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BloomingRose
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since 2000-08-09

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Florida

0 posted 2002-11-13 08:38 AM

Drive In Movies

When I was a child, the highlight of our week
was a trip to a drive-in movie.
My sisters and I would jump into the back seat
of daddy's 57 Chevy,
pillows piled high.
There was always a friendly lady or man
at the entrance to collect the money.
A dollar a car load was the deal of the day.
Dad would drive from hill to hill
searching for a speaker that wouldn’t pop and crack.
Of course they all did.
When at last he’d park,
my sisters and I would make a mad dash for the playground,
darting from swing to see-saw,
playing hard as we could.
When the movie finally began
we settled in with pop-corn, cold drinks
giggling out of control,
until daddy threatened to put us out.
I think the play ground
was the best part of all.

BloomingRose

[This message has been edited by BloomingRose (11-13-2002 08:40 AM).]

Street Heart
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since 2002-09-05

Posts 349
Pennsylvania,USA

1 posted 2002-11-13 10:19 AM

I enjoyed your memory here.Brought some of my own back to me,like the time I was 5 when my sister and cousin had me lay on the floor of the back seat with a blanket over me,thinking that I was not old enough to see "On a Clear Day...",in Freehold,N.J.! (A Streisand musical!?I don't know what they were thinking).
Don't know why they died out.I think they were such a cool idea,such a great way to spend a Summer evening.
Anyway,good writing.Enjoyed your warm memory.

Geoffrey

If a man has not discovered something he is willing to die for,his life is not worth living.

Martin Luther King,Jr. Detroit,1963

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

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2 posted 2002-11-13 01:22 PM

Those were the days, weren't they? Thanks for the memories, Deb!

Joyce Johnson

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since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

3 posted 2002-11-13 07:36 PM

Thanks fopr the Memories. It is sad that such a good idea could not last. I wonder why? Joyce

SmartChick
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since 2001-09-23

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On A Journey To The Unknown

4 posted 2002-11-14 08:17 AM

This is a lovely poem. My family went to alot of those dollar a car load movies too.

BloomingRose
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since 2000-08-09

Posts 3092
Florida

5 posted 2002-11-14 12:19 PM

Thank you all. Glad it brought back some fun memories!

Deb

Marge Tindal

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

6 posted 2002-11-14 12:25 PM

BloomingRose~
Uh .... are you sure we aren't sisters ?
My stars ... you played this one right out of my scrapbook of 'not to be forgotten' moments~

Thanking you for some very nostalgic moments~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

BloomingRose
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since 2000-08-09

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Florida

7 posted 2002-11-14 12:58 PM

hmmmmmm maybe you are my long lost twin?

Thanks Marge, glad you enjoyed!

Deb

vlraynes
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8 posted 2002-11-15 01:59 AM

Deb~
I love this...brought back some wonderful memories.
Hugs to you,
~Vicky
"...until you have read the verse on his heart,
you have not truly met the poet.
~vlraynes

pegasus111
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since 2000-07-27

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ocala, fl, usa

9 posted 2002-11-15 03:34 AM

This slice of Americana is well remembered by an old dog...

the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost

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