No one has mentioned the danger or the noise. There are about a hundred more ways to die when working construction. No sewer line is worth dying for. ...

I like my Pentel Graph Gear 1000. Pros:Good grip and weightFluid writing(and best of all) tip retracts into the pencil so if you drop it the tip will ...

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Reminds me of this island owned by Finland and Sweden.

Also check out Big Map Blog for tons of hi-def old maps.

Not just Galveston, other major cities like Seattle and Chicago had similar projects.

Seattle 31 points ?

Tell him about the James Randi Million Dollar Challenge.

Hey, at least its not The Magic Roundabout (wikipedia)

Valdivia is a nice city with a good microbrewery. Maybe that's what the workers were drinking.

His article in Professional Surveyor magazine entitle "A New Datum" is also good for reading about some future changes in the works. Its in the August...

but those records are quite boreing

I used to work with a bike messenger in Portland, he had so many stories about dealing with homeless there. He'd always say that you gotta be careful ...