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> .
> If your everyday conversation sounds like a white paper....you probably need to get laid more often....

:good:


 
Posted : June 2, 2015 1:13 pm
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If you find the need to be rude in your everyday conversations then you may be a bully.


Historic boundaries and conservation efforts.

 
Posted : June 2, 2015 1:14 pm
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I do agree with your bully statement.


 
Posted : June 2, 2015 1:18 pm
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Less work for me, of course. However, although it is more work for him, he will have the emotional reward of knowing his markers will be easier to find and understand in the future.


Historic boundaries and conservation efforts.

 
Posted : June 2, 2015 1:18 pm
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> If you find the need to be rude in your everyday conversations then you may be a bully.

Who's being rude???? - I was just offering a friendly observation... kind of like you in your original and subsequent posts...


 
Posted : June 2, 2015 1:26 pm

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My Maker is easy to find, but forum rules don't let us go there...


 
Posted : June 2, 2015 1:27 pm
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I corrected my typographical error. It was makers, but I intended to write markers.


Historic boundaries and conservation efforts.

 
Posted : June 2, 2015 1:31 pm
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OK, "Not-my-real-name"

I'm game for this ride.

What would you propose we call a 1/2" rebar?

Or a 1" Rebar"

Or a 1/2" diameter smooth metal shaft?

At one time, "Rebar" was considered slang.

So, help us out. Tell us the proper and professional way to do this.

BTW, How do you feel about SIP, and FIP on a plat?

🙂

(Somebody please pass the coffee)

N


 
Posted : June 2, 2015 1:35 pm
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Mr. Language Person Esq. -

In Ontario we have PINs:

https://www.services.gov.on.ca/locations/serviceDetails.do?id=11541

Property Identification Number (PIN) for automated record Legal Description for paper record

It is a system sometimes being a RPITA !

YOS

TNAI


 
Posted : June 2, 2015 1:38 pm
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I know. It was still funny..


 
Posted : June 2, 2015 1:43 pm

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Nate

If we're going to be "precise" then it is NOT a 1/2 inch rebar, it is a #4 reinforcing rod.

Andy


 
Posted : June 2, 2015 1:44 pm
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kindly elaborate on your terminology 'precision work', as precision, to me, simply means able to be replicated. do you mean we need to be able to replicate our speech or our work or which?


 
Posted : June 2, 2015 1:50 pm
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Nate

> If we're going to be "precise" then it is NOT a 1/2 inch rebar, it is a #4 reinforcing rod.
>
> Andy

I saw a Hwy Dpt plat the other day, calling them in their metric sizes. So, it was NOT a 1/2" rebar, it was not a # 4 Reinforcing Rod, it was a 12.7 mm reinforcing Rod.

And, I'm sure that's not real good. We have purposed a thang for concrete reinforcing.

Maybe we should come up with a CREATURE that is ONLY for surveying. Just as soon as we do that, somebody will purpose it, and call it Something else...


 
Posted : June 2, 2015 1:54 pm
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Colloquialisms

What irks me is when the plat says "IP" and you find a pipe (of any size). Was that for "Iron Pipe" or "Iron Pin?" Now I'm digging all around looking to convince myself that there is no pin and the IP in question is actually an iron pipe.


 
Posted : June 2, 2015 2:21 pm
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It appears that JOHN NOLTON has now signed up under yet another name.


 
Posted : June 2, 2015 2:33 pm

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and here I thought it was Dr. Niles Crane from Frasier, the TV sitcom spin off of Cheers.

Uh, I'd like a, a petite filet mignon, very lean; not so lean that it lacks flavor, but not so fat that it leaves drippings on the plate. And I don't want it cooked. Just lightly seared on either side, pink in the middle; not true pink, but not a mauve either, something in between. Bearing in mind, the slightest error either way, and it's ruined.
— Niles to waitress


Just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get me.

 
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Both.


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Posted : June 2, 2015 3:15 pm
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Nate

> If we're going to be "precise" then it is NOT a 1/2 inch rebar, it is a #4 reinforcing rod.
>
> Andy

Only if you can identify the number "4" on the bar. If not, you should describe what you see and measure. If you used your tape measure and measured 1/2" and can see it has the ribs of a "rebar", then I think you are better to say 1/2" dia. rebar (or reinforcement rod if that's what you like). (Likewise if you measured with a decimal-foot tape or a metric tape, you should state what you measured in what units you measured it.)


 
Posted : June 2, 2015 3:17 pm
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Okay...reading the whole thread, I think I gathered that your irritation is when someone does something like describing the pins s/he found on his or her plats as fnd pin, with no further description. I agree wholeheartedly with that gripe. You should describe exactly what you found.

If your complaint is that when we are talking in general (such as saying "I found pins at all the corners") Then I think I would disagree with the complaint. It depends on the context of what you are describing. And whether it's official or a comment to your boss when you come in from the field.


 
Posted : June 2, 2015 3:24 pm
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Nate

> If we're going to be "precise" then it is NOT a 1/2 inch rebar, it is a #4 reinforcing rod.
>
> Andy

Actually in the construction world, it is referred to as "Reinforcement Bar" or Rebar for short. I would describe it as "set 1/2" dia. x ??" L rebar.

"Rebar" is a word. It is defined in the dictionary and is widely understood. That's all that matters.

In addition, a "Rod" is typically solid, so it is misleading to describe a pipe as a "rod".


 
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