Hutch and DJK,

That doesn't surprise me. Old-time domestic telephone installations in Colombia used to use two-round-pin (Europlug type) sockets.

The plugs looked like slimmer and flimsier versions of replaceable Europlugs. However they were made so that you had to unscrew the pins themselves, wrap the wire and then screw the pin back down.

Effectively this design would limit you to very thin wire only -- such as the kind used for telephone cords.

I pity European tourists to Colombia trying to plug in their hair dryer or laptop into the phone socket.... [Linked Image]