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Joined: July 5, 2010 7:47 am
Last seen: June 25, 2026 3:30 pm
Topics: 1310 / Replies: 9228
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RE: weeping for our profession (or: observations from the other side of the curtain)

So, you have figured out that if a desc is CCW, that there are often other issues?I can see that. Often, if I see a guy with huge jangles hanging off ...

10 years ago
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RE: Finally retired my Trimble 5603 Robot

Tell us where it was retired::)

10 years ago
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RE: Digging in hard soil, pavement, etc,

I just ordered the "Slammer". I got the one with a chisel head. I called LL, and a number of others. No more thunderbolts. It costs an hunnerd more, f...

10 years ago
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RE: weeping for our profession (or: observations from the other side of the curtain)

Well, CCW vs CW, as I heard it, (so this is not necessarily FULLY fact), A long time ago, there was an old HP program, that had to run CW, to give you...

10 years ago
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RE: weeping for our profession (or: observations from the other side of the curtain)

flyin solo, post: 403986, member: 8089 wrote: counter-clockwise calls, for instance- those don't necessarily mean misclosure or bad boundary analysis,...

10 years ago
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RE: weeping for our profession (or: observations from the other side of the curtain)

Don't let em pound you down. "Don't let em bring you down. " [USER=6521]@Shawn Billings[/USER] I like that. N

10 years ago
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RE: Digging in hard soil, pavement, etc,

Mr. dhunter, thank you. I'll give them a try. The Slammer people are hiding. Cannot seem to locate one. (Maybe their head of sales, is in the slammer?...

10 years ago
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RE: Digging in hard soil, pavement, etc,

I should add, I used the Shonestedt Pistol on day one. And, went back with a little better metal detector. It's a bit easier to discriminate with a 72...

10 years ago
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RE: Digging in hard soil, pavement, etc,

I concluded that there was no iron marker there... Not quite like giving up. A more educated guess? I mean we dont routinely use a backhoe... But it w...

10 years ago
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RE: weeping for our profession (or: observations from the other side of the curtain)

Talking about reviewing plats. My brother, (the preacher) once found a major bust, on a shortcutted survey by my dad, that he had worked on. He wrote ...

10 years ago
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RE: Digging in hard soil, pavement, etc,

I thought an update would be in order on this job that needs (I thought) a good hole in the pavement.I went back out there, Monday, (yesterday).Took m...

10 years ago
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RE: Digging in hard soil, pavement, etc,

Update on things it looks like the Thunderbolts are all gone. So it's a Slammer tool with a chisel tip.If I can get one ordered.

10 years ago
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RE: weeping for our profession (or: observations from the other side of the curtain)

Mr Flyin Solo, I read it. I was having reactions as I read it. My thoughts are, 90% of our problems, come from 10% of the practitioners. However, 10% ...

10 years ago
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RE: Today's humorous email

Well, Thank you so much for your inquiry, dated bla bla. We are a Land Surveying Company, not a Joke factory. If you would like a serious estimate, pl...

10 years ago
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RE: Unresponsive keys on Topcon 3005LW

I have disassembled our Topcon GTS 3 about 5 times, and cleaned the contacts, with rubbing alcohol. Puts it all right. It is where the bottom of the r...

10 years ago
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RE: Today's humorous email

Well, since you were so polite to ask, I have heard that XYZ surveying, (just down the street from me) will perform such services for $ 200.00. You mi...

10 years ago
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