I have a hammer

I concur.

These are a couple of the best bowling balls ever made.

> Now EVERYTHING looks like a nail. EVERYONE should use a hammer. Anyone not using a hammer is not living up to expectations.

I think the more accurate statement is, Everyone should use a hammer to its fullest potential. Driving the proverbial nail while choking up on the hammer handle will certainly get the job done. But using the hammer, while holding it at the end of the handle yields a better, not necessarily correct, result.

Hammer.....hammer....what's that? Oh yeah, you mean the "Least Squares field adjustment tool". Yeah, I remember now. 😉

Dude, err Your Holiness, you really need to switch grazing fields. Just saying...;-)

Have a great week! B-)

I carry a 4 pound blacksmith hammer. I find anything can be correctly adjusted with it.

> This is my HAMMER. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My HAMMER is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. My HAMMER, without me, is useless. Without my HAMMER, I am useless. I must HIT THINGS TRUE WITH my HAMMER. I must HAMMER straighter than my enemy who is trying to LOWBALL me. I must HAMMER him before he HAMMERs me. I will...

> My HAMMER and I know that what counts in this SURVEY is not the BASIS OF BEARINGS WE USE, the GOAT STAKES WE FIND, or the 0.04' 0F ERROR we make. We know that it is the ORIGINAL MONUMENTS WE FIND that count. We will FIND THEM...

> My HAMMER is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its accessories, its HANDEL and its HEAD. I will keep my HAMMER clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will...

> Before God, I swear this creed. My HAMMER and I are the defenders of my SURVEY. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life. So be it, until victory is America's and there is no enemy, but peace!

I have many hammers.

Some just to tap tap and others that are handy and all the way up to an old Bloody Monday (16lb) that has sat in a corner for many years cause nobody wants to swing it.

😉

Are you going to hammer out a warning?

What about your brothers and sisters?

For setting bench mark disks in drill holes I prefer using a rotary hammer over a star drill. I have only used Bosch and Makita brand rotary hammers and greatly prefer the Bosch products.

and do you have a license to hammer all over this land?

Excellent question, Bill.

Hammer et alia

The Right Tool for the Job

Three of them around the broken baler
toward the middle of the hot hayfield,
hunting for the place where the failure was.
A sheared-off bolt, the head end in this piece,
the nut end in that, their separation
jamming the works. A field hand
reached in the toolbox,
pulled out a wrench,
and began tapping one broken end
to drive it out.
“That’s right,”
Cousin John Burr said. “That’s right.
*** **** it, never use a hammer
if you can find a wrench!”

Cheers,
Henry

I have a hammer>A surveyors job

If I had a hammer
I'd hammer in the morning
I'd hammer in the evening
All over this land

All this sudden interest in bearings

All this sudden interest in bearings is making the non-stop assault on our sensiblities by the scanner articles, editorials and advertisements in certain survey magazines pale by comparison. At least, there we understand the profit motive behind the assault. An arrogance assault is a completely different, but also unwelcome, thing.

My house is bigger than your house. My car is newer than your car. My smart phone is smarter than your smart phone. My lawnmower makes Tim "The Toolman" Taylor drool. My kid just climbed Mt. Everest on his way back from winning three gold medals at the Olympics. My tool is better than your tool. My opinion is the only one that matters. If you don't believe me, here, let me make up some numbers and a story or two to prove that I am the smartest person on this planet.

Think I may just have to give Roy D. Mercer a call and have him "fix" the situation.

All this sudden interest in bearings

I am with you Mr. Cow. Who cares. That common sense you have will do more than all that math, well that and your HAMMER.

All this sudden interest in bearings

This is not about who is better. This is a debate about ideas. I've defended my idea with theory and with real world examples. Honestly I don't expect to change your mind but I know lurkers read and ponder these discussions. That's the battleground. If I've lead you to believe I think I'm superior to you I apologize. I do maintain that the idea I am promoting is superior to yours. That's not a debate of self worth but one of professional standards. For that I do not apologize. Every argument you've conjured has been answered. By all means keep swinging that hammer just like others have before you. Don't be willing to improve your product. It makes no difference to me. My sights are set on future generations and promoting professional standards that will move our profession forward.

arguing & sarcasm

I just like arguing. I'm guessing that if Kent was arguing against reproducible bearings, then I'd be for 'em. Don't much matter what I think anyway, I do what the boss tells me.

If you just get over the sarcasm and cynicism, the arguments can be quite entertaining. You like the old Saturday Night Live (Jane, you ignorant slut).

Some people like Uncle K. take the sarcasm as a personal attack and all it does is raise their blood pressure. If we can't discuss the backward, slipshod, Jake-legged procedures that are common in Texas surveying without resorting to name-calling then I'm taking my ball and going home.

All this sudden interest in bearings

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