Just a hunch, but I suspect that the employee's insurer would have a hard time refusing coverage if on-the-job vehicle use was just occasional, but co...
big rebarIn the late '50's - late '70's there was a guy here in central Maine who routinely used #8 (1 inch) rebar in (then) fairly rural areas. No cl...
I used to label rebar #4, #5 etc on my plans just for brevity's sake (omitting the fractions of an inch). But then I learned that a lot of the rebar o...
It sounds like the planner was quite helpful and cooperative. The problem is with the ordinance, not with him. I would seize the opportunity to contri...
4 year statute of (whatever)I end to agree with Tommy. Example: I surveyed an outconveyance just down the road in November of 2008. The parcel didn't ...
If it doesn't pan out, the rest of us need not worry about it, right?Seriously, what should the surveyor in dmyhill's example do? He's out of work, he...
I'm set at 15° -- Van Sickle suggests 15° to 20° in GPS for Land Surveyors.
It is a fact that barter "keeps the IRS out of your pocket" only in that it makes it easier to file a false return. Barter income is completely taxabl...
Radu...you asked a question andI'd prefer azimuths and have thought of switching but I'm afraid it would blow the minds of the realtors and lawyers I ...
Gunter:1% would likely set the title company back if they were actually forced to buy 1% of the houses they insure. More likely it's that 1% of the po...
run property lines with it!"And the price is only $185, complete with tripod." But if properly used that thing would do an excellent job.
Actually to me the most interesting thing in this "heated exchange" is the first sentence, written by a lender: "We are seeing an increasing number of...
Well, it matters what the bank etc. want in that that determines whether the surveyor will provide anything at all.
Gunter:Alas, the lender relies on the title insurer, and the insurer relies on the numbers -- they can write a check now and then and still come out (...
I often compare the ILC's Maine cousin, the Mortgage Loan Inspection, to a gym physical -- it's a quick, cheap exam to help the title insurer determin...
My recollection is that FEMA advised me that all first eLomas are audited.
Paul:Why wouldn't Garfunkel's testimony apply to all the lots? He says he and Smith "chopped out each lot line and painted the blazes in the trees," t...
Paul:Why would we have to reject Garfunkel's testimony? The only real question in this case is "where were the 'stobs' originally set?" -- a question ...
Paul:Re-read my post! I said "the positions of the "stobs" were recovered."
