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Gaye Levy on how to recharge Alkaline batteries.
To be quite honest, I was blown away.
Being a dutiful citizen of the world, when a flashlight, computer mouse or portable electronic gizmo such as a remote control stopped working, I dumped the old batteries into my recycle box and installed some new ones. Of course not being wasteful, I favored the use of rechargeable batteries and was quite proud of my collection of various sized Eneloop batteries which hold their charge for up to three years, even while sitting on the shelf.
A LADY ON A MISSION
Do you every get a bug in your bum and decide that nothing will stop you from the mission or task at hand? Well, that was me. I wanted to prove to myself that old alkaline batteries were still usable and further, as Dennis Evers (Preparedness is Fundamental) says, you can have free batteries for life.