Get the gun
While I do not share your concerns, you do have to be careful with the use of colloquialisms.
Back in the 70’s, when I was merely the party chief of a 3 man crew, I once told the instrumentman to "get the gun", which in this case was a K&E Paragon. This instruction was given in the presence of the client who quickly interjected ”that’s OK, I have mine”, or words to that effect, and opened his jacket to display a large caliber revolver. The next door neighbor who overheard the comment and saw the pistol from his front porch went back inside his house and soon returned with a shot gun. Fortunately, we were able to make a quick retreat until arrangements could be made with the local gendarmes.
Get the gun and shoot up the prairie dog towns
I worked on a new highway project awhile back and at the end of the day, we all stopped at the local watering hole to chill. Our conversation was overheard by a local 'dog' lover about us shooting up the prairie dog towns all day long. She was not very happy to start with, but after some explaining, she was ok with it.
I once worked as a roughneck. The job had 30' joints, dope in 5 gallon buckets, caustic soda was everywhere to enjoy and we had a pusher onsite everyday.
SD
why do I love this bar?
why do I love this bar?
One reason is those two guys in the corner, James Fleming and Henry Taylor.
Also, I like to see Brad Ott playing pool over there with Mike Berry, and Dave Karoly throwing darts with Kent, and...
Ah, hell, this place is really crowded, but it's a nice crowd isn't it?
Don
why do I love this bar?
Sometimes. Sometimes not. Hard to pin down a definitive answer on that.
why do I love this bar?
>it's a nice crowd isn't it?
It depends.
why do I love this bar?
> >it's a nice crowd isn't it?
>
> It depends.
:good:
I think he had meant to add "more or less". (pretty standard in surveyor language.)
When you are describing an iron pipe, do you say the inside diameter or the outside diameter? If you go to the hardware store and buy pipe it's described by the inside diameter. However, when the people I work with find a pipe with an inside diameter of three-quarters of an inch, they describe it as a one inch iron pipe on their field notes, because the outside diameter is one inch.
Our rules imply the outside dimensions are what's of importance.
> If you go to the hardware store and buy pipe it's described by the inside diameter.
Or is the the "NPS"? "Nominal Pipe Size (NPS) is a North American set of standard sizes for pipes used for high or low pressures and temperatures. Pipe size is specified with two non-dimensional numbers: a nominal pipe size (NPS) for diameter based on inches, and a schedule (Sched. or Sch.) for wall thickness." (Wikipedia)
> However, when the people I work with find a pipe with an inside diameter of three-quarters of an inch, they describe it as a one inch iron pipe on their field notes, because the outside diameter is one inch.
That is as it should be. They should state the size they measure to. We aren't trying to calculate the pipe strength, or how much water can flow through it, we are trying to leave a record of what we find or set so that another surveyor can measure and see if it looks like they found the same thing.
why do I love this bar?
> why do I love this bar?
>
> One reason is those two guys in the corner, James Fleming and Henry Taylor.
> Also, I like to see Brad Ott playing pool over there with Mike Berry, and Dave Karoly throwing darts with Kent, and...
> Ah, hell, this place is really crowded, but it's a nice crowd isn't it?
>
> Don
Cheers friend.