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    This Is Why They Make Travel Adapters

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    Image of MarvelaAndrogeus MarvelaAndrogeus
    08/14/09

    In reply to This Is Why They Make Travel Adapters
    I just moved to the UK (from da bay) a few days ago, had the same problem. A travel adapter is four pounds ($8). Their plugs here are so awful that they have to put switches on them so it doesn't burn the house down. Even the travel adaptors are awful. 220 volts is what is used to power a jaccuzzi or an all electric dryer. The irony is all of their appliances are miniaturized versions, like a dorm room fridge passing for a real one. So shit that could basically run off of a USB port is instead being driven by 220 volts. imagine if every cord were as thick as those orange outdoor extension cords....
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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    08/14/09

    @MarvelaAndrogeus: The plugs I'll admit are over engineered, individual switches, fuses in each plug, and the gate on the top pin.
    But the only thing to complain about a UK plug, is when you stand on one in the dark. :D
    And our fridges are normal sized. If' you've got a mini fridge that's you getting a mini-fridge. :P
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    Image of Markarian Markarian
    08/14/09

    @MarvelaAndrogeus: I know this sounds like a bit of Amero-centrism, but aren't ours the most compact in the world? Even grounded US plugs seem dwarfed by those from other countries.
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    Image of moonrad moonrad
    08/15/09

    @Markarian:
    That's why we need to get this guy's idea made into a reality.
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    Image of dolo54 blows minds and blows engines! dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!
    08/15/09

    @deanbmmv: When I was in London every apt. I went to had a mini-fridge. Or perhaps you think a fridge that is 4 feet high is normal sized?
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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    08/15/09

    @dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!:
    [www.argos.co.uk]>MINI-FRIDGE.htm - mini-fridge

    Fridge fridge - [www.argos.co.uk]>FRIDGE.htm
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    Image of ohjohnsmall ohjohnsmall
    08/14/09

    In reply to This Is Why They Make Travel Adapters
    I'd totally do that, if it was the only way I would be able to download por... I mean... read Gizmodo while traveling. It's kind of brilliant as long as your voltage is right.
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    Image of met2art met2art
    08/14/09

    @ohjohnsmall: As if Gizmodo wasn't already a kind of porn...
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    Image of Scotland Scotland
    08/14/09

    @met2art: Both are addictive.
    My name is Scotland and I am a Gizmodoholic.
    Personally, I am not a fan of the negative connotations that the suffix "holic" brings to my addiction. Therefor, I prefer to refer to myself as a Gizmodophile.
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    08/14/09

    @Scotland: Kinda like a pedophile?
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    Image of AnAphexTwin AnAphexTwin
    08/15/09

    @Scotland: Nice Ponderland reference :) !
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    Image of armyofchuckness armyofchuckness
    08/14/09

    In reply to This Is Why They Make Travel Adapters
    Are there any current laws that they can charge this person for? Watt worries me is this person isn't safe in their own Ohm. That just hertz.
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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    08/14/09

    @armyofchuckness: If they were charged, they would almost certainly have to appear in circuit court.
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    Image of bornonbord bornonbord
    08/14/09

    In reply to This Is Why They Make Travel Adapters
    Meh, they have a switch on the plug. It's safe to set up until you flip it.

    They have those all over NZ which drove me nuts. At first. But then they made sense once I started shoving keys in it.
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    08/14/09

    In reply to This Is Why They Make Travel Adapters
    and after getting electrocuted you'll get cast in Robin Hood : Prince of Thieves...

    lose/lose.
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    Image of Ryanraven Ryanraven
    08/14/09

    In reply to This Is Why They Make Travel Adapters
    Around my house if the plug doesn't fit we just splice the wires and pull the outlet from the wall and throw it all into a bucket of water!

    For anyone interested, I do train babies to stay out of water buckets....only 3 easy payments of $24.95!!! +S&P
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    Image of Danny Allen Danny Allen
    08/14/09

    @Ryanraven: Nice work
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    08/14/09

    In reply to This Is Why They Make Travel Adapters
    I think the retro PSA guy's method was far more elegant and ingenious.
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    Image of macpatrik macpatrik
    08/14/09

    In reply to This Is Why They Make Travel Adapters
    You'd think someone smart enough to know how to do that wouldn't actually do it. Amazing.
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    Image of lefunk01 lefunk01
    08/14/09

    In reply to This Is Why They Make Travel Adapters
    The turn-key solution for travel adapters
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    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    08/14/09

    @lefunk01: I find that comment shocking...
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    Image of Curves Curves
    06/29/09

    In reply to A Tribute to Splendid Half-Assery
    I once fixed a windshield wiper (in a downpour) with a condom. I wish I had gotten pictures of that......
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