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Flashing the neighbours!

Sunday night I awoke in the middle of the night to see a flashing of lights off the walls.
It was coming from behind my house, or so I thought!
It almost looked like an emergency vehicle was out back.
I jumped to my feet half asleep, wondering if my neighbour's house was on fire or the ambulance was out back.
As I approached the bathroom, where the blind was up and I assumed the vehicle was outside, I realized that it was me that was flashing the neighbourhood!
No I was not naked (I know you all just had a sigh of relief)!
You see earlier that evening when I turned the night light on in the bathroom it went on for a second and burned out.
I always keep a few spares in the bathroom drawer so I fished one out.
It was a clear green light. I screwed it in and turned it on and went to bed.
It glowed green and all was good!
That was until the middle of the night when I noticed the strobing coming from that side of the house!
It was a blinker bulb!
I wonder how many of the residents at Riverview Manor noticed the flashing and wondered if I was running a welder in the house... or a disco??!!!
Well I decided that a flashing night light was not going to do and switched it for a frosted white one.
This time I waited several minutes for it to heat up and see if it too was going to give the neighbours a light show.... nope... all was good... back to bed!

–Until then,
Ken