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Mystery of commode by the road thickens
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^
| Wednesday, February 23, 2005
| Eric Heyl
Posted on 02/23/2005 8:55:49 AM PST by Willie Green
As the months passed and no one arrived to claim the roadside attraction, Dawn Michaels became increasingly curious.
Surely, the portable toilet belonged to someone.
But after nearly eight months, Michaels recently suspected that no one was going to return to Rochester Road in Ross to retrieve the Porta-Pottie. It had been cast aside, cruelly abandoned, forced to endure the harsh winter elements on its own.
If we were talking about a dog or cat instead of a human waste receptacle, this story would be positively heartbreaking.
Suspecting that public money was being wasted, Michaels, 60, of Ross, began investigating. She started with Jerry Pidhirny, owner of the Barnhart Roofing Co., located near the increasingly permanent potty.
(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...
TOPICS: Local News; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: penndot; portapotties
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To: martin_fierro; xsmommy
Dawn Michaels sure is "nebby" 'nat!!!
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posted on
02/23/2005 8:57:03 AM PST
by
Willie Green
(Go Pat Go!!!)
To: Willie Green
willie you and yer dang commodes n'at.... ; )
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posted on
02/23/2005 8:59:55 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: Willie Green
--I've wondered about the one just above Leadfield, California--
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posted on
02/23/2005 9:06:51 AM PST
by
rellimpank
(urban dwellers don' t understand the cultural deprivation of not being raised on a farm)
To: Willie Green
To: 3catsanadog; agrace; annyokie; Atlantin; Ayn Rand wannabe; Badray; Benrand; beyond the sea; ...
"Dawn Michaels" is sure to be pronounced, "Dawwwwwwwwn Mahkles"
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posted on
02/23/2005 9:15:30 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(I am not Deep Throat)
To: rellimpank
--I've wondered about the one just above Leadfield, California--Well if your tax dollars are being used to maintain it, I'd say go ahead and use it. No sense letting it just sit there idle. Then it really WOULD be a waste of taxpayers money.
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posted on
02/23/2005 9:16:22 AM PST
by
Willie Green
(Go Pat Go!!!)
To: Junior
Potty ping....Spring Church is about 5 miles down the road from where I live.
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posted on
02/23/2005 9:22:05 AM PST
by
cjshapi
To: g'nad; Corin Stormhands; osagebowman
Target beside the road ping.
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posted on
02/23/2005 9:27:02 AM PST
by
Professional Engineer
(I'm not an Aggie, but I married one as fast as I could.)
To: Willie Green
must be a slow news day in pittsburgh. "GOVERNMENT WASTE!! PORTA-POTTY COST RUNS ON AND ON", screamed the headline.
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posted on
02/23/2005 9:30:30 AM PST
by
smonk
To: smonk
Well SOMEBODY kept sending a check to have it serviced...
You don't think private enterprise would be that stupid, do you?
To: Willie Green
If Pittsburgh teens are anything like those I grew up around, this thing should be on its side tomorrow or halfway to the nearest church parking lot.
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posted on
02/23/2005 9:37:36 AM PST
by
Old Professer
(As truth and fiction blend in the Mixmaster of History almost any sauce can be made palatable.)
To: Willie Green
I was trying to make a joke . . . "waste", "cost", "runs" . . . apparently it wasn't one of my best.
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posted on
02/23/2005 9:38:03 AM PST
by
smonk
To: Willie Green
said Debbie Stankus, assistant manager at Royal Flush. Why on Earth would ANY woman with a last name like that get a job doing anything in sanitation.
Can you imagine the torture she took in School? "Alright, who farted, Oh No, Debbie Stank Us!"
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posted on
02/23/2005 9:42:04 AM PST
by
Malsua
To: smonk
apparently it wasn't one of my best.Potty humor has been around a loooooong time.
It's extremely difficult to come up with something new and unique.
I apologize for not getting your joke, it seemed so realistic, I simply assumed that you were series.
To: Professional Engineer; g'nad; osagebowman
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posted on
02/23/2005 9:48:01 AM PST
by
Corin Stormhands
(One Iraqi purple finger took more courage than John Kerry's three purple hearts.)
To: martin_fierro; xsmommy
Apparently this woman thought it was a fey port-a-john....
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posted on
02/23/2005 9:52:09 AM PST
by
Explorer89
(Q.E.D. man)
To: Explorer89
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posted on
02/23/2005 9:56:54 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: Malsua
My thoughts, too. Great juvenile minds think alike.
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posted on
02/23/2005 10:05:05 AM PST
by
BJClinton
(What's the difference between the Super Bowl and the Grammy's? The Eagles have won a Grammy)
To: xsmommy
Royal Flush has faithfully maintained Rochester Road's lonely loo (a model which typically rents for $84 a month, although bulk discounts are available)...Uh, "bulk discounts" Gracie?
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posted on
02/23/2005 10:07:41 AM PST
by
Petronski
(Zebras: Free Range Bar Codes of the Serengeti)
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