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C Billingsley
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Joined: June 3, 2011 9:27 am
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RE: Be careful out there

We're lucky enough not to have those in my area. The few rattlers we have are mostly concentrated in one area. I've only seen a couple of them in my...

10 years ago
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RE: Leica 1203 TCRP

Being solo with a small budget, I bought mostly used equipment when I started business, including my total station. Just my experience, but I have ha...

10 years ago
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RE: That Stinks

I've been near pig farms, chicken farms, and the City of Memphis sewer treatment plant. I'll take the treatment plant.

10 years ago
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RE: Love the client's neighbors

I got hired to survey a small lot in a platted subdivision. All the corners were in and checked well. As I'm setting up the instrument, the neighbor w...

10 years ago
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RE: What would you do?

Reminds me of a time two guys were hired as rodmen at the company I worked for. They were roommates, and it just happened that I passed their apartmen...

10 years ago
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RE: What would you do?

Sounds suspicious, but being his first time I would probably give him the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he really did get caught behind a bus and didn'...

10 years ago
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RE: What did I get myself into?

The problem with that is, when you're talking about Mississippi, "rural" is pretty much implied. If I didn't work in rural Mississippi I would hardly ...

10 years ago
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RE: What did I get myself into?

I've done plenty of surveys like that in the past, but now it's up to me.

10 years ago
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RE: Advertising ?

I agree with the website idea. I have a simple one-page site, but it gets my name on the web and I get a lot of business from it. I get local and ou...

10 years ago
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RE: mouse in the ceiling

Last time I had to deal with mice I used the peel-off glue traps, and I really like them. The worked very well, and you can just throw the whole thin...

10 years ago
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RE: Plats of record

I'm in a nonrecording state also, and I'm used to working without recorded surveys, but some of the recent posts sound like even subdivision plats are...

10 years ago
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RE: The Mussel Shoals Sound

I enjoyed that documentary. Rick Hall, the founder of FAME Records, is my mother's first cousin. I've never met him, but I've been hearing his name ...

10 years ago
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RE: How do I know where the edge of my property starts?

Hi Steven,A lot of the responses here have been pretty harsh, but I will do my best to explain. It's impossible to tell you how to go to one point and...

10 years ago
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RE: March 2015 Photo - Time to Pick

I vote #2, but they're all great photos

10 years ago
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RE: Tennessee PLS exam

I agree, time is the most critical part. Don't get caught up spending too much time on any one problem.

10 years ago
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RE: Surveyors do not fish enough.

You can say that again!

10 years ago
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RE: ROBOTIC TOTALSTATION VIBRATING COMPACTOR

The short answer is yes. The only thing I know to do is ask them to go somewhere else.

10 years ago
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RE: WTF - Responses to Craigs List AD

A company I worked for once had a rodman with a master's degree in civil engineering. He didn't stay around very long, though.

10 years ago
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