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RE: Grits, fish and cheese?

FL/GA PLS., post: 364070, member: 379 wrote: Probably means fish and cheese grits. A staple for us "normal" people in the South. Along with sweet tea,...

9 years ago
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RE: "We don't e-mail"

Holy Cow, post: 364209, member: 50 wrote: It's all about the money. Copy fees seem minor until you add them up for everyone over a full year's time. ...

9 years ago
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RE: Coordinates

Bill93, post: 364287, member: 87 wrote: Yes, sir. Did you want your room to be 68 Fahrenheit or 68 Celsius? Or 68 Rankine, or possibly 68 Kelvins (f...

9 years ago
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RE: Meeting deadlines and timeframes

"I love deadlines. I love the whoosing noise they make as they go by." -Douglas Adams I always try to work with the potential client during the propos...

9 years ago
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RE: Use of Titles in Name Block (Sir, Dame, etc)

Rich., post: 363879, member: 10450 wrote: Prince wasn't actually princes legal name. His legal name was a symbol....go figure. Total side track her...

9 years ago
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RE: Use of Titles in Name Block (Sir, Dame, etc)

Dave Karoly, post: 363765, member: 94 wrote: Emperor Norton is a very interesting personality from the history of San Francisco. Whenever I'm in Col...

9 years ago
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RE: Plumb bobs are not common anymore

C Billingsley, post: 363818, member: 1965 wrote: Once you install the battery, be sure the bob is properly adjusted before use. Yep, you gotta calibr...

9 years ago
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RE: Plumb bobs are not common anymore

Surveyor Dean, post: 363678, member: 11367 wrote: Key being Someone who knows how to hold a plumb Bob string over your head to get a accurate line. A...

9 years ago
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RE: Permanent Flood Easement vs. FEMA Flood Insurance Study?

Jim in AZ, post: 363614, member: 249 wrote: No kidding! Abandoning an easement to the USA might take an act of Congress... And, if there are actual w...

9 years ago
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RE: !@#$%^& Daylight Savings Time

John, post: 363548, member: 791 wrote: For me, sometimes the best breakfast is in the evening sometime..... why let convention restrict oneself? Yep....

9 years ago
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RE: !@#$%^& Daylight Savings Time

Jim in AZ, post: 363536, member: 249 wrote: It's called Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) - many just refuse to use it... Yes, that is one applicatio...

9 years ago
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RE: Yellow MPH signs....

Dave Karoly, post: 363183, member: 94 wrote: That is true in California except you can get cited for "speed unsafe for conditions." Exactly. The MUTC...

9 years ago
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RE: !@#$%^& Daylight Savings Time

The use of a single, standard, 24-hour, worldwide clock would be just fine. I don't care if your business is open from 0800-1700 or 1900-0400 or whate...

9 years ago
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RE: Plumb bobs are not common anymore

Surveyor Dean, post: 363197, member: 11367 wrote: Plumb Bob's are cool but an fixed object like a rod with point is easier for line of sight and in my...

9 years ago
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RE: No Benchmarks

Jim in AZ, post: 363092, member: 249 wrote: "What can you do?" You can leave some control on the site so that the next surveyor can follow in your foo...

9 years ago
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RE: Plumb bobs are not common anymore

paden cash, post: 363033, member: 20 wrote: I use to have a spare plumb bob, sheathed on a leather belt and stored in the back of the last full size s...

9 years ago
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RE: Plumb bobs are not common anymore

My field crews wouldn't know how to use a plumb bob, even if they carried it daily. And it drives me nuts sometimes because I'll come out to some job ...

9 years ago
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RE: No Benchmarks

Mark Indzeris, post: 362840, member: 1019 wrote: Several issues I think contribute to the lack of Benchmarks on a plan. Design engineers with no prac...

9 years ago
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RE: Regulators

Warren Smith, post: 362810, member: 9900 wrote: Yep - it ramps up when you add a railroad and another local agency to the mix ... I've had to deal wi...

9 years ago
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RE: Happy St. Paddy's Day!

Well, it was my father who was Irish. More specifically, his biological father. My dad was raised by his adopted (non-Irish) father. And all of the Po...

9 years ago
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