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dmyhill
dmyhill
@dmyhill
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Joined: January 26, 2011 4:49 pm
Last seen: July 29, 2026 3:48 pm
Topics: 176 / Replies: 2912
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RE: Mysterious line on pdf

Using ACAD reminds me of a bunch of villagers sitting around wondering if the rain god is going to do its thing. Sometimes we just don't question why ...

7 years ago
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RE: Surveying Depicted on TV

@paden-cash I too work for a family business, but I am blessed in that they have always demanded MORE from a family member and held them to a higher ...

7 years ago
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RE: Surveying Depicted on TV

@paden-cash When you consider the ROI, and how much you will have paid the dude before he actually makes you enough money to pay for the windshield.....

7 years ago
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RE: Dog Repellant Experience?

@frank-willis If bear spray stops a charging Kodiak (which it has done many times), it might work on a pit bull. A trained K-9 police dog could be a ...

7 years ago
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RE: Dog Repellant Experience?

@paden-cash They have you trained!

7 years ago
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RE: WA State-specific exam to be 40 questions...

@mike-marks You only get to take the MD tests if you pass the courses and graduate from the schools with a 8-10 year degree that is specifically desi...

7 years ago
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RE: SurvCE - Export Without Localization

@mark-silver My PC based emulator is now strictly in Demo mode...grrr

7 years ago
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RE: Advice to younger surveyors

@jp7191 Yeah...had a can of flo spray paint in the back of the suburban one day...big bump, lands on a bolt...then about a month later knocked the to...

7 years ago
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RE: Advice to younger surveyors

@paden-cash The shoulder thing is real. It seems about half of us end up with shoulder issues. That sort of injury cuts into fishing, and that is una...

7 years ago
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RE: Advice to younger surveyors

@williwaw I grew up in AK, and I know -18 (and BTW, it isn't Montana -18...Alaskans don't add the wind chill when they talk temps). I do not miss -1...

7 years ago
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RE: Cut/Fill Reports

@norman-oklahoma If you do run levels, do it in SurvCE. It can match up the RTK/TS shots with your level shots, and provide you with a report compari...

7 years ago
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RE: Cut/Fill Reports

Depends...but we usually set up our field books such that we have a cut sheet when we are finished. The details differ depending on what is being stak...

7 years ago
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RE: SurvCE - Export Without Localization

Within SurvCE, you can reprocess the raw data, both the conventional and the RTK. Generally, if you edit and save the localization, it asks you if you...

7 years ago
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RE: Advice to younger surveyors

@surv3251 The other thing is when a vest gets old, it doesn't stink too much when dry. Then it starts to rain and I try to figure out where that horr...

7 years ago
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RE: Advice to younger surveyors

Couple more: When you get to the job site, get out and start working hard...NOW. Sitting in the truck thinking about it doesn't actually help much.Get...

7 years ago
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RE: Advice to younger surveyors

@paden-cash So true. As I get older, I find ways to get to a point with less effort. It is sometimes hard to explain to the younger guys that walking...

7 years ago
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RE: Advice to younger surveyors

In the great PNW... ?ÿ when you get out of the truck at the end of they day, if your outerwear is wet, get it somewhere warm and dry. Leaving it in yo...

7 years ago
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