I had a similar experience while doing on-line courthouse research a couple of months ago. The survey was in the county where I grew up, but in a di...
A/ - Started surveying right out of high school. Worked for 7-8 months then enrolled part time in an Associates Degree program for Civil Engineering T...
A low-tech method once used in the western PA bituminous coal mines was to hang a 10 pound plumb bob on a piano wire, into a bucket of heavy oil.
Don I like the padlocked gates and all you have to do isI had to do that once when my I-man and I (as well as our truck) got locked into a constructio...
In addition to the reasons already stated, another possible factor is that modern society is much less in touch with the land than in past generation...
At the end of the day...I hear ya on that one Dave. I also find that annoying.
My experience has been that Railroads (including trolly lines) always used chord definition, while state roads could be either “Chord” or “Arc” defini...
The device I’ve seen used for gas lines was called a ”Split Box Locater” by the utility company guys that were using it. The locater looked kind of li...
Glad to see you found this place. Someone on this forum was asking about you just the other day.
> In controlled, double-blind tests, dowsing doesn't perform any better than random guessing.Must be cuz they excluded me from the test;-)
It works for some, but not for others. I have found septic tanks, leach beds, pipelines of various uses and materials including buried cables. I even ...
>Did Leroy produce any templates smaller than 80? (ie: 0.08")I remember seeing leroy 60 and perhaps even 50. That was sooo long ago.
>That's not a statute of repose. That's the discovery ruleSection 5537, Land Surveying “Statute of Limitations” limits time for which surveyors ca...
Our Pennsylvania statute of repose is likewise 4 years; however, the statute of limitations is 21 years.If at any time during the 21 year period, the ...
An excellent read Kent. Thank you for posting.
Mr. CowWouldn' tit be obvious.A Freudian slip? 😉