On 8/30/2011 1:20 PM, KROM wrote:
> thats a pretty smart solution!
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> most of us have jugs or cans of pennies etc we never turn in..lol
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> I have a 6 pound protein powder jug full of coins.
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> KROM
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> "Storrmmee" wrote in message ...
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> one year we let it sneak up on us, and i sell candy !!! when dh saw the
> first batch of kids come up the walk he freaked out... he went to the
> bedroom and came back with either pennies or nickles, can't remember, then
> he went to the kitchen got a tablespoon, so when they got there he asked
> each kid how old they were and then whatever their age they got to scoop
> that many times... must have been pennies or nickles... the limit was 12
> because he thought older than that was too old to be t/t anyway... Lee
> "Janet" > wrote in message
> ...
>> KROM wrote:
>>> if one cant control themselves then you can buy those tiny plastic
>>> bags cheap from a party store or Walgreens and fill them with toys
>>> like spider rings and stickers and pencils.
>>
>>> if you want a food item small boxes of raisins can be added as well
>>> as small bags of nuts.
>>>
>>> if these are kids you know you can bake or buy something to give out
>>> like allergy free cookies individually wrapped etc.
>>>
>>> KROM
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>> If a person knows they cannot deal well with temptation, how about
>> praising them for thinking ahead and avoiding the situation rather
>> than saying in a very superior manner that they "can't control
>> themselves"? Avoiding temptation IS a means of controlling oneself, at
>> least for us lesser mortals.
>>
>> Making stuff is a waste of time, IMHO, since everyone has been
>> conditioned to believe that anything not in a manufacturer's wrapping
>> is potentially dangerous. (The only known case of actual candy
>> poisoning was a father who poisoned his own children, according to an
>> article in the Atlantic I read years ago, but that doesn't stop the
>> idiots masquerading as journalists on the TV from trotting out their
>> ridiculous advice about "checking treats" before your kid eats them
>> every single year.)
>>
>> The goodie bag approach would be awfully expensive if you had more
>> than just a few kids. I personally see no difference between the fruit
>> rollups Julie describes and a box of raisins.
>>
>> But of course, YMMV.
>>
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Krom, the younger kids (up to 6 to 8) really like this option

after that, they would rather have 2 of the halloween choc bars



kate