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Stock holders in Duracell rejoice!

You all crack me up! To date the two topics I’ve received the most e-mail about were my opinions about the TV drama Gray’s Anatomy and now, Mr. Boom Boom. Oh if Mr. Boom Boom had any idea the attention he’s getting throughout the world!

I’m happy to report that all was bliss in our little apartment complex on Saturday. I know Boom Boom was home because I heard his TV on (at a nice low, normal, level) Saturday evening. When I didn’t hear him stir all day I did start to worry. But, I’m guessing he had quite the hangover after his Friday night jam session.

This evening Boom Boom hasn’t been home. AAAHHHH – bliss! Quiet! Yes!

My earphones, however, stopped working. I panicked. It’s such a pain to return anything when you don’t drive. But, it turns out the on and off switch for the headphone set is separate from the one on the base. So, I’d turned off the base, but not the earphones. The earphones are powered by AAA batteries, so of course, after running for two days they died. I think I need to start buying them in industrial quantities. The stock holders of Duracell should be thrilled. I do use a lot of batteries.

I tried buying the rechargeable kind but they seem to die after barely any use and need to be recharged again. Is it just me? What’s the point of having batteries if what you’re doing is constantly interrupted by battery failure?

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Anonymous said…
I heard someone talking about technology on the radio, and the interviewer asked what he thought the next Big Idea would be. And he said, actually, the most needed product right now is batteries with a decent lifespan (especially for computers).

I go through batteries like crazy too. If you clip coupons at all, there are fantastic coupons for batteries all the time. Just FYI.
Anonymous said…
Hey Heather, You're certainly not the only one with the rechargeable battery problem. However, I'm not in a huge pickle. I can simply tell Peggy, my manager, I need to buy some batteries and the tripple A batteries come in a package of 12. Since I don't have a huge amount of stuff that runs on them it lasts a good bit. It's the C Cells that will start getting eaten up by what used to be Dad's radio now that the weather's nice and I can take it outside. Did you hear the trick about putting the unused batteries in a bag in your freezer? It makes them not go bad so fast waiting to be used once you've opened a package.

Later,
Kelly