Time Capsule

[FourPart]

I went to a local Development Project Meeting this evening, regarding the building of a brand new block of state of the art houses & flats & a shopping precinct. I've already had the privilege of naming the road to be, once it's built (Cavell Way), but another proposal of mine has been taken on board, and that is to bury a Time Capsule on site.

The next meeting will be to discuss what should be put in there. I've suggested that local schools should be consulted, as it's more likely to be in their generations that it's going to be dug up. The argument against this is that it excludes older generations who might not have kids or families, which, of course is a valid point.

The thing is, what 3 things would you put in a Time Capsule to be opened in, say, 100 years, and why?

I would say:

1. A Newspaper (especially a local one), as news in print is already becoming a thing of the past.

2. A sealed letter, with a franked stamp, ideally about the Time Capsule, explaining how the postal system worked, as this, too, is now becoming obsolete with the acceptance of eMail for the communication medium of choice.

3. A 'modern' state of the art computer. As we're only too aware, even now in a couple of years machines tend to be all but obsolete. In my own time I remember going on a school visit to the local college to see their super computer, which took up twice the space of our school hall & had a massive 1kb memory. Just think what dinosaurs our super computers of today will seem in 100 years time.

[Bruv]

How about all current denominations of money, that could be obsolete then.

Some photos of the local High Street, and finally a shopping list with prices

[flopstock]

Maybe a sampler packet of various seeds, the bible, koran and other religious artifacts, a light bulb, a bottle of water and an ordinary persons diary.