What would you put in a 2007 time vault?

[sauerkraut]

I'd like to see some sort of car perhaps a VW Bug, it'll be easy to build a time capsule for it, it's small and can be wraped in 3 layers of cosmoline easy. it should be a nifty car in 50 years- But we must make sure the vault holds this time or the folks of 2057 will be saying things like "they shoulda done this and that back in 2007, what were the people of 2007 thinking, didn't they learn nothing about time capsules from that 1957 Plymouth failure"? ... "Now we have another wet car to display next to the '57 Plymouth in the Tulsa Hall Of History Display showcase[^][]

[RecycleMichael]

In the movie "Sleeper" by Woody Allen, they wrapped him in aluminum foil before freezing...I suppose to "lock in the freshness".

He unthaws and finds a VW bug in a cave that starts the first time.

[pmcalk]

^Great movie!

Could we put Paris Hilton in there?  Maybe they would stop talking about her.  Course, more likely the "news" channels would spend the next 50 years speculating on what she will look like when she comes out.  Oh, if we could only put the 24/7 news stations in there....  That, and maybe a pair of Crocs (50 years from now, I can hear what they would say:  "$30 for a pair of plastic shoes?  We're they crazy?").

[Chicken Little]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

a french drain

My favorite so far.[}:)]

[sauerkraut]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

Put in a bunch of those USPS "forever stamps"

Since stamp prices rise faster than inflation, those would be better than gold.

That's an good idea, put a book of those "forever stamps" in the glove box of the next car we bury, and see if the post-office will still honor them in 2057 when the postage rates will likely be well over a $1.00.... The next car will have to be buried in a steel vault or a boiler-like vault, no more cement capsules they are too prone to failure.

[cyndezu]

I don't know what to think of all this squirrel like behavior.
A deed to an acre of land

[Wrinkle]

Water Sensors and a sump pump (along with the French drain) Humidity Control.

Of course, they'd probably tie the pump into the street lighting circuit.

[TurismoDreamin]

-Apple ipod with songs from 2007
-Plasma TV
-A hit movie from 2007 on Blu-ray disc
-A digital camera
-Aerial photos of downtown
-Digital video recordings of entire streets from end to end for each major street in Tulsa.
-GPS system
-A credit card
-The current collection of state quarters
-The current collection of new bills
-Vision 2025 outlines
-The American statue outlines
-Union, Jenks, and Broken Arrow yearbooks
-A PS3, Wii, and XBOX360
-Clothes typically found at Woodland Hills Mall
-Shoes
-Road maps
-Satellite images
-Phone book
-A piece of concrete from the 1957 vault
-A piece from Bell's Amusement Park
-A Wal-Mart sign
-A huge Quiktrip mug
-Cell phone (Apple iPhone)
-A piece from the Boeing plant
-A laptop
-One of those energy efficient light bulbs
-A downtown parking meter
-Current Tulsa World, USA Today, NY Times, Chicago Tribune, etc..
-Celebrity tabloid magazines
....and a partridge in a pear tree!!

That's all I can think of that I would think people in 2048 would find interesting.

[billintulsa]

AZlong with my earlier suggestion (a piece of lumber from Zingo),I would also add:

A chuck of concrete from our current Civic Center.

A ticket to Big Splash.

A sales circular from Reasor's.

A Tulsa phone book (but only one of the popular editions).

A group photo of as many city employees as possible.

More to come . . .

[sauerkraut]

I think typical things from 2007 will be the best bet, maybe a TV set from 2007, DVD/VCR unit and things like that. The buried car should also be a 2007 car.

[Breadburner]

I'm going to add Nancy Grace.....

[sgrizzle]

I think it should be a 2007 truck or SUV with a V8 or larger.

Add to the nostalgia in 2057.

[billintulsa]

Also - - - - a popular model of one of the current Cell phones.

[sauerkraut]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

I think it should be a 2007 truck or SUV with a V8 or larger.

Add to the nostalgia in 2057.

Yes but that would require a big boiler vault. A small car like a VW Bug would be easy to get into a steel boiler vault. A pick-up truck would be a good idea though it's the most popular vehicle on the roads today (or an SUV) that's how  they did it in 1957, they picked the Plymouth because they thought it was the most typical/popular and common run of the mill car there was in 1957. We also should pick one of the most common vehicles on the road today to put in the vault. I wonder who plans to pay for all this? (Making the vault, labor, backhoes, and the like)

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by sauerkraut

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

I think it should be a 2007 truck or SUV with a V8 or larger.

Add to the nostalgia in 2057.

Yes but that would require a big boiler vault. A small car like a VW Bug would be easy to get into a steel boiler vault. A pick-up truck would be a good idea though it's the most popular vehicle on the roads today (or an SUV) that's how  they did it in 1957, they picked the Plymouth because they thought it was the most typical/popular and common run of the mill car there was in 1957. We also should pick one of the most common vehicles on the road today to put in the vault. I wonder who plans to pay for all this? (Making the vault, labor, backhoes, and the like)

I think yptulsa is raising money. One of those yp things.