Daly double  - "Three Sheetz to the wind"

Drive ins, on the outs... used to be that in order to eat out, of your car, you placed the order from within your auto and within just a few minutes...out comes a platter of food, which was, in some cases of "drive ins" sped up a bit, if they (the food servers) brought it on rollers...as in skates. This was well before the drive by windows that you and your car have to drive up to, to be handed your food (talk about im-personal). Back, where you were either politely asked or gestured by their free hand, motion, to roll down your window, but just halfway. This, in order to hold up, your order. After which (usually she) put her tray down and converted your cash into change...at which time, if it was on or near payday, it was super cool to hear our dad "keep the change"😉 Sound complicated? Well, it's what we boomers call "living in simpler times" And speaking of change, man, how things have...as in one last drive-in movie theatre remains open, while the last "Daly" drive in eatery has announced its closing: 

Matter of (in)convenience... sure was convenient, at least after our parents manage to corral us, load us into the car, and drive a few miles from home. Now, according to the latest news, after resisting a sell off to Sheetz (featuring made-to-order food, that you have to go inside to get, and then conclude with "may as well pump some gas while I'm here"), the owners, having surveyed the neighborhood, will give way to another convenience chain. All in the name of progress, and other self-serving notions:

"No more fueling around...here" (at your service here, assuming you buy in to "worth the wait" trend...plug back in here, and wait a day or two...) 

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