The First Museum of Carload comment spam

Posted on Nov 28, 2013 by mrdrivein

Sure, this is off topic, but did you know that some awful people try to add comments to blogs just so they’ll have more links to their stupid web sites? I’m talking sites that sell fake versions of Nike shoes, Oakley sunglasses, Celine luggage, and other stuff. The spammers include the URL of one of these sites in each comment, and figure that if enough respectable blogs carry enough of those links, then Google will list their site high on the results page when someone is desperate enough to search for fake Oakleys or whatever.

Since they’re being sprayed at blogs of every topic, these comments are written to be vaguely complimentary to any post; presumably some bloggers will be so touched by the happy thoughts that they’ll allow them to pass through. These comments also don’t make much sense. So without further ado, here are some curated selections of comment spam that Carload has accumulated this year, copied and pasted to look exactly as the spammers sent them.

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(Then three days later, from a nearby IP address) Your article is here, the feeling of a mere individual can bring in more.Let these people from all over the world, even in the heart with blessedness. We are not solitary. (Solitary is a much better word that desolateness. Glad to see they’re working to improve.)

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And that concludes our first and hopefully only visit to the museum of Carload spam. If you want to see more, please leave a comment. If you want to see a lot more, leave a spam comment.

Need a good site for a new drive-in?

Posted on Oct 15, 2013 by mrdrivein

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Every once in a while, someone asks me where they could build a new drive-in. In the olden days, the answer was pretty simple: On the highway out of town, just past the city limits. Now it’s more complicated. Here is my list of the factors when evaluating a new drive-in site:

Are there people around? Farmland in the middle of nowhere is cheap, but there probably aren’t enough customers willing to drive far enough to watch a movie, then drive all the way home.
Is civilization expanding in the site’s direction? If rings of suburbs are spreading thataway, then it might not be many years before the taxable land value will skyrocket, leaving the choice of extra overhead or selling out.
Are utilities available? The site needs to be close enough to water and electricity to hook up without too much extra expense.

Add these up, and you’ll see that the ideal site is close to a decent population center, but on a parcel that would be difficult to develop into anything else. I happen to have a pretty good example, 2175 River Road, Grand Junction CO. Take a look. It’s right next to major highways. It’s within the city limits. It’s bounded by the interstate highway and a wastewater treatment plant. (Hope the evening breezes are okay.) Grand Junction is large enough to support a minor-league baseball team, but its closest drive-in is 46 miles away in Delta.

Apparently, this plot is currently being used as storage by a company that sells trailers, mainly horse trailers. I have no idea who owns it, whether they’d be willing to sell or lease it, and even whether there are any utilities already serving that drive-in-shaped piece of land. But you’ve got to admit, it’s a fine example.

Now it’s your turn. You know your region better than I do. Look over a map and find something similar – a piece of land big enough for a drive-in, close enough for patrons and utilities, but homely enough for other builders to leave it alone. When you spot a good one, either start building or leave a comment here so we can all look it over. Maybe one of us can plant the seed that will sprout into a new drive-in theater.