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RE: Intro

Is it just me, or does the shape of the State of Florida look like a rusty old pistol .

3 years ago
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RE: Measuring in units of washing machines

There's a good reason why washing machines are used as a unit of measure. Down this way, and I suspect it is the same up your way, it is illegal for w...

3 years ago
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RE: lithium

@mightymoe?ÿ Thanks. I was thinking of the innards. I think the original cowbell batteries were NiCAD, so presumably if the same charger is used, the...

3 years ago
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RE: lithium

@mightymoe?ÿ Any chance of a photo of that setup?

3 years ago
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RE: What is this?

In the 3rd photo there is a hole in the end of the beam. Can you see through it? Is it threaded for something else?

3 years ago
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RE: Android phone as data collector?

@350rocketmike?ÿ I'd be excited for anyone to try it and share their review - maybe that's something that SurveyorConnect could expand into, i.e. Tec...

3 years ago
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RE: Android phone as data collector?

@lukenz?ÿ A few of the specs look a bit weak: 500 nits screen brightness is about the same as a fairly high spec phone but still fairly low for sun...

3 years ago
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RE: Dragging The metal File Backwards

FWIW, when we were taught filing at metalwork class at high school, we were instructed to chalk the file, which I think had something to do with reduc...

3 years ago
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RE: Dragging The metal File Backwards

It's to do with heat. Lifting or depressurizing the file on the backstroke provides cooling to the faying surfaces, thus reducing the possibility of h...

3 years ago
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RE: On dealing with the police, and surveying

@flga-2-2?ÿ Alternatively (warning - very strong language):

3 years ago
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RE: On dealing with the police, and surveying

@flga-2-2?ÿ I had long time friend from school who became a Policeman and I met him a decade later and we were talking about this and that. He said t...

3 years ago
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RE: Trimble 5500/5600

@imad?ÿ I made this post here: with these: I don't think anyone responded but I'm fairly sure that the upshot of that thread is that these para...

3 years ago
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RE: Trimble 5500/5600

@imad?ÿ I'd suspect that the instrument batteries have gone flat and therefore the firmware on the instrument has been lost. The instrument will stil...

3 years ago
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RE: On dealing with the police, and surveying

Bearing in mind that this is a different world down here, a couple of years ago I was up in the interior having a walk with the dogs and while I was a...

3 years ago
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RE: Leica Smartphone

I'm sure I saw a huge billboard down this way, maybe 4 years ago, with one of the big Companies like Sammy or Huwey touting a new phone that had Leica...

3 years ago
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RE: Bees

Once upon a time at high school, one of our mates arrived in the morning with his left arm stuck firmly up the front of his jersey. He maintained that...

3 years ago
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RE: Joros Everywhere

@flga-2-2?ÿ There's an outbreak of Delta Covid in New Zealand, that they're going full bore to contain, and the Police have advised that those staff ...

3 years ago
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RE: the crazy has certainly come out this week

@flga-2-2?ÿ By the time the post gets to page 2, the respondents should have massaged the OP into what the OP really meant to say.

3 years ago
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