Yesterday's work amusement was discovering we've been using a 'permanent' extension cord to power a monitor, because the old crt that *used* to be there was 120V only and there are no nearby 120V circuits near that station, just 240V.
The 'new' LCD at that station, which has been there for years, autoadjusts from 120-240. All anybody ever had to do was just... plug it in.
(coils up extention cord, muttering)