The picture was emailed to me by an online buddy (and co-contributor to the Use-Net newsgroup rec.antiques.radio+phono). Don't know where he got it from.
We were joking around about another guy who frequents the group...who, some time back, actually admitted that he had done a similar thing once.
I believe he said he tried to pry off one of those really old round hemi-spehrical bakelite plugs using either a screwdriver or a knife. You know, the ones similar to those black open-front caps but without the little handle to grasp onto.
He's got a habit of blowing up old radios a lot....
[This message has been edited by SvenNYC (edited 08-28-2003).]