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New outhouse too fancy for farmer
The 79-year-old retired tobacco farmer said the concrete and treated lumber outhouse built by People Working Cooperatively is a far cry from the simple wooden structure he once had sitting above a hole in the ground, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported.
"It's too nice and complicated to be an outhouse," Preston said. "I call it a privy."
The senior citizen said his old outhouse not only survived decades of usage, but even remained in service after being uprooted by a tornado in 1997.
A visit by board of health officials resulted in the outhouse being condemned. That's when People Working Cooperatively offered to build a new structure for Preston.
He says he misses his dilapidated outhouse but he's relieved he can still relieve himself outside.
"When you're in a house, sounds carry," Preston told the Enquirer. "Everybody knows your business."
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 06/09/2008
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06-11-2008 09:51
DHFabian wrote:
Outhouses
We had an outhouse when I was very young. In winter, one would half-freeze to death just to go potty. Summer was worse. Wasps and hornets are particularly attracted to outhouses, and there are times when using the facilities, so to speak, results in painful stings or the utter loss of dignity as one flies out of the outhouse to escape an especially irritable hornet. In addition, it was damp, smelly, and attracted cob-web producing spiders by the hundreds. I do not have even the slightly wisp of nostalgia for outhouses! Give me "fancy" indoor plumbing any day!
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