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Time capsule found at Plant City Beach
[Times photo: Michael Rondou]
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By CARYN BAIRD, KITTY BENNETT, JOHN MARTIN, BARBARA OLIVER and CATHY WOS
© St. Petersburg Times, published January 26, 2001
As part of this week's Super Bowl CXXXV celebration, we uncovered a time capsule (buried on St. Pete Beach in 2001 and moved to Plant City Beach after the Great Icecap Incident of 2057). What we found indicates a simpler, yet confusing time when elections were in doubt, people were confined to one planet and, apparently, fake talking fish were a hoot:
1. Prescription for Viagra.
2. A piece of a Firestone tire.
3. Four chads -- dimpled, pregnant, hanging and swinging.
4. Press photo of Survivor finalists.
5. Y2K Ration Kit.
6. U.S. $.34 stamp commemorating Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner.
7. Big Mouth Billy Bass wall plaque.
8. Scale model of Chrysler PT Cruiser.
9. Bowl Championship Series rankings.
10. Double helix DNA molecule.
11. Photos of two NFL classics: Walter Payton and Tom Landry.
12. Copy of Tampa statute banning lap dancing.
13. Stock Certificate for 100 shares of Priceline.com.
14. Tickets to Game 6 of 2000 World Series.
15. The four headlines from Nov. 8 election newspapers, and the correct one announcing George W. Bush as president on Dec. 13.
16. Audiotape of a Dennis Miller Monday Night Football rant.
17. Hillsborough River at record low.
18. "On Three Yell Bubba" sign from section 142 of Tropicana Field.
19. Historic photo of Elian Gonzalez being taken from Miami home.
20. Photo of Olympic fireworks in Sydney Harbor.
21. RU-486.
22. Robotic pets.
23. Harry Potter books.
24. Razor scooters.
25. MP3 player and a no-sign over Napster.
26. Palm Pilot.
27. Santana's Supernatural album.
28. Table top serenity fountain.
29. Darva Conger's engagement ring from Who Wants to Marry a Multi-millionaire?
30. Pokemon Card.
31. Jennifer Lopez' dress (you know the one).
32. "Vote Nader" bumper sticker.
33. Playstation II.
34. 80-pound cast-iron boot placed on Tampa Mayor Dick Greco's illegally parked car.
35. WWF championship belt.
36. Indiana University sweater worn by Bob Knight.
37. Hillary Clinton campaign button.
38. George Foreman "Indoor-Outdoor" grill.
39. Tape of Regis Philbin saying "Is that your final answer?"
40. Wimbledon championship plate won by Venus Williams.
Today's Odyssey
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