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Posted on 3/27/15 at 5:09 pm
Posted on 3/27/15 at 5:09 pm
I have always wanted to go to one. Any old timers have any stories to share?
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Posted on 3/27/15 at 5:11 pm to pioneerbasketball
When the one by my childhood home in Houston switched to XXX we all spent many a night on somebody's roof 
Posted on 3/27/15 at 5:13 pm to pioneerbasketball
We have one right next to the prison in atlanta. Been a couple times.
Posted on 3/27/15 at 6:56 pm to pioneerbasketball
There's one in Memphis still on Summer Ave. Just bring some bug repellent. The chiggers are terrible.
Posted on 3/27/15 at 10:10 pm to pioneerbasketball
Posted on 3/27/15 at 10:16 pm to pioneerbasketball
There's one outside Dothan, AL. Opened in the mid-2000s. It's successful. Get a double feature for $5. Tune your car radio to the right station to hear the movie. Sit on a tailgate if you're country like that
This post was edited on 3/27/15 at 10:17 pm
Posted on 3/28/15 at 5:50 am to pioneerbasketball
My Dad would load up all the neighborhood kids and we would see all the kid movies.(Herbie the Love Bug, Blackbeard's Ghost) In one of Dad's "Don't tell Mom" moments we got to see Mad Max. It was awesome! A good thing about the drive in for us kids was if the movie was shite we would play tackle football on the back lot. 
Posted on 3/28/15 at 8:41 am to pioneerbasketball
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Any old timers have any stories to tell?
I'm 23. We pulled up in a car, parked, and watched a movie.
/story
Posted on 3/28/15 at 8:48 am to pioneerbasketball
There are some awesome ones in Texas. It's a blast to take the whole family.
Posted on 3/28/15 at 9:01 am to pioneerbasketball
We take the little kids to this one a lot. LINK
We have a place on the lake not far from there. We stop off sometimes on the way back home to watch a movie.
We have a place on the lake not far from there. We stop off sometimes on the way back home to watch a movie.
Posted on 3/28/15 at 10:28 am to pioneerbasketball
Dude, there's one in Fayetteville. Hurry to see it, though. In recent years car dealerships, a Sam's Club and a new mega-church are popping up around it. It probably won't last another five years. Its north of the freeway on hwy 112, aka Garland Ave from campus.
112 drive in
112 drive in
This post was edited on 3/28/15 at 10:30 am
Posted on 3/28/15 at 10:36 am to pioneerbasketball
Used to go when I was a teenager, when we had 2-3 in the area. They're all closed down now. I think there's still one in Southern Indiana.
Posted on 3/28/15 at 10:51 am to pioneerbasketball
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Any old timers have any stories to share?
Two kinds of memories: watching non-animated Disney movies with the family as a kid (Love Bug, That Darn Cat, pretty much anything with Dean Jones) and making out to slasher movies in high school. I have a particularly fond memory of a Carrie/Halloween double feature double date one Halloween night.
Posted on 3/28/15 at 11:45 pm to pioneerbasketball
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Any old timers have any stories to share?
Southern drive-ins were stifling hot and mosquito-laden in the summer time...tough to compete with air-conditioned theaters. Steamy, swampy states like Florida and Louisiana have literally no such theaters left.
This post was edited on 3/28/15 at 11:49 pm
Posted on 3/28/15 at 11:50 pm to pioneerbasketball
Come to Springfield mo. We have two in the area, one in Aurora and one in Seymore.
They're fun!
They're fun!
Posted on 3/29/15 at 12:53 am to pioneerbasketball
Me and my friends and girlfriends went to these all the time. I always enjoyed the experience.
Posted on 3/29/15 at 4:48 pm to pioneerbasketball
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Any old timers have any stories to share?
Nothing earth-shattering. In broke HS days I took 4 to The Chief when we only had money enough for 3. One guy got in the trunk. As soon as I parked, a guard walks up behind my car and decided that was his spot. Guy in the trunk starts banging on anything he can find to be let out. We explain the situation but of course he thinks we're lying and gets louder. And in fairness, this is exactly the sort of thing we'd have pulled on a friend if we had thought about it. The guard is apparently deaf, though, and leaves after 30 minutes or so. Our 4th never did believe us.
Posted on 3/29/15 at 5:28 pm to pioneerbasketball
There's still a few around Knoxville. They're pretty cool if the weather is decent
Posted on 3/30/15 at 8:48 am to pioneerbasketball
They're great....bring your own eats & drinks and do what you want with your chick....no downside.
Posted on 3/30/15 at 8:59 am to pioneerbasketball
One in my TN hometown.
Many females in said town have enjoyed my company in said drive in theater. In high school, of course.
Many females in said town have enjoyed my company in said drive in theater. In high school, of course.
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