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jflamm
@jflamm
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Joined: November 28, 2018 3:24 pm
Last seen: June 4, 2026 10:04 am
Topics: 5 / Replies: 361
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RE: The kind of client to have

@andy-bruner   There's been a few times I've had to turn down a cold adult beverage on a hot day like that!  

6 years ago
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RE: Contractor Machine Control Use/Misuse

@chrisfox   Our carpenters are hard on things and nobody knows how anything happened.  They'll call and say they need another set of bi...

6 years ago
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RE: Contractor Machine Control Use/Misuse

The shortage of surveyors around here is due to grading and construction companies snatching them up and paying them handsomely to alleviate those iss...

6 years ago
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RE: Survey Slang

@joe-the-surveyor   Candy Cane is the only one I hadn't heard or used.  "Can't see it from my house" was always one we used too.  

6 years ago
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RE: On line Professional Development Hours

@toivo1037 I like their renewal packages for specific states that they have put together.  I use that for two of the states I don't reside in bu...

6 years ago
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RE: On line Professional Development Hours

I like McKissock.?ÿ PDH Academy and Survey PDU have come in handy too.

6 years ago
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RE: HP 35s

Load your programs but I'd be sure that I knew how to do things long hand on your calculator or have a back up ready.?ÿ I've witnessed guys in college...

6 years ago
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RE: Eye Glasses vs Contact Lenses

I prefer LASIK.?ÿ I did the glasses thing for about two years.?ÿ With all the dust on construction sites, sweating into the lenses, fogging up, etc.?ÿ...

6 years ago
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RE: You might be an old surveyor if...

I had the pleasure of operating one of these bad boys for a summer (2008 or 2009) while performing trilateration surveys of COE lake dams and river lo...

6 years ago
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RE: Save money, survey your own land!

@holy-cow Let me guess...he was trying to stand in the middle of the line and look both directions instead of standing at one end and look down the l...

6 years ago
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RE: Hard copies

Yes sir!?ÿ We keep all of our plans on the cloud in Autodesk BIM360 Docs.?ÿ They open the app on their IPads.?ÿ The plans are always up to date unless...

6 years ago
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RE: Broken S6, Need a new Technician

@frank-willis I will second this.  They are also the reason why Trimble has such a stronghold in the Midwest.  They are good fellas and kno...

6 years ago
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RE: Must be mellowing in the Autumn of my career

@ontarget1 Oh man!!  We had an old biddy grab our instrument box once and start dragging it off but never actually grab the instrument!  It...

6 years ago
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RE: Captivate vs Icon site

@gradsmeters I believe there is a "standard" shot mode you can pick instead of being on "tracking".  I don't have our collector in front of me t...

6 years ago
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RE: 5600 problem

@norm-larson This cable is the biggest pain in the ass ever.  For me, it always hit right at the waist and over time that connector would break ...

6 years ago
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RE: 5600 problem

@andy-j Dirt and little pieces of brush would cause me the biggest headaches!

6 years ago
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