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"Smithers! Who is that baldheaded imbecile down by Main Turine Number Three???"

Probably used by some sort of little carts to haul the fly ash away.

Okay... let me get this straight... a woman who worked at Pennhurst is saying the people who worked at Pennhurst weren't all bad, and complaining that people don't believe her? Forgive me for being the one to point it out, but hers is not an unbiased perspective!

Forgive me, Marcia. I'm not accusing you of being a liar, just pointing out that your own testimony about yourself is by definition biased, and that any reasonable person would look for corroboration before believing the words of a person with a vested interest. It doesn't take a genius to know that people paint themselves in the best possible light.

Why are you so shocked that people don't accept your testimony (which, due to the wonders of internet anonymity, could be coming from anyone) without question? And do you really have to ask why people think someone who worked there might not be the best source of information about what the people who worked there were like?

i worked in a nursing home and these were not only used for hydro, they were used for daily baths. it did have a chair on the front that was detachable so you could wheel it into the patients room,if they couldnt bear weight a lift was used to lower them in the chair , then you could wheel them right to the tub, hook them up and use a pedal to raise it and away they went. from my experience, most didnt like going up in the air, and alot were freaked out by the water going almost up to their necks. as for the temps. if it got to a certain temp an alarm would go off so you knew you were too hot. ours hand a hose built in and a few levers for soap and cleaner, some had a built in scale too ...posted by Jan

I also worked in a nursing and on a
med / surg unit for many years and found these tubs indispensible when caring for patients who were not ambulatory or who were temporarily incapable of taking care of their activities of daily living alone. As for the '"cold water therapy" reference........I never one single time saw or heard any nurse or doctor order such TX or even refer to such TX being utilized in the past. If I were taking care of an elderly relative with limited or no mobility in my home.....this would be a welcome piece of equipment in order to reduce my workload and stress levels. This tub is still utilized on many NHCU's and Med /Surg units around the country .

This looks very much like a monitor used in monitoring rooms (some thing I did for over 4 years) to watch security cameras. The buttons control brightness, contrast typical tv style ajustments and the t bar . controls which camera you want to watch(usualy they can be set up for about 4 different cameras for ones I saw like this) and/or if you want it to split screan and watcn multiple cameras at once. How ever I am not sure. Though we had one were I worked that looked just like this only it was black and instead of a t bar it was a large round switch.

The funny thing is this one doesn't seem "haunting" to me at all... because I grew up working with horses, the dirt and exposed beams remind me of an old barn more than anything scary.

LOL no he really wasn't unpopular...I mean yeah people cracked jokes about ti but not maliciously. But yeah I don't know what his parent's were thinking...

I don't know what's creepier, having someone watch you from the bushes, or knowing that someone is living here.


Yep, a stranger watching you IS scary, but think of it this way, he does not have any T.V. there in his concrete bunker, so you guys were a welcome source of entertainment! :)

That is really spectacular...funhouse like in illusion.

RLMAO!!! "Sphagnum"

I wonder if his dad's name was Sphagnum , maybe he just wanted to keep it in the family

Man you people really know how to suck the fun out of art. Its ok to make up your own scenario when looking at a photo. This is not the place for political discussions. Take it elsewhere.

Well, that certainly is disturbing.
Poor Jean :(

Naw take a second looksie Rob, there may still be potential for ya after all!

NICE PLACE TOO SLEEP