Seems to me that I read (or heard at a seminar) long ago that "ancient" in this context means "beyond the memory of man," so the actual age (or pedig...
Re: the thread I started 12/05: Everything seems to be fine, now. You've got to scroll down in the "Licenses" box to see the key code for a new comput...
Thanks for your response djames -- I had feared that this was the subplot.
Overlap is likely what he had in mind. "Dual ownership" to me suggests something like joint tenancy. Probably should have said "area of conflict that ...
A trial lawyer once said to me: "If people were rational I'd be out of business."
Same thing that "I are the egg man, I am the walrus!" means.
Also, I'd have to quibble with your topic title. No way what you describe was how folks were taught to do things in the "old school." No way that was ...
When I started up I did everything transit - and- tape -- we beat 1: 10,000 routinely. But not with a cloth tape and certainly not working solo. As to...
Wow, that IS a horror story -- a real serial forger -- I'd say off with his head. It seems he got off relatively easy, a 2-year revocation and a $1000...
I've never seen it first-hand, and have been hearing about it as a bogeyman to be feared for years. I assume it was the reason our Registries of Deeds...
I think Dallas Morlan nailed it, I bet the $350 item was a Mortgage Loan Inspection and thus the property has never actually been surveyed at all. I g...
When people hear you say "Gee P. Ess" they know it's an acronym for something. When all they hear is "Gyps" it sounds like government jargon -- I'm th...
I always advise anyone sitting for the licensing exam in any state to get a hold of some copies of the reports on the key boundary cases in your state...
I'm reminded of an interview I saw on TV with a professional poker player who'd earned millions at the game. He said "An amateur is always looking for...
Ugh. First summer I ever spent in Maine (1975) it hit 105° once -- I don't think it's done that since.
Same deal over here in Maine, Perry. It could indeed be a lot worse.
Topcon came and did a big equipment demo seminar hereabouts a few weeks ago. The Topcon guy asked how many of us were still doing static GPS with post...