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Permanut

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26. Genius.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2026, 11:56 PM

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I'm thinking about setting up my own toll booth on the I-5 freeway out of Portland. Say, five bucks a car, there must be 25,000 cars going throug there every day.

Why didn't I think of that before?

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