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Topics: 18 / Replies: 1107
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RE: Title Company

I'm confused.?ÿ Whenever a surveyed property transfer occurs where the buyer/seller/bank orders title insurance to protect themselves I get a copy whi...

3 years ago
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RE: Bill from VT

Sounds like you've had a fine life and retirement is just around the corner!?ÿ So sorry to hear you play the bagpipes; there are support groups that c...

3 years ago
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RE: Home hospice

My 96 year old Mom is developing cognitive and mobility problems but is still living independently.?ÿ My sister lives near her and tends to her basic ...

3 years ago
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RE: Former contributors to this site and predecessors---deceased

Not a former contributor but does anybody know the whereabouts of Dr. Joseph Bell, an HP41C expert who published Survey Calculations Journal for a few...

3 years ago
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RE: Odd Autos

@larry-best?ÿ Lots of competition rock crawling buggies have rear steer these days.?ÿ Hydraulic controlled by a side-to-side lever.

3 years ago
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RE: Surveyor as Bad Guy in best selling author's novel...

I've known civil engineers who became grand fathered Cali' land surveyors (1982) and a few were excellent colleagues, most were run of the mill, and a...

3 years ago
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RE: Digital Leveling - Onboard Average vs. Manual Lowest Reading

Yup, running an NI2 level with a Lenker or Philadelphia rod or even a tubular FG rod is amazingly fast for rough work (within a few hundreths).?ÿ ?ÿRo...

3 years ago
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RE: Phishing?ƒ?? How Long Would You Survive in the Wilderness?

Decades ago the ranchers surrounding Tri-Cities, WA would seek out rattlesnake dens in winter and torch them with gasoline.?ÿ Lo and behold a decade l...

3 years ago
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RE: Bizarro surveying (and cat) comic

I rarely miss a Bizarro comic.?ÿ You can get them a week at a time, with the author's comments, here: Bizarro Blog

3 years ago
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RE: How many is "tally"?

@bill93?ÿ That's right.?ÿ I used chaining pins for many dozens of miles while working for the Forest Service & BLM in the seventies.?ÿ The head an...

3 years ago
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RE: Claustrophobic dental toothache misery

Au Contraire my friend!?ÿ A typical lost wax crown matches the original tooth to about 75 micrometers.?ÿ That's 0.00025 feet for us surveyor types. Th...

3 years ago
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RE: Claustrophobic dental toothache misery

I have dental insurance so only co-pay $350.?ÿ Sure takes the sting out of it.

3 years ago
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RE: Claustrophobic dental toothache misery

@flga-2-2?ÿ 'Round here a crown costs $2,200.

3 years ago
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RE: strangely and simultaneously fun and not fun

One of my many character flaws is I take everybody at face value even if gossip suggests they're less than honorable.?ÿ I promise myself I'll be vigil...

3 years ago
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RE: Washington State Filing/Recording Fees Boost

Probably because they're crippled parcels with major legal problems, no access, utilities and bank loans which they will pursue in court.?ÿ ?ÿThe "goo...

4 years ago
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RE: Washington State Filing/Recording Fees Boost

@toivo1037?ÿ I suspect that won't work and you are tongue in cheek.?ÿ ROSs, Subdivision Maps & Deeds are filed/recorded through different conduits...

4 years ago
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RE: COVID Vaccine reactions/side effects

Sorry, no adverse reaction to the Pfizer shots except for a sore arm at the injection site for 24 hours, which 95% of recipients report.?ÿ No worse th...

4 years ago
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RE: Robot lifespan

Amen.?ÿ Same goes for cars.?ÿ There is a subtlety though in that newer equipment may be more efficient.?ÿ For example, you may have a 20 year old car ...

4 years ago
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