A little light

I received a little white owl lamp as a Christmas gift, which meant I needed to shop for a lightbulb.

There was a day and time when that might have been a monthly errand, but the last lightbulb I bought was in 2010. It was one of those new long lasting ones that is still working just fine.

I finally made it to the store and found the light section. No longer filled with yellow and blue flimsy corrugated sleeves, I was surprised at the difference ten years has made.

I needed a 40 watt or equivalent and found a package of four guaranteed to last nine years each. Since I will probably only use them in this lamp I would be 106 when the last one burnt out, or 97 when I put the last one in! 

I really don't need more than one of these. but that was a problem.

I finally found a 40 watt soft white general purpose LED bulb sold one at a time and purchased it.

Now that I am home I read that this bulb will work for 90 minutes if the power goes off, or even as a flashlight if I put my fingers on it in the right way.

My how things change.