On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 08:39:32 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>In article >,
> "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>
>> I'll be darned, a new high, by 5pm I had 21 trick or treaters!
>
>Curiosity question, Nancy: What time does it get dark there? My first
>kids didn't come until about 5:30 or so and the last showed up by 8:15.

The tradition in this part of NJ is for the young kids to go out in
daylight. Later on the older kids come out, and by 8, it's oft-surly
high-schoolers. I love the younger kids but am not fond overly of the
15+ crowd, who rarely costume, anyway.

We got our first TOTs at 1:30 yesterday and it slowed down about 5,
with only a few after that. We turn out the light at 8pm.

Where I grew up in Michigan, half the fun of going out on Halloween
was doing it all in the dark.

Cutest kid at the door was maybe 3 years old. I held the candy bowl
down so she could scope out her choices from among the miniatures. She
wanted it all. I was amazed how many candy bars she could grab with
one little hand. Better she should eat it than I.

Boron

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>
>> I'll be darned, a new high, by 5pm I had 21 trick or treaters!
>
> Curiosity question, Nancy: What time does it get dark there? My first
> kids didn't come until about 5:30 or so and the last showed up by
> 8:15.

It just got dark now, in the last 15 minutes or so. The kids
mostly come around after 3 and before 5, there were a couple
of straddlers after that.

We have a curfew, 8pm, so you don't have to man the door all
night.

nancy

On Mon, 1 Nov 2010 18:35:21 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > In article >,
> > "Nancy Young" > wrote:
> >
> >> I'll be darned, a new high, by 5pm I had 21 trick or treaters!
> >
> > Curiosity question, Nancy: What time does it get dark there? My first
> > kids didn't come until about 5:30 or so and the last showed up by
> > 8:15.
>
> It just got dark now, in the last 15 minutes or so. The kids
> mostly come around after 3 and before 5, there were a couple
> of straddlers after that.
>
> We have a curfew, 8pm, so you don't have to man the door all
> night.
>
Our earliest trick-r-treater came at 5. The littlest ones do come
early and I wonder what their parents are thinking when they come
after 8. We turn off the lights by 9-10PM because all the short ones
are gone by that time, the tall ones are on clean-up and I'm out of
candy anyway. I ran out of candy early this year, so the lights were
off by 8.


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Nancy Young wrote:
> I hear ya. I'd go around the projects with my friends. Really,
> looking back, it's amazing how much freedom we had as kids.

Exactly. With friends. In projects no less. And probably well after dark.

Parents don't seem to understand that kids are safe with other kids.


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Kalmia wrote:
> I had about 90 kids. I was glad to see most of the candy go. Just
> about every kid tho was polite and said thank you. Wow. There's hope
> yet.

Where do you live?


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On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 12:03:01 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> wrote:

>How much candy I bought:
>
>http://tinypic.com/r/16h5ctg/7
>
>How much I'll probably give away:
>
>http://tinypic.com/r/34j6rl2/7
>
>Hey, I can hope, can't I? And nothing wrong with leftover
>Snickers Bars, I say.
>

It's sad that we can't give away homemade treats...

One of my fondest memories growing up was the day before
trick/treating began. Mom & Dad invited a couple of friends (who knew
how to make candy), bought a bushel or so of apples, cooked up a huge
pot of red cinnamon candy. We kids would go looking for fallen
branches; sharpen them to a point with a knife, they served as apple
sticks. After dipping the apples were set on the greased kitchen
table to cool. EVERY kid in the neighborhood made it a point to come
by our house for that treat. We'd give away at least a hundred
apples, for about what it would cost to buy a hundred candy bars.
--
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"Kalmia" > wrote in message
...
> On Oct 31, 10:22 pm, Bryan > wrote:
>> On Oct 31, 7:32 pm, Kalmia > wrote:
>>
>> > I had about 90 kids. I was glad to see most of the candy go. Just
>> > about every kid tho was polite and said thank you. Wow. There's hope
>> > yet.
>>
>> All the kids and parents in our neighborhood were very nice and polite
>> too. They all said, "Thank You." That, in spite of the fact that I
>> frightened all but the little kids. Years ago, my wife got a hold of
>> a monk's robe. It's black, heavy, hooded and all wool. I stood very
>> still out in front of the house, such that I looked like a display.
>> When they got really close, I became animated and scared the crap out
>> of a bunch of folks, including adults. It was fun.
>>
>> --Bryan
>
> Gotta remember THAT one for next year. It'll give em all something
> to remember besides a stomach ache.
>
> What were your sound effects?

"You use jarred mayonnaise? You are a pig!"
"You use canned soup? You are white trash!"
"Ewwww! What are you eating?"
"Want some canned chili?"
"I'm a 50 year old paunchy, myopic punk rocker; you're old."
"Del Taco is the best!"

"Paco" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> "Kalmia" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Oct 31, 10:22 pm, Bryan > wrote:
>>> On Oct 31, 7:32 pm, Kalmia > wrote:
>>>
>>> > I had about 90 kids. I was glad to see most of the candy go. Just
>>> > about every kid tho was polite and said thank you. Wow. There's hope
>>> > yet.
>>>
>>> All the kids and parents in our neighborhood were very nice and polite
>>> too. They all said, "Thank You." That, in spite of the fact that I
>>> frightened all but the little kids. Years ago, my wife got a hold of
>>> a monk's robe. It's black, heavy, hooded and all wool. I stood very
>>> still out in front of the house, such that I looked like a display.
>>> When they got really close, I became animated and scared the crap out
>>> of a bunch of folks, including adults. It was fun.
>>>
>>> --Bryan
>>
>> Gotta remember THAT one for next year. It'll give em all something
>> to remember besides a stomach ache.
>>
>> What were your sound effects?
>
> "You use jarred mayonnaise? You are a pig!"
> "You use canned soup? You are white trash!"
> "Ewwww! What are you eating?"
> "Want some canned chili?"
> "I'm a 50 year old paunchy, myopic punk rocker; you're old."
> "Del Taco is the best!"
ROTFL MAOPIMP!

Good one, Paco!




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Melba's Jammin' > wrote:

> (Steve Pope) wrote:

>> We're both to sick to responsibly hand out any Halloween candy.
>> So, reluctantly we will just darken the house and wait it out.
>> This sucks.

> :-( A temporary situation, I hope.

Thanks. Yes, we'll be fine, just the usual seasonal cold/flu.

>My neighbor usually goes to her
>son's home for the evening. Last night she stayed home with her yard
>light off, skulking around her house with a flashlight to light her way
>until about 8:30 p.m.

Yep. Nobody knocked on the door. Here you have to wait until sometime
after 9:00 pm to turn the lights back on.


Steve

On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:22:43 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:

> On 01/11/2010 1:11 PM, blake murphy wrote:
>
>>> You're right. Last night was pathetic. Went to 2 neighborhoods that my
>>> neighbors usually go to...no lights on. So many religious people here
>>> that refuse to participate on a sunday.
>>
>> i hope they're not *so* religious that they denounce the whole halloween
>
> We have a bunch like that in a nearby town. They are in the same school
> board that my wife taught in and the school in that town could not have
> any halloween themes going on, so pictures of witches, no costumes etc.
> Sad that people get so carried away with religion.

ain't it the truth!

your pal,
blake

On Mon, 1 Nov 2010 22:52:41 -0400, Paco wrote:

> "Kalmia" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Oct 31, 10:22 pm, Bryan > wrote:
>>> On Oct 31, 7:32 pm, Kalmia > wrote:
>>>
>>> > I had about 90 kids. I was glad to see most of the candy go. Just
>>> > about every kid tho was polite and said thank you. Wow. There's hope
>>> > yet.
>>>
>>> All the kids and parents in our neighborhood were very nice and polite
>>> too. They all said, "Thank You." That, in spite of the fact that I
>>> frightened all but the little kids. Years ago, my wife got a hold of
>>> a monk's robe. It's black, heavy, hooded and all wool. I stood very
>>> still out in front of the house, such that I looked like a display.
>>> When they got really close, I became animated and scared the crap out
>>> of a bunch of folks, including adults. It was fun.
>>>
>>> --Bryan
>>
>> Gotta remember THAT one for next year. It'll give em all something
>> to remember besides a stomach ache.
>>
>> What were your sound effects?
>
> "You use jarred mayonnaise? You are a pig!"
> "You use canned soup? You are white trash!"
> "Ewwww! What are you eating?"
> "Want some canned chili?"
> "I'm a 50 year old paunchy, myopic punk rocker; you're old."
> "Del Taco is the best!"

<snort>

your pal,
blake

In article >,
"Nancy Young" > wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > In article >,
> > "Nancy Young" > wrote:
> >
> >> I'll be darned, a new high, by 5pm I had 21 trick or treaters!
> >
> > Curiosity question, Nancy: What time does it get dark there? My first
> > kids didn't come until about 5:30 or so and the last showed up by
> > 8:15.
>
> It just got dark now, in the last 15 minutes or so. The kids
> mostly come around after 3 and before 5, there were a couple
> of straddlers after that.
>
> We have a curfew, 8pm, so you don't have to man the door all
> night.
>
> nancy

Holy cow, that's early!! And a nice early finish, too.

--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
Apple pie posted 10-31-2010; http://web.me.com/barbschaller

Terry wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 12:03:01 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> > wrote:

>> Hey, I can hope, can't I? And nothing wrong with leftover
>> Snickers Bars, I say.
>>
>
> It's sad that we can't give away homemade treats...
>
> One of my fondest memories growing up was the day before
> trick/treating began. Mom & Dad invited a couple of friends (who knew
> how to make candy), bought a bushel or so of apples, cooked up a huge
> pot of red cinnamon candy. We kids would go looking for fallen
> branches; sharpen them to a point with a knife, they served as apple
> sticks.

Right there your parents should have been reported! Letting
you sharpen sticks with a knife? Very dangerous. Then handing
out pointy stick to other children? (laugh)

> After dipping the apples were set on the greased kitchen
> table to cool. EVERY kid in the neighborhood made it a point to come
> by our house for that treat. We'd give away at least a hundred
> apples, for about what it would cost to buy a hundred candy bars.

That's a nice memory. As far as homemade treats, the closest I
remember were those little bags people would assemble ... a lollypop,
some candy corn, etc. Maybe there were homemade cookies, but
I'm not sure about that.

nancy

On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 20:34:05 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> wrote:

>Terry wrote:
>> On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 12:03:01 -0400, "Nancy Young"
>> > wrote:
>
>>> Hey, I can hope, can't I? And nothing wrong with leftover
>>> Snickers Bars, I say.
>>>
>>
>> It's sad that we can't give away homemade treats...
>>
>> One of my fondest memories growing up was the day before
>> trick/treating began. Mom & Dad invited a couple of friends (who knew
>> how to make candy), bought a bushel or so of apples, cooked up a huge
>> pot of red cinnamon candy. We kids would go looking for fallen
>> branches; sharpen them to a point with a knife, they served as apple
>> sticks.
>
>Right there your parents should have been reported! Letting
>you sharpen sticks with a knife? Very dangerous. Then handing
>out pointy stick to other children? (laugh)
>
>> After dipping the apples were set on the greased kitchen
>> table to cool. EVERY kid in the neighborhood made it a point to come
>> by our house for that treat. We'd give away at least a hundred
>> apples, for about what it would cost to buy a hundred candy bars.
>
>That's a nice memory. As far as homemade treats, the closest I
>remember were those little bags people would assemble ... a lollypop,
>some candy corn, etc. Maybe there were homemade cookies, but
>I'm not sure about that.

When I was a kid trick or treating about half the folks gave money...
of course then you could buy a candy bar for a nickle.

On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 20:34:05 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> wrote:

> As far as homemade treats, the closest I
> remember were those little bags people would assemble ... a lollypop,
> some candy corn, etc. Maybe there were homemade cookies, but
> I'm not sure about that.

I lived near a town you'd call a wide spot in the road, and I
trick-r-treated with my school friends in town. We got home made
cookies at several houses, but the house we made a bee line to was the
one that gave out big popcorn balls. Yes, they were home made!

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Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 20:34:05 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> > wrote:

>> That's a nice memory. As far as homemade treats, the closest I
>> remember were those little bags people would assemble ... a lollypop,
>> some candy corn, etc. Maybe there were homemade cookies, but
>> I'm not sure about that.
>
> When I was a kid trick or treating about half the folks gave money...
> of course then you could buy a candy bar for a nickle.

That was my backup plan, if I ran out of candy (my big fear),
I'd dig all the quarters out of my change jar to hand out.

Actually, it's still my backup plan.

nancy

sf wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 20:34:05 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> > wrote:
>
>> As far as homemade treats, the closest I
>> remember were those little bags people would assemble ... a lollypop,
>> some candy corn, etc. Maybe there were homemade cookies, but
>> I'm not sure about that.
>
> I lived near a town you'd call a wide spot in the road, and I
> trick-r-treated with my school friends in town. We got home made
> cookies at several houses, but the house we made a bee line to was the
> one that gave out big popcorn balls. Yes, they were home made!

That's cool! I bet they had fun making those the day before.

nancy

>>
>
> It's sad that we can't give away homemade treats...
>
> One of my fondest memories growing up was the day before
> trick/treating began. Mom & Dad invited a couple of friends (who knew
> how to make candy), bought a bushel or so of apples, cooked up a huge
> pot of red cinnamon candy. We kids would go looking for fallen
> branches; sharpen them to a point with a knife, they served as apple
> sticks. After dipping the apples were set on the greased kitchen
> table to cool. EVERY kid in the neighborhood made it a point to come
> by our house for that treat. We'd give away at least a hundred
> apples, for about what it would cost to buy a hundred candy bars.
> --
> Best -- Terry

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

On 03/11/2010 10:36 AM, biig wrote:


> 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


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.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
.. .
> On 03/11/2010 10:36 AM, biig wrote:
>
>
>> 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
>
>
> 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.
>
>
Oh Dave....that hurts. I haven't gotten any feedback from the trick or
treaters recently, but from past experience, the kids came especially for
the cookies. At least I know our friends eat them. It would be awful if I
went to all that work for nothing since I don't bake otherwise.....Sharon

On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:43:08 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> 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 was a bit extreme!

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On Mon, 1 Nov 2010 00:10:57 +0000 (UTC) in rec.food.cooking,
(Steve Pope) wrote,
>We're both to sick to responsibly hand out any Halloween candy.
>So, reluctantly we will just darken the house and wait it out.
>This sucks.

Sadly, same for me.

On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:19:39 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> wrote:

>Nancy Young wrote:
>> How much candy I bought:
>>
>> http://tinypic.com/r/16h5ctg/7
>>
>> How much I'll probably give away:
>>
>> http://tinypic.com/r/34j6rl2/7
>>
>> Hey, I can hope, can't I?
>
>I'll be darned, a new high, by 5pm I had 21 trick or treaters!
>
>I'm not worried about running out or anything but I've made
>a good sized dent in the supply.
>

My job takes me into residential areas. I was behind and had to work
Sunday. There were so many kids I decided to stop about 3:30. People
were dragging their lawn furniture to the driveway along with fire
pits and stuff to have parties. It was a weird day for me because 2
of the parties I needed go get house pictures without making contact.
One I needed to interview. It wasn't fun and I actually felt pretty
scummy raining on their parade so I figured it could wait until
Monday. I thought not many kids went out anymore but I sure was
wrong. There was one group of about a dozen mentally challenged kids
with a chaperone. She was having a hard time getting then off the
street. Luckily it was out in the boonies somewhere west of where
jesus lost his shoes. I also saw a group of teenage girls dressed up
like sluts and they were all on cell phones. I found that a little
weird.

Lou

On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 21:39:07 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:

> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 20:34:05 -0400, "Nancy Young"
>> > wrote:
>
>>> That's a nice memory. As far as homemade treats, the closest I
>>> remember were those little bags people would assemble ... a lollypop,
>>> some candy corn, etc. Maybe there were homemade cookies, but
>>> I'm not sure about that.
>>
>> When I was a kid trick or treating about half the folks gave money...
>> of course then you could buy a candy bar for a nickle.
>
> That was my backup plan, if I ran out of candy (my big fear),
> I'd dig all the quarters out of my change jar to hand out.
>
> Actually, it's still my backup plan.
>
> nancy

spread the wealth!

your pal,
blake

On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:43:08 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 03/11/2010 10:36 AM, biig wrote:
>
>
>> 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
>
>
>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

On 03/11/2010 11:11 AM, biig wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>>
> Oh Dave....that hurts. I haven't gotten any feedback from the trick or
> treaters recently, but from past experience, the kids came especially for
> the cookies. At least I know our friends eat them. It would be awful if I
> went to all that work for nothing since I don't bake otherwise.....Sharon

How things have changed, eh. When I was a kid we flocked to the houses
that gave out home made candy apples, fudge, cookies etc. There were
much more appreciated than those crappy Halloween (molasses?) candies.
Now there is no trust. The thing that upset me most was that I was
giving them to only that small, select group because we knew them all
and wanted to give them something special.

On 03/11/2010 1:11 PM, Lou Decruss wrote:

> 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!


Busloads? Ouch... That is a bit much. I live in a rural area and the
kids around here head into town. Those who live in the residential areas
nearest the edge of town seem to get inundated with the country kids.

Lou Decruss wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:19:39 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> > wrote:

>> I'll be darned, a new high, by 5pm I had 21 trick or treaters!
>>
>> I'm not worried about running out or anything but I've made
>> a good sized dent in the supply.

> My job takes me into residential areas. I was behind and had to work
> Sunday. There were so many kids I decided to stop about 3:30. People
> were dragging their lawn furniture to the driveway along with fire
> pits and stuff to have parties. It was a weird day for me because 2
> of the parties I needed go get house pictures without making contact.

Yikes. Talk about a downer. I know you already feel badly about
it even though it has to be done.

> One I needed to interview. It wasn't fun and I actually felt pretty
> scummy raining on their parade so I figured it could wait until
> Monday. I thought not many kids went out anymore but I sure was
> wrong. There was one group of about a dozen mentally challenged kids
> with a chaperone. She was having a hard time getting then off the
> street. Luckily it was out in the boonies somewhere west of where
> jesus lost his shoes. I also saw a group of teenage girls dressed up
> like sluts and they were all on cell phones. I found that a little
> weird.

Are you sure they were dressed up for Halloween? Heh.


nancy

On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 13:40:59 -0400, Dave Smith
> arranged random neurons and said:

>Busloads? Ouch... That is a bit much. I live in a rural area and the
>kids around here head into town. Those who live in the residential areas
>nearest the edge of town seem to get inundated with the country kids.

We moved to a fairly family-centric neighborhood last March and I was
really surprised that we got so few (maybe a half dozen) small
children and so many (maybe a couple dozen) teenagers. IMHO, trick or
treating is for kids around 12 and younger. Most of the teenagers
don't make much of a stab at a costume, anyway, and are just out for a
pretty obvious candy grab.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as warm as the wine,
if the wine had been as old as the turkey,
and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid,
it would have been a swell dinner." Duncan Hines


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"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
om...
> On 03/11/2010 11:11 AM, biig wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>> Oh Dave....that hurts. I haven't gotten any feedback from the trick
>> or
>> treaters recently, but from past experience, the kids came especially for
>> the cookies. At least I know our friends eat them. It would be awful if
>> I
>> went to all that work for nothing since I don't bake otherwise.....Sharon
>
> How things have changed, eh. When I was a kid we flocked to the houses
> that gave out home made candy apples, fudge, cookies etc. There were much
> more appreciated than those crappy Halloween (molasses?) candies. Now
> there is no trust. The thing that upset me most was that I was giving them
> to only that small, select group because we knew them all and wanted to
> give them something special.

Indeed! I always hated those wax paper wrapped candies. When my kids
were small, there was a lady called "Granny Betty" that made candy apples.
That was always the first house the kids would go to. I think kids these
days are deprived of the good stuff and filled with crappy candy....

On Wed, 3 Nov 2010 14:56:05 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> wrote:

>Lou Decruss wrote:
>> On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:19:39 -0400, "Nancy Young"
>> > wrote:
>
>>> I'll be darned, a new high, by 5pm I had 21 trick or treaters!
>>>
>>> I'm not worried about running out or anything but I've made
>>> a good sized dent in the supply.
>
>> My job takes me into residential areas. I was behind and had to work
>> Sunday. There were so many kids I decided to stop about 3:30. People
>> were dragging their lawn furniture to the driveway along with fire
>> pits and stuff to have parties. It was a weird day for me because 2
>> of the parties I needed go get house pictures without making contact.
>
>Yikes. Talk about a downer. I know you already feel badly about
>it even though it has to be done.

It's not exactly an uplifting job but it's a paycheck. A small one
but it's something. Saturday I did 18 inspections in 90 minutes.
That tells you how close they are to each other. We have an inspector
who has parts of Chicago proper and he can do 120 per day. Out in the
burbs the most I've been able to do is 45 in a day. I've seen more
weird shit in the last 4 months than I've seen in my whole life. I
had one house last week that was a foreclosure and was listed as no
contact. There was a neighbor out so I talked to him. The owner had
a heart attack and died in the house. The mailman figured out there
was something wrong and called the cops. The coroner said he was dead
10 days. The guy had several dogs and they had been eating him. I
found all the back doors open. The family spent 70 grand cleaning up
the place but it still smelled like death. I don't why they wasted
the money because the bank was taking it back. Maybe they thought
they could make the payments. I dunno.

I could go on with weird stories but I felt really creepy taking
pictures and having kids wondering what I was doing so I stopped.

I heard recently there's 19 million vacant homes. That doesn't
include the ones that will be there soon. The US is in much more of a
mess than what we hear on TV.

>> One I needed to interview. It wasn't fun and I actually felt pretty
>> scummy raining on their parade so I figured it could wait until
>> Monday. I thought not many kids went out anymore but I sure was
>> wrong. There was one group of about a dozen mentally challenged kids
>> with a chaperone. She was having a hard time getting then off the
>> street. Luckily it was out in the boonies somewhere west of where
>> jesus lost his shoes. I also saw a group of teenage girls dressed up
>> like sluts and they were all on cell phones. I found that a little
>> weird.
>
>Are you sure they were dressed up for Halloween? Heh.

<shrug> They had bags but maybe that's normal attire. I wish I was a
teenager again!

Lou

On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 13:40:59 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 03/11/2010 1:11 PM, Lou Decruss wrote:
>
>> 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!
>
>
>Busloads? Ouch... That is a bit much.

That's what I thought.

>I live in a rural area and the kids around here head into town. Those who live
>in the residential areas nearest the edge of town seem to get inundated
>with the country kids.

Big difference. The rural kids have parents that go to town and
patronize the local stores and are part of the community. They
probably were bussed in to go to school. These kids weren't bussed
there because the houses they lived were a mile apart. They live like
rats. Nobody in their hood would answer the door with candy so they go
to a populated suburban area with houses close to each other. Load up
a bus and go out and get more from people who work. ****um!

Lou

"Omelet" > wrote in message
news
> In article >,
> "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>
>> How much candy I bought:
>>
>> http://tinypic.com/r/16h5ctg/7
>>
>> How much I'll probably give away:
>>
>> http://tinypic.com/r/34j6rl2/7
>>
>> Hey, I can hope, can't I? And nothing wrong with leftover
>> Snickers Bars, I say.
>>
>> nancy
>
> I've not had trick or treaters drop by for years... This street is to
> busy and dangerous for them. My neighbors don't get any either.
>
> Trick or treating is going by the way side for the most part. It's just
> too dangerous now with all the creeps out there. It's being replaced by
> block parties.
> --
> Peace! Om
>

Heh. Where I live there are no children. You don't find senior citizens
going door to door begging for candy. John did carve a classic Halloween
cat image in the pumpkin I bought Lit inside with a tea candle, it
looked very cool from the street

When I still lived in TN there weren't any trick or treaters, either. There
were kids in the apartment complex and across the street in neighboring
duplexes. Parents took their kds to organized events at school rather than
let them go door to door. It's a shame, but they're right not to let kids
go door to door these days.

Jill