Heyy...how come nobody puts little designs like that on the socket faces anymore???

They're just plain plastic now. Boring.

WA2ISE, can't tell you how many of those things I've cracked over the years by accident (and then replaced with metal plates after cursing a bit).

I've seen them a lot in Montreal -- in older buildings....

The ones I've seen are always covered in paint. They're sort of pretty looking. Wonder why they stopped making them....