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Rotation_slim
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Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 12:30 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zo om.gne?id=1303837227&size=o
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Johnlodge
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Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 12:31 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

LOL, you tell em, sign guy.
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Raptor56
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Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 12:39 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

That's classic!
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Gazhekwe
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Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 12:41 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Oooh, I have wanted to say that to people I've caught throwing junk out their car windows onto the street.
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Diehard
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Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 12:49 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Now, if only we were sure those stupid m***ers could read...
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Barnesfoto
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Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 12:49 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

ha! a bit less polite, but reminds me of the sign I made a few years back: BULK PICKUP IS THE THIRD FRIDAY OF THE MONTH, NOT EVERY DAY OF THE MONTH!
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Iddude313
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Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 12:51 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

lol
I love it.
And I hate litterbugs!
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Ray1936
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Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 12:57 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Well, it's a start..... :-)
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Fareastsider
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Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 1:36 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Love It! They should make street signs like that!
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Jimaz
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Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 2:00 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

But was the sign effective? Sometimes things like that have a way of backfiring.
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Focusonthed
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Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 2:15 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yeah, the dumper probably felt "disrespected" and brought his gun with him to the alley next time.
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Darwinism
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Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 2:31 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

http://digg.com/offbeat_news/O ne_Person_s_Explanation_of_Why _Detroit_Looks_So_Bad_PIC

Being one of the top stories on Digg.com is going to bring a ton of web traffic and exposure. PR at its best on the World Wide Web.
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Mdoyle
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Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 3:13 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

around the corner from a friends there are a gaggle of people shitting and pissing behind a dumpster (near a gas station) so far there has been no solution we've thought of. The stench during the summer is terrible. We figured if we put a sign up more people would piss on it out of spite. Any one have some solutions? Its in and extremely well lit area on a major road. we though tack strips might work ha.
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Detroitnerd
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Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 3:39 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Extremely low frequency sound will drive people away. I read one time how the Throbbing Gristle crew had obnoxious partiers behind their house and put killer amps out back facing into the ground and played 10 hz. tone at 100 decibels. The losers left.
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Mdoyle
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Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 4:05 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yes but its a gas station. Generally 10hz @ 100 decibels is coming from that direction at all hours. I suppose giving the area a squirt down with the hose daily is about as good as possible.
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Jazzstage
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Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 4:34 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Comments on Digg show racism, ignorance and bias go far beyond our borders.
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Detroitnerd
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Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 4:48 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Motion-detecting lights sure seem to bother people. I hear junkies don't like light.

Junkie logic goes like this: I need to take a shit. Over there? Oh, when I go over there that light comes on! I fucking hate light. Now what was I thinking about? Oh, yeah. It's time to rob some motherfucker.
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Raptor56
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Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 4:49 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Lob some fire-crakers over the fence while they are pissing/shitting and watch them all run away. after nearly getting a fire cracker up the ass a couple times, the dirty folks will find a new public latrine. toss over an occasional M-80 for some extra laughs.
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Mdoyle
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Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 5:33 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

It think its mostly people who drive up at night to fill up their at the gas station rather than a band of regulars ha. The motion sensor light might be worth it though.
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E_hemingway
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Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 5:37 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Having an easily seen camera pointed at it (doesn't necessarily have to be working) might help keep people away. But then again, drunk/high people usually don't notice things like that.
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Detroitnerd
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Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 5:40 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Why don't you hook up a camera, license the site www.watchmepeebehindthegasstat ion.com, and use the proceeds to hire somebody to clean up all that schitt, maybe even buy a tank of gas?
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Frumoasa
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Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 8:46 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Can anybody vouch that this sign is real? What street/alley is it on? It surely isn't in my neighborhood, most folks are not English-proficient enough to write that very nice little diatribe. The only place we get any real dumping is behind Greater Detroit Hospital. Our alleys aren't that bad. (Watch it, I'll go outside and find a disease infested mattress as payback for writing this.)
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Lefty2
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Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:10 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

ha ha ha, you must not have driven around detoit much there is crap dumped MANY places. Citizens in action is where its at. Don't rely on the Gov't
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Bulletmagnet
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Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 9:57 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I am really surprised not one of you suggested that a toilet be provided by the city, and paid for by the home owner.
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Detroitnerd
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Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - 1:06 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Bulletmagnet, then the I'd-rather-cry-my-ass-off-all- day-than-pay-taxes crowd would start braying. (Apparently their rugged individualism has no truck with subsidized Internet access.)
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Paulmcall
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Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - 8:05 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Ever wonder why some places won't let folks use their toilets?
Nothing like going to a gas station and have shit all over the walls or unflushed, clogged johns.
No excuse for behavior like that.
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Rotation_slim
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Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - 1:14 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Solution for Dumpster "dump"ers:
http://www.northerntool.com/we bapp/wcs/stores/servlet/produc t_6970_1050064_1050064

Motion sensitive sprinker, made to deter deer from gardens.. put it back there.. put a little water on those who do not belong.. they will move along and become someone else's problem
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Detroitnerd
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Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - 1:19 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Haha. More of the country in the city...

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