I proposed (hoped) to live through it. Made it.

We had a third generation surveyor here who took the test, but failed.?ÿ He took it at least one more time, if not two, before he passed.?ÿ When he di...

A plumb bob is an instrument, not a tool.

@blitzkriegbob :?ÿ I heard of a guy who designed his own golf course on the rugged land he owned.?ÿ It was one hole, but the tee shot was down into a ...

I once worked with a party chief who always did everything to excess.?ÿ He gave instructions to the crew to find a buried 2"x2" redwood stake by telli...

I heard Model No.XXXVII was the best one.

Never say "No!"?ÿ Say "$10,000 up front, armed guards at your expense, and $500 per hour, just like a lawyer."

And then there was the Idahoan driver with the partially deaf wife who got pulled over in Montana for speeding. When the trooper asked for his licens...

All this dependence on high technology brings to mind the person who got caught on an escalator when it stopped.

Whenever I worked with a house or building that had angular portions I just said to myself "Architects only own 30?ø-60?ø-90?ø and 45?ø-45?ø-90?ø tria...

Many years ago a recently graduated lawyer moved into a small town and set up shop. After the first year he had run out of work setting up everyone's...

You may like the problems presented in the old Professional Surveyor magazine. Go to their archives and look for the Problem Corner.?ÿ I just checked...