I get to buy a really nice new gun - Resolution

[Shootingfish]

My yard guy says "he knows a guy." So his guy comes out at almost sunset, with 4 of his friends who all show up in front of the neighbor's house. Neighbor is all upset and my yard guy comes and gets us (which he should have done to start with). Neighbor is furious and hubby tries to calm him down. Neighbor is crying, blubbering/explaining his liability for the guys on his property if they get hurt, yada yada. Hubby tries to explain our responsibility and possible liability if the drone falls and hits someone walking on the sidewalk or falls and bounces off a limb and hits a moving car causing an accident. Blubberer can't understand why we care about that d*** drone. I said because it could be your wife or mother walking your grandson that gets hit when it falls. He yells at me a not so nice name and says do what you want and slams the door in our face. "The guy" has what he calls a bullet that is a some kind of softish ball wrapped in a cloth and tied to a nylon rope. He measures off what he thinks is enough rope, and standing in the street slings up the bullet and snags the drone in one throw. Tugs a little and the drone crashes to the sidewalk. Hubby tells blubberer that the drone is down, I pay the guys, we pick up the pieces and go home. Now, I'm left with 3 neighbors that I see everyday whom I will no longer speak to. Hubby is looking online for a new drone. I saw the 2 hawks this morning sitting on the limb, oblivious, watching the nest. There has to be a lesson here. Just don't know what that lesson is.

 

[glenwolde]

Me either.

 

[Onomea]

The lesson is let sleeping hawks rest.

(This thread has two parts. Gotta read the first thread to understand this one.)

 

[Bro. Dave]

Even though I am now in my seventh decade of life, I still find it a surprise sometimes when people do not share my values.

My wife and I have a standing "joke" which can defuse our rare disagreements. "Me: Of course I think I'm right, if I thought I was wrong, I'd think a different way." Her response is what might be described as a wry smile.

 

[S&W Fan]

So this is over somebody flying a drone? 7 lines in to the post before that tidbit pops up, I call that burying the lead. Depending on who those guys are and the purpose of flying the drone there could could be major ramifications.

“Hobbyist” or for commercial purposes? If I misread my apologies.

 

[Inusuit]

Other than the comment that OP gets to buy a new ($1800?) gun, I don't understand why this information was posted in a S&W Forum.

As Onomea says, you have to track down and read the first post to get some idea of what this one is about.

I did that and wasted my time.

 

[gjgalligan]

I found thread more interesting then many of the others I see here and other forums.

It's called "The Lounge", you know where people meet and talk about anything and everything.
Kind of like going into your neighborhood bar to have a cold one. Ypou get what you get when it comes to conversation.

 

[lkabug]

Shootingfish, surely you're now up to a $2000 gun. Or even better, two $1000 guns.
What's on the shopping list?

 

[quikdraw67]

The lesson is:

Hawks - 2

Drone - 0

 

[tlawler]

Glad I’m not the only confused one here

 

[ACORN]

The lesson is you have a couple dumb-arsed neighbors if that is all it takes to keep them from talking to you.
On second though you may be way ahead.

 

[paplinker]

Could have gone worse.

Flying a drone close to a protected birds nest with young will cost you a visit from the game commission in many states.

One occasion I have been hired to retrieve drones in trees and written permission and insurance was required by the park service to bring a lift on the property. Those drones can get really pricey!!

 

[StakeOut]

I'm on the fence until I can hear hubby's side of the story.
Two wrongs don't make a right so expensive drone and expensive firearm = a lot of unnecessary spending.

 

[waffles]

Chasing down the other thread, you saw hawks in a nest on your neighbor's property, and asked your husband to take pictures of it for you. He already had the $1,200 drone, spent some time trying to get it running, and had to buy and install another battery to get it into flying condition. Husband couldn't fly it well and got it stuck in the tree with the nest, on your neighbor's property.

I'd be pretty mad too if my neighbor decided to start flying their drone around my property, then crashed it into a tree on my property, let alone one with some pretty cool nesting birds in it. I'd be extra mad if they then had a bunch of lawn care guys show up to try and get it down, only showing up themselves when the property owner gets mad at it. At no point do you indicate that you talked to your neighbors to ask if they'd mind you flying their drone around their property, nor aftwards to apologize for getting a drone stuck in their tree. Instead they're unreasonable blubberers when you do finally decide to interact with them.

I'd say the lesson here is talk to your neighbors before doing things like this, and if something goes wrong to talk to them and take immediate responsibility. Pretty basic stuff we learned as kids (though not with drones). If my friends and I got a baseball or frisbee stuck in a neighbors yard or tree, we called if we knew the number or knocked on their door otherwise to ask permission to get it back. Easy peasy, shows some basic respect for them, and most of the time you get your stuff back.

 

[nicky4968]

Just find an 8-year-old an point out the drone. Say, “Whatever can that be?”