Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/02/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They have drive-thru liquor stores in Philadelphia?I went to one a few years ago. But they were only allowed to sell beer by the case, so no single cans in brown bags. 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 17 Feb 2019, at 20:15, Christopher Crawford <chris at > chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > > Makes sense. I think that the drive-through service window concept was > originally invented by McDonald's. > > We have drive-through everything here. In some states, they even have > drive-through windows at liquor stores! Those are illegal in Indiana, but > I remember seeing a lot of them in New Mexico when I lived there. New > Mexico had a huge problem with drunk driving, and politicians out there > were always wringing their hands and crying about how they don't > understand why so many people in New Mexico keep being killed in car > accidents caused by drunks. > > > -- > 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 2/17/19, 1:23 AM, "LUG on behalf of Nathan Wajsman" > <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of > photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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