(Strip Number 4355, Original Publication Date, 4 August 1983)
Panel 1: As Elly drives the combine, she thought-bubbles about how easy it is to do so as well as how it has air conditioning and a stereo.
Panel 2: She then thought-bubbles "What a life! Driving around in circles all day!"
Panel 3: She smiles because there are no kids and hassles (read kids) involved. You don't even have to think. As she does so, the man who actually gets paid to drive the thing is standing there next to a pick-up.
Panel 4: Since Arnold is a farmer (and thus uneducated and misogynistic despite being magic), he speaks pure hickspeak when he tells the little lady she kin git out of there 'cause runnin' a combine is men's work.
Summary: Donny's employee (who probably resented having to babysit a daydreaming idiot woman who play-acted at doing his job) and his brother in law (who probably resented her leaving her child to fend for himself) seem to have made a strong negative impression on Lynn. The two men left such a bad taste in her mouth that nine years later, Arnold was still a source of derogatory comments about the Pattersons. That being said, the "Apaches" vibe I've been getting so far has, as
fairest1 said, turned it from Arnold being a sexist into Arnold saying "You call THAT driving recklessly? Watch an expert!!"