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.
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.
Throw that chain
Should be a pretty easy job, a slam dunk
One bundle of lathes will be more than enough for this job.
"You can't go surveying without your triple A's"
Harry West RIP
"Two thumbs up"?ÿ was the signal to pick it up, pack it up and put in the truck cause it is time to go.
