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I do agree, Mr. Motts, that there is a lot of surplus chatter from your more regular viewers. I am hardly an innocent where that is concerned.

Lyric's Chat URL:
http://pub3.bravenet.c...t/show.php/182050583

The only problem with the Chat is that we never know if anybody's planning on going there or not. Lyric kind of hangs out in it when she gets home from work. Amanda's Mom and Tony C. are the usual suspects. We're on the left coast, so usually Lyric or I .. or at times both of us ... are in there after seven in the evening our time.

You ALL are more than welcome to use it, though. Lyric doesn't have to 'open' it. There's nothing to "sign up" for or download. It's just a basic, no-frills Java chat.

It's very likely rust. Metal furnishings were used as much as possible to reduce fire risk. Chairs and desks in offices were usually metal, there were metal grates over every window and over radiators. The building leaked constantly from rain and old plumbing.

Looks like a cappucino machine with the "perfect froth" attachment, probably just a security guard's way to keep from falling asleep on the night watch.

I have been on the site at night and is one of the most scary places I had ever been. I also took some pictures and alot of them had ORBS and unexplaind light's.............

Motts, your work has been such an inspiration to me. I am not nearly the photographer that you are, but I DO intend to start exploring old buildings again thanks to the photos you have posted here. I have a couple of guys lined up to explore the abandoned VA hospital wards here in Asheville NC in the next couple of days.
I went in the asbestos contaminated gothic/colonial style building three years ago. Since that time a razorwire fence has been put up around the place, but when I was scoping it out today I noticed that someone had already cut a nice sized hole in said fence, and the boards over the back door had been shattered.

I walked in about ten feet, but a noise scared me out. I'll feel better when I have some guys with me.

some of the more funny comments should be saved like the first light fixture and soap dispenser comment

Most of the 'off topic' conversation is stale after a few days and should be removed.

The comments are getting unwieldy, I've been trying to think of a solution. I suppose a forum might help, but the idea of one run in conjunction with opacity.us doesn't appeal to me. It's difficult monitoring all the comments on this site even with help; I am unable to moderate a whole forum.

The problem is that I never expected to have a whole community of people regularly conversing through the comments. I don't mind reading it all but I have to ask myself, is this something newcomers want to read? Would they be uncomfortable posting? I've had equal amounts of positive and negative feedback about the comments area here and I want to make it better.

I envision this website to be a long lasting entity that will document these places in an artistic and historical fashion. Transient conversations about what someone had for breakfast this morning seem to clutter the more important contributions, such as explaining the function of an object or place photographed, or memories from a past employee, things that I feel are more noteworthy and should stay permanently.

I might prune these extraneous conversations from the comments sections when I have some free time; I feel bad but I think everyone knows my intentions are good.

I am open for feedback or alternate solutions from anyone...

Thats ONE way to reboot something! Here at the help desk, we know that certain printers are MADE to be.....errr...."disposable".....

(12:48PM) Boston Steve--They are used to sterilize equipment....There are several other pictures of autoclaves of various sizes at other institutions here...surf around, you'll find them!

I'm still running the monitor that came with my first computer. I've been through three other towers, several mouses (meeses?) and I've lost count of how many printers I've had. Just had to buy a new printer two days ago. Late Saturday night, I went to print something, and it made all kinds of funky sounds, then not only ate the paper, it swallowed it!! There was paper fragments all inside the printer guts, so out the window it went. (LOL)

Neefer, I have visited some of those same sites and wasn't impressed either. I was taken in by this site, as it shows the true colours of a building. Viewing the various gallerys and reading the comments is almost like being there.

I visit this site several times a day (actually more often than I check my email) I don't want to miss a new gallery or a new revelation to one of my favorite pics.

Wow.... Skin colored doors to make the inmates cheer up... Sweet kinda humor...

This picture needs the "Get as wallpaper" option.. in 1600x1200 please !...

Autoclaves are like high-pressure ovens. They heat up to extremely high temperatures, and very high pressures. I've seen them used in manufacturing to "bake" carbon composite/resin molds into harder-than-steel components. I can't imagine what they would be used in a hospital for.

Urology is the medical field for urinary tract stuff - the bladder, genitals, etc.