165 Comments Posted by Serrena

Hell, Jude, I'm not a kid and it'd be spooky for me now. Something about zombies just .... ugh. Don't like 'em; nope, nope, nope. I will watch a horror film about any creature BUT zombies and not get a chill. Throw in a couple of brain-munchers though? I'm freaked and it's doomed to be nightmares all night.

"Now, honey, it's a perfectly safe ride. Nothing's going to hurt you."
*~Crack, crash, bang, boom!~*

Looks like a carousel for Hobbits.

The horses .. or whatever other carousel animals were there ... were most likely salvaged by antique dealers/restorers. There is a HUGE market for those things.

I'm not from a masonry family, but you're right, Psyc. They really don't make things like this anymore. Nobody wants to pay for the hand-crafted stuff that'll last a hundred lifetimes when they can go to Wal*Mart and get one that will last for a couple of years ... then buy a new one. It's a disposable society. Kind of sickening to the heart when you think about it.

You're right, Lyric. I'm just fooling myself. Lynne ... will you be my sponsor?

"And what does ye olde spousal unit say about it, Lyric?"

Um ... I plead the fifth. I haven't hit rock bottom yet, I'm just a "Social Opacity User."

"They need to open it up as a tourist attraction."

Don't know how many people would book a tour of a Jail, though. They're generally not someplace people would want to take the 'wife and kids.' Well .. unless it's a famous Prison. That's different. Look at Alcatraz ... but it's infamous due to film.

Plastic trays in CA, too. Like the ones you get in most school lunchrooms with the little 'sections' that nothing fits in.

"Good Idea Give the convicts scalding water..."

When I served my time at the County Spa - 43 days for traffic ... long story, not wreckless or DUI, though - they had an "InstaHot" water spigot in the sink for our use. It was a lot safer than giving us a microwave and it worked well enough for making Top Ramen (NEVER can eat that stuff again), instant coffee (gag) and Hot Chocolate. It also worked really well to soften up Jolly Rancher candies to make roses out of them ... hey, when you're locked up you get bored. Call it "Arts & Crafts." I can also take a Playtex Tampon, coloured pencils and a stencil to a white sheet of paper and make it look like airbrush. Ahh ... life ... it teaches us so much useless stuff.

P.S. Nice lighting fixture.

You're most welcome, Trep. Pictures are always a good thing. I'm glad you feel 'inspired' by Mr. Motts' work. He inspires a lot of us.

*~Just stares in amazement at Mr. Motts all dressed up for work~*

Twug - You're telling me. I have an eleven year-old. I've seen our schools at work first hand. Although, I have a feeling our first poster was trying to look 'kewl' by typing in 13375p33k (translation: elitespeak). A sort of Hackerese bastardization / slang thing. When will they learn it doesn't make you look cool ... it makes you look like a moron?

Grifspop - Nope, all your misspellings are perfectly legitimate typos, Grifspop, and we luff ya for 'em. :-*

"I wonder what "skewl" they go to."

The one with the short-bus, I'm thinking.

Reminds me of something Sarah Winchester would have done. I like it. Doors that lead to nothing intrigue me. Makes me wonder what the designer had in mind ... and also makes me wonder why it never got completed ... or was it blocked for some mysterious reason? We may never know, but speculation is always more fun than fact anyhow.