something in the water this week

Blantons

just remember, Monday is only a few days away ???? it starts all over again

busy here still mopping up lightning damage, dealing with forensic mechanical engineers, insurance adjusters, clients, employees, family?ÿ and friends.?ÿ There must be a full moon out there

The attorney wanting you to "change" your description took me back to a conversation with a client many years ago.?ÿ As he was showing me precisely where he thought the corners would end up, he went into a long dissertation on the proper method of writing "leaps and bounds" descriptions.?ÿ He said you can tell whether or not a licensed land surveyor had prepared a description based on whether the path took you around the perimeter in a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction.?ÿ I forget now which one was the "absolute correct" way of doing it.?ÿ That was a rare case of me keeping my mouth shut and going the way he thought was correct.

I've heard of the changing description demand plenty of times but I've yet to encounter it myself.?ÿ How do you guys handle it??ÿ Do you politely tell them to pound sand, or...?

Posted by: @bstrand

I've heard of the changing description demand plenty of times but I've yet to encounter it myself.?ÿ How do you guys handle it??ÿ Do you politely tell them to pound sand, or...?

I reckon ƒ??politelyƒ? is subjectiveƒ??

I told him (as Iƒ??ve done in other cases) that so long as he sticks to his profession I wonƒ??t offer him any professional advice. Let the silence say the rest. Message was received.

@holy-cow?ÿ

I probably would have laughed in his face when he said leaps and bounds.

Just saying...

@flyin-solo I understand.?ÿ Several years ago I did a lot in an older subdivision.?ÿ The surveyor who did the original subdivision wasn't the best when pulling the tape for distances but he set easily identifiable "crimped top" pipes for corners (50 years before Georgia required caps).?ÿ I measured all the lines, found all the monuments (original), and verified adjoining lot corners.?ÿ When I submitted the plat a young attorney called me saying I had to change some of the distances.?ÿ If the original subdivision plat called for 100 feet and my measured distance (between found monuments) HAD to be 100.00 feet, not the 100.10 that I had shown.?ÿ The owner COULD NOT sell what he didn't own.?ÿ I tried my best to convince him that, as far as I was concerned, the lines go from original monument to original monument, even if the measurement varied slightly.?ÿ As far as ownership, that was his problem, not mine.

Andy

@gary_g I was at a conference Tampa last week, and between that and Stagg Jr. (and maybe some absinth after midnight) we put a hurting on the expense account.?ÿ?ÿ

@james-fleming?ÿ

Expense account????

Haven't had one of those in over 35 years.

Way back when I had to ride a dinosaur on business trips I had to purchase traveler's checks at the bank by giving them an employer's check that covered the one percent fee as well as the amount being purchased.?ÿ I realize some reading the previous sentence are wondering what a traveler's check is.?ÿ Google it.

Posted by: @holy-cow

The attorney wanting you to "change" your description took me back to a conversation with a client many years ago.?ÿ As he was showing me precisely where he thought the corners would end up, he went into a long dissertation on the proper method of writing "leaps and bounds" descriptions.?ÿ He said you can tell whether or not a licensed land surveyor had prepared a description based on whether the path took you around the perimeter in a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction.?ÿ I forget now which one was the "absolute correct" way of doing it.?ÿ That was a rare case of me keeping my mouth shut and going the way he thought was correct.

Mr. Cow I need a leaps & bounds description of my track.

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Take that! You stupid sand!!!

@james-fleming LOL. I was in Charleston, SC and got to try Blantons. I'm not a Bourbon guy but that stuff was awesome... and pricey. I?ÿ just got home from canvassing 6 ABC stores in VA, availablity 0.?ÿ

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@gary_g There is a waiting list to get on for bourbon with limited availability at the ABC stores

On the list!!!! But they don't tell you whats being released, ugh!

The bourbon shortage reminds me of a conversation with one of my daughters as she is wanting to purchase a new car.?ÿ She had to put her name and $500 on a list in order to eventually be put on a list from that dealership to the manufacturer to be approved to purchase a new car.?ÿ Apparently, the dealership is only allowed once each month to submit a list.?ÿ The manufacturer then provides a list to the dealership of some number of vehicles available, with all of the details.?ÿ Those on the list submitted then get to decide if one of the vehicles still available is one they will agree to purchase, as is.?ÿ That is no color change or addition or reduction of certain features.?ÿ Whatever it is they have produced, is what you agree to purchase............or not.?ÿ If you don't want any of the ones still available, you get yourself on a new list to eventually get put on the list again.

I got a bottle of Blanton's for my birthday along with a bottle of Weller C.Y.P.B. It's an allocated product and a lot of times the stores won't even put it up for retail sale when they get a delivery. They will move it to an auction setting. I have a friend in the package store business,

The caps for the Blanton's have a single letter and a horse. Collect all 8 and it spells Blanton's. I have O. I've heard the N' is the hard one to find.

I have yet to try it because I don't drink much bourbon and I'm not sure if I am going to keep or sell my bottle. I might try to find a glass when I go to the TSPS Convention in October.