This is a true story.
My father was in the Navy during the Korean war and switched to the Air Force after Korea and went on to serve until the late Seventies. We
transferred every two or three years. Like all military families, we gradually collected here and there a few artifacts thrown away by the government
down through the years. One of these artifacts was a barrel for transporting rocket motors used to propel jet airplanes faster down the runway for
quicker take offs. The barrel was made of a sturdy fiber and it had a metal lid. We had used the barrel to store winter clothes for several decades
and it usually had some kind of "throw" or blanket over the top of it. So we decide to put the barrel to the curb because we live in Arizona and do
not own winter clothes that need to be stored. I put the barrel to the curb after removing the blanket off of it and put a big "FREE" sign on it
hoping that somebody else would be able to use it.
A little while later, I heard helicopters flying around the neighborhood and there was the sound of police sirens. I went outside to see what was
going on and discovered that several police were investigating the barrel and had discovered the "EXPLOSIVES" tag on the barrel. (oooooops) I
really did not want to remover it because it added to the authenticity of the rocket motor barrel. I explained what it was and they went away and
somebody came along and took the barrel home.
The last thing we need is "TRASH POLICE".



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