Lost lunchbox found in a Virginia elementary school after 42 years being lost
@Deepizzaguy (108042)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
December 25, 2024 4:35pm CST
Tracy Drain who was a fourth grade student at Fairview Elementary School in Roanoke Virginia in 1982 lost her lunchbox that was found by a plumber who was working at the school when he found the lunchbox that had her name on the inside of the lunchbox.
The lunchbox was seen on Facebook and returned to Tracy on Tuesday December 10 to the delight of Tracy who is grateful to reunite with her lunchbox that the image of the cartoon character Heathcliff.
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@Deepizzaguy (108042)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
26 Dec
I am in agreement with you since Tracy is happy to have her lunch box back home.
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@Deepizzaguy (108042)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
26 Dec
@rakski So am I since the lunchbox means a lot to her.
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@aninditasen (16893)
• Raurkela, India
26 Dec
That's great. Something marvelous. She might have been overjoyed.
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@Deepizzaguy (108042)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
26 Dec
Tracy was very happy that her lunchbox was returned to her.
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@Deepizzaguy (108042)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Dec
@aninditasen That is true.
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@aninditasen (16893)
• Raurkela, India
28 Dec
@Deepizzaguy Yes, and that too after she has grown up.
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@snowy22315 (186886)
• United States
26 Dec
Gee, I wonder where that box was all this time?
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@Deepizzaguy (108042)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
27 Dec
The plumber found it in the classroom where Tracy was in when she attended school 42 years ago.
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@celticeagle (172436)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Dec
That is a rather old cartoon on the box. Glad this child got it back.
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@Deepizzaguy (108042)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
26 Dec
The funny thing is that I remember Felix The Cat in the cartoons but did not see Garfield cartoons.
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@celticeagle (172436)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Dec
@Deepizzaguy .........Garfield was okay, others were better.
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@Deepizzaguy (108042)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
27 Dec
@celticeagle I am in agreement with you.
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@Deepizzaguy (108042)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
26 Dec
42 years is a very long time indeed.
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@LindaOHio (185345)
• United States
26 Dec
That's a long time. The lunchbox is probably a collectible.
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@Deepizzaguy (108042)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
26 Dec
I am sure that the lunchbox of Heathcliff is a collectors item since i have not seen students using lunchboxes these days.
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@Deepizzaguy (108042)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
26 Dec
That is true since lunch boxes were the way to bring food at schools in another era.
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@luisadannointed (7292)
• Philippines
9 Jan
That's so cool, i wonder if she got scolded by her mom when she lost it 42 years ago? Just curious 
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There are really unexpected things that comes specially when you already accepted that it is impossible to happened, but then it happened. Your stories really entertaining and unexpected beautiful events.
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There are really unexpected things that comes specially when you already accepted that it is impossible to happened, but then it happened. Your stories really entertaining and unexpected beautiful events.1 person likes this
@luisadannointed (7292)
• Philippines
10 Jan
@Deepizzaguy i sure do have the same feeling, i remember i cried when i lost mine. but it is just a fun memory now.
but it is just a fun memory now.1 person likes this
@Deepizzaguy (108042)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Jan
@luisadannointed That is true that losing a lunchbox is painful.
@Deepizzaguy (108042)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
9 Jan
Tracy was probably scolded by her mom when she lost her lunchbox 42 years ago.
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@Deepizzaguy (108042)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
26 Dec
Good question what was in the food inside of the lunchbox.
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@innertalks (22508)
• Australia
26 Dec
Being a plumber, maybe the plumber found the lost lunch box of Tracy Drain, down a drain. Perhaps, some nasty kid tossed it down there, at that time, 42 years ago.
@Deepizzaguy (108042)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
27 Dec
That is what likely happened.
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@Deepizzaguy (108042)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
26 Dec
So am I since Tracy was happy to get her lunch box back.
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