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bill93
@bill93
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Joined: July 1, 2010 9:00 pm
Last seen: September 19, 2026 8:39 pm
Topics: 291 / Replies: 9708
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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?

7 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...

7 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.

7 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...

8 months ago
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RE: Summer learnings

I attended the funeral just after Xmas for a 55-year old cousin whose death resulted from the aftermath of melanoma on a toe. I'm guessing he sunburne...

8 months ago
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RE: Plumb bob design thought

I can understand the mercury damping out some motions, but fail to see how it would affect pendulum swing.

8 months ago
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RE: HP 35s/RPN replacement

I found an RPN app for my phone. Key layout isn't optimum, but the functionality is there. There may be others. As a plus, the app shows the stack c...

9 months ago
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RE: Drafting...

If you don't rubber stsmp or crimp. How do you put your seal on it?

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RE: Cleaning up

I took the EIT and PE (electrical) pretty much at the first opportunities and passes first tries. I was always interested in surveying and surveying h...

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