Glad that I was a kid back in the Sixties. I think we had more fun then than kids do today.
I Think I May Have Had That Lunchbox!
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Agreed! I played all those games, as well as a few of Avalon Hill’s classic war games. Never had a lunch box, though. My Dad said the low-cost school lunches we were served under the early Fed program in the 60’s were his only break from the government, so I always had them. The ladies in the kitchen often did marvelous things with what they had.
Going to Catholic school for five years in the 1970s, it was bring your lunch or go hungry. I had a Yellow Submarine lunchbox, among others that I can’t remember anymore. My mom was grateful for plastic thermoses that did not break when dropped. I have a Stratego game and played it with my youngest son.
I grew up with the old N64 era games and the like in the 90’s. Growing up in then just grimy (not outright seedy like today) western WA, at least we had decent parks and places to go like the Skate Deck and whatnot.
It wasn’t the best place ever to be a kid, but it wasn’t the worst either.
Most of the venues like the Skate Deck went out of business and have been razed to build super compact apartment complexes and the parks have been taken over by vagrants and the gangs…
At least we could go outside somewhat safely. This generation doesn’t even have that over there!
Other than good Asian food and the smell of the ocean, we don’t miss living on the coast at all though. Life is good here in North Idaho 🙂
Feudal.
Had to look it up.
Now I want one! (Though something about the colors reminds me of the TV series The Prisoner…)
Grew up playing board games with my brother and about three others. Risk, Greyhawk Wars, Avalon Hill’s Civilization… Good times.
Alas for me. That lunchbox reminded me of a scenario in my ancient, tattered “Bedside MAD”. Exhausted soldier reports to commander, “Sir, we’re out of ammunition!” To which the commander replies,”We’ll have to fight them off with our butts.” Being MAD, the next panel needs no description.
That being said, I never missed Daniel Boone if I could (also Davy Crockett). But no lunchbox.
I had a “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea” lunchbox.
Good show. Strangely overlooked in retrospectives of Sixties TV.
Voyage was a gem, with two fine actors in the lead roles, Richard Basehart and David Hedison. My Dad, a drama professor by trade, was much impressed by the quality of the show. Irwin Allen’s best TV effort, IMO.