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America embraces drive-in nostalgia
The Times (U.K.) ^
| 06/16/03
| Tim Reid
Posted on 06/15/2003 3:57:39 PM PDT by Pokey78
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To: OpusatFR
Now this makes more sense then there not being a market.
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posted on
06/15/2003 6:40:36 PM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; Responsibility for all your actions.)
To: Pokey78
Oh man...a flood of emotion fills my very being. Went to my first Drive-in (the Moon Glow) south of Fresno in 1952. Went to the Midway between Eureka and Arcata Ca in 1957 with my First Wife aka Wife #1 and numerous others with our two kids.
BTW...I'm still married to that lady despite my best efforts to provoke her...
To: Pokey78
I remember the first time I went to a drive in movie.....
The movie was Ma & Pa Kettle
lol
(Those were the days)
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posted on
06/15/2003 6:55:38 PM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
(~~~ http://www.ourgangnet.net ~~~~~)
To: PJ-Comix; Calpernia
"Why did they go away? I NEVER have been to a drive in that wasn't full." More money using them as flea markets. Plus the drive-in movie sound is crappy compared to what you get in theaters. I really don't see much of a drive-in revival.
My brother and I went to a drive in in Tucson Arizona on a when we were on our way back from a trip to the Grand Canyon in 1993. This drive in had a sound system that used low powered FM stereo radio signals to distribute the sound rather than the old fashioned speakers placed in a window. The quality of the sound was excellent but mainly depended on the quality of the stereo receiver and sound system in the car.
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posted on
06/15/2003 7:04:00 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
To: SamAdams76
>>...I wonder where this drive-in is in northeast Alabama...<<
This one's in Centre in Cherokee County. There is another one in Marshall County near Boaz. I think that one is $10 per car. Not bad.
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posted on
06/15/2003 7:05:24 PM PDT
by
FReepaholic
(I'm not paranoid. Why does everybody think I'm paranoid?)
To: Miss Marple
Ahhhh, the memories in the 50s and 60s...
To: PJ-Comix
When I went to the Swap Shop last year, the part that used to be the drive bore an uncanny relationship to a "reeducation camp" in a totalitarian country.
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posted on
06/15/2003 10:45:53 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(East side, West side, all around the town. Tripping the light fantastic on the sidewalks of New York)
To: Pokey78
The only cultural spot in T-town wort it's real estate:
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posted on
06/16/2003 12:32:50 AM PDT
by
Tulsa Brian
(Second place is the first loser)
To: Pokey78
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posted on
06/16/2003 12:35:31 AM PDT
by
Cindy
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To: PJ-Comix
More money using them as flea markets. Plus the drive-in movie sound is crappy compared to what you get in theaters. I really don't see much of a drive-in revival. They have advantages, however. You can bring a girl to one of those things, lose interest in the film, and move on to other things (in a big car with a bench front seat....or a van). Plus the cost in mininal, and food is sometimes served right up to your window. On a regular movie (theater) date, on the other hand, you end up having to actually take the girl out to dinner (either before or after the flick), the movie tickets cost you at least $10 a piece, the cokes and popcorn cost another $15 dollars, and if the movie is bad you have a very difficult time ignoring it.
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posted on
06/16/2003 12:40:54 AM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: tscislaw
Boaz is where I'm headed. Thanks.
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posted on
06/16/2003 2:06:54 AM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(Back in boot camp! 260 (-40))
To: SamAdams76
>>...Boaz is where I'm headed. Thanks...<<
That one is off Highway 431 in Mountainboro (just outside of Boaz).
I was just up that way for a week with my sons. Planned to take them to the drive-in but never got around to it.
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posted on
06/16/2003 2:27:51 AM PDT
by
FReepaholic
(I'm not paranoid. Why does everybody think I'm paranoid?)
To: Miss Marple
I would go too, because you can SMOKE in your car while you watch a movie.This may be part of the comeback.
Lake Park Drive In, Williston, North Dakota, has been going strong in the summers (closes for the winter) at least since 1979, when I got to town. Sometimes it is nice to NOT live in a too trendy area, that way, when the pendulum swings back, you are already there.
To: Calpernia
Yep, bring the baby, change the diaper right there, stuff the bottle in if they're hungry, and save on a sitter. Great deal, in all.
And dating.....well, that's a chapter or two.
To: Pokey78
To: Clemenza
When I went to the Swap Shop last year, the part that used to be the drive bore an uncanny relationship to a "reeducation camp" in a totalitarian country. Huh? Do you mean the drive-in at night or the flea market in the daytime? I go there a lot but never noticed that "reeducation camp" bit. Huh?????
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posted on
06/16/2003 5:33:42 AM PDT
by
PJ-Comix
(He Who Laughs Last Was Too Dumb To Figure out the Joke First)
To: Smokin' Joe
hmmm, I think the 'dating' was Chapter 1
Bringing the baby was Chapter 2 :))
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posted on
06/16/2003 6:26:14 AM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; Responsibility for all your actions.)
To: Calpernia
They didn't go away here --- Sonics are very popular.
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posted on
06/16/2003 6:38:36 AM PDT
by
FITZ
To: FITZ
Ok, 'why did they go a away from here?' They are extinct in NJ.
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posted on
06/16/2003 6:44:02 AM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; Responsibility for all your actions.)
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