I'll send an S.O.S. to the world...131 years from now

[buddha_david]

After 131 Years, Message in a Bottle Found on Australian Beach

The bottle had been tossed into the Indian Ocean from the ship as part of a decades-long experiment by the German Naval Observatory to understand ocean currents.

Thousands of bottles were thrown into the ocean around the world from German ships between the 1860s and the 1930s, each with a form bearing the date and location where it had been tossed into the sea, the name of the ship, its home port and the travel route, the Western Australian Museum said.

The back of each note, including the one found by Mrs. Illman, politely asked whoever found the bottle to write when and where it had been found and to return it to the German Naval Observatory in Hamburg or to the nearest German Consulate.

The last time one of these bottles was found, and the note sent back to Germany, was in 1934.

[Shodan]

I am assuming the note did not say “need answer fast”.

Regards,
Shodan

[Walken_After_Midnight]

This article has a picture of the handwriting comparison, which is a perfect match.

[Defensive_Indifference]

When I saw the headline for this story yesterday, I was really hoping the message was going to be “Tamam Shud”.

[Beckdawrek]

Ah, nostalgia. The old internetz were very slow.

[Chronos]

…So, did the finders contact the Hamburg Naval Observatory? They’ve got some researchers there who are getting very impatient to publish.

[MonkeyCat]

@Beckdawrek

Ah, nostalgia. The old internetz were very slow.

Ha.

Do you remember dial-up? That was certainly fun. On a related note, this site hasn’t been updated since 1996.

[Balance]

Before dial-up, there was wash-up.

[Ashtura]

@buddha_david

After 131 Years, Message in a Bottle Found on Australian Beach

Well, if backwards time travel is possible in 131 years, might not be a bad idea.