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speedog
05-10-2016, 03:26 PM
Have you ever used one of these and if yes, how long ago and where???

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5040260/pics/gwti01.jpg

For me, it would be back in the early 80's and in SE Calgary.
89coupe
05-10-2016, 03:57 PM
1977 was the first time, premier of Star Wars.
BerserkerCatSplat
05-10-2016, 04:12 PM
Not in a really long time. Early 90s, in or around Calgary.
JRSC00LUDE
05-10-2016, 04:15 PM
For some reason I was expecting to open this thread and see a picture of a condom.
Nufy
05-10-2016, 04:18 PM
Originally posted by JRSC00LUDE
For some reason I was expecting to open this thread and see a picture of a condom.

Same location...later in the evening...
BavarianBeast
05-10-2016, 04:22 PM
...I wanna kiss you all over...
firebane
05-10-2016, 04:29 PM
Used? Yes in Kamloops when they had their drive in and I must have been 10 or 11 years old? SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO long ago.
Hallowed_point
05-10-2016, 04:32 PM
Yes. Early 90s Nanaimo drive in theatre. Watching Stephen Kings "misery" @ age 6 is a bad idea parents..
btimbit
05-11-2016, 10:13 PM
Never used one, but do I get partial credit for knowing what it is?
FixedGear
05-14-2016, 01:02 PM
Yes, starting mid-80s and last time was probably around 1997 or so.
gregrego
05-14-2016, 01:08 PM
I'm in my 30's and have never used one, and dont know what it is? Is it a call box to buzz up to an apartment?
EK 2.0
05-14-2016, 01:20 PM
Originally posted by gregrego
I'm in my 30's and have never used one, and dont know what it is? Is it a call box to buzz up to an apartment?


Drive-In movie speaker...
NoPulp
05-14-2016, 01:30 PM
Damn, I thought it was the buzzer for the old balls convention.



Are there any drive in theatres around anymore? A few years I think city of lethbridge put a couple together using a radio station.
C_Dave45
05-14-2016, 02:07 PM
Late 60's - Early 70's for me. Vancouver area. Lougheed Drive In was the most frequent. There were a few around back then. Last time was Enderby, and that one is still going. Although the speakers were probably taken out 20 years ago.
FixedGear
05-14-2016, 02:22 PM
Yea now that I think of it, I'm pretty sure most theatres switched to FM transmitters around the early 90s. So I likely did use one of those things since the mid or late 80s or so
03ozwhip
05-14-2016, 05:42 PM
I think 1999. Blair witch project in Calgary.
adam c
05-14-2016, 06:02 PM
I thought it was some kind of doorbell speaker
rx7_turbo2
05-14-2016, 07:47 PM
The last few drive in movies I saw used FM on your radio.

The last movie I saw that used one of those boxes? Jim Henson's Labyrinth featuring David Bowie.
flipstah
05-14-2016, 08:08 PM
Is there a plug in the back for your Walkman?
gregrego
05-15-2016, 12:49 PM
Originally posted by EK 2.0



Drive-In movie speaker...

Damn. I have never been to a drive in movie. Do they still exist??
speedog
05-15-2016, 01:03 PM
Originally posted by gregrego


Damn. I have never been to a drive in movie. Do they still exist??

None left in Alberta that I'm aware, nearest operating one would be near Enderby - Starlight Drive-In, link (http://www.starlightdrivein.ca/).
C_Dave45
05-15-2016, 01:43 PM
Originally posted by gregrego


Damn. I have never been to a drive in movie. Do they still exist?? That's sad.

Drive-Ins were the best! Take your girl to the drive in, cooler full of beer...put the back seat down in your station wagon...:poosie: :poosie:
Idiot Stick
05-15-2016, 02:44 PM
Couple out here in New Brunswick

Pretty much all we have goin for us :D