That moment I finally got why they tape off excavation grids differently

I was volunteering on a dig outside of Nashville last spring, and I kept getting told my grid lines were off. Turns out I was pulling the tape too tight against the corner pins which threw off the whole square. A grad student finally showed me to leave a tiny loop of slack at each post and suddenly everything lined up perfect. Has anyone else had a basic technique click way later than it should have?

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mila_murphy211d ago

I mean I used to pull them super tight too but the slack thing totally changed my mind.

adamr141d ago

The tinychange bit works for me too lmao.

hannahsingh1d ago

Disagree hard on this one. Pulling them super tight is the only way I get any real hold or my hair just falls flat by lunchtime (and I've tried everything). Leaving slack just feels like I'm asking for my braids or whatever to unravel the second I move my head. Plus the whole "tinychange bit" thing always looks kind of messy to me, like you gave up halfway through. Tight and clean all the way, that's my motto.