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Basin

nvusofmotts

Oh, now I am going to have to bulid something like that in my bathroom, or over my kitchen sink (not kidding). That little "touch" wouldn't be to difficult copy, and in room-matching colors, would look great. Love simple little stuff like this that breaks something out of the everyday ordinary. Thanks for the new gallery. LOVE the outside of this building, too.

Location: Foster State Hospital  Gallery: Cave Dwellers

Ropes

nvusofmotts

MamaToFive: Yep! I SO wish I could see these places (like everyone else on here, right ? :-). Oh, and I'm going to "steal" your word, "nerdling"...love that..lol...:-)

Location: Fuller State School and Hospital  Gallery: Chop Shop

Jungle Gym

nvusofmotts

Froggy! :-)

Location: Fuller State School and Hospital  Gallery: Chop Shop

Frame

nvusofmotts

It does look like a stander, with an activity table in front (on the left).

Location: Fuller State School and Hospital  Gallery: Chop Shop

Rows

nvusofmotts

Wow, those are some old-school seats! I like all the warm colors together.

Location: Fuller State School and Hospital  Gallery: Chop Shop

Ropes

nvusofmotts

Dang! MY ropes didn't have knots in them >:-(...we just had to "shimmy"..can anyone say...ROPE BURN?!?!?!...eeeeeessshhh. I HATED those things. Fun to climb, not fun to come down. They tried teaching us how to wrap them around our legs in some "special" way, but darn!....I think at least one person from my old gym class is probably stil tangled upside down in one, saying in a small voice, "Hello? Is anybody out there? Little help here?" Cool shot though. Like the field depth.

Location: Fuller State School and Hospital  Gallery: Chop Shop

Marked

nvusofmotts

That door would fit right in my house if it was stripped and refinished. 6-panel solid doors are expensive to buy these days.

Location: Mentha State Hospital  Gallery: Going Too Far

Flash

nvusofmotts

Now that's some state-of-the art equipment right there....lol. Reminds me of those huge old sideboard-style, cabinet-top RECORD player/stereos.

Location: Mentha State Hospital  Gallery: Going Too Far

Larva

nvusofmotts

Perfect title :-).

Location: Mentha State Hospital  Gallery: Going Too Far

Rollers

nvusofmotts

Those things get SO stuck in your hair! 8-o. Tried them once, and almost had to cut one of them out. They DO NOT just neatly unroll from the hair, but, well, look at them. Just like Velcro! I'll take my curling iron any day. Hmmm. I do like these kinds of shots of everyday-life personal things, though, Motts.. Makes you remember humans "lived" in these hospitals. Can't really be called "living", really, but at least an effort was made to make it more like home for the residents, whom I'm sure would rather have been somewhere else :-S.

Location: Mentha State Hospital  Gallery: Going Too Far

Calendar

nvusofmotts

lol...

Location: Lorton Reformatory  Gallery: Behind the Wall

Narrow

nvusofmotts

..lol...yes...(I should be embarrassed..but strangely, i'm not...haha.) I just meant the first time I looked at the picture, I saw it as looking DOWN the stairwell from the top. Optical illusion, until you look at the wear patterns. Otherwise, kinda Escher-looking :-).

Location: Lorton Reformatory  Gallery: Behind the Wall

Calendar

nvusofmotts

Eight words: "You have no idea 'where I come from' ". Two more words: "Personal responsibility". One more word: ......."Wow"... Now ,you have yourself a nice day now :-).

Location: Lorton Reformatory  Gallery: Behind the Wall

Calendar

nvusofmotts

...BTW, somehow I've managed never to have made such "mistakes" in my life. Guess I'M the odd one out....

Location: Lorton Reformatory  Gallery: Behind the Wall

Calendar

nvusofmotts

Previous comment: (Please excuse length. Just gotta respond, then I'll quit. Been on here for years). Yeah, I'm really "mean" and somehow "judgemental" because I (and so many other working, honest, tax-paying, law-abiding, own-bill-paying generous, helpful, reasonable people out there), rightfully EXPECT that the selfish cretins who "make mistakes" such as armed robbery, physical assault/rape, burglary, DUI, and murder to acutally be PUNISHED for doing so. Those aren't "mistakes", they're concious, SELFISH CHOICES that cause misery for other people because the criminal is so selfish and pathetic he/she refuses to get along in the society he/she lives in. Guess thinking that way makes us "mean-spirited" for expecting swift punishment. Well so be it in the minds of liberals. Sigh........ (insert whatever diety you believe in here) save our country from the bleeding blues.

Location: Lorton Reformatory  Gallery: Behind the Wall

Narrow

nvusofmotts

OK, I have to admit I must be at least partly blind. I just realized these stairs were going UP, not down..... ;-0

Location: Lorton Reformatory  Gallery: Behind the Wall

Claustrophobia

nvusofmotts

autoguy- "He shoots, he scores"....lol....Two Points!--I agree.

Location: Lorton Reformatory  Gallery: Behind the Wall

Inside

nvusofmotts

Giant, man-eating monster Lamprey.

Location: Westport Generating Station  Gallery: Trudge

Bin

nvusofmotts

The belly of the beast.

Location: Westport Generating Station  Gallery: Trudge

Plate

nvusofmotts

Burp to go back down, Charlie!! The fizzy lifting drink is going to make us hit the fan!!!!

Location: Westport Generating Station  Gallery: Trudge

Chained

nvusofmotts

GIANT robotic praying-Mantis.

Location: Westport Generating Station  Gallery: Trudge

Main Exciter

nvusofmotts

Hmmm...now I'm excited.....:-D

Location: Westport Generating Station  Gallery: Trudge

Rebar

nvusofmotts

Little bit of overkill, there......

Location: Lorton Reformatory  Gallery: Behind the Wall

Uncovered

nvusofmotts

.....more....uh...."company".........hahaha.....

Location: Lorton Reformatory  Gallery: Behind the Wall

Claustrophobia

nvusofmotts

Perfect vanishing perspective.

Location: Lorton Reformatory  Gallery: Behind the Wall