I've found my rod levels stay true longer when I avoid surveying in back yards with pit bulls.

For some reason the changed direction of this thread is reminding me of something David Dunning wrote not all that long ago:"An ignorant mind is preci...

Nope. Just coffee and mustard stains.

I like to steal something I heard Chuck Karayan say once. Something to the effect that in my 35 +/- years of surveying I have never had 2 boundary su...

Gotta have a solid math background in order to properly proportion in all them lost corners:)

Math is power and provides a great foundation for the commencement of a surveying career. Certainly one can cobble in the math along the path of acqu...

My take is I'm an expert in land boundaries and land title both. Making determinations for either is all billable hours. If land title is outside yo...

To be honest I have that issue with most any fence. Its me who needs to cut out the biscuits and gravy.

Monte, post: 384873, member: 11913 wrote: Are folks in your part of Texas buying that cheap 2 strand barbed wire that stretches when you climb over it...

I don't know what you all are talking about.From the Arborday Foundation's website:"With its intriguing blooms and evergreen leaves, the mountain-laur...

Manzanita fields make for a tough go at it. Almost either have to belly crawl through or saw your way through.But, I really don't like snow brush. G...

Having a rattlesnake start buzzing immediately underfoot but not seeing it and not knowing which way to step. Wondering what all the buzzards are int...

Email the designer and cc the world telling him/her to move their plans 2' south:smarty::smarty::smarty:

Pardon me if I'm not seeing this through your eyes. Your design effort ends at the point of conform, i.e. you do not and should not try and make the ...

Thanks Dave, that explains why I missed it/them. I don't generally review the unpublished cases as they're issued unless its one I have some prior k...

Dave Karoly, post: 381696, member: 94 wrote: It depends if your State is an objective uncertainty State or a subjective uncertainty State. I would cl...

Holy Cow, post: 379876, member: 50 wrote: Many times a fence is just a fence. But, when it's more than a fence, it is wonderful. Action to quiet tit...

It is simply documentation of a surveying opinion and recovered evidence. Whether it is un-recorded or recorded the question is not one of validity b...