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@bill93 That is close to what happened, but Ken Thompson??s C compiler hack predated the notion of remote tech support. It was simply a way for Thomp...
I am NOT saying this applies to Mr Cow, but the above discussion makes me recall the old expression ??All hat, no cattle.? ???? I first heard that ...
For more non-OSHA fun, look at photos and movies of USC&GS's Bilby tower work. The crew members would climb up the outside of a tower (routinely 1...
@holy-cow I think I've read about Osage Orange here on SurveyorConnect in the past. Interesting about the hedges. There's a variant of espalier known...
I??m glad that SurveyorConnectors enjoyed learning about pollarding. Seeing old, pollarded trees is something I??ve enjoyed when traveling in Europe...
@holy-cow ????
@holy-cow I remember Michael J Pollard!
Could these be trees that have been recently pollarded?
@jim-frame Drill Hole, in this case made in a stone of a stone wall. Pretty common around New England, at least when clients or surveyors have seen fi...
I don't think this thread has yet mentioned Van Sickle's "Basic GIS Coordinates" book:/p>
@holy-cow Here in MA, pie-wedge lots are created even on dry land! Here's an excerpt from a 1990 plan. Note the "Set I.P." It's dry land in that locat...
It's not at all rare here in Massachusetts to see suburban or rural subdivisions with "chicken necks" or "road-killed snakes." Some of these are attem...
@richard-imrie I remember the sarcastic bumper stickers that said "Visualize Whirled Peas."
@murphy "Per the advise of Knud Hermansen I also search forward in time from the current deed on file." That's a good thing to do, but forward searche...