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RE: New Definition of Navigable Waterway

Posted by: aliquot Posted by: Duane Frymire Wow!?ÿ Things could get interesting in some of the original 13 colonies.?ÿ Like NC, NY highest court has i...

6 years ago
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RE: New Definition of Navigable Waterway

Posted by: aliquot Posted by: Duane Frymire Wow!?ÿ Things could get interesting in some of the original 13 colonies.?ÿ Like NC, NY highest court has i...

6 years ago
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RE: New Definition of Navigable Waterway

Posted by: aliquot Posted by: Duane Frymire Wow!?ÿ Things could get interesting in some of the original 13 colonies.?ÿ Like NC, NY highest court has i...

6 years ago
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RE: Landowner Confrontation

Posted by: James Fleming Posted by: Just A I have no interest in getting shot. And I have no interest in getting arrested and thrown in jail and butt ...

6 years ago
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RE: SNAKE ADVICE

I do carry a 22 pistol sometimes and a machete. One thing we do carry most of the time is a tree spade for digging. I sharpen mine on both sides with ...

6 years ago
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RE: Leica Sets Of Angles/CS20/Captivate

"When you first enter the its asks if you want to create a new point group" I'm afraid you lost me there............. ?ÿ

6 years ago
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RE: Let's be careful out there

"Sometimes we work in the middle of the road." I say that, but don't think people really understand it. Yeh - the middle of the pavement, sometimes on...

7 years ago
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RE: Surveyors Hall of Fame

Posted by: Dale Yawn I was going to nominate myself as the inaugural "Hall Of Fame Surveyor", but as it just so happens, I'm up for the Nobel Prize fo...

7 years ago
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RE: Surveyors Hall of Fame

Posted by: Wendell This is a great idea. I'd be happy to create a Surveyors Hall of Fame here at RPLS Today. All I need are suggestions, links, and/or...

7 years ago
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RE: Surveyors Hall of Fame

Groan! Thanks Nate! But your post is, as usual, fun! I actually had in mind a real (could be virtual) Surveyors Hall of Fame. You know, not for us pla...

7 years ago
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RE: "Why George cut down the cherry tree"

Posted by: Nate The Surveyor Posted by: wfwenzel It was a bearing tree, and he wanted to pincushion the corner to the "right place"? I had that happen...

7 years ago
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RE: Landowner Confrontation

Posted by: billvhill ..... He owns a mobile home that is partially set on a neighbor's tract. ...... ?ÿ No wonder he acted hostilely.

7 years ago
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RE: FLAT EARTH SURVEYOR, seriously?

That's enough to "send you over the edge"!

7 years ago
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RE: "Why George cut down the cherry tree"

It was a bearing tree, and he wanted to pincushion the corner to the "right place"?

7 years ago
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RE: Buying a Drone

Posted by: FrozenNorth I really look at this from the "just another tool" perspective. For surveyors with a formal education, photogrammetry was certa...

7 years ago
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RE: Finding monuments buried deep

Posted by: holy cow Similar process many times. More typically I will have a sideshot to the monument from my TS and simply repeat the sideshot once t...

7 years ago
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RE: Before the US Deputy Surveyors - land claims

Presumably, there had to be some sort of correspondence concerning the claims to the Land Office. That would make interesting reading (at least to a g...

7 years ago
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RE: Before the US Deputy Surveyors - land claims

Thanks, Bill. I looked this up and found a short but interesting article. The Preemption Act of 1841 permitted "squatters" who were living on federal...

7 years ago
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