We were a recharageable battery family

Ha ha! I had never considered this to be a thing but yes! We were a rechargeable battery family too!! And now that we're grown up and have kids of our own, we'll definitely remain so.

The mention of lithium makes me wonder why they don't make a decent lithium-ion battery in AA, AAA, etc. size. Surely these geniuses are able to do this. Rechargeable batteries are as crap now as they were 30 years ago. They're 1.2V instead of the standard 1.5V so it's no wonder they don't last long. Why don't they make 1.5V rechargeable batteries???? I'm starting to get angry about this now.