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bill93
bill93
@bill93
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Joined: July 1, 2010 9:00 pm
Last seen: October 14, 2026 12:35 pm
Topics: 291 / Replies: 9717
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RE: Those Darn Termites!

Looks like he gave them a big chunk of termite food.

5 years ago
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RE: The benchmark is just over there - on the other side...

I don't think that will be as good as simultaneous GNSS. If using water levels, you need stilling wells (buckets with small hole), a calm day, and re...

5 years ago
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RE: The benchmark is just over there - on the other side...

What is tolerance? Simultaneous GNSS on each side, fairly long session, post-processed together to use only common sats.. Repeat another day, differe...

5 years ago
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RE: Do all grids not align to true north?

ƒ??Texas North Central 4202" is the State Plane Coordinate system, which has the job of mapping the round earth on a flat plane.?ÿ Something has to gi...

5 years ago
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RE: Karen attacks a Surveyor

Another time that had me really worried, there was no yelling.?ÿ I stopped on a gravel road where a railroad had long ago been torn out, to see if the...

5 years ago
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RE: Karen attacks a Surveyor

Worst I ever got yelled at while checking bench marks was at a newish rural residence. The BM had been set at the fence line back when there was a fie...

5 years ago
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RE: Asking for a friend

I saw one article on water level saying the author liked them but he had seen 3/8 inch error under poor conditions.

5 years ago
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RE: Asking for a friend

@andy-bruner?ÿ A water tube level is cheap and can work around corners ?ÿThe accuracy seriously degrades if the fluid is not all at the same tempera...

5 years ago
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RE: Collectors: please help me price a Gurley

Is the thing with the filter a Roelof prism for sun shots? If so, it may be worth as much as the instrument, particularly if it will also fit other in...

5 years ago
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RE: OPUS Inconvenience Issue

I tried to use the profile, but also found it to be no big help and quit.

5 years ago
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RE: Preparing for the 2022 datum

I agree with your facts but think your evaluation is a bit harsh, as I think NAD83(x) have always been more self-consistent than 27. Each realization...

5 years ago
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RE: Asking for a friend

Isn't that where it hurts when you walk? Or maybe you can't pick that out of all the other hurts.

5 years ago
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RE: Learning from our mistakes

Can you use drugstore reading glasses for this??ÿ They might be had with plastic frames.

5 years ago
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RE: Asking for a friend

I wonder what drives the requirement for 0.001 ft (0.3 mm) relative to outside.?ÿ It seems awfully tight for piping and tanks.?ÿ Even for points in a ...

5 years ago
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RE: Not accepted I guess

In some places it is custom or ordinance that the fence owner put it inside the property line. On one side of me that is what happened, and on the oth...

5 years ago
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RE: Feeding a cow

A1+2*A2+2*A3 = 31,145.152 sq ft. A1= 23561.945 ?ÿ?ÿ A2=3499.389 ?ÿ?ÿ A3=292.214 ?ÿ This is of course the idealized math problem.?ÿ In practice ther...

5 years ago
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RE: How to get paid at closing (escrow)

Use contract wording like "due whether or not parcel is sold, due at closing or within 90 days whichever is first."?ÿ Then if closing doesn't happen f...

5 years ago
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RE: Feeding a cow

The key to this is to use a larger triangle that includes A3 and half the barn by extending a side of A3 to the SW corner of the barn.?ÿ That will get...

5 years ago
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RE: Understanding a Survey

What Dave Karoly said above.

5 years ago
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