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Joined: January 19, 2011 10:31 am
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RE: Think Small, Win Small

Beware putting all your eggs in one basket.?ÿ I personally lost 30 grand due to the bankruptcy described?ÿ below. Baldwin Brothers bankruptcy "They al...

8 years ago
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RE: Per diem

In the early seventies I worked for a lower 48 Forest Service and when operating from our "duty station" (typically a town, ranger station or work cam...

8 years ago
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RE: Wrong category, but.................................

What you do with your personal phones is your business but I find?ÿ it irritating to be repeatedly sent to voicemail when calling a public agency's co...

8 years ago
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RE: Lazy Monuments

Here's my how lazy can you be when setting final monuments story.?ÿ Tasked with?ÿ recovering the R/W for a 1970s Interstate highway highway bridge at ...

8 years ago
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RE: So I got a call for an ALTA

Done a goodly amount of ALTAs in my career and charged plenty for doing it right.?ÿ Obviously you cannot estimate the cost until you ruminate over a c...

8 years ago
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RE: Gotta love hippy chicks

I once hauled four of a friend's goats 250 miles in my '72 VW Van by removing the middle and back seats.?ÿ It's advisable to lay straw back there; mak...

8 years ago
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RE: Construction question

I agree it's a regional/type of construction thing concerning exactly how to label a slope stake, or any stake for that matter. Worked briefly for an ...

8 years ago
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RE: Non Surveyor seen abusing total station.......

A crewmate of mine was involved in a helicopter (Bell 47) low altitude engine failure autorotation hard landing which injured his spine.?ÿ The T-2 in ...

8 years ago
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RE: Interesting Pennsylvania GIS vs. Surveyors case.

Surprised such a huge project didn't have a least one licensed LS on board.?ÿ I guess the essence is Survey Grade GPS equipment does not require licen...

8 years ago
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RE: Adverse possession/ unwritten rights?

I'm surprised that quit claim deeds aren't a viable solution when both owners have held to a common (though not of record) line by acquiescence.?ÿ I'd...

8 years ago
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RE: Adverse possession - one case

I always advise my clients with long standing adverse claims to continue their adverse claims and not pursue the issue beyond my preliminary survey wi...

8 years ago
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RE: Curta Type I - A dream come true

Unsolicited advice:?ÿ If your Curta binds up,?ÿ do not attempt disassembly, you'll never be able to put it back together. ??ÿ

8 years ago
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RE: Have you used a 500' tape?

Nope.?ÿ Mostly used 100' steel tapes. But when working for BLM we used a 300' Invar tape quite regularly if the terrain permitted it or it was require...

8 years ago
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RE: People in charge

I know nothing about UAV topo mapping but have considerable experience in traditional (pre-GPS) photogrammetric mapping and would like to conjecture w...

8 years ago
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RE: Hand Drafting

Now this is a stab from the past! In a way I miss hand drafting; mylar, the drafting arm, pounce bag, horsehair brush, leroy lettering, leather weight...

8 years ago
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RE: Pain in the neck

Posted by: Ianviola Hey guys, im currently using a nikon nivo instrument at my job. When i started we had a Leica and it was great. This nikon is kill...

8 years ago
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RE: Area

Posted by: JPH I usually make sure that new lots aren't hitting the SF to the exact minimum. Really??ÿ In large subdivisions where interior lots are r...

8 years ago
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RE: Area

Posted by: aliquot Posted by: JPH Posted by: aliquot I have never run into this problem because I would never report an acerage to a precision that a ...

8 years ago
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RE: Property owners get weird about their pins sometimes

Posted by: paden cash ?ÿ ?ÿ [?ÿ .?ÿ .?ÿ .?ÿ ] I also prepare a drawing of record showing what I did and what I used to determine the corner location.?...

8 years ago
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RE: Friday Pincushion

I get a little jumpy when a surveyor suggests the solution for a pincushioned corner is to remove those monuments which he/she does not agree with and...

8 years ago
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