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

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.

When you give away full size bars, you're bound to get repeat
customers. I always gave out full size bars, too. The kids would
look all surprised.

Nowadays I turn off all the lights, put yellow "Police Crime Scene"
tape all around the outside of the house, and leave for 5-6 hours
the night before and the night of halloween. Nobody ever messes
with my house.

-sw

On 2010-10-31, Sqwertz > wrote:

> Nowadays I turn off all the lights, put yellow "Police Crime Scene"
> tape all around the outside of the house, and leave for 5-6 hours
> the night before and the night of halloween. Nobody ever messes
> with my house.

Whatta dick!

I loved high kid traffic areas. I'd get lotsa candy, go all out for a
scary costume, put on holloween sound effects, and scare the crap outta lil'
kids that would come to the door. Whatta hoot!

The last two places I lived had zero kid traffic. Bummer.

nb

On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:13:20 GMT, notbob wrote:

> On 2010-10-31, Sqwertz > wrote:
>
>> Nowadays I turn off all the lights, put yellow "Police Crime Scene"
>> tape all around the outside of the house, and leave for 5-6 hours
>> the night before and the night of halloween. Nobody ever messes
>> with my house.
>
> Whatta dick!

Then I don't have to dress up to get in the spirit!

I'm sorry I don't get into the spirit as much as you, Bob. You are
the man!

-sw

Sqwertz wrote:
> 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.
>
> When you give away full size bars, you're bound to get repeat
> customers. I always gave out full size bars, too. The kids would
> look all surprised.

That's what I strive for, it's my payoff. The reaction is priceless.
Big Snicker Bars!!

> Nowadays I turn off all the lights, put yellow "Police Crime Scene"
> tape all around the outside of the house, and leave for 5-6 hours
> the night before and the night of halloween. Nobody ever messes
> with my house.

(laugh) That's funny. I'll have my 8 kids by 6 or so, then maybe
a straggler, and 8pm is the curfew. I walk at night so I appreciate
the Halloween lights, but no kids will see them on their rounds.

nancy

On Oct 31, 11:59*am, Sqwertz > wrote:
> 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.
>
> When you give away full size bars, you're bound to get repeat
> customers. *I always gave out full size bars, too. *The kids would
> look all surprised.
>
> Nowadays I turn off all the lights, put yellow "Police Crime Scene"
> tape all around the outside of the house, and leave for 5-6 hours
> the night before and the night of halloween. *Nobody ever messes
> with my house.
>
> -sw

==
Probably because the yellow tape is the genuine thing around your
place most of the time. <g>
==

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.

Yeah, you can always freeze them...

Brooklyn1 wrote:
> 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.
>
> Yeah, you can always freeze them...

Yeah, that's the ticket! Freeze them ... all of them. Heh.

nancy

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.

nancy

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.
--
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

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.


--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

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

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

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, 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

Cheryl wrote:
> On Sun 31 Oct 2010 05:19:39p, Nancy Young wrote in rec.food.cooking
> >:
>
>> 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.
>
> LOL! 25 kids would have wiped me out. So what was the scariest
> costume? Were they little ones? With parents within site?

Oh, they were so cute, the little ones had all kinds of costumes
even if I couldn't tell what they were. The older ones were like
Harry Potter and Darth Vader. One kid was in camo and face paint
and I said I didn't even see you there! He wasn't amused. I think
his friend was Bill Gates or something. Heh. One little girl gave
me an earnest look with these big eyes and said Happy Holiday!

I had a lot of fun. Mostly the parents of the young ones stood out
by the street.

Final tally, 30 trick or treaters. Cool.

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:

> Final tally, 30 trick or treaters. Cool.
>
>


It's 7:30, been dark for over an hour and we just had our
first 3 kids. We're going to have a LOT of candy to take to the
election site on Tuesday!

gloria p

On 10/31/2010 8:21 PM, gloria.p wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> Final tally, 30 trick or treaters. Cool.
>>
>>
>
>
> It's 7:30, been dark for over an hour and we just had our
> first 3 kids. We're going to have a LOT of candy to take to the election
> site on Tuesday!
>


One guy drove up in a pickup truck and a big kid got out looking for
candy. This is the first time we've had a trick or treater here in the
5 years we've lived here.


--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

gloria.p wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> Final tally, 30 trick or treaters. Cool.

> It's 7:30, been dark for over an hour and we just had our
> first 3 kids. We're going to have a LOT of candy to take to the
> election site on Tuesday!

The election volunteers are going to have the voters whipping
through there! (laugh) A sugar rush.

It's a long day. It's good of you to take on that chore.

nancy

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.

On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:32:08 -0700 (PDT), 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.

This year no one. I already ate 30 Whoppers and decided I won't be
buying Halloween candy anymroe.

On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 20:42:44 -0400, Brooklyn1 wrote:

> On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:32:08 -0700 (PDT), 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.
>
> This year no one. I already ate 30 Whoppers and decided I won't be
> buying Halloween candy anymroe.

i'm not surprised kids didn't want to go to the cat lady's house.

blake

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

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?

"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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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

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?


--

Reply in group, but if emailing add one more
zero, and remove the last word.



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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.
>
I can only say that we grossly underestimated how many
trick-r-treaters we'd get this year. It's the World Series fer cripes
sake! Red blooded San Franciscans were supposed to be home glued to
the TV set, but they were out trick-r-treating instead. We only
bought 200 pieces of candy which we doled out one per customer, but we
ran out slightly after 7PM anyway. I had to put a sign on the door
saying we had no more candy left. How embarrassing! I've never had
to do that before.

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

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

<g> Excess Halloween candy is always such a problem. Always the
decision to make whether to eat it all at once and be done with it or
eat one or two pieces daily until it's gone. (We had about 40 goblins
show up for a little Hershey bar or a Twix. In light of the bags of
Midnight Milky Way bits that "disappeared" I may try to offload the
extra Hershey's and Twix.)

--
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

We had two kids come by this year. A 100% increase over last years zero
count.

I love trick or treaters! Next house we buy I'm asking the neighbors
first if they have kidlets at halloween.

Bought 6 full size candy bars - gave away three (one to the parent whose
eyes lit up when she saw what we had)

marcella

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

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.

In NYC in the 70s when crime was at its peak, there was nothing stopping us
from trick-or-treating within a radius of a block or two. In that area
there were hundreds of apartments, and we all nearly filled our department
store shopping bags (no little plastic pumpkin baskets for us) with candy
that lasted until April.

Today, with much lower crime stats, everybody's so scared by all the
infotainment coverage of imagined dangers that they don't let their kids out
as much.

Now I'm on the border of the city in a suburban area and my bell rang once
all day - on a Sunday!


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Tom Del Rosso 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? And nothing wrong with leftover
>> Snickers Bars, I say.
>
> In NYC in the 70s when crime was at its peak, there was nothing
> stopping us from trick-or-treating within a radius of a block or two.
> In that area there were hundreds of apartments, and we all nearly
> filled our department store shopping bags (no little plastic pumpkin
> baskets for us) with candy that lasted until April.

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.

> Today, with much lower crime stats, everybody's so scared by all the
> infotainment coverage of imagined dangers that they don't let their
> kids out as much.

Yeah, I haven't seen anyone offering to X-ray the candy lately, at
least. Heh.

> Now I'm on the border of the city in a suburban area and my bell rang
> once all day - on a Sunday!

I hadn't considered the religious angle, but I had more kids than I've
had in the last 3 years put together ... makes me wonder what kind
of heathens live around here! Just kidding.

nancy

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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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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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.

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