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RE: Poll: Politically incorrect, or descriptive?

I think the fact that you're willing to refer to them as a "Couple" rather than a couple is more telling of potential bias or bigotry. Your tone might...

10 years ago
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RE: This just transpired

Same here. The invoice for any Cadastral work has to come directly from the Cadastral Surveyor. There was even a very recent case (as in got the email...

10 years ago
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RE: Total Station Check and Adjust routines

I've heard that same term used by at least 3 different service providers (and from other surveyors as well.) So I can assure you it's not just the one...

10 years ago
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RE: How long has it been since your last paid holiday?

2.5 weeks ago. Next planned paid holiday is 3 weeks over Christmas break. Oh, I also get leave loading. 17.5%Being your own boss has it's perks, but ...

10 years ago
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RE: Total Station Check and Adjust routines

We do our Check and Adjust every 3 months or if we notice something reading 'a bit different' Unlike most firms we don't have one machine tied to 1 c...

10 years ago
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RE: "Thence to an iron pin found set"

Seems as though 'FOUND' is used there in place of the 'O' (Orig) we use here same effect though.That would be shown as "ORT (Elm)" without the need fo...

10 years ago
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RE: "Thence to an iron pin found set"

"I found an Iron Pin that I suspect was set for an Engineering survey as there are no records of it ever existing. I then adopted it as my Set mark." ...

10 years ago
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RE: Do you refurbish monuments?

Whenever I find them and can prove that they have been disturbed with other supporting reference marks. Noted as '[Mark] Disturbed N&C Reset' (N&...

10 years ago
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RE: How did you get started surveying?

My cousin was 1st year at Uni in it and my Mum wanted me out of the house. Dad was a builder and I had helped him with some levelling for form work a...

10 years ago
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RE: What benchmarks do you use for elevation certificates?

4th Order (or better) 'Survey Control Data Base' marks. Commonly know here as PSMs (Permanent Survey Marks.) Information on which is maintained by the...

10 years ago
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RE: Previous survey VERY bad ... how would you note that?

Reinstatement report detailing what I adopted, what I didn't and why I didn't.

10 years ago
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RE: Are Prism Constants always negative?

One of my Prism constants is +34mm on an old Geodimeter Prism. Easiest way is ti physically check. Take a shot to a known prism, take a show to your ...

10 years ago
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RE: Theft and Sale of Survey Monuments

I work for a local council and we have to disturb/destroy them all the time. I always try to save them (and suggest that they design something differe...

10 years ago
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RE: Why it is hard to get good survey help (dad mows video games

And 50 years ago it was raising kids just to play Cowboys and Indians and go to war, and 50 years before that it was just a generation of people readi...

10 years ago
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RE: New instrument guy to train.

Cheap, Flashing, Water Proof, Bright, Rugged, Light. To activate you just have to wet the bottom terminals (lick your finger and hold it on them work...

10 years ago
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RE: Giving CAD files to Architects/Engineers?

I do it all the time and I expect it in return. A CAD file is infinitely more usable than a piece of paper (or PDF, which is essentially paper.) Of c...

10 years ago
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RE: Remarking Boundary

QLD, Australia; No. Legislation is in place that only Registered Surveyors can place legally recognised Boundary marks.

10 years ago
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RE: Encroachments

It would very much vary by area I suspect. In places like the UK you can even have light encroachments (i.e. if I use to get sun and you build a shed ...

10 years ago
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