<p>When I first came to Ohio in the 70s, some of the rest stops were still OUTHOUSES. Literally. It was sort of embarassing.</p>
<p>I’m glad they updated them to nice facilities, but the one-holers were probably cheaper to maintain! :eek:</p>
<p>As a native Virginian, I’m so angry about this I can barely hold it in. I’m bursting with indignation. I’m hopping mad. The incontinent–I mean incompetent–fools who made this decision must go!</p>
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<li>maybe not.</li>
<li>maybe so.</li>
<li>if 1 or 2, depends on the moon.</li>
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<p>VA highway litter pickup crews will see a sharp spike in the number of Pepsi and Coke bottles filled with yellow liquid…</p>
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I recently learned that these are called “trucker bombs.”</p>
<p>Considering that a highly frequented rest stop on I-95 was just recently re-opended (that is, they tore down the old building and built a new one), this is a very sore subject to us Virginians. I think that those in office hope it might offset, in a very small way, the skyrocketing costs of the IT scandal going on in our beautiful commonwealth at the moment. </p>
<p>I like and respect Tim Kaine, his son and mine were at HS together and he is a real regular guy, no airs or pretenses whatsoever, drives a pick-up truck and is very approachable. I think he has inherited a mess (VA has a one term limit on its governorship) and with the current economic issues, all cost-saving measures need to be utilized. The rest stops will be re-opened, it just may not happen in 2009.</p>