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  1. #1
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    Corn won't be tall enough for another 3-4 weeks. I'd be happy if someone would put up portajohns along the country roads while the corn is small (and after it's been combined in the fall)!

    And I'm kinda short, but soybeans are NEVER tall enough for me.
    Speed comes from what you put behind you. - Judi Ketteler

  2. #2
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    I'd rather pee behind a tree than use a port-a-potty. Or wait until I can find a "real" loo.

  3. #3
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    As a newcomer to being outdoors - even at my age I've never "gone" outdoors...

    That is going to change with my new-found love for biking and hiking!

  4. #4
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    I often prefer porta potties to the available public flush toilets. The porta potties around here tend to be kept in pretty good condition, while the public toilets in places like gas stations and restaurants are often old, falling apart, smelly, and not well maintained.

    Sarah

  5. #5
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    Catrin, there's nothing better than peeing outdoors in -7F temperatures, like I did while hiking in Lake Placid! Seriously, I've peed in so many local conversation areas, it seems natural to me.
    My riding buddy seems to memorize the location of all of the porta potties that appear on local playgrounds in the late spring and disappear at the end of September, with the beginning and end of youth sports seasons.

  6. #6
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    I'm sitting here chuckling about squating beside the road... as well as the gross of the porta potty...

    OK, here's the deal on 1) not drinking enough so you don't have to pee, and/or 2) holding the pee too long in your bladder...

    Bonking from dehydration, potential outcome from #1; or a urinary tract infection, potential from #2... NEITHER one are something I want to have happen... vs. braving the porta potty, or baring my booty beside the road...

    SO...

    just whip those bike shorts down and go!

  7. #7
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    "just whip those bike shorts down and go! "

    I swear my riding group can recognize each other by the distant sight of "Great White" off in the bushes somewhere. We stay out of the porta-potties.
    Lookit, grasshopper....

  8. #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by Catrin View Post
    As a newcomer to being outdoors - even at my age I've never "gone" outdoors...

    That is going to change with my new-found love for biking and hiking!
    Total TMI but I went outside for the first time in my 29 years recently, after looking for poison ivy it was shockingly liberating. No waiting for a bathroom and outside doesn't smell as bad as a porta potty sitting baking the Texas sun. Oh and I learned what poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac looked like when I started mountain biking. One of the best things I learned. I pack a baggies of TP or baby wipes in my camel back though so I am not looking for leaves.

    I too hate the Porta Potties, if the smell weren't bad enough they are often out of paper or the paper is on the floor. Oh and there is one trail here with something worse - composting toilets. I have used some that are okay but these smell so awful.

    Oh and secure your phone, it is expense and no one lets you live it down if you lose your phone to a porta potty. Trust me.
    Amanda

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  9. #9
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    I'm finally getting used to them, not because of bike events, but because of dog events. I hate to say this, but they are cleaner at dog events. No idea why, in fact, since people/dogs are staying in 1 local, I'd expect them to be dirtier. Maybe it's because dog events are 90% women, and bike events are 90% men?
    Took this photo at an earthdog trial last year, just thought I'd add some "amusing" to the thread. (and note the business name for the port-o-potties, yuck!)
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  10. #10
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    What a cute little dog! I'm wondering if they're cleaner at dog events because dog owners are used to cleaning up poop and it's on their mind already?

    Karen
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