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Fears of killer robots, metal trees found in B.C. man91裸聊视频檚 1999 time capsule

Family, friends reacquaint themselves with items tucked away before Y2K scare
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Dan Robin with a magazine cover featuring a very young Britney Spears, the cover of the Pictorial real estate section and other newspapers from the end of the 1990s. (Photo by Don Bodger)

Scary thoughts of the future pertaining to possible killer robots and metal artificial trees are among writings made in a time capsule of items tucked away by B.C. man Dan Robin, family and friends on New Year91裸聊视频檚 Eve 1999 to be unveiled 20 years later.

Dustin Karemaker was just 13 in 1999 and drew pictures of a killer robot and a metal tree, wondering what might materialize.

91裸聊视频淚 hope that in about 100 years there aren91裸聊视频檛 giant killer robots and metal artificial trees,91裸聊视频 he wrote. 91裸聊视频淚 hope that things improve by global used electric cars and solar power things.

91裸聊视频淚 don91裸聊视频檛 think any of that Y2K stuff will happen. In 20 years, I will be 33. Wow!91裸聊视频

Rather perceptive for an early teen.

There91裸聊视频檚 plenty of songs that capture the essence of the motivation for the group.

For starters, there91裸聊视频檚 Jim Croce91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频渋f I could save time in a bottle.91裸聊视频

And then the Steve Miller Band91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频渢ime keeps on slippin91裸聊视频, slippin91裸聊视频, slippin91裸聊视频 into the future.91裸聊视频

Robin and company wanted to essentially preserve that moment in time before the start of the 2000s and then reconvene at the end of 2019 to have a look back at what was saved and what everyone had written as predictions and observations.

91裸聊视频淭wenty years is a long time,91裸聊视频 conceded Robin of Crofton. 91裸聊视频淭hings change.91裸聊视频

The world was on the verge of the Y2K threat and the uncertainty surrounding whether computers would click over to 2000 without serious issues occurring.

Robin remembers all the machines at the Crofton pulp mill being slowed down as a precautionary measure.

91裸聊视频淚t could have caused the entire mill to shut down,91裸聊视频 he indicated.

But as the world prepared for the clock to tick past midnight on Jan. 1, 2000, all fears were allayed.

91裸聊视频淎s everybody knows, nothing happened,91裸聊视频 Robin chuckled.

In the last half hour or so before the big moment, everyone assembled at the Robin household wrote letters and put away magazines and newspapers from the time period into three cylinders for storage.

As Robin said, a lot can change in 20 years. He was 43 and is now 63, both his parents were alive at the time and are now deceased, and that91裸聊视频檚 just the beginning.

Oldest daughter Holly White of Duncan is now 36, middle daughter Jennifer Robin of Duncan is 34 and youngest daughter Theresa Buchanan of Kelowna is 30. Dan Robin has seven grandchildren among them.

It91裸聊视频檚 obviously been enough of a lapse in time for another generation.

91裸聊视频淭hey were so excited to see it,91裸聊视频 said Robin of his daughters. 91裸聊视频淭hey were little kids, they remember it.91裸聊视频

Sean Karemaker was 16 in 1999 and showed an accomplished artistic ability evident in his drawings at the time that he carried into later years.

91裸聊视频淭he number of the approaching year is insignificant,91裸聊视频 Karemaker wrote. 91裸聊视频淚t is the prophecies and impending hate that are pushing it along. Anyway, good luck if that is a factor.91裸聊视频

The early drawings exhibited by him were actually a sign of things to come. He now teaches art at three different universities and has done some work in China with his talents.

The Karemakers were among the friends gathered with the Robins on Christmas Eve 2019 to open the time capsules. There was a magazine with a burgeoning Britney Spears on the cover and newspapers from around the Cowichan Valley, including a real estate section from The Pictorial that showed some rather cheap housing prices by today91裸聊视频檚 standards, as well as individuals letters and some libations for good measure.

91裸聊视频淲e had a lot of fun here,91裸聊视频 said Robin. 91裸聊视频淭wenty-seven people were here for the opening of the time capsule.

91裸聊视频淲e laughed, cried, it91裸聊视频檚 all the emotions.91裸聊视频

Only two of the original three cylinders could be located. There was a move along the way and Robin91裸聊视频檚 hoping the other cylinder can still be found because it contained a letter from his dad and other family members he91裸聊视频檇 like to see.

The Robins and company don91裸聊视频檛 plan to wait another 20 years for the next one. They91裸聊视频檙e cutting the time period down to 10 years and putting together items and letters again to reveal in early 2030.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 a good reason to have a gathering to make a time capsule,91裸聊视频 reasoned Robin.

It91裸聊视频檚 truly history in the making.

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A variety of printed materials were contained in time capsules unveiled by Dan Robin, family and friends on Christmas Eve. (Photo by Don Bodger)
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Included in the Dan Robin family and friends time capsule was a copy of Teen magazine featuring Britney Spears and an issue of the Ladysmith Chronicle. (Photo by Don Bodger)
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Artwork and writings by Sean Karemaker of Crofton contained in time capsule. (Photo by Don Bodger)
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Dustin Karemaker91裸聊视频檚 letter contained in the time capsule that included a killer robot drawing. (Photo by Don Bodger)
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Teen magazine revealed a fresh face in late 1999. (Photo by Don Bodger)


Don Bodger

About the Author: Don Bodger

I've been a part of the newspaper industry since 1980 when I began on a part-time basis covering sports for the Ladysmith-Chemainus Chronicle.
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