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mattharnett
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RE: Water supply to garage

That's what my client is going to say to the DEPs. I cringed and then laughed to make it seem ok. He actually said, "I will escort them out." (DEP a...

9 years ago
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RE: Water supply to garage

Removing the sink is not enough. The well must be decommissioned because you could easily put the sink back in after they leave.

9 years ago
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RE: Quality of older surveys

State highway mapping, at least around here, is mostly great. Sometimes, though, the info is a bit sketchy. I've been able to position myself at or ...

9 years ago
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RE: Working for yourself or for someone else?

I've never actually worked for a survey "company." I certainly wouldn't want someone breathing down my neck all day making sure that I account for ev...

9 years ago
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RE: PDF Audit!

Looking up PDH vs. PDF PDQ.

9 years ago
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RE: Survey Funny

I saw a goat eat a lit cigarette and then wash it down with a beer. It then went back to eating the multi-floral rose.

9 years ago
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RE: Researching Land

The deed points you to the assessment office. Look at old tax maps and find your block and lot. You do have some information there. You have a sect...

9 years ago
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RE: Metes and Bounds

rfc, post: 335855, member: 8882 wrote: So, what are they, individually? FROM WIKI Typically the system uses physical features of the local geography,...

9 years ago
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RE: Metes and Bounds

I've seen lots of deeds with no bounds: I imagine it's because someone was lazy.

9 years ago
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RE: Youngest and oldest

I'm 44 and my father is 76. We just renewed our licenses.

9 years ago
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RE: Well somebody is way cheaper than me.

I haven't secured a job in a couple weeks as well. I'm starting to wonder what's going on? There are only 3 or 4 of us here surveying and I know tha...

9 years ago
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RE: Does the old street get prorated

When you get into older subdivisions, and the lines have been established by a means other than the plat, the lines have ripened. In PA, it's a race ...

9 years ago
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RE: An Engineer Walks Into a Survey Office...

George Matica, post: 333933, member: 6663 wrote: How would you go about the haggling? First I would take the attitude that "friends are friends, but...

9 years ago
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RE: Clockwise or Counter Clockwise? Inquiring minds want to know.

Going counter-clockwise seems odd to me. As was said, "It looks like you don't know any better." On two adjoining lots, the line gets double labeled...

9 years ago
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RE: New and need help

These are the kinds of people who make the world go 'round. One woman trying to do things right and over there some drunk guy on a backhoe yelling ob...

9 years ago
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RE: New and need help

My question would be did the guy pull up the rebar or just the winess stake? Another question is why aren't you asking YOUR surveyor these questions? ...

9 years ago
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RE: Hello from PA

Welcome to the show where the answers are tougher than the questions.

9 years ago
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RE: The most touching survey(s) you've undertaken

An elderly woman had lost her husband. He was buried in the cemetery on the hill. Not long after, two of the caretakers were overheard discussing th...

9 years ago
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RE: An Engineer Walks Into a Survey Office...

A better question: What percent will I get? Now that you have a "firm," I would guess you guys are depositing all payments to a "firm" account. Now...

9 years ago
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