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Paper Route Stories Barney Fife Again
	This technically isn’t a story about the paper route, but I was sure it happened because of the “Curfew Altercation”. Within a week later #BarneyFife caught me climbing the maple tree next to the road in front of our house. He jumped out of his car and yelled up at me to get down out of the tree. When I didn’t climb down, he marched over to my house. He banged on the door loud enough to wake the dead and when my Mom came to the door, he started in on her. I was too far away to hear what Barney was saying but it wasn’t long before I heard my Dad’s voice. I couldn’t hear what he said either, but I heard the angry tone of his voice as he sent Barney packing.
Then Dad come out and told me to get down out of the tree. And that I wasn’t to give Barney any more lip. Something to the effect, “Don’t give the idiot any cause to make trouble.” Clearly Dad didn’t think much of Barney either and certainly didn’t see any harm in climbing a tree. I told Dad why Barney was after me and when he heard me say “Barney” he couldn’t quite hide a smile. I think to this day if Barney hadn’t banged on that door and been rude to Mom then Dad’s reaction to me might have been entirely more menacing. I don’t recall any further run-ins with that particular Barney.

I talked to some of my friends after this and they said they had also been warned off climbing trees by the cops, but only the trees growing between the sidewalk and street. Something about a policy to keep kids from falling out of trees and landing on concrete.
 
 We all pretty much agreed this was stupid. Sorta like parents telling you not to run with scissors. Who goes anywhere with scissors? Much less running with them? As if anybody fell out of trees anyway. 
 
 It was one of those shrugging head shake things. 
 What was with adults?

MjL 21 Aug 2020, 04:26 a.m.

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