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Wendell
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If la#@&yers can be associated with such things as sharks and polecats while still maintaining a "professional" appeal, why is it considered a negative thing for surveyors to be associated with beer? That seems tame in comparison, yet we do not get the credit we deserve as licensed professionals.

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Posted : August 5, 2010 10:19 pm
Kent McMillan
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I think that (a) there are a lot of insecure surveyors and (b) "Beer Leg" has a bit more character than anything else I've heard so far. There will always be those who think that surveyors ought to be either Geospecial Professionals or ministers of the gospel, the latter not realizing that no surveyor was ever a saint.

 
Posted : August 5, 2010 10:35 pm
Kent McMillan
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A couple of variations to consider would be

Professional Beer Legomatics

and

Geospecial Beer Legistics

 
Posted : August 5, 2010 10:50 pm
RADU
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Kent I would have thought you would have preferred redleg,others bourbonleg, scotchleg waterleg....

RADU...

 
Posted : August 6, 2010 4:34 am
Moe Shetty
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not to mention Jakeleg. has a history back to prohibition days.

 
Posted : August 6, 2010 5:31 am

Angelo Fiorenza
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In a profession where field work, cutting line, digging for evidence and lugging equipment around in all kinds of weather and all kinds of terrain is a major part of the deal, the "look" of a land surveyor does not fit what most Americans have been taught a "professional" looks like.

And as much as I may like to have a beer with dinner, I don't want the lasting impression to be a guy lugging around a couple of six-packs.

Think of it this way:

What did you see the last time you observed several lawyers practicing their profession?
What did you see the last time you saw a group of surveyors practicing THEIR profession?

Last time you went to a planning board meeting, were you able to tell the surveyors from the lawyers the moment you walked into the room?

 
Posted : August 6, 2010 7:36 am
DeralOfLawton
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Last time you went to a planning board meeting, were you able to tell the surveyors from the lawyers the moment you walked into the room?

At last years Math*Counts they introduced us as Engineers and 1 Surveyor.

At lunch one table said "Your the surveyor right?"

I looked down and I had a nice shirt, tie, slacks, dress shoes so I asked "What gave me away?"

They laughed and said "Your tan and not all pasty like the others"..

Hard to hide that even in dress clothes.

Deral

 
Posted : August 6, 2010 8:36 am
dave-karoly
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Come'on Deral

it was the tie with the Hawaiian shirt, really? LOL

 
Posted : August 6, 2010 9:32 am
Dane Mince
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something wrong with the branding?

Surveyor, land surveyor, professional land surveyor,,,,, ALL OF THESE WORK JUST FINE, IF WE CANNOT BRAND AND MARKET WITH THESE TERMS, WELL WE ARE IN DEEP DEEP TROUBLE...
GEOMATICS ENGINEER.... OH PLUZEAZ
tHE TERM I AM MOST FOND OF IS

GEOSPECIOUS PROFESSIONAL....

 
Posted : August 6, 2010 2:10 pm