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From: "jcurtis" <>
Subject: Re: [BS-L] Re: Drive-Ins
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 22:26:01 -0600


I detested drive-in theaters....it was always HOT....the speakers didn't
work, and the guys always wanted to make-out before the MGM Lion had even
stopped roaring....

Jan C.

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Date: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 9:35 PM
Subject: [BS-L] Re: Drive-Ins


>In a message dated 6/6/00 6:48:06 PM PST,
>writes:
>
><< Now for a two dollar rental fee you can watch the Big Screen, see the
> movie better, Hear the movie better, and not have to watch your
> neighbor's daughter making out in the car next door.
>
> Your kids can still play under the screen,and the Snack bar is closer,
> and a smaller line in the "facilities".
>
> True the Popcorn is too salty, comes from Oregon, and the Microwave. You
> can't hope to meet the other kids in the snack bar and swap cars for the
> ride home.
>
> Installing those car humps in your living room might make those fast
> exits a little bumpy, too.
>
> The window hanging speakers could be a nostalgic touch for your surround
> system, and a window tray is "classic".
>
> Of course the Movie is always interesting when the rain and dust storms
> start.
>
> Gee I can see how much those Drive-ins can be missed.
>
>
> Jeff
> >>
>Jeff & other "Inland Empire-ites?" -
>I was driving through downtown Rubidoux [Riverside Co.] the other day and
>noticed much to my surprise that the "infamous" Rubidoux Drive-In was being
>rehabbed and reopened. Back in my childhood - late 60's, 70's & early
80's,
>for those that want to age me :} this was one of maybe three drive-ins
>throughout the region and on those hot & sticky summer nights you could
pile
>as many relatives and neighbors as would fit into your pickup or
stationwagon
>and watch 3, that's right 3 first run movies for the bargain price of $5.00
a
>carload.
>It had a playground under the screen and a snackbar that sold the requisite
>popcorn and cardboard pizza but the majority of folks brought their
munchies
>from home {anyone remember "Jiffy-Pop"?}, blankets, lawnchairs & styrofoam
>coolers {Dad's & teenage boys usually had claim on the coolers for their
>smuggled beer} and it usually turned into a huge social gathering where I,
>for one, met and or visited with more relations than at any family reunion
or
>party occasion. Great Fun! I wonder what they're charging now what with 3
>screens and antennae clips that let you tune in to car radio instead of the
>the big box speakers that hung from the windows? Might just have to check
it
>out and see who I see!
>
>Sincerely,
>Stella
>
>IBSSG & RootsWeb Donor+
>Riverside Co. lookup volunteer & native
>
>ps. My mother had an Uncle back in Maury Co., TN who owned/operated the
>first Drive-In Movie Theater in the area which he named the "Dan-Dee
>Drive-In" in honor of his twins - Danny Neal & Dee Ann ALLEN. This would
>have been in the late 1930s - early 1940s.
>
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