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No Door Handles Here

No Door Handles Here

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Fantastic shot!
Lynne
Tue 09-13-2005
Oh man, Motts, that is a very eerie shot you've got going on. I love it!
Kassie
Tue 09-13-2005
eeep! *runs and hids behind motts*
fashionpage88@yahoo.com
Tue 09-13-2005
wow motts, can you imagine being in a room like that and accidently having the door close behind you?? EEEEEEEEP :-O
anna
Wed 09-14-2005
At some stage in our lives we all need a room like this !
Anji
Thu 12-01-2005
Holy Crap! These doors are strange I want one.
Andy
Sun 01-22-2006
this picture..makes me feel like i am there & i am about to be locked up in that room..interesting.
Dana
Mon 02-20-2006
I would hate I had to be locked up like that and no handles on the inside. What if someone had to get out in an emergency? For instance, a fire?
Gee.
Andra
Sat 02-25-2006
realy high ceilings, just to freak you out a bit more....
chopsuey
Mon 05-22-2006
Better than low ceilings... they really open up the rooms, I like them.
Motts
Tue 05-23-2006
true i spose imagine if the room was only 2 foot high and you had to crawl in.
chopsuey
Sun 05-28-2006
were there handels on the outside i mean yeah i know they did not want patients coming out of the room but i know they HAVE to get it!
Darice
Thu 09-14-2006
what is that on the left a window?
may
Sun 10-15-2006
Ventilation grate.
Motts
Mon 10-16-2006
Mr.Motts, have you ever came across a padded room?
CSA fr USA
Fri 10-27-2006
Yes, in varying forms. One kind is a hard plastic, not really padded per se, more stain-proof, rounded corners for safety, and more sound proof than a normal room like this: http://www.opacity.us/...1239_padded_room.htm

Others have a thick pad, similar to a gym mat placed on the walls and floor. Photos coming soon.

I've seen what can only be described as a literal "rubber room" once, it was a rather large room lined with a thick rubber material along the walls, floor and ceiling. Photos coming as well.
Motts
Fri 10-27-2006
Tanks, looking forward to seeing those.
CSA fr USA
Mon 10-30-2006
That would stink to be locked in a room with no door handle.
Somebody Unknown
Fri 09-28-2007
once your behind closed doors' they throw away the keys ha ha]]]
judugua9@aol
Wed 10-10-2007
i live here and ive been inside. its so creepy
jack
Mon 01-21-2008
i feel bad 4 the guy in that room
provost
Thu 04-03-2008
it makes the most sense to call it padded if it's similar to mats in a gym on the wall behind the basketball hoops. Anything else could be known as "safe/injury reducing rooms"
STL girl
Thu 12-17-2009
Damn vandals
money
Sun 10-17-2010

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