It's a long way from Maine, but I always advise candidates to find out what the most important court cases on their State's boundary laws are and to g...

Or you can buy one of these:Which I found pretty useless. Mine is mounted outdoors where it's slowly rusting its way to the dump.

I love this -- the photo and the synopsis could almost be from here in Maine.

My impulse when another surveyor calls and asks "Have you been paid by so&so ?" is to say "My accounts receivable are really none of your business...

Then there's one around here that says: "I LOVE CATS/ Let's swap recipes"

George Will had a good column on this issue a few days ago:I don't always agree with Will but as usual he makes some good points (why the hellDO we li...

Here in Maine we simply record our drawings at the Registry of Deeds, which has minimal requirements -- mylar copy, seal & signature, owner's name...

I'm proud of us> I have staked the wrong lot before. It was a comedy of errors Thank you paden for coming clean on this. I've done it too. Mine was...

I should have said before that the thing on the right had nothing to do with the Diazo machine on the left (and the cord that looks like it's connecti...

I don't see a problem. I know a number of lesbians and most don't mind being called lesbians and refer to other lesbians with that term. Same deal wit...

Rebar has been the monument of choice in Central Maine since the mid-'70's -- before that steel ("iron") pipes were more common. I know of one case of...

I decided years ago to stop doing on-site meetings with people who haven't yet hired me, the reason being that I did dozens when I first started busin...

They think that asking for an ALTA makes them sound like they know what they're doing.

Since my survey estimates are based on doing the work by the hour I sometimes have people ask for a firm lump sum fee. I can somewhat sympathize with ...

Sure, I've had them do that and worse -- but I give yours brownie points for candor. Many would have made up some BS story about how they were forced ...

I've been using Topcon Hipers for static GPS for 10 years +. Here in Maine use in the woods is inevitable. When I need something fairly precise I make...

Woolworths, Kresges and...J.J. Newberry's

But then you can go to the nearest second and still use bounding calls. Nearest minute was quite common around here all through the '80's. My former b...

Do the free trial of PC Survey. It's low-cost with a quick learning curve. I had never used CAD at all when I got PCS in '05 and I've been with it eve...