I've had this issue for many years, and its getting worse. Reds, greens, grays, all tend to blur into the same color zone - which is pretty much neutral gray. I'm good with blue though, and see orange ok.
Kinda weird.
PS - I hate pink flagging - can't see it. Especially if the wind isn't blowing to alert me of it's presence. Kind of like a barking dog.
My boss, in Chicago was color blind. He liked yellow. HATED pink.
It was educational for me. It made him make every hand he had learn to run the inst. So, I think he used it for his advantage.
He was a great fellow to work with.
Dave Miller, Crown Pt. Indiana.
Nate
I had an instrument man (Robert Ponder) that could not see fluorescent pink flagging in the middle of 40 acres of bright green March wheat. I never could figure that out.
PS - If anybody out there knew Robert...don't worry, he still owes me money, too.:pinch:
Not a problem for me, but it sure makes it much tougher to show your client the flags and flagging you have left behind to guide him with his further adventures. Was standing in the middle of a lush green pasture with the client pointing towards several fluorescent orange flags no more than 200 feet from us in any direction. He finally saw something that didn't move like everything else he was looking at moved so he said he thought he had seen one of the flags. Finally drove around with him and set a steel fence post next to each corner. At least those were much taller than the grass.
I am. Orange flagging, orange paint is all i will carry with me.
When I was a kid, I had a good friend who was colorblind. For some reason he always liked to play uno (card game). He wasn't very good.
Yep, I struggle big-time with red. Orange is sometimes tough. Pink is NO fun, either.
Many years ago I persuaded the PC at the time to purchase yellow 'Telescore' pencils for me (for the old-style bowling league score projectors) so I could highlight points I was occupying. It was a BIG help since all the other crew members used red.
> My boss, in Chicago was color blind. He liked yellow. HATED pink.
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> It was educational for me. It made him make every hand he had learn to run the inst. So, I think he used it for his advantage.
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> He was a great fellow to work with.
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> Dave Miller, Crown Pt. Indiana.
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> Nate
I don't think I know Dave. But that is interesting, that you have an Indiana connection.
I wonder if you might fill in the story for us from Indiana to Arkansas?
Brad, it's a long story. I was born in Calif, moved to Texas early, then Arkansas, then Chicago for a year, then back to Arkansas.
Still, I like fishing better than surveying!
Gimme a call sometime. I think my num is in my profile. If not, I will put it there.
Nate
Now I've heard that surveying isn't all black-and-white, but just different shades of grey.
