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Joined: July 1, 2010 6:10 pm
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RE: Does any one here know of a successful prosecution for destruction of a survey monument?

@bstrand There are four speed traps around here where there is no posted speed limit along that portion of highway passing thru a couple of small tow...

5 years ago
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RE: Best Practices in Forest Topographic Surveying using Robotics Total Station

The best way to topo dense forest is to run controlled baselines and get local relief with a hand level. By the time the land is cleared, the ground w...

5 years ago
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RE: Engineer and his road

A ship builder once ask me to survey 4 miles of boundary thru the White Oak Creek bottoms, clear and set braced fence corners at the 6 offsets and dri...

5 years ago
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RE: Does any one here know of a successful prosecution for destruction of a survey monument?

When a deed says all the same property as conveyed to Joe Smoe, all that same property is transfered to the next owner no matter where the seller or r...

5 years ago
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RE: Does any one here know of a successful prosecution for destruction of a survey monument?

@skeeter1996 Developer admitted to surveying without a license That is a crime

5 years ago
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RE: 13th Edition Manual of Practice for Land Surveyors in Texas

Category 1A and 1B are for land surveying. It did not include Category 2 thru Category 10 of which Category 4 was deleted and the others are construct...

5 years ago
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RE: Wild TC1000/TC1600 questions

This is the only info I have, Wild to HP48GX

5 years ago
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RE: DST EST

I woke up and wondered "where is the sun". Thanks for reminding me, now its off to reset all the wall clocks.

5 years ago
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RE: advantages of non-nodal prism assemblies ?

Either way, the prism assembly needs to be pointed at the instrument. After I spent years collecting all the components that I wanted to have to have ...

5 years ago
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RE: Saw this poster today

As a kid, grandfather Harris was the family barber and he knew two styles, burr or flattop and he would always nip your ear if you moved. He would act...

5 years ago
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RE: Are you a zig zag surveyor?

It became rather impossible to "run on line" in forest land without it all being guesswork because there are too many trees on the boundary. That is p...

5 years ago
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RE: TEQC Is End of Life

@bill93 All this proprietary secret handshake takes place when the two different pieces of equipment connect and failure happens when the incorrect m...

5 years ago
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RE: TEQC Is End of Life

@john-hamilton In the patent world, if the product does not undergo some altering status for 20 years or more, or, unless the application is renewed,...

5 years ago
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RE: A confusing Situation

If you are satisfied with this survey, take it to the title company that issued you your title policy and have the to declare their policy to cover wh...

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RE: Toyota advertisement

Somebody was in a hurry and took the head for the antlers. Problem is that they did not get any of the shoulder capes for a taxidermist to create a su...

5 years ago
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RE: Ever had one of those days?

Been stuck up above my knees before in clay. Took forever to get out as it causes a suction that increases the more you ate able to pull yourself out....

5 years ago
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RE: Old property markers?

The reason I have a rock drill and 7/8in masonry bit is to set monuments in concrete, rock and other type bits for other objects. When I find a monume...

5 years ago
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RE: Florida International University Bridge Collapse

When concrete cracks and fails, the steel in place is supposed to be sufficient to hold the structure in place. That was an engineer's nightmare cone ...

5 years ago
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RE: Proper way to address someone

While I was in construction staking in 1979 I also gambled at pool and cards at night and began to invest in afternight clubs and became a partner in ...

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