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 FoilFlaws
   
Location: Kettering, OH
Gender: Male
Natural Selection
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< on 11/18/2009 1:15 AM >
|  | | | At this point in my UE career I have been into 3 different structures, two of them twice, and into one easy drain. I am learning from Shutchatrap and pretty well hooked at this point. This was my second adventure and most infamous(for now); the Springfield Metallic Casket Co.
Trap and I swung by Target to pick up gloves and a decent flashlight for me. The gloves are pretty much a part of me now. Then meet up with WarBird69 and a few others(sorry I forgot your screen names). We fail to find a way into one building so we move a few blocks over to the Casket Co. Entry was easy for some, hard for others. Either way we get in and are greeted by a giant Root Beer mug and an elephant! The root beer mug was used by an old root beer stand in town. No clue what the elephant was used for.
Also on the first floor we found what we suspect to be is the machine that actually made the metallic caskets.
There was some impressive looking electric things in a back room that may have been transformers and a rusty old Frankenstein switch that I didn't get a good shot of. Downstairs in the basement we found a few old notices that I guess were sent out with the finished products.
There were 3 floors above the ground level that were mostly empty other than a few bits of equipment used to paint the caskets. The third floor contained the actually paint booth which, considering the type of building we were in, was kinda freaky.
The fourth floor contained a heating and cleaning booth which I immediately recognized from my work in painting school bus doors in my youth. The interesting thing was that after heating and cleaning the caskets were lowered through the floor down to the 3rd floor for painting. The elevator actually used bits of the conveyor belt to lower them down.
We went up onto the roof and rolled around in the asphalt to get to the edge of the roof without being seen. Totally worth it. We wandered back down and upon leaving....we got caught. I saw the police car first. I won't relate the story as it's already been told. Suffice to say I went 'sploring the following day(in a different city!!).
I know my photography isn't that good, I have been reading the forums and going to try some of the tips. I hope everyone enjoys.
[last edit 11/18/2009 1:16 AM by FoilFlaws - edited 1 times]
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hatsumi
   
| |  | Re: UE Noob Write Up
<Reply # 1 on 11/18/2009 1:21 AM >
| | | | glad your enjoying exploring....don't worry about photography, its just a side note to going out and having fun..if your keen the shots will naturally progress over time, best tip is just take shots and experiment.
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Trap
 
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Gender: Male
Son, I am disappoint
| | Re: UE Noob Write Up
<Reply # 2 on 11/18/2009 1:58 PM >
| | | | Yeah, man! The casket company is a pretty great place, and turned out to be a much better explore than I thought it was going to be. I'm glad that gettin busted didn't scare you off but you handled yourself well, especially for only your second time out. We need to check that place out again sometime before hey gut it.
Posted by Send4Help:
ITS EIGHT FUCKING THIRTY!!
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seicer
 
Location: New York
Gender: Male
| | | Re: UE Noob Write Up
<Reply # 3 on 11/18/2009 2:11 PM >
| | | | Passed by this place. A shame they demolished many of the textile factories in the city. Good start, keep 'em coming 
Abandoned |
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WarBird69
Location: Eastern TN
Gender: Male
Atomic Bird of War
| | Re: UE Noob Write Up
<Reply # 4 on 11/20/2009 7:42 PM >
| | | | I'm glad your hooked man. It was a fun and interesting day, 5-oh and all. Can't wait for our next adventure!
Here's a few of my photos of the same place:
The infamous elephant:
Fanta pull tab soda can...talk about old!
The coolest urinal I have ever seen.
Obligatory potty shot. With a wooden seat at that. First time I'd even heard of toilets having wooden seats!
Do not hump.
I swear I wasn't taking a picture of your ass...
When twilight draws near, when you are pushed to the very limits of your soul, when it seems that all you have left are the dead remnants of the fabric of your life:
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gr8fzy1
Location: Waterbury, CT
Gender: Male
Fewer and Fewer...
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<Reply # 5 on 11/20/2009 9:00 PM >
| | | | The thought of you guys rolling on the roof is almost as enjoyable as these photos. Good work man and good luck.
PS....DO NOT HUMP
sound advise...
Softly creeping through
Empty hallways decades old,
glimpsing history. |
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gretschdiva
Location: Johnson City, Tennessee
Gender: Female
I'm just a chick, playing a chick, disguised as another chick
| | | Re: UE Noob Write Up
<Reply # 6 on 11/26/2009 8:53 AM >
| | | | Hey, love the photos. I think it's so interesting to see signs of human life at abandonments. It kind of puts into perspective what was once there, like a concrete memory. I'm so glad you took a photo of that sign. I'll remember to think twice before humping any switchmen I may come across. Cheers~
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Dreamers_Disease
Location: So Cal
Gender: Female
| | Re: UE Noob Write Up
<Reply # 7 on 12/1/2009 8:41 AM >
| | | | Personally I like the photos. Looks like you have fun before the Po Po's caught up to you.
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Yield
Location: Look behind you
Gender: Male
I'd do you for a klondike bar
| | Re: UE Noob Write Up
<Reply # 8 on 12/8/2009 5:39 AM >
| | | | I don't see anything wrong with the photos either. I like how you tell a story with it as well.
I just got busted for my first time the other day, glad it wasn't police that caught me and just a property owner. Great to hear you handled it well!!
(I have not heard the story however and you should either link me or pm me some gnarly info)
Yield's Peer Review:
~Doesn't give a fuck, total badass, and one of my ue-besties.
~Genuine, has positive character and this thing called integrity. Knows when to be serious. Passionate about productive things. Human being. ~fish fish boxing boxing bestest friend evah |
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DJ Craig
 
Moderator
Location: Johnson City, TN
Gender: Male
Break the Silence
| | | | Re: UE Noob Write Up
<Reply # 9 on 12/10/2009 7:11 AM >
| | | | Pretty good pictures. You have some awesome stuff in your area! I love that area and want to come back there sometime soon, so I might end up meeting you at some point.
That's shitty luck to get caught so early on in your UE experiences, especially exploring with experienced, cautious people like WarBird and SuchATrap. Where is that story posted?
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..." -Dr. Suess |
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Trap
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Gender: Male
Son, I am disappoint
| | Re: UE Noob Write Up
<Reply # 10 on 12/10/2009 8:07 PM >
| | | | Posted by DJ Craig
experienced, cautious people like WarBird and SuchATrap...
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Dammit, Craig I'm beginning to think you are intentionally spelling my name wrong! LOL
EDIT: linkage for the story, starts there and is added onto through out the thread
http://www.uer.ca/...rrpage=2&pp#post35
[last edit 12/10/2009 8:12 PM by Trap - edited 1 times]
Posted by Send4Help:
ITS EIGHT FUCKING THIRTY!!
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Dargon
Location: Springfield, Ohio
Gender: Male
| | | Re: UE Noob Write Up
<Reply # 11 on 12/10/2009 11:07 PM >
| | | | I WAS THERE but didnt have a camera, been wanting the shot of the do not hump sign, i too went exploring again that night, but again, different city, less police, good pics bro
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Trap
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Gender: Male
Son, I am disappoint
| | Re: UE Noob Write Up
<Reply # 12 on 12/11/2009 3:09 PM >
| | | | Posted by Dargon
I WAS THERE but didnt have a camera, been wanting the shot of the do not hump sign, i too went exploring again that night, but again, different city, less police, good pics bro
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Actually, your avatar is from there! Those big transformers or whatever they are were pretty sweet.
Posted by Send4Help:
ITS EIGHT FUCKING THIRTY!!
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Dargon
Location: Springfield, Ohio
Gender: Male
| | | Re: UE Noob Write Up
<Reply # 13 on 12/15/2009 5:55 PM >
| | | | Posted by Shutchatrap
Actually, your avatar is from there! Those big transformers or whatever they are were pretty sweet.
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it is indeed, you took the picture, and i now TOTALLY have one of those signs in a frame on my wall.
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Trap
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Gender: Male
Son, I am disappoint
| | Re: UE Noob Write Up
<Reply # 14 on 12/16/2009 5:34 PM >
| | | | Posted by Dargon
it is indeed, you took the picture, and i now TOTALLY have one of those signs in a frame on my wall.
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Aw, dude, not cool.
Posted by Send4Help:
ITS EIGHT FUCKING THIRTY!!
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Dargon
Location: Springfield, Ohio
Gender: Male
| | | Re: UE Noob Write Up
<Reply # 15 on 12/17/2009 12:26 AM >
| | | | Posted by Shutchatrap
Aw, dude, not cool.
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meh, normally i wouldnt have, but there was like 8 of them, also, there going to tear down the old theater, i sent you a link to the story
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FoilFlaws
Location: Kettering, OH
Gender: Male
Natural Selection
| | | Re: UE Noob Write Up
<Reply # 16 on 12/30/2009 12:19 AM >
| | | | There were 8, now there's 7. How long until there are none?
I don't like the idea of taking anything and am kinda disappointed.
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Dargon
Location: Springfield, Ohio
Gender: Male
| | | Re: UE Noob Write Up
<Reply # 17 on 12/30/2009 10:15 PM >
| | | | Posted by FoilFlaws
There were 8, now there's 7. How long until there are none?
I don't like the idea of taking anything and am kinda disappointed.
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how long til they demo the building, like they are the old theater we were going to look at? souvenirs are obviously a personal preference thing, and it depends on circumstances for me
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FoilFlaws
Location: Kettering, OH
Gender: Male
Natural Selection
| | | Re: UE Noob Write Up
<Reply # 18 on 12/30/2009 10:27 PM >
| | | | a few years?
There are no plans to demo it so no reason to take anything besides pictures.
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Dargon
Location: Springfield, Ohio
Gender: Male
| | | Re: UE Noob Write Up
<Reply # 19 on 12/31/2009 10:10 PM >
| | | | Posted by FoilFlaws
a few years?
There are no plans to demo it so no reason to take anything besides pictures.
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ill give you that, but the way things roll around here, it could be gone tomorrow, they ARE building that big fancy hospital down the street, and don't worry, i don't go around all willynilly taking souvenirs, like, once or twice ever have i, actually
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