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RE: Cutting Tools

I have been using Felco pruners, No 9 (I am a southpaw) for about 25 years.?ÿ Parts are easy to obtain if needed. I have never been a machete fan; too...

6 years ago
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RE: Detail pole target height errors - how to avoid them

I do a lot of those surveys too, and am constantly moving the prism up or down to be able to see it.?ÿ It has to become routine; you force yourself to...

6 years ago
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RE: Modified Backpack to Carry SX10 and stuff into field

Be careful: the instrument will want to tumble out of a side loading pack, and they do not take well to tumbling.?ÿ I speak from experience. Ken ?ÿ ?ÿ

6 years ago
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RE: 400 Bad Request

Wendell - the problem was cookies!?ÿ I eventually realized there were NO cookies being saved, so I dug into Firefox settings and the "clear cookies" b...

6 years ago
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RE: 400 Bad Request

This seems like it may be the place to ask this: If I am remembering correctly, I used to log in, and every time I came back, the site would know who ...

6 years ago
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RE: Three section prism poles gradutated in feet?

You already answered your question: "We could memorize those rounded numbers and use them."

6 years ago
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RE: The Proliferation of Line tables in Lieu of actual drafting ability is a bunch of BS...

We used to have a cad tech, Gary, who had been a carpenter, but hurt his back in a fall.?ÿ Somewhere along the line he also took the ends off 3 finger...

6 years ago
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RE: Actual Degree in Surveying

I was at Paul Smiths from 70 to?ÿ 72.?ÿ It was a 2 year school then.?ÿ I was a "TFSO"?ÿ or terminal (as opposed to a "pre-pro: intended to go on to an...

6 years ago
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RE: Cantankerous Lazy Party Chief

"And now I have an entry-level mid 30s employee that is very enthusiastic about learning surveying and the hardest worker I have ever had and has a gr...

6 years ago
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RE: Ring Ring

I would be OK with just a partial survey as the others have said.?ÿ I would also be sure the proposal the client would sign before I started work very...

6 years ago
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RE: HP510 DesignJet keep or toss?

I got an HP 500 in 2001 and had hoped it would last as long as I was in business, but it did not.?ÿ I replaced it with an HP T520.?ÿ It is faster, and...

6 years ago
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RE: Certifications on land transfer

Lee Jim Vianna has some good comments. It may be too late for this project, but future contracts/proposals should state you will certify?ÿ in accordan...

6 years ago
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RE: SurvPC 6.0

Does one have to change the data collector to upgrade, or just load the software? ?ÿ I?ÿ too am curious: have any on Beer Leg (still how I think of th...

6 years ago
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RE: We met a new friend today... (pics)

You are truly living up to your name. Thank you! Ken ?ÿ

6 years ago
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RE: What was I doing wrong?

Mark I see lots more information on the 2017 map, including a legend, so I thought I'd find the answer, but, no luck. What is a B.S. ??ÿ It mst be a c...

6 years ago
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RE: Things once said by surveyors

same thing in Central Bergen Co. NJ in the early 70s.

6 years ago
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RE: The pecan tree (caution: slight religious overtones)

What Nate said. ?ÿ thanks for a good story. ?ÿ Ken

6 years ago
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RE: The dreaded "bull's eye" rash

The rash was a sign that the little bastard got you; you should not have ignored it.?ÿ I have been on antibiotics several times for similar symptoms, ...

6 years ago
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RE: Where am I?

Not sure where you are, but you need to come back to look at your site.?ÿ Spam seems to be on the menu this morning!

6 years ago
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