The Beet Goes On...

Ha ha... yeah... but I couldn't resist that one... ;)

The other day... before it started raining... I'm sitting in my bobcat taking a short break (lunch on the run) when I look up and there's this little... about the size of a trash can... four motored helicopter looking DRONE hovering over the Piler... 



Duck and RUN! The NSA, the CIA, ATF, FBI, and probably even the PTA has done found me!... Watch out for the HellFire's! ...

Ha ha ha... Uh... Nope...

Wasn't till a couple of days later I found out the thing is owned by the computer tech for the Sugar Factory! and it was taking video!!! They must pay sugar beet computer techs pretty good to play with such toys! :)

The bottom line is... you can get an Up close and personal look at what we've been spending our days doing! We've only actually had one day of bad weather ON the job... all the rest have come in the night and kept us from going to work. :(

For a reference... the early part of the video is at another of the piling stations... we're at the station where it labels it the Factory Yard...starting around 4:27 into the film.

Our piler, #4, is the one with all the "Pipes" in the pile at about 4:44... those Pipes are the ventilation I've been working on setting.

At 4:48 you can see both Bobcats working in front of the piler... the one directly under the boom is yours truly! Be honest... Does that Bobcat make my butt look big?

at 5:00 the shadow of the Drone skims across the screen.

A bit later at 5:12 is a shot of ME sitting in the Bobcat taking a quick lunch.

At 5:18... be ready... you'll get a quick sighting of Heidi tween the truck and the piler as the Drone skims across...

At 5:23 the DRONE comes down over the Piler and... Look over the cab of my Pickup in the top right hand corner... and see me taking my break... and I just spotted the DRONE... I'm standing in the door of my Bobcat...Pointing and hollering BOGIE BOGIE BOGIE! Expecting a missile to come streaking out of the sky at the sacrilegious congress basher sitting in his Bobcat! :)

Kinda fun!... and then it started raining... Been off pretty much since Saturday... two short nights in the Tare Lab only which is up in the actual factory compound area...

Just had a meeting this morning. We signed on to hold on till at least Sunday and hope we get the work done or the lions share of it...

The extra bucks from holding out won't hurt... only that run south if it gets to me having to push hard through bad weather... it could get a lil' bit western...

Waiting Patiently to Pile More Beets
Brian

P.S. If any of ya should ever sign up to work this Beet Harvest? tell 'em Brian Gore sent ya! I get a headhunter Bonus if you hold out to the end! ;)