"Your other Right!"
"That tripod leg is on line; I guess you're buying the beer tonight"
"Bump that other pin over a bit so we can fit our pincap in there"
Don't chase bad money.
you are right about that....
one of my bosses used to say "if you aren't making any mistakes, you aren't doing enough work."
"You can look all day in the wrong spot and not find anything"
Me
My second survey boss who was also a P.E. told me when I presented him with a potential boundary comflict..
"Why are you bringing this to me? I pay you to fix problems so go fix it".
quit looking when you find it
That P.E. part of him just jumped out at you didn't it?
1) we ain't building no piano
2) this job is simple we do 3 things Observe, measure, record
3) you'll never get rich being a Surveyor... so you better LOVE the job
4) you can never give me too much information
Around here it's "We're not building a wristwatch here!"
Sayings from Poppa John, included: (1) There is no shame in a job well done and (2) Always Work With Pride and (3) No man ever died from a little sweat. He also offered sage advice with (1) Never take advice from people with missing fingers and (2) Never drink beer while wearing waders. A life lesson I will never forget.
"If you do things the same way every time...you don't have to worry about how you did it last time, and you don't have to think about how you're going to do it this time."
"it's a timex not a rolex!"
Some day someone will find the original corner, I want it to be you, today!
The Gospel According to
Raymond Victor Addicks.
"It ain't what you did today that matters, it's what you can prove in a court of law 10 years from now that counts. You should be able to put a field book in the mail, it sit on the draftsperson's desk for a month, them open it up and be able to draft the entire job without any assistance from you."
.... on the subject of field notes.
Four months after that instruction, I was doing that very thing from 4 states away. That mindset is no less valid today with electronic data.
I asked an older surveyor about a problem job. How much is enough. The awnser.... When nobody else can prove you wrong.
Me: Do it right the first time. It's cheaper than going back.
My version is " We are not building a piano out here!!"
Funny thing though the next 4 or 5 jobs boundaries had a striking resemblence to the shape of a grand piano.
- jlw
"VERIFY! Don't assume."
"We're not building a pyramid."
"You'll never get ahead my being a behind."
"Don't worry about snakes. Nobody ever died from a copperhead bite. If you hear rattling you can move as soon as I get the shot."
And,not politically correct but often heard:
"How in Hades did you not see that? Ray Charles could."
From Herbert Ehrig, Professor @Alfred State College circa 1979-
"Surveying is 50% research, 50% retracement, and the rest is measurement"
how many sides does a bound have?
> From Herbert Ehrig, Professor @Alfred State College circa 1979-
> "Surveying is 50% research, 50% retracement, and the rest is measurement"
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