Anybody up for Black Ivory Coffee?! :pinch: POOThere's some things in this world that I just won't do, I gar-ron-tee !!Five or six espresso cups for ...
If this was a paper letter delivered by "snail mail," then the sender (who is obviously and obliviously young) is out of touch with reality. Text mess...
Dang! In Miss'ippi, it is still in the nineties and hotter than......you-know-where. I downed almost a gallon of water and gatoraide yesterday and swe...
I was thinking "deep Indiana woods" could have something to do with it.
Adjusting out the tension in the tripod legs is also a good practice. I have noticed that when setting up the tripod, and I loosen a leg clamp, I hea...
Leveling a gunMounting the instrument after setting the legs would be a better practice. I cringe when my leg point suddenly glances off off a hidde...
Leveling a gunI taught surveying for many years and had the opportunity to refine and practice this technique. These are the main points, and I probab...
I found a triangulation station destroyed by a bulldozer. I reported it and our state NGS guy said to take pictures and send the monument disc back t...
After finishing a day at work at an engineering firm back in the early 80's, I was driving due west on highway 8. The sun was an orange ball on the e...
I have read recorded deeds with bearings in degrees, feet and inches!:-D
What's that?We have "stobs" around here!
Hey, maybe we ought to start something like this in surveyin! A client calls around to a couple of surveyors to get the cheapest one.The surveyor he ...
Riggs work wear by wrangler for me. VF Factory outlet for about $24 a pair. Rip stop nylon and very tough. Cargo pants have double fabric in front, wa...
This is the label inside the case of my old yellow Schondstedt magnetic locator. My batteries got pretty low one time, and it started doing this. I ...
You only work in decimal FEET, right? Inches are extra.....B-)
Great story, Kent.My beginnings were in civil engineering. I got my degree from MSU in 1980, and my first boss said that I needed to go out with the ...
I found my prism pole!Obviously, right where I left it.....on an iron pin and metal t-post foresight on a job I went back to today. Imagine my shock ...
