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Spent two years in the basement of an old TB hospital, the local university "incubator", hitting my head on ancient steam pipes wrapped in "Danger: Asbestos!" tape. Other than cheap rent and a copier there wasn't anything to recommend the experience.


There was no mentoring? Just physical resources? [If antiquated and cancer-causing...]


Only ever saw the director thru his door at the end of the hall upstairs. He spent the day reading thru a stack of newspapers, went home early.


cancer-causing

Asbestos insulation is not cancer-causing. Asbestos dust is cancer-causing.




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