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847badgerfan

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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #1974 on: May 07, 2020, 03:42:52 PM »
I think the rest of the world needs to follow the world's leader. 

Land Surveying is not antiquated. It's a profession in the legal sector, and as a P.L.S., I'm considered an officer of the court.

I find all of you fools guilty.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #1975 on: May 07, 2020, 03:48:15 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on May 07, 2020, 03:42:52 PM
I think the rest of the world needs to follow the world's leader.

Land Surveying is not antiquated. It's a profession in the legal sector, and as a P.L.S., I'm considered an officer of the court.

I find all of you fools guilty.
Your job is not antiquated; your measurement system is.

Chains, rods, links? :smiley_confused1:
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #1976 on: May 07, 2020, 03:54:12 PM »
We obviously don't use chains (66') or rods (16.5') to measure anymore, but descriptions going back hundreds of years are written in those terms. There are 100 links in a chain. 80 chains is a mile.

Our instrumentation is capable of both imperial and metric for measurements. With single-person crews, we strictly only use GPS and robotic instruments these days. Sometimes we do need to pull out a level and have 2 people.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #1977 on: May 07, 2020, 04:10:27 PM »
two's company, three's a crowd

in the pandemic era
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #1978 on: May 07, 2020, 05:00:04 PM »
Quote from: bwarbiany on May 07, 2020, 11:27:45 AM
I say go metric with everything.
Is that a libertarian thing to say?  ;)
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #1979 on: May 07, 2020, 05:20:53 PM »
If you are ever in a home improvement store and looking to buy a tape measure, remember that an engineer's scale is hundredths of a foot, not fractions of inches.  

Bridge engineers still use fractions of inches when drafting plans. 
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #1980 on: May 07, 2020, 05:23:26 PM »
I think we had some billion dollar Mars probe auger in because one group used metric and the other English, or something like that.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #1981 on: May 07, 2020, 05:27:36 PM »
Quote from: GopherRock on May 07, 2020, 05:20:53 PM
If you are ever in a home improvement store and looking to buy a tape measure, remember that an engineer's scale is hundredths of a foot, not fractions of inches. 

Bridge engineers still use fractions of inches when drafting plans.
Yeah, all structural engineers still use feet and inches (not 0.01). They follow along the architectural protocols.

Is structural a separate license in MN? In Illinois, I cannot practice structural as a P.E., because IL requires an S.E. license (and separate testing of you want both the P.E. and S.E.).

Engineers cannot practice land surveying in any US jurisdiction. They are trying though.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #1982 on: May 07, 2020, 05:35:30 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on May 07, 2020, 05:23:26 PM
I think we had some billion dollar Mars probe auger in because one group used metric and the other English, or something like that.
Is that why the two sides of the Chunnel didn't meet up correctly?

(or is that actually a myth and they met up just fine)

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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #1983 on: May 07, 2020, 05:54:26 PM »
Makes you wonder how they took London Bridge down and set it back up in Arizona....
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #1984 on: May 07, 2020, 06:39:37 PM »
There is a LOT of major construction going on around me now.  We walked about yesterday to look at some of it.  I'm truly impressed at the human capacity to build these things.  They are beehives of activity.  I once wanted to be a civil engineer (I was not sufficiently civil).  I love this stuff.

I could probably sit and watch all day if I had a cool one.  

One road was blocked off, they had linemen up working on overhead lines which have to be put underground.  A nice police lady there escorted us through.

She had a really neat hair style.

The ground here is granite about 3-10 feet down, so the foundations are well set in general.

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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #1985 on: May 08, 2020, 08:50:43 AM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on May 07, 2020, 05:27:36 PM

Is structural a separate license in MN? In Illinois, I cannot practice structural as a P.E., because IL requires an S.E. license (and separate testing of you want both the P.E. and S.E.).

Engineers cannot practice land surveying in any US jurisdiction. They are trying though.
Structural isn't a separate license in Minnesota. It is a separate one in West Coast states as well. I never wanted to deal with the seismic test, so I never looked too much at the difference until now. 

I've considered getting my PLS, but I suspect my education background is aimed in the wrong direction to pull that off. The district engineer where I used to work has both stamps. 
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #1986 on: May 08, 2020, 09:07:24 AM »
Most states require a BS in Land Surveying now, or a related degree with at least 24 credit hours in land surveying. Then you must have 4 years of experience doing boundary/legal work under a PLS. Topo and layout work do not count for much, if at all, in most states.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #1987 on: May 09, 2020, 08:20:25 AM »
What if this thread never goes away? I guess that would mean that there is no 2020 season, and we will just have an offseason?
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