On Fri, 30 May 2008 21:07:47 +0100, Linda Fox wrote:
Husband reading over my shoulder says it was a regular thing in
certain parts of Canada when he was there in the 70s, that every
parking space at work had a socket. An anti-freze thing rather than a
keep-you-warm-while-you-drive thing.

Yep, very common around here. Most hotels have outlets in the parking lot
to plug the block heater into, too (power's cheap enough that they just
provide it as a free service, I suppose)

cheers

Jules