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peter-lothian
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Joined: December 2, 2011 11:32 am
Last seen: June 4, 2026 12:45 pm
Topics: 63 / Replies: 1163
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RE: Typical Construction Schedule

@norman-oklahoma I have not found that to be a problem so far. The legalization of marijuana in Mass. is only a few years old, so maybe that will chan...

4 years ago
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RE: Expert Measurements

There probably is an official road layout - buried in the town meeting record books from the days of hooved transportation. How many days for obscure ...

4 years ago
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RE: Setting "In-Line" iron stakes

Highways around here often had "intermediate bounds" so there was originally no more than roughly 6-800' between bounds set for the taking. Both on lo...

4 years ago
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RE: Basic Behavioral Procedures in Court for Surveyors (or any other reason for you being there)

Wow, I never heard of a state that allows jurors to vote by absentee ballot! ?ÿ

4 years ago
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RE: Mistakes happen

Has anybody else noticed the contractor's name on the architect's plan? ???œ

4 years ago
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RE: TIN Question

^^^ This, exactly. I see no reason not to supply an engineer with a TIN that you have full confidence in. Your liability would be no different than if...

4 years ago
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RE: Fences

@jp7191 The fence viewers don't get much action these days, since farming is now a rare use of land around here. I think in most towns the fence viewe...

4 years ago
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RE: Fences

@not-my-real-name since you practice in Massachusetts, you might find the state law on fences and the office of fence viewer revealing - M.G.L. Chapte...

4 years ago
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RE: Interesting Deed Calls

In the example above, it does not matter, but there are 160 square rods to an acre. If the square rod value were 99 instead of 3, we would be at 0.2 a...

4 years ago
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RE: Fitting Record Drawing to Field Points

The Primacode program works great at this task. It's standalone from CAD. You work with coordinate files. Extremely flexible and capable software. I a...

4 years ago
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RE: Interesting Deed Calls

I believe it is square rods, and square links. And it does matter what order you consider the operation. sq. ft. = (3R + 4L)(3R + 4L) = 9RR + 24RL + ...

4 years ago
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RE: I got some splainin to do

Not seeing any updates led me to believe you had achieved perfection with the forum. Not having any complaints, I was happy with that illusion. Have ...

4 years ago
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RE: Greeting - Survey Question Please Help

Also, be aware that the Northing value is also the Y value in the traditional coordinate grid of mathematics. Likewise Easting is the X value. Like s...

4 years ago
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RE: The Cut Sheet newsletter: Should I keep doing it? Why or why not?

I don't post much, but I do read the forum daily during the work week, so I've already seen the threads I'm interested in by the time the email comes ...

4 years ago
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RE: 10 Acre parcel.

And you said, "Put down a big deposit, I'm not waiting for the land to sell to get paid." OR "I've decided not to take on this job. You will need to...

4 years ago
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RE: Insurance for solo shops

That clause is your first layer of protection. The E & O insurance is the second layer. How thick do you need the second layer to be? You might wa...

4 years ago
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RE: Tax parcel number vs description

Exactly this ^^^^ Encourage your client to push the town to issue corrective deeds for the two lots. It will bite him in the tookus later when he tri...

4 years ago
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