Drive Ins - The New Economic Model

May 20, 2028

I turned 90 today.  I didn’t think I’d make it.  Who would have thought I’d open a business in my 80’s?  But Drive-ins were an acceptable short-term solution until Italy’s Dr. Corleone’s quinine-based shot in late 2024, which killed the virus in its tracks.

There weren’t many people left that remembered “drive-in’s”.  But after the restaurant business took a hold, I just ran the space allocations, any restaurant could join and many did..

I bought up large parking lots to start with and then created more.  I rented a 4 -8 spot section for a franchise, like KFC.  We’re talking 1000+plus parking slots.  I kept it to three franchises.  Everything was computer controlled.

I handled the minor problems: I called on County services for more serious problems.

This created a boom.  Soon others than food purveyors wanted to join in.  Initially manicures across the car window.  Then an avalanche of herbalists, pill-pushers, organic vegetables, entrepreneurial performance groups, and people wanting to show movies.

You went to Peter’s drive in to get something,

Eventually to get everything and anything.

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Back in 2020, I thought

I’ll be starting, when the State lifts the ban on under ten gatherings, showing movies in my back yard, where there’s room for 4-8 people, with distance. 

My plan is to, on the occasion, quickly put up three 4’ X 8’ plywood panels [painted movie screen white] against my back fence, up to the height of the clocks.  Pot luck food in the center.  Since it will start late – I think it should be coffee and desserts.