This one will end up with 50, 10 and 22 meg resistors from VCCC, and
33k between the cap and neon.
Without the extra resistor, I was able to probe the current and watch
the lamp degrade over about an hour very significantly.
With the resistor, the current remains stable for many weeks.

Interesting. I didn't expect to learn anything on this project, but I did.  :)
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