@holy-cow I read the actual decision by the Supreme Court and it is interesting. I've always thought the word "shall" had a clear meaning, but legal d...

This is a marketing opportunity, sending out a two-page notification and summary of the new standards to the title companies, attorneys, and key clien...

@ekillo I got rid of Edge yesterday. One of the GIS sites I use several times a day requires Internet Explorer, but Edge intercepted that and wouldn't...

I do my computing in my COGO then run the data into AutoCAD and/or Word. The same routine does both with only the output format different, so they alw...

Just packed today's cheap lunch - peanut butter sandwich with some raisins on top, a small fruit cup, and Power Ade Zero orange drink. If I know it is...

Strombeck-Becker was the name. Great model kits.?ÿ

Going back to the early 1950s, what was the name of the company that sold solid wood model airplane kits. All of our gang loved those model kits. It w...

@oldpacer In August I bought new bright orange traffic cones to replace the dull old ones. Every cone now has tire marks. It didn't take long for spee...

For what it's worth, when I did any surveying on a major highway in Florida I would hire an off-duty officer to park on the shoulder with lights flash...

@jp7191?ÿ Well said. As an example of those imperfections, look closely at the concrete trough invert in the bottom of a manhole. It isn't a nice smoo...

@richard-imrie Clients often ask for the AutoCAD file and I always provide it. They paid for the survey, after all.

Recording your survey doesn't necessarily mean giving away future work. If I am asked to do a survey and find a record of survey on the site by Brand ...

I hand out copies of my old surveys upon request, and you would be surprised at how much new work that generates. After 53 years as a registrant it ha...

In the good old days before the Great Recession I had my HP-450C and HP-450D running like crazy. They wore out two years ago and I bought a Canon iPF7...