I ran across this on one of my photo websites I visit (www.petapixel.com) and thought this might be of use:
 
http://petapixel.com/2013/08/15/use-this-simple-drop-test-to-see-if-your-alkaline-batteries-are-juiced/#more-120759
 
Who'da thunkit ? ? ? ?
 
J o e y

nice! I'm gonna test this at work tomorrow...Tony