Ken,
"Memory" is not a myth. It's a solid fact and I deal with it every day. It's the difference between 100 recharges and 1000 recharges. Or as it goes in my business, it's the difference between customer equipment working three months or three years.

Just how random is flying anyway. A 600mah pack is good for over 100 minutes of flight time in a standard 40 size four channel airplane. If you go out and make about the same number of flights each weekend. Then you come home and recharge your battery. Well, it's not random at all is it? And how many people fly even close to 100 minutes on one airplane every trip to the field?

Shussey, get a battery cycler! That's why they are there. Yes, you can recover some batteries. The best way to handle it is to use it to discharge and then recharge your battery on a set day. If you fly Sundays, then do it on Saturday. Just be careful not to go flying with a dead battery during the week! Also get a battery meter made for receiver batteries. They have a load inline and will give an accurate look at the level of the charge. Voltwatch's are nice too. They use the radio system as the load.