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I also made the decision to move far away from home. So far it has been a good decision. I really began to live being me and not trying to compete with my dad. In somethings he was definitely smarter than me. In others I think I excelled way past him! Little things that he learned disappeared on him. His college chemistry book had a full chapter on car batteries. The opening page of the chapter had in big bright red letters. "Do Not put salt in a lead-acid battery! His seven-year old Buick still had the original car battery and it stopped holding a charge. He took the battery apart and cleaned he plates. The lead plates had holes and pits on them. He put fresh acid (sulfuric) and it still wouldn't hold a charge. He remembered something about salt and batteries. He took some salt pellets from the water softener, crushed them and added the salt to the battery. The salt didn't help charge the battery which began to give off chlorine gas!