Yellow | Wondering what people are doing after the bankruptcy
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I bet the dog loved it!
Peeling pro stickers off my garage wall
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Well, you're probably going to be sorry you asked, but here goes. After watching some programs about Lewis and Clark and their exploration and mapping of the western US I became curious about how they were able to do that. I learned they used a sextant among other devices. Having wondered how sextants operate, I did a little research on the Internet and then (naturally for me anyway) had to have one and purchased a Davis Mark 15 sextant which just arrived an hour ago. So for the foreseeable future I'll be playing with my new toy and learning how to use it. It will join the surveying transit I bought a year or so ago as my location/mapping toys. What can I say, I have this anal curiosity about how things work and then have to have one (when reasonably possible). 
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Dude……did you really use the words “anal” and “sextant” in one post???…..Well, you're probably going to be sorry you asked, but here goes. After watching some programs about Lewis and Clark and their exploration and mapping of the western US I became curious about how they were able to do that. I learned they uses a sextant among other devices. Having wondered how sextants operate, I did a little research on the Internet and then (naturally for me anyway) had to have one and purchased a Davis Mark 15 sextant which just arrived an hour ago. So for the foreseeable future I'll be playing with my new toy and learning how to use it. It will join the surveying transit I bought a year or so ago as my location/mapping toys. What can I say, I have this anal curiosity about how things work and then have to have one (when reasonably possible).
It's like doggie Disneyworld. When I was working I swore I would spend as much time here as possible. I'm living up to it. There for two hours on any day that it isn't snowing, blowing or raining. This place will lower your blood pressure.
It wasn't intentional, it is Truckingboards after all with its collection of post-pouncers!Dude……did you really use the words “anal” and “sextant” in one post???…..
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Tri, that sounds very interesting indeed. However, today surveying is done with a (very expensive) GPS head that is accurate within incredibly small tolerances, like small fractions of an inch. The ones I've seen in use are metric; I don't know if they also do inch-based ones.Well, you're probably going to be sorry you asked, but here goes. After watching some programs about Lewis and Clark and their exploration and mapping of the western US I became curious about how they were able to do that. I learned they uses a sextant among other devices. Having wondered how sextants operate, I did a little research on the Internet and then (naturally for me anyway) had to have one and purchased a Davis Mark 15 sextant which just arrived an hour ago. So for the foreseeable future I'll be playing with my new toy and learning how to use it. It will join the surveying transit I bought a year or so ago as my location/mapping toys. What can I say, I have this anal curiosity about how things work and then have to have one (when reasonably possible).
Of course RT, I'm very aware of the newer techniques. I still like knowing how to do things the tried and true ways if and when technology isn't available. When I paddle my canoe to Europe from New York I want to be able to get my position without GPS.
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Dude……did you really use the words “anal” and “sextant” in one post???…..
It wasn't intentional, it is Truckingboards after all with its collection of post-pouncers!
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...in the eye of the beholder?
I'll let you know by early tomorrow morning!Tri is that some kind of funky sex toy?????
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Sextant???Well, you're probably going to be sorry you asked, but here goes. After watching some programs about Lewis and Clark and their exploration and mapping of the western US I became curious about how they were able to do that. I learned they uses a sextant among other devices. Having wondered how sextants operate, I did a little research on the Internet and then (naturally for me anyway) had to have one and purchased a Davis Mark 15 sextant which just arrived an hour ago. So for the foreseeable future I'll be playing with my new toy and learning how to use it. It will join the surveying transit I bought a year or so ago as my location/mapping toys. What can I say, I have this anal curiosity about how things work and then have to have one (when reasonably possible).
Anal???
Playing with your new toy???
All in the same post???
Stimpy will have a field day with this post!!
He's still in shock!Sextant???
Anal???
Playing with your new toy???
All in the same post???
Stimpy will have a field day with this post!!
He isn't the only one!!!!!He's still in shock!
The current issues are the more accurate tools today do not line up well with established property lines.......................................
My buddy bought a new place and wanted to build a newer shop/garage had the surveys done and according to them half of his existing garage is on his neighbors property and half of his neighbor on the other side had his garage half way on his property........................................................township now looks at this survey as being the correct and he can't build until existing mess is settled.
Did the walls have holes in them?