A fellow LS calls me today (I used to work with 20 yrs ago) and he informs that he has a problem with a design topo that I did 3 years ago.
I ask - How so?
He tells me that the description of the BM that I state on my survey is ambiguous and not quite correct.
BM note states:
"BM #672" - "C&C Denver Brass Cap in concrete, Just north side of RR Bridge, 53.5 feet west of west flow line of Quebec St"
-- (as quoted from the City & County of Denver Tie Notes) --
Fellow LS tells me that the BM is NOT "just" north of the bridge and is in fact over 20 feet away and that I should have been more specific.
I tell him that my note reads exactly as the Denver Tie notes reads - and in fact - I was quoting the tie notes
He informs me that I should have been more specific, regardless.
I tell him that I'll take it under consideration.
He then tells me that he's seen this before on my drawings.
I ask him "is this really why you called me?"
He says yes, and it's a problem and that my note is insufficient.
I tell him that I'll take it under consideration (again) & hung up on him.
(before I really told him what I wanted to tell him)
Ya gotta nip that s*^t in the bud. If that don't work...
leave me alone
that's crazy! Tell him to issue his own note and stop wasting your time. Clearly your note was NOTE a problem, as he found the benchmark, right?
change your description to "3.3 smoots north"
I found the BM using that note, and clearly, you did too, what's the problem?
Cheers,
Radar
Wow...really nice...must have been a slow work week for him to be bothered by that.
what goes around comes back around
> Wow...really nice...must have been a slow work week for him to be bothered by that.
I know, right?
& it's only Tuesday already
No sweat of my back
Of all the real issues out there, this guy calls to bust my chops about a Bench Mark description
Now that I think about it
I'm surprised he didn't take issue with my assumed basis of bearings
I probably would have suggested that he try to get more bran in his diet.
Thought No 1.
It is sad that some people have to worry about such trivial things as the insignificant difference of "just North of" and "over 20 feet North of".
Thought No 2.
Just how far is it over 20 feet. I would expect someone with a complaint to have been able to get a more precise tie than that if they are going to call and offer what they feel is a better quote.
Thought No 3.
That reminds me, 20yrs ago I worked with an a.....e too.
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When did Kent move to Colorado? I didn't get the memo on that.
Maybe a requirement for registration should be taking a public relations
exam. Just thank the other surveyor and note that you will tighten up
on your ties.
In my business, I consider every competitor a possible reference.
> When did Kent move to Colorado? I didn't get the memo on that.
Kent?
Kent who?
Kent Mc Millimeter?
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Well, I frankly don't see why you should apologize for being unable to write very good benchmark descriptions and just copying someone else's work instead. I mean, it's not as if you've gone through the US Power Squadron training course, eh? No, next time someone calls wanting to get you to describe things better, just tell them that you don't think it's a very good idea to rewrite the record descriptions since it will only confuse everyone.
WOW! What a classy response Kent!
That's got to be the Post Of The Week!
And That's When.................
......the fight started. :-$
I'm not knocking you, but we show a bearing and distance tie to the benchmark from a corner in the survey along with a note. However, in podunk East Texas, we don't really go and dig up a BM unless it's requested by the specs for the job. Typically, we assume 100 and roll on and set 2 per 4 acres of site, run through them, and then note what they are and where they are.
We don't have BM's with notes furnished by cities around here. 🙂
Geez, you are podunk.;-)
Next thing your gonna tell us is its a 2 day wagon ride to the nearest city to get those BM notes written on parchment.:-P
Nah, that dern innernet thingy heps us to git sum of that there data. We keep that parchmen stuff for them really uppity clients so's they think we be doin all the good.
I dont wanna wear Jesse out on a 2 day wagun ride. She's gettin old an I still need er fer this seasons plowin. and the wagun broke a spoke, so it just rattles yer teeth out goin down tha ro-ad. Nah, that innernet thingy is heppin Jesse heal up from steppin in the hole and I kinna like it. Its like majik. I prolly art to go repent at the church house and take up snake handlin again as surely its the work of the debil, but I just luv it.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...thats funny...good joke...
