From: dannyb@panix.com   
      
   In <6717f0c9-7259-4ec4-a82e-fc5edab333a1n@googlegroups.com> Tim R   
    writes:   
      
   >I went to replace the AA in a kitchen timer and found it had leaked out of   
   both ends.   
      
   >I think I've had more of these leak in the past year or so than in the   
   previous ten.  Is there something different in manufacture, or am I just   
   unlucky?   
      
   I noticed this starting about 15 years ago.  The first time   
   was with a bunch of Sears Die Hard branded AA's and D's.   
      
   A couple of years later I ran into this with name brand   
   Duracell and Everready.   
      
   I suspect just about all these companies now just   
   slap their label on "cheapest supplier of the week"...   
      
      
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