"Metspitzer" wrote in message
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On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:41:15 -0400, Metspitzer
wrote:

I just saw a TV commercial. It was about two Asian girls fighting in
an Asian coffee shop. At the end of the commercial one of the two
girls plugs in a laptop. The outlet is shaped like the outlets we use
here in America.

Do they use the same type outlets in the countries that drive on the
right side of the road?

I was hoping a worldly person could answer this. I never leave the
recliner.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktmSFpXH7js

There's a thriving business in travel adapters for different sockets and
plugs so that you can plug things in when you travel. Personally, I use
something called "World Connect". See:
http://www.amazon.com/Swiss-Travel-P...ews/B000L9WTEU
It's a bit heavy, but it's always matched the sockets in the hotel rooms in
any country I've been in. The nice thing about computer power supplies and
cell phone chargers these days is that they work just fine on 50-60 Hertz
and 110-240 volts. Just plug them in via the adapter.

The first time I traveled to 220 volt Europe in the 1960s, I built an
adjustable resistor box for my electric razor and set the output voltage by
the sound of the motor. It was amazing that the motor didn't get fried.

Tomsic