This Family Always Knew There Was A Metal Door In Their Backyard. Well, They Finally Opened It...

Universal Free Press ^ | June 9, 2014 | Amanda Shea

[AU72]

Property inspections do have a purpose.

[Jeff Chandler]

So they opened it up and found Brendan Fraser.

[Cold Heat]

OK....now I feel really old....

My early teen years are now ancient history to be sent to a museum for exhibit.

I was reading the comments on the original webpage and some idiot thought the stuff was fake because the bag of candy was only .29 cents...

I guess I have had my laugh for today...

[SoothingDave]

The gov’t thinks we need instuctions on how to use a bucket as a commode?

[SoothingDave]

Less than three tenths of a cent is pretty cheap.

[thackney]

During an emergency, don’t get your drinking water from someone that needs instructions on how to use a bucket as a commode.

[TexasCajun]

Surprisingly Water-tight after all the years.

How could you not be interested until now?

[tanknetter]

Tough call. Keep it preserved in its existing state for historical purposes as a time capsule, or eBay all the stuff and refit it into a really cool man-cave.

Wish I was the one to have to make that decision tho ...

[HumbleButExceedinglyAccurate]

Cannot believe we’re 2 pages in with no Geraldo references.

[thackney]

This vault wasn’t empty.

[Red Badger]

Someone invented a null-entropy chamber?............................(obscure Dune reference).............

[21twelve]

I did a job 15 years ago in an old building in Spokane. Had been the emergency fall-out shelter for the area. In the basement were hundreds upon hundreds of the old water buckets, food bins, etc. It was pretty cool. It was real tempting to grab as many as would fit in the truck. But none of the right people to ask permission of (I suppose they were all dead!?), and didn’t want to risk being labelled a thief.

[SoothingDave]

They printed the instructions for emptying the commode bucket on the bottom...

[Mrs.Z]

So I’m guessing this family doesn’t have any boys.

Exactly what I was thinking.

[dangerdoc]

Where’s the weapons cache?

[BenLurkin]

Cold War experts estimated it cost around $1,200 — or around $15,000 today — to excavate the area, build the shelter and equip it with electricity, plumbing, ventilation and a phone line.

Sounds like a very reasonable cost.

[knittnmom]

Looks like the preppers had a sweet tooth!

[353FMG]

That’s because they did not put expiration dates on products back in the 50’s.

[EveningStar]

Thanks for the new links. The original link seems to have died. :)

[353FMG]

That’s because they do.