natal - I'm guessing you used the link directly from your igoogle page because your link above brought me to my igoogle page :) So what's the real story?

What's igoogle?

Nevermind. I Googled. I still use the classic Google for searching. Yahoo is my homepage.

Here is a link that might be useful: iGoogle vs classic Google

What ticket stub, natal?

It took me straight to the google page. It's the anniversary of the drive-in theatre, I believe.

I don't remember going as a child, not until I was a teen (with friends, then on dates). We still have a drive-in in our county.

tina

I LOVED going to the drive-in when I was a child. It was always a double feature and my mother brought lemonade. I had to go to sleep in the backseat when the second movie would start.

When I got older, it was the perfect place to "neck".

My folks had a station wagon and the back seats folded down. It was always fun to get on our pajamas and go out. My brother and I would bring our sleeping bags and were usually asleep by the second movie. I liked having a speaker just for our own car.

You should give iGoogle a try Natal, the Gmail kind of sucks but they have some really great gadgets.

If the link is about the drive ins, I totally remember. That was the only way our family to could afford to go to the movies. We'd pop a huge thing of popcorn and fill the ice chest with pop. It was really sad when they closed down.

Google logo celebrating 79th anniversary of the drive-in movie theater

Here is a link that might be useful: Google doodle

Too bad its an anniversary for something that's basically extinct. :c(

Natal, thanks for posting this. It brings back such wonderful memories.

Natal, yes I do as I'm a "senior citizen"...we still
have one that is open in RI. I was not allowed to go
as a teenager so I probably did not experience until
my 20's. Dad was a strict Irish Catholic!

We have two drive-in theatres locally.

Ok, I'm jealous. Everywhere I've ever lived that had Drive Ins has now closed them. This is the first I've heard that there were still some in business.

Some of my best memories are at the drive in, several families on the block would get together and go. They'd open up the backs of the station wagons so all the kids could lay down to watch. We'd have a blast!

cute video, loved it !!

Yep, we used to go to them, too. Same thing, with the station wagon and pajamas. Later as a teen it was THE make out spot! I remember my then boyfriend (now ex-husband) almost got his neck broken by me when we were watching one of those horror movies. We were necking and I was peeking at the screen. There was a scary scene, I jumped and nearly pulled his head off.

I think there is one still within about 20 miles from us, but it's been years since I've been to a drive in.

We have a drive-in 45 minutes from our house. We try to go and take the kids every summer. Love it!

Awwww thanks, Natal, what great memories that brings back! We had a large drive-in movie place about 10 minutes from where I grew up. I have such happy memories of going there with my parents and sibs. We'd all be dressed in our summer pj's (babydoll pajamas, remember?) with a spray of mosquito repellent put on by our Dad. Mom would put blankets and our pillows in the back of our station wagon and pop big bags of popcorn for us to nibble on. Instead of (soda)pop, we'd have Kool Aid to drink, made by Mom, and some non-melting candy. Snuggled down, watching one Disney movie or another with my brothers and sisters made for the happiest of childhood memories. Thanks for taking the time to start this thread!
Lynn

I absolutely loved going to the drive in with my parents- the pjs, the popcorn, the old movies (War of the Worlds!). Our hometown drive in was replaced by a housing development (they kept the Googie drive in sign and named the neighborhood after the theater), but there is still a fantastic drive in about an hour away.

Our old drive-in is now a K-Mart. I went to the drive a lot as a teenager. Later I'd take my son to the double feature. The first movie was always a family movie and the second was a grown-up movie. Like most kids, he was conked out in the back seat before the second movie started. Of course, then there was the process of dragging a "dead" body into the house and into his bed after the shows. Kids sure are limp when they are asleep.

We had one about 5 miles from our town, and we did the same as many above, got in our pajamas and my brothers and I would lie down in the back of our station wagon and usually fell asleep by the second feature. It was a great family experience. The drive in was closed by the time I was a teenager, though, so I never went there when I was dating. We have one here in SC that is about 30 miles from our home that still plays new releases and is very popular.