56 Comments Posted by Mathue (Page 1 of 3)

	Mathue Cool! I 'might' be making a trip down there in February/March. Depends on funds.

Location: Roseville State School Gallery: Open Sores

	Mathue Felyne, where is the world are you? (if you don't mind me asking)

Location: Roseville State School Gallery: Open Sores

	Mathue Ah, thanks Felyne. Frankly, having once worked as a mechanic this 'mild profanity' doesn't trip my metre off. OT RANT! DON'T READ! (you were warned) As for 'upsetting the Christians here', the more that can be upset the better. As a Christian myself I feel a good number of 'us' need a good thrashing with a metre long cluestick. The 'conservative religious right' needs a good swift kick is the nether-regions. Sometimes I feel so very ashamed of my affiliation and what is said and done in it's name.

Mathue

Ah, thanks Felyne. Frankly, having once worked as a mechanic this 'mild profanity' doesn't trip my metre off.

OT RANT! DON'T READ! (you were warned)

As for 'upsetting the Christians here', the more that can be upset the better. As a Christian myself I feel a good number of 'us' need a good thrashing with a metre long cluestick. The 'conservative religious right' needs a good swift kick is the nether-regions. Sometimes I feel so very ashamed of my affiliation and what is said and done in it's name.

Location: Gravesend Asylum Gallery: Thorazine Dream

	Mathue There's nothing 'photoshopped' about it! The 'floating' as you put it is because the wheels are well up inside those huge legs. Some traction beds will actually retract the wheels so that it sits firmly in the floor (this one the feet get cranked down). As for the lighting in the room, you're forgetting that this isn't direct light! Photoshopped indeed! Hey, you know they faked the moon landing right, you can tell by the light and shadows ;)

Mathue

There's nothing 'photoshopped' about it! The 'floating' as you put it is because the wheels are well up inside those huge legs. Some traction beds will actually retract the wheels so that it sits firmly in the floor (this one the feet get cranked down). As for the lighting in the room, you're forgetting that this isn't direct light! Photoshopped indeed! Hey, you know they faked the moon landing right, you can tell by the light and shadows ;)

Location: Linton State Hospital Gallery: Guinea Pig

	Mathue Keeping power on keeps people out, reduces street mining and keeps the ventilation system working. It's cheaper in the long run then letting it deteriorate and having to fix it up later.

Location: Hewitt State Hospital and Prison Gallery: Prison and Medical Building

	Mathue Power is often kept on to discourage street miners from stripping out the copper. Places like this get power at a bulk rate, what it costs is less than the labour of watching for looters.

Location: Hewitt State Hospital and Prison Gallery: Live Wires and Dead Places

	Mathue You sure the ghosts just aren't people in glowing masks? Sorry folks, I've been in many places where there are supposed to be tortured spirits, whether infants, children, ordinary schmucks or solders. Only thing I heard was wind, creaking timbers, furry animals or even machinery (in active buildings). But I've never seen anything to make me believe that there's ghostly bodies haunting the dark corners of the room.

Mathue

You sure the ghosts just aren't people in glowing masks?

Sorry folks, I've been in many places where there are supposed to be tortured spirits, whether infants, children, ordinary schmucks or solders. Only thing I heard was wind, creaking timbers, furry animals or even machinery (in active buildings). But I've never seen anything to make me believe that there's ghostly bodies haunting the dark corners of the room.

Location: Norwich State Hospital Gallery: Lockdown

	Mathue Hmm, are comments vanishing? I can't find any post that Celeste, Lynne or Felyne are responding to.

Location: Gravesend Asylum Gallery: Thorazine Dream

	Mathue Looks like some stripping has occurred here, the radiators seem to have vanished. If you look under some of the windows you can see the unpainted wall where a 'roller' wouldn't fully reach.

Location: Northwood Asylum Gallery: Silence

	Mathue It'd was the fashion of the time (60's-70's) to modernize rooms in this way. It may seem stupid by today's standards but it wasn't that way then. Odds are it's still under there though in poor shape no doubt.

Location: North Wales Hospital (Denbigh Asylum) Gallery: The Castle and the Asylum

	Mathue marshal: A long way back on this site Motts identified a soap dispenser as a light fixture. It's taken on a life of it's own since then.

Location: North Wales Hospital (Denbigh Asylum) Gallery: The Castle and the Asylum

	Mathue Interesting how common this hallway design is. Every UK asylum we've seen has these long hallways with canted upper edges.

Location: North Wales Hospital (Denbigh Asylum) Gallery: The Castle and the Asylum

	Mathue Anyone notice the edge details on the joists?

Location: North Wales Hospital (Denbigh Asylum) Gallery: The Castle and the Asylum

	Mathue POISONS inSIde not FOR INTERNAL USE Mind you, one wonders just where the ones that are for internal use are. I expect that this has adhesive letters which have come off. I'd love to see a high rez version of the image.

Location: North Wales Hospital (Denbigh Asylum) Gallery: The Castle and the Asylum

	Mathue LI Fish: You're reacting to the light. To me it's not so much creepy but a tad somber, stark and lonely.

Location: North Wales Hospital (Denbigh Asylum) Gallery: The Castle and the Asylum

	Mathue It looks so frigid, barren and lonesome. The low golden sun rays trying to being warmth. Heaven help the people that called this home ;/

Location: Northwood Asylum Gallery: Silence

	Mathue The door probably is so swollen that it sticks open today. I doubt that the hinges are in very good condition either.

Location: Belchertown State School Gallery: The Theater

	Mathue WOW, that's really something!

Location: Great Barr Colony (St Margaret's Hospital) Gallery: St Margaret's Hospital

	Mathue This places really looks to be in better condition than is typical, I wonder why?

Location: Severalls Hospital Gallery: The Beginning of the End

	Mathue Lynne, I'm so glad you hang around here. It gives us insight to so many practices that most of us have no clue about. I always look for your posts.

Location: Severalls Hospital Gallery: The Beginning of the End

	Mathue It's for coal most likely, I would be surprised if it was still in use by the time this place closed though.

Location: Hellingly Hospital Gallery: Sporadic Storms

	Mathue There should be a roof around that 'jog'. Interesting.

Location: Hellingly Hospital Gallery: Sporadic Storms

	Mathue The tar roof on this place must have been in really poor condition before final closure.

Location: Belchertown State School Gallery: The Theater

	Mathue Actually, it's not a valve. It's a crank to open the windows. It's merely a gearbox, the shaft going up rotates either another gearbox or an exposed worm gear to open/close the windows.

Location: Belchertown State School Gallery: The Theater

	Mathue Must look somewhat like <http://www.opacity.us/...rpet_is_alive.htm>;

Location: Mesa State Training School Gallery: Recovery