Society & Culture Things that Make You Feel Old Part 2, 7 years older

[GreyCrow]

There's one about 10 minutes from me in Melbourne, I've never ever been.

I don't quite understand the appeal of sitting in one's car to watch a movie, especially considering how premium cinema experiences have gone.

Yeah I think the whole experience has changed

I know as a kid it was exciting to see not only 2 movies but the snack bar the playground before the movie started

And being able to kick the seat in front of you except dad would belt you quicker than the random person in front of you

Then as I got older it was a convenient place to find out about the opposite sex when convention at the time frowned at '' sleepovers''

All the time forgetting the uncomfortable seats , the tinny speakers and the clowns high-beaming whenever **** came on the screen

It will always remain a summer memory

 

[Norwegian Blue]

I brought it up because around the poker table there is a wide range of ages and someone mentioned seeing something at the drive in and someone else said (younger) '' never been to one ''

And it got me thinking there will now be generations who will never experience it


Without looking it up I think - and I'm not entirely sure - there might be 1 left in Adelaide - maybe

Blimey, there's a wikipedia page for everything! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_drive-in_theatres_in_Australia

Nope, nothing left in Adelaide. I think the one I saw Life Of Brian at was the Starlight in Canberra. Closed 1993 for medium density housing. Makes sense, drive-ins took up an awful lot of space.

 

[Macca180]

I don't quite understand the appeal of sitting in one's car to watch a movie, especially considering how premium cinema experiences have gone.

-Dutch Oven

-Sex

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

There's one about 10 minutes from me in Melbourne, I've never ever been.

I don't quite understand the appeal of sitting in one's car to watch a movie, especially considering how premium cinema experiences have gone.

Yeah, same - I've always known they're around, but never really felt the urge to go. Guessing it may have been a rite of passage thing for people after they'd gotten their driver's licence, maybe for those who turned 18 in the 60s/70s/80s? It feels like in old Australian TV shows and movies from when I was a kid, people would always be going on dates to the drive-in, but that would have seemed a bit seedy to me for a date by the time I was 18.

I've done the movies at the botanical gardens thing a few times, not sure if they still do it? It's ok - a pretty cool idea if you're looking for something to do for a date, but as far as the actual movie experience: the cinemas or even the couch at home is way better than a picnic rug on the grass as far as I'm concerned.

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

When Shane Warne died some were gutted. My reaction was along the lines of "We've just been spared another 20+ years of his commentary".

 

[Andre]

There's one about 10 minutes from me in Melbourne, I've never ever been.

I don't quite understand the appeal of sitting in one's car to watch a movie, especially considering how premium cinema experiences have gone.

When you've kids it was a good experience (went to the one in Adelaide once or twice a year until it shut down). Bring whatever snacks / drinks you want, doesn't matter if kids are noisy (unless shouting) or fidget. It was by car x movies, so for around $40 we'd see a kids movie then one for adults after (kids either asleep, playing devices, or when older watching), so it was a cheap way to see movies. Wife, youngest (17 so, student, which is stuff all discount these days) and I paid twice that recently for a movie in VMax (better than standard, but not gold class).

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

The movies were such a good make out spot back in the day. Do kids still do that?

 

[rocker_oz33]

-Dutch Oven

-Sex

Don't knocking if the car is rocking .

 

[JackOutback]

Blimey, there's a wikipedia page for everything! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_drive-in_theatres_in_Australia

Nope, nothing left in Adelaide. I think the one I saw Life Of Brian at was the Starlight in Canberra. Closed 1993 for medium density housing. Makes sense, drive-ins took up an awful lot of space.

Not only is there one left in Perth, there’s a proposal for a new one with multiple screens. Wouldn’t have thought it financially viable myself.

 

[PoppedCorn]

the last one in Adelaide was gepps x??

 

[rocker_oz33]

I was seeing a girl .
She asked me let's go to the drive in.

All I heard was do you wanna come in for coffee..even if don't drink coffee.

 

[Butters and Pepper]

Hearing about the guy who survived 13 days in the Blue Mountains, made me remember James Scott surviving over 40 days in the Himalayas with 2 chocolate bars - that one was 1992, doesn't seem like that long ago, but 32 years, wow.

 

[GreyCrow]

Hearing about the guy who survived 13 days in the Blue Mountains, made me remember James Scott surviving over 40 days in the Himalayas with 2 chocolate bars - that one was 1992, doesn't seem like that long ago, but 32 years, wow.

Similar timeline to the American who walked out of ?Kalbarri in WA and did something similar

 

[rocker_oz33]

Watching music vids .

Imo Michel Jackson got his finger prints all over some of the dance moves.

 

[Madas]

There's one about 10 minutes from me in Melbourne, I've never ever been.

I don't quite understand the appeal of sitting in one's car to watch a movie, especially considering how premium cinema experiences have gone.

Back of a Ute covered in bean bags and doonas
A couple of hot chicks
Bag of pot
Carton of beer and bottle of beam

The Drives was Livin man

 

[Mitcham VIC 3132]

Im Lana.[...]

 

[Catfish Alley]

Went to one in summer with kids. Was fun. Turned the back of the SUV into a bed and had a bunch of snacks. Was the new Minions movie followed by Twisters. Funnily enough, we barely got though the first scene of Twisters when a big windstorm swept through and knocked out the generator. They had to give everybody a refund.

 

[emuboy]

Went to one in summer with kids. Was fun. Turned the back of the SUV into a bed and had a bunch of snacks. Was the new Minions movie followed by Twisters. Funnily enough, we barely got though the first scene of Twisters when a big windstorm swept through and knocked out the generator. They had to give everybody a refund.

I remember hearing a similar story from England in the late 1990s, where a family had just sat down to watch the movie Titanic on video, when all of a sudden their ceiling came crashing in, putting paid to movie night. The culprit? A large block of ice that had fallen from a passing plane and had crashed through their roof.

 

[Pistol Night]

I remember hearing a similar story from England in the late 1990s, where a family had just sat down to watch the movie Titanic on video, when all of a sudden their ceiling came crashing in, putting paid to movie night. The culprit? A large block of ice that had fallen from a passing plane and had crashed through their roof.

Lucky the weren’t watching Winnie The Pooh

 

[emuboy]

Lucky the weren’t watching Winnie The Pooh

Thanks Pistol Night, you do realize that I'll be intermittently laughing about this until about Thursday?

Talking about Winnie the Pooh, I was recently watching some Youtube videos about failed theme parks or rides and shows, entertainment centers, family friendly resorts and the like, and one was about a Disney kids' club at the Florida and California theme parks from the 1990s that failed to take off as Disney hoped and were discontinued in the 2000s.

This had attractions for older kids - tweens and teens - like discos and adventure courses and games for kids of all ages. There were attractions for younger children too - and in an example that leads you wondering just how multiple people at Disney failed to see the potential problem ahead of time - one of these was called 'The Pooh Corner'.

Of course, 'The Pooh Corner' was about Winnie the Pooh and his friends, but I think one person in the comments section summed it up best when they said 'The Pooh Corner sounds like a place I would never, ever want to visit, not in a million years.'

 

[Chicago1]

The last time that I went to the Australian Open was 25 years ago.

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[the_interloper]

The last time that I went to the Australian Open was 25 years ago.

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I done a ground pass once and centre court once. Ground pass was good, just walking around drinking etc, centre court no good, was bored shitless

 

[Gough]

Tennis is like golf and sex, lot's of fun if you're involved but pretty tedious to watch other people do.

 

[raskolnikov]

I've had a couple of cousins pass away recently from illnesses. One had cancer and actually did herself in, I guess because she didn't want to put her family through the whole process. Neither were particularly old but it makes me feel a bit vulnerable.

 

[raskolnikov]

Tennis is like golf and sex, lot's of fun if you're involved but pretty tedious to watch other people do.

I had it on for a bit last night but the women screaming like they were having an orgasm quickly turned me off.