Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think it is also the British (and European) culture is less car-focused than the US, so the need for drive-in anything is more limited. I have never seen a drive-through bank teller on this side of the Atlantic, for example. Just about the only drive-through type services we have here in Spain are some of the McDonalds and maybe Burger Kings (not sure about the Burger King since I never eat at those places, I just happen to have noticed the McDrives). Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 16 Feb 2019, at 10:46, Gerry Walden via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > Interesting information Chris. Last year they tried open-air cinema in one > of the parks here (note, not drive-in) and it was moderately successful on > summer nights, but the vagaries of the British weather were just too much. > > Keep posting your great work. > > Gerry > > Gerry Walden > 023 8046 3076 > 0797 287 7932 > >> On 15 Feb 2019, at 10:58, Christopher Crawford <chris at >> chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: >> >> Thanks, Gerry. >> >> Funnel ball is a playground game. A metal or plastic basket is mounted >> high on a pole. It has three or four holes in the sides at the bottom of >> the basket. Players throw a ball (a basketball is usually used) into the >> top of the funnel. The ball will come out one of the holes, which are >> usually numbered. The number on the hole the ball emerges from is the >> number of points the player gets. There is an element of skill (throwing >> the ball into the high basket) and luck (which hole the ball comes out of >> is basically all chance) in it. >> >> Drive-Ins were once very popular in the US, especially in the 1950s and >> 1960s. They were still relatively common even in the early 1980s, when I >> was very young (I was born in 1975). I remember going to drive-in >> theatres in Fort Wayne with my parents, who owned a 1971 Chevrolet Malibu >> Convertible. Drive-ins don't really work well with hardtop cars, a >> convertible makes seeing the screen much easier! Convertibles are no >> longer common, and I think that?s one of the reasons drive-ins have >> declined. >> >> There used to be two drive-in theatres in the part of Fort Wayne where I >> grew up. There may have been others in the city, I'm not sure. Fort Wayne >> is a large city and the two drive-ins that I knew both closed and were >> demolished when I was around 10 years old. They seem to have completely >> disappeared from big cities, but many of them are still open in small >> towns. The Van-Del is one of four that I know of that are still open >> within an hour drive of Fort Wayne. The other three are in Indiana. >> They're only open in the summer, since we have very harsh winters in the >> American Midwest. A couple weeks ago, we had several days of below-zero >> temperatures! >> >> >> -- >> Chris Crawford >> Fine Art Photography >> Fort Wayne, Indiana >> 260-437-8990 >> >> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >> >> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >> Like My Work on Facebook >> >> >> ?On 2/15/19, 5:31 AM, "LUG on behalf of Gerry Walden via LUG" >> <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of >> lug at leica-users.org> wrote: >> >> Chris >> >> There is something about this image which lifts it to a new level. >> Drive-In movie theatres have never really arrive in this country >> (probably because of the weather, so this image shows something of which >> I know very little, and I have even less idea what a ?funnel ball goal? >> is. I think that the starkness of the white against the background is >> great, and the work of William Eccleston comes to mind. Well seen! >> >> Gerry >> >> Gerry Walden >> 023 8046 3076 >> 0797 287 7932 >> >>> On 14 Feb 2019, at 21:04, Christopher Crawford <chris at >>> chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: >>> >>> There are still a lot of old drive-in movie theatres operating in the >>> midwest's small towns. >>> >>> >>> >>> This is the Van-Del Drive-In, located just outside the small town of >>> Middle Point, Ohio. The name comes from the fact that it is located >>> about halfway between the towns of Van Wert and Delphos. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=3076 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Chris Crawford >>> >>> Fine Art Photography >>> >>> Fort Wayne, Indiana >>> >>> 260-437-8990 >>> >>> >>> >>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >>> >>> >>> >>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >>> >>> Like My Work on Facebook >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information