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bill93
bill93
@bill93
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Joined: July 1, 2010 9:00 pm
Last seen: September 27, 2026 6:28 am
Topics: 291 / Replies: 9710
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RE: EXCEL formula to convert decimal to fractional feet.

not my real name, post: 401317, member: 8199 wrote: And what's up with the trigonometry functions? I suppose you'll tell me that you all measure angle...

10 years ago
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RE: Robot total stations that last 10+ years

Well, they aren't robotic, but if you want longevity in an instrument and never have to recharge the batteries, there are two options on ebay right no...

10 years ago
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RE: What's that?

Paden, that's pretty much my understanding of it. I've used verniers (I'm probably a bit older than you), although never on a level rod. I figured t...

10 years ago
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RE: What's that?

To really blow his mind, explain how the vernier scale works.Looks to me like it's out of calibration. Shouldn't the zero mark match a straightedge a...

10 years ago
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RE: Easement trusts or "co-ops"

The trick would be figuring out what route some unidentified company would want in the future.

10 years ago
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RE: Nate Tells some of his secrets

Nate may have something more specific in mind, but in general it is the reflective tape you'd put on the back of a truck to meet Department of Transpo...

10 years ago
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RE: Can you identify this corner marker?

paden cash, post: 400932, member: 20 wrote: Wagon axle cone cap Yeah, I kept thinking wagon axle skein, but a) in the original picture the nut is sma...

10 years ago
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RE: Can you identify this corner marker?

Warren Smith, post: 400853, member: 9900 wrote: Sewer cleanout.FL/GA PLS., post: 400868, member: 379 wrote: Well cap.Looks rather small for either.

10 years ago
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RE: Watch for "Booby traps"

A famous case in Iowa held the land owner liable for setting a potentially deadly trap for trespassers.

10 years ago
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RE: Handling inaccuracy and the positions of existing monuments

Dave Karoly, post: 400706, member: 94 wrote: (parole or inferred location) I AM nitpicking - it's parol

10 years ago
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RE: Confessions from an old surveyor

You need a different type of cap or tag for easement monuments to reduce confusion (at least the fonfusion for those thorough enough to read stamping ...

10 years ago
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RE: Handling inaccuracy and the positions of existing monuments

I don't buy the conspiracy theory. If FrancisH is a US surveyor who is having fun pretending to be someone else, he certainly did a lot of pre-planni...

10 years ago
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RE: Need some advice from Nebraska

Use briniker's link and search for your last name as grantor. If I have correctly figured out your real name, you will find two documents filed in th...

10 years ago
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RE: Need some advice from Nebraska

I think you might share a name with a surveyor in Lincoln, NE.Try here

10 years ago
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