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RE: Best quote of the day from Surveyor Connect

@bill93?ÿ Depends on what kind of pie you're making.

3 years ago
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RE: The best business advice I ever received..

!5 years ago the contractor wanted $12K.?ÿ I got him down to his cost of the mud and $3K for a day with a ground lumper, front-loader and haul truck. ...

3 years ago
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RE: The best business advice I ever received..

I feel the same way. ******* There used to be a large consulting firm in OKC that had scads of surveying work but never kept their own crews.?ÿ And ...

3 years ago
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RE: True confession

Used to work with an ex-artillery spotter as my i-man.?ÿ I never could cotton to his use of the term "klicks".?ÿ I doubt if he even knew what a furlon...

3 years ago
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RE: What are the top 5 things a Survey Party Chief needs to know...

Honesty is probably the number one desirable trait in my book for an employee, especially a PC. *********** When I was a young pup I made it to the ...

3 years ago
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RE: The best business advice I ever received..

I too spent years construction staking.?ÿ There was always work and I was good at it.?ÿ I'm not so sure I agree with your "highest profit" comment, bu...

3 years ago
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RE: Living dangerously today

@rankin_file?ÿ Probably not a good thing with which to tell a good story.?ÿ But some of my most cringe-worthy and white-knuckled memories involved th...

3 years ago
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RE: In case yer bored......

@holy-cow Been there, got the t-shirt.?ÿ?ÿ

3 years ago
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RE: An old man's ramblings after 40 yrs surveying

@flga-2-2?ÿ I've used just about everything imaginable to get mud and debris out of a hole.?ÿ Surplus stores used to sell small tin cups with a handl...

3 years ago
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RE: Living dangerously today

@holy-cow?ÿ For some reason my youngest son was drawn to the bull-riding-rodeo thing while he was in HS.?ÿ I wanted him to experience things for hims...

3 years ago
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RE: Living dangerously today

Cowpunchers around here aren't necessarily identified by their hat.?ÿ Most I've seen wear dirt ball caps but this time of year there are a few wearing...

3 years ago
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RE: Vicinity Map Source

One of my clients requires a vicinity map.?ÿ Although actually contractually undefined, we've settled on a little square representing the section with...

3 years ago
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RE: Heatwave

@warrenward?ÿ On hot summer afternoons as a young man in the early '60s my friends I used to ride our bikes down to the grass airstrip south of town ...

3 years ago
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RE: Brazoria County Texas Deed Records

Third party card processors are common, at least around here.?ÿ I have an on-line subscription to a records service for several small counties that do...

3 years ago
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RE: Revocation of License or Board Discipline

I've always wondered about this line in our Oklahoma Statutes (Sec. 475.18) concerning behavior that is considered contrary to our rules of profession...

3 years ago
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RE: Revocation of License or Board Discipline

In the last 25 years Oklahoma has had 29 surveyors lose their surveying licensure.?ÿ Ten were revoked by the state board, 4 were suspended and 15 volu...

3 years ago
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RE: Our wine this month

A published review noted this about the wine: "The nose offers dried red cherry, black plums, raisins, and other dark fruit, with both fresh and drie...

3 years ago
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RE: Available for at least 5 years

@jflamm?ÿ Interesting tid-bit:?ÿ Lots of old Powerglide trannies have found a permanent home at the dragstrip.?ÿ Chevy's old two-speed automatic gear...

3 years ago
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