Surveyors never get lost - they can be temporarily disoriented 😉
know the intent of your survey, we're not building a swiss watch here.
Many years ago, there was an employee whose wife went into labor early one morning. The employee went into the boss’s office and said “I need the day off to go to the hospital, my wife is in labor.” The boss told him, “What are you, a doctor? Get back to work!”
Miguel A. Escobar, LSLS, RPLS
There are some priceless quotes in here.
My mentor:
"Well are we following in the footsteps of the earlier surveyor."
"Get out of the lab and stop creating science projects!"
My old party chief, at the end of the day...
"That's us". and "Box it".
Words weren't necessary whenever my Dad, after clapping a 90 and pacing 100', jabbed a machete into the ground to hear the "tink" of an old pipe.
Judge Clarence Brimmer, WY Supreme Court circa 1994
Gentlemen, you are either pregnant or not, there is no half way.
the only requirement for a person wishing to work as survey assistant for company I used to work for was:
" two feet and heart beating "
an old party chief told me that when I just came to the company 9 years ago 😉
One of my mentors, Dave Miller of Crown Pt In used to say, "Do it right, speed will come with time."
I have found that advice has served me well.
Nate
Kinda what I heard on a pipeline construction job:
"it never rains on a pipeline job, you just get wet"
"Surveyors spend all night at the bar talking about what they did today, then spend all day tomorrow talking about what they did in the bar last night."
Once when I was in college I asked my older PLS boss why he turned down a job is an area that was known to have boundary issues he said "SON YOU CAN POLISH A TURD"
He also liked to say when we found something that was not what we expected " It is what it is"
"du-whut"
Don't whip a dead horse....
can or can't??
> can or can't??
can (is my interpretation). He knew the job was a "turd" even though it looked good.
Probably my all time favorite was: "S**t flows downhill and payday's Friday."
And that was from my dear old Dad. 😛
My dad said his were: "You swing that brush hook like my grandmother"
The absolute scariest words I ever heard was from my head chainman, old guy, been doing it for a thousand years, "sumtin don't look right".
I stopped
I looked
we fixed because sure enough it was wrong!
RIP Jack Shine!
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Typing class 9th grade!
You got to use the right hammer to get the job done.
He ain't working his clothes are too clean.
You are wasting time if you say it more than once.
Only cut the bushes that are blocking my line of sight.
"your other left"
"beer leg"
"cut a foot"
"close enough for rough grade" (or - "close enough for the girls YOU date")
sorry I meant "CANT POLISH A TURD"
It's ok. You polished your post just fine! 🙂