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The small rotary hammer drills with quick release head and tapcons set flush is the best for the mason, is efficient, and you never have to worry abou...
I thought about writing a long preamble attesting to the fact that I don't know you at all and am only going by the words you've written in this threa...
@thebionicman?ÿ I never suggested we should ignore it or not spend large amounts of time trying to understand it.?ÿ I'm only saying that there has ne...
@michigan-left?ÿ I can understand how you've arrived at your interpretation of a surveyor's role.?ÿ It is certainly reasonable that a PLS should conc...
This is an excellent reminder of how different things are between our practice areas. I'm researching a boundary in the coastal plains of NC that pro...
@beuckie?ÿ Not all field personnel have the same skill level as you. I'd be fine with you running a DC adjustment on a one off project that you took...
When I purchased Star*Net, my thoughts were on the adjustment aspect.?ÿ At that time, I didn't have control of the equipment or methods of all field c...
How best to educate??ÿ Certainly a difficult question that has the potential to tread into difficult, and perhaps unpleasant, waters.?ÿ Should the siz...
Elementary Surveying: An Introduction to Geomatics, is timeless and can be taught in a procession of classes.?ÿ?ÿ My professor had us sign out his as...
I'm not sure I understand what you're asking, but it sounds like you are looking for a way to assess true accuracy.?ÿ Explore the National Geodetic Su...
I like to see the actual measurements as apposed to to just rounding up or down to the record measurement.?ÿ I don't have any difficulty understanding...
@fairbanksls?ÿ That's exactly what happened to me.?ÿ I looked at deed calls to a cucumber tree, then to a lynnwood and just scratched my head. I kno...
I never realized surveying was so bad.?ÿ I can remember grading potatoes and thinking that was a drag.?ÿ Piling 4ft pulp wood with a birch hook wasn't...
If I have to learn about the PLSS you Westerners absolutely need to learn about compound leaves, leaflets, opposite vs alternate, etc..?ÿ I took a for...
@lurker?ÿ The surveyor isn't creating anything, the road is already there, the plat provides intent, the actions of the humans, the only thing that a...
Mark Mayer has the answer I'd run with. It provides a reasonable justification for solving a problem instead of turning neighbors against one another....
NC Flood Inundation Mapping (FIMAN) Quality mapping saves lives, saves money, draws businesses, and in general make it easier to make good decisions....
Two thumbs up on 19 Thermidor CCXXX
I few years ago I read that Sir Richard Branson of Virgin this-and-that, modified his benefits program to allow unlimited paid vacation for upper mana...