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@party-chef
Joined: July 1, 2010 8:29 pm
Last seen: November 17, 2024 2:11 am
Topics: 11 / Replies: 955
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RE: You guys are going to think I'm nuts, but here goes...

The folks that are here will follow the site wherever. Surveyor connect is certainly the most definitive name, perhaps that would help attract new us...

4 years ago
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RE: Optical plummet tribrach on a Geomax Zoom 90 with laser plummet.

I have had the idea that a nice way to run things would be tribrachs with no plummet, simple adapters with no plummet, one of these plummets for setti...

4 years ago
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RE: Burnt Out

I think that there are lots of other professions where the survey skill set would be a asset, whether or not the individuals in hire and fire position...

4 years ago
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RE: Rubba dub dub

I do not know how they do it.?ÿ If your instruments are getting scuffed in the box maybe you need to clean the foam inserts.?ÿ

4 years ago
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RE: What the heck am I missing????

What's even more fun is working for these clowns and having them pretend that you can somehow get the fieldwork done in the budget allotted.?ÿ ?ÿ

4 years ago
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RE: Which one are you?

I happen to be in the market for six panhead screws at the moment and am trying not to be the kind of person to use wood screws instead. I may well di...

4 years ago
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RE: Leica Captivate - Stake to the line

@mjs Also in smartworx but dunno about the new stuff is Shift-Position 2D or 3D. If you wanted to get even deeper you could create an alignment in Ro...

4 years ago
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RE: Survey crew ahead signs

@dave-karoly Maybe we should have PUT DOWN THE PHONE AND DRIVE THOUGHTFULLY signs, or POOR OLD SURVEYOR WONDERING AROUND IN TRAFFIC AHEAD?ÿ I agree ...

4 years ago
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RE: Leica Captivate - Stake to the line

@jph Gotcha, there was a lot of hate for that pricing system. That, poor support literature, and salespeople pushing Carlson turned a lot of users a...

4 years ago
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RE: Leica Captivate - Stake to the line

You gotta pay to play, unlike most I thought the old model was neat. Buy what you need and leave the rest, heck for two hundred bucks you could buy re...

4 years ago
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RE: Leica Captivate - Stake to the line

Also know that in configure you can change to "toward line/arc" if you are in stake. It comes in handy sometimes.?ÿ

4 years ago
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RE: Acceptable practice?

@bill93 So it is, I think you just helped me see the light. I always thought that the inference was that they were equivalent. Thanks

4 years ago
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RE: Leica Captivate - Stake to the line

I have not used captivate, but in smartworx you would go Reference Line -measure to line- And then shoot for perp distance to zero for the CL, or what...

4 years ago
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RE: Acceptable practice?

@bill93 There is indeed, here and in associations all over I am sure. The practice is common however suggesting that not all are in alignment. My bo...

4 years ago
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RE: Acceptable practice?

I thought we were supposed to hold the mons in the street, accept but virtually move the found corners and stick the calculated position regardless. /...

4 years ago
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RE: Survey crew ahead signs

To get through you drivers with traffic control devices is something of an art, try to go by the book and you will need a whole other truck and crew f...

4 years ago
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RE: Survey crew ahead signs

I am of the opinion that if I get hit by a car or cause an accident by being in the street that it will be better from the legal perspective if I have...

4 years ago
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RE: Related to the Related to "Trouble finding help post"...

I can dig it but beware of the elixir of nostalgia, some of them old piss and vinegar types can take that anger with them into the sunset as far as I ...

4 years ago
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RE: Hi, greetings from Cordoba Argentina

Hello, Looks like an interesting place, you could be on either coast within a couple days of driving. I have been wanting to visit Uruguay for decade...

4 years ago
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RE: Case of the moving corners

@mightymoe I dig it. Thought someone would be coming after you for moving monuments is all.?ÿ

4 years ago
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