There is a portion of Indian Territory here in Oklahoma where the center of section was placed (circa 1880) mid-point between the east and west quarte...
@norman-oklahoma?ÿ We've got something similar down here also, but we call it "de-tox" and it's usually by invitation only.
I'm very impressed with Mr. Osa's painting "Boundary Line".?ÿ ?ÿ I looked him up and found other good works he's done.?ÿ I like this one too:
Been a while for me also.?ÿ I always had the best luck by asking the "end user" of my staking exactly what it was they were needing.?ÿ No need to get ...
I never did business with anybody with a thick Calcutta accent either.?ÿ And I don't consider it anywhere near wrong to be wary or think that way.?ÿ O...
OK Minimum Standards (circa 1985) state all surveyed bearings to be DMS on plats and surveys.?ÿ?ÿ
I get them every day.?ÿ They're aggravating.?ÿ It's difficult to believe someone with such a thick Hindi accent is really named Larry.?ÿ Sometimes I t...
My favorite hunting story includes my older brother Holden.?ÿ He and I had joined in with four or five others to hunt for a short week in Western OK.?...
The flip side of telling someone you "used to be a surveyor" can be fun also.?ÿ From time to time I run upon other surveyor's field hands toiling away...
@james-vianna?ÿ Early in my career before I was licensed I wandered through a mess of different jobs trying to find something that "fit".?ÿ I left th...
Welcome to the "lost & found" of professions. ;)?ÿ The reason I quoted you there is because I probably know more surveyors that "fell" into surve...
Really, if I won the lottery I'd pay it on my wife's MasterCard.?ÿ Then I'd call them and tell them I'll send the balance when I get it.
Looks yummy.?ÿ Love the trivet. My chicken soup recipe has a wallop of smoked paprika and cayenne that gives it a definite ruddy tint.
I once worked for a rather grumpy PC.?ÿ There were four of us on the crew and we gave him all the deserved hell we could.?ÿ?ÿ One day we were in the ...
Good question.?ÿ At my age I probably would stop surveying.?ÿ My answer might be different if I was twenty years or so younger. PS - I used to have a...
A good friend of mine is a retired professor and land surveyor from the local university.?ÿ He taught for years and is still active on the talk circui...
@cyril-turner?ÿ Had a work order a couple of years ago that was providing big primary electric service to a small and rather drab looking concrete bl...
@dougie?ÿ I could wear a speedo if I wanted....on my wrist.
I was up in Beaver Co. in the "Oklahoma Baja" on US 64 working for the highway department.?ÿ It was a lousy winter day with a high temp of about 10 ab...
