Comments on: Preserving Our History in a Tomb http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/16/preserving-our-history-in-a-tomb/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:07:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: DrRocket http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/16/preserving-our-history-in-a-tomb/#comment-1053334 DrRocket Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:22:55 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/16/preserving-our-history-in-a-tomb/#comment-1053334 Well, it seems that both are doing quite well... http://www.oglethorpe.edu/about_us/crypt_of_civilization/history_of_the_crypt.asp http://www.nytimes.com/specials/magazine3/1939.html Well, it seems that both are doing quite well…

http://www.oglethorpe.edu/abou....._crypt.asp

http://www.nytimes.com/special...../1939.html

]]> By: DrRocket http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/16/preserving-our-history-in-a-tomb/#comment-1053332 DrRocket Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:15:24 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/16/preserving-our-history-in-a-tomb/#comment-1053332 Ahhhh, so OK, what is the current status of either of these sites? Me, I'm going digging into th available records; I'm curious... Ahhhh, so OK, what is the current status of either of these sites? Me, I’m going digging into th available records; I’m curious…

]]> By: KA Turner http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/16/preserving-our-history-in-a-tomb/#comment-1053297 KA Turner Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:13:14 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/16/preserving-our-history-in-a-tomb/#comment-1053297 The crew who preserved the Plymouth didn't make its tomb airtight or watertight. They just sealed it over with a lid and coated the vehicle in a greased cloth of some form. Not good enough, I must say. And you don't expose a tomb to potentially seismic forces as in a city square. The Georgia bunch did it right and so did the 1939 World's Fair personnel. No air, water, or rust allowed, please. The crew who preserved the Plymouth didn’t make its tomb airtight or watertight. They just sealed it over with a lid and coated the vehicle in a greased cloth of some form. Not good enough, I must say. And you don’t expose a tomb to potentially seismic forces as in a city square. The Georgia bunch did it right and so did the 1939 World’s Fair personnel. No air, water, or rust allowed, please.

]]> By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/16/preserving-our-history-in-a-tomb/#comment-1053279 jayessell Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:07:03 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/16/preserving-our-history-in-a-tomb/#comment-1053279 Found it again! Here's the actual radio show. Sorry it's in Realplayer. There's a converter, isn't there? http://www.otr.net/r/cbsr/4.ram Found it again!
Here’s the actual radio show.
Sorry it’s in Realplayer.
There’s a converter, isn’t there?

http://www.otr.net/r/cbsr/4.ram

]]> By: dculberson http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/16/preserving-our-history-in-a-tomb/#comment-1053266 dculberson Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:01:05 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/16/preserving-our-history-in-a-tomb/#comment-1053266 Oops.. I meant over 6,000 of course. Me do math gud. Oops.. I meant over 6,000 of course. Me do math gud.

]]> By: dculberson http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/16/preserving-our-history-in-a-tomb/#comment-1053265 dculberson Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:00:09 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/16/preserving-our-history-in-a-tomb/#comment-1053265 If we can't preserve a Plymouth for 50 years, how could we possibly hope to preserve film for over 7,000 years? If we can’t preserve a Plymouth for 50 years, how could we possibly hope to preserve film for over 7,000 years?

]]> By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/16/preserving-our-history-in-a-tomb/#comment-1053251 jayessell Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:28:31 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/16/preserving-our-history-in-a-tomb/#comment-1053251 Check out picture of the archeologists of the future. They're wearing oxygen masks as if Earth's atmosphere was toxic! Check out picture of the archeologists of the future.
They’re wearing oxygen masks as if Earth’s atmosphere was toxic!

]]> By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/16/preserving-our-history-in-a-tomb/#comment-1053227 jayessell Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:42:21 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/16/preserving-our-history-in-a-tomb/#comment-1053227 Found it! "One of the cleverest shows is 'Report on the Weans'. It is the year 7956 and archeologists have found remnants of our time and attempt to explain our civilization. It is humorous such as when the archeologist’s attempts to pronounce the name “Elvis Presley”, but it is at the same time a poignant reflection on the study of human existence. Each show is different and The CBS Radio Workshop is a unique collection of radio shows at the end of the radio era." http://otrcat.com/radio-workshop-p-2088.html (They got the Elvis part right.) Found it!

“One of the cleverest shows is ‘Report on the Weans’.
It is the year 7956 and archeologists have found remnants
of our time and attempt to explain our civilization.
It is humorous such as when the archeologist’s attempts
to pronounce the name “Elvis Presley”, but it is at the
same time a poignant reflection on the study of human existence.

Each show is different and The CBS Radio Workshop is a
unique collection of radio shows at the end of the radio era.”

http://otrcat.com/radio-workshop-p-2088.html

(They got the Elvis part right.)

]]> By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/16/preserving-our-history-in-a-tomb/#comment-1053225 jayessell Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:24:34 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/16/preserving-our-history-in-a-tomb/#comment-1053225 If you liked this article you may enjoy... The Motel of the Mysteries by David Macaulay http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0395284252/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link also... The Weans by Robert Nathan "Nothing has so completely stirred the imagination of the entire civilized world as the discover of a civilization, lost for more than 5,000 years, of the Weans of the Great West, or Salt, Continent. Now for the first time this fascinating story of the expeditions of Kenya's greatest scientists is told -- in terms comprehensible to the general reader." http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/n/robert-nathan/weans.htm (Don't order from UK unless you have to. Nice photo of cover.) (I heard a Sci-fi radio adaptation of this once, set in the Wood of Holly. They thought placing feet in cement was a punishment.) ((Well, if you use enough it is.)) If you liked this article you may enjoy…

The Motel of the Mysteries by David Macaulay
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reade.....eader-link

also…

The Weans by Robert Nathan
“Nothing has so completely stirred the imagination of the entire
civilized world as the discover of a civilization, lost for more
than 5,000 years, of the Weans of the Great West, or Salt, Continent.
Now for the first time this fascinating story of the expeditions
of Kenya’s greatest scientists is told — in terms comprehensible
to the general reader.”

http://www.fantasticfiction.co...../weans.htm
(Don’t order from UK unless you have to. Nice photo of cover.)

(I heard a Sci-fi radio adaptation of this once, set in the Wood of Holly.
They thought placing feet in cement was a punishment.)
((Well, if you use enough it is.))

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