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Joined: January 19, 2011 8:31 am
Topics: 18 / Replies: 1107
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RE: Where do you carry yours?

????ÿ I've never carried while at work except in USFS bear country where it was mandated.?ÿ Your gear is not worth your life & retreat is the best...

4 years ago
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RE: Four Corners

Been there done that.?ÿ It's on Indian Land and I was slightly miffed they charge $5.00/person to view it.

4 years ago
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RE: Mr. Nice Guy finishes last, again

I think there's shades of gray.?ÿ I was Mr. Nice Guy (not concerning prices) for too long and finally woke up and slid to the center, stood my ground ...

4 years ago
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RE: Okay, Now I Feel Silly

I worked for CalTrans for 17 years and there's some nuances here.?ÿ You're referring to ROW obelisks (some poorly obelistic) and (recently, last 40 ye...

4 years ago
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RE: GPS in smoke (fires)

Nope, not significant.

4 years ago
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RE: GNSS tilt compensation - what gives?

I'm talking through my hat but think that a true ground plane antenna is much larger than any pole mounted receiver, which have simple patch antenna(s...

4 years ago
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RE: GNSS tilt compensation - what gives?

I'm not familiar with the tilt compensated GNSS equipment but wonder how far you can "tilt" before the observation degrades.?ÿ For example, what if yo...

4 years ago
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RE: Rifle Barrel for Corner

Oddest monument I've accepted is a plow moldboard embedded in a dying black locust tree.?ÿ It was near the boundary between?ÿ two large agricultural p...

4 years ago
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RE: Sitting quietly in the morning

Oh yes hummingbird feeders are attractants for less than hummingbirds, including rats, roadrunners & various other birds, wasps & bees, ants a...

4 years ago
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RE: Transit leveling problem

How do you do that?

4 years ago
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RE: Post-Moderated Posts

We had a battery powered mini vacuum cleaner that we'd use to vacuum off our T-2 theodolite before putting it back in the bullet canister in dry dusty...

4 years ago
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RE: Advertising? Unprofessional? Unethical?

Google "land surveyors near me."

4 years ago
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RE: Writing Deeds

As a Land Surveyor I prepare descriptions, not Deeds.?ÿ Attorneys, Courts, Banks, R/W Agents, Title Companies and private landowners write Deeds. I a...

4 years ago
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RE: Does a public utility company have the right to occupy this easement?

@bajaor Ah CalTrans.  They've got the most vicious lawyer dept.  In the early 21st century when acquiring new R/W by either purchase or cond...

4 years ago
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RE: China Sends Surveyors to Mt. Everest Due to COVID-19 Lockdown

This picture confuses me.?ÿ It does not look like a GNSS receiver.?ÿ The round black thingies look like cataphotes but the cables imply it's an active...

4 years ago
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RE: Sequential Subdivisions Scrivener Error in Deed = Modern Day Problems

Your post is confusing me, and I've done sequential subdivisions involving 2,000+ lots & several years work.?ÿ But in particular what do you mean ...

4 years ago
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RE: BMs in Trees

@not-my-real-name  Yep, I did some work inside RR R/W and we all had to attend a half day seminar and take an easy test so we got a sticker to pu...

4 years ago
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RE: Plastic Survey Caps

Plastic caps don't do well in wildfire country either.

4 years ago
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RE: Names: why do people do this to their children

This may be a repeat but the town obstetrician I knew (RIP)?ÿ was named Peter Strange. A neighbor's Dad had a middle name of "O".?ÿ When surveying on...

4 years ago
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