We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember misterroy
saying something like:

What am I doing wrong, I am on the point of buying a big box of non-
rechargables and trashing the rest.

Junk the **** cheap ones and get some Eneloop-alikes, from here
http://component-shop.co.uk/html/body_instant.html
The Vapex are excelelnt value for money.