On Battery Death and Dying*

Lately I have noticed that my laptop keeps running the battery down more quickly than I would expect. I made certain to leave it plugged in overnight so that the batteries would be fully charged. This morning, I unplugged the power cable and opened the power meter: Woah - how much time from an almost fully charged battery? This can't be true! Stupid D*ll !! Maybe if I take the battery out and put it back in again it will work... This is so depressing, I think I'll just give up on blogging/surfing/email. Oh heck, I'll just schelp around with the power cord. *This post brought to you by the letter D. With apologies to E. Kubler-Ross