That's the caption.
Guy sitting on a fence, (wood fence, with stile, and guy sitting on stile) On one side is a nice new survey truck, nice house, and a suit and a tie, on the other side is a worn out old truck, and an old mobile home. Guy is sitting with a leg on each side, and with his chin resting on his palms, and his elbows on his knees, contemplating.
OK, somebody draw that for me!
Thanks!
Nate
I have no idea why...
we as surveyors don't but language in our contracts that allow us to charge more for things beyond our control....sigh
I have no idea why...
Some of us do...
Maybe he's just relaxing on the fence and trying to decide who's property the fence is on....since his brother is a lawyer... and his feet hurt.....:-P
Caption: Good Businessman / Bad Businessman
Why was I (the surveyor in the new truck) asked by the Board of Registration to review the surveys completed by the surveyor in the old truck for a period of six months? It wasn't because he was doing the job right, was it? Nope.
In the small rural communities you can go to the Rotary & Lions meetings and you can see who is providing the uniforms for the baseball teams and you can see the other supporters of the local activities of that community and you will know who are the good businessmen and businesswomen. These are people who make a living in the community they live in and they make enough money to give back some. Surveyors should be in that group! We should be professionals and we should be good business people who are involved in the activities of the communities. Our business model should not be - just barely getting by. Besides that we need to be able to take care of our family...
Rant over.
oki...
so that's two of us...anybody else?
Caption: Good Businessman / Bad Businessman
Dead Horse Theory
The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from generation to generation, says that:
When you discover that you are riding a dead horse, your best strategy is to dismount.
However, in our government more advanced strategies are often employed, such as:
1. Buying a stronger (and more expensive) whip.
2. Changing riders.
3. Appointing a committee to study the horse.
4. Arranging trips to other countries to see how other cultures ride dead horses.
5. Lowering the standards so that dead horses can be included.
6. Reclassifying the dead horse as living-impaired.
7. Hiring outside contractors to ride the dead horse.
8. Harnessing several dead horses together to increase efficiency.
9. Providing additional funding and/or training to increase dead horse's performance.
10. Doing a productivity study to see if lighter riders would improve the dead horse's performance.
11. Declaring that as the dead horse does not have to be fed, it is less costly, carries lower overhead and therefore contributes substantially more to the bottom line of the economy than do some live horses.
12. Rewriting the expected performance requirements for all horses.
And of course....
13. Promoting the dead horse to a supervisory position.
Uhm, Nate
Did you just miss your own point?
Or move on and leave me way behind. That's likely 🙂
Don
Caption: Good Businessman / Bad Businessman
14. Make sure that the dead horse has health insurance under the newly implemented Fedeal programs to include birth control or vasectomy as required.
Uhm, Nate
My point is that we should all learn to look at issues, from different points of view, and learn from those points of view. The idea is to vividly move others along... as they look at it from MANY viewpoints. That causes growth. I do that with my surveys... look at a difficult corner location from MANY points of view...
where does pro-rated put it?
Where does deed from south put it?
Deed from E?
deed from N?
Fences from west?
Assuming that the stump hole is valid?
assuming that the fence remains, found with metal detector is good?
This is how I look at surveying. Attempting to see all points, and make a real professional call.
N
oki...
Standard contingencies:
- Record plans mathematically closing
- Record monuments substantially agreeing with record information
Caption: Good Businessman / Bad Businessman
> Dead Horse Theory
>
> The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from generation to generation, says that:
>
> When you discover that you are riding a dead horse, your best strategy is to dismount.
>
> However, in our government more advanced strategies are often employed, such as:
>
> 1. Buying a stronger (and more expensive) whip.
>
> 2. Changing riders.
>
> 3. Appointing a committee to study the horse.
>
> 4. Arranging trips to other countries to see how other cultures ride dead horses.
>
> 5. Lowering the standards so that dead horses can be included.
>
> 6. Reclassifying the dead horse as living-impaired.
>
> 7. Hiring outside contractors to ride the dead horse.
>
> 8. Harnessing several dead horses together to increase efficiency.
>
> 9. Providing additional funding and/or training to increase dead horse's performance.
>
> 10. Doing a productivity study to see if lighter riders would improve the dead horse's performance.
>
> 11. Declaring that as the dead horse does not have to be fed, it is less costly, carries lower overhead and therefore contributes substantially more to the bottom line of the economy than do some live horses.
>
> 12. Rewriting the expected performance requirements for all horses.
>
> And of course....
>
> 13. Promoting the dead horse to a supervisory position.
this is so true it is funny
