26 Nov
2011
26 Nov
'11
10:01 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-
bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mark Wickens
Sent: 26 November 2011 12:03
To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only
Subject: Re: Storing cables
On 26/11/11 01:54, David Riley wrote:
> On Nov 25, 2011, at 20:28, Richard<legalize at xmission.com> wrote:
>
>> In article<4ECFACD2.26142.156CA36 at cclist.sydex.com>,
>> "Chuck Guzis"<cclist at sydex.com> writes:
>>
>>> [...] Duplicates [of cables]
>>> are squirreled away in boxes where I can forget about them.
>> Over the years I've accumulated a huge number of power cords and a
>> variety of SCSI and serial cables.
> Oh yeah, power cables. I have so many and forget that other people
don't;
sometimes I'll go somewhere and don't bring
the cord and get weird looks
when I act surprised that my hosts don't have spare computer cords.
>
> Interestingly enough, we got a new coffee percolator recently that has
an
IEC cord. That's very convenient, because
replacements for the old
Farberware ones were getting hard to find. I understand, though, that this
is
common practice in Europe for tea kettles?
IEC leads are ubiquitous in the UK for appliances with a significant power
draw
(the smaller figure-of-eight leads do for lower power
use).
Slang in the UK for an IEC lead is a 'kettle lead' - clearly that name
didn't come
about by chance ;)
Mark.
I went into a hardware shop recently and asked for an IEC lead. I got blank
looks until I said "you know, a kettle lead", then they knew immediately
what I wanted :-)
Rob