these days , however , the stigma carried in the past by men of this profession had now been relegated to a humorous afterthoughtan anecdote told about the primitive bumpkins who , regardless of their deviant sexual appetites , now had the luxury of basking in the reverence of the organ farming community as pioneers in the field , despite not having quite overcome the burdens inflicted upon them by the haunting moans of that heisenpig-8 , which plagued them relentlessly in recurring nightmares that lasted well into their retirement .