On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 16:50:47 -0800, Tim Wescott
calmly ranted:

Larry Jaques wrote:

I can buy new packs off Ebay for less than I can get new cells
locally. But I hate to toss good cells if they can be put to
use once again. Besides, I'm a tighta^H^H^H^H^H^Hfrugal person.

I guess the point is that they're not good cells at this point --
they're just cells that haven't given up quite yet.

They're only about 2.5 years old and have had maybe 50 charges
each, so my guess is that they still have life in them.
Of course, I'll reglue a sneaker whose sole tried to fall off
if the uppers are in good condition, too. YMMV.


--

From time to time, we have been tempted to believe that society has
become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by
an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people.
But if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who
among us has the capacity to govern someone else?
All of us together, in and out of government, must bear the
burden. The solutions we seek must be equitable, with no one
group singled out to pay a higher price.

-President Ronald Reagan
First Inaugural Address
Tuesday, January 20, 1981