New Outhouse Too Fancy For Farmer
CINCINNATI (UPI) -- A new outhouse built by a Cincinnati non-profit group is simply too fancy for Elbert "Lew" Preston, the Ohio farmer says. The 79-year-old retired tobacco farmer said the concrete and treated lumber outhouse built by People Working Cooperatively is a far cry from the simple wooden structure he once had sitting above a hole in the ground, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported. "It's too nice and complicated to be an outhouse," Preston said. "I call it a privy." The senior citizen said his old outhouse not only survived decades of usage, but even remained in service after being uprooted by a tornado in 1997. A visit by board of health officials resulted in the outhouse being condemned. That's when People Working Cooperatively offered to build a new structure for Preston. He says he misses his dilapidated outhouse but he's relieved he can still relieve himself outside. "When you're in a house, sounds carry," Preston told the Enquirer. "Everybody knows your business."
CINCINNATI (UPI) -- A new outhouse built by a Cincinnati non-profit group is simply too fancy for Elbert "Lew" Preston, the Ohio farmer says. The 79-year-old retired tobacco farmer said the concrete and treated lumber outhouse built by People Working Cooperatively is a far cry from the simple wooden structure he once had sitting above a hole in the ground, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported. "It's too nice and complicated to be an outhouse," Preston said. "I call it a privy." The senior citizen said his old outhouse not only survived decades of usage, but even remained in service after being uprooted by a tornado in 1997. A visit by board of health officials resulted in the outhouse being condemned. That's when People Working Cooperatively offered to build a new structure for Preston. He says he misses his dilapidated outhouse but he's relieved he can still relieve himself outside. "When you're in a house, sounds carry," Preston told the Enquirer. "Everybody knows your business."
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