I remember a Joseph Trott and Dave Smith, as well as a native American lady from the Lakota tribe.
Seems as though she was either from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan or Northern Wisconsin.
@gordon-svedberg Dave Smith is alive and well posting on Facebook or I think it is the same person?
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Christie Otchingwanigan was from the UP. and?ÿis an enrolled member of the Lac Courte Oreilles tribe of Lake Superior?ÿOjibwe?ÿ(what the white man called Chippewa).?ÿ Her surveying business, Niigaanii Surveying, was formally dissolved in 2019.?ÿ I think Christie was active on FB for a while after she left our fold.?ÿ Don't know what she's up to nowadays.
She was a firecracker and consistently stood up to the slings and arrows of fellow posters back in "wild west" days of the board.?ÿ I remember she had a Boston Terrier named Fart Blossom.?ÿ
I've related this before, but I'll say it again because I believe it's an indication of Christie's spirit.?ÿ Her tag line once read (from my memory):?ÿ Build a man a fire and keep him warm for an evening.?ÿ Set a man on fire and keep him warm for the rest of his life.
I admire a good sense of humor.
She was a firecracker and consistently stood up to the slings and arrows of fellow posters back in "wild west" days of the board.?ÿ I remember she had a Boston Terrier named Fart Blossom.?ÿ
I remember Fart Blossom but not that much of Christie's posts. Which site was she acttive on??ÿ
@flga-2-2?ÿ
BeerLeg, I believe.?ÿ But, it could have been rpls.com (Not the POB version)
Going way back, wasn??t there a guy called Motorcycle Surveyor or something close to that?
Yes, motorcycle surveyor. He had it all on a kaw 900. And, I think his name was Wayne Griffith? Something like that.?ÿ
Motorcycles could be a good way to survey.?ÿ
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I remember Fart Blossom but not that much of Christie's posts. Which site was she acttive on??ÿ
I don't remember her making it over to Wendell's board.?ÿ She may have left before POB rolled out their big "new and improved" product.?ÿ But then I'm old and can't remember whether I took my medicine or not this morning.?ÿ
Christie truncated her last name and posted under "Christie Otching".?ÿ?ÿ
@paden-cash?ÿ She's on FB but I don't think she is surveying anymore.
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Weird, I thought she the tiger by the tail...
@David Livingston?ÿ
Wayne Griffin
Owner of Griffin Surveying, but seeking employment
Griffin Surveying, LLCMichigan Technological University
Kingman, Arizona, United States
When I was looking to move down here, there was a posting for Mojave County Surveyor in Kingman. That was quite a few months ago, and I know (from experience) that not everybody's cut out for Government work, in my career it's been like a necessary evil.
Going way back, wasn??t there a guy called Motorcycle Surveyor or something close to that?
as I recall he was a GIS guy, rode around collecting points for some public agency, on a BMW I believe.
Infamous for a profile avatar with him in short shorts, really Short
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@nate-the-surveyor I remember Wayne Griffith.?ÿ He was in SoCal.?ÿ I believe he decided to move out of state (quite a few years ago), maybe back to MI.?ÿ?ÿ
