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If you've seen this kind of gas lamp, you're at least from the generation born before the 1980s! (i.imgur.com)
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[โ€“] slazer2au@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I remember a Big Clive video where one lamp had bridged the 240v mains input to the USB output.

[โ€“] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

ahaha absolutely... I wish his channel was required viewing for anyone who thinks Temu is selling anything worth buying... Sometimes it's true; it's totally worth buying. ... Most of the time ... it's a shockingly hazardous product.