I know a dumb guy who got arrested for counting in public to twenty-one on his fingers, toes...
ashton, post: 443306, member: 422 wrote: Anyone who has ever had a TI-83 calculator inflicted upon him or her will definitely think some reform in the area of math education and base 60 is in order. One method for entering degrees and minutes, a different method for entering seconds? Really?
It is clumsy to say the least. On the TI 89, it's still somewhat clumsy, but consistent. My big problem with the 83/84 is that they round seconds to 3 decimal places. The 89 does not, so it's usable for geodetic work.
Math Teacher nice post above on different base systems.
JOHN NOLTON
Scott Ellis, post: 443211, member: 7154 wrote: I guess you guys in the PLSS will have to wait till they make a new discovery on how to draw a square.
Nah, us PLSSian's are just waiting for ya'll "Texans" to screw everything up so bad that the PLSS system will be instituted by the GLO. 😉
spledeus, post: 443249, member: 3579 wrote: WOW
You really went there.Now I will return to working on a metes and bounds plan with record deeds missing courses and calling for stakes from 100+ years ago near the edge of a swamp turned active cranberry bog. And of course, none of the parcels are square.
If the PLSS Surveyors want to keep bringing up how hard the Surveying in Texas is, I will keep reminding them how easy it is in PLSS
Scott Ellis, post: 444069, member: 7154 wrote: If the PLSS Surveyors want to keep bringing up how hard the Surveying in Texas is, I will keep reminding them how easy it is in PLSS
At least I can walk to my truck from the office...instead of swimming. 😉
Dave Lindell, post: 443307, member: 55 wrote: I know a dumb guy who got arrested for counting in public to twenty-one on his fingers, toes...
I have a Niece that, as a child, learned to count to 25 on her fingers, toes and face. Ear, eye, nose, eye, ear, added 5 objects to count. You could see her face twitching as she went thru them in her mind.
James
paden cash, post: 444070, member: 20 wrote: At least I can walk to my truck from the office...instead of swimming. 😉
I am sure everyone whose homes flooded and lost everything they owned, and those families that lost loved ones are laughing at your joke.
Scott Ellis, post: 444085, member: 7154 wrote: I am sure everyone whose homes flooded and lost everything they owned, and those families that lost loved ones are laughing at your joke.
bite me missy
Scott Ellis, post: 444085, member: 7154 wrote: I am sure everyone whose homes flooded and lost everything they owned, and those families that lost loved ones are laughing at your joke.
We have had a prohibition on new construction in the SFHA for 3 decades. Apparently 7000 news homes were constructed in the SFHA in the Dallas area since 2010.
paden cash, post: 444087, member: 20 wrote: bite me missy
Typically old man bully response, make a joke about people's misfortune, then when called out on it, doesnt admit he was insensitive, and apology for it, Instead we wants to fight about it.
I am not a bite me kinda guy, more of a tear your head off.
Scott Ellis, post: 444099, member: 7154 wrote: I am not a bite me kinda guy, more of a tear your head off.
Well, I'm glad to hear you are still feeling frisky, Scott. Best of luck with everything.
Speaking of Houston surveyors, I hope Jack Chiles and others are okay.
Gene Kooper, post: 444148, member: 9850 wrote: Well, I'm glad to hear you are still feeling frisky, Scott. Best of luck with everything.
Speaking of Houston surveyors, I hope Jack Chiles and others are okay.
Thank you Gene.
thought I time warped back to the old POB days for a second there....
FL/GA PLS., post: 443373, member: 379 wrote: Nah, us PLSSian's are just waiting for ya'll "Texans" to screw everything up so bad that the PLSS system will be instituted by the GLO. 😉
The Compromise of 1850 ceded our lands north of the present day Texas boundary (some of Colorado, some of Oklahoma) in exchange for some of our public debt. Plus Texas kept our "public" lands and built our Public School Lands from that. Then OUR GLO records their official field notes in VARAS. How will that fit in with the PLSS system? 😉
