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Supplies
I went out to the garage to pick up some paint. I don’t often use lath anymore but I have a site to stake and the client wants it staked with lath. Load up the lath and try to find a can of paint, seems we are very low on paint. I finally found 4 cans, so I talk to the guys and we have used up maybe one can so far this year. The 4 left may finish out the entire year, we don’t use paint anymore.
The almost empty box that was there has covered a 2-3 years worth. Can’t say I miss those days, getting it all over everything.
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I use lath to mark hubs and monuments during a project and reclaim most every one at end of project and replace any marking a monument with a Tpost.
In the 70s we obtained broomsticks by the truckload from a local factory in Berea. After that closed in the 80s and 90s we were getting 2k laths at a time 4 or 5 times a year.
After going solo, I get about 200 laths that last me a year or so.
I had to get the water based upside down cans of paint for the crew I once had so they could find things again. Since they are no longer needed, I don’t need to get any paint unless I need some outside surveying purposes.
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Surveyors should have a second exam for machetes, markers and paint…
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It is called apprenticeship and something that should be taken seriously and was in the past included as a part of the recommendation statement as to their opinion of mentoring licensed surveyors as to the actions and reliability, attitude and maturity of the applicants for testing.
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Went to the site this morning, it was 23 degrees. The paint didn’t want to dry of course, even though I had it in the cab on the way up and the can was working well. So I decided heck with that, I started to stick orange duct tape to the face of the lath, but I had the roll of orange tape in the tool box on the way and it was cold so it didn’t work very well either.
should have taped them in the garage before going up, they look so much better with tape than paint.
Anyway, job is done, it’s 45 and perfect now.
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I get that. My post was tongue in cheek. We have diminished our own profession with our business models…
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