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dave-lindell
@dave-lindell
Joined: July 1, 2010 3:41 pm
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RE: Interesting but very true read. After 40 years, I'll be out in 10 years, max.

Real surveyors don't retire, they just get out of line.

2 years ago
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RE: Finding coins

While surveying in an intersection at the corner of a high school we found hundreds of coins embedded in the asphalt.?ÿ It appeared that they might ha...

2 years ago
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RE: Stock Market

All my money is tied up in cash.

2 years ago
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RE: Local Festivals

One day a fellow worker came in and said he was watching a Johnny Carson show episode with seven Marilyn Monroe look-a-likes. He mentioned how good t...

2 years ago
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RE: It is nice to be known

I'm guessing you've got a good looking daughter!

2 years ago
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RE: Surveying not a profession?

"All I know is that I know nothing"ƒ?? Socrates

2 years ago
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RE: Surveying not a profession?

So I guess that the low demand for surveying/geomatics classes should result in their demise?

2 years ago
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RE: Surveying not a profession?

There is a discussion of this very topic on californiasurveyors.org and it's quite lengthy.

2 years ago
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RE: M&M factory accident

And then there was the lady who fell into a vat of cold cream and softened to death.

2 years ago
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RE: Observations from the road

Around here UPS stands for Unlimited Parking Spots.?ÿ They park anywhere they damn well please and typically block your view trying to get out of a dr...

2 years ago
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RE: Things you learn from potential clients

When I bought our property in Hawai'i in 1985 a survey was required, even for a vacant lot (or maybe especially for a vacant lot). I paid a whopping ...

2 years ago
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RE: Two types of surveyors in the world

@dave-karoly :?ÿ And if those don't confuse 'em will throw Hueneme and LaJolla at 'em.

2 years ago
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RE: Two types of surveyors in the world

Is that a spare chainman on the right?

2 years ago
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RE: Surveying not a profession?

I was first hired as a community college surveying instructor based soley on my being licensed for six years at the time (and the time I took to get t...

2 years ago
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RE: Cool way to get rid of rats

I thought I would raise some chickens too.?ÿ I bought the chicks at the pet store and planted them in rows about 9 inches apart.?ÿ Nothing grew.?ÿ May...

2 years ago
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RE: If you're planning on leaving this life soon..

And then there was the guy whose wife had her credit card stolen, but he never reported it because the thief was spending less than is wife.

2 years ago
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RE: Defintions

Or as lawyer would say, "What do you want it to mean?"

2 years ago
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RE: Where's your nearest pay phone?

It used to be that "dropping a dime" was to tattle on someone; now it's that great country song "Here's a Quarter, Call Someone Who Cares!"

2 years ago
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RE: Definition of Geomatics

I tell people I majored in physics:?ÿ I took up time and space.

3 years ago
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