On Monday 10 June 2002 04:35 am, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: [snip] > > > next time you get to pulling a battery, swab the area around the > > contacts with alcohol and let it evaporate before you replace the it. > > those batteries should last for at least half a year. > > Cheers. Didn't know about the alcohol trick. It's probably a terrible > waste of snaps though...
i'm hoping i don't need to say this, but drinkable alcohol will leave a sugar residue--you need the kind that kills more than braincells. on the otherhand, any decent moonshine, mescal, irish potcheen, or canadian blackjack might do the trick. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]