David & All, Just think about what we're discussing, These batteries are more than likely manufactured in a remote Chinese province by a recently hired, former rice farmer who now is revelling in the fact that he now makes $3.00~$5.00(US) per day and that's probably 5~10 times more than he ever made in his life! Of course the poor person doesn't realize that he is now exposed to unbelievably high concentrations of heavy metals that will kill him in 10~15 years and have probably destroyed his genetic structure to pass birth defects on down to his children/grand children. I'm sorry people for venting, but this small item that we're discussing is directly connected to Globalization and "Free-Trade Agreements" I got in very late last night from a very stressful business trip and am now suffering the granddaddy of all hangovers as a direct result of ingesting waaaaayyyy too much 101 Wild Turkey on the rocks. I do that sometimes to "Wind-Down"!! Just a thought guys, Art Tafil _natstek@xxxxxxxx (mailto:natstek@xxxxxxx) One of the former active duty "Few, The Proud, The Extremely Hung-Over, The Marines" ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/