The equipment you once dreamed of is now an antique. In my case, Topcon gts 3c. Or, a hp 3800.
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And I thought it was when someone said, "look at them legs", and I'm thinking tripod
... some young cuss comes along asking about ??historical pricing of?ÿTotal Stations?.
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...your gps equipment is end of life, too.
Also, it's Saturday night, and look where we are....
Also, it's Saturday night, and look where we are....
Behind the computer looking at a 1959 State Plane Survey (NAD27) covering about 50 sq. miles.
Living the dream ??ÿ
...you find yourself telling a surveyor younger than you that a couple of coronary bypasses are "a?ÿpiece of cake"... ? ?ÿ
You make a comment about something you remember and then realize that was 60 years ago.
You wake up in your own bed and can't figure out what day it is.
... when you're now buying lots that you surveyed 38 years ago.?ÿ
... when you're now buying lots that you surveyed 38 years ago.?ÿ
...and the 'lots' are in that 'new' cemetery out in the woods...
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...you think twice about buying green bananas.
when you cringe at the prospect of retracing a survey you already did - 25 years ago.?ÿ
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when you cringe at the prospect of retracing a survey you already did - 25 years ago.
When you can look at old surveying equipment, (Transits, compasses, chains, tapes, field books, etc) and after a few hrs, go back to sleep, feeling like you have done a days work!
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When stuff you layed out for construction is being torn down to make way for new construction.
...you can recall surveying down the median of an interstate freeway with relatively little concern at the time, for errant/distracted drivers.
The only superior evidence is that which you haven't yet found.
When you retrace a survey you did 25 years ago for another company and don't realize it until you're halfway through the job.
when your co-workers begin calling you "the legend"