@murphy  I have two of those TI-30XA, one just to my left now and one on the drafting table behind me. And they cost a whopping $7.32 each! &nb...

Copy that!

While searching for a buried property marker pipe the survey crew got a very strong signal on the metal detector.?ÿ They dug down and when the shovel ...

@steinhoff  That was the third thing I tried.  I had heard that trick before, but it's good to repeat in case others haven't.  

WOW!?ÿ I knew this board had all the wisdom in the world in all its members. I knew about the hole under the upper right rubber pad, but not the othe...

I'm hoping those who have collected all of Uncle Paden's stories over the years will publish them. There has never been a better story told than the ...

If that price is real and not missing a zero I would be interested.

@a-harris:  I don't drink any more... . . . . . . ...or any less, and usually only alone with some one.  

I, too, like to keep my desktop clear as possible. I've been accused of "tidy idleness" by people who consider themselves "messy geniuses".

@loyal  I have a 1947 and 1973 sitting around doing nothing  

All my money is tied up in cash.

@holy-cow Me too!  

I did a boundary survey one time for an engineer who did his own topographic survey. Like Dave Karoly says, he used a flat table, a large plastic ful...