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Joined: July 12, 2012 11:30 am
Last seen: April 14, 2026 8:22 am
Topics: 130 / Replies: 2201
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RE: Instrument setup

@micheal-daubyn-2 I didn't know I was being un-calm. Eh, whatever your reason, you compared a guy with the Japanese who bombed the US, simply becaus...

5 years ago
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RE: Still learning the same learnings

I think we've all been there before. Now I usually flip the prism around if I'm going to be at a setup for a while.?ÿ That way I still have a BS to c...

5 years ago
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RE: Instrument setup

Nothing like a little racism in the morning, huh Please tell us your meandering thoughts on when you see a black surveyor

5 years ago
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RE: Survey Textbook Author Pile-On

@fairbanksls Unfortunately, that is a more common occurrence than one might think

5 years ago
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RE: Instrument setup

I feel bad for these students.?ÿ Any qualified surveying instructor wouldn't have let them video or post it

5 years ago
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RE: Worth $40?

@norman-oklahoma Bought a Bosch Level at Lowes once, when we needed one instantly, had no time to order through a survey supplier.?ÿ?ÿ Had two crews...

5 years ago
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RE: Tips for avoiding big mistakes

@mike-marks Ouch.?ÿ I'd say, thanks for sharing, but now you've just scared the crap out of me.?ÿ Kind of glad I'm not an owner

5 years ago
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RE: Optimum Field Crew Set-up

@john-putnam Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on your point of view, I don't have crew members doing field calcs.?ÿ And I don't really want t...

5 years ago
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RE: Optimum Field Crew Set-up

Provide them with a laptop and printer at home.?ÿ Send them a pdf package for each project, containing all of the plans and worksheets you think they ...

5 years ago
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RE: Top this

@mike-shepp I find it painstakingly tedious.?ÿ But I hate drafters more than I hate drafting (hate is probably too strong, so dislike is probably mor...

5 years ago
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RE: How to describe trees with "two or more trunks"

OAK2-12 OAK2-12-18 I like as few letters/words as possible.?ÿ So as long as it gets the message across...

5 years ago
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RE: OPUS Headaches

@robertusa I had data that I sent to OPUS, Trimble, and CSRS-PPP.?ÿ Got three different solutions on most points, no agreement at all.?ÿ Best was wh...

5 years ago
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RE: What's with India and the Vernier Transit?

ebay is loaded with fake/knock-off items.?ÿ Whenever I buy or sell on there it's US locations only.

5 years ago
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RE: Anyone have a good plan note..

@bstrand A deed to be valid should stand on its own, and not need an explanation to decipher the location of the parcel.?ÿ Extrinsic evidence can be ...

5 years ago
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RE: Anyone have a good plan note..

@bill93 True.?ÿ And the piece that's being sold will be fully dimensioned on my plan.?ÿ So there will be no ambiguity in what's being conveyed. ?ÿ

5 years ago
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RE: Anyone have a good plan note..

@bstrand Parol evidence in my opinion, shouldn't be someone telling me where he meant the line to be.?ÿ The painted treeline is evidence of where th...

5 years ago
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RE: Anyone have a good plan note..

@warrenward You know that's almost exactly how he put it, after he let me know there were no IP's set.?ÿ Like I'm supposed to be able to exactly mark...

5 years ago
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RE: Anyone have a good plan note..

@bstrand Sure, but as said, we're trying not to create any new lines here.?ÿ So I'm doing my best to retrace the existing line

5 years ago
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RE: Anyone have a good plan note..

@thebionicman It's a weird situation but somewhat simple.?ÿ The current owner who drew the sketch was also the closing attorney for other parties, an...

5 years ago
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