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warren-smith
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Joined: May 28, 2015 2:15 pm
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RE: Control points for concrete

I use a turkey baster.

8 years ago
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RE: Sprinkler Timers

You might talk with some of the local "vegetable" growers up there. They have a vested interest in efficient irrigation systems ... 😎

8 years ago
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RE: Buffalo County considers $1.2M proposal to reset property markers

May as well contract with BLM to do a dependent resurvey. Let me know how that works out.

8 years ago
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RE: norcal ideas - lemme have 'em

Lake Tahoe springs to mind - it's a short hop over from Truckee.If you are inclined, you could drop out of the Sierra Nevada down I-80 past Sacramento...

8 years ago
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RE: A new book

John Giles, post: 385753, member: 57 wrote: When I tried to run an ad on Amazon books they denied my ad because of 'blood splatter".Probably because i...

8 years ago
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RE: When is a subdivision lot created?

Yes, State Statutes generally direct local agencies to adopt ordinances to regulate development through subdivision pursuant to General Plan guideline...

8 years ago
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RE: When is a subdivision lot created?

This sounds like what is termed an "antiquated subdivision" in California. That is, a map prepared prior to the enactment of the Subdivision Map Act ...

8 years ago
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RE: Resumes say the darnest things

She made the President's Lust - that should count for something ...

8 years ago
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RE: What's the dumbest survey you've ever done?

I was involved in an "ungrading plan" for the rowing venue at Lake Casitas near Los Angeles after the 1984 Olympics. The site was restored to its pre...

8 years ago
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RE: Holiday/Survey field Pics

imaudigger, post: 384174, member: 7286 wrote: Sorry to do this to you, but I couldn't resist.....We had a meager dinner. Meat and bread. And beer I h...

8 years ago
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RE: Tripple prisims Why use one? What is the purpose?

Back in the early days of EDM development, it was necessary for longer distance measurements - over 1,000 feet, say, in order to gain sufficient signa...

8 years ago
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RE: oldest monument you found set for a private development.

Monte,Those are some wild outfits - did that crew just come from a shindig?

8 years ago
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RE: Names: why do people do this to their children

I went to school with Steve Kanoff. Of course everyone called him Jack!

8 years ago
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RE: Got the eye roll

I've been told that VWs have it on the right side, so that if you have to fill it from a 5 gallon gas can on the side of the road, you will be away fr...

8 years ago
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RE: Weather and wildlife.

As long as it comes with a bladder relief function, it's good to go.

8 years ago
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RE: The case of the Basalt Block Shop building under the wires...

Sometimes the Appellates get it right, using common sense and common law principles.I had a law school professor (who was a sitting judge) call the Ju...

8 years ago
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RE: Fences and Boundaries...

The Appellate Court summed up thusly: "The foregoing evidence discloses the surveyor, despite his professional opinion to the contrary, at best commen...

8 years ago
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RE: To a creek as it existed....

I was scheduled to perform a survey on the Green River just prior to Mt. St. Helens erupting in 1980. It's a good thing I postponed it. The watercou...

8 years ago
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RE: To a creek as it existed....

There is no patent ambiguity in the description, but there is a latent one - that of the riparian nature of the boundary. That allows for extrinsic e...

8 years ago
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RE: The Curious Case of the Houston Code

That's interesting. I'm only the 24th County Surveyor here since 1850. Three of my predecessors were former GLO deputy surveyors, and they continued s...

8 years ago
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