Things you find while searching for something else entirely

Thank you and thank you and thank you and thank you and thank you and thank you and..................................................................

Thank you to everyone who has helped me in so many ways over the first 134 months of this great forum for land surveyors around the world.?ÿ I have learned a great deal over those 134 months that could be directly applied to what I have been doing since the 1970's.?ÿ I have also learned a huge amount about the diversity of practices in the US and around the world.?ÿ Varas come to mind as an example.?ÿ Spanish land grants, longitude west of Washington, D.C., Burt's solar compass, perches, cattleways, anything over 25 feet in width being an official river, mining surveys and many, many other things that apparently have no connection to the lands that I survey.?ÿ Learning about what happens in other countries is always interesting.?ÿ This site has also provided a wealth of information (especially on the weekends) on subjects that are not directly tied to land surveying in any discernible way, yet might just come in handy someday.?ÿ That's everything from what is the best compound for laying bathroom tile to what not to do when coaching soccer or baseball or any sort of team of youngsters.?ÿ It is impossible to count the times when the laughter shared here is exactly what I needed to brighten my day.

Thank you to those of you who have paid attention to some of the technical information I have shared.?ÿ Thank you to those of you who followed my advice on business practices and my encouragement to research, research, research before even thinking about going to the field.?ÿ Thank you to all of you who have groaned at my jokes and wild stories.?ÿ A special thank you goes out to those of you who HAVE NOT tracked me down and punched my lights out for being a wisea$$ on a regular basis and for leading the spelling police.?ÿ And a special thank you for those who noticed my absence last Winter and took action to see if a fund should be set up quickly to buy me a flame-retardant suit for my one-way trip to a very hot place.

20,001 posts in 134 months works out to roughly 149.2537313 posts per month.?ÿ That's just a smidge under 5 per day.?ÿ Numerically, that seems like not very much.?ÿ But, this board needs more posts from more people.?ÿ We have witnessed other similar sites wither and die on the vine.?ÿ To mimic the standard plea for donations for certain charitable purposes.....................For only five posts per day you, too, can insure the longevity and quality of this great benefit to mankind........and land surveyors.

Wendell and Angel (Noodles) have provided us a great opportunity.?ÿ Let's make certain they may continue to do so.

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