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I can't decide exactly what those objects on the right-hand side of the photo are - they're sort of like a strange lamp-hair dryer hybrid.
Tippy Typewriter
Mon 07-28-2008
is that the electric couch (instead of the electric chair that is)
silkster40z
Mon 07-28-2008
Might those be the hair dryers that you commonly see in salons? You know, the type that goes behind the chair and bends over the person sitting in it..?

And i'd like to say..Hey Mr. Motts!! I sadly got away from the forum and the site in general, but i'm trying to get back on this great place more often now. And i remember i said[i believe..] i was just going to be taking a short leave of absence...heh, yeah, minor underestimation. Sorry about that one.
KommanderK
Mon 07-28-2008
Yup those are old hair dryers from the 50s-60s eras.
Motts
Mon 07-28-2008
Wow, "Smoking Area", there's something you do not see any more. Cool hairdryers. Aren't those the kind they use in horror flicks to electrocute someone?
Jack_
Mon 07-28-2008
I like how small the signs is for the smoking area. In most places here in Canada you can't smoke in any public buildings.
Canada
Mon 07-28-2008
Those may look like hair dryers, but they are really high voltage mind control devices used to torture the patients.
autoguy
Mon 07-28-2008
the this one Motts.
Deb
Mon 07-28-2008
Love it Motts. Favorite Gallery.
Deb
Mon 07-28-2008
I love it, smoke and get your hair done at the same time....what will they think of next!
Joe
Mon 07-28-2008
oh Man!!! Love this!!! I can just picture one of my wacky friends in their crazy vintage clothes sitting on that couch smoking, OOOoo with a bee hive too!
JAVA
Wed 07-30-2008
maybe they make your hair both dry and glowing
KahunaTony
Wed 07-30-2008
why is the paint only peeling close to the ceiling? thats kinda weird
Stacy
Thu 07-31-2008
Kinda outdated don,t you think.
Stephen21
Thu 07-31-2008
That is so creepy what would you do if you really saw a ghost one time???
333
Fri 08-01-2008
Those really are some high tech portable soap dispensers complete with an on/off switch. Nice to see the evolution of the soap dispenser documented here. These may have even come equipped with a light.
Joy
Tue 08-05-2008
Those two units are conferring with each other.
Guitorman
Tue 08-05-2008
New here...your pics are fab! Pretty cool getting the do-style and enjoying a smoke at the same time! Or, does this imply that your hair will start to smoke while under the dryer?
Sparky
Fri 08-08-2008
NOW WE HAVE COMPUTERS PLUGGTHEM IN AN THEY ZAPPPPPPPP YOU AND SEND YOU TO THE GREAT LAND OF MOTTS WHERE WE LOOK FOR OR OLD ABANDONED HOMES WHO ARE GOING TO THE BUILDIG HEAVENS IN ALL OF OUR HEARTS
KIM
Fri 08-08-2008
The paint closer to the cielling is newer. The person that did the last paint job did not have a ladder.
DLAK
Tue 08-19-2008
Actually, it's the layer of nicotine from the smoking area holding the pain on the wall! Drying your hair and smoking...these people had the life HA!
eldokid@aol.com
Wed 08-20-2008
Oh god....
Tvangeste
Wed 08-27-2008
i want a floor that color. i do like that color.
Jade Jean
Tue 09-09-2008
A great set of images, and a good question about the peeling paint! Could it be that the paint is only peeling where the shadows are cast on the wall? Check out the slight slope of the shadow compared to the peeling paint......almost identical? There is obviously a window to the left, my thinking is that the small amount of (indirect) light hitting the wall kept it free from damp. The paint is starting to peel bottom left too just to back up this thought.....sound feasable?
MrTom
Fri 09-12-2008
That couch looks like it's in surprisingly good condition. I bet if it was washed off and dried out it would be almost good as new.
Wormfood
Wed 09-24-2008
I like how the couch is in pretty good condition, yet the paint is peeling on the wall
mrsloureed
Tue 11-04-2008
I'll be politically correct and say...little people go to the right.
Kristiara
Sun 12-14-2008
there soap despencers
swamp thing fla
Wed 04-01-2009
its better then living under a bridge full of maggots, thats were there all at now, homeless. Im sick of everyone feelings sorry for these people. At least they were getting help, now that there is no institutions they are left to rot in the streets. Poor patients, give me a break .
ricanfromdabronx
Tue 01-12-2010
i dont think its a good idea to smoke and get your hair dried at the same timee... it just seems like a bad idea to me.
lauraaa
Mon 05-24-2010
Who's next
dklkc
Fri 04-29-2011

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