I quit, you win, you are welcome to whatever the prize may be.Actually, I'm reneging on that until I find out what the prize really is.You may have yo...

Didn't you say that you're retired, Don? Of course there'd be no need for you to be involved in offshore positioning - or onshore, for that matter. Sa...

> It looks as if the US Supreme Court just simplified the heck out of surveying in California, or at least in locating the State's seaward boundary...

Oh Lord, don't talk to me about Cow ThighsAs it happened, Monty “The Moustach” Manybucks, the developer of Shady Acres owned on both sides of the sect...

Oh Lord, don't talk to me about Cow ThighsBut consider this:During the Gold Rush in California, before land was surveyed and patented, a happy placer ...

McMillimeter> > "It ain't the measurement, it's the monument."> > Yeah, but considering there are dang few indestructible monuments it's k...

McMillimeterO.K., maybe that was a poor example:-PStill holding my sides here, you guys are a tough crowd.I never thought that I would find myself on ...

McMillimeterSorry.Discussions like this always make me think of Keith and what he considered the most critical aspects of land surveying.Like him or n...

Just so you know, KeithAnd I know (hope) you're out there watching, although maybe not at this point.ANYWAY, this is a mathematics thread, NOT a land ...

If it is in an almond orchard, the pipe was undoubtedly set below the surface. It is typical to set monuments a foot or more deep in agricultural area...

Good story, Lee.Thanks, Don

Allright, Cow Thighs, I can understand the error, that, incidentally, would never have occurred if you had actually chained it, but......I'm sorry, I ...