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I dunno about if its an utopia for anyone really.. rather kinda rusty and depressing environments. ;)

Bri: Colors can easily be strengthen if u turn up the saturation by 3-5 percent..

Bri: Aaaw come on.. u must be one easy to scare dude.. :S

Looks like peeling paint to me... it must just be you.

Seems we forget that there was some good there. I had numorous relatives that worked there, adored their patients and retired from the place they started at. One of my aunts had her ribs broke by a patient who hugged her. She knew that he did not mean to hurt her and it was done with love. I am sure their was neglect and horrors there. I used to go every year at Christmas to sing to the patients and although I was very young, there was one wing which was very frightening. Having recently worked at a local bank, there were many released patients who were found "able to care for themselves" that came to me for assistance that they were not receiving from social workers. Some of them paid more in rent then they received in a month from SSI or whoever. I would see them collecting cans out of the trash to raise some money to eat. There were very few programs or state workers that assist them and I have to wonder, in their case, if it is better. Better to be freed and left untrained and with no idea how to take care of themselves opposed to at least having food, companionship, and a home. I am not saying that there were not issues however for some of the patients, it was all they had.

If you like these big engines and want to see them and a ton of other interesting items operating, go to the Rough and Tumble museum in Kinzer Pa. Near Lancaster, they have a show in August that will knock your socks off. Everything from steam fire engines pumping to big steam engines to steam tractors and threshing machines, all operating.

Well, if he's not gay, then I can see why it would ;-)

Take care of yourself, Andy. I hope you recover quickly. I know they're harsh.

Well, I know it weirded him out when I said it... :D

Sorry - I made that up back in January.

I'm a real asshat, aren't I? :-)

where the hell is the fucking face already?

Twug I still have seizures. I have a seizure months go by without having one and then it hits me. The latest I had was on March 17, 2006.

Someone took the painted-over plug outlet covers off looking for copper. That's about it as of last month.

All hail... The Motts...
<3 (shyeah.. I know.. I'm creepy..)

Do you ever get weirded out by the random comments that say "Oooh! You're(or "your" for those of us who don't know how to spell) hot!" ? Or do you find them flattering? ^^

i agree... there has been many times that i haved pass by but never got to see the actual houses and "mansions" that are still standing where they are. Motts this is truely great photography work and hope to see futher pics on this site.... I went inside the main building by using Crooked Hill Rd. lots of stuff.... i heard a scream.... not sure what it was... it was in the shower area i think.