Wait wait wait.
That crop duster was a Non-Resident crop duster?
PHUCK him!
Charge him 2000% more for his spraying permit, only let him spray between 1 and 1:15 pm on Tuesdays and tie him to a chair and pin his eyes open as Buzz shows him 1980 photos of female koshia his buddy's gym partner's...
If anyone seriously believes that guy got a reprimand then they are kidding themselves.
His boss made sure he was out there that early.
There is a pile of work to be done and if they don't fly they don't get paid.
He's not flying that early just to be an asshole.
Mornings are usually calm and it's a great time for them to spray.
Safer for the pilot and minimal spray drift.
I bet he's just trying to get as much work in during optimal conditions.
I think there might be some confusion as to what some people refer to as a "gopher".
I belive what he is shooting are Beldling's ground squirrels. Some people also call them sage rats.
I assume you are actually dealing with what is more commonly referred to as a pocket gopher, which is...
Pretty much this I suppose:
You join the cool club because you know it’s cool, get kicked out for behaving like a child, then proceed to tell everyone how uncool it is because your feelings are hurt for getting the boot. I love the internet old curmudgeons here so much.
OP not directed at you...
One thing this post has taught me is that my definition of "rich" is very different from some folks.
To me, being able to afford a $5-10K landowner tag does not elevate someone to the status of rich.
Many people on this forum could do that if they chose to.
I have 2 friends who I consider to...
You obviously didn't understand the point of my post.
I agree with the majority of what he said.
But when he said, "At best it seems that you are trying to exaggerate things", I just wanted to try and bring him back to center a little.
He was pretty spot on about the rest.