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david-livingstone
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Joined: July 22, 2010 10:44 am
Topics: 47 / Replies: 1076
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RE: Arkansas bridge fails to come down

Are you kidding, the M80's won't bring it down, but Roman Candles shot at it for 24 hours will. My guess is it will fall within 12 hours of that puni...

8 years ago
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RE: Getting Unstuck 101

I had a buddy get stuck once. The guy that pulled us out had a chain, not a tow rope or strap. This chain seemed like it was about 100 feet long but...

8 years ago
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RE: PLS-RPLS-Certified Arborist and a girl!

I'm good at ID's for trees. There is the kind that lose their leaves and the kind that don't.Illinios has some tough requirements. They don't seem t...

8 years ago
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RE: Virtual Pin Cushions

One thing I've learned from Jeff Lucas and his review of court cases, there is not set amount a pin is off before it should be rejected or accepted. ...

8 years ago
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RE: I have had enough "fun" for my career!

Do you have investments? Do you have some sort of finincial consultant? If so go in with all your data and let him tell you where you stand on retir...

8 years ago
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RE: How was your transition from crew/tech to licensed?

My advice would be to spend as much time in the field as possible. Sometimes it almost seems like that can go away with the license, like you are exp...

8 years ago
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RE: Virtual Pin Cushions

Let me give an example. You are surveying several lots that are in a straight line in the front and the back. Lets say you find several corners up ...

8 years ago
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RE: Pin cushion

Almost looks like they had to shave off the top cap to get the lower one in.

8 years ago
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RE: Who else in this forum....

Wierd, I'm licensed in Illinois and I don't think our good friend Rod B. ever signed my license. You must have paid extra for his autograph.

8 years ago
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RE: Blunder Pins....How does this happen?

Dave Karoly, post: 390954, member: 94 wrote: My guess would be the CAD file used to stake the subdivision was revised but the map which got filed was ...

8 years ago
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RE: Translate please

The guy is probably lesdexic.

8 years ago
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RE: Laugh/sad story for the day

We had an engineer that owned a fairly new jeep Wrangler. He drove that thing for about 3 years, never checked the oil or had it changed. I drug him...

8 years ago
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RE: Whats with Oklahoma anyway?

I'd ask Kent for his opinion on Oklahoma.

8 years ago
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RE: The case of the monument case.

I don't understand why it can't be raised. Unstable soil? Use a longer monument.

8 years ago
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RE: Civil 3D

Trust me, it will be painfull for a couple of day. Learn a few new swear words, that will help the transition.

8 years ago
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RE: Civil 3D

Traverse closure? I didn't state the very well. First off, we aren't doing a lot of work that requires a traverse. Second, we use GPS a lot more. ...

8 years ago
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RE: Civil 3D

Thats all I use. We switched from Landdevelopment about 2 years ago. There were a few tough days at first. It will take you an hour to do something...

8 years ago
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RE: Recovery of section corners

In my area, the original corners are pretty much long gone. I've never seen one in the field. They were almost always called out as a post in a moun...

8 years ago
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RE: Would you take this job?

Are you kidding, I'd double my pay, I'm all over that one. All joking aside, it is without a doubt not paying enough.

8 years ago
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RE: Drawing Trees

We just made a block for each tree size that is fairly close to a real world drip line. Each block gets inserted when we download. Yes its a lot of ...

8 years ago
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