Posted on 06/02/2005 12:26:33 AM PDT by kingattax
Tens of thousands of 'trucker bombs' litter roads ---
SEATTLE — Roadside litter comes in all shapes and sizes — from dirty diapers to syringes — but there's one category that out-grosses the rest: trucker bombs.
Most drivers whiz along the nation's highways largely oblivious to their roadside surroundings. But next time you are out there, take a closer look.
"As soon as you look for it you’ll see it," says Megan Warfield, litter programs coordinator at Washington state's Department of Ecology. "You just see them glistening in the sun. It’s just gross."
They are trucker bombs, plastic jugs full of urine tossed by truckers, and even non-truckers, who refuse to make a proper potty stop to relieve themselves.
The state hasn't counted how many such jugs are found each year, but a single, small county decided to do its own tally. "In one year," Warfield says, "one crew found 2,666 bottles of urine, 67 feces covered items, not including diapers, and 18 syringes."
It even happens at rest stops. "That’s the mystery," Warfield says. "There’s a bathroom right there, there’s also a trash can."
Handling the goods Disposing of trucker bombs, aka torpedoes or pee bottles, is a thankless task that in many cases falls to highway cleanup crews.
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Not braggin---poor eysight and bad aim.
Hey!...time is money...I ain't got time to stop and pee!
Maybe that is a job for prisoners.
"Mowers 'hit them, they explode"
A Canadian Pontiac nameplate that was used on various models. Not currently used today.
I notice you fly the Californica flag on your FRProfile page. You've just given me yet another reason to be glad I declined three job offers from companies on the left coast...
Yuk!!!! I can't think of another thing to say.
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eewwwwwwwww
The Canadian version of a 64 Chevy II or a Nova. It came in a two door HT with a 327 3 speed auto.
I knew a guy who drove one to California and people would follow him around and try to buy it from him because they never saw one before.
All the US auto makers in the sixties had Canadian versions of US makes. They're now quite rare and valuable.
Butt, butt, butt, it's only smokers who litter. They must be the ones throwing out these "trucker" bombs, and the Walmart bags, and the bottles of Colt 44, and fast food wrappers, etc.... And blame those dirty baby diapers on evil smoking babies. Everyone knows that saintly non-smoking babies always deposit their diapers in the trash where it belongs. And heck, the poop of non-smoking babies don't even stink.
In the old days they had the "chauffeur's leg" -- a similar device to what you describe. The chauffeur was expected to hold it so long as MiLady didn't need to stop. The "leg" offered en-route relief.
We're talking Classic Era, pre-WWII here.
Go to any medical supply store. Get a box of Cath Condoms, hose, and a leg bag. Then you will be good to go anytime, anyplace. Oh....but don't forget a hose clamp for the outlet end....LOL
Well, you can just bet that I am saving this thread and throw it into the face of the next anti that bashes us about cigarette butt litter! I'm TIRED of it!!
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