Date   : Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:24:29 -0700
From   : ewen_roberts@... (Ewen Roberts)
Subject: Leccy @ Acorn World '09

On 7 Sep, 2009, at 15:43 , Jonathan Graham Harston wrote:

>> Message-ID: <4AA56A6E.2050303@...>
>
> I shudder whenever I see US-made building maintence programs like
> This Old House or Bob Villa. The connect cables by twisting two
> wires together and then stuffing them into a toothpaste tube cap!

They're special approved toothpaste caps with a thread in them that  
grips the wires inside, the ones for mains wiring often have copper  
thread inserts.
The cretin who wired our house loved them, they're everywhere.  Don't  
seem to come off as easily as you might think though.