THE NEIGHBORS WENT ON VACATION IN JUNE AND WHILE THEY WERE GONE A BAD STORM CAME THROUGH OUR AREA. TWO POPLAR TREES BEHIND OUR HOUSE IN THE WOODS WERE STRUCK BY LIGHTENING. THE ONE, A GIANT, HAD A ONE FOOT DIAMETER BRANCH BREAK OFF NEAR THE TOP AND WHEN IT FELL IT KNOCKED OVER THE TELEPHONE POLE AND WIRES. THE OTHER POPLAR WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTENING AND HAD A SPLIT THROUGH THE TRUNK. I FIGURED I NEEDED TO CUT THAT TREE DOWN. NOT KNOWING WHEN THE NEIGHBORS WERE COMING HOME AND KNOWING THEIR KIDS PLAY IN THE WOODS AND THEIR OLDEST BOY RIDES HIS RECREATIONAL VEHICLES IN THE WOODS, I DECIDED IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO PUT "RED DANGER TAPE'' UP ACROSS THE ENTRANCE TO THE WOODS. THE TAPE WAS NOWHERE NEAR THEIR PROPERTY, BUT IT WAS TEN FEET OFF MY PROPERTY. I OWNED SOME OF THE WOODS AND NEVER SAID ANYTHING TO THEM OR THEIR BOY RIDING ON MY PROPERTY. I CUT THAT TREE DOWN, BUT LEFT THE "RED DANGER TAPE" UP THINKING I PROBABLY SHOULD CUT A COUPLE MORE TREES DOWN.
THAT, THE RED DANGER TAPE, APPARENTLY MADE THEM MAD AND WHEN I FOUND IT DOWN AND BURNT UP, I WENT AND KNOCKED ON THEIR DOOR TO ASK THEM ABOUT IT. I STARTED TALKING TO BILL BUT TRACY WAS UPSET, SO I SAID ''THANK YOU'' AND LEFT. THAT'S THE MOMENT THAT I FINALLY GOT IT..........AND THAT'S THE START OF A PATHETIC SET OF EVENTS, THAT SADLY, SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED.
