He probably didn't forget the vara. He was just listing the ones he uses.

Mike, I thought it was this one, which doesn't have a GPS suitability line. Linebender is a bit further from home than I expected.

Since the code and serial numbers seem to both be 10-digit numbers in hexadecimal, I wonder if it could be as simple as a value for the feature XOR wi...

I also have my great uncle's 20" slide rule.?ÿ No fancy extra scales, but extra precision by spreading out the numbers twice as far.

I used a Post Versalog from sr year high school through college and first few years on the job.?ÿ First saw a scientific pocket calculator shortly bef...

If you are into that sort of thing, it's pretty easy to send an email with whatever "From" address you want. But most of them are of the form "friends...

I know little about such matters, much less in PA, but my first research would be to learn the difference between the county selling the lien versus s...

>"I also buy modern equipment that runs ethanol without problems." I'm told there is a cranky old guy who runs a business locally where you can ge...

Maybe we should rename this thread "The Bogus Method of Valuing Surveys" in memory of a former poster who generated long threads.

I heard a place described once as being like granola.  If you take out the nuts and fruits, all you have left is flakes. Fortunately this bar ha...

Are the screw threads stripped (they turn but don't tighten), or is only the screw head damaged? If they have hexagonal sockets in the screw heads, th...

@aliquot >I don't understand the habit many have of reporting their distances to the nearest 1/100th. Except in extremely rare cases, no one care...

@aliquot I think keeping the original calls means that if the document says 60.0 and he measures 60.08 he reports the original 60.0 as his measuremen...

@skeeter1996 Lawyer ethics require them to present the best case they can for their client, which may be at odds with presenting all of the truth.&nb...

@beuckie What happens when the signed plans arrive with differences? Who is financially responsible?

@just-a-surveyor It looks to me like there is some detail loss due to focus or low pixel count and the original could be clearer. Look at the ragged ...

Is that the best copy in existence, or is that just what is easy to grab??ÿ If that's a scan from on-line records it would be worth finding out if the...