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A Blue Chair

A Blue Chair

I imagine these chairs were for patients who would sit in them most of the day and still be mobile, but they didn't completely depend on them to get around.
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this is a geri-chair. Used like a wheel chair, but the patient can sit longer and more comfortably .
anna
Fri 05-13-2005
The blue is a nice contrast but compliments the green too...and there's that beautiful fireplace again!
Mnementh
Wed 06-08-2005
I second that, Mnementh, the glare on the blue is dazzling!
Max
Wed 06-08-2005
Why does it say "Kid" on the fireplace? Just grafitti?
Rat
Thu 10-06-2005
That's a different fireplace, the other one had bricks exposed above the mantle
Grifspop
Tue 10-25-2005
What? a geri-chair? no way! thought this place was abandoned long ago, but friendly sight of the familiar geri-chair is somewhat comforting...lol
anon
Wed 12-14-2005
now that is what I call blue chair!!!!
rtotten
Thu 02-16-2006
Yeah, rtotten, it does look quite sad does it not?
Let's write a song about it.
~Me
Thu 02-16-2006
~Me ; very funny, I was just comenting on the color
rtotten
Thu 02-16-2006
crap there goes my spelling again.
rtotten
Thu 02-16-2006
AH SOMEONE RUINED THE FIREPLACE >:OZ
Dana
Sun 02-19-2006
we still have those same chairs today. i see them at my work all the time. a geri-chair. AMAZING picture though!
stephanie
Fri 03-24-2006
Is that more somewhat ornate woodwork in the divider post between the two windows?
AutumnTwin
Fri 04-07-2006
I believe so, looks like beveled squares...
Motts
Fri 04-07-2006
WHERE IS THE FIREPLACE?I SEE NONE, ARE THE GHOSTS SREALING YOUR PERSEPTION OF REALITY>
KHAJIIT13
Sat 05-27-2006
Boy, I get antsie if I'm stuck in the house and don't get out for awhile; imagine how these people felt?
Nancy
Tue 06-13-2006
It's like a piece of blue delftware in a pile of terra cotta pots.

It seems so happy where it is.
reddll
Thu 06-15-2006
So relaxing just sitting there staring out the window. christmas decorations over the mantle....
Heather
Wed 08-02-2006
I can imagine a patient sitting in that chair, staring outside, wishing he/she could be part of the outside world. This picture makes me sad.
Qtirishprncess
Mon 10-29-2007
Nice to see that pretty fireplace again.
Linda - CT
Wed 01-23-2008
the light green in the foreground is like the shade of green I remember the interiors of school buses being.
STL girl
Sat 02-13-2010
Sorta puts me in mind of the song Angry Chair by Alice In Chains
Nurse Hatchet
Fri 04-22-2011

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