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(@blakehuff)
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in errorem :pinch:
Some things never change.

 
Posted : September 18, 2014 8:41 am
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I guess so. More or less. (Kent Mc would be a quantifiable exception to this rule!)

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Posted : September 18, 2014 8:50 am
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"surveyor" is actually a French word itself - meaning over-see (as an estate)
"sur" = over
"voir" = see

 
Posted : September 18, 2014 10:35 am
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Agrimensores 'measurers of land' from The Roman Land Surveyors an Introduction to the Agrimensores by O A W Dilke, Barnes & Noble 1971

 
Posted : September 18, 2014 11:26 am
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Gromatici...

Wikipedia

 
Posted : September 18, 2014 11:40 am
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Please don't tell me I need to re-learn Roman numerals. Even the NFL changed Super Bowl whatever into #50. Pretty simple.

....now where did I put my sword & shield

I always thought the Egyptians started it all with the "rope stretchers". Fast forward a few centuries for when old Ben & Tom figured out the current US system of Sec, Town, Range, including correction lines. Obviously been tweeked a few times, but what foresight for that era.

 
Posted : September 18, 2014 12:12 pm
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Gromatici...

Yes?

 
Posted : September 18, 2014 12:58 pm