The Menternet

I am not one to say anything disparaging about the beautiful state that is Vacationland, but this article below is priceless.  Now I am not quite sure WHY this guy’s shirt is off, but I want to find out.

By DARLA L. PICKETT Blethen Maine News Service July 31, 2007  

NORRIDGEWOCK — Everywhere Richard White looked on Monday there were big clumps of dried, smelly chicken manure.  It was hanging from his mailbox, sloshed all over his snowmobile, lying next to his well and dried on his garage door, more than 30 feet across the yard. Two vehicles parked nearby looked like they had been through a very sloppy and thick mud run.  “There’s stuff still 20 feet up the tree,” White said, pointing. “It was like a tsunami wave of hot chicken (manure).”  The pungent odor of the nitrogen-rich chicken excrement still hung in the air at White’s home, where shortly after 3 p.m. Thursday an 18-wheel tractor-trailer rolled over and dumped 24 tons of the stuff in his front yard.  Two used vehicles that were up for sale were destroyed.
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Matthew T. Randall, compliance supervisor with the state Department of Agriculture, said he had been informed of the problem. “The carrier of the manure takes the lead,” Randall said. “Because they have ownership of the material, it is their responsibility. They began that process Thursday night and worked on it Friday. I am not aware of what happened over the weekend.” White said nothing happened over the weekend and that upset him. Randall said he and Ames are planning to meet this afternoon to inspect the scene. He said payment for damage will be negotiated between White and Ames without involvement from his department. “In terms of the well, I’ll make inquiries about that tomorrow as part of my visit,” Randall said. White, who said he is mostly in the “recycled car” business, said he had talked with Ames about purchasing the two cars and cleaning up the rest of the mess, but became impatient because no one seemed to be paying attention.“They think I’m a hick and don’t matter,” he said. “But my life didn’t smell like this before, why should it now? I’d rather have five gallons of oil dumped on me than the flies crawling on me last night. At least I know what chemicals are in the oil.”

Copyright © 2007 Blethen Maine Newspapers 

Full article at http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=124201&ac=PHnws

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