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I work at the pines back in the 80s. I Had lots of dates. I did not get a raw deal. STEVE AND JERRY TREATED ME VERY WELL INCLUDING MANY FEMALE GUEST!!

Working from memory here. There was an experimental surgery performed where a chip was inserted somewhere along the path of the optic nerve. The patient in question had been blind for several decades. The doctors had determined that the back end of the optic nerve was functional but that the point somewhere between where light enters the cornea and then gets tranlated into a signal that the brain understands was not functioning. The chip provided rudimentary translation of these light signals for the brain.

The patient was able to identify letters of the alphabet when they were 6-8 inches tall on a monitor. Color perception was nil and the patients perception was sharpest when it was bright white letters on a black screen. Truly remarkable given that the patient had been 100% blind.

As it was experimental surgery the chips were eventually removed. I do not know what has transpired since in this area. I was thinking that the surgery took place in Scotland rather than Switzerland but again, I'm working from memory here.

In the next few days I will post some real good storys about my life at the pines and the women i met. Remember Hank Leads, Boris Kates with his toilet paper?

I work at the pines in the 80's I met so much women back then. Every week i would meet some one new. Anyone rember me.

I never realized how large these places are. untill you posted the pictures of the outside. It's very fasinating.

your pics are very interesting. I have heard alot of the hospital out hete and i am very fasinated... I have looked at pics of the T.B. hospital in hanson also. i am very interested. Thank you for posting these.

It looks dismantled. Ha! Thank you, I'll be here all week. Try the veal.

I'm going to be serious for a brief minute here... I do remember reading an article a while back that a blind person elected to undergo surgery (note, that means he did it by choice) to have his eyes (that didn't work anyway) replaced with cameras, to see if he would be able to see or not... I don't imagine they ended up going through with it though, or it would have been bigger news... But that wasn't here, if I remember correctly it was in Switzerland.

Lynnie hun, I don't think fedzie-poo wants to play with us anymore... He's the only one I know of who likes to mate with animals... :D

Not using your alien transport device anymore???

Leigh: I've seen a lot of other UE sites too and I was happy with them, until I accidentally came here... Now, none of them seem to measure up, either in skill of the artist, nor in interactivity...

I would think that before they either renovate or demolish the building, they'd do something about those books and films. Like maybe an auction of some sort that would generate some sort of funding towards something.

Damn, this is one wicked bathroom! I love the color scheme!

They have no sense when it comes to leaving this stuff behind! I would think that they'd find someplace to put these books away. If not, then wouldn't it make sense to hold some kind of public auction for these books?

I know it makes sense to me.

A watcher is up in the right hand corner.

If you are have the sight, check out all the reflections of people in the metal in the before photo!