I hate that! It's one thing when I kill something, but when a man does it with a machine - well. A few years ago the grader was going up and down the road with a giant flailing brush cutter - this thing could cut 3" trees no problem - and he flailed my really cool address sign. He didn't even notice, but the pilot truck stopped and offered me a deal I couldn't pass up - they would pay for a new sign. So I billed them $400!
It took me a while, but here's what I replaced it with. Do you think it's worth $400?