You obviously spend a lot of time tooling around the finer places in Portland, and you know where all the fancy stuff is--like this unique piece of equipment. A few days ago, I posted this picture and a lot of people got back to me: Ellis Ducharme of Portland was the first to tell us that it's upstairs at the Public Market.  Then, there were mostly whacky responses.  No, it's not a "Treasure Chest".  Or, the entrance to a local club. And, no, Pam, it's not the door to WCYY, but it's a novel idea, because that's where all the high-rollers meet up.

That is a coin slot on top of one of the few pay toilets in the city limits.  You get a token to use the john when you buy food at the Public Market.

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Usta be, you'd find pay toilets in every town or at least city on the planet...and everybody carried change...just in case.  With a dearth of pay toilets around now, it is educational to note who invented the pay per, ahem, play facility. A noble invention, no doubt.

And, with the constant rise in the number of places you can't go in Portland, perhaps homeowners could install the coin op device and there-by rent out their potty, like airbnb allows them to rent out their spare rooms.

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We are so cutting edge in Portland, it hurts.

Portland Quest resumes next Tuesday.

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