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RE: Mark Twain said it best

Me too.?ÿ My faith in my?ÿ Primary Care Provider doctor dropped several notches after I spent 5 years complaining my right ear was going deaf and deve...

4 years ago
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RE: Mark Twain said it best

It it's not on the FDA flush list (only about a dozen powerful opiate drugs) *do not* flush prescription medications down the toilet, they mess with t...

4 years ago
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RE: Legal Description Formatting

@norman-oklahoma?ÿ I find the use of "a distance of", "to a point" and "a bearing of" except where necessary akin to describing a car as "the color of...

4 years ago
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RE: Star of Bethlehem - December 21 Winter solstice

Gray (Project Pluto) in a scan over the period -1000 to 6000 did not find a single case where Jupiter and Saturn had a mutual occultation.?ÿ The 13th ...

4 years ago
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RE: Calculation of geographical coordinates of the destination

@bill93 Yup, my High school made me buy one in my senior year.?ÿ The biggest book I ever bought, and worth every penny, the "let's look that up" kind...

4 years ago
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RE: Considering a new truck?

Won't work in California.?ÿ If the check engine light is on you can't pass smog to get your annual license tag. I've never bought a new car (have bou...

4 years ago
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RE: Expected differences in measurements

That's why many Counties and municipalities require the developer post a monumentation bond or cash deposit prior to Subdivision approval.?ÿ If you do...

4 years ago
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RE: When title and boundary disagree

Something to think about is maybe the brother is not that bad of a guy.?ÿ Could be he's in financial straits and is only asking for a few grand to coo...

4 years ago
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RE: Utah monolith

Astute observations.?ÿ Nearly no environmental acting as an attraction which is a good thing, gets people out to explore their public lands and reduce...

4 years ago
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RE: Utah monolith

I love route finding and have spent the last hour or so trying to figure out how to get to the "monolith" by the easiest route.?ÿ The key is Lockhart ...

4 years ago
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RE: Legal Description Formatting

There are no regulations concerning descriptions which is a boon in that an owner can record something as simple as "all my land north of the highway"...

4 years ago
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RE: Utah monolith

There's more than a few pranksters that will go to great effort to place monuments in remote public lands.?ÿ In my Jeepin' exploits?ÿ I've seen a fire...

4 years ago
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RE: Who should be liable?

I concur. Seen many deeds where subsurface mineral/petroleum rights are severed from a warranty deed.?ÿ 99% of them are speculative and unlikely to to...

4 years ago
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RE: Are GIS or Geomatics Professionably Licensable Fields in Your State?

I'm somewhat bothered by the GISP certificate.?ÿ It's expensive, $100 Application fee, $30 Practice Exam fee, $100 Portfolio Review fee, $250 Exam fee...

4 years ago
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RE: Time

@rover83 Nay vote from me.?ÿ Local time should roughly correspond to where the sun, etc. is in the sky.

4 years ago
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RE: Easement description question

@holy-cow Dowsing has been absolutely proven to be a fake art in scientific studies.?ÿ OTOH a local dowser may have knowledge of utilities, aquifers b...

4 years ago
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RE: Speed measurment

A bit off topic but as the County Surveyor I was recruited to "judge" a 50 balloon stampede competition as "official measurer" back in the mid seventi...

4 years ago
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RE: Burnt Out

Had an LS coworker who switched to construction project management after about 8 years of surveying.?ÿ I asked him why and he replied "I don't want to...

4 years ago
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