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Ben Purvis
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Joined: July 11, 2010 3:24 pm
Topics: 18 / Replies: 170
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RE: Gloating time

Today must be surveyor's "have a good day" day.....I set a small record myself getting 16 houses staked in one day. Now if that were just EVERY day I'...

13 years ago
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RE: For you Fearless Flyers out there...

That's scary just to watch! Cool video.

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RE: Microsoft Word is nuts...

I despise MS Word, which is why I switched to Open Office. If someone wants something in Word I can save it in a word format although admittedly somet...

13 years ago
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RE: fatal error while attempting to create a profile

Sounds to me like a registry fault of some sort. I would try a registry clean up and fresh install.

13 years ago
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RE: Structural Engineer Files Survey Map (Arizona?)

Oh dear God....if you ask me he's retarded no matter how much education he has and unfortunately I see a lot of that.

13 years ago
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RE: burning brush

Interesting Perry, last I checked fossil fuels come from biomass. Very odd.

13 years ago
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RE: Staking Foundations

I simply set rebar/hub and tack/60d nail, builder's preference, at each corner of the building envelope for footing excavation and then come back with...

13 years ago
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RE: Setting house building corners with GPS

"Setting house building corners with GPS". Don't do it, you will eventually have problems. Conventional is far quicker and more accurate.

13 years ago
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RE: Google earth photos

Hmmmm, I just looked at the saved .jpeg of an ALTA I'm completing and it maintained it's clarity both there and in the drawing itself. Like you say, i...

13 years ago
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RE: Rezoning

I concur as well although I would check to see if there's anything in the covenants or HOA, if there is one, that contains any setback language. I wou...

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RE: Google earth photos

I use them in my drawings all the time.File>Save>Save Image......just insert jpeg into drawing software, scale and rotate, and oila, near instan...

13 years ago
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RE: This makes me cringe

100% totally agree with John. While there were definitely people who were irresponsible, there always are, the vast majority lost their homes due to j...

13 years ago
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RE: Switching Cad Software

I second Pin Cushion's recommendation:Great software, highly recommended.

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RE: Very rude loan person

What I always do is start going, huh, what? I'm sorry you're breaking up, can you hear me? Hello? Hello? Then I hang up and I must say they very rarel...

13 years ago
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RE: “We had to clean the plate ourselves ....."

That's absolutely ridiculous....and what a shi**y day for the surveyor!

13 years ago
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RE: Does the Ordinary High Water Mark on a Lake have to be level

You have to be very careful in this situation. Depending on the size of the lake and the source the variation of elevation of the high water mark can ...

13 years ago
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RE: Finally!!!

What took so long?

13 years ago
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RE: last night's presentation...local chapter meeting

Change is a fact of life and those who are good at it tend to be much more successful. I remember when data collectors like SMI first started being us...

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