Surveyor in Comic Book

(Sigh). The tribrach on that Total Station is now probably ruined from the way that "Surveyor" is holding the setup in the third pane.

Too bad life more than often imitates art...

At least he's wearing a suit. Keep it classy AZ!

I wouldn't worry about the tribrach. It won't bend and can be readjusted. The sensitive part is the bearings for the vertical axis. Those are probably strained and future angle accuracy will be degraded.

But it is either an older model with no display on one face, or else the display fell off already. So it's not an extremely valuable instrument, anyway.

I doubt the tribrach is ruined, but when I was an apprentice I-man carrying the TS around attached like that was a sure way to get buried by my crew chief. Always box the instrument.

Wearing a suit in the field? A sure sign of an Engineer...

No, they are not surveyors. I don't know any surveyors that work in the field in suits and ties.;-)

Back when I was a young pup working for a large engineering firm we wore ties to work in he office. It was not uncommon to end up going into the field for a bit during the day wearing a tie.

Maybe we would have more respect as a profession if we dressed the way our predecessors did in the early 1900's. Coat and Tie were common attire back then.

In the middle 1970's I worked a construction job in Philadelphia. There was a PennDOT survey crew doing some related Right of Way Work. That chief did wear a suit and tie daily.

The common business suit was called a "lounge suit" around 1900 and it was considered casual attire.

> In the middle 1970's I worked a construction job in Philadelphia. There was a PennDOT survey crew doing some related Right of Way Work. That chief did wear a suit and tie daily.

Wearing a long tie like that on the job is dangerous
I'm sure there is an OHSA Rule so stating
If a tie is required, a bow tie must then be woren
Much, much safer

ditto

I was in the field in a button collared shirt and tie, vest and hardhat yesterday. I left my coat in Fort Worth, but probably would have taken it off anyway.

Not a normal occurrence, but I had a 10am court date to act as a fact witness on an encroachment suit.

Surveyor's featured in current TV series

Hell on Wheels, an AMC series about the Union Pacific, has been featuring the Surveyor in every episode. This week the contractor will need to purchase the maps from the deceased (by indians) surveyors wife...for the sum of what he was owed (due to non payment)

Surveyor's featured in current TV series

Cool Kan.

We have DVR'd all of them & have not yet watched one.

Will start watching soon now.

By the way, what does your avatar represent (it is pretty neat) ?

Surveyor's featured in current TV series

I'd guess it's the Pacific ring of fire. Active volcano areas.

I thought it was that one guy named Crime Fighter for a minute there.