John ,
I sure did not mean to be "me deep" in conversation when responding to the mild confusion on geodeticman versus geodesic; no problem on the handle question. Rather, I was impressed by the trouble you went to, to research the mildly related term geodesic - never saw some of those pictures before. You seem technically-oriented, so I would direct your interest if remaining on geodeTic by logging in to National Geodetic Survey , aka U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey , a branch of NOAA, the (US) national ocean and atmospheric administration that measure the geodesy of the earth, continental drift, gravitational models of the earth etc, as opposed to land surveying where earth curvature and gravity are not allowed for. Sorry did not mean to to wax technobabble on you, but you showed strong interest. Also, wise words on the ambiguity posed by Gman. I'll stick with the other request then made to shorten my name - geoman, without the hyphen as you suggest. To amswer the question re: "daug", I slipped and hit send by accident before I could key "daughter" of mine who is the apple of my eye. She is 23 now, doing great in the big scary world, and is marrying soon. I never knew exactly how much the father's traditional part in marriage funding was until it started recently...... Thanks for all your help John, humbly - Steve er,,,geodeticman hmm Yoda must ponder the name.
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