@husker796 There's two ways to run a business; buy used equipment and don't carry any debt or go debt to the eyeballs with leases and the like for the...

Shoot, I never thought of all those uses.

You betcha, it is a lot easier today.?ÿ Couldn't go solo back than with a steel tape and four screw transit, that's for sure.?ÿ But I miss the brewski...

@nate-the-surveyor (Humor alert) Flat earth. It would make our coordinates so much simpler. Elevations too. I think we should all vote FLAT EARTH! ...

This thread is a good example of why ALL SURVEYOR'S MEASURE DIFFERENTLY.?ÿ Caps for emphasis or those hard of hearing.?ÿ Exactness in measurement is l...

Maggie's were on sale a couple of years ago...I bought two of 'em.

@holy-cow?ÿ "...Every place has to have something or someone to brag on."?ÿ You got that right, my great grandfather is buried in the cemetery in Fro...

Well, I did No.1.?ÿ It took about 10 years to become established.?ÿ What I learned is that one needs as much business acumen as land surveying knowled...

@rj-schneider No, just irons and 1/2"-3/4" pipes.?ÿ Yeah, I'm going to invest in a battery rotary drill. No more pounding dirt.?ÿ Hopefully I'm back t...

Well this winter I was working like a banshee.?ÿ Using a 10lb sledge to put monuments in frozen ground.?ÿ Discovered I have numbing in my toes and low...

I never had the issues switching from Acad to Icad.?ÿ Of course I'm not as accomplished as a lot of youse guys.?ÿ I'm pretty basic.

@flga-2 peanuts to coconuts??ÿ Also known as small potatoes

I'm still using Trimble 2.81 I think.?ÿ No problems yet on Windows 10 updates but if I do, maybe it's time to switch to total station full time and re...

Do very little calculations in the field.?ÿ I was an HP-41Cer and went over to SMI for awhile but since total stations, data collectors and gps I've b...