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Old 21st Jan 2015, 8:38 pm   #84
Phil G4SPZ
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Default Re: Technology related anachronisms on TV and in films etc.

What I meant was, you see radios being switched off 'backwards' by rotating the control clockwise. You also see valves, taps and stopcocks being turned off 'backwards', i.e. by turning anticlockwise.

For some time, the standard Water Board pattern valve worked cack-handedly, i.e. clockwise to open and anticlockwise to close. Most confusing.
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