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holy-cow
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Joined: July 1, 2010 3:19 pm
Last seen: November 17, 2024 4:53 pm
Topics: 2198 / Replies: 23094
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RE: "Railway" vs "Railroad"

I have whittled out several of those odd pieces from railroad right of way. In every case it was a privately owned business (grain elevator or fertil...

6 months ago
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RE: Client Privilege

To make the story even better------------tell them the 10-foot diameter, above-ground sewer main will be an all-glass construction to allow the operat...

6 months ago
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RE: Client Privilege

Everyone who happens onto the scene of your project believe they are entitled to know exactly what you are doing, who it is for and what the future pl...

6 months ago
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RE: EC and LOMA

30-90 days. No one in FEMA is motivated to jump right on anything.

6 months ago
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RE: Hydraulics and Hydrology

Try something one time and you will learn a great deal about contour lines. Pick some neighborhood in town with curbs and gutters and perhaps some sho...

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RE: Hydraulics and Hydrology

One pet peeve of mine is finding contour maps that ignore the facts. One example is where a contour line hits a curb. The contour line needs to foll...

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RE: Hydraulics and Hydrology

There is no simple answer to hydrology. It is a complex situation dependent on a number of variables and "magic" numbers. Dig into the materials you...

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RE: Geographic Trivia

@jimcox My wife claims Bird City as her hometown as that is where she attended school and church. The area close to Bird City is rather flat. Those...

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RE: Geographic Trivia

Bird City, Kansas is the only city named Bird City. It was named for Mr. Bird, a large cattleman in the settlement days.

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RE: Survey Broker

Like Mighty Moe, one time is enough to get you educated. Forty very detailed pages of instructions and a nineteen (19) page contract. All of that fo...

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RE: GPS this morning

Did the four-hundred foot block suddenly grow to 48,424 feet?😆

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RE: Tripod? What Tripod?

I can top that. About 35 years ago while I was at a dance someone stole the little Rubbermaid trash basket that sat over the hump in front of the fro...

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RE: Survey Broker

You can be signing a contract that would seem to provide you with the assurance you will be paid on MONTH/DAY/YEAR. Don't count on that happening.......

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RE: "I see dead people ... or do I?" Cemeteries in Subdivisions.

What is dangerous and downright icky to think about is when Mother Nature allows those old boxes to decay to a point that one day the ground is flat a...

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RE: "I see dead people ... or do I?" Cemeteries in Subdivisions.

@Dan-Dunn Squint real hard while lifting your left foot six inches above the floor. I believe it says: Existing graves

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RE: "I see dead people ... or do I?" Cemeteries in Subdivisions.

That's why they made the movie Poltergeist.

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RE: Updating Deeds

Happens every day.

6 months ago
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RE: This is the entire state of Kansas from east to west

A local lady found a photo in her backyard last evening that was is darn good condition. It showed what I'm guessing is a young usher assisting a gra...

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