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Scott McLain
Scott McLain
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Joined: March 12, 2012 7:06 am
Topics: 43 / Replies: 739
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RE: How to monument fence corners

Agreed! Those guys 150+ years ago set cedar posts around here ever 1/2 a mile. When I find one I get all excited and tell all my surveyor friends, so ...

14 years ago
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RE: Ring Ring

Scott McLain ? Do You have a copy of the ordinance in hand ?I do a lot of site plan work and here in Michigan most townships have their own zoning. I ...

14 years ago
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RE: Ring Ring

Yes, I have had 'those' clients and I understand charging for the extra headaches they are going to cause. The point I am trying to make is why not ju...

14 years ago
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RE: Ring Ring

> oh how do you figure that, either the unethical part, or the "15 minutes?"> > I'd be happy to bill out $1,250 for a quarter hour of work......

14 years ago
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RE: Ring Ring

> I quoted him $1250...........silence.$1250.00 for 15 minutes of work could be un-ethical?

14 years ago
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RE: Caught a dog today

> believe it or not i am jealous. getting to hang out with the boy is all the pay you need. :good: It is what I like most about being a business o...

14 years ago
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RE: Which Describes Your Main Activity Today

I know this is two days late, but good news is I have been busy the last to days:"Doing a small rural survey"Got paid on the spot for today's. Good re...

14 years ago
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RE: How Often Do You Refer To Your Books?

A wise surveyor named Walt Fraser told me in my early years, "It is to much to try and know everything, the key is to know what books to look in for t...

14 years ago
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RE: Is the Counter-Clockwise description really so bad?

Do it all the time in situations like yours.

14 years ago
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RE: Advice from a lawyer

What do you call 1,000 lawyers at the bottom of Lake Michigan?A good start.

14 years ago
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RE: How do you describe a dirt road

> So do you even attempt to calculate a series of curves that will approximate the center line? If so, different distances would lead to different ...

14 years ago
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RE: Data/File Organization

Later on we will scan the field notes and other important data, attached it by appending the PDF. Throw out all the paper and file cabinets. 🙂

14 years ago
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RE: Data/File Organization

Very similar situation here. I have 20+ years of records from a surveyor who did excellent work up until 2005. All of his original drawings are ink on...

14 years ago
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RE: How would you reply?

I have been in this same position and understand needing the work. There is a lot more "low balling" since guys who had good jobs in big companies are...

14 years ago
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RE: Right or Wrong

Paul did right, but I prefer your sequence of tasks Mark.

14 years ago
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RE: Fighting over 1" on fence location

> I'm not sure what to tell advice to give him.Advice for him: Your lot is 75 feet wide or 75 x 12" = 900 inches wide.The inch you are fighting ove...

14 years ago
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