Construction workers in Seattle unearthed a long-forgotten time capsule at the Space Needle this week. Millions of people who visited the 605-foot tower in the past 35 years likely walked right by it. At some point long ago, there was an adjacent plaque advertising the capsule’s existence and noting that it should be opened in 2002. But somewhere along the way, that plaque disappeared. 2002 came and went. Space Needle employees who helped install the capsule scattered, and memories faded.

[1982 Space Needle operations manager Rod] Kauffman pulled out a master key that he said “opened every lock in the Space Needle” in 1982. He pointed to a black-and-white photograph of three women in shiny dresses: “elevator operators from 1962.” There was an old menu for the restaurant, Top of the Needle, offering crayfish bisque and scallops primavera. There was an old reel of audio tape, and on it, a recording of a 1982 broadcast commemorating the 20th anniversary of the World’s Fair.

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Puts me in mind of Uday Trump at the GOPer convention, demonstrating his deep knowledge of the construction business by talking about hanging concrete and pouring drywall.