I found this BBC article online about 37 suggestions from all around the world that might tell the story of 2020 if placed in a Time Capsule.
It got me thinking about what I would add to that time capsule to mark this unusual year.
What about you? Let me know in the comments.
I would put my whole house in it so that I could avoid this covid stupidity🤣🤣
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There would be no air, Suzan. You would suffocate!
Best wishes, Pete. xx
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Better than dying of Covid😂😂😂.
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Vial of vaccine
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That’s a good addition.
Thanks, Geoff.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Dont ask me, Pete! On the one side i would put in so much experiences i had made this year. On the other side, i think most have had the same. Michael
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Yes, lots of very similar ideas of course.
Best wishes, Pete.
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A thermometer to take a temperature from your forehead. I have never had my temperature taken so often as I have gone places this year.
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Digital thermometers are so much nicer than having to have them under your tongue.
Thanks for your suggestion, Elizabeth.
Best wishes, Pete.
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That would have been horrifying indeed at stores!
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A roll of toilet paper, a take-out restaurant menu, and of course a mask.
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Thanks, Jennie. All of those would be very relevant to 2020 indeed.
Best wishes, Pete.
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There’s been talking of making a time capsule in our nearby town. Whilst tearing down the old radio station building, someone noted that a time capsule had been put there a couple a few decades or so ago. So it looks like they’re going to did it up and put in a new one before the new building is built.
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My own feeling is that a ‘few decades’ is not long enough. I think it shoud be at least 200 years before they are opened, preferably longer.
Best wishes, Pete.
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As it turns out . . our family started filling a time capsule in September. I us is for the grand son, who is just a year old. So far, we have a newspaper, coins and paper bills, letters from some of us, and a dated Christmas ornament recently. I suppose we ought to include some current trendy things. It is a work in progress.
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I often think time capsules are opened far too soon, Michele. It will be a nice memory for your grandson, but so much of it will still be common knowledge. Perhaps he can pass it down the generations, unopened?
Best wishes, Pete. x
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The main difference for me this year has been using online grocery shopping and curbside delivery at the store. So maybe a receipt for one of my orders?
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Shopping from home should definitely feature. I agree with that idea, David.
Best wishes, Pete.
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A Netflix subscription 🙂 I never thought I would do it, but with kids not at school as much I had to find an alternative to advert laden terrestrial TV and YouTube.
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I get mine free, through one of Julie’s sons. But I hardly ever watch it. Then again, I haven’t got two small kids. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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A simple note pad with tear off sheets, advertising for financial services, given free to someone who passed it on to me. I use it every Saturday evening for the zoom quiz my daughter’s friends run. A window into the outside world and a way of keeping tab what day of the week it is! The quiz depends on honesty. No one can see your wrong answers or empty spaces. After 5 or 6 rounds tot up your total and put up your hand when the quizmaster says over 20, over 30…. No going out on a cold winter’s night to sit in a noisy pub or cold church hall for traditional quiz nights!
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Zoom seems to be a popular choice, Janet. I like your idea of quiz answers too.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I’d have to add zoom calls, a scale for a universal slight weight gain, and tennis shoes for walking the neighborhood! C
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Thanks very much for your suggestions, Cheryl.
Best wishes, Pete.
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A computer or cellphone with zoom and skype apps on it. Warmest regards, Theo
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Zoom is a very good addition, Theo.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I’m with the toilet roll brigade. And also, recipes! I’ve tried a fair few new ones this year.
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Home cooking and baking has certainly exploded this year.
Best wishes, Peet.
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Peet???
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I was either typing too fast, or I’ve moved to Holland. 🙂
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Interesting article. I would add a symbol for hope, maybe with a syringe to represent a vaccine. I would also add a picture of smiling eyes since this is now a big visual cue in human connection.
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Both good ideas, Margie.
Best wishes, Pete.
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That was an interesting read, thanks Pete. The image of police tape around the children’s park and all of the benches in our village stands out to me.
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Thanks, TP. It had some really relevant choices.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I was going to add a toilet paper roll, but jenanita beat me too it.
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Thanks, Kim. Lack of toilet paper is a strange thing to sum up a whole year. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I think there should be a toilet roll in the capsule…
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Or a sign that says ‘No toilet rolls left’. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Better still!
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The article is fascinating Pete but I cannot imagine myself bringing anything in or maybe aside from face mask and disinfectant, a pair of gardening gloves and a few seeds I can grow.
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Seeds are good, as many people started to grow their own food during the pandemic.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Fascinating article. I noticed the inclusion of a bread knife. Surely a sourdough starter would need to be included. I’ve made all our bread for many decades and started on sourdough about eight years ago, so was ahead of the game this year.
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Thanks, Peggy. Home baking in all its forms saw a huge increase this past year.
Best wishes, Pete.
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A good article all I can add is that reports say meat could go up 146% in 2021…..how depressing is that? chuq
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We have all the Brexit price increases to come too. I refuse to worry about anything else though. Lockdown until Easter is bad enough to start with.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I agree…we have enough on our plate right now chuq
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Sue says we could go to that “plant based” stuff it is said to rise only 16% chuq
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I think I would sooner eat real meat, less often. 🙂
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Totally agree with that thought…LOL chuq
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This is an interesting idea..we are living in an unusual time. I see so many 🚶♂️ walkers, escaping lockdown. Gardeners ..trying to soothe their minds..online shoppers..more 📦 boxes I have ever seen delivered. I might start this time capsule. Thanks
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Glad to give you some ideas. Delivery boxes have ceratinly been a feature of this past year. Perhaps we should include some Amazon profit sheets in the capsule? 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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What I would want put in the time capsule is not an artefact, but a concept: fear. This has dominated global thinking this year and, although I know my suggestion is both impracticable and unrealisable, I would like to see it exorcised, as far as possible. I feel we have become crippled by it. Cheers, Jon.
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An interesting thought, Jon. Fear of something invisible is undoubtedly worse than something we can see.
Best wishes, Pete.
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If this virus caused visible boils like smallpox there would be no problem with social distancing! People are just too close to each other now.
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Absolutely loved the article 👌👌
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Thanks very much. Glad you enjoyed it.
Best wishes, Pete.
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