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Joined: January 19, 2011 10:31 am
Topics: 18 / Replies: 1106
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RE: Where's Waldo?

Posted by: Williwaw I keep running into these legal descriptions?ÿprepared by OTS people. (Other than surveyors) The latest. E1/2E1/2NW1/4SE1/3 Bit ea...

8 years ago
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RE: Homestead House

Done two or three surveys of historic Homesteads and a few more Donation Land Claim Act acquisitions.?ÿ It was long ago, but I recall the applicant ha...

8 years ago
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RE: Surveying Ethics and Conflicts of Interest

Posted by: RoosterCogburn [?ÿ .?ÿ .?ÿ .?ÿ ] He has also on several occasions threatened our job, if we didn't stay and work the extra hour, but withou...

8 years ago
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RE: The IT person was just here in my office-

What??ÿ Most of my career I spent my time trying to get *everybody* to write it in the paper job record, later when computers showed up to make sure i...

8 years ago
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RE: Lying, thieving"battery repair" guy

Slander is spoken, libel is written, and the truth is the ultimate defense.

8 years ago
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RE: Land Owners.... always complaining

Back in the day, I did a lot of area surveys for the County where dry land wheat farmers claimed herbicide overspray crop damage from roadside weed ab...

8 years ago
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RE: Traverse closure and error statistics

Of?ÿ course, scalar errors are not detected by traverse closures. Uncalibrated chain, EDM wrong barometric pressure/temperature correction, that sort ...

8 years ago
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RE: Original, undisturbed monument is off 3.5'

Posted by: Paul in PA It is quite clear that early surveyors understood that a monument set on a new line closing to an existing line does not control...

8 years ago
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RE: Separating the wheat from the chaff

Posted by: Jim Frame With regard to the 6-months-later thing:?ÿ I usually compile all the proposal research and correspondence documents into a PDF an...

8 years ago
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RE: Gold Rush

Parker also used a handheld gps to locate the boundary of his claim in season 1.?ÿ I hazily recollect he said it was only accurate to a few feet.

9 years ago
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RE: Can't wait to retire

Posted by: StLSurveyor Perhaps you can offer up your time to talk with a local Surveyor society group? ?ÿ Teach us young kids the value in the life le...

9 years ago
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RE: Can't wait to retire

I started surveying when I was 18, summers until college graduation, then full time 'till retirement at 65, a 47 year career. I was sort of a moon cow...

9 years ago
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RE: Carry A Handgun?

eapls2708, post: 455537, member: 589 wrote: I haven't often worked in high crime areas, and am nearing the point in my career that I'd consider retiri...

9 years ago
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RE: Ring Ring

Chris Bouffard, post: 455068, member: 12313 wrote: Fortunately I get paid by the hour for arguing with the clowns and educating on things they should ...

9 years ago
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RE: Historical Aerials

Many DOTs fly their corridors on a regular (5-10 year basis) uncontrolled verticals. Some also fly color obliques of active construction sites once a...

9 years ago
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