Soulstation1 Posted October 29, 2003 Report Posted October 29, 2003 (edited) Edited October 29, 2003 by Soulstation1 Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted October 29, 2003 Report Posted October 29, 2003 Gone are the days when they actually made lunch boxes out of metal. I had a Transformers one I thought was pretty cool back in the day. Quote
sidewinder Posted October 29, 2003 Report Posted October 29, 2003 Looks suspiciously in the style of the 'artwork' for the Miles 'On The Corner' LP .. :rsmile: Quote
Free For All Posted October 29, 2003 Report Posted October 29, 2003 I had a Transformers one I thought was pretty cool back in the day. "Transformers". "back in the day". Geez, Jim, you sure know how to make a guy feel old. SS's picture reminded me of the Cosby album "Wonderfulness". One of my first comedy records (next to the Smothers Brothers- "I Fell Into A Vat Of Chocolate")- it had "Chicken Heart" and "Ice Cream" among others. Classic stuff. Still funny. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted October 29, 2003 Report Posted October 29, 2003 Gone are the days when they actually made lunch boxes out of metal. I for one am glad that those old things are gone. Not the boxes, but the thermos bottles with the breakable inner part. Everytime I broke one it was punishment time, and of course back then "the belt" wasn't considered child abuse... Nope. Don't miss 'em at all. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted October 29, 2003 Report Posted October 29, 2003 Delete that photo instantly. If someone from Verve sees it you just know what the next boxed set they issue will look like! (Can I just point out that in the UK we did not have lunch boxes. I carried my piece of dry bread and morsel of cheese in a piece of greaseproof paper. Marshall Aid? Pah!) Quote
sidewinder Posted October 29, 2003 Report Posted October 29, 2003 Indeed, the phrase 'lunch box' has another unfortunate connotation over here - and nothing to do with food packaging ! Quote
Ed S Posted October 29, 2003 Report Posted October 29, 2003 Never had a lunch box. Why back in my day, the entire school was sent home for lunch. I attended a neighborhood Catholic grammar school which in its heydey probably had about 600 students. With the exception of a small lunch room that held about 20 children, we all went home for 1 hour. I was the 1960s by the way. My how times have changed. Quote
ralphie_boy Posted October 29, 2003 Report Posted October 29, 2003 Gone are the days when they actually made lunch boxes out of metal. I for one am glad that those old things are gone. Not the boxes, but the thermos bottles with the breakable inner part. Everytime I broke one it was punishment time, and of course back then "the belt" wasn't considered child abuse... Nope. Don't miss 'em at all. Those old metal ones from the '50s and early '60s are worth mucho bucks though! I wish I had a few - they'd buy alot of music. Quote
catesta Posted October 29, 2003 Report Posted October 29, 2003 I had this.... But usually used this.... Quote
Ed S Posted October 29, 2003 Report Posted October 29, 2003 .....and of course back then "the belt" wasn't considered child abuse... Tell me about it. In our house we had some wicked device called "the Piddah" (spelled phonetically from the Polish word) It was a broom stick handle - cut about 1 foot in length. Nailed to the very end of the handle was a piece of leather belt about 18 inches long. The last 6-8 inches or so of the leather belt was frayed - so the "Piddah" was essentially a whip or flagellum. Nice huh? Needless to say, it hurt like hell. Quote
Ed S Posted October 29, 2003 Report Posted October 29, 2003 Sorry for sidetracking the thread. Now back to more lunch boxes. Quote
AfricaBrass Posted October 29, 2003 Report Posted October 29, 2003 I loved my Fat Albert lunch box too! Another favorite was my Star Wars lunch box. The site that had the picture sold theirs for $325! It makes me sick to think that I didn't save any of these. When we hit 5th grade, lunch pails weren't cool anymore. Brown bags were the way to go. Quote
AfricaBrass Posted October 29, 2003 Report Posted October 29, 2003 Ramee, I got bashed over the head with a Peanuts lunch box, which just seems wrong since Charlie Brown was so non-violent. Those things hurt like..... I loved S.W.A.T. too. When I was a kid, I was riding bikes with my dad and we stumbled upon the filming of a S.W.A.T. episode. Needless to say I was thrilled. Quote
Late Posted October 29, 2003 Report Posted October 29, 2003 This was the one I had: When the gutters used to ice over, I used the poor thing as a bowling ball. It could slide about a third of a block. My brother had a Roadrunner box, but never subjected his to such lunacy. Bev — The Complete Buddy DeFranco Verve Sessions ... brought to you by The Human Torch, The Thing, Mr. Fantastic ... you get the picture. All Verve would have to do is slap some instruments onto their torsos. The question is — who would Sonny Clark be? And how would the thermos be used? Maybe the liners would be rolled up and stuffed there — the ancient Ira Gitler Scrolls! Quote
AfricaBrass Posted October 29, 2003 Report Posted October 29, 2003 That does seem wrong, you'd think that anyone carrying a Peanuts lunchbox would be a little more laid back and restrained. P.S., I love the Abe Vigoda avatar. I wonder if they ever made a Barney Miller lunchbox... You'd think with that cool Vince Guaraldi soundtrack that the Peanut's lunchbox carrying kid would be mellow. But no, he was big and angry. I sure wish he would have been brown bagging it that day. The only thing that would have been hurt would have been his lunch. I'm glad you like the avatar. It's my regular avatar's Halloween costume. Quote
BruceH Posted October 29, 2003 Report Posted October 29, 2003 I had a lunchbox in kindergarden and first grade, but then started brown-bagging it. Maybe kids at my school didn't think they were cool. Of course, I remember one time in 1st grade this kid and I started bashing each other's brains out with our lunchboxes... Maybe that had something to do with it. Ed, I lived one-and-half blocks from my elementary school and STILL had to stay there for lunch! Now I feel cheated!! Quote
Man with the Golden Arm Posted October 29, 2003 Report Posted October 29, 2003 Man I must be old cause my lunch box was one of those consruction worker types with a rounded top that housed the thermos behind a 'v' of spring metal. The shape was perfect for the barn and farm animals graphix that adorned it. Quote
Bright Moments Posted October 29, 2003 Report Posted October 29, 2003 well now that i found my lunch box it's back to school! Quote
catesta Posted October 29, 2003 Report Posted October 29, 2003 P.S., I love the Abe Vigoda avatar. AB, I just noticed the avatar. Ramee, I don't think they ever made a Barney Miller lunchbox, but I did come across some other classics in my search. http://www.cassidyframes.com/box/gallery/gallery.html Quote
vajerzy Posted October 30, 2003 Report Posted October 30, 2003 No one, and I MEAN NO ONE had a cooler lunchbox than me: Quote
dave9199 Posted October 30, 2003 Report Posted October 30, 2003 I remember having a Welcome Back Kotter lunch box. Quote
James Posted October 30, 2003 Report Posted October 30, 2003 DAMN - Man with the Golden Arm - I had one of those too!!! In fact I STILL HAVE IT!! Now I have misc. hardware in it, but it still has remnants of a decal I put on it when I was a kid, as well as my name (written by my father) in black marker on one side. Of course, when I was a bit younger I did have one of those metal jobbies, but I can't remember which cartoon hero was pictured on it. My sister remembers a lot of this stuff ----- I'll have to ask her. Quote
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