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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Lehigh County Time Capsule Full of Junk

Yesterday was the big day. After discovering a forty-five year-old time capsule buried inside a Lehigh County Courthouse wall last week, County Exec Don Cunningham was sure it contained diamonds and pearls. But as TV cameras whirred, an expectant Cunningham was quickly disappointed.

"I felt like Geraldo opening Al Capone's vault," he told me last night. The capsule contained a few news clippings, pictures, two 1963 pennies and some other crap. "They could at least have put in a slinky. What were they thinking?"

Former Morning Call reporter Dick Cowen was thrilled by the news clippings, but refused Cunningham's pleas to "just take the whole damn thing." It included a broken pair of sunglasses, rubber bands, an old battery and a bubblegum wrapper.

Even the Historical Society refused to accept what they call junk, so the time capsule is currently being stored in the county's recycle bin.
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9 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2009 at 12:09 AM

    "the time capsule is currently being stored in the county's recycle bin."

    ha ha ha ha!!!!

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  2. Blah SocietyJanuary 13, 2009 at 12:16 AM

    I wonder if it was a box that someone was using to steal office supplies until he or she misplaced it?

    If nobody wants the rubber bands...

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2009 at 1:36 AM

    ROFL, AJC

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2009 at 6:05 AM

    That's classic!

    The Banker

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2009 at 8:28 AM

    The question you need to be asking Bernie is, what was supposed to have been in the capsule?

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  6. Geoff BraceJanuary 13, 2009 at 10:04 AM

    did they find my car keys? I lost them a while ago.

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  7. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2009 at 12:35 PM

    I got all of Manhattan for $24 and some beads. If you want to trade the contents of the box for the city of Allentown, I shall demand you make change!

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  8. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2009 at 3:42 PM

    "I got all of Manhattan for $24 and some beads. If you want to trade the contents of the box for the city of Allentown, I shall demand you make change!"

    THAT'S classic

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  9. IRONPIGPENJanuary 16, 2009 at 6:48 PM

    Is it costing the taxpayers any money to "store" this "junk"? Why store it if it is junk; just get rid of it! Perhaps the politicians need to form a special committee to investiage this whole affair thoroughly.

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