Howdy! Well yesterday was REALLY interesting – and REALLY embarrassing all rolled into one. It was interesting because we didn’t think ANYONE would guess the Teaser but WHAMMO, almost the instant we went live, we had our First Commenter AND our First Right Guesser…………..
Our First Commenter was – EASY!!!!
Our First Right Guesser was – LEO!!!!
Before I tell you the EMBARRASSING part, here’s the photos from yesterday one more time!
My Guest Teaser was Shoko (and her Mom Miss Jean) from Canadian Cats and they submitted a photo of Riverside Mental Hospital in Coquitlam, British Columbia! Miss Jean sent me some fascinating information about this building and its’ history. First your badge – then the history!
Riverview Hospital was originally called Essondale and the name sent shivers up the spine of most people in BC. Essondale was a provincially run mental institution. Originally, there was 1,000 acres belonging to the psychiatric hospital but over the years this became 422 acres. The institution and grounds are huge. They opened around 1913. It was the place to shove the unwanted and embarrassing. There was also housing there for juvenile delinquents, the aged…dangerous aged folk and then there was Colony Farms. Colony Farm produced first rate crops that were used throughout the facility. They also raised animals such as cows and pigs. My cousin was a social worker at Riverview. She was very dedicated but died in her early 30’s. There were several horror stories about shock treatments and there was, “The Calming Room.” When a patient was acting up, they were taken to the calming room until they became placid. Sometimes this took a few days. Many strange things were said to happen in the calming room. (I then asked Jean when the place had closed down) You asked when it closed…It didn’t close all at once….Colony Farms started to shut down in 1983 and by 1989, Colony Farms was closed and became a wildlife park. Riverview was officially closed in 2012 but by the looks of the main buildings….they had been abandoned for years. Juvenile Delinquent quarters were slowly phased out in the mid nineteen hundreds. Some of the less violent aged were mixed with the psychiatric patients. This hospital also did a lot of good for psychiatric patients….the less damaged. I won’t go into that as I could talk for a long time about this facility.
THANKS SHOKO AND JEAN! I also discovered in reading about this place that it was thought to be quite haunted……….wouldn’t surprise me after all that went on there!
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Now, I had a bunch of other RIGHT GUESSERS yesterday too – lots of you figured this one out and you all get this!
Were you one of the few who were CLUELESS? No idea? Or guessed WRONG? You still get something for your effort!
So – hopefully I’m forgiven by Miss Sue and Miss Melissa and hopefully Leo is happy to be BACK ON TOP in the Teaser guessing department…………..!!! WOO HOOOOOO!!!!!!
I’m the first commenter after the teaser! Congrats Leo WOOOHOOOOOOO!!! and Congrats Easy hehehe…Oh what a scary story…. I rather don’t wait for a dogtor there…
Sammy, we need an automatic refresh-button for our moms…
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Easy I’m totally with you on that automatic Refresh…..something tells me if Mom had used it yesterday she and I would NOT have made that boo boo…..however, I’m sure it’s not the last time that new award will come in handy! By the way, we were so sad to hear about Goose…..is there an update??
Hugs, Sammy
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It’s sometimes like magic how that comments appear out of the blue huh? LOL
yes, Goose wrote a post yeserday at http://gospelofgoose.blogspot.com
We are so sad too…I feel like taking a bath with all that tears what landed on my fur …
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Easy I’m so anxious to hear an update on Goose……..any news? As for the Teaser – Mom needs to be more careful about stuff like that and in fact she’s thinking maybe she shouldn’t email people about being FIRST – just let things happen and celebrate whatever needs celebrating on the TELL ALL?????? We just get excited about letting people know but when you let the WRONG people know – well – it’s embarrassing and I’m a ginger cat so when I’m embarrassed I get EXTRA RED!
Love, Sammy
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Goose could eat a little more yesterday and he took his pills… it made me happy to hear that….
well….. it’s teaser and on tuesday teaserous things can happen … even in Maine Usa :o)
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Pam, do you blame the cat? Are you sure about that???
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Oh yeah…..Sam and I have an “understanding” about that…….when he pushes a china teacup off a table I say “guess I polished that table too well” – when I miss seeing a comment buried among the hundreds he says “oops, I didn’t SEE that one on my blog Mom”…….pretty cool huh?
Pam
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Wow, that place sounds really creepy!
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I agree……would make a good location for a Halloween party!
Hugs, Sam
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Well done to the winners … all of them MOL and I’m really laughing (me and mum both) at the “Sam made a big bad boo boo” award!! 😀 Have a great day, buddy xx
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We’re pretty sure that new Boo Boo Award will come in handy in the future – some Tuesdays the comments are ENDLESS! HAHAHA
Hugs, Sammy
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Ha ha ha – no doubt Leo had something to say about that 😀 Well done everyone who got it right. We were at least on the right continent.
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Haven’t heard from Mr. Leo yet but no doubt we will………!!!!!
Hugs, Sammy
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That’s a really awful sounding place. No wonder they think it’s haunted!! We love the boo boo award!!!! We’ll take our big greenie and try again next week.
The Florida Furkids
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Hi Raz! It is a scary sounding place isn’t it? Shoko’s Mom found a really good Teaser for me didn’t she? Onward to next week – maybe you’ll get more than a Greenie!!
Hugs, Sammy
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Wow – that place has some history…..
Congrats to the winners!
Have a good day, Sammy.
Love, Sundae
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Interesting place isn’t it? It was a FUN but tough Teaser!
Love, Sam
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Don’t be embarrassed – It’s tough to scroll through 10 million comments!
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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I’m learning more and more about that EVERY Tuesday!!!! HAHAHA
Love, Sam
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We love the new badge, its pawsome. We all make mistakes (our mom makes thousands every day), congratulations to the other winners too 🙂
Melissa, Oliver and Calvin 🙂
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Glad you like your badge and thanks for understanding….Mom blames me and I blame her…..HAHAHAHA
Hugs, Sammy
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Congratulations Easy and Leo! Sammy I like the “But You are Still a Winner” award! Well, I am back after that long refreshing break… 😉 Enjoy your Wednesday Sammy! It is COLD here this morning… 39! It’s a CHEESEBURGER day though… I hope!
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Cheeseburger? Did you say CHEESEBURGER? Gosh – Ima thinkin’ I should suggest that to Mom for dinner tonight…….even better, a BACON cheeseburger…..yeah….. Glad you like my new award – I had to do that – I felt really awful making that mistake! DUH!
Love, Sammy
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We all goof Sammy… yes we do!!!!!
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Tuesdays are getting so huge I’m foreseeing that new award making an appearance again one of these days! HAHA
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Well that could be a good thing???!!!!!!
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Congrats to Leo and Easy. I love the Big Bad Boo Boo badge. Sure is a creepy place. Have a great day!
Sue B
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Easy is so sharp I’m purrty sure he has tacks for breakfast!! WTG EASY
Hugs madi your bfff
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HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
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YAY!! Concats to the winners and at least I was one of the ones who guessed right! xoxo
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That’s right Cody! You were a RIGHT GUESSER and you now have a badge to prove it!!
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I nominate the “first” award should be rechristened the “easy” award.
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Easy would like that I think BUTTTTT he’s NOT always the First Commenter – just ALMOST always! 😉
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squeals – and haunted!! What a place to visit cousin. Awesome. XOXO – Bacon
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Haunted….BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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LOL, that ‘Fail, boo boo’ button is hilarious ! “No U didn’t” bah ha ha ! You make me laugh. Oh, best not laugh to crazy, I wouldn’t want to end up in Riverview..hehe.
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I’d visit you if you were there!!!! Honest! 🙂
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LOL, ask mom to bake a cake with a file in it. I’m partial to carrot cake with cream cheese icing but wouldn’t be too picky if I was locked up there. I’ll just sing the same song over and over and over till they boot me out….”I like the mountains….I like the rolling hills…….xoxox
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HAHAHAHA……I’d like a catnip cake….. !
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Wow, that was some great info!!!
ღ husky hugz ღ frum our pack at Love is being owned by a husky!
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Fascinating! This was a different Teaser but interesting…………….
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Wow, Sammy, that’s a weird place fur sure! Dang, I can’t seem to get these right, but it sure is fun to try. BOL/MOL
Grr and Woof,
Sarge, Police Commish
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Sarge I think it’s almost more fun just looking at the comments than guessing on the Teaser….HAHAHAHA
Hugs, Sammy
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That sounds like it was an awful place as I think most mental institutions were. That is a nice new badge 🙂
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Glad you like the new badge – hopefully you won’t see it often ! 😉
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If this is easy I hate to see the hard ones. What am I missing on these Tuesday Teasers. arghhhhhhhhhhhh
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This one was easy for my Canadian fans…..maybe not so much for everyone else……interesting spot though!! Just keep trying Gracie – one of these days!!
Hugs, SAMMY
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Oh, when I you think about my guess. Interesting huh? Hummmmmm
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Yes……I had several really interesting guesses on this one!!
Hugs, Sammy
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The outside and the grounds has been used in lots of TV shows and movies. When wes lived on the wet coast, Mommy used to drives past it lots and it seemed the crews were always there. And Sammy, if this is your first mistake, mes thinks yous can easily be forgiven.
Kisses
Nellie
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Hi Nellie! Well I’m not sure it’s my first mistake or if I’m just finally admitting that I HAVE made some mistakes !!! HAHA At any rate, hopefully I won’t have to award that new badge too often!! Someone else said that the hospital grounds had been used for shows….that’s even more interesting!
Hugs, Sammy
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That was really interesting
Lily & Edward
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I thought it was too kiddos……….kind of a “different” Teaser!
Hugs, Sammy
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sammy…dood…..miss take…what miss take…onlee miss take ya might a made wuz ya onlee eated 89 slices oh bacon yesterday when it shulda been 189…conga rats two leo 🙂 ♥♥♥
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Oh dearie me – I just can’t seem to keep up with the need to eat ENOUGH bacon to stay out of trouble! IT’s not easy being ME!
Hugs, Sammy
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What great history. Thanks for sharing.
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Interesting place isn’t it????
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Mee-you Unccle Sammy LadyMum got thee Insane A-sigh-lem part rite!!! How did shee even do THAT frum thee bathroom??? Spookie issn’t it???
That Riverview place sure lookss screy an no tinnvitin at all 😉
Fankss Lady Jean an Cuss-innss Shoko an Kali fur a grate Teezer!!!
***paw kissess*** Siddhartha Henry an a ^spookie^ LadyMum xxxx
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You Ladymum is SMART that’s how she did it!!!! That old place sure has a tale to tell doesn’t it? I agree with you – Shoko and her Mom picked a GREAT Teaser photo for us this week!
Love, Uncle Sam
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**shivurrss** that place lookss supurr creepie to mee Unccle!!!
Lady jean did a grate Teezer…..
❤ LUV ❤ an **paw kissess**
Siddhartha Henry an LadyMum (outta time out now) xxxx
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I agree Siddhartha….creepy and THEN some!!!!
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Wow Sammy dat’s pawsum dat so many peeps knew where and what this wuz. As usual we didn’t have a clue. MOL
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
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VERY interesting . I would never have thought it. I do wonder about those stairs though. How unusual to have steps like that to the door.
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That’s a good point – I bet they couldn’t get away with that THESE days!
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that would have stumped us for sure. And ‘boo-boos’ are allowed Sammy
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Hi Savvy – well I made a big boo boo but my heart was in the right place!
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Concats to Leo! I didn’t know the exact location or the name of the place, but I was in the right sort of area. Mum knew it was no good looking at her photos because it was before her digital camera and she never took so many photos back then. She scanned some of the best ones but it would take forever to make head or tail of her old albums. The place she was thinking of mightn’t even be the same one.
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Your Mom was SO DARNED CLOSE!!!! Good for her guessing Vancouver……..really!
Hugs, Sammy
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Happy Earth Day no matter where you are in the world!
Noodle and crew
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Thanks Noodle……….hope your Earth Day was happy too………..
Hugs, Sam
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Very interesting story….what a freaky place! I can’t believe so many knew what it was, we had no idea (not that that’s anything new. ha ha). Sammy, just bat your sweet little eyes at anyone, and we are sure all will be forgiven.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA…………….!!! Actually it was a way cool Teaser wasn’t it?
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We really didn’t think so many would get the right location. There are some pretty sharp anipals out there.
Mental Health has now got plans to reopen Riverview. It is to be seen if this area will be mostly administrative or what. It’s doubtful it will ever be a mental hospital again. A name change will definitely help whatever appears on this property.
Shoko, Kali and Jean
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Yes – a name change would be a good idea as the association to the past of the place might be less………..it was a GREAT Teaser! Thanks ladies!
Hugs, Sammy
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We didn’t know the Teaser but we’re glad others did. That’s interesting about that hospital.
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That was a famous “infamous”Hospital. I enjoyed your writing on it. 😀
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Sort of a “different” Teaser huh???!!!!
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I knew there was something wrong when I didn’t get my “you are the best guesser ever, oh my gosh, you are great!” (read that like a valley girl) email.
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HAHAHAHAHA……However I did send you an email – did you not get it?????????????????????????? Dang!
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Sweet Sammy I never come close to solving any of your teasers so I say Bravo to all those that do. Good job! hugs and nose kisses
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That was a tough one! Good job! That place sounds creepy!! (*shudders*) xx Roxy & Tigerlino ❤
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