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Mark R
Mark R
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Joined: March 15, 2012 3:24 pm
Topics: 17 / Replies: 285
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RE: Right or Wrong

The policy I've worked under, is to contact the other surveyor first. Find out what they know, compare notes. Once we understood how they came up with...

14 years ago
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RE: Ticks......

They are bad here too. We just treated all our pets. I had 5 on me in less than an hour on one job site. It's going to be a bad summer.

14 years ago
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RE: Boundary Dispute & Stalking Protective Order

I remember when I first started in Land Surveying (18 years ago). There was a man murdered over a boundary dispute. The Surveyor I worked for, told me...

14 years ago
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RE: Boundary Dispute & Stalking Protective Order

That's why I left that area for Kansas. Much happier living in America again..lol

14 years ago
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RE: Boundary Dispute & Stalking Protective Order

It's not that most are sissies, but that their government protects the criminals. Unless your dead, there isn't a good reason for self defense. Someth...

14 years ago
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RE: Field Worthy Cell Phone

We use the Samsung Galaxy. Does more than I need. I keep limited apps running and get a work day out of the battery.

14 years ago
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RE: Battery Chargers

I can agree with you here. Most firms I've worked for use the same brand, but not all. It's been up to the crews to learn the differences.

14 years ago
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RE: Must we insult fellow surveyors

My policy has always been to call. Let them know what we found, and wait to hear back. I was taught in my 1st year surveying, to assume we are wrong. ...

14 years ago
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RE: Landowner Finds Wrong Corner

I agree with the practice of NOT designing these types of offset Lot Corners. The only exception would be for an over sized lot. In that case I'd keep...

14 years ago
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RE: Setting house building corners with GPS

Rough building pad yes. Building set backs, yes. Building corners no. Unless they just want a starting point. Anything tight we would use our total st...

14 years ago
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RE: Hurt

Maybe some of us worked in more difficult areas, along with harder. I spent very little time in 17 years hugging a computer.

14 years ago
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RE: Poll - Re-Surveys and the requirement for surveys and survey

I agree except very little on GIS follows Joe Surveyor. Some GIS guy makes best fit and calls it good. Kinda like throwing rebars near the corner and ...

14 years ago
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RE: Poll - Re-Surveys and the requirement for surveys and survey

If his intent is putting us out of business with GIS, he's a fool. I'm constantly running into encroachments, and the defense is the GIS shows.... It'...

14 years ago
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RE: Hurt

I've had lumbard surgery, a neck fusion, and herniated a couple more disks in lumbard region after surgery. Stretching and walking are the best physic...

14 years ago
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RE: Hurt

There is a brace in the form of a boot. I had a bad sprain several years ago, and it took over 6 weeks to walk on it, without this brace.

14 years ago
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RE: Poll - Re-Surveys and the requirement for surveys and survey

We are not required to record a survey in Kansas. I think we should. If we do record it, we are charged a review fee. In some counties it can be sever...

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