Of course, the problem with those is, if something other than a lamp is plugged into it, you may spend a while wondering why it won't work. Happened to me at my parents'. Eventually I just taped the offending switch to the ON position. Hee hee.

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'Cause when you've given up,
When no matter what you do it's never good enough,
When you never thought that it could ever get this tough,
That's when you feel my kind of love.

Oh, you have them right at the switch? The ones I've seen have it at the entrance to the room. Making it even more baffling when something doesn't work because its switch is off.

Here (USA) there are 2 and 3 prong outlets. Some older places, like my old apartment building, only have 2-prong outlets, which is annoying when you need to plug in something with a 3-prong plug (like a computer).

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'Cause when you've given up,
When no matter what you do it's never good enough,
When you never thought that it could ever get this tough,
That's when you feel my kind of love.

All the power strips I've seen just have one switch for the entire strip.

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'Cause when you've given up,
When no matter what you do it's never good enough,
When you never thought that it could ever get this tough,
That's when you feel my kind of love.

US power outlets look like this:



They're almost always in pairs like that, too. To me, European outlets look huge in comparison.

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'Cause when you've given up,
When no matter what you do it's never good enough,
When you never thought that it could ever get this tough,
That's when you feel my kind of love.

Here's one with a ruler for comparison:



The first and third ones are the most common. The second and fourth apparently accept some weird kind of plug I have never seen.

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'Cause when you've given up,
When no matter what you do it's never good enough,
When you never thought that it could ever get this tough,
That's when you feel my kind of love.