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OleManRiver
OleManRiver
@olemanriver
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Joined: February 13, 2020 8:56 am
Last seen: October 13, 2026 11:29 pm
Topics: 123 / Replies: 2660
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RE: My Least squares adjustment needs fixin'

How far are your traverse distances and are you considering curvature and refraction? At say a good balance bs and fs they can cancel each other out a...

5 years ago
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RE: Where did you go to college and would you recommend it? Did anyone select interning instead of a degree?

@jitterboogie I had a Gunny in the USMC that use to say that on deployments. But I usually had to wake him up as he could sleep standing up. ?ÿI would...

5 years ago
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RE: My new Wild T2

@jon-payne If I can remember we always avoided setting close to 0. Reasons were to keep from making a math blunders with direct and reverse readings. ...

5 years ago
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RE: My new Wild T2

Donƒ??t worry about it being tricky in the backseat of a car. That wooden box and bullet case can withstand jumping out of a plane. Literally! ?ÿI kno...

5 years ago
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RE: DiNi Leveling Wall Targets - Discrepancy between Robot and DiNi

First lets go in order. If you canƒ??t get the dini to level then that needs adjustment first. It has been many years but I would set dini up and use ...

5 years ago
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RE: Carlson Survey Drawing Template and F2F Files

@tfdoubleyou well If you get it all figured out please please share the secret with me. ?ÿI run a small herd of breeding stock of cows. ?ÿMake hay for...

5 years ago
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RE: Carlson Survey Drawing Template and F2F Files

Well one thing is for sure. ?ÿYou are a true professional and have integrity. Because you made the choice not to steal from where you left. Thats an h...

5 years ago
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RE: It's real and it's spectacular

@bill93 my dad made me put potatoes and aluminum foil on top he rabbit ears and go and hold the antenna while he watched his show. ?ÿI was the remote ...

5 years ago
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RE: Trying to decide what to do

@holy cow has stated some very wise advice. ?ÿThat list was full if wisdom. ?ÿI started out many years ago and ended up going a different route so I a...

5 years ago
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RE: Anyone here survey out of a van

I have always thought that a cab n chassis 4x4 single rear wheel would be nice. Do a custom box sort of like the omaha or service bodies. The reason i...

5 years ago
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RE: DiNi Leveling Wall Targets - Discrepancy between Robot and DiNi

Is your level loop .02 feet or .02 cm either way if the didni is pegged and adjusted you should be able to run a very far distance level runs using ap...

5 years ago
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RE: Insect Repellent Clothing?

They gave us that stuff to drink when I was in the USMC lol. I am fine. ?ÿJust kidding but before deploying and or field exercises I used that stuff a...

5 years ago
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RE: One thing leads to another. Sequences Atv Utv on the Job.

My brother trains horse and has a few ready to go. I am sure with a good horse or mule your worries would be over. And with the rising fuel cost it ma...

5 years ago
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RE: Old-School Surveying

@holy-cow yes sorry carbine carbide all close on this darn smart phone thatƒ??s not very smart. ?ÿ Calcium carbide. My great uncle was a big coon hunt...

5 years ago
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RE: Old-School Surveying

@stlsurveyor do they still have the T-3ƒ??s. Those are what I liked the most. We had them still in my USMC days. I was getting my old survey books out...

5 years ago
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RE: Old-School Surveying

@gene-kooper ?ÿcarbine light. ?ÿ ?ÿThats what goes on the head ???? ?ÿ Rigged up an old one for my daughter to see how they worked. ?ÿWho needs a fan-...

5 years ago
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RE: The Geodesy Crisis

@john-hamilton 100% agree. Some people are motivators, create the enthusiasm and desire for an individual that has a flame already they just help guid...

5 years ago
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RE: The Geodesy Crisis

@john-nolton well one of the best instructors. In the way I had to do the work and was not given my grade but had to earn it. Many professors I witnes...

5 years ago
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RE: The Geodesy Crisis

Lets look at some facts. ?ÿLand Surveyors are great at what they do. But some donƒ??t understand GPS. They assume they have done geodetic work because...

5 years ago
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RE: A question for the old school

Uhmmmmm There were T-1 and T-1A same with T-3 and T-3A not all were inverted. We had both inverted and non inverted in the USMC. ?ÿ T-2 I canƒ??t reme...

5 years ago
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