My Lab

My sister came to visit me a few weeks ago.  She was pretty excited to see my lab...until she saw it, "Oh, this...is...your...lab?"  That is, until I opened up a hole in the floor and suddenly she saw my lab for what it is - a wonderful jumble of old equipment mixed with new technology and research uses.  After five years here, I would still not be surprised if I found another door, another room that I had never explored before.  Scope for the imagination, indeed.

Stairwell to my office

My jumble of a lab even though I just cleaned it

As seen from just outside my office

This randomly showed up one day on my office door. 
I have no idea what it means

Your guess is as good as mine

The graveyard of old electronics.  Just stacks and stacks
of old equipment.  I go here to explore when I get frustrated
with my current equipment failures.  

The view outside our machine shop

I'm pretty sure we have the first generation candy
vending machine.
A lever lifts up and slides the candy out.  I love it.  

Outside a room that doesn't have a laser in it anymore... I think

The microphone for our intercom
system.  Isn't it fabulously old school?