Jerry and Kent, How do you feel about a boundary line described as "along the face of the bluff" or "to the centerline of the stream"? I would genera...

Had a full lot survey for a refinance out in one of the "Villages" in west Houston. House and lot worth 2.8 million (then). I put a dot of paint on ev...

Esquire is a good one to use. It seems to irritate attorneys, but all it means is "a man of letters". R. P. L. S. fits that description. Of course, on...

Kent McMillan, post: 360512, member: 3 wrote: Yes, possibly the only road surface not represented in Houston in 1910 is the plank road. I wonder if th...

We have 2 Bosch DCD970 18 volt drills. I got them out of their boxes last December and I was amazed to find that the batteries still had lots of juice...

In this instance, I wouldn't call your edit of the rule "idiot-proofing". I'd call it a more logical and explanatory example of how rules should be wr...

All survey markers shall be shown and described with sufficient evidence of the location of such markers on the land surveyors' drawing, written descr...

I must add a caveat, If the document has language on it that clearly states it is a boundary survey, it better be done correctly. If the language stat...

Andy, the Board stipulates that a signed and sealed document by itself does not mean it is a boundary survey. All it means is that you bear the respon...

bridger48, post: 353223, member: 6251 wrote: Here is a detail of a boxing axle setup. The boxing insert is a tappered iron cylinder with wings that k...

Jim in AZ, post: 353230, member: 249 wrote: Your original post indicates that the request was addressed to you, does it not? Sure, but I will never ...

ppm, post: 353069, member: 6808 wrote: For the reason Jeff mentioned. publishing an email, on a web based, searchable, forum, of an attorney that is t...

Jim, Be nice.

If there is a signature and seal on that drawing and the surveyor of record has not set monuments of a "permanent nature, etc.", the surveyor has comm...

Jack Chiles, post: 325139, member: 24 wrote: Paden, Congrats on being a member for 5 years tomorrow. Or, maybe not. Looks like we all have the same...

Paden, Congrats on being a member for 5 years tomorrow.

Kent, not to change the subjecttotally, but I had an occasion to set some rods in Sargent, Texas fairly near the beach. I noticed that almost all of t...

Second thoughtI had a couple of employees who had the bad habit of showing up 5-10 minutes late about twice a week.They were fairly young and we got i...