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bill93
@bill93
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Joined: July 1, 2010 9:00 pm
Last seen: October 9, 2026 7:22 pm
Topics: 291 / Replies: 9717
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RE: IRS "Real Estate Professional"

A quick search finds this: An IRS real estate professional is a tax designation for individuals who spend over 50% of their working hours (and over ...

6 months ago
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RE: When you feel you absolutely know something, go watch a reel by this fellow

You rarely see an accurate illustration of the scale of the solar system. Textbooks show a family photo of the planets like their orbits were modest r...

6 months ago
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RE: I've been doing it wrong.

HC, we in the PLSS states have it so easy with a very high percentage of the roads near cardinal directions. But I tend to lose track on cloudy days w...

6 months ago
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RE: Boustrophedonically? Not so fast

Robert Harvey? shortcut_method.pdf

6 months ago
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RE: Good place in New England to rent a Schonstedt?

The utility locators send an audio tone on a wire associated with the utility. That could be the grounded wire or shield in a power or tv cable, or a ...

6 months ago
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RE: Need advice on magnetic locator

If you are looking for iron rods, a treasure hunter isn't very sensitive. They respond to the surface area presented (the end of a rebar) times the co...

7 months ago
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RE: That dreaded hissing sound...

A Pringles chip can makes a good cover for spray cans. Maybe shorten it a bit first.

7 months ago
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RE: What izz-zit?

Is that just a dark spot on the rusted surface or is it crud filling an eye at the end of the rod?

7 months ago
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RE: Looking for a couple of books to introduce surveying to 2 people with zero experience. Like a Surveying for Dummies?

The Elementary Surveying books (Wolf, Ghilani, etc.) are great but are intended for a year college course and may be overwhelming for someone who is j...

7 months ago
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RE: Preparing descriptions textbook question

@bruce-small Don't you worry that someone may interpret East as Easterly, causing confusion?

8 months ago
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RE: Preparing descriptions textbook question

It seems for an existing parcel, lawyers have a reluctance to use an equivalent description rather than the exact prior descriptipn, even if the new o...

8 months ago
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RE: In my time as a surveyor

So what became of our favorite uncle? There are a lot of names in those old threads that I miss.

8 months ago
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RE: Why not Metric??

As an aside, I note that the yard, foot, and inch are not the only old industrial standards for size in the US. Your rebar, reflector light bulbs, and...

8 months ago
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RE: Field survey with combined factor

UTM is a projection, not a datum. Canada probably has their latest realization of NAD83(xxxx) for horizontal datum and CGVD2013 or later for vertica...

9 months ago
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