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flyin-solo
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Joined: October 29, 2013 12:59 pm
Last seen: April 10, 2026 9:41 am
Topics: 156 / Replies: 1519
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RE: The unhinged

Vivid or livid? Or both?Takes all kinds- my two favorites were the meth chef who rattled off a couple shots from an AR in my general direction, then b...

9 years ago
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RE: DOT boundaries

As per what we deal with locally I will back up Kent's assertion, in that I have been directly told by agents (RPLS) of the governing agency (TxDOT) t...

9 years ago
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RE: I'm doing a presentation at a school tomorrow.

i'd start with a shovel. have a hole digging contest. remarkable how many pie-eyed newbies i've seen wash out after a day or two just based upon bei...

9 years ago
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RE: Deed Conflict -

flyin solo, post: 413417, member: 8089 wrote: Hahaha. There's, of course, the other end of it: bout a year ago I followed some kind soul who generousl...

9 years ago
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RE: DOT boundaries

flyin solo, post: 415133, member: 8089 wrote: for reference here is a great example of the situation faced when dealing with many older TxDOT descript...

9 years ago
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RE: DOT boundaries

for reference here is a great example of the situation faced when dealing with many older TxDOT descriptions and surveys. this one dates from 1968. ...

9 years ago
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RE: DOT boundaries

If you can find that stamped on one of those old type 1 monuments, congrats. Cuz I've never seen word one on one of them in 20 years of surveying.

9 years ago
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RE: DOT boundaries

Some old codgers at TxDOT will tell you they were put there to show the mowing crews where to stop mowing. (Think: a bunch of Ford 9-N tractors towing...

9 years ago
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RE: That's What I Get For Being Sociable

Nate The Surveyor, post: 414770, member: 291 wrote: [USER=379]@FL/GA PLS.[/USER]When finding a tripod, tribrach, and prism target, unatended, beside t...

9 years ago
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RE: DOT boundaries

it's also fairly common knowledge that a lengthy section of IH-35 through central austin is monumented on the ground at 202', +/-. who gets what?and ...

9 years ago
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RE: DOT boundaries

to both reinforce kent's point and to provide an exception to it: i won an argument with the state railroad commission attorneys (who, though forever ...

9 years ago
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RE: Sales Tax in Texas

Simplified version: if it is for a conveyance (fee or esmt/otherwise): tax.No conveyance (including plat), no tax.(This is how I was told to write pro...

9 years ago
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RE: Interesting boundary issue

MightyMoe, post: 414416, member: 700 wrote: I just did a boundary line adjustment for a rancher, after it was finished I called him to arrange who to ...

9 years ago
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RE: Side-by-Side / ATV questions

Yeah, but what did it cost when you factor in the stripper?

9 years ago
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RE: Side-by-Side / ATV questions

Knows bicycles too, evidently.

9 years ago
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