Sunday, July 13, 2008

mike goes to the movies and movies and movies...

As I have stated before, Carol and I go to a lot of movies. We like it! For the past 10 years I have kept the ticket stubs in a coffee mug, and at the end of the year I count the tickets to see how many movies we attended. Our high for any one year was 105. Since 2002 I have written the movie names in a journal and counted the stubs every six months.

Today was my day to record the first half of 2008. Through June we have seen 35 movies. Our average for the last seven years in the first 6 months is 40 (with a high of 49 in 2002). 35 ties us with 2005 as the lowest number of movies. Last year we only saw 78 movies well under our six year average of 87. In the years 2002 thru 2007 we saw 526 movies!

I know you are thinking get a life, but I have many friends that play more rounds of golf than that and a round of golf is much more than the cost of a movie ticket and takes longer.

We all decide what our hobbies will be. In the past few years we have declined in our movie trips because we can now afford to go to more concerts. We are also traveling more,going to more football and basketball games,averaging two NASCAR race weekends a year and a few dirt track races and we now have Grand Kids!

There is a common thread in all this......................... POPCORN

For the record, the best popcorn is at CARMIKE Cinema in Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA. and we don't rent many movies (We have already seen them.)

Today we saw Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D. Good summer movie and good Carmike Popcorn. ***stars

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