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    I have a thing about flashlights.  I love them.  I buy them and use them and then they just quit working.  No it is not the batteries, it must be the wiring.  I was walking down the stairs the other night in the dark.   I don’t like going down the stairs in the dark.  Sometimes my foot does not hit the next step and then it hits the 2nd step and I stumble and grab the rails, trying not to tumble down the steps.  I just get scared that I will miss a step and fall.  Last night, I grabbed my little book light.  The kind you fold all up and when you hit the button, it all slowly unfolds and has this little glaring light, that lights up a circle on your book, but is not really bright enough to light up the stairs.  So here I am with this tiny light, trying to shine it on the steps.  I take a step and then the light starts to blink and then just goes off.  I tap it and shake it, and it did come on again, but then it just went off and totally died.  In the middle of the stairway, total darkness.  I slowly made it down the stairs, holding the stupid broken book light, hoping that it will come back on, but it doesn’t.  Crap.  So I check to make sure I turned off the computer and then stumble back up the stairs.  I get to my knees and go up on my hands and knees.  I am just afraid I will miss a step and fall backwards.  

     I went to Home Depot today and while my hubby was at the checkout counter, I saw this bucket of long tube like flashlights.  It even glows orange on the end, or blinks orange, or is just a flashlight.  I bought it and it works great, for now.  It even has a whistle at the end.  I don’t know why, but it has it.  I took a neat picture of it, in the dark, all glowing on my table.  Now I have to turn off the computer, take my flashlight and go upstairs.  It shines bright.  I am happy.

PS:  The light is lifegear.com and it says you get free replacement batteries and it is supposed to work for 200 hours.  Probably on the 201 hour, I will be going down the stairs,  in the dark, when it quits.