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Florida man fed up with potholes plants banana tree in road
Associated Press ^ | September 8, 2021

Posted on 09/08/2021 11:49:52 AM PDT by Olog-hai

A man fed up with a private road in poor condition near his southwest Florida business has a novel solution: plant a banana tree in a pothole to warn motorists away.

Last week, Bryan Raymond planted the tree in a stubborn pothole along Honda Drive just off U.S. 41 in south Fort Myers. Raymond, who owns Progress and Pride Fitness Group, said the idea of planting a banana tree ripened in his mind after having to fill holes in the street with cement multiple times.

Because Honda Drive is a private street, county officials said, it’s up to the business owners to maintain the street.

For Raymond, the banana tree is an attention-grabbing repair. …

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TOPICS: Food; Local News
KEYWORDS: banana; florida; floridaman; fortmyers; hondadrive; potholes; privateroad; us41
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1 posted on 09/08/2021 11:49:52 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Come Mr. Tallyman
Tally me bananas
Daylight come and me got pothole.


2 posted on 09/08/2021 11:51:30 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (China is like the Third Reich. We are Mussolini's Italy. Weaker, a Jr partner good at losing wars.)
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To: Olog-hai

classic case of going bananas...


3 posted on 09/08/2021 11:53:00 AM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value as well as making people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: Olog-hai

“having to fill holes in the street with cement multiple times”

I’d be wondering if there is a sinkhole developing.


4 posted on 09/08/2021 11:53:20 AM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: Olog-hai; Joe Brower

The #FloridaMan solution to a pothole problem when nobody wants to fix the road.


5 posted on 09/08/2021 11:53:49 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Florida: America's new free zone.)
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To: Olog-hai
https://www.winknews.com/2021/09/03/a-tree-is-planted-in-pothole-to-call-attention-to-road-conditions/

Manhole cover. Do the businesses have to maintain the sewer system too?

6 posted on 09/08/2021 11:56:13 AM PDT by Pollard (#*&% Communism)
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To: dynachrome

Yep they better check on a sink hole developing or their businesses may no longer be there very shortly!! They would be smart to get an engineer out there ASAP!!!


7 posted on 09/08/2021 11:56:27 AM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Olog-hai
In Pittsburgh the potholes come much bigger. So a banana tree won’t do. Buses are used instead.


8 posted on 09/08/2021 11:56:44 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have alrseady previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Olog-hai

If potholes voted for Republicans they’d be eliminated within days.


9 posted on 09/08/2021 12:03:01 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Olog-hai

“Look man, we ain’t gonna fall for the banana tree in the pothole!”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orH6ZSY0W1o


10 posted on 09/08/2021 12:05:02 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: Olog-hai

I’d be waiting for the bananas. Yum.


11 posted on 09/08/2021 12:05:03 PM PDT by KittyKares (I miss President Trump!)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

Smart advice, but I had no idea banana trees grew that quickly. I’d guess one Florida winter will take care of the problem because if banana trees grew that far north, they would be growing them that far north.


12 posted on 09/08/2021 12:05:20 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Love it! Just Love it!


13 posted on 09/08/2021 12:06:44 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

14 posted on 09/08/2021 12:08:49 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: Olog-hai
A couple of years ago the roads in our neighborhood got so bad we took things into our own hands. Kind of like a pot-luck, but for adults only and conducted in the dark of night.

Several people were involved, their names omitted to protect the inebriated, bringing various things to the party such as buckets of asphalt patch from Home Depot, wheelbarrows, shovels, tampers, and owing to the proclivities of the organizer of our unofficial vandalism, boxed wine.

Our retail grade solution, applied by untrained and moderately intoxicated civilians, lasted about as long as the patches applied by the pros. Oh, and if anyone asks, no I don't know how that asphalt got on my tamper, given that I have a concrete drive...that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

15 posted on 09/08/2021 12:11:23 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Biden/Harris - illegitimate and everyone knows it.)
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To: heavy metal; Viking2002

Laughing because trees just grew in the middle of the untended road naturally on old rt 40 up to Cumberland.

:D


16 posted on 09/08/2021 12:11:48 PM PDT by Salamander ("Salamander has barbaric tendencies" /Gundog)
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To: Salamander

reminds me of a lynyrd skynyrd song...


17 posted on 09/08/2021 12:21:07 PM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value as well as making people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: KittyKares

Bananas need lots of water and fertilizer to produce fruit.


18 posted on 09/08/2021 12:23:18 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Puddin' Head Joe--We are checking our watches for the end of your miserable White House tenure.)
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To: Olog-hai

Banana Trivia: The banana is not a tree. It is a grass.


19 posted on 09/08/2021 12:26:35 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Puddin' Head Joe--We are checking our watches for the end of your miserable White House tenure.)
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To: Leaning Right

“In Pittsburgh the potholes come much bigger. So a banana tree won’t do. Buses are used instead.”

LOL


20 posted on 09/08/2021 12:37:06 PM PDT by plain talk
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