:good: My vote for best answer. 😀
"There is no need to pay for a Survey, even a fraudulent one which would probably get knocked down anyway."
Which s why I can't even be pragmatic about this.
Realistically, a person could take a large sum of money, then go beyond the reach of justice to enjoy the money . . . do something else and enjoy life.
But, like killing a person . . . even a "bad" person, well, it takes the crossing of a line per se'(sp) that is embeded in our conscience.
In all seriousness, the proper . . . perverted, "capitalistic" way to do things would be to make yourself "believe", that 1' is either acceptable or in some way reasonable . . . you could always say you did it for your kids, your wife or your sick mother.
Take the money and if you get away with it, make campaign contributions, give money to the food bank, buy the church a new car and become a well respected man.
Then, some time in the future, when the truth comes out . . . cry like a baby, beg for forgiveness and get the best attorney money can buy.
If you get through it intact, it'll prove that you deserve to be a well respected man and that perverted capitalism really works.
As was said in the previous thread, you cannot measure integrity with a multiple choice test.
I am secretly hoping for a star-trek tri-corder-like device that measures brain activity and reads intent.
There are other tests, I suppose, but they take time. Is a guy afraid to get muddy? Does he treat animals well? Does he pitch in when there is work to do? Probably most important, does he achieve goals over the long term or make excuses?
The "nice to you but rude to the waiter" test is about 95% accurate but that's a lot of lunches to sit through.
I Disagree, Surveying Is The World's Third Oldest Profession
Paul,
As I see it, gardening was the
world's first profession.
Of course, I take Genesis literally.
BTW, my intent is not to turn this into a P&R discussion.
Scott
Is the guy asking; wringing his hands and saying, "A sucker's born every minute"?
>"A sucker's born every minute"?
[sarcasm]$100,000,000.04
Dang...that would buy the entire surveying company...the records, the library (skelton, hodgman, clark, knowles, etc), antique equipment collection, a stamp, the copyright, the drafting table, leroy templates, AutoCad...and the Chesterfield 2 pole chain.[/sarcasm]
DDSM:beer:
I agree with the old joke that everyone has a price, mine would be 10,000,000 providing that I could offer the adjoiner a fair market price for what they are losing title to. I can then pocket the remainder.
Why do I continue to survey? Let's all become realtors and attorneys.
I appreciate the attention to integrity this post brings, but the premise is flawed from the git go. Surveyors can't steal land. The boundary would still be where it always was. I suppose you could report it to be elsewhere, but that would just be one con man, the surveyor, conning another con, the client. Still way off the reservation.
You got to have a con in this land of milk and honey
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when someone asks me about fudging anything i offer it in exchange for the calculated total of my income for my entire career.
if someone bites someday, i will retire early and go into GIS, computers or rocket science.
chicken and egg
gardening/farming is one of the oldest, but man did not settle down until the advent of beer. perhaps the brew master is the oldest profession of settled man.
before that it was forage or hunt.
Not a question worth answering. My license isn't for sale nor am I a whore of it.