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tommy-young
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Joined: September 22, 2010 5:08 pm
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RE: Virtual Pin Cushions

@bear-bait No.?ÿ This was a one way presentation with very little audience input, but the instructor was not in favor of it.

4 years ago
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RE: Virtual Pin Cushions

I'm bumping this because this post was just on a slide in an online live presentation for Illinois ethics. I've hit the big time and can now retire.

4 years ago
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RE: Non-owner wants survey

Get the owner's permission, and more importantly, get paid up front.

4 years ago
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RE: Missouri Test

Well, the verdict came in and it was as I suspected.?ÿ I flunked the second part, so I will be getting that book and taking the practice problems.

4 years ago
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RE: Finally had a chance to hear Jeff Lucas

@peter-ehlert He's lived and practiced his entire life in public land states.  

5 years ago
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RE: Out of town surveyors, out of town crews

@bradl In the past 3 years I've done nearly 100 sites for the same chain, from the waters of the Ohio to the gulf coast.  The same engineer has d...

5 years ago
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RE: Out of town surveyors, out of town crews

As someone that does a lot of out of town work, the main reason we get that work is because the client has learned their lesson from hiring the "local...

5 years ago
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RE: Nashville Crew Chief and CADD Technician

You want me to send you some of our cast offs?

5 years ago
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RE: Most valuable State License to hold?

I would think Chicago would devalue an Illinois license.

5 years ago
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RE: I have not encountered this one before

This looks to me to be a job that requires a lot of documentation to keep from being back charged for staking stuff out "wrong".

5 years ago
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RE: Scammers

We got one of those a few months ago.?ÿ The boss and I both get the email from the website inquiries.?ÿ I ignored it because it looked suspicious.?ÿ H...

5 years ago
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RE: History of the Rectangular Survey System

I thought there might be someone screwed up like me that likes actually books with pages.

5 years ago
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RE: I'm going to say this right now

@jt50 You do realize that we can't, or don't, measure accurately enough to calculate areas like that, right?

5 years ago
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RE: I'm going to say this right now

@dave-karoly That's even worse.  A good friend of mine works for a federal agency and one of his duties is to review contract surveys.  He ...

5 years ago
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RE: I'm going to say this right now

@norman-oklahoma I had opened a CAD file of a 15 lot subdivision and every single one of them had the offending areas.

5 years ago
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