[disneysteve]

As we enter the season when lots of us will be getting gifts and gadgets that run on batteries, here is something to keep in mind. When batteries no longer have enough power to run a high-drain device like a digital camera, they may still hold more than enough juice to run a low-drain device like a clock. So don't throw away those "worn-out" batteries. Save them for less demanding uses.

I took a set of batteries out of my camera last week that were "dead". The camera wouldn't even turn on with those batteries. I put one battery in my computer room clock which was truly dead. A week later, the clock is still keeping perfect time and probably will continue to do so for months on that same "dead" battery.