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Joined: January 19, 2011 8:31 am
Topics: 18 / Replies: 1107
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RE: Careful what you show

I've been fished by attorneys and with prior alert if?ÿ it's my client's attorney I'll stay on the line and answer fact questions, but no more.?ÿ Some...

4 years ago
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RE: Field Note Retension

That is golden. No redundancy, reasonably inaccurate significant figures, field fit in place during construction for finicky appliances.?ÿ Owners want...

4 years ago
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RE: Field Note Retension

Oh how wrong you are.?ÿ Records kept in the normal course of business with provenance are respected by the courts and land surveyor fieldbooks are hel...

4 years ago
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RE: Field Note Retension

1970s to 1980s Rite-in-the-Rain bound fieldbooks with proper pencil only notations (which cannot be obliterated without an original strikeout) with ac...

4 years ago
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RE: Surveying Ethics and Conflicts of Interest

@paden-cash  I live in a metropolis and it costs roughly 10 million dollars a year to run the system beyond fare revenues, advertising income, et...

4 years ago
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RE: Smoots & other units

I know what a Smoot is.?ÿ Still confused as to exactly what a vara is in Texas.

4 years ago
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RE: Unbeliveable - Ligado Decision is Done, Move On

I'm a bit confused concerning the present situation.?ÿ The FCC approved Ligado's application in mid-April.?ÿ After congressional hearings thirty-two U...

5 years ago
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RE: Railroad ROW w/ Searles Spirals

I've run in to railroad spiral curves a dozen times; did not know they're called Searles Spirals; we called 'em track transition curves.?ÿ An interest...

5 years ago
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RE: I'm no wheelchair engineer, but.............................

I've wheelchair bound friends who like me (ambulatory) are sometimes aghast at the huge expense of marginal access improvements dictated by ADA requir...

5 years ago
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RE: Post-Covid apocalyptic move...hypothetical

@holy-cow?ÿ 'Dat true.?ÿ I have 2 acres in Nosara near the beach with road access, water & electricity.?ÿ It was stolen by a fraud involving my lo...

5 years ago
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RE: Indian Reservations Blocking State and Federal Highways

Ha, I knew the County would back down! "After originally saying she would work to prevent the tribal casinos from reopening, Dr. Wilma Wooten backtra...

5 years ago
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RE: Scanning Mylars / File Format

I'm a self professed expert at scanning record survey documents, having personally done or controlled contracts for scanning over 700,000 documents.?ÿ...

5 years ago
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RE: Traveling During the Age of Covid

Assuming you're using an actual medical mask instead of a homemade one (which are much less effective, but still worth wearing if you have nothing els...

5 years ago
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RE: Indian Reservations Blocking State and Federal Highways

While some are blocking Federal and State highways due to coronavirus risk some other tribes are feeling the pinch and plan to reopen their casinos ne...

5 years ago
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RE: Cleaning Catfish

Catfish is a delicacy and they can be big fish?ÿ so there's lots of meat if you fish a pole catch (or noodle) a big one.?ÿ I'll add a pair of pliers t...

5 years ago
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RE: Chairman Pai Circulates Draft Order To Approve Ligado's Application

@gisjoel  Watched about 1 hour of the hearing (by skipping ahead when it got repetitive or technical ((I know the charts))) and I think Legado is...

5 years ago
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RE: Dealing with unreasonable people

Not how it works around here. Both the City Police force and the County Deputy Sheriffs will provide an escort if requested, *but* charge you for thei...

5 years ago
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RE: Dealing with unreasonable people

"An estimated 26% of Americans ages 18 and older -- about 1 in 4 adults -- suffers from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year." So it's likel...

5 years ago
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RE: Cart B4 the horse or over optomism

Been on both sides of the counter concerning ROSs. As a checker I'd march down the Checklist of elements required by statute, check using map closure...

5 years ago
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