Finding the .04'

I was chatting with an old-timer (my age). He's retired but can't seem to give it up. So he's doing a remote subdivision in a nearby state that he isn't licensed in. There is another firm reviewing all his work and he got a call. The surveyor for that firm had concerns about his subdivision layout, his guys were finding errors. 

I asked how much error in this subdivision was he finding. 

.02' to .05'. 

I chuckled and said he must have been being sarcastic, the old-timer said no, the reviewer is deadly serious. 

Dang!!!

We aren't talking about numbers in the plat, but monuments on the ground, this land is empty, no towns nearby, only farmland.

That's some serious measuring right there.