Ever feel like technology has passed you by?

[Jimmyarm]

nute said:

Are you not coming at this from the wrong end. Im 51, my son recently received something with a moulded EU type plug on it and asked me if i had a spare adaptor. I gave him a 3 pin plug and told him to chop the Euro one off and put the Uk one on. He looked at me like I was asking him to solve cold fusion by lunch time. He can build his own PC, jail break his phone (or whatever its called) and is very clever with android but basic things like a plug defeat him.

I'm 34 and remember getting taught how to wire a plug in secondary school (although my Great Grandfather had already shown me numerous times when I was about 10 !)

I imagine it isn't taught anymore as only a qualified electrician should be doing it etc