost, I didn't learn it by having to fit it to newly acquired equipment (rather by fixing equiment where that - or the cable - became faulty)

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Re:Average IQ scores seem to have been falling and populatio... by rjsw on Friday September 29, 2017 @09:13AM (#15364921)

I'm fairly sure that the requirement for moulded plugs is an EU directive.

The design of UK plugs means that user replaceable ones are the same size and shape as moulded ones. Doing the same for Schuko plugs is harder so it makes sense that they went all-moulded earlier.

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Re:Average IQ scores seem to have been falling and populatio... by DonaldFisk on Friday September 29, 2017 @11:58AM (#15366421)

This is UK domestic legislation, not an EU directive. From

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets:_Br...

"UK Consumer Protection legislation requires that most domestic electrical goods sold must be provided with fitted plugs to BS 1363-1. These are usually, but not necessarily, non-rewirable."

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