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Joined: January 19, 2011 10:31 am
Topics: 18 / Replies: 1106
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RE: And in this corner, another windmill.....

@not-my-real-name?ÿ Um, I carried a Zeiss Ni2 level that way between setups for maybe 300 miles of levelling.?ÿ My boss said do not drop it or bang it...

5 years ago
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RE: Today's unique setup

Looks good to me except how good is the benchmark concerning stability??ÿ Without a solid underground structure one would think a big bock of concrete...

5 years ago
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RE: Variance ratio

When GPS was nascent at an early "how to" seminar (NGS) the presenter showed slides of ECEF, lat-lon el, and State plane coord systems.?ÿ He then turn...

5 years ago
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RE: Gotta love it

Yup, been down that road and always withdrawn when confronted when the owner was cradling a shotgun.?ÿ If we were 200 yards distant I'd engage in loud...

5 years ago
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RE: Neighbors asking questions

When licensed I've mag located pins for friends and neighbors, 15 minutes of my time and made it clear I wasn't warrantying their property corners, ju...

5 years ago
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RE: 7 States 1 Virtual Conference

@rankin_file?ÿ I didn't consider the CEUs angle.?ÿ Point well taken.

5 years ago
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RE: 7 States 1 Virtual Conference

Yep, decades ago I was a big conference attendee, spent thousands to attend ACSM (rip) and State conferences.?ÿ The seminars were illuminating and the...

5 years ago
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RE: 7 States 1 Virtual Conference

Really??ÿ Roughly $500 for a Zoom seat??ÿ Agreed there are some production costs but gotta be much less than renting an exhibition hall, covering spea...

5 years ago
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RE: Utilization Rate Goals

A friend of mine owned a high end print shop (4 color books mainly) where a bell rang each hour at a random time and everybody wrote down which projec...

5 years ago
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RE: Utilization Rate Goals

Field crew utilization rates should be 40/hrs/week, they're the engine that pays the bills in construction & boundary surveying.?ÿ Minus of course...

5 years ago
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RE: AITA?

Yup that's a common problem with "electronic" submittals where the actual plot is off by a few percent or maybe 100% if it's been scaled in Adobe PDF....

5 years ago
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RE: Why is there such a weak signal from some iron rods?

Glass beads are nonmagnetic. Whether applied in the paint mix gun or broadcast by hand when the paint is still sticky has no effect.?ÿ At one County m...

5 years ago
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RE: Why is there such a weak signal from some iron rods?

@paden-cash?ÿ Not to mention the problem of roadways catching on fire when GTR is used for fill: "What at first seemed like a brilliant way of gettin...

5 years ago
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RE: Electronic Recording

Sorry to be a curmudgeon but a wet signed Mylar of a subdivision map/ROS in B/W stable ink, no BS electrostatic Xerox powder technique, should be file...

5 years ago
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RE: Why is there such a weak signal from some iron rods?

Yes but common rebar is made of unfinished?ÿtempered?ÿsteel. ?ÿUncoated, corrosion-resistant low?ÿcarbon/chromium?ÿ(microcomposite),?ÿsilicon bronze,?...

5 years ago
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