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Joined: January 19, 2011 8:31 am
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RE: UPPER or Lower?

All UPPER annotation here; we're not writing novels, we're making maps, where a single illegible character is a problem.?ÿ And at the minimum allowabl...

5 years ago
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RE: Chainsaw sharpeners

Yup, especially considering 25' of saw chain is only $150 which should last a shorter saw for 5 years or so if you put a brand new chain on every year...

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RE: Chainsaw sharpeners

That's obtuse.?ÿ Can you expand on that??ÿ I carried a round file to brush off burrs from accidental dirt contact in the field but could never actuall...

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RE: Chainsaw sharpeners

I'm skeptical compared to a jig sharpener and it apparently uses a proprietary flat file for the depth gauges with a fixed depth which cannot be adjus...

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RE: Chainsaw sharpeners

While surveying in the Forest Service (age 22) our engineering dept. got activated to a fire crew for three weeks during a big fire season.?ÿ Got buss...

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RE: Accuacies of vernier transits

Spent a lot of time using vernier transits and winding up several repeat observations followed by winding down with the 'scope inverted for distant ob...

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RE: Befuddlement

When I was in the privates we got a lot of calls from folks looking for Elevation Certs for obvious floodable land.?ÿ Clearly not worth it to them to ...

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RE: DC-3 (C-47)

????ÿ I looked up the C-205 Owner's Manual and in part it reads:?ÿ Starting engine - electric fuel pump on LO - start engine - turn electric fuel pum...

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RE: Snake Boots

I surveyed for years in rattlesnake country and we wore high boots because of chiggers.?ÿ I've only encountered three rattlers where it scared me beca...

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RE: Another first

Yup, got a check for $48,000 when I was expecting $4,800.?ÿ Sat on it for a few days waiting for a phone call or stop payment, then deposited it which...

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RE: Spellcheck People

Ouch.?ÿ The plural form of?ÿsoftware?ÿis?ÿsoftware. This is true even when youƒ??re referring to multiple programs.?ÿSoftwares?ÿ(with an?ÿS?ÿat the e...

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RE: Earthquake

@loyal  Yep, it was pretty big deal.  I'd moved to Seattle by then and suffered no ill effects, but touring the area a decade later was an e...

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RE: Earthquake

@holy-cow?ÿ Worked for Boise National Forest in the seventies based out of Lowman, Id. & a weekend trip to Stanley (60 miles) to spend an evening ...

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RE: Description advice

Assuming it's miles of easement requiring multiple sheets, tie your centerline to the old strip boundary only twice per sheet, at convenient points ne...

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RE: Land owner notification calls

@mightymoe  Nope, right of entry for land surveyors is absolute, the owner cannot charge a fee/permit for entry.  Sure, post entry damages a...

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RE: Land owner notification calls

Over 40 years I've operated in right to enter without notice States, seen the evolution to a half-assed serve notice laws, then proceed if no response...

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RE: Knowing where to stand...

Oh I forgot, there was a sign at the entrance that stated "maximum occupancy 150 people by order of the CHD" and a forlorn Fire Department guy was the...

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RE: Knowing where to stand...

My weekly visit to the grocery store today revealed some changes.?ÿ They've set aside 2 hours/day M-F for old folks only, a godsend compared to the cr...

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RE: Statistics will be changing

In theory, if isolation quarantine?ÿ was conducted perfectly no new cases would be possible after 14-21 days.?ÿ Unfortunately, essential workers, nece...

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