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why? just don't get it.
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It looks like "HURRAH" to me.

Ironic.
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...Lest any of us take good health in that area for granted... (ughh)
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Somewhat similar to the Waverly hills elevators.
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A similar motif to a certificate of some sort that I've seen from the "Shriners' Hospital for Crippled Children".
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My mother, a Holocaust and Dresden fire-bombing survivor and German war bride, had troubles coping w/us 6 kids, her war memories and culture shock. Instead of some gentle kindness and guidance that she needed, she was forcibly taken away (around 1963), given shock therapy, and locked in a state mental hospital for a year or two. She came out like a zombie, with a far-away dazed look, memory loss and devastating, to her, diagnosis of "crazy". She continued on the Thorazine for decades, occasionally rebelling by refusing to take it. I spoke up, asking why can't she at least just get to try to live w/o it? I now take care of her, and try to find out what I can re. long-term effects of Thorazine, which seems to be kept hidden. She is permanently damaged; on Seroquel now after being kicked out of a psychiatric ward (they couldn't handle her!).
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My Aunt, lived there until the hospital closed.She has since passed but I can't get over the anguish and guilt I feel for the way she had to live.Why the guilt ? I simply do not know.I do remember my dad bringing her home for the week-end and the despair in his face when he had to drive her back.I was just a kid but I knew something with that situation was terribly wrong.I received a call from the nursing home she was re-located to when the hospital closed,asking if I would be her Health Care Proxy.I accepted.When I visited her,after not seeing her for many years she still had a picture of me as a child and even recognized me !! I 'll probably never know why she was sent there.I never saw the need for her to be there. God Bless You Aunt Marjorie - Love, "L"
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i went to sunnycroft around 69 or seventy i was young guy . fell in love with the place and made my mom take me back a couple of times, Mike owned it then. A LADY NAMED CHRIS RAN THE STABLE. I MADE SOME FRIENDS NAMED Scott, wynn and con Erico. and a kid named Ken I think he was from Livingston. Does any of this ring a bell to anyone.
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i went there in 08 i wish i went inside cu i drove down by it today and its a,l fenced up and i dont want to risk being arrested i have a kid i just wish those assholes didnt fuck with the place and ruin it for every one else i wish i was a teen in the ,ate 9?s when u could actually go get a thrill and look inside without being hasseled by cops thanks alot fuck heads u ruined the fun for everypone else btw i think the police are a huge buzz kill for being so stict about a cool abandomed building that is haunted or watever
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Very interesting PBS series, but even more fascinating is the book they based it on, called "The Lobotomist" by Jack El-Hai. A must-read if you're interested in old Wally and his work. It is both moving, sad and gives a fairly balanced view of who Freeman was, as a person and a doctor, and what drove him. Many patients wrote to him for decades after their operation expressing their appreciation to him, which I found surprising.
Ephemera: The Lobotomist
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Grew up in Belmont down the street Live in Cal. now I am here visiting my mum. Went in last night after a six pack of ale It is being dismantled as we speak The boards are off of the windows so there is much more light inside.. There is trash and asbestos everywhere I heard a lot of noises on the third floor it is still a very spooky place. Wonder what went on there in the early 50's and 60's
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It looks like a shot right out of Myst!
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They are electrical joints wrapped in insulating tape.
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Could be radiators for cooling the oil in which the reactors would have been immersed in. Much like some transformers are oil cooled.
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Yes... Very attractive :)