raise your hand if

What if it was a blue jay?

> .... Doesn't count if it was your rodman...
> 😉

No fair.....it should count double or triple if it were your rodman. That goofball should know better.

Ok- Eddycreek get 1 cool point for the bluejay.

And I'll give 1 "sympathy" point if it was your rodman, but you're aware that sympathy points aren't worth much in the field.

had a raven perch on the BS, lots of RS on the prism when he left ....
-JD-

Not that but had a guy staring into robot one day. He thought he was TV or something. We had to wait for him to get out of the way before the robot could find. Then he noticed it was looking over at us and he came over to chat. He was funny as hell.

How about turning to your backsight... and it's not there !

great...I had to raise both hands, and both feet...Isince you've made me fall over, you'll be hearing from my attorney!;-) 😛 😉

How 'bout the rodman who is looking back at you instead of studying the bubble on the rod. Takes about a week of yelling to get that sorted.

Funny this topic came up...

Just two hours ago I had a bluebird that insisted on perching on the robot. Not just once, but several times. Wish I could have got a pic.

We had a photo on the cover of our Georgia Land Surveyor magazine of a hawk perched on a robot. COOL!!!

Andy

How about this dimwit. After setting up on the 4th hub I look back and he was walking down the narrow cut line and no backsite was in view. After I look closer I can see he is carrying every flagged lath I have left behind as a backsite and future offset to mark his boundary. Dimwit had pulled them all because he thought it would reduce his bill by returning all our laths and 60d nails we used for hubs.
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I remember years ago working in downtown Denver, breaking down a block. We had to set up on marks on the sidwalk and site other marks on the sidewalk (block corner offsets). Had to wait a long time waiting for people to be off line to get a measurement to the backsight and forsight prisms. I remember swearing that the only time a drunk ever was able to walk a straight line was when he is walking down my line of sight.

Murphy's Law no doubt!

I had a horse pause on my backsight line for a bit; frustrating when you are almost done and this animal won't let you get your work done so you can go home!

Had the same thing happen. I had my head down watching the DC as I worked along a curb line. Pushed the button to take a shot and nothing happened. I looked up to find a guy from the local utility company staring into the business end of my robot. I gave a yell to get his attention and waved him off. Later when I got within earshot of him I asked him how his eyes were feeling.:-D

Had a similar thing happen in Atlanta, Had a fixed BS, brand new. Zeroed, looked down cuz some numbers weren't jivin', changed numbers, and heard.....beep.....beep.....beep, looked back and it was GONE. How do you explain that one to Boss? No sign of who took it or where they went, it was a very busy road, trucks everywhere, and they got before it could even catch a glimpse.

Rodman left iron rod (on the other side of the Suwannee River) sticking up about 0.4' "so we could find it when we traversed"(there was also a lathe there)but made sure he did his measure up from the ground so we got an accurate elevation.

Not me personally, but one of my former party chiefs saw the t#$ds taking off with it and chased them until they threw it out.:-P BTW this was well over 30 years ago.

I have had some really dumb clients, but I can't, and don't ever want to, top that one.:-(

> I remember years ago working in downtown Denver, breaking down a block. We had to set up on marks on the sidwalk and site other marks on the sidewalk (block corner offsets). Had to wait a long time waiting for people to be off line to get a measurement to the backsight and forsight prisms. I remember swearing that the only time a drunk ever was able to walk a straight line was when he is walking down my line of sight.

That sounds just like DT Houston or Dallas.

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