Far below there was a bit of conversation on surveying with one's spouse or significant other. That reminded me of the first day my current wife (then lady friend) assisted me on a survey. It was quite muddy and she was wearing HUGE boots that only became bigger and heavier as the day progressed. She was doing quite well until the client's pet pot-bellied pig became curious about what was going on in it's home territory. The pig began to run at her through the mud. Seeing this, she attempted to run away from the pig. Let's just say I could have won a $100,000 prize on America's Funniest Videos if I had recorded what I witnessed.
Incredibly, she has helped me out many times since then, including the day she thought she was hearing a chainsaw running far in the distance then bent down to set a 60d nail in the ground, turned her head to the left and started a short-lived staredown with a bob cat about three feet away, on the other side of a chainlink fence.
Money Penny's an ace on a TS. Staked an entire 60 acre subdivision; water, sewer and paving some time back.
When we started the job I was running the gun and she was on the rod. I was frustrated (as with anybody) watching. I gave her a ten minute "stake-out" crash course on the Nikon and I grabbed the bucket and ran.
She's a keeper, for sure. :love:
Walking up to my better half after giving me a backsight, she proudly proclaims" Look at this nice seat I found. It's soft!" I explained to her that she was sitting on a red-ant mound. Luckily it was in April and the ants were mostly dormant.
My better half worked for a title company , before I met her . for 16 years every job I have a file waiting with all research done search backwards and forwards ,as-builts in the file and dot maps. I am spoiled.
I have to say, my spouse is a keeper too! Feeds me and runs the instrument too.
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> Far below there was a bit of conversation on surveying with one's spouse or significant other.
I trust that's a typo and, being of the bovine persuasion, you really meant to type "significant udder". :>
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I would make an udder comment, but that's beneath me.
I decided I should marry my then girlfriend at the end of a frozen windy winter's day spent performing a topo of an active landfill. I figured she must either really like me or was just as dumb as me to still be smiling after that day.
Not quite significant other but sort of related.
well as mentioned in that udder conversation down below, my wife and electric fences saw a parting of the ways when it came to offsiding.
But I had a daughter who followed me out into the sticks (bush/scrub/forest here) and would carry the pegs and drop them off at the appropriate number of steps.
The closest she got to being an instrument woman was one day when she got looking in the total station box and found the screwdriver and other goodies.
Then she commenced to test it on the screws on the TS and when something fell off ....
Then she nearly got run over when she stopped in the middle of the road on a bend!!
She was about 14 then!!
Years later along comes her daughter and she actually wanted to come surveying with me and emulate her great mother.
I relished the idea, so off we went and I gave her the job to go forward and put in a spike,in the lawn, and hold the pole vertical then I'd measure and come and setup.
Up I trot. Where's the spike? In my pocket!
She had put it in, given me the shot, then pulled it out to use for the next shot!
I love my kids and grand kids.
I surveyed with my wife as my rodwoman for 2 years.
Why I waited those 2 years to get my robot, is still a mystery to me.
Randy
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> I would make an udder a comment, but that's beneath me.
syntax
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You guys are going to milk this for all it's worth, aren't you?
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Hopefully your wife won't see this or you'll get creamed.
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> You guys are going to milk this for all it's worth, aren't you?
I was holding out for the condensed version of this thread; but my interest evaporated.
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I know; it's all nonsense....udder nonsense.
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What did the calf say to his mom?
Pass me the other udder, mother.
>I am spoiled.
I am Jealous!
James
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ENOUGH!
this conversation has done gone sour.
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These jokes aren't the cream of the crop.
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> These jokes aren't the cream of the crop.
And they lack taste
