Clueful purports to tell you "how installed apps use, and possibly abuse, your personal information and treat your privacy."You have to wonder why a f...
Slight Hijack - "Rich" and famousIt was a great trip. Watch for Bart Crattie's article on the Royal Observatory at Greenwich in an upcoming issue of A...
Grab yer bucket and come on up to Iowa.
All right, I kicked in a C-note, too. I already have everything but I'll take Kent's T-shirt if you can get it to me by July 19th so I can wear it on ...
> The BLS statistics are from May 2012, and indicate that there are 40,190 professional surveyors employed in the U.S.I wonder how many are unemplo...
MonorailNeon MuseumFremont Street ExperienceBellagio Fountains, conservatory &botanical gardens and Fiori di ComoBellagio Gallery of Fine ArtArt N...
> I believer that is a Chesterman chain, msde in Sheffield, Eng.Look at the second photo. It's a "Rabone Chesterman, Made in England." I looked up ...
> I have one 2-pole chain that was quite obviously made after 1810.Made before 1810? I would say no. Before 1910? Not even sure about that.
100 ft. chain> I don't know whether that pattern of tagging was commonly followed, but I'll bet it was.Yes, that was the standard pattern, although...
> >2 pole chains were mandated on the PLSS surveys.> How common are 2-pole chains versus 4-pole chains? Sufficiently common to believe that ...
It's not unusual for a chain to contain no maker's identifying mark. Chains made by the more prolific makers such as Chesterman or Gurley are usually ...
Wisconsin State CapitolA UNIQUE SURVEY MONUMENT – WISCONSIN’S STATE CAPITOL
> Texans do talk funny.At one of the first committee meetings I attended as a newly-minted NSPS Governor, the chairman suggested we all introduce o...
IOWA355.6 Monumentation.1. The surveyor shall confirm the prior establishment of control monuments at each controlling corner on the boundaries of t...
Commonwealth vs. StateCommonwealth vs StateWhat is the difference between a 'commonwealth' and a 'state'?
It is my understanding that NSPS is getting out of the book-selling business and liquidating their current stock.
I wonder if it's a coincidence the protagonists in She: A Tale of Adventure and the Rumpole stories are both named Horace?
Mr. CowI find I agree materially with pretty much everything except the part about wearing your cap backwards. I don't have much tolerance for that.
