"All great deeds and all great thoughts
have a ridiculous beginning.
Great works are often born on a street corner
or in a restaurant's revolving door."
-- Albert Camus
"Every exit is an entry somewhere else."
-- Tom Stoppard
I am amused by the plants growing on the tower. In south eastern Indiana there is a small town that has an interesting claim to fame. There is a full tree growing out of the roof of the tower on their town hall! I have been there to see it. It is a strange sight indeed.
"And then she took a long breath and looked behind her up the long walk to see if any one was coming. No one was coming. No one ever did come, it seemed, and she took another long breath, because she could not help it, and she held back the swinging curtain of ivy and pushed back the door which opened slowly--slowly.
Then she slipped through it, and shut it behind her, and stood with her back against it, looking about her and breathing quite fast with excitement, and wonder, and delight.
She was standing inside the secret garden."
-Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden
I noticed that same thing Dan..and it also missed the light still on the ceiling...and from teh looks of the wall on the left it wasnt installed to far from were the light was
Thats a occilating (sp) Kanuetter Valve. Its the modern version of the whatcamacallit thingy. It was used for back flushing all the soap dispensers. you know to git rid of those hard dry clumps that build up on the ejection end of the dispenser. Nowa days I think they still use the water wigget system.
I instantly thought of Alice in Wonderland as soon as I saw this!
"Suddenly she came upon a little three-legged table, all made of solid glass; there was nothing on it except a tiny golden key, and Alice's first thought was that it might belong to one of the doors of the hall; but, alas! either the locks were too large, or the key was too small, but at any rate it would not open any of them. However, on the second time round, she came upon a low curtain she had not noticed before, and behind it was a little door about fifteen inches high: she tried the little golden key in the lock, and to her great delight it fitted!"
-Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Would you look at that! Some boob is still working! Hey you! It's closed!
heh heh heh heh
Being an office person myself I can see how you wouldn't want to take it with you. The more you leave behind the less you have to sort through later on. Of course then you can always use the excuse that you left it in the other building to get out of stuff.
What an interesting space. For some reason this pic makes me think of the good ol' days when we were stuck inside at school and the windows with their views were beckoning us to come outdoors and play.
have a ridiculous beginning.
Great works are often born on a street corner
or in a restaurant's revolving door."
-- Albert Camus
"Every exit is an entry somewhere else."
-- Tom Stoppard