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holy-cow
holy-cow
@holy-cow
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Joined: July 1, 2010 5:19 pm
Last seen: October 3, 2026 5:33 am
Topics: 2296 / Replies: 23720
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RE: Get your final product perfect before it leaves your office in any form

South 753 degrees minutes 54 seconds East qualifies as the most egregious error. There are plenty of other little items that should be "cleaned up", ...

2 months ago
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RE: Disturbing a boundary stone is more than just a lifetime of punishment.

I own a stone wall about 50 feet long by about 14 feet high and over a foot wide that would supply a monument settr for a long, long time. Solid lime...

2 months ago
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RE: RIP Jimmy Boyd

We all owe a debt of gratitude to Jimmy for providing you those opportunities and the positive experiences that have given you the internal justificat...

2 months ago
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RE: Get your final product perfect before it leaves your office in any form

I have grown to accept the fact that it is nearly impossible for the typical surveyor to catch absolutely everything that could be wrong on their work...

2 months ago
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RE: The smallest survey project in my career

Most RWD policies and procedures followed a template provided by a USDA--Farmers Home Administration representative working with each district being f...

2 months ago
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RE: The smallest survey project in my career

@gary_g Yes. It was the size recommended by thw rural water district. They already held a blanket easement on all 80 acres. What they needed was...

2 months ago
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RE: How do you walk someone through your boundary reasoning?

That's one heck of a question. I''m not sure I could answer completely in under 5000 words. You see, my situation over the decades was over 90 percen...

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RE: New legal description trend

Capitalize it as if you were going to abbreviate it POB. Much like Right-Of-Way becomes ROW.

2 months ago
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RE: Get your final product perfect before it leaves your office in any form

Had another bad one show up today. I sent a message back advising them to VERY SLOWLY correct the descriptions of Tracts 2 and 3. They had created t...

2 months ago
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RE: As an act of faith

@wendell The meteorites are coming! Protect your arms! Do not mow the lawn shirtless! 😎 😎 😎 😎

2 months ago
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RE: Leveling Math Errors: Leica LS10 vs. Excel Spreadsheet Template

This reminds me of a professor I had a few classes from back in the day. He actually believed he could read a quality slide rule to five places. May...

2 months ago
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RE: An honest update about the future of RPLS.com

Simple must be my middle name. I am one who needs clear and precise information at all times. Yesterday, I was registering online for a CE opportuni...

2 months ago
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RE: Range Line?

We would routinely supply that information on as-builts and improvement location certificate or morgaagee title inspections. Have never seen anyone g...

2 months ago
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RE: Range Line?

I have never seen that label used on a survey.

2 months ago
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RE: working for firm where owner was not licensed

Forty years ago I worked for a large government contractor. We, in turn had to hire consultants to assist us in some of our work. One, in particular, ...

2 months ago
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RE: Anyone else notice this? (Sub title- showing my age)

Is that the one that goes like this? i before e, except after c, unless used in words like neighbor and weigh Just kidding. It is just plain silly ...

2 months ago
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RE: What's wrong with this picture??

The person who approved the final version of the advertisement is still employed?

2 months ago
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RE: Get your final product perfect before it leaves your office in any form

Another issue for those in PLSSia to watch for. When you are working in say Section 15, label all of your government corners as : Southwest Corner, S...

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