Here's Jed Clampett's contribution to my vernacular:

Use the old formula to intersect the two grades. (the existing ground determined by two shots and the proposed slope).

...It sucks to get old, but sucks even more to BE OLD! I can spend far too much time dwelling on being old if I let myself. Throughout my s...

@holy-cow Who knew? Cool. You were always good for a "rest of the story" style yarn. I remember the Slapout store from the early sixties. We liv...

@holy-cow I've driven no man's land in a snow storm. It's not for the faint of heart. My mind was full of thoughts like wondering what my body wou...

@mightymoe Occasionally here in OK with winter cyclones we get snow on the front side of the storm and then the dry "backside" ushers in the dust fr...

Yesterday evening and last night were tough. Although it was a "clear" day it looked overcast, even with sixty mph winds. Visibility was around a qua...

35.2208°, -97.4437° The cultural mecca of the southern plains, Norman, OK.

I've been looking for something on which to throw away money so my kids don't get it all...Maybe I'll become the new mayor of Bust. ps - I wonder if ...

A man prays that he might win the lottery. Every night, he prays to God, "Please Lord, let me win the lottery tomorrow". Years go by and the man conti...

Retirement will definitely tax the limits of a couple's ability to get along.?ÿ These last few years my wife has become an expert at listening to (and...

Beautiful.?ÿ What a collection. The GLO survey of the Indian & Oklahoma Territories began around 1871 after the Initial Point was established by ...

@jim-frame?ÿ I worked with a young man in the late '80s that was our office "computer whiz".?ÿ At the time he was finishing his degree in mechanical ...

Dave, The way I manage the files is in the Windows File Manager from the OS menu.?ÿ I really don't think there is a way to delete job files from with...

I've done a good amount of GPS work around APs, both civil and military.?ÿ While multipath from fences and hangars can be a factor at times the few di...

I watched Henne put on his helmet and take the field yesterday after the Jags special teams did an excellent job of nailing their punt deep.?ÿ I whisp...

Stepping in other surveyor's poop is always aggravating...stepping in your own is always a special kind of humility. Depending on what's going on the...

?ÿ It appears that chainman, moundman, axman & flagman are all one word...at least according to official government survey records.?ÿ And althou...