I find this a most interesting and perhaps timely thread.I'm definitely in my "sunset" years and strangely, in the past couple of weeks I have seeming...
Re-written legal descriptions which introduce ambiguities NOT contained in the original- seen it too many times and I totally detest it.
I agree 100%- "original position" means ORIGINAL POSITION. Period.
FAR OUT!!!
Thanks for the replies thus far, y'all.The very reasons I started this thread are twofold: 1) to consider the options suggested here; and 2) the fact ...
I would've been HOPPING mad!
Since the topic is RTK and things that can go wrong: the dreaded RTK "false positive" is one that bit me a few years ago, where the controller said th...
IMO this would be a good re-make for the old Alka-Seltzer commercial but instead of the guy yelling "Phones... PHONES!!" it would be "Drones...DRONES!...
Additional topo work which the engineer insisted on because he said the ground needed to be restored as closely as possible to the original terrain......
The current sign bridge design (at least in the last contract) gave the contractor the option of either setting the entire structure whole, or setting...
About two years ago I insisted on bringing out our 100-foot chain to verify the distances between footings on a couple of highway sign bridges (there ...
Having to deal with the small but distinct number of "hardened criminals" within the agency I work in; such people would be better suited selling used...
A few years ago I picked up a Cubic Precision honeycomb 7-glass prism just for the COOL factor.I think the last time we used a triple was in 2005 or s...
The state DOT should fix it on their dime; there is NO WAY that ANY private entity should have to attempt to fix this at one's own cost!! (and I work ...
The folks who write these articles must be the same people who test for the presence of AC line voltage, with their fingers... with wet feet... on a V...
Great work. I paid a visit to Lincoln back in 1998 as a couple of pastor friends of mine relocated there to the north side of town- I was thoroughly i...
"Viz." is one that is almost never used any more but I recall seeing it in a catalog about 40 years ago. . has a detailed description of its usage.
Haven't set lead & tack in a number of years now, although I may order some lead wool and find the star drill so it can be done. L&T does tend...
