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Brian Allen
Brian Allen
@brian-allen
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Joined: March 8, 2011 3:00 pm
Topics: 25 / Replies: 1545
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RE: A wake of destruction

[sarcasm]Hey, I got the bid!!!! Now what?[/sarcasm]A very infectious disease that has spread throughout our profession.

12 years ago
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RE: Topo points

Tell your client to hire an intelligent engineer [sarcasm]& good luck finding one......[/sarcasm]

12 years ago
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RE: Days in the field

> With my luck, they would decide to scratch themselves on the truck.Just be sure to set the brake & fold your mirrors in.

12 years ago
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RE: Ethical?

Ethical? - update - this is a hoot!A great example of why the practice of running around the exterior of the section and calculating the interior aliq...

12 years ago
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RE: Ethical?

> I can't resolve in my mind if this really professional or not. I can show this guy where the bent pin was most likely located. If I wave my hands...

12 years ago
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RE: Another expert measurer

> Why in the world are there expert measurers in land surveying to begin with?Because we have allowed this travesty to begin, grow, and now nearly ...

12 years ago
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RE: Should we rewrite Legal Descriptions for ALTA's?

> Mr. Allen is correct that the latest ALTA standards state that before a new description is written that is be "deemed necessary or appropriate by...

12 years ago
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RE: Should we rewrite Legal Descriptions for ALTA's?

> "...Preparation of a new description should be avoided unless deemed necessary or appropriate by the surveyor and insurer. Preparation of a new d...

12 years ago
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RE: great lakes riparian ownership

Evan,You are correct about Idaho. See Smith v Long, 281 P.2d 483 (1955); Currie v Walkinshaw, 746 P.2d 1045 (1987); and many others:"It is conceded a...

12 years ago
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RE: flagging and pinflags

Try blackburnflag dot com.

12 years ago
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RE: Probate settlement

Yep, I know. I am married to the daughter of a Spring City sheepherder - but I don't hold that against her. 🙂

12 years ago
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RE: Probate settlement

Only in Utah would anyone care about 1/4 of a meadow maggot.OK, maybe in Wyoming also........... 😉

12 years ago
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RE: What controls?

Without further evidence/contrary information, I would hold the found monuments.

12 years ago
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RE: NAD83 2011 survey controller tsc2

agreed.The difference I'm seeing between NAD83(CORS96)2002.000) and NAD83(2011)(2010.000) is .03'-.06'. Heck, my rod can be out of level that far.......

12 years ago
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RE: the proverbial "center of section" question

> Curtis Holcomb, LS449, God rest his soul, was the Grady County Surveyor for a good number of years. Curtis was definitely old school and not part...

12 years ago
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RE: Acreage

> No, it is not surveying without a license. I sure haven't read any statute (not saying one isn't out there somewhere) that declares merely estima...

12 years ago
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