Buy a nice old pre-civil war stone farmhouse and put an office in one of the outbuildings.?ÿ Load up on the latest equipment and take on a few interes...

As I said to one frequent poster off-line this morning "surveyors tend to to forget that they're only supposed to walk in their predecessors footsteps...

I used to type in everything; then my dad got a job?ÿ?ÿ

I've sat for four additional state specific exams after my initial licensure (well, three states and a Federal District).?ÿ I have no problem with sta...

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Also the anniversary of the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava Half a league, half a league,Half a league onward,All in the valle...

The raison?ÿd'etre of insurance companies is to avoid paying out money.?ÿ Great to have on your side of the table, not so much when they're sitting ac...

IMHO -Putting risk issues ahead of production issues is what's known as "effectively operating a business" and more people in our profession should tr...

Recipe for the Vesper from the 1953 novel Casino Royale: 'A dry martini,' he said. 'One. In a deep champagne goblet.' 'Oui, monsieur.' 'Just a mome...

@rover83 About a decade ago when I was the editor of Professional Surveyor Magazine (RIP) I wrote a column about keeping in mind that the definitions ...

@party-chef 100% That was the first thing that came to mind

The duties of a survey project manager are as varied as the number of firms employing staff with the title survey project manager. FWIW I had two su...

Isn't the mosquito the Alaska State Bird? On the weather note, it's the opposite here - un seasonally warm and humid.?ÿ Every October I like to revis...

@bill93 I think it's up in the air...lots of reports that it's rare, but lots of anecdotal evidence as well

My wife is on the Board of Directors of three organizations that serve the homeless community.?ÿ She has definitely noticed a skew in the local homele...

Another proud graduate of the Donald Duck School of Boundary Determination

Gruden is just collateral damage in Dan Snyder's inept war against his former team president, Bruce Allen.?ÿ The emails (in a redacted form) were pa...

When I used to work at 'Huge Texas Survey Machine" the corporate counsel during the Project Manager orientation/training that the "e" in email stands ...