OK, so I was in my hotel room, and I was desperately hunting for an electrical outlet. I had a Pacmate and a cell phone to charge, and a cassette player that I wanted to plug in. Try as I might, I couldn't find electrical outlets in the usual places, such as along the wall just above the floor. I did find one in the bathroom, where the hair dryer and razor were plugged in, but I knew there had to be more somewhere. After all, this room had advertised itself as network capable, so there must be a place to plug in your laptops, right? Well, try as I might, I couldn't find one. Even the lamps seemed hard-wired into something, with their cords disappearing beneath the carpet and their "plugs" wired directly into a connector. So where were my electrical outlets? I didn't want to ask anyone from the group I was in, because I was trying to appear at least a little independent, but while I was talking to a friend from home, he told me that the outlets were often on the tables. I didn't quite believe him, but as it turned out, the outlets I found were in the base of the lamp that was sitting on one of my tables. What a bizarre place for electrical outlets? I only tell this tale because I figure there may be others out there who didn't realize that the electrical outlets might be in the lamps. Hope this helps someone someday. Lora To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.