This totally reminds me of a day many moons ago, I was a very very young party chief that had to temporarily work for another seasoned party chief for a while, he had a nasty attitude to say the least.
I was hunting for a pin in sandy soil, it was down in Florida. Well, Mr. Nasty tells me to give him the metal detector and sorta snatched it a little, he waves it around a bit and hears a beep, grabs a spade and slams into the soft soil....boom, first strike he hit a capped off waterline and the cap shot off under pressure, we suddenly had a geyser on our hands, at least 15' tall, what a hoot friggin hilarious.
I like the cartoon Wendell, it is one of the better surveying cartoons I have ever seen!
"Box It"
We Can't Get There From Here
No, the other left
The South Arrow
If we're having a name recommendation contest, my entry would be "Four Hundredths".
Some good recommendations above.
Playing on the "Far Sides" name...."Far sights"?
I like "four-hundredths"...maybe "Four-hundredths off"?
off-line
long shot
Range lines
pincushions.
"Boundary Lines"'s nickname is a good comic strip name as well.
Maybe something else will hit me...
maybe something super simple like....
Field Notes
Thank you! I've already drawn 3 more. 🙂
Cool cartoon. I too think it is kinda Far Side ish. How about "Absence of Foresight"
I actually considered calling it 0.04'
To the Point
or
What's the Point
" Made To Measure " ?
" Yikes !"
Cheers
Derek
The North Side
Wendell,
Stay with what works,
BEER LEG !!!
Deral
Good cartoon.
"Crossed Hairs"?
"Topical Plummet"?
Cheers,
Henry
"Boundary Limits" or "Outside the Boundaries"? (Kind of a "far side" - type name too.
"The Contrary" is survey related. It's from the dedication by Curt Brown in Boundary Control and Legal Principles, 2nd Edition.
"This book is dedicated to William C. Wattles to whom "the contrary may be shown."
As I recall, the dedication was in reference to a rather critical review of Brown's 1st edition of BCLP written by Wattles in the ACSM journal, wherein Wattles criticized Brown for not including discussion of circumstances under which boundary location would be determined contrary to the general rules that Brown enumerated.
I think "The Contrary" would be a fitting title. But it might be that only older surveyors would catch the reference.
Oh, nice point! I remember that dedication, now that you've reminded me. 🙂
