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@fairbanksls?ÿ Exactly. You learn what needs to be included by trying to follow a description that does not have the key data. Is the curve to the lef...
@mattsib79?ÿThank you. This has been a most worthwhile thread.
My favorite is when attorney Deborah Oseran called me and asked why the dog was so sad. I had "depressed cur" instead of "depressed curb."
I have a Leica 1200, obviously old, and no spare parts. If I don't retire then eventually I'll need something new. The latest Leica has all sorts of b...
@lukenz?ÿ My procedure is thus: On the rover rod, always the same rod height of 5.6 feet, with a bipod, always facing the same direction on each contr...
I routinely set control points (in relatively clear places) with my Leica 1200, then later occupy those control points with a total station. The typic...
I fired a client yesterday, on a medium sized medical center with platted condo offices. First was a proposal for an ALTA survey on the site, then jus...
@mike-marks I knew I had to leave when my wife would find me in the bathroom staring at the mirror and trying to get up the courage to go to work. Not...
@jph Amen, brother. Been there, done that. The sociopath part is not an exaggeration.
Be aware it is my experience that the liquids in the manhole channel will reflect the laser and give an incorrect reading, or more often an error mess...
Guys, in all seriousness, no matter where you are in your business growth, just starting out or been doing it for decades, you never, ever need a clie...
On the right half way down click on Maps and Records/Plans & Drawings Next page click on Miscellaneous Surveys There are hundreds of drawings in...
@tom-bushelman Exactly. My wife and I would be mortified if someone said it had been two months and no payment. The check would be cut in the next ten...
My major was accounting, and I took many a class on taxes and finance taught by a great guy who was both an attorney and a CPA. Taxes are a complex sp...
The problem is, every now and then the worst surveyor gets it right, and every now and then the best surveyor gets it wrong. The difficulty for us is ...