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holy-cow
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Joined: July 1, 2010 3:19 pm
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RE: Who makes these rules?

A nearby small city decided to enforce that fences were to be treated the same as structures. Meaning they must adhere to building set back lines. How...

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RE: Missing Alley Vacation in My Deed

I can think of an odd situation where the blocks were platted with no alleys, but, the city later created alleys for all blocks. The city came into e...

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RE: California Survey Costs

Liars and cheapskates are evreywhere.

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RE: A Deed Hmm

Deed research has always been my favorite part of surveying. Leave no stone unturned. People do stupid things everyday. Not all deeds adequately ad...

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RE: Missing Alley Vacation in My Deed

If an alley was created, there must be a document proving so. Normally, an alley abuts numerous properties. In my area, it would not be a significan...

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RE: Don't complain to the reviewer if you haven't done your due diligence

He had worked previously in the same section. The current surveyor's project only had two adjoiners. Apparently one of those wanted the surveyor fro...

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RE: Virtual Pincushions

Read an obituary last week for a fellow who was guilty of pin moving after the fact. He was present during our survey and told us precisely where eac...

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RE: Virtual Pincushions

This is the mindset that has ruined the surveying profession. Monuments are the true corners. The only need for bearings and distances is to get you...

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RE: Virtual Pincushions

One thing is to keep in mind is that the entire monument is the corner. The corner is not some infinitesimal fly speck on the apparent center of the ...

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RE: The state of the Profession (in Oregon)

A huge differnec in those two questions. One is based of factual data that can be retrieved by a Board Investigator to see if it matches data provide...

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RE: The state of the Profession (in Oregon)

As one who has been a reference for Professional Licensure, I would like to make it clear that one is providing reference information based on facts o...

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RE: Virtual Pincushions

Use your brains, people.

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RE: Virtual Pincushions

Then there was the case of four of my monuments found consistently about1.5' N, 1,5' NW, 1.5' SW AND 1.5' S of my stated locations. The fellow was b...

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RE: Ideally the same quarter corner, two bars 15 feet apart, same survey firm

In this case you have overlapping section lines, with what appears to be Section 8 land being stolen by Section 5, or vice versa. Fifteen feet times ...

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RE: Ideally the same quarter corner, two bars 15 feet apart, same survey firm

My role in this is as a reviewer for a survey in one of the sections. I was provided with two corner reports for what should be a single corner. I had...

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RE: The outdoor scenses for old Westerns must have been shot near Minneapolis, KS

The worst thing about the old Westerns were that most of them were shot within a few miles of LA. Imaginary deserts where none have ever been and hug...

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