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Bruce Small
Bruce Small
@bruce-small
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Joined: February 6, 2011 3:35 pm
Last seen: May 30, 2026 6:54 pm
Topics: 227 / Replies: 1346
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RE: Vent, vent, vent update

That is reasonable in a description, but the problem occurs when the sketch is fully annotated as well and people take the easy way out and just use t...

14 years ago
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RE: Vent, vent, vent update

Aaaarrrrgh. No, what they want is an annotated map, just for them, not to be recorded, so they can "check" the legal description. All that will check ...

14 years ago
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RE: Vent, vent, vent update

In Arizona the legal description is the prime, not the sketch attached which just gives a helpful view of what the easement looks like. In my case, th...

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RE: .violations first spotted using the town’s GIS mapping

Stephen, I actually saw a copy of an ALTA survey where it appears the "boundary" was set using the GIS aerial. On the ALTA, no real boundary monuments...

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RE: When I first started surveying...

In 1961, on the Miami Airport interchange, with long curves, I actually though they would chain from the PC to the radius point, then all the way back...

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RE: ALTA certification

I will repeat what an attorney with one of the big law firms told me when I balked at his long form of certification: I have an obligation to my clien...

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RE: Certify to Abstract Company?

Seems reasonable to me. I bet others will think I'm nuts.

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RE: Bullets for Laptop

Having read all of that, I firmly believe the family is a good candidate for Jerry Springer because their actions were appalling. Shooting her laptop ...

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RE: Bullets for Laptop

I'm betting the daughter learned from the father. Anger and revenge don't make for a good family dynamic, and these two are out of control, getting ev...

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RE: How's business in your area?

In the past one week, my son got the job he really wanted, my son-in-law got the job he really wanted and with a substantial raise, and I landed an el...

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RE: Who's got more guts than me?

When I worked on the Miami Airport Interchange around 1961 I was determined to overcome my fear of heights. One of the shorter bridges had some beams ...

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RE: Ring-Ring

I remember well the horribly vile man who lived up the hill from the site I surveyed. He had access through an easement on my client's property, which...

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RE: For those who make hiring decisions...

That might be a good idea. It would set you apart from the pack and could demonstrate innovative thinking and competence.

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RE: Cost to provide a previous survey

My feeling is, I was well paid for the survey, they had it surveyed for a reason, and I knew at some point they might want more copies. If the drawing...

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RE: Is there a law requiring signs on survey trucks? (Florida)

There was when I practiced in Florida, for all commercial trucks, but that was more years ago than I care to remember.

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RE: Survey company legal dispute settles

I so wish I had taken some of the files with me when I left the large company. It would not have been ethical, so I didn't, but better than them takin...

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