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<p>[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 815217, member: 4552"]Of course you could put Buggy Whips in there and if gasoline for cars continues at the present rate, the horse and buggy will be common and so will buggy whips. Kills that thought.</p><p>I really think GDJMSP has the right idea. And as others pointed out, almost everything for reading will be electronic so books will really be worth a small fortune. Even some books now are being reprinted due to demand. Example is the first Red Book and still selling the reprints on the Whitman Web site. </p><p>Metals will all become nothing special at all. Not only due to the modernazation of methods of extractions, but mostly due to artificial manufacturing of anything in any element you want. </p><p>People used to laugh at Alchemist dreaming of making Gold. As we get closer and closer to atomic manufacturing of materials, making Gold, Silver, etc will be as common as toothpaste. </p><p>Not long ago people said one thing about a diamond is no one can ever make them. Today if someone wanted to flood the market with diamonds, they could. And don't forget there are really only 92 natural elements. We made all the rest. </p><p>NO putting anything metal in such a time capsule would be like putting in a photo of Elvis Presly. </p><p>My suggestion would be to put a Beanie Babie in there. In 200 hundred years almost all will be distroyed by angry women that blew a fortune on them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 815217, member: 4552"]Of course you could put Buggy Whips in there and if gasoline for cars continues at the present rate, the horse and buggy will be common and so will buggy whips. Kills that thought. I really think GDJMSP has the right idea. And as others pointed out, almost everything for reading will be electronic so books will really be worth a small fortune. Even some books now are being reprinted due to demand. Example is the first Red Book and still selling the reprints on the Whitman Web site. Metals will all become nothing special at all. Not only due to the modernazation of methods of extractions, but mostly due to artificial manufacturing of anything in any element you want. People used to laugh at Alchemist dreaming of making Gold. As we get closer and closer to atomic manufacturing of materials, making Gold, Silver, etc will be as common as toothpaste. Not long ago people said one thing about a diamond is no one can ever make them. Today if someone wanted to flood the market with diamonds, they could. And don't forget there are really only 92 natural elements. We made all the rest. NO putting anything metal in such a time capsule would be like putting in a photo of Elvis Presly. My suggestion would be to put a Beanie Babie in there. In 200 hundred years almost all will be distroyed by angry women that blew a fortune on them.[/QUOTE]
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