Thread: Ohio man stalls long enough to get new outhouse

BATAVIA, Ohio - An ailing, retired farmer who refused to give up his outhouse after authorities declared it to be a public nuisance finally got a new one.

Elbert "Lew" Preston, 79, stood his ground long enough for a nonprofit group to come to his aid and build him a sturdy new outhouse with a waste tank underneath.

"There she is," Preston said as he showed off the new outbuilding. "She's a lifesaver."

The wooden outhouse, complete with a crescent moon on its door, replaces a 1960s-built version that had run afoul of public health officials in Clermont County, east of Cincinnati. While the old one was over a hole in the ground, this one sits atop a concrete base and a 1,000-gallon tank..............

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080609/ap_on_fe_st/odd_new_outhouse

She's a lifesaver

Fricken Hillarious!!!
Thanks for the post, I truly got a kick out of it.
Old men can be stubborn as hell sometimes.

"BadlandsViking" wrote:

BATAVIA, Ohio - An ailing, retired farmer who refused to give up his outhouse after authorities declared it to be a public nuisance finally got a new one.

Elbert "Lew" Preston, 79, stood his ground long enough for a nonprofit group to come to his aid and build him a sturdy new outhouse with a waste tank underneath.

"There she is," Preston said as he showed off the new outbuilding. "She's a lifesaver."

The wooden outhouse, complete with a crescent moon on its door, replaces a 1960s-built version that had run afoul of public health officials in Clermont County, east of Cincinnati. While the old one was over a hole in the ground, this one sits atop a concrete base and a 1,000-gallon tank..............

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080609/ap_on_fe_st/odd_new_outhouse

Hey, purplepat...do you know this guy?

I hate those new fangled indoor plumbing units.

"Schutz" wrote:

I hate those new fangled indoor plumbing units.

NOW it all makes sense...I've always thought that your screen name was misspelled!
:P

"When you're in a house, sounds carry," Preston said. "Everybody knows your business."




Gotta love them old folks, they say it like it is !
;D

"NordicNed" wrote:

"When you're in a house, sounds carry," Preston said. "Everybody knows your business."





Gotta love them old folks, they say it like it is !

;D

*pooooooooooooooooot*

Echoes in the bowl too!
LOL

i like the sound when it hits the water.