That is hard to believe. Depleted uranium was used in thermonuclear bombs to increase yield due to its low price but the cost/benefit/weight numbers ...
I correct myself.?ÿ ?ÿThe typical active warheads in Trident and Minuteman missiles are 100 and 170 kilotons, but some Minuteman ICBMs are fitted with...
Not true.?ÿ Conventional munitions fail against hardened targets if they miss by150+ feet.?ÿ Even 25 kiloton nuclear bombs are not 100% effective with...
@jim-frame?ÿ Both the old '70s Thomas Guide maps and when bought out by Rand McNally had "Easter Egg" errors for copyright protection.?ÿ Personally, I...
Nope, never establish a BM on a hydrant, the FD endlessly fiddles with standpipe height, replacement hydrants, upgrades etc.?ÿ Not reliable in the lon...
When spirit running levels on roads we'd pop a RR spike into a telephone/power pole a few tenths above ground level in difficult terrain where turtles...
I may have told this story before but my strangest owner assisted monument find was in Central Idaho in the early 70s, USFS land partitioned property....
I've sunburnt the roof of my mouth when high altitude snow mountaineering.?ÿ The reflection from the snow gets in because you're mouth breathing as yo...
Beyond the threat of skin cancer is the fact that daily exposure of skin to intense sunlight over decades ultimately turns it into crepe.?ÿ I spent 25...
PMs beware you don't step over the line if you're a union shop.?ÿ I was used to walking into the office precisely @ the 7:30 start time and on the roa...
I'm surprised about how many GPS surveyors don't realize this.?ÿ At many GPS seminars the speaker will ask the crowd to point along the GPS ECEF z-axi...
Cell phones in coverage areas?ÿ ?ÿ(99% of the US) are the cat's meow.?ÿ Voice, data, etc. low latency, at?ÿ low cost.?ÿ If you're out in the boonies t...
@aliquot Um, the Cliff Notes concerning the situation: I did not blame or deride the clerk. I took my concerns to the Dept. Head, who ignored me. I...
I once visited a State Highway District office survey records counter and after a few rings on the buzzer the clerk appeared from underneath some shel...
Peripheral to this discussion but I think all ROS and Subdivision maps should be a unique Mylar or vellum?ÿ with actual with wet signatures which is f...
@mathteacher?ÿ ?ÿIt's not just traffic cops, there's gotta be a lot more beat cops working the streets to put the fear into?ÿ small time muggers they ...
I've lived in the same spot since 1998 and back then crime was nonexistent.?ÿ Fast forward and demographics have changed so now theft and burglary is ...
Back in the fieldbook days I lost a fieldbook from its belt holster jumping over a creek and watched it go downstream. Four months later a fisherman f...
In general more antenna gain is achieved by an increase in directionality.?ÿ For example, a mundane parabolic antenna might achieve a +28dbi gain but ...
Totally against mandatory "narratives" on record maps.?ÿ Never done it because I cite record measurements and cite provenance of every found monument,...
