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@jerrys Have you ever seen the book "Georgia Land Surveying History and Law" by Farris Cadle??ÿ It is full of interesting trivia and data.?ÿ One of th...
@spmpls He is still active on Facebook.
@jerrys?ÿ It wasn't the surveyor per se.?ÿ It was the arithmetic done by the professor from the University of Georgia (grin), I do believe there may h...
@bill93 I agree.?ÿ And to me anything below 32 degrees is COLD.
@holy-cow On the beach in 28 degrees, 90 percent humidity with a 20 mph wind and no place to hide is COLD.
Georgia is home to the largest piece of exposed granite in the world, Stone Mountain.?ÿ Australia's Ayre's Rock is larger, but it's not granite.?ÿ Geo...
@holy-cow 10 years ago I was a Safety Observer for the BP oil spill cleanup.?ÿ My stretch of beach for a while was from the FloraBama (a bar on the Fl...
@flga-2 They can both play pretty good fiddle.?ÿ Thanks. ?ÿ
@a-harris It may be here now.?ÿ The original development was done in the 70s.
If they are using an EDM the first thing I'd check is the prism offset.?ÿ I speak from experience. Andy
I used to prepare easement and right of way documents for several of our clients.?ÿ Occasionally they would have to condemn property and I would have ...
@holy-cow Yeah, there was a shopping center here that had a 1 foot strip along the right of way to prevent access except through the main road.?ÿ That...
@dmyhill I agree.?ÿ Our Home Owner's Association asked me to look into a parcel that was part of the property that the developer purchased from which ...
@tommy-young I think that was about right around here - in 1970. ?ÿ
A couple more things about Jack.?ÿ He wasn't fast but he stayed moving all day.?ÿ He could cut live all day. He also had a quiet, dry sense of humor....
When I was the head of the surveying department for an engineering company I had a forever chainman who worked for me.?ÿ Jack retired when he was 82, ...