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T.P. Stephens
T.P. Stephens
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Joined: July 2, 2010 7:38 am
Topics: 25 / Replies: 299
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RE: Laser marking system for total station

Could be a hot ticket for nipping in the bud that last hundreth in certain critical measures on a building site, but only if you used a proper tilting...

15 years ago
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RE: I tried to be pleasant

Give them either time and materials at hourly rates, then handel all their needs and bill accordinglyORLUMP SUM + hourly for extras outside scope they...

15 years ago
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RE: I'll probably get a note placed on this CR

I did a block in downtown Sacramento. I found dozens of cut crosses in the sidewalks. I had old RP's of record at each of 4 intersections. In the end ...

15 years ago
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RE: I tried to be pleasant

Now, do you allow extra time in your proposals, new clients especially, to hold hands long after the work is finished and submitted??I do.

15 years ago
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RE: Surveyor beat down two would-be thieves

I'm a Tim and a PLS, but it 'twern't me.

15 years ago
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RE: Angle Left

"When I started in the late 60s with the USFS, we were using transits, and deflection angles (left/right) were the norm. We also read the Compass fore...

15 years ago
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RE: BID THIS!!!!

BUT WAIT, if you order now we will include an extra survey for FREE!! YES, that's 2 surveys for the price of one. Just pay processing and handling fee...

16 years ago
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RE: How Say You

3 piles for research. Record evidence, field evidence, non-relevant.Expand survey to close to record mons. Develope that by standard procedures. How d...

16 years ago
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RE: State board penalizes hand-held GPS boundary survey

"I understand Bozo is not practicing hand-held GPS survey work anymore. Probably a member of the legislature now and respected by all."I am so glad I ...

16 years ago
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RE: 2" Iron pipe is 0.34' South update 2 - Kent Et. Al

My Take So FarRule of thumb with early 20th century plats like this (non-rectangular) I always map all adjoiners, and sometime further, to determine t...

16 years ago
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RE: Business Success Rates

For sure, I started a suveying biz in 80, built it up and sold it in 88. Bought Porsche and restored it. On salary a few years. Then started another t...

16 years ago
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RE: Term for fast entry of quadrant bearings

That is how I did it in the HP-67 days. Perhaps some 20 lines of code for all bearings input/output and all calcs in background using decimal AZ. Fast...

16 years ago
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RE: Staying safe while surveying...

Just the vibrations from walking in mature forests can bring down a Widow Maker. Don't ever lean on a snag.

16 years ago
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RE: Unique calls

> I remember reading about a stringer of section corners in Wyoming that were monumented with Mastodon bones.Saw lots of GLO slab stone mons in S W...

16 years ago
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