Alpo Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Novel. Environmentalists. Kind of like the monkey wrench gang. They're going to build a restaurant on this vacant lot, and the lot is home to a bunch of burrowing owls. So the night after the lot was surveyed someone pulled up all the survey stakes and filled in the holes. The construction crew could not get started until the lot got resurveyed. By the time the second survey was finished, the porta potties for the construction crew had arrived. Again the stakes were pulled up and the holes were filled in. And this time alligators were put in the porta potties. From the smell in a freshly cleaned and filled porta potty, that's not just plain water down there. Got me idly wondering what that blue liquid would do to an alligator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perro Del Diablo Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Not sure exactly what they use but I would think of tidy bowl man concentrated. No self respecting alligator would want to swim in that and I’m sure he would be a little angry at you dropping stuff on his face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Michigan Slim Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 When we were kids in Michigan we ate blueberries all day everyday during the season. I could tell you what the blue stuff in there was then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 How Porta-Potties Work Quote Tank is filled with three things 1. Blue dye to hide the appearance of the waste 2. Fragrance to mask the odor 3. Biocides to kill bacteria and microbes For decades, the industry standard for killing bacteria in porta-potties was formaldehyde, the same potent chemical used to preserve tissue samples and embalm corpses. But an increasing number of states have outlawed formaldehyde in portable toilets, because wastewater treatment plants aren't equipped to properly dispose of the chemical, a known carcinogen [source: CEPA]. The phasing out of formaldehyde has led to the development of "greener" solutions for porta-potty chemicals. Instead of killing off all microbial life in the tank, the green approach is to introduce beneficial enzymes and microbes that feed on odor-causing bacteria. Some biological additives even speed up the decomposition of organic matter, including toilet paper, which means that tanks don't need to be emptied as often. Weather can mess with porta-potty tanks. When it's hot outside, it's even hotter inside the bowels (literally) of the potty. And when temperatures soar, bacteria go into overdrive, meaning things get very stinky very fast. To combat this, porta-potty operators bump up the ratio of chemicals to water in the summer, and also when a unit is expected to receive heavy use, like at a festival. Frozen turds are equally bad. How do you clean out a unit when the tank is a putrid block of ice? In the depths of winter, porta-potty operators add a salty brine to lower the freezing point of the tank. A nifty trick for keeping the brine ratio correct is to add a cake of rock salt to the urinal. As patrons use the urinal, the cake slowly releases more salt into the tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Now there's good knowledge, right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc X Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Michigan Slim said: When we were kids in Michigan we ate blueberries all day everyday during the season. I could tell you what the blue stuff in there was then! NOW I know how you chose your profession! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Lizard Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 I don't what use in porta-potties...But in Tombstone in Big Nose Kates place they use bags of ice in the mens room...Just a long urinal for the guys to go....I guess it keeps the smell down....The girls I was with did not believe this and had to check out...Went right in and looked.... Texas Lizard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 I've seen the ice in the urinal thing countless times here and there over the decades....melted a lot of that ice, myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Smurf Blood! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Hmmm, octopus and squid blood is blue too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Rich Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Kalifornia Koolaid. kR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Badly Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 uuuhhh. Urine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 https://www.surco.com/blog/portable-toilet-blue-chemical-explained/ LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Well, given the uptick in alcohol purchases in the last 30 days I suspect that a good percentage is recycled beer, wine, and cocktails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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