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dave-lindell
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Joined: July 1, 2010 5:41 pm
Last seen: January 20, 2026 5:20 pm
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6 years ago
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RE: paint murder

Rule # 1 in my truck is NO PAINT IN THE CAB! (Rule #2 is nothing is allowed to be set on the rear bumper.) I was working on orienting a radio station...

6 years ago
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RE: Just find the corners!

Tell 'em the survey will be, say, $2500, and without the map it will be $2495. There is no choice to be recorded or not in California.

6 years ago
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RE: Plastic Survey Caps

Wow!  Thirty-nine cents per hundred.

6 years ago
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RE: First "practice" survey

I think you should start by trying to "close the horizon": Set up on any point, pick out "natural sights (building edges, poles, towers, etc., but no...

6 years ago
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RE: Desperately Seeking Books

Look for "Land Survey Descriptions by Wattles.

6 years ago
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RE: Precise and fast short distance relative positioning for vegetation measurements

Do the tapes laid out from the center point have to be exactly N-S, E-W, NE-SW, etc.? Pick a center point that has the most clear views through the b...

6 years ago
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RE: digital level rods...where are they made?

@jt50    John Nolton knows more correct answers than you'll ever have questions for. Maybe you need to learn how to ask questions.

6 years ago
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RE: "Approximate Property Corner"

If you mark the approximate corner three feet away from the true corner, then the water meter/gas meter/utility pole spotter will install their facili...

6 years ago
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RE: Deed descriptions

They have to be signed and stamped by a licensed surveyor. Unless the attorney has a loose stamp laying around he may write it, but it can't be recor...

6 years ago
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RE: Scanners

It's only money. And it's tax deductible. And you won't have to go out in the rain to get that scan you need now.

6 years ago
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RE: zoom CEUs? no thanks

But I can drink beer at my online sessions.

6 years ago
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RE: Preferred first job

I like "the more, the merrier" in order to get more and varied opinions. My first surveying job at a municipal utility was with three party chiefs an...

6 years ago
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