While doing a forced march vanagon attack on a Bristol Rhode Island Boat > Yard I came across a despicable difficulty... When stopping for gas at a > large Citgo Station I attempted to avail myself of the plumbing > facilities... I was informed that they were out of order... after 3 more > similar response from restaurants and service stations it became apparent > that a plot was afoot ... so I broke out the Porta potty... Just to see if > my paranoia was justified... I stopped at a dozen more stations and found > that either the water in Rhode Island is harmful to porcelain fixtures or, > in the Ocean State, the public restroom is going the way of the whale-bone > corset ... > > This malignancy has long been epidemic on Martha's Vineyard where it is not > unusual that after eating a hugely expensive meal one finds that the loo is > "out of order"... On that island of the stars I understand that there is a > fee for pump outs of $1 a gallon because of some state mandate due to a > leaking sewage lagoon... whatever the problem with the plumbing be it > mechanical or mean-spirited... the problem for the distressed in no less > real... |
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