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Author Topic: What kind of car does everyone drive? James Westbrook Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1133 From: Lubbock, Texas, Usa Registered: Mar 2006 posted 12-15-2011 01:33 AM                     Tom, Go to Google Maps, satellite. Type in Odessa, Texas To the West and South are what I consider the Wastelands.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 12-15-2011 03:59 AM                     quote: Bryan Pratt I have 99 Honda 1100 Shadow American Touring edition for summer You can park the others..this is the "FUN" machine.  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 12-15-2011 04:40 AM                        Monty, you got hit it right on the head -- 346ci V8. And Tom, the wastelands of Texas -- hitchhiking between Calldwell TX and College Station. Pretty much all of Brazo was wasteland to a Brooklyn boy -- we are talking 40 years ago. I worked a Drive-In in Callwell for a season and then when it got cold, everything moved indoors to Mr. Mattson's hardtop -- The Mattsonian. Locals called it The Ratsonian because of obvious reasons. He was an 88 yr old crazy man so I got out of there as fast as I could and found a great gig with the Schullmans who owned quite a few theatres in the area. I wound up at this 800 seat art deco beauty -- the only theatre in town -- It's seen better days than this picture, but when I was there in the 66-69, it was really a gem in this dirt road town.  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 12-15-2011 01:53 PM                        Sorry, I know, it's off topic, but I found a better picture of that beauty (LOVE the vertical lettering). It's dated earlier by only about 10 years -- what a difference a few years can make compared to the sad picture above. Even back when this picture was taken, it had sunk to porn -- usually that was the death rattle for single screens. Too bad someone couldn't make it work as an art house. One corner of the Texas A&M campus is literally right across the street....show those kid what movies were REALLY like as well as the theatres that showed them.  |  IP: Logged Tom Petrov Five Guys Lover Posts: 1121 From: El Paso, TX Registered: Jan 2003 posted 12-15-2011 09:59 PM                    quote: Frank Angel it had sunk to porn Frank- 35mm or digital? quote: Frank Angel usually that was the death rattle for single screens. It's not death if its 35mm Really nice pic.  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 12-16-2011 01:26 AM                        No idea, Tom. I would guess by 1988 they would have been running video. When I was there, we ran first run of course, but every Friday night at midnight, we ran soft porn for the horny Aggies. It was ALWAYS a packed house. Of course that was BV (Before Video) so even soft porn was a thrill for horny college kids (boys only at A&M in those days -- you could smell the testosterone up in the booth). I was younger than some of the guys in the audience and pretty intimidated by the whole thing. Everytime the raunchy stuff was about to commence -- SPLICE -- it would cut to the next scene, and then this roar would go up and such violent stomping on the floor that it made the booth shake. And that happened over and over throughout the film; I got to jump at the sound of splices for years after that. The prints were from some Mexican outfit that would edit hardcores down so we all wouldn't get arrested. The Schullmans got them flat and with a guaranteed SRO house, he made a fortune on those shows. The very first night I was on for the midnight "stag movie," as they were called, at the first c interrupus splice, the crowd of 800 + started hooting and hollering and throwing popcorn boxes and soda cups at the screen and this rumble from them stomping on the floor. I got so scared, I closed the curtains, which almost caused a riot. The boss wasn't in the theatre that night but the assistant came running up to the booth screaming at me -_ "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING? I explain I wanted to protect the screen. He informed me that I was insane and to open them up. Then he got Mr. Schullman on the phone who was a very kind man and who just chuckled. He said not to worry about the screen; he said with the money he made in a single night he could replace the screen every week. I was sooooo green!  |  IP: Logged Tom Petrov Five Guys Lover Posts: 1121 From: El Paso, TX Registered: Jan 2003 posted 12-16-2011 10:44 PM                    quote: Frank Angel I got to jump at the sound of splices for years after that. I remember the car horns at the drive in. I jump every time I heard a peep of the horn. Then this past summer, I was there at the drive in and the picture went off screen....wow did I lay on the horn, the woman asks, "why are you on the horn?"....I said.."old times"..."old times"....then we saw this Dodge Durango high tail it for the booth...wow that was a fun night.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 12-17-2011 11:50 PM                     My 7 plus years working in Drive-In's in the late 60's to mid 70's, gave me plenty of honking cars when I would have my share of projection problems-mainly due to used acetate prints that had hidden cracks in the sprocketholes that I would miss on my inspections-breakage in the machine where I had to shut down, re-thread the machine and continue. But I was to blame on one night: had a full yard of about 400 cars and after a changeover, I realized that I forgot to change out a positive carbon in the lamphouse that I just switched to and I knew that I didn't have enough positive carbon to play the entire 2k reel. Thus, I had a short rod on a carbon saver that I could use to make the switch-out pretty quick. Thus, threw the knife switch to kill the lamphouse power, swung open the door and hurried up to do the rod changeout, which in all took me less than 30 seconds...but every car in the yard let me have it with the blaring of their horns. Manager came in to see what is what and he stared laughing at me knowing that I forgot to check the lamphouse - for he's done that as well, but was impressed that I got back up on screen in such a short time.  |  IP: Logged Tom Petrov Five Guys Lover Posts: 1121 From: El Paso, TX Registered: Jan 2003 posted 12-19-2011 06:31 PM                    quote: had a full yard of about 400 cars and after a changeover, Great story Monte! Those horns still haunt me.  |  IP: Logged William Del Valle Film Handler Posts: 7 From: Houston,Texas ,United States Registered: Jan 2006 posted 12-19-2011 07:17 PM                     I drive a 2007 Toyota PRius. I have put 100,000 miles on it. I go between Houston, Texas and Charlotte North Carolina and back a few times a year 1263 miles each way. Round trip, even with todays fuel prices, I can do it for around $100. Beat that!  |  IP: Logged Tom Petrov Five Guys Lover Posts: 1121 From: El Paso, TX Registered: Jan 2003 posted 12-19-2011 07:37 PM                    quote: Beat that! You think your low , 15MPG in my Toyota Truck. jk, how many MPG does that Yaris do?  |  IP: Logged Robert E. Allen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1078 From: Checotah, Oklahoma Registered: Jul 2002 posted 12-20-2011 01:46 AM                     My '94 Ply Voyager van died. I was able to pick up an '03 VW Passat station wagon for $2500 under market and am really impressed. That thing has more bells and whistles than any car I've ever owned. One really solid vehicle.  |  IP: Logged Howard Johnson Film Handler Posts: 87 From: Felpham , West Sussex, UK Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-20-2011 05:14 AM                     I've had a 1993 Citroen C3 from new which has been very reliable and does 50 mpg! A bit better than all you gas guzzler owners  |  IP: Logged Tom Petrov Five Guys Lover Posts: 1121 From: El Paso, TX Registered: Jan 2003 posted 12-22-2011 05:00 PM                    quote: A bit better than all you gas guzzler owners [Smile] What is that C3 pushing, 80hp?  |  IP: Logged Don Furr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 509 From: Sun City, Ca USA Registered: Nov 2002 posted 12-22-2011 05:14 PM                     Last week I bought a 2012 Dodge Ram 1500 Hemi Quad Cab. Drives and rides like a dream. It took $72 to fill it up today!!  |  IP: Logged

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