John Morris Posted August 30, 2017 Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 Got a lull at my day job and thought I'd just take a shot of some potholers and post out here My survey crew is on standby to locate underground utilities for the preliminary design stage of a road project. These guys suck the dirt up with that high powered vac, they'll locate the underground pipes, conduit, etc, my crew will shoot the actual location of those utilities for horizontal coordinates, and elevations, then we turn our data into the engineers. This way we'll know during construction if we have to relocate the utilities or just be aware they are there. Highs in the 107 degree range today, and it's humid! We are already drenched. Cheers from the field! Link to comment
Chips N Dust Posted August 30, 2017 Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 Hopefully everything gets located. In this area, the surveyor calls in locates for design and only a few get marked, but when we call in and say we are going to dig, a whole bunch more shows up. Link to comment
John Morris Posted August 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 Short story on that Kelly, during construction we usually run into something anyway, even with all the preliminary precautions, once the a-holes and elbows start flying during construction all bets are off, then the finger pointing starts! Link to comment
Chips N Dust Posted August 30, 2017 Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 15 minutes ago, John Morris said: Short story on that Kelly, during construction we usually run into something anyway, even with all the preliminary precautions, once the a-holes and elbows start flying during construction all bets are off, then the finger pointing starts! BTDT. Link to comment
John Morris Posted August 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 2 minutes ago, Chips N Dust said: BTDT. Don't ya love it!!!!! Link to comment
lew Posted August 30, 2017 Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 Here in the northeast, we don't have to hire a crew to make potholes. Mother Nature does it all by herself Link to comment
John Morris Posted August 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 12 minutes ago, lew said: Here in the northeast, we don't have to hire a crew to make potholes. Mother Nature does it all by herself Good one Lew. Link to comment
Cal Posted August 31, 2017 Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 3 hours ago, lew said: Here in the northeast, we don't have to hire a crew to make potholes. Mother Nature does it all by herself Lol, I know what you mean Lew - or at least I thought I knew what you meant... Have you been to Canada? Two years ago I drove up to Toronto and surrounding areas, from Niagara Falls. I was totally shocked by the condition of the highways. They were in better shape than most of our roads in Georgia - and a whole heap better than what PA & NY has to offer. I also noticed that nearly all of the big trucks had their "helper" wheels down driving down the highway, something I very rarely see in the states. I do not want to jump to conclusions based upon only limited driving around up there, but at first blush it makes it seem as if "our" rules for large trucks are pretty slack, allowing ever larger and heavier loads at ever higher speeds. And I am also sure that the low bidder gets the road building contract too... I think Mother Nature has been getting a bad rap all this time. Hard to blame her here in Georgia, but our roads are constantly tore up "from something". Cal Link to comment
lew Posted August 31, 2017 Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 Pennsylvania has a well deserved road reputation- Link to comment
Chips N Dust Posted August 31, 2017 Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 1 hour ago, lew said: Pennsylvania has a well deserved road reputation- Sort of like this song: Link to comment
John Morris Posted August 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 28 minutes ago, Chips N Dust said: Sort of like this song: Where the heck did you get that! You're twisted Kelly. Link to comment
Grandpadave52 Posted August 31, 2017 Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 33 minutes ago, Chips N Dust said: Sort of like this song: I love that song... As sad as this may sound, I actually was singing that (to myself) in the shower the other morning. I'm not sure if I'm Larry, Daryl or Daryl... Link to comment
John Morris Posted August 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 1 minute ago, Grandpadave52 said: I love that song... As sad as this may sound, I actually was singing that (to myself) in the shower the other morning. I have never for the life of me heard that one, I gotta share this with the guys at work. They probably heard it though. Link to comment
Grandpadave52 Posted August 31, 2017 Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 Just now, John Morris said: I have never for the life of me heard that one, I gotta share this with the guys at work. They probably heard it though. Well John, there's lots of stuff from Bob & Tom that probably shouldn't be heard period IMO and certainly not posted on this site, but this is one of their classics... Bob & Tom in the Mornings, Q-95 (WFBQ) ; broadcast from Indianapolis, IN; also on i-Heart radio... Link to comment
HARO50 Posted August 31, 2017 Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 11 hours ago, clhyer said: Have you been to Canada? Two years ago I drove up to Toronto and surrounding areas, from Niagara Falls. I was totally shocked by the condition of the highways. They were in better shape than most of our roads in Georgia - and a whole heap better than what PA & NY has to offer. Oh, we have our share of potholes! But we also have a lot of Minis up here, so they fill up fast! John Link to comment
Stick486 Posted August 31, 2017 Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 finest kind irony... Link to comment
Cal Posted August 31, 2017 Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 That sure looks like a PA tag on that truck, too @HandyDan Cal Link to comment
lew Posted August 31, 2017 Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 21 minutes ago, clhyer said: That sure looks like a PA tag on that truck, too @HandyDan Cal I thought that, too! Link to comment
HandyDan Posted August 31, 2017 Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 1 hour ago, clhyer said: That sure looks like a PA tag on that truck, too @HandyDan Cal Link to comment
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