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Would not wanted to be the person that had to clean that up.

Looks like something out of the game silent hill.

Per the discussion on water towers, it was conidered a smart thing for many places to have their own power generation and water supply post WWII in the event there was a nuclear war. Prior to that most places needed to be self sufficient as the risk of epedemic or other factors could cut them off for extended periods and hospitals were often at the epicenter of epidemics. Many instiutions were taken over in time of war and great need for purposes other than their original design. I went to college at the University of Wisconsin Whitewater and it had both it's own water supply and power generation facility on the campus and was listed as a formal fall out shelter zone for many years.

Huh. You are right Kolfritz. I never even noticed that until you picked it out.

Makes me think of rest-stops along the highway with horrible fast-food selections and tired people coming in and out...

Cool.

Jon go away troll. There are people on here who have been commenting together what seems like forever, so join our happy group or STAY OUT OF OUR BUSINESS. I can't stop you from commenting on the photos or anything else, but I would appreciate it if you kept your snide remarks to yourself. Thank you and have a great day.

And THANK YOU Uncle Larry! :D

I sure wish I could print all fancy like this...I keep coming back to this because ... I dunno. Something about it...just catches my eye and I can't put my finger on it.

OOOh I gotchya lol! I was just yanking your chain anyhow. :)

I can actually see what you mean, now that I took another look. It is an optical illusion isn't it? :)

I have a couple of friends that work for the coroners office and the head coroner used to have a specialized kitchen set as the knife blades are longer, the hilts are better, and the blades are less likely to bind and slip than a scaplel, also there is no intention to put this person back together in the same fashion as a medical doctor in a hospital so it is not uncommon to see knives of this nature in morgues.

OOOOOhhh...*groan*

Geez...I actually had to think about that for a second.

Sheesh.

wow that is beautiful! fantastic colors :)

Psych hospitals used to do this because the underwire in bras can be used to injure ones.

Motts,

Cellulose film has a half life of 10-15 years if not properly stored, my best guess is this film is toast and you could not get a viewable image off it. It will begin to cloud and harden pretty quickly and does worst in hot, humid areas. You can usually tell by "sniffing" the film. If it has a vinegary smell the acetyl acids are proably starting to leach from the film. The acids from your fingers can also break it down, so films that got touched a lot fall apart pretty fast too.

there is more on the whole process here
http://en.wikipedia.or...llulose_acetate_film

Most of the stuff you find will fall into this category. If you find 35mm film it is probably also unusable if it is Kodachrome as the last shop developing it finally stopped this year.

If you see film like this places near the old reels it is probably cellulose film stock. There are tons of old movies that have disappeared because the cellulose film will break down eventually. It's a real shame, but if you can you should share the place you see film so it can be preserved.

Phones like the one on the wall were used a lot in old theaters that showed multi reel projections so that the reels were swapped correctly or the movies started at the correct time.

This isn't a chat board for moms.

I don't think so, it was probably left pressurized in the hose.