Simple, they want to hang out with the cool people.

I haven't been at this as long as Paden (only 46 years) but some of my staff now refer to me as the "Old Bull." If you know the old joke about the Old...

This reminds of a time many, many years ago. The company I worked for was buried in work and couldn't find any party chiefs. They got desperate and hi...

Melita, Absolutely that is where the difference is magnified enough to make a significant difference. I was trying to address the comments from ashto...

The difference between the US SF and International foot is about 0.01' in a mile. Immaterial for most boundary surveys in urban areas. This change has...

What about NorthernSurveyor? I think he is a recently retired BLM official who shared he had gotten a dire health diagnosis several months ago. From A...

I think "Just a Surveyor" got the boot, or agreed to leave.

When I first started in this business, the company I worked for did a lot of percolation tests, most of them in mountain subdivisions that were typica...

In the early 80's one of the biggest developers in the area (Sacramento) was a client of the firm I worked for. He came in and said he needed an ALTA ...

This is what my agency uses for the surveyor series. Entry level requires a 4 year degree or an LSIT/EIT. Range D of the Transportation Surveyor cl...

Been doing it for 45 years, since before I graduated HS in May, 1977. Started as a draftsman, which was a handy skill that found me part time work whe...

Certainly game to be. With multiple choice computer based testing, little details like this are fair game, but code and law citations have always been...

602.8 Penal Code 846.5 Civil Code

Keith Williams BLM guy. I too miss Kent's participation.... I think. Someone already mentioned foggyidea (Don Poole). I enjoyed his take on surveyin...