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Topics: 140 / Replies: 2106
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RE: Everyone should have one

@bill93 Puck with level vial to adjust tribrachs. ?ÿ

2 years ago
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RE: WHY?? Driving related rant.

At the front of every traffic jam there's either an oblivious idiot (can't see the fifty cars behind them) or a sanctimonious jerk who feels like it's...

2 years ago
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RE: Who's all from Arkansas?

I had a Sargeant from Arkansas.?ÿ I did a lot of pushups because I'd pronounce it Ar-Kansas just to see the look on his face.???

2 years ago
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RE: Who's all from Arkansas?

@jimcox You can't just ask people to admit that they're from Arkansas.?ÿ ?ÿThat's worse than asking a woman her age or assuming she's pregnant rather ...

2 years ago
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RE: What is a Set Stone?

A set stone would be a natural stone often from the property being marked.?ÿ They can be any shape and found in any orientation. Surveyor's typically ...

2 years ago
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RE: What's This - and what does it do?

74' Ford Station Wagon with a 429 had them.?ÿ I believe my 79' Toyota Hilux Pickup had electronic ignition although it was still carbureted.?ÿ

2 years ago
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RE: Base Station Battery drain

@michigan-left I believe your numbers are skewed to the high side because you've used the published draw for when the radio is transmitting and neglec...

2 years ago
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RE: Bluebeam Going Subscription

I imagine your license will be good going forward they just won't let you upgrade without switching to subscription. Likely an issue that you can kick...

2 years ago
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RE: Petty Childish behavior

The temptation to retaliate would have been unbearable.

2 years ago
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RE: Letting Clients Handle Paperwork Planning Process

Generally in Tennessee (a couple of counties are different) we have what we refer to as the "Five Acre Law".?ÿ This defines any division that creates ...

2 years ago
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RE: Letting Clients Handle Paperwork Planning Process

I saw a few things before I was licensed that made me decide to do it all or not at all.?ÿ In twenty years I haven't let more than five run their own ...

2 years ago
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RE: pinning for masonry

I used to use the fluted masonry nails but ran into quality issues.?ÿ Now I use the 3/4" mag-nails with the plastic survey mark disks.?ÿ The disks mak...

2 years ago
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RE: Truck gearing question

Here's the table I found for the gear ratios in the transmission that I believe that truck came with. ?ÿ

2 years ago
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RE: Truck gearing question

If I found the correct specs and did the math right, he'd be turning about 150 more rpm at 70mph in 6th gear. All of the stock wheel and tire combina...

2 years ago
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RE: Learn Something New Every Day

@brad-ott I'm just a surveyor spouting off what I've absorbed over the years.?ÿ I know that Superior Drainage Products supplied the chambers and heade...

2 years ago
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RE: Learn Something New Every Day

@brad-ott They're designed as detention rather than retention.?ÿ In a detention pond (at least around here), the bottom typically has a minimum slope ...

2 years ago
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RE: Learn Something New Every Day

@brad-ott No different than a normal above ground detention pond.?ÿ Just imagine a normal pond with the chambers in the bottom to create the storage v...

2 years ago
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RE: Permit to Construct a Garage

I made a goof on a site plan a few weeks back.?ÿ We are required to show contours and a proposed floor elevation for the house.?ÿ The low end of the l...

2 years ago
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RE: New Survey Rule

@jimcox When contractors ask to borrow my tape I tell them to be careful because one side of the tape only has 10 inches per foot. ???œ A few get it b...

2 years ago
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RE: Dashed font

@ryancj31 -?ÿPicky, Picky, Picky.......you'd think we're a bunch of surveyors or something. ?????ÿ Curtesy of procrastination, my Google-fu, and dogge...

2 years ago
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