"Rock the rod" ?ÿ ?ÿTo verify the correct reading on the Philly rod.
??I did hit my neighbours car with that sledgehammer, but that sledgehammer is not mine.?
"Raise for Red."
"There's a cow eating your backsite"...
The way to become a millionaire as a surveyor:
Start with 2 million.
"Get your plumb bob".
Leave a sight, (backsight) and come ahead! (Shouted through the woods).
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Get the gun out and we'll shoot in this house...
Get the "Thomas Guide" and find us another route.?ÿ ?ÿ Los Angles?ÿ traffic at 5am and KFI radio traffic reporting "Motorcycle Down on I-10 at I-605".
"Bob up."
The only superior evidence is that which you haven't yet found.
end the workday with the expression
"Box it up"
Or he would signal you through the scope by making the shape of a rectangle with hand gestures.
"Let's book!"
"Put me in a hole."
I-man checking the backsight angle before moving to the next setup...."Angle is balls. Balls are good!"
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Anyone ever use "punk" to represent eleven? Also, we would say "elv-in" instead of eleven but "punk" was a new one to me at the time.
T. Nelson - SAM
We used "Punky" for 11; maybe it was just a Midwest thing...
I-man checking the backsight angle before moving to the next setup...."Angle is balls. Balls are good!"
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Anyone ever use "punk" to represent eleven? Also, we would say "elv-in" instead of eleven but "punk" was a new one to me at the time.
Never heard of punk for Eleven, but we would use Pho for Four.
Where I started out on a survey crew it was balls for zero and punk for eleven.?ÿ
Very company specific: traffic cones were Freds, as in "set a back site up and put some Freds around it."
Small start up company in Frederick MD in the late 80's and a number of the cones had "City of Fred." painted on the inside. ? ?ÿ
Inches are for architects and ...
end the workday with the expression
"Box it up"
Or he would signal you through the scope by making the shape of a rectangle with hand gestures.
I use "Box it up" regularly.?ÿ And my hand signal for that is, starting with my arms stretched out at my sides, shoulder high, to bring my palms together above my head. Like a referee signalling a safety.