What are these things...?

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What are these things...?

Postby road_kill » Wed Mar 12, 2014 10:25 am

...that have suddenly appeared on the pavements? Sometimes they have a painted red triangle around them. I'm sure they never used to be there...

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Re: What are these things...?

Postby pingu » Wed Mar 12, 2014 11:28 am

markers for putting a theodolite onto.

so they get the exact same place every time they do a measurement
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Re: What are these things...?

Postby Alycidon » Wed Mar 12, 2014 12:42 pm

pingu wrote:markers for putting a theodolite onto.

so they get the exact same place every time they do a measurement


Would be handy for then and now photos!!
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Re: What are these things...?

Postby road_kill » Wed Mar 12, 2014 2:12 pm

pingu wrote:markers for putting a theodolite onto.
so they get the exact same place every time they do a measurement


Ah! thanks. :D
That means somebody is surveying the bowling green and old tennis courts again. Not good news...
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Re: What are these things...?

Postby Godsgift » Wed Mar 12, 2014 6:24 pm

pingu wrote:markers for putting a theodolite onto.

so they get the exact same place every time they do a measurement



Nah! It's to direct the Iluminati to the non believers! :wink:
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Re: What are these things...?

Postby DickyHart » Thu Mar 13, 2014 10:10 pm

Godsgift wrote:
pingu wrote:markers for putting a theodolite onto.

so they get the exact same place every time they do a measurement



Nah! It's to direct the Iluminati to the non believers! :wink:


if godsgift stops posting suddenly, the Illuminati sorted him out for giving it away.
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Re: What are these things...?

Postby the researcher » Thu Apr 17, 2014 2:59 pm

is it where cables are located below the tarmac perhaps?
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Re: What are these things...?

Postby sandabound » Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:04 pm

the researcher wrote:is it where cables are located below the tarmac perhaps?



No it's like Pingu says, it's a theodolite marker/
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