I saw a total station off to the left and in front of the puter. Couldn't quite make out the brand, but I'm guessing something reflectorless and at a ...

I like that! (I'm going to steal it, too).

Same as Chris here in California. The lawyers would never allow taxes on services.

I once gave a demonstration of surveying equipment to a group of Gifted And Talented Students at an elementary school. I passed around my plumb bob wi...

A loose nut behind the knobs.

I have a set of Invar rods if you want to come to Pasadena, California to get them.

I, too, would like to have a surveyor check our property for any encroachments. It's in the Puna district on Kiawe: Lot 203, Block 10, Map 65.

I'm not going, but if they are having an auction I have some stuff to donate, but it will need to be picked up in Pasadena.

"What" would be my reply.

It's correctly known as an octothorpe.

At that time there was an East Valley, West Valley (San Fernando Valley to be exact), Hollywood, West Los Angeles, Westchester, San Pedro, and Central...

That's Hal Wyatt (now deceased), one of the better "gunners", as we called them then.

The girl in the front row is Donna Lynn who married the guy on the far left of the third row. The black guy is Jim Smith, one of the best chainman (kn...

Always use an even number of turns, with the "A" rod on the bench mark at the beginning mark and the ending mark. It won't matter if the "B" rod is m...