Birdhunter1
Veteran Member
Friday night I was in the combine with the guy farming our place and he was on a mission to get it done. He had about 50 acres of milo ready right now and rain was expected Sat. morning and all this week and anyone who knows winter weather will tell you that a forecast like that at this time of year means you won't be in the field much after that if at all. To add to it he had a breakdown early in the morning that kept him from getting started till late afternoon/early evening. Anyway I was helping him by driving the tractor and grain cart to the semi and unloading so we could get it done before the rain came. We were going along the property line of a neighbor about 2:30 am and I said (joking) "I bet I get a call from them tomorrow." Sure enough I got a call "you were out tilling that field all night and kept us awake."
Being the rather diplomatic person I am I said "kept you awake? I got in bed at 4:00 this morning, me being on the phone with you is keeping me awake" I proceeded to explain we wren't tilling we were combining, and when it has to be done IT HAS TO BE DONE, I then explained why we were out there all night and there literally was no other way. Not good enough, I got another earful about it's been there all year and you had to wait this long blah blah blah. Apparently this lady knows nothing about farming cause the grain has to be dry and so on, anyway no explanation was good enough so finally I had to resort to more simple and even less diplomatic tactics. I asked if that loaf of bread in the cabinet and that chicken in the freezer tastes good on the table, since milo can be used for flour and chicken feed. That set her off big time so then I just hung up.
Believe it or not this isn't my first run-in with them. I was sighting in a .30-.30 one day and shooting clays with a couple buds and got a call that someone was freely discharging their firearms in teh back fiedl and she was worried about her house. Though we were 300 yds from her house we were shooting in the complete opposite direction and downhill, she was definitely in the clear. I got a call one time bout shots in the field in front of thier house, I said yeah I was dove hunting out ther today then she flew off the handle. I was clearing out the fence on the property line of russian olive making lots of noise with a bushhog and she came out to see what all the noise was from and I got another earful then. I had a brushpile I burned one time and she came out and said she was going to call the fire dept., nevermind the wind was going away from her house and the ground all around the fire was chisel plowed under and mud. She almost acts like anything in that field, or that side of the farm, has to be approved by her
We live at least 4 miles out of town in the country, guns are going to be shot, brush fires are going to burn etc etc. I wish she'd move. Anybody else have similar experiences with PITA neighbors?
Being the rather diplomatic person I am I said "kept you awake? I got in bed at 4:00 this morning, me being on the phone with you is keeping me awake" I proceeded to explain we wren't tilling we were combining, and when it has to be done IT HAS TO BE DONE, I then explained why we were out there all night and there literally was no other way. Not good enough, I got another earful about it's been there all year and you had to wait this long blah blah blah. Apparently this lady knows nothing about farming cause the grain has to be dry and so on, anyway no explanation was good enough so finally I had to resort to more simple and even less diplomatic tactics. I asked if that loaf of bread in the cabinet and that chicken in the freezer tastes good on the table, since milo can be used for flour and chicken feed. That set her off big time so then I just hung up.
Believe it or not this isn't my first run-in with them. I was sighting in a .30-.30 one day and shooting clays with a couple buds and got a call that someone was freely discharging their firearms in teh back fiedl and she was worried about her house. Though we were 300 yds from her house we were shooting in the complete opposite direction and downhill, she was definitely in the clear. I got a call one time bout shots in the field in front of thier house, I said yeah I was dove hunting out ther today then she flew off the handle. I was clearing out the fence on the property line of russian olive making lots of noise with a bushhog and she came out to see what all the noise was from and I got another earful then. I had a brushpile I burned one time and she came out and said she was going to call the fire dept., nevermind the wind was going away from her house and the ground all around the fire was chisel plowed under and mud. She almost acts like anything in that field, or that side of the farm, has to be approved by her
We live at least 4 miles out of town in the country, guns are going to be shot, brush fires are going to burn etc etc. I wish she'd move. Anybody else have similar experiences with PITA neighbors?
