Ross Finlayson wrote:
>
> At 01:59 PM 3/6/00 -0800, Cameron Young wrote:
> >Most of the wall power outlets have little rocker switches built into the
> >outlet cover that also needs to be turned on.
> >
> >*Don't* forget to check this if you are charging a cell phone / laptop for
> >use the next day. Hotel staff have a habit of turning all these switches
> >off whenever they clean a room.
>
> Also, don't forget that on wall switches (like almost every country in with
> world except the US :-) "down" means "on".
Well, if you pronounce "U.S." as "United States and Canada, except
for parts of my house in Montreal". As I renovated, I made a point
of going through and installing the switches the "right" way up
(drove my Canadian spouse crazy at the time, but she got used to it!
:-) Of course, now I'm selling the place, the agent seems to think I
should switch them all back...
- peterd
