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@mike-davis
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Joined: July 3, 2010 5:56 pm
Topics: 4 / Replies: 116
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RE: State of Florida de-certification for Land Surveyors

Rick Perry's vendetta on TBPLSKent, surely you jest… such myopic views are the reason Perry’s got the TBPLS in his crosshairs.The Texas act clearly st...

14 years ago
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RE: Licensed v. Unlicensed

OH, MIKEDefinitely a “Freudian” slip as they say.

14 years ago
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RE: Licensed v. Unlicensed

If you’ll do the research the real factor for every license is to “Protect the Pubic” from incompetent and/or fraudulent practitioners. Whether you’re...

14 years ago
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RE: Setting Grid Control on Fresh Concrete

I'm just the messenger, but if OSHA shows up someone's going to pay, especially if there's a fatality involved. The way we do it is to use the column ...

14 years ago
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RE: Setting Grid Control on Fresh Concrete

I use white chalk lines for the initial "rough" grid lines and then another color for the final grid lines. If they're within an 1/8", I usually don't...

14 years ago
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RE: TOPCON QUESTION

SteveIt all boils down to “a government big enough to give you what you want is strong enough to take away what you have”… I think California Governor...

14 years ago
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RE: Setting Grid Control on Fresh Concrete

So perimeter netting is a legal substitute for cables and safety harnesses?

14 years ago
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RE: Setting Grid Control on Fresh Concrete

Ralph, you might want to remove that first photo showing no perimeter protection and guys walking around without the proper gear… big brother may be w...

14 years ago
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RE: Governor Rick Better Warm-Up His Check Writing Hand

The IOU is in the mail... less shipping & handling costs... which just happen to equal the amount owed. Politics as usual!

14 years ago
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RE: State of Florida de-certification for Land Surveyors

Rick Perry's vendetta on TPBPLSFrom my research, the reason Rick Perry has it in for the Texas Board of Professional Land Surveying (TBPLS) is because...

14 years ago
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RE: Setting Grid Control on Fresh Concrete

Preferably, I’m out there immediately after the concrete finishing crew laying down my grid lines because the longer you wait the more stuff will be p...

14 years ago
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RE: TOPCON QUESTION

Jim, thanks for the link… it was definitely “déjà vu all over again”.He’s got some Ashtech/Sokkia L1/L2 gear as well. Some of the stuff (junk) would o...

14 years ago
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RE: Ring Ring - "New ALTA Specs too Rigid"

It just shows how desperate the underwriters (lawyers) are getting. They’ll probably pocket most of the difference between an ALTA and an ILC. What th...

14 years ago
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RE: CARLSON 2008 Point Symbols Question

The way I handle this scenario is to take an ASCII or text file of the points and convert it to a dxf file. Then using the command DXFIN I get the poi...

14 years ago
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RE: OK, lets open up a new and more interesting thread

Thomas Jefferson and the Congress back then were all learned men who knew that the earth was “round”. This is evidenced by the mandated use of Guide M...

14 years ago
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RE: TSC2 ( Rtimble Data Collector ) Touch screen

If you have a PVC Screen Protector installed, then the vast differences in temperatures these last couple of weeks have caused the screen protector to...

14 years ago
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RE: 3 point resection thoughts

This a 1.5 Billion Dollar project... between TXDOT and the various contractors there will be plenty of micro-managing going on. Plus I'm sure the spec...

14 years ago
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RE: 3 point resection thoughts

Whether the instrument is a Trimble, Leica or whatever is immaterial at this conjuncture.What the instrument is spec’d at is very material to the resu...

14 years ago
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RE: ALTA Certification (Successors and/or assigns question)

You’re welcome JB.To understand the process lets one make informed decisions instead of reactions based on hearsay.Next time I’m in SLC the first one’...

14 years ago
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RE: ALTA Certification (Successors and/or assigns question)

The “Successors & Assigns” clause is due to the fact that mortgage backed securities are still around (even though they were a major contributor t...

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