A Blast From The Past
One year ago today, I signed up for an email time capsule on Forbes.com. I had forgotten all about it, but today I got an email... it looks like the one goal I set for myself has already been accomplished!
Hello Future Ben,
I hope that you are doing well, because you are me, or rather you will be me. If you're not, then something has gone drastically wrong.
I was going to bury money for you to find, but I tailgated at Penn State last weekend and killed the brain cells that were holding the location of the money. It was only $5 so you're not missing much.
I guess the thing to do in time capsules is to talk about current prices for common purchases. So here we go:
- Gas just slipped back under $2 after the $3+ prices from Hurricane Katrina.
- Milk is $3/gallon
- A typical lunch costs me $7
- My computer is a P4 2.4 GHz with 512MB RAM and it cost me $1200 in 2002.
And one more thing, Mr. Future Ben, if you're still living in Jersey... well then something has gone terribly wrong. Get up from your computer now and run as fast as you can. Don't stop until you're in another state (preferrably not Delaware, it's just as bad.)
I wonder if I'll even remember writing this...
Ben
via the Forbes.com Email Time Capsule
11/7/2005
Written when I should have been working.