You smelled diesel fuel and Port-a-Potties and heard the echoes of talk radio and Patriot News.

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We wanted to drive down today to show our out-of-town visitors the festivities and port-a-potties and scaffolding.

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These 2, 500 women had shared laughter and tears, meals and showers in mobile trucks, pink tents and port-a-potties.

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Needed porta-potties could not be put into service in strategic locations because of legal requirements for equal treatment that made the cost prohibitive.

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Outhouse races, held in towns and cities across the western US, let teams compete in their own portable potties, complete with four sides, a roof, a toilet seat and even a roll of toilet paper.

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