Drive Me In

Drive Me In
@Marcyaz (35316)
United States
November 16, 2015 11:52am CST
Do you remember the Drive In movies. I was reminded of them when I was on a little trip yesterday to get my oil changed and was driving down a country road about ten miles from the nearest city and lo and behold there was a drive in movie. The sign said "closed for the winter cause of freezin." Did you ever go to the drive in movie with your parents or as a teen? My car needed an oil change and since there is nothing open in this town on Sunday I had to go to another town, since it was so close to lunch time I stopped at Embers and had lunch then as I was only twenty miles from Spirit Lake Iowa I went to the Walmart there for the oil change. They were short handed so I had to wait about an hour. I looked around the store but bought nothing.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (457925)
• Switzerland
16 Nov 15
This is something I have always seen in the US movies, we never had drive-in in my country.
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marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
16 Nov 15
I am glad you have seen this but wonder why you never had it in your country.
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marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
17 Nov 15
@LadyDuck Oh ok I never thought of Switzerland as being small.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (457925)
• Switzerland
17 Nov 15
@Marcyaz I believe it's only because our country is small and we do not have large spaces to contain many cars together.
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Alfredo Rossi
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
16 Nov 15
yes,just about every weekend.Pack the kids in and off we went.Those were good days.
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marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
16 Nov 15
Pack the kids in and go to the movies. Yep and I asked my son if he remembered when we went to the drive in and he said yes and it was lots of fun. We took our own soda and chips and pop corn and ate them right in the car with no hassle.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (134423)
• Roseburg, Oregon
17 Nov 15
@Marcyaz Iused to sneak popcorn in my purse at the walk in movies.I was bad.
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marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
17 Nov 15
@jstory07 Hey if they didn't charge so much you wouldn't have to sneak it in anyways I did the same thing.
AnjaP
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
17 Nov 15
We used to have a drive-in around here but I never went to it. It closed down many years ago, but our telephone number at home was very nearly the same as the drive-in's so people were always misdialing and calling us to ask what movies were playing.
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marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
17 Nov 15
That must have been irritating to receive those phone calls.
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Steve West
@zebra2222 (5269)
• United States
18 Nov 15
I went to one when I was young. I actually don't miss the experience.
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marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
18 Nov 15
OH but then you are missing out on a great experience, you only went once that is unheard of.
Blondie2222
@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
17 Nov 15
Yup I go all the time during the summer when they are open. We have a great time as they have mini golf, an arcade and then food etc before the movie starts. Such great times and memories!
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marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
17 Nov 15
Great to hear that some are still open and have other things along with the movies as so many have closed down completely..
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Always smiling
@allknowing (130066)
• India
18 Nov 15
There was this drive in facility in the city where I lived but never went there.
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marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
18 Nov 15
It is to bad you never went to the drive in movie as it was fun.
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Patsie Hatley
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
25 Jun 16
we used to go to drive ins all the t ime with two babies just 11 months a p art and I sort of e hjoyed it.
marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
25 Jun 16
@Hatley I used to love going to the drive in movies also.
Judy Story
@jstory07 (134423)
• Roseburg, Oregon
17 Nov 15
I used to take my three oldest to the drive in all the times. they would fall asleep in the car and I could watch the movie.
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marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
17 Nov 15
I used to take mine in the truck and the kids would hop in the back with their blankets and pillows and soda and food and watch the movie then they would fall asleep. We always had a good time.