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Toilet. Seat.

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I have the perfect job (my real job, I mean – the one with a paycheck) which enables me to travel to various small towns across the Texas high plains to visit our agency’s offices.  And, every now and then, take a few photographs.

This visit was exceptional; in this town, our agency leases the ground floor of an old building.  After our real work was done, we explored the vacant second floor of the building.

Good thing I had my camera with me that day….

Tahoka, Texas
photographed 6.16.2010

The deep end of the pool

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The enlisted men’s pool was what it was called when I went there in high school with my friend Sara, whose dad was one of those enlisted men.

Reese Center
formerly Reese Air Force Base
near Lubbock, Texas

photographed 3.16.2013

Side door

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Side door.

That is all.

Except to note that this is on the former Air Force base here in Lubbock. Part of the facilities have been redeveloped for private and municipal use, but the side of the base that had all the housing looks much the same as when the Air Force locked the doors and left, in 1997. When it was a base, access was limited, and even now it didn’t feel quite right to be able to drive in without being challenged, walk all over the place, and take all the photos I wanted.

But that’s not to say I was left alone: a sign at the entrance said the area was under constant surveillance. Hope whoever was stuck monitoring the surveillance enjoyed my meandering path as much as I did.

Reese Center
near Lubbock, Texas

photographed 3.16. 2013

Thanks for asking

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Something old, something new (if you go right to left).

And – this is the best part, really – the other side of the old building had this:

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Along Guadalupe Street
Austin, Texas

photographed 3.10.2013

We are not responsible

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That sign behind the light? It says, “We are not responsible for products condemned by the state inspector.”

OK.

But wait – here’s the front of the building:

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Think about it…

Now, go eat a salad.

Colorado City, Texas
photographed 3.13.2013