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...
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...
I've been near pig farms, chicken farms, and the City of Memphis sewer treatment plant. I'll take the treatment plant.
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...
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...
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'...
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 ...
I've done plenty of surveys like that in the past, but now it's up to me.
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
I vote #2, but they're all great photos
I agree, time is the most critical part. Don't get caught up spending too much time on any one problem.
You can say that again!
The short answer is yes. The only thing I know to do is ask them to go somewhere else.
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.