@lurker You just beat me to it. Absolutely tell them you were never paid $xx,xxx and while you would like to cooperate...there is the matter of the $x...

I started "marketing" years previous by teaching survey seminars to my peers, attorneys, title companies, etc. Needed a speaker for your convention - ...

@murphy Exactly: Under promise and over deliver gets you the referrals and that is the key to success. Marketing per se just won't do it.

a. IF everyone used radial lines correctly then the concavity would not be necessary, but, since one never knows if the scrivener comprehended anythin...

@matt8200 I interpret that to mean for a non-tangent curve you must show either radial lines, or (from the pc to the radius point).

Wendell, no names mentioned but you can guess which firm, three non-tangent curves in a row, all with just delta, radius, and arc, so impossible to co...

Gurdon Wattles was the dean of description writers. You would do well to follow him. This is how my legal description writer does it, based upon Wattl...

The narrative reminded me of the old gag song, "I'm my own grandpa."

@holy-cow And she was very particular about how her name was pronounced.

In this part of the world most of the GIS lines on the aerial are off about seven feet, but I have seen them off ninety feet. The GIS people are grate...

My similar horror story is: Commercial plat with five lots and a strip dedicated for the wash. After I signed and sealed the plat someone altered it t...

Goodness, Greg, that blog post is full of babblespeak: "Initially, leverage subcontractors strategically." Really?

I was digging and probing for the rebar I knew was a foot north of the fence corner when a very helpful person told me they had moved the fence last y...

I bought a 500 when I started my own firm in 2000. Quickly outdated and best to put it in the nearest dumpster. I've used the 1200 since 2005, with ...

Very accurate as the line is right over the point, and if it gets run over or stolen, there is fifty cents gone.

@olemanriver I'm only 84 now and still going. The money is really nice and I'm putting two wonderful grandkids through college, debt free. Cassia just...

@shawn-billings What Shawn said, exactly.

I was 59 when I started my company.