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Friday, January 11, 2008

If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere

Come on, Portland City Hall. Please get with this program.

Posted at 5:16 AM | Permalink

Comments (24)

They cost 100 grand a pop, CoP will gladly pay 200 grand and they don't need to work, call the designer.

Posted by phil | January 11, 2008 6:31 AM

I'd be shocked if the CoP could install one of these for less than $250k.

If they're located downtown, they will still get filthy in a few days without human intervention.

Posted by Mister Tee | January 11, 2008 6:55 AM

Yet another example of how human beings can complicate even the most basic activities...

Posted by Larry K | January 11, 2008 7:51 AM

Three 16 inch "servings" of TP maximum?

Posted by PMG | January 11, 2008 7:58 AM

Seattle has had restrooms like this for a few years now. Portland is losing the space potty race!

Posted by Brandon | January 11, 2008 8:25 AM

Portland will not only buy these but they'll screw up the 25 cent charge (billing) to use them.

Posted by Shirley | January 11, 2008 8:33 AM

Seems like they use an awful lot of energy and water, not to mention chemical disinfectant. My guess is that they are not "green" enough for Portland.

Posted by Jonathan Radmacher | January 11, 2008 9:23 AM

15 minute time limit? I'm barely getting started by then!

Posted by Archie Bunker and Al Bundy | January 11, 2008 9:25 AM

They've had them in France for at least 20 years....NYC tried to install them some time back but ran into (no pun) problems because they weren't accessible for wheelchairs.
What we have noticed in traveling-the USA has the filthiest public bathrooms when you can even find one.

Posted by kathe w. | January 11, 2008 9:28 AM

Seems like they use an awful lot of energy and water, not to mention chemical disinfectant. My guess is that they are not "green" enough for Portland.

You're right. Why look at these wasteful contraptions when stairwells and doorways are so carbon neutral.

Posted by cc | January 11, 2008 9:58 AM

I like this one http://www.storyevent.com/one-way-glass-toilet-in-houston-tx

Posted by Nick | January 11, 2008 10:14 AM

I bet soon they will have little monitors installed in those things that will advertise to the captive audience - like they do on newer gas pumps. Ugh.

I can see the sponsors (hello, Charmin?) lining up now!

Posted by Dave | January 11, 2008 10:48 AM

I like this one

hmm, let's see...where have I seen a setup where the customer stands behind a one-way glass pane and drops their pants before?

Posted by ecohuman | January 11, 2008 11:42 AM

Calling Mr. Wiffle....

Posted by Bark Munster | January 11, 2008 12:05 PM

Huh. Oddly enough, a pal of mine living in Germany was just telling me about these yesterday. He said the charge there is 0.30-0.50 euros, so a quarter a session seems pretty cheap. (Of course there are those moments where a person would pay anything to get in one right now. I hope they don't develop desperation-based charges!)

Posted by Alan DeWitt | January 11, 2008 12:20 PM

desperation-based charges

I think the technical term is 'congestion pricing'.

Posted by Allan L. | January 11, 2008 1:00 PM

If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere

Shouldn't those its have a "sh" in front of them?

Posted by none | January 11, 2008 1:09 PM

"I like this one." That's not in Houston;
it's in Switzerland. See Snopes.

Posted by RickN | January 11, 2008 3:01 PM

0.25 for 15 minutes and quiet and spacious? That's cheaper and easy than a motel room with clean sheets!

Posted by Steve | January 11, 2008 3:15 PM

0.25 for 15 minutes and quiet and spacious? That's cheaper and easy than a motel room with clean sheets!

Bingo!

Posted by cc | January 11, 2008 4:13 PM

Grrrrrrrr. Mmmmmmmmm. Whew! Need to eat more bran.

Potty humor.

Posted by Mister Tee | January 11, 2008 9:15 PM

In Portland, what group is more responsible for street-side urination, drunks or homeless?

100K is an amazing price, yikes. And I can't imagine how much it would take to keep these things clean. One hour on a Friday night in Old Town would kill it.

Posted by L7 | January 12, 2008 1:34 PM

I've used these overseas. They are actually not bad. No one can see anything, they do not stink, you can fit four in the space of one porta-potty.

These also worked well.

Posted by John | January 14, 2008 3:00 PM

Vote for Randy Leonard's new restrooms on his website! http://www.portlandonline.com/leonard/

Posted by Carol | January 15, 2008 9:51 PM

In Vino Veritas

Charamba, Douro 2008
Horse Heaven Hills, Cabernet 2010
Lorelle, Horse Heaven Hills Pinot Grigio 2011
Avignonesi, Montepulciano 2004
Lorelle, Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2011
Villa Antinori, Toscana 2007
Mercedes Eguren, Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
Lorelle, Columbia Valley Cabernet 2011
Purple Moon, Merlot 2011
Purple Moon, Chardonnnay 2011
Abacela, Vintner's Blend No. 12
Opula Red Blend 2010
Liberte, Pinot Noir 2010
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Indian Wells Red Blend 2010
Woodbridge, Chardonnay 2011
King Estate, Pinot Noir 2011
Famille Perrin, Cotes du Rhone Villages 2010
Columbia Crest, Les Chevaux Red 2010
14 Hands, Hot to Trot White Blend
Familia Bianchi, Malbec 2009
Terrapin Cellars, Pinot Gris 2011
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2009
Campo Viejo, Rioja, Termpranillo 2010
Ravenswood, Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
Quinta das Amoras, Vinho Tinto 2010
Waterbrook, Reserve Merlot 2009
Lorelle, Horse Heaven Hills, Pinot Grigio 2011
Tarantas, Rose
Chateau Lajarre, Bordeaux 2009
La Vielle Ferme, Rose 2011
Benvolio, Pinot Grigio 2011
Nobilo Icon, Pinot Noir 2009
Lello, Douro Tinto 2009
Quinson Fils, Cotes de Provence Rose 2011
Anindor, Pinot Gris 2010
Buenas Ondas, Syrah Rose 2010
Les Fiefs d'Anglars, Malbec 2009
14 Hands, Pinot Gris 2011
Conundrum 2012
Condes de Albarei, Albariño 2011
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2007
Penelope Sanchez, Garnacha Syrah 2010
Canoe Ridge, Merlot 2007
Atalaya do Mar, Godello 2010
Vega Montan, Mencia
Benvolio, Pinot Grigio
Nobilo Icon, Pinot Noir, Marlborough 2009
Portuga, Rose 2011
Revelation, Chardonnay, Pays d'Oc 2010
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 2005
Monte Alto, Tinto Reserva 2005
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Cabernet, Indian Wells 2009
Espiral, Vinho Rose
Vin-Koru, Pinot Gris 2011
14 Hands, Hot to Trot Red 2009
Rodney Strong, Cabernet, Sonoma 2009
Abacela, Vintner's Blend #11
Portuga, White 2010
La Bourgeoisie, Red 2009
Januik, Red 2009
Three Rivers, River's Red 2008
Kirkland, Alexander Valley Merlot 2008
Muga, Rioja Rose 2010
Quinta das Amoras, Vinho Tinto 2009
Mauro Molino, Barbera d'Alba 2009
Garda Chiaretto Rose
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Vineyard 10 White
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Pinot Gris, Columbia Valley 2009
L'Hortus, Rose de Saignee 2010
Maculan, Pino & Toi 2008
McKinley Springs, Bombing Range Red 2008
Trader Joe's Pinot Gris 2009
Montes Alpha, Cabernet 2007
Gran Sasso, Sangiovese, Terre di Chieti 2009
Garda, Classico Chiaretto Rose
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1999
Picos del Montgo, Tempranillo 2008
Chateau de Montmirail, Vacqueyras 2008
La Granja 360, Syrah 2009
Montgras, Carmenere Reserva 2009
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet 2008
Kirkland, Pinot Grigio 2010
Trader Joe's Coastal Syrah 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Merlot 2008
Trader Joe's Coastal Chardonnay 2009
Vieux Papes Red
Domaine de l'Aujardiere, Chardonnay 2009
Santa Rita, Cabernet, Medalla Real 2007
Penfold's, Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet 2008
Guild, Red, Lot #02 2008
Dievole, Dievolino Sangiovese 2008
Laforet, Burgogne Chardonnay 2009
Columbia Winery, Merlot 2007
Bonterra, Cabernet 2008
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2009
Maquis Lien 2006
Scott Paul, Pinot Noir, Le Paulee 2007

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Neil Young - Waging Heavy Peace
Mark Bego - Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul (2012 ed.)
Jenny Lawson - Let's Pretend This Never Happened
J.D. Salinger - Franny and Zooey
Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol
Timothy Egan - The Big Burn
Deborah Eisenberg - Transactions in a Foreign Currency
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - Slaughterhouse Five
Kathryn Lance - Pandora's Genes
Cheryl Strayed - Wild
Fyodor Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov
Jack London - The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii
Jack Walker - The Extraordinary Rendition of Vincent Dellamaria
Colum McCann - Let the Great World Spin
Niccolò Machiavelli - The Prince
Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird
Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus - The Nanny Diaries
Brian Selznick - The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Sharon Creech - Walk Two Moons
Keith Richards - Life
F. Sionil Jose - Dusk
Natalie Babbitt - Tuck Everlasting
Justin Halpern - S#*t My Dad Says
Mark Herrmann - The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law
Barry Glassner - The Gospel of Food
Phil Stanford - The Peyton-Allan Files
Jesse Katz - The Opposite Field
Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
David Sedaris - Holidays on Ice
Donald Miller - A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
Mitch Albom - Have a Little Faith
C.S. Lewis - The Magician's Nephew
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
William Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ivan Doig - Bucking the Sun
Penda Diakité - I Lost My Tooth in Africa
Grace Lin - The Year of the Rat
Oscar Hijuelos - Mr. Ives' Christmas
Madeline L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time
Steven Hart - The Last Three Miles
David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
Karen Armstrong - The Spiral Staircase
Charles Larson - The Portland Murders
Adrian Wojnarowski - The Miracle of St. Anthony
William H. Colby - Long Goodbye
Steven D. Stark - Meet the Beatles
Phil Stanford - Portland Confidential
Rick Moody - Garden State
Jonathan Schwartz - All in Good Time
David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Anthony Holden - Big Deal
Robert J. Spitzer - The Spirit of Leadership
James McManus - Positively Fifth Street
Jeff Noon - Vurt

Road Work

Miles run year to date: 21
At this date last year: 52
Total run in 2012: 129
In 2011: 113
In 2010: 125
In 2009: 67
In 2008: 28
In 2007: 113
In 2006: 100
In 2005: 149
In 2004: 204
In 2003: 269