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RE: I need someone to explain this...

Odd.?ÿ Every insurance claim (cars only) I've ever filed paid off no questions, except for one.?ÿ Got T-boned on an arterial by a an uninsured Stop si...

4 years ago
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RE: Granite Stone Post

Good for you!?ÿ There's a big difference between topoing an existing road CL, calling it the modern boundary and actually looking around for record mo...

4 years ago
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RE: Granite Stone Post

I'm surprised you were the only one to respond.?ÿ I was deliberately "trolling" to raise eyebrows apparently unsuccessfully.?ÿ Your assessment that bo...

4 years ago
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RE: Tips for avoiding big mistakes

OK, here's my costly errors: Big 80 unit 2 story condo construction where the electrical feed was based on street CL not shown on the civil plans.?ÿ...

4 years ago
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RE: Architects!

Yes, no problem, as long as all the monuments are extant and of record.?ÿ Most big commercial sites are well monumented so the ROS is not required but...

4 years ago
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RE: Granite Stone Post

In sparse or non-existent ancient monumentation situations I've used road locations to establish boundaries if the original deeds reference them.?ÿ Bu...

4 years ago
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RE: Chinese space junk

About?ÿ71 percent?ÿof the Earth's surface is water-covered, and there are vast tracts of nearly uninhabited land where groundfall would be of no?ÿcons...

4 years ago
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RE: Plat Creation

I'd note that if you bought a lot in a subdivision recorded in the last 50 years you're pretty much good as gold and you own "Lot 10" of recorded blah...

4 years ago
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RE: Old deeds w/ restrictive covenants - Now woke

If you're disturbed by restrictive covenants on plats or in deeds, your head will explode when you learn about the State of Oregon's Black Exclusion L...

4 years ago
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RE: Rising Cost of Doing Business

??? Surely you jest.?ÿ Historical rural Colonial boundaries were defended not by artificial monumentation or vague descriptions (to the oak tree, the...

4 years ago
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RE: Rising Cost of Doing Business

Assuming we're talking about ROS submittals around here (recording State) the filing fees are fairly trivial.?ÿ The big bucks are for the "Record of S...

4 years ago
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RE: Rising Cost of Doing Business

????ÿ In the two recording States I work in an ROS is required by statute to have a signed and sealed Surveyor's Statement.?ÿ The statement must incl...

4 years ago
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RE: And now in THIS corner......GIS takes another stab at lowering the bar II (Not click bait...)

Lest we forget here's a typical State statute concerning the purview of a licensed land surveyor: A person, including any person employed by the stat...

4 years ago
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RE: Surveyor's preparing Deeds

We describe property, not the transfer of interests a deed promulgates.?ÿ That's the purview of attorneys, bless their hearts.?ÿ OTOH I've prepared D...

4 years ago
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RE: Double sigh

Hey folks let's back off on quoting prices for this and and that on a commercial land surveying website.?ÿ There's been successful litigation in the p...

4 years ago
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RE: It's that time of year so bee careful...

I'm certifiably allergic to bees, at age 20 was stung by one in the arm which swelled to the size of my thigh and necessitated a trip to the ER for ar...

4 years ago
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RE: Unusual Equipment Ideas

Yup, that's what we?ÿ did, a disposable lath to keep the rod clean.?ÿ On nearly dry small diameter sewer lines we'd go bare and hose the bottom of the...

4 years ago
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RE: Water flowing uphill on the ellipsoid

Yup, except centrifugal force affects sea level and closely negates the pole-equator center of the earth distance difference.?ÿ Apparently the Mississ...

4 years ago
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RE: Potential Clients - What's ethical and responsible?

Seems like a reasonable client.?ÿ Assure him your services will include a comprehensive records search and thorough field survey, with all mandated fi...

4 years ago
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RE: Woke up to this

I was raised in Central Idaho, spent 20 years thereafter in Oregon, Washington & Alaska so experienced snow good and bad every year.?ÿ Good was no...

4 years ago
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