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Topics: 18 / Replies: 1107
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RE: Fence remnant

I agree with JPH and others above.?ÿ The surveyor's mandate is to serve the public.?ÿ If my client and a neighbor tell me different stories I'll not f...

3 years ago
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RE: Corner Accessories

I don't doubt Region 1 requires it.?ÿ Only trying to point out it wasn't common in the seventies to paint blazes and there's arborist's reasons not to...

3 years ago
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RE: Corner Accessories

My perspective is outdated in that I was active in the USFS & BLM in the seventies; though I clearly recall we did not paint blazes as that would ...

3 years ago
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RE: Scam calls clustered on random days

I've been wireless for a decade with very few spam calls except for the rare solicitations from political parties, local police/firefighter orgs etc.?...

3 years ago
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RE: I think I'm going crazy...

Is was a big consumer of Stouffer's frozen creamed chipped beef over a toasted biscuit, 10 minute prep time with a microwave and toaster oven, yummy.?...

3 years ago
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RE: Climbing Chain Link Fences

Around here add a 1/2 day "class" which you're charged for.?ÿ It includes such tidbits as hardhat/proper boots/orange vest required,?ÿ what the semaph...

3 years ago
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RE: Corner Accessories

On living trees the tree will heal and cover a nail, spike, etc. with bark in a few decades. In the forested West healthy trees of the right age (fair...

3 years ago
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RE: Collectors: please help me price a Gurley

The earliest reference I can find to a (wooden) subtense bar is the 1880s, not the 1700s as the OP stated.

3 years ago
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RE: Collectors: please help me price a Gurley

A Roelofs prism is attached to the objective lens, not the ocular lens.

3 years ago
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RE: Asking for a friend

Only done a few industrial factory layouts.?ÿ Handled all the exterior staking, precise concrete pads and ibeam column penetrations, and spent several...

3 years ago
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RE: Understanding a Survey

Done a lot of preliminary surveys using a compass (Jacob's Staff) and tape and that's the way to interpret the record compass bearings *except*: Dec...

3 years ago
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RE: Fed up with Foresters

I stand corrected(?).?ÿ A four year BS Forestry degree in California substitutes year for year in accruing the seven year experience requirement to si...

3 years ago
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RE: Fed up with Foresters

Not in California.?ÿ The Board of Forestry (and Fire Protection) license qualification requirements here are: (b) Furnish evidence of having complet...

3 years ago
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RE: Marking semi-permanent control points on masonry

For setting a "monument" anybody still drill a small hole in concrete (usually sidewalk or curb), then pack sponge lead into the hole with a hammer an...

3 years ago
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RE: Marking semi-permanent control points on masonry

I'd be wary of scribing crosses on window sills, could be liable for damages by an irate tenant.?ÿ If necessary I'd scribe it subtly and rub the eject...

3 years ago
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RE: Marking semi-permanent control points on masonry

Me too.?ÿ Also used my bob to dig in hardpan and gravelly clay.?ÿ But doing so wears down the bob tip so it needs regular replacement.?ÿ Oh, also forg...

3 years ago
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RE: Location Maps

This just in!?ÿ From Washington State: "As previously announced, WAC 332-130 is being revised.?ÿ The proposed revisions are: ?ÿRemoving the require...

3 years ago
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RE: Fed up with Foresters

Surveyed for two decades in Idaho, Washington and Oregon for the USFS pre-GPS and timber cruiser surveys were laughably inaccurate.?ÿ Their technique ...

3 years ago
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RE: Pittsburgh Bridge Collapse

You're suffering from the "Twinkie Myth".?ÿ Twinkies original "best by" date was only 25 days (45 days now), beyond which their taste and texture degr...

3 years ago
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