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A storage container The yellow pages Access to a library Optional: Some photographs Audio or video tapes Newspapers A diary and personal letters Postage stamps Access to the Internet |
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Finally, a way to stop time What will your descendants know about your life? Will they know what you looked like, your thoughts, what cereal you ate for breakfast, what current events mattered to you, or what your favorite song was? It's easy to build a bridge to the future by making a family time capsule. A time capsule can be anything from a pickle jar to a burial vault, a shoebox to an Egyptian pyramid. It can be a container for your newborn to open when he or she is a teenager, or something to be preserved until that newborn's great-great-great grandchildren are teenagers. Some time capsules are buried, some are kept in trophy cases, some in bank vaults, and some just sit on the mantel in your living room. There are endless possibilities of how to make a family time capsule, what to put in it, and where to store it. We'll point out some basics to get you started.
Decide when you'd like your time capsule to be opened. In ten years? In 50 or 100? How about in 1,000? Setting this goal will help you choose appropriate materials to put in the capsule, and decide what kind of storage will be necessary. Also determine how much you want to spend. Capsules can cost nothing at all or up to thousands of dollars, so it's best to have a budget in mind.
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#0906
Frame a Picture
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Prepare a Mat for a Picture