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As someone who's been to this site I can tell you, even on a sunny day, it's scary and often dark under the shadows of these beasts. There is creeking and echoes inside the ships and the constant sound of water hitting the sides of the vessels and washing up on shore. Mott's style fits these subjects well.

Abbie somebody.......Abbie Normal

do you know something we dont know prd2BNDN??

er..I meant in any "society"....
Getting even more philosophical...once we were an orally historic society (nothing to do with histolology ;-] )
...now, more of a visually historic one.
What do we have without our buildings...our recorded words?
Intaglio rules -)

...We analyze and critique all that we do not experience nor live within...but cannot fathom nor justify our own lives nor homes nor humanity!

...I'll say again, externally and internally, the purpose of these places was sanctuary.
These were not horrific places to begin with....(some of the history is bad, bad ,bad, but...) the reason for them was good and caring.
This being said ,in my opinion...there probably were some pretty horrible happenings over the years.
If we circumnavigate the whole
imprisonment/ institution/ asylum issue and look beyond our ken and try to see the core, we may see, again, that these buildings were built as homes...sanctuaries....
Look at postcards of some of the more respectful hospitals (a lot of these hospitals are on this site!) and see that there was pride in the facilities! Changes in the internal structure are due to stress, misunderstanding, misinformation, egoism, and mis-staffing (not, mind ya'll, in order.) Those changes alone caused potential and permanent damage . Oh yeah, they did.
Visceral? look at the buildings and know, in your gut that they were built for good...I'm an optomist as were many of the people involved with the building of the places and the running of them.
I do realize that there were some wrongs (OK, maybe many-as in any sociaty) and they can't be righted .
Presently, I guess my jabbering applies....

"Rubber duckie, you're the one..."

Ogre SMASH!

aformerpatient , no need to worry. about misspelling( You spelled misspelling right!)...your comments are welcome, I am sure. You help others see a different point of view. I have a relative that probably received every kind of therapy used in the 1940's-60's. Including the big pin.
She was 24 years oldin 1949 and it wouldn't be done now. So keep relaying your knowledge :-)

I would assume so. He's very eccentric, its best if you can catch him on TV, but definitely check him out! : )

And now back to this picture that really reminds of the Titanic and how the people must have felt...

naw, its'a neural sandwich prep thingamawhatsit-yall'callit-jig

So, I am correct to assume that this is not a Model TD 78 13? MY Bad! So, it's definitely a thingamajig, then.

I hear ya, Jude...really dismal and disheartening...but maybe this is the breakfast area and it only gets better.... :(

~Me, oh my ...No not you ~Me. Stay away from windows for a while, though ;-)

silkster40z
...are we talkin' football? ':-)

Hey, Barbara, I will check out Dane Cook. Is he the comic that I just pulled up on the 'net? Or do I have the wrong person? I like innertubes. We were constantly on one on Lake Erie as children.