I'm about those dimensions, but on the flip side, the other day we were surveying at a signalised intersection and a car blew through a red light at about 30mph, turning across one of our vehicles and clipping it in the process. I stepped out and stopped the car and saw it was being driven by a 100lb pizzle who didn't appear to be of legal age. Standing in front of the car I signaled him to wind down the window. He dropped the clutch, whacked my knee out, knocking me to the ground, ran over my foot and took off. I shan't be doing that again.
Natester, make it a habit to review your AR??s every single week. Glad everything is ok. ?????ÿ
@dave-karoly I had a neighbor for many years that had several Harleys and a way cool Triumph. Trouble was that he also had narcolepsy and couldn't tell day from night. Bad combination as far as revving the engine at 2am.
@paden-cash Those cold carbureted engines with low idle speeds are cranky.?ÿ A few twists of the throttle blows out the soot and puts a bit of heat in the engine.?ÿ That's my story and I'm sticking to it. ?ÿ????
I never even thought of needing an excuse to rev my scooters. I guess I'm just in tune with my inner self.?ÿ I just made noise in the driveway to irritate my neighbor...who works nights and sleeps days.?ÿ ;)?ÿ?ÿ
One thing that is incredibly hard to believe, but is true, is that on what we think of as a really bad day there is someone else for which it is a much worse day.?ÿ There is always that ONE MORE THING that could have gone wrong, but didn't.
Modal verbs or implied subjects/ verbs are probably a much discussed exercise in the lofty realm of those that protect our English language.?ÿ Like you I'm assuming it's a regional thing.
I remember working in So. Louisiana years ago.?ÿ One guy on the crew was a local.?ÿ He brought groceries back to the hotel room and asked me to help him "put them by" .?ÿ ?ÿI had to ask him, "Put them by what?"
Definitely a regional thing.?ÿ 😉
Spent a few years living in Michigan.?ÿ Those people talk funny.?ÿ One day I overheard my secretary telling a co-worker she was going to a certain fast food restaurant at noon to get some lunch, then added: "Come go with?"
"How do you do."
How do I do what?
I complained once about not having any good shoes, and then I met a man without legs.
Was walking into the post office grumpy with a sore back, gummy ankle and tennis elbow when a guy on crutches with two noodles for legs fell flat on his face in front of me. Ran over and asked if he needed some help. He just looked up at me from a couple inches off the pavement and laughed, 'Nahh, do it all the time. Only got two choices, lay here .. or get up." and just like that he dragged himself back upright with his crutches and carried on, and all of my whining ceased.
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Just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get me.
I complained once about not having any good shoes, and then I met a man without legs.?ÿ He had some great shoes, though, so I took 'em and ran off.?ÿ Now everything's great!
Had I stayed on a certain path when I came to the potential fork in the road about 30 years ago............my stepson would have died yesterday.?ÿ Read his obituary online today.?ÿ Nice fellow.
My wife's family is all up there in Visconsin.?ÿ?ÿI've pretty much got their lingo down pat after all these years.?ÿ I've even adapted to the usage of a verbal question mark of "ay?".
But I just can't get past the plural of you, as in "yoose".?ÿ Everybody knows the plural of you is "you all"....
My former mother-in-law was from near Pittsburgh, PA.?ÿ She used "yins" as the plural.?ÿ As in "Where have yins bin?" (been should really be spelled bin as everyone I know pronounces it that way)
Probably the most notable dialect I've ever run into was a lady I worked with that was from Vermont.?ÿ She sounded like someone doing a bad Minnesotan accent imitation.?ÿ She pronounced vowels so broad you could park truck on them.
I asked her once what she was doing in Oklahoma.?ÿ Her reply was "I'm still trying to figure that out".
@nate-the-surveyor Nate, you may want to consider knocking on some doors of local "big" firms. Many firms cannot fill open positions and would more than likely be interested in subcontracts to help keep things moving. You can write the contracts to get paid upon delivery. Glad it worked out for you - things always do work out one way or the other.?ÿ
N10,000, E7,000, Z100.00
PLS - IL, MO, AR, KS, MN, KY
I was not complaining.... I was thinking a out loud, about the "view from my office". I have many more blessings than I can possibly enumerate.?ÿ
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I've had many plateaus. The day we got a total station. Wow! I remember that day! Can shoot 800' to a tree line, set a nail, and it'll be accurate to 0.03'?ÿ
The day we got an IBM 286 computer. No longer had to use a typewriter, to write descriptions!
The day I got an ATV, and was able to invest more into corner searches.
I'm on wife 1.0, with NO regrets!
The kids are growing. One is bigger than me.?ÿ
Truly, I am one of the richest guys I know.
Lately, the kids are making music, and it's really relaxing.
I'm overflowing. God is good.
Nate
@nate-the-surveyor Amen Brother, amen. Keep on keeping on.
N10,000, E7,000, Z100.00
PLS - IL, MO, AR, KS, MN, KY
Brother, I just think you need a hobby, to help clear your mind once in a while.
JA, PLS, SoCal