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P.L.Parsons
@plparsons
Joined: July 1, 2010 5:31 pm
Topics: 19 / Replies: 733
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RE: Yeah, I'll do layout

Welcome to fast track job management, whereby they literally make it up as they go along. It's every company for themselves from day one, and the invo...

13 years ago
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RE: Surveying IPhone Apps

I have an Android phone, and use the 15C emulator from hpcalc.org. Runs just like the original, and should be available for the iPhone as well.

13 years ago
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RE: Nothing is ever easy.

Not knowing anything other than what you have stated, if sent to do this job I would hold to the original 8 acres for two reasons. It stands the test ...

14 years ago
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RE: This can't be true!!!

Why not? If a company issued a policy and the premiums were kept up, it would be valid as long as the disclaimers did not specifically include 'acts o...

14 years ago
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RE: Or maybe the category should be "not land surveying"

I get tapped for this all the time, and found the solution. I hand the owner my metal detector and let them find the corners, based on my pacing skill...

14 years ago
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RE: the amazing white blood cell

Long time since Biology 2, but recognized a word or two. Not to go P and R here, but how could all that just be a random occurrence? Miracles daily, t...

14 years ago
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RE: SurvCE and Leica 1200 question

FWIW, TDS will do the same thing if you are surveying in Tampa and still hooked into Alabama West.....:-S The fix was simple, just wrote a spreadsheet...

14 years ago
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RE: Lead Alternatives

JB Weld works well, and being two separate tubes makes it more likely to be viable next time I need it.

14 years ago
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RE: Where were you on 9-11?

On a jobsite in Atlanta, just about to leave and go to Hartsfield to pick up a co-worker who was flying in from....Dulles. He called me and told me he...

14 years ago
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RE: Computers

It is probably a router problem, check and make sure it is transmitting correctly. If not, unplug it and reboot. This usually solves the problem when ...

14 years ago
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RE: False deadlines

I tell them we will be setting monuments, some going to refusal, and need to make certain we don't drive a steel rod through a comm line or sewer line...

14 years ago
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RE: Hunkered Down for a LONG Night

Anybody heard from Nate?Just wondering. I'd be surprised if all his area utilities were up and running.

14 years ago
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RE: How old is too old?

I knew one gentleman who was still working 2 days a week in the field into his mid 70's, and would go out for partial days when he was past 80.As long...

14 years ago
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RE: Rodman / Iman Job on Jacksonville Craigslist

I could work for him, best job description I've read. Totally honest, says a lot for what type of surveyor he may be, although no guarantees based on ...

14 years ago
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RE: Trimble buys Ashtec?

He makes the top end very expensive stuff, has sold out to Sokkia, Topcon, and now Trimble in the past. It just means he is ready to release the equip...

14 years ago
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RE: Beer-Thirty

Late beer-thirty for me, just got the last reports for the day turned out, now to load the truck, get a shower, drive 3 hours to the house and THEN it...

14 years ago
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RE: Construction staking - Oh the joys

Welcome, right on the button. Whatever deviates from the contract is extra, whether you are the general contractor or the third tier sub. Forget by th...

14 years ago
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RE: Construction staking - Oh the joys

Ding, ding, we have a winner. It is all but impossible to lump sum a construction stakeout, if you aren't part of the project from day one. Win/win fo...

14 years ago
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RE: Quote this...

They would have to deed me the property.

14 years ago
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RE: Gophers in Ronan are MUTATING!!!!

On a construction site, that was about a dozen OSHA violations, or approx. a 12k fine. In the residential world, just another day in the field.

14 years ago
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