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tommy-young
@tommy-young
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Joined: September 22, 2010 7:08 pm
Last seen: April 14, 2026 2:30 pm
Topics: 215 / Replies: 2190
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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...

6 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.

6 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?

7 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 ...

7 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.

7 years ago
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RE: Downward Spiral

There is a balancing act to be sure.?ÿ At what point do we go from too many surveyors, to not having enough??ÿ Northwest Tennessee has finally gotten ...

7 years ago
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RE: The Most Ridiculous Thing Ever

A few years ago, John Francis wrote about an experience that sounds about as dumb.?ÿ He had a client that owned multiple parcels.?ÿ There was a barn o...

7 years ago
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RE: Reviewer Does Not Understand Rounding

Any one labeling areas on land surveys to less than a square foot should be called before the board to give a statistical explanation of their methods...

7 years ago
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RE: What were you surveying on 9-11-2001?

I first got the news when I walked out of the bathroom at Hayes Instrument Company.?ÿ That was my first trip there.?ÿ I was afraid of making a second ...

7 years ago
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RE: How do you deal with the heat?

I remember Phil Reed posted one day that he sent everyone home because it was too hot, because man wasn't meant to work outside when it was 83 degrees...

7 years ago
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RE: How fast can you survey 7.4 miles?

Back in September 2011, they hired me for a period of about 5 hours.

7 years ago
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7 years ago
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RE: Let one go

I let Florida go 2 years ago because I was tired of fighting the continuing education cartel down there.?ÿ None of the other 7 are on the chopping blo...

7 years ago
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7 years ago
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RE: Alabama State-Specific PLS Exam - Advice Please!

I took the test in 2008. If you don't know who John Coffee is, don't take the test.

7 years ago
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