My guy had me mix 1 tablespoon of baking soda into 1 cup of warm water, and we poured that over the corrosion to clean it off. Then he had me get 1 cup of plain water, to rinse off the battery. He said that it could have been caused by my battery being older than 3 years (he said anything after that is a crapshoot), and I'm sure mine is. It's working fine now (apparently) - so I'm disinclined to get a new one, seeing as I'd prefer to get a whole new *car* instead.

But my guy was a talker - he spent some time chitchatting about his trip to Alaska last year and all kinds of stuff. :)

Now, get on that fudge! The universe needs the sugar!!!