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...