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politicat

(9,810 posts)
3. 1996, I think.
Sun Jun 23, 2013, 01:15 AM
Jun 2013

My very early twenties. I recall it was a double feature, that it was SFnal, that it used the car radio instead of the pole-speakers, and that it needed to start a couple hours later to have been comfortable to be outside -- it was in Phoenix metro and summer, so even starting at 8, it was still hot enough for sous vide outside.

I don't recall what it was, though, and not because I was busy in any meaningful way.

I do recall thinking that if I was going to make a habit of drive-ins, I needed a better car.

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Never been to one in my life... Locut0s Jun 2013 #1
If that's Langley, VA... pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #2
Lol, and that's also a 4,600km drive... Locut0s Jun 2013 #5
Growing up in So. Cal., there were probably 10 within 15 miles of me. cherokeeprogressive Jun 2013 #4
I can feel the nostalgia from here, sad to see them go... Locut0s Jun 2013 #6
Part of the reason they weren't viable was that they were only making money at night. cherokeeprogressive Jun 2013 #8
There's still an active one in Lompoc, CA pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #9
Yeah, most of the drive-ins in So. Cal. also hosted Swap Meets on Saturdays and Sundays. cherokeeprogressive Jun 2013 #10
LOL.You are right. Same with garage and yard sales and record shows graham4anything Jun 2013 #27
1996, I think. politicat Jun 2013 #3
Some time in the 70s. Saw Jaws. Betsy Ross Jun 2013 #7
We used our ticket stubs to roll a joint Nevernose Jun 2013 #11
When I was a kid HeiressofBickworth Jun 2013 #12
Probably 1975 Lydia Leftcoast Jun 2013 #13
Nineteen-seventy-something Art_from_Ark Jun 2013 #14
Early-Mid 1980's Populist_Prole Jun 2013 #15
May 1968 Submariner Jun 2013 #16
There's one here Silver Gaia Jun 2013 #17
1981 GoCubsGo Jun 2013 #18
The drive-in on Rancho in Las Vegas Callmecrazy Jun 2013 #19
I don't remember the year, but I think it was early Bertha Venation Jun 2013 #20
I think there's still one in Orleans on Cape Cod LiberalEsto Jun 2013 #21
1974, I think NoPasaran Jun 2013 #22
did you ever find it?? handmade34 Jun 2013 #23
Ya don't "find" your own virginity ConcernedCanuk Jun 2013 #32
Early 90's with a group of friends... Phentex Jun 2013 #24
I saw "Star Wars" in 1977 Generic Brad Jun 2013 #25
I forget the name, but the last one in NJ closed, and we went to the last showing there. graham4anything Jun 2013 #26
wow - my kids were @7 & 5 rurallib Jun 2013 #28
About a million years ago (on dates). femmocrat Jun 2013 #29
Last year TuxedoKat Jun 2013 #30
I think I was 13. Chan790 Jun 2013 #31
Whoa. Dude. I'm sorry I brought back such horrible memories. cherokeeprogressive Jun 2013 #34
What? That's a great story. Chan790 Jun 2013 #37
Sometime in the middle '60s. n/t RebelOne Jun 2013 #33
a couple, three weeks ago fizzgig Jun 2013 #35
'79-'80ish, probably. bluedigger Jun 2013 #36
Can't remember. texanwitch Jun 2013 #38
Sometime pipi_k Jun 2013 #39
Are you going to tell us what you lost? ConcernedCanuk Jun 2013 #40
never been to one before tabbycat31 Jun 2013 #41
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