On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:43:08 -0400, Dave Smith
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>On 03/11/2010 10:36 AM, biig wrote:
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>> I still give away homemade spice chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. They
>> are about 6 inches across and I label them with our name, address and phone
>> number. The number of kids that come to our neighbourhood has drastically
>> decreased in the last couple of years, but our friends have become so used
>> to getting the leftover cookies that I don't dare stop making them. This
>> year we only had five kids, so had lots to give out to adult
>> friends....Sharon in a small village in Canada
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>When my son was young I used to make Halloween treats for the kids. I
>made things like caramel corn balls cookies or caramel apples. The only
>kids who came here were my neighbour's kids and my son's friends, maybe
>5-6 kids. The parents were with them, so they knew it was me. I was
>disappointed to learn that they were throwing the stuff out.
>

That sucks Dave. Someone should have kept their mouth shut.

I'm sure many could tell disappointing or annoying stories about trick
or treaters. When we got together Louise had a house closer to the
city than where I lived and I kinda lived there but kept the place
we're both in now. I usually got off work a lot earlier than her so
she put me in charge of the answering the door. I looked out the
window and saw 2 busses pull up and unload like a 100+ kids from the
inner city ghetto. It really rubbed me the wrong way. I turned the
lights off, closed the blinds, and went out back and cleaned the
garage. It had happened the year before but not on such a grand
scale. You could tell the difference between them and the
neighborhood kids by who said thank you. And the travelers have a
parent in the group with bags for all the little beasts who just
happen to be sick. ****um!

Lou