Son of Biggus Dickus II wrote:
Today I caught this ******* ham stinkball rooting thru the
battery recycle boxes at the local office supply store.
He dug out two Dell laptop batteries and quickly shoved them
into his dirty overalls pockets he was wearing.

I don't know about any Dell recall, but I routinely go through the
recycled battery boxes when I see them. I often get NimH batteries which
after being reconditioned (discharged/recharged) a few times are perfectly
good.

Geoff.

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