| PENMART01 |
Smell my feet...
Anyone begun to stock up yet on treats for the rugrats?
How much to you get, what kinds... how many do you expect?
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| Goomba38 |
PENMART01 wrote:
> Smell my feet...
>
> Anyone begun to stock up yet on treats for the rugrats?
>
> How much to you get, what kinds... how many do you expect?
>
No wayyyyyyyyyy... if I bought it now you *know*
I'd be eating it ahead of time. Of course it helps
if you buy stuff you don't like, but...what fun is
that?? LOL
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| zxcvbob |
PENMART01 wrote:
> Smell my feet...
>
> Anyone begun to stock up yet on treats for the rugrats?
>
> How much to you get, what kinds... how many do you expect?
I usually get one huge bag of Starlight mints at Sam's Club. I think
it's about 6 pounds. I give each kid a little handful of mints.
HTH :-)
Cheap *******ly,
Bob
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| Dog3 |
penmart01@aol.como (PENMART01) news:20041005192143.15985.00004111@mb-
m21.aol.com:
> Smell my feet...
>
> Anyone begun to stock up yet on treats for the rugrats?
>
> How much to you get, what kinds... how many do you expect?
They hate my street. Dark, scary and I think the parents get all upset.
It's really dark. We get maybe 2 or 3 trick or treaters. I'm always ready
with the milkyway bars. My fave candy bar ;)
Michael
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"I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full house
and four people died.
-Steven Wright
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| Jessica V. |
PENMART01 wrote:
> Smell my feet...
>
> Anyone begun to stock up yet on treats for the rugrats?
>
> How much to you get, what kinds... how many do you expect?
>
>
> ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =---
> ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
> *********
> "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."
> Sheldon
> ````````````
I'll use Halloween as an excuse to buy a big ole box of Snicker's bars
at Sam's Club. Chances are that I'll have most all of them to myself,
in the 9 years I've lived here my total number of trick or treaters has
been under 15, not so many kiddies in the neighborhood.
Jessica
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| SportKite1 |
>From: penmart01@aol.como (PENMART01)
>How much to you get, what kinds... how many do you expect?
>
A few bags. Goo Goo Clusters and Twizzlers. 35-40 kids.
Ellen
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| axlq |
In article <20041005192143.15985.00004111@mb-m21.aol.com>,
PENMART01 <penmart01@aol.como> wrote:
>
>Anyone begun to stock up yet on treats for the rugrats?
>How much to you get, what kinds... how many do you expect?
I know of at least one person who tries instead to scare the kids off,
as well as their parents.
One of the companies I work with makes military camouflage suits.
One suit in particular looks similar to this:
http://striderindustries.com/images/body_veil.jpg
....it covers the full body, sleeves and mittens and hood and all,
and it really makes you look just like a bush when you're crouching.
So he borrows it from work at Halloween, dons it, crouches beside
the front door, and when kids and parents approach, he scares the
crap out of them. Some of them run off.
-A
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| Gregory Morrow |
PENMART01 wrote:
> Smell my feet...
>
> Anyone begun to stock up yet on treats for the rugrats?
>
> How much to you get, what kinds... how many do you expect?
>
Each brat that comes to my door gets a pack of Camel straights, a pack of
Trojans, and a pint of Rebel Yell whiskey...
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Best
Greg
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| Nexis |
"PENMART01" <penmart01@aol.como> wrote in message
news:20041005192143.15985.00004111@mb-m21.aol.com...
> Smell my feet...
>
> Anyone begun to stock up yet on treats for the rugrats?
>
> How much to you get, what kinds... how many do you expect?
>
>
> ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =---
> ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
> *********
> "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."
> Sheldon
> ````````````
Well I always hated it when I got the cheap little candies...you know the
starlight mints, butterscotch hard candies, that stuff. I usually just buy
what I would have liked, and is on sale. So far I bought Junior mints,
KitKats, a variety mini bag (Snickers, Milky Way, Milky Way Midnight, and 3
Musketeers I think). I haven't gotten the Reese's yet, because if I don't
wait until just before Halloween, my husband and his brother usually will
sneak into them as often as they can get away with!
Halloween has always been a big thing around here. We decorate and make it
fun for the kids, if not a little scary! Also, we live within a couple
blocks of an elementary and a middle school, as well as a college, so we
usually have a pretty good turn out. Believe it or not, we get almost as
many college kids as youngsters!
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| Nancy Young |
"Jessica V." wrote:
> I'll use Halloween as an excuse to buy a big ole box of Snicker's bars
> at Sam's Club. Chances are that I'll have most all of them to myself,
> in the 9 years I've lived here my total number of trick or treaters has
> been under 15, not so many kiddies in the neighborhood.
(laugh) I do the same, the big box of Snickers, they wind up in the
freezer because I can't adapt to the fact that I only get maybe a
dozen trick or treaters. I have a horror of running out of candy.
nancy
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| Gregory Morrow |
Nexis wrote:
> Believe it or not, we get almost as
> many college kids as youngsters!
....*college* kids...???
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Best
Greg
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| Dave Smith |
Nexis wrote:
> Halloween has always been a big thing around here. We decorate and make it
> fun for the kids, if not a little scary! Also, we live within a couple
> blocks of an elementary and a middle school, as well as a college, so we
> usually have a pretty good turn out. Believe it or not, we get almost as
> many college kids as youngsters!
One of the advantages of living in a rural area between to small towns is that
the greedy little kids go into town where they don't have to travel as far to
fill their loot bags. When my son was small his friends used to come by, but we
haven't had a kid show up here for about 10 years now. I buy two or three full
size chocolate bars just in case they local kids bother to come here.
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| Puester |
"Jessica V." wrote:
>
> PENMART01 wrote:
> > Smell my feet...
> >
> > Anyone begun to stock up yet on treats for the rugrats?
> >
> > How much to you get, what kinds... how many do you expect?
> >
> >
> > ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =---
> > ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
> > *********
> > "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."
> > Sheldon
> > ````````````
>
> I'll use Halloween as an excuse to buy a big ole box of Snicker's bars
> at Sam's Club. Chances are that I'll have most all of them to myself,
> in the 9 years I've lived here my total number of trick or treaters has
> been under 15, not so many kiddies in the neighborhood.
>
> Jessica
Over the years our numbers have varied from 5 to 200 kids.
(We live in a gated comunity and parents often drive kids
in because it seems safer than other areas.)
A lot depends on the weather and temperature.
Last year we went out to dinner with a friend visiting from
Europe. I left a large wooden salad bowl on the front porch,
full of a variety of small candy bars, with a note saying
"Help yourself". It was still half full when we got home late.
gloria p
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| Mpoconnor7 |
I live in an apartment and no kids come by. I can't remember the last time a
kid came to my door on Halloween.
I remember when I was a kid we used to go out for 3 hours, starting as soon as
it started getting dark.
It was 1982 when the practice of kids going to strangers houses for Halloween
effectively ended. About a month before Halloween that year, the Tylenol
poisoning occured, and there were other copycat incidents across the country
and people died from tainted products. Halloween as we knew it was cancelled
that year. At that point, the malls picked up the slack and started handing
out candy to kids because parents were terrified to let their kids go to every
house in the neighborhood to get candy. I'm sure parents will take their kids
to houses where they know the people living there, but never to people they
don't know.
Michael O'Connor - Modern Renaissance Man
"I actually thought about voting for John Kerry before I decided to vote
against him."
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| zxcvbob |
Mpoconnor7 wrote:
> I live in an apartment and no kids come by. I can't remember the last time a
> kid came to my door on Halloween.
>
> I remember when I was a kid we used to go out for 3 hours, starting as soon as
> it started getting dark.
>
> It was 1982 when the practice of kids going to strangers houses for Halloween
> effectively ended. About a month before Halloween that year, the Tylenol
> poisoning occured, and there were other copycat incidents across the country
> and people died from tainted products. Halloween as we knew it was cancelled
> that year. At that point, the malls picked up the slack and started handing
> out candy to kids because parents were terrified to let their kids go to every
> house in the neighborhood to get candy. I'm sure parents will take their kids
> to houses where they know the people living there, but never to people they
> don't know.
>
> Michael O'Connor - Modern Renaissance Man
>
> "I actually thought about voting for John Kerry before I decided to vote
> against him."
1982? Are you sure that wasn't when that guy in Texas was executed for
killing his own son with a Giant Pixie Stick full of cyanide --
allegedly got when the kid was trick r treating?
Bob
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| Gregory Morrow |
zxcvbob wrote:
> Mpoconnor7 wrote:
>
> > I live in an apartment and no kids come by. I can't remember the last
time a
> > kid came to my door on Halloween.
> >
> > I remember when I was a kid we used to go out for 3 hours, starting as
soon as
> > it started getting dark.
> >
> > It was 1982 when the practice of kids going to strangers houses for
Halloween
> > effectively ended. About a month before Halloween that year, the
Tylenol
> > poisoning occured, and there were other copycat incidents across the
country
> > and people died from tainted products. Halloween as we knew it was
cancelled
> > that year. At that point, the malls picked up the slack and started
handing
> > out candy to kids because parents were terrified to let their kids go to
every
> > house in the neighborhood to get candy. I'm sure parents will take
their kids
> > to houses where they know the people living there, but never to people
they
> > don't know.
> >
> > Michael O'Connor - Modern Renaissance Man
> >
> > "I actually thought about voting for John Kerry before I decided to vote
> > against him."
>
>
> 1982? Are you sure that wasn't when that guy in Texas was executed for
> killing his own son with a Giant Pixie Stick full of cyanide --
> allegedly got when the kid was trick r treating?
That may have played into it, but the Tylenol thing happened here in Chicago
in the fall of 1982 (at the Walgreen's drugstore in Old Town, intersection
of North and Wells). Things got kinda hinky after that for trick or
treating and also people were basically scared to buy stuff in drugstores...
--
Best
Greg
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| TKE NO SPAM |
Date: Tue, Oct 5, 2004 penmart01@aol.como (PENMART01)WROTE:
Smell my feet...
Anyone begun to stock up yet on treats for the rugrats?
How much to you get, what kinds... how many do you
expect?-----------------------------------------------------
RESPONSE: Haven't had a lot of knocks on door halloween nite here in the
Detroit area for a few years.
Most parents take their young kids to our community center & older ones
are out setting fires. lol
I buy brand name candy bars in the mini sizes
- milky way, mars, snickers, what ever.-
Once n the late 80's when the volume of kids knocking was fairly high
gave each child coupons for MacDonalds & Big Boy's restaurant - kids
burger plate.-
Miss the days when as a kid halloween was a much safer nite. Will always
remember those annual halloween parties courtesy of our 4-H club
leader on her farm in Indiana.
Roasting hot dogs and other goodies on a stick over a bon fire telling
ghost stories all set in a clearing deep in the woods on her land.
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| Melba's Jammin' |
In article <20041005192143.15985.00004111@mb-m21.aol.com>,
penmart01@aol.como (PENMART01) wrote:
> Smell my feet...
>
> Anyone begun to stock up yet on treats for the rugrats?
Not yet. It's to my waistline's advantage to not shop until October 30
or 31. If, however, I see a bag of Midnight Milky Ways miniatures, I'll
buy a couple -- ok, fine! three -- bags and hide them under my computer
table.
> How much to you get, what kinds... how many do you expect?
The 'fun size' Snickers are popular. Reese's PB cups. Depending on the
weather, maybe 40-55 kids. The neighborhood is young again.
Ever tell you what I do to/with the teen-agers who come by? Sorry, but
when I was a kid, you stopped the Trick or treat gig in 7th grade. Now,
I regularly get high school sophomores. So before they get candy, they
have to pass my current events/civics quiz. You'd be amazed at the
number who don't know who our fine state's governor is, or senators.
Last year's Big Prize question had to do with the war - what a word
meant. Big Prize was two Snickers. "-) I've done this for about
three years. Now I've got a couple smartass neighbor kids who knock on
the door and start spewing politician's names before I ask. I love 'em!
:-)
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 10-04-04; Sam I Am!.
"Peace will come when the power of love overcomes the love of power."
-Jimi Hendrix, and Lt. Joe Corcoran, Retired; St. Paul PD, Homicide Divn.
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| Hahabogus |
Nancy Young <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote in
news:416346C1.8F25A0FC@monmouth.com:
> "Jessica V." wrote:
>
>> I'll use Halloween as an excuse to buy a big ole box of Snicker's bars
>> at Sam's Club. Chances are that I'll have most all of them to myself,
>> in the 9 years I've lived here my total number of trick or treaters has
>> been under 15, not so many kiddies in the neighborhood.
>
> (laugh) I do the same, the big box of Snickers, they wind up in the
> freezer because I can't adapt to the fact that I only get maybe a
> dozen trick or treaters. I have a horror of running out of candy.
>
> nancy
>
I get less and less kids each year, used to buy more and more candy...one
year I canvassed the kids to see what they wanted...didn't help still got
fewer kids.
--
Starchless in Manitoba.
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| baker |
Hahabogus <invalid@invalid.null> wrote in
news:Xns957A2D50CA6B3hahabogus@205.200.16.73:
> Nancy Young <qwerty@monmouth.com> wrote in
> news:416346C1.8F25A0FC@monmouth.com:
>
>> "Jessica V." wrote:
>>
>>> I'll use Halloween as an excuse to buy a big ole box of Snicker's
>>> bars at Sam's Club. Chances are that I'll have most all of them to
>>> myself, in the 9 years I've lived here my total number of trick or
>>> treaters has been under 15, not so many kiddies in the neighborhood.
>>
>> (laugh) I do the same, the big box of Snickers, they wind up in the
>> freezer because I can't adapt to the fact that I only get maybe a
>> dozen trick or treaters. I have a horror of running out of candy.
>>
>> nancy
>>
>
> I get less and less kids each year, used to buy more and more
> candy...one year I canvassed the kids to see what they wanted...didn't
> help still got fewer kids.
>
It's amazing what a difference a half century can make. Back in the mid-
fifties, before razor blades or needles or poison in apples and candy,
many houses offered trick or treaters fruit or homemade confections. My
mother used to make caramel apples rolled in nuts, or popcorn balls, or
bags of caramel corn. Neighbors used to offer homemade fudge and
homemade taffy. One elderly lady, who lived far down the street, used to
decorate her basement like a witch's shack and wear a witch costume. She
would invite several kids in at a time to bob for apples, and served us
witch's punch and cookies. In our neighborhood we were encouraged to
"perform" to win a treat, recite a short verse or sing a halloween song.
We went up and down the street on our own, just after dark, no fear from
possible molesters or the like, just goblins. Our costumes were usually
homemade, too, and often quite elaborate. Masks were often the only
purchased item we wore. Halloween was a lot of fun!
--
It's me, Baker!
When the Chips are Down,
the Buffalo is Empty.
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| PENMART01 |
>Melba's Jammin'
>
>>(PENMART01) wrote:
>>
>> Smell my feet...
>>
>> Anyone begun to stock up yet on treats for the rugrats?
>
>Not yet. It's to my waistline's advantage to not shop until October 30
>or 31. If, however, I see a bag of Midnight Milky Ways miniatures, I'll
>buy a couple -- ok, fine! three -- bags and hide them under my computer
>table.
What if you hide them in the freezer... hehe
---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =---
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"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."
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| Melba's Jammin' |
In article <2sgorpF1l18btU2@uni-berlin.de>, zxcvbob
<zxcvbob@charter.net> wrote:
> PENMART01 wrote:
>
> > Smell my feet...
> >
> > Anyone begun to stock up yet on treats for the rugrats?
> >
> > How much to you get, what kinds... how many do you expect?
>
>
> I usually get one huge bag of Starlight mints at Sam's Club. I think
> it's about 6 pounds. I give each kid a little handful of mints.
> HTH :-)
>
> Cheap *******ly,
> Bob
Say it ain't so, Bob. Pleeeeze! How many kids are so fortunate as to
stop by your place? Bet the numbers dwindle annually . . .
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 10-04-04; Sam I Am!.
"Peace will come when the power of love overcomes the love of power."
-Jimi Hendrix, and Lt. Joe Corcoran, Retired; St. Paul PD, Homicide Divn.
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| Melba's Jammin' |
In article <6dCdnQf998m5sP7cRVn-sw@comcast.com>, Goomba38
<goomba38@comcast.net> wrote:
> PENMART01 wrote:
>
> > Smell my feet...
> >
> > Anyone begun to stock up yet on treats for the rugrats?
> >
> > How much to you get, what kinds... how many do you expect?
> >
>
> No wayyyyyyyyyy... if I bought it now you *know*
> I'd be eating it ahead of time. Of course it helps
> if you buy stuff you don't like, but...what fun is
> that?? LOL
The other thing I do is buy a bag or two of maybe three kinds and
distribute the goods in ascending order of importance to me -- the ones
I like most are given last. In case the kids run out before the candy
does, I get what I like. I am shameless and transparent.
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 10-04-04; Sam I Am!.
"Peace will come when the power of love overcomes the love of power."
-Jimi Hendrix, and Lt. Joe Corcoran, Retired; St. Paul PD, Homicide Divn.
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baker wrote:
> Hahabogus <invalid@invalid.null> wrote in
> news:Xns957A2D50CA6B3hahabogus@205.200.16.73:
>>
>>>"Jessica V." wrote:
>>I get less and less kids each year, used to buy more and more
>>candy...one year I canvassed the kids to see what they wanted...didn't
>>help still got fewer kids.
>>
>
>
> It's amazing what a difference a half century can make. Back in the mid-
> fifties, before razor blades or needles or poison in apples and candy,
> many houses offered trick or treaters fruit or homemade confections. My
> mother used to make caramel apples rolled in nuts, or popcorn balls, or
> bags of caramel corn. Neighbors used to offer homemade fudge and
> homemade taffy. One elderly lady, who lived far down the street, used to
> decorate her basement like a witch's shack and wear a witch costume. She
> would invite several kids in at a time to bob for apples, and served us
> witch's punch and cookies. In our neighborhood we were encouraged to
> "perform" to win a treat, recite a short verse or sing a halloween song.
> We went up and down the street on our own, just after dark, no fear from
> possible molesters or the like, just goblins. Our costumes were usually
> homemade, too, and often quite elaborate. Masks were often the only
> purchased item we wore. Halloween was a lot of fun!
>
Loose candy corn was a favorite in the 1950/60's, when my children
were small. Now, every piece of candy is securely wrapped.
I have already bought fun sized Milky Ways, Snickers, KitKats,
Hershey's Kisses and Miniatures, Skittles, M & M's, Tootsie Rolls and
Tootsie Roll Pops, as well mini boxes or raisins, for the kids whose
parents do not allow them candies. I will make up sixty little
packages of two or three fun sized candies, one Lollipop and several
kisses and mini tootsie rolls. Once the packages are gone, I will
have the rest of the candies for the stragglers. The children start
coming around five or six and the last ones come around at about eight
o'clock.
For the grown ups who will come with the kids, there will be home
baked chocolate chip cookies. I used to have a pitcher of apple
cider, too, but now there are so many children living in the building,
it is not possible any more.
Some candy goes to the building staff, who like their treats just as
much as the kids.
Halloween is my favorite Holiday.
BTW, there is a small bowl with fun sized candies next to my entrance
door at all times, in case a child comes to see me. :o) Most of the
time, my adult friends will eat the stuff. The kids who used to come
and see me when I first moved here in 1977, are all grown up and have
moved away and the new ones do not know me. :o(
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baker wrote:
> It's amazing what a difference a half century can make. Back in the mid-
> fifties, before razor blades or needles or poison in apples and candy,
> many houses offered trick or treaters fruit or homemade confections. My
> mother used to make caramel apples rolled in nuts, or popcorn balls, or
> bags of caramel corn. Neighbors used to offer homemade fudge and
> homemade taffy. One elderly lady, who lived far down the street, used to
> decorate her basement like a witch's shack and wear a witch costume. She
> would invite several kids in at a time to bob for apples, and served us
> witch's punch and cookies. In our neighborhood we were encouraged to
> "perform" to win a treat, recite a short verse or sing a halloween song.
> We went up and down the street on our own, just after dark, no fear from
> possible molesters or the like, just goblins. Our costumes were usually
> homemade, too, and often quite elaborate. Masks were often the only
> purchased item we wore. Halloween was a lot of fun!
I still remember some of the people who used to make things like that when I
was a kid out trick or treating. They were the first places that we hit. As
I mentioned in a previous post, living in the country we don't get many kids
and when my son was young the only kids who came were his friends and two
other neighbour kids. I used to make candy apples or caramel corn balls.
Then I found out that the parents wouldn't let them eat them, which surprised
me because we only gave them to kids we knew well. Some time in the next few
weeks I will go out and buy three or four chocolate bars that I like and if
anyone shows up that's what they get, but if we get the usual number.... 0...
I won't have too much on left over to eat myself.
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| Melba's Jammin' |
In article <20041006085931.16860.00003902@mb-m20.aol.com>,
penmart01@aol.como (PENMART01) wrote:
> >Melba's Jammin'
> >
> >>(PENMART01) wrote:
> >>
> >> Smell my feet...
> >>
> >> Anyone begun to stock up yet on treats for the rugrats?
> >
> >Not yet. It's to my waistline's advantage to not shop until October 30
> >or 31. If, however, I see a bag of Midnight Milky Ways miniatures, I'll
> >buy a couple -- ok, fine! three -- bags and hide them under my computer
> >table.
>
> What if you hide them in the freezer... hehe
I don't like them frozen and that'd be too far away for easy access. 8-P
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 10-04-04; Sam I Am!.
"Peace will come when the power of love overcomes the love of power."
-Jimi Hendrix, and Lt. Joe Corcoran, Retired; St. Paul PD, Homicide Divn.
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| ItsJoanNotJoAnn |
axlq@spamcop.net (axlq) wrote in message news:<cjve0c$b1g$2@blue.rahul.net>...
> In article <20041005192143.15985.00004111@mb-m21.aol.com>,
> One of the companies I work with makes military camouflage suits.
> One suit in particular looks similar to this:
>
> http://striderindustries.com/images/body_veil.jpg
>
> ...it covers the full body, sleeves and mittens and hood and all,
> and it really makes you look just like a bush when you're crouching.
>
> So he borrows it from work at Halloween, dons it, crouches beside
> the front door, and when kids and parents approach, he scares the
> crap out of them. Some of them run off.
>
> -A
A friend of mine has a 6'4" son and one year he borrowed a pair of
painter stilts and donned a white kingsize sheet. He proceeded to
stand against a tree stock still and jump out at trick-or-treaters to
the delight of all except one little fellow. He was so scared he
dropped his large bag of goodies and took off running heading for the
hills. They tried to chase him down to give him back his bag of candy
and explain it was just a prank, but he was too fast for them! Hasn't
been seen since.
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One time on Usenet, penmart01@aol.como (PENMART01) said:
> Smell my feet...
Give me something good to eat.
> Anyone begun to stock up yet on treats for the rugrats?
>
> How much to you get, what kinds... how many do you expect?
We don't get any trick or treaters, but we're usually not home
anyway. Our kidling is seven now -- the prime age for scavanging
the neighborhood for treats. But we do buy one bag of candy just
in case someone shows up before we leave -- gotta be Reese's Peanut
Butter Cups...
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J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF
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| maxine in ri |
Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article <2sgorpF1l18btU2@uni-berlin.de>, zxcvbob
> <zxcvbob@charter.net> wrote:
>>
>>I usually get one huge bag of Starlight mints at Sam's Club. I think
>>it's about 6 pounds. I give each kid a little handful of mints.
>>HTH :-)
>>
>>Cheap *******ly,
>>Bob
>
>
> Say it ain't so, Bob. Pleeeeze! How many kids are so fortunate as to
> stop by your place? Bet the numbers dwindle annually . . .
My daughter will be first in line. Those are her favorite
candies! She may also be second, third, fourth, etc.....
<g>
maxine in ri
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| Gal Called J.J. |
One time on Usenet, Margaret Suran <margaret@no.spam.for.me.invalid> said:
<snip>
> BTW, there is a small bowl with fun sized candies next to my entrance
> door at all times, in case a child comes to see me. :o) Most of the
> time, my adult friends will eat the stuff. The kids who used to come
> and see me when I first moved here in 1977, are all grown up and have
> moved away and the new ones do not know me. :o(
If I lived nearer, Margaret, I'd bring my son to visit you -- he
loves nice people and I'm sure he'd be crazy about you... :-)
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J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF
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| ItsJoanNotJoAnn |
"Nexis" <nexis1@cox.net> wrote in message news:<9xH8d.291829$4o.119412@fed1read01>...
> "PENMART01" <penmart01@aol.como> wrote in message
> news:20041005192143.15985.00004111@mb-m21.aol.com...
> > Smell my feet...
> >
> > Anyone begun to stock up yet on treats for the rugrats?
> >
> > How much to you get, what kinds... how many do you expect?
> >
> >
> > ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =---
> > ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
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> > "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."
> > Sheldon
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>
> Well I always hated it when I got the cheap little candies...you know the
> starlight mints, butterscotch hard candies, that stuff. I usually just buy
> what I would have liked, and is on sale. So far I bought Junior mints,
> KitKats, a variety mini bag (Snickers, Milky Way, Milky Way Midnight, and 3
> Musketeers I think).
I always hated it when I got an apple or an orange. Dang things felt
like they weighed a ton carrying them around in my bag. That's when
it was safe to give away fruit.
Last year I had a variety pretty much like you have, lots of goodies I
love. I pour my candies out in one of those large Tupperware bowls
that's been around for ages and about the size of a washtub :-). Last
year this girl about 12 years old showed up at my door and her eyes
lit up like a Christmas tree when she saw the huge bowl and the
variety. She had the nerve to ask me if she could pick out what she
wanted! I told her no and proceeded to give her some 3 Musketeers and
Snickers or whatever I had. Then the hellion tells me she doesn't
like those. The next thing out my mouth was 'good-bye' and I
preceeded to shut the door in her face.
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One time on Usenet, mpoconnor7@aol.comnojunk (Mpoconnor7) said:
> I live in an apartment and no kids come by. I can't remember the last time a
> kid came to my door on Halloween.
The only ones we get, and rarely at that, are close neighbors.
> I remember when I was a kid we used to go out for 3 hours, starting as soon as
> it started getting dark.
To put this in context, my trick or treat escapades took place
from the late '60s to the mid '70s, in a very small town.
My father used to take a shot glass with him and hold it out for
his treat too! Apparently, driving two girls from house to house
was thirsty work. When we got older and could go alone, Sis and I
would make the rounds, change costumes, and hit everyone up again.
As I said, small town -- everyone knew it was us, but they didn't
mind. We didn't have to have our candy x-rayed or anything, but
I do remember one lady who gave out bags of homemade caramel corn
with her name on them so the parents knew it was okay.
> It was 1982 when the practice of kids going to strangers houses for Halloween
> effectively ended. About a month before Halloween that year, the Tylenol
> poisoning occured, and there were other copycat incidents across the country
> and people died from tainted products. Halloween as we knew it was cancelled
> that year. At that point, the malls picked up the slack and started handing
> out candy to kids because parents were terrified to let their kids go to every
> house in the neighborhood to get candy. I'm sure parents will take their kids
> to houses where they know the people living there, but never to people they
> don't know.
We get together with other parents and take the three kids to
local businesses (no malls here) and parties held by various
schools and community groups. It makes me sad that my son will
never get to go from house to house as we did...
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J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF
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One time on Usenet, penmart01@aol.como (PENMART01) said:
> >Melba's Jammin'
> >
> >>(PENMART01) wrote:
> >>
> >> Smell my feet...
> >>
> >> Anyone begun to stock up yet on treats for the rugrats?
> >
> >Not yet. It's to my waistline's advantage to not shop until October 30
> >or 31. If, however, I see a bag of Midnight Milky Ways miniatures, I'll
> >buy a couple -- ok, fine! three -- bags and hide them under my computer
> >table.
>
> What if you hide them in the freezer... hehe
That wouldn't work for me, I love frozen candy...
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J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF
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| Ranee Mueller |
In article <thisisbogus-BF6BE6.23332205102004@news.individual.net>,
Melba's Jammin' <thisisbogus@macbogus.com> wrote:
> The 'fun size' Snickers are popular.
Who the heck decided those tiny things were "fun sized?" IMO, a fun
sized candy bar would be 3 feet long.
Regards,
Ranee
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>> The 'fun size' Snickers are popular.
>
> Who the heck decided those tiny things were "fun sized?" IMO, a fun
>sized candy bar would be 3 feet long.
>
> Regards,
> Ranee
Well, an FM shoe expert would. hehe
---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =---
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One time on Usenet, Ranee Mueller <raneemdonot@spamharbornet.com> said:
> In article <thisisbogus-BF6BE6.23332205102004@news.individual.net>,
> Melba's Jammin' <thisisbogus@macbogus.com> wrote:
> > The 'fun size' Snickers are popular.
>
> Who the heck decided those tiny things were "fun sized?" IMO, a fun
> sized candy bar would be 3 feet long.
From:
http://www.snackspot.org/thread.php?story=0408181155sbc
"Comment: But still no sign of the legendary and elusive giant
Toblerone, snacking's equivalent of the giant squid. "
http://www.yap.com.au/artcomp/peoplechoice.php
Scroll to the bottom...
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J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF
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| Margaret Suran |
Gal Called J.J. wrote:
> One time on Usenet, Margaret Suran <margaret@no.spam.for.me.invalid> said:
>
> <snip>
>
>
>>BTW, there is a small bowl with fun sized candies next to my entrance
>>door at all times, in case a child comes to see me. :o) Most of the
>>time, my adult friends will eat the stuff. The kids who used to come
>>and see me when I first moved here in 1977, are all grown up and have
>>moved away and the new ones do not know me. :o(
>
>
> If I lived nearer, Margaret, I'd bring my son to visit you -- he
> loves nice people and I'm sure he'd be crazy about you... :-)
>
>
Why, thank you. I live in New York City and if you happen to live
near me, please, do come. Candy for your son and chocolate chip
cookies for you. M
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Sheldon wrote:
> Anyone begun to stock up yet on treats for the rugrats?
>
> How much to you get, what kinds... how many do you expect?
I'm usually on vacation over Halloween; last Halloween was the first one I'd
spent at home since buying my house five years ago. I didn't put all that
much effort into decorating, just closed the blinds and had blood-red lights
shining through, while some *very* eerie music was playing (creaking doors,
chanting, quasi-demonic voices, and so forth). Mother Nature cooperated by
sending some mist and light drizzle. If I'm home this year, I'll see about
putting a fog machine by my attic vent, so I can pour fog over my front
porch.
I give away the *good* candy, king-sized Reeses, Dove chocolate bars,
full-sized Kit Kat bars, and whatever else *I* like. I had over a hundred
kids come by (though I suspect some of them were "repeat customers"). I
won't buy any candy this year until I know for sure that I'm going to be
home, and I won't make up my mind about that until a week before Halloween.
Bob
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One time on Usenet, Margaret Suran <margaret@no.spam.for.me.invalid> said:
> Gal Called J.J. wrote:
> > One time on Usenet, Margaret Suran <margaret@no.spam.for.me.invalid> said:
> >
> > <snip>
> >>BTW, there is a small bowl with fun sized candies next to my entrance
> >>door at all times, in case a child comes to see me. :o) Most of the
> >>time, my adult friends will eat the stuff. The kids who used to come
> >>and see me when I first moved here in 1977, are all grown up and have
> >>moved away and the new ones do not know me. :o(
> > If I lived nearer, Margaret, I'd bring my son to visit you -- he
> > loves nice people and I'm sure he'd be crazy about you... :-)
> Why, thank you. I live in New York City and if you happen to live
> near me, please, do come. Candy for your son and chocolate chip
> cookies for you. M
Unfortunately, we live clear on the other coast, otherwise I
would definitely take you up on that. Although Barb claims you
have a dark side, I'm sure she's just exaggerating... <kidding>
--
J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF
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Goomba38 <goomba38@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<6dCdnQf998m5sP7cRVn-sw@comcast.com>...
> PENMART01 wrote:
>
> > Smell my feet...
> >
> > Anyone begun to stock up yet on treats for the rugrats?
> >
> > How much to you get, what kinds... how many do you expect?
> >
>
> No wayyyyyyyyyy... if I bought it now you *know*
> I'd be eating it ahead of time. Of course it helps
> if you buy stuff you don't like, but...what fun is
> that?? LOL
We had over 100 goblins last year. So we will be stocking up in a
couple weeks - gotta hit the sales. We give out a few pieces each.
The weirdest TOT we experienced was in San Jose from '00 - '02 - over
300 people - and I say people because we got 16 & 17 year-olds,
adults, etc. Freaking ridiculous. You have to give them candy
because they will otherwise scratch your car, throw crap in your pool,
etc.
-L.
(Who has her own little goblin for the first time :*) - he will be
going as Super Baby)
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usenetlyn@yahoo.com (-L. :)
news:d8d786de.0410062257.35f3a105@posting.google.com:
> Goomba38 <goomba38@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:<6dCdnQf998m5sP7cRVn-sw@comcast.com>...
>> PENMART01 wrote:
>>
>> > Smell my feet...
>> >
>> > Anyone begun to stock up yet on treats for the rugrats?
>> >
>> > How much to you get, what kinds... how many do you expect?
>> >
>>
>> No wayyyyyyyyyy... if I bought it now you *know*
>> I'd be eating it ahead of time. Of course it helps
>> if you buy stuff you don't like, but...what fun is
>> that?? LOL
>
>
> We had over 100 goblins last year. So we will be stocking up in a
> couple weeks - gotta hit the sales. We give out a few pieces each.
>
> The weirdest TOT we experienced was in San Jose from '00 - '02 - over
> 300 people - and I say people because we got 16 & 17 year-olds,
> adults, etc. Freaking ridiculous. You have to give them candy
> because they will otherwise scratch your car, throw crap in your pool,
> etc.
>
> -L.
> (Who has her own little goblin for the first time :*) - he will be
> going as Super Baby)
>
We used to trick or treat with shot glasses. We would go up and down the
floors of the condo building. It was a scream and I needed an ambulance to
get me back to the 24th floor. All Steven had to do was keep me off the
terrace lest I fall off.
Michael
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"I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full house
and four people died.
-Steven Wright
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| Tara |
On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 12:11:35 GMT, baker <baker@wetnet.com> wrote:
>It's amazing what a difference a half century can make. Back in the mid-
>fifties, before razor blades or needles or poison in apples and candy,
>many houses offered trick or treaters fruit or homemade confections. My
>mother used to make caramel apples rolled in nuts, or popcorn balls, or
>bags of caramel corn. Neighbors used to offer homemade fudge and
>homemade taffy. One elderly lady, who lived far down the street, used to
>decorate her basement like a witch's shack and wear a witch costume. She
>would invite several kids in at a time to bob for apples, and served us
>witch's punch and cookies. In our neighborhood we were encouraged to
>"perform" to win a treat, recite a short verse or sing a halloween song.
>We went up and down the street on our own, just after dark, no fear from
>possible molesters or the like, just goblins. Our costumes were usually
>homemade, too, and often quite elaborate. Masks were often the only
>purchased item we wore. Halloween was a lot of fun!
Not even a half century. This was my Halloween experience, too, in
the mid seventies to early eighties. The Tylenol scare changed all
that in my neighborhood and school.
Tara
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| Melba's Jammin' |
In article <d8d786de.0410062257.35f3a105@posting.google.com>,
usenetlyn@yahoo.com (-L. :) wrote:
(snip)
> The weirdest TOT we experienced was in San Jose from '00 - '02 - over
> 300 people - and I say people because we got 16 & 17 year-olds,
> adults, etc.
Make it fun. Chat 'em up. Work up a current events or civics quiz for
them to pass before getting the candy.
> Freaking ridiculous.
Any more ridiculous than taking an infant Trick or Treating?
> -L.
> (Who has her own little goblin for the first time :*) - he will be
> going as Super Baby)
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-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 10-04-04; Sam I Am!.
"Peace will come when the power of love overcomes the love of power."
-Jimi Hendrix, and Lt. Joe Corcoran, Retired; St. Paul PD, Homicide Divn.
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| Dog3 |
Melba's Jammin' <thisisbogus@macbogus.com> news:thisisbogus-
9F5745.09194407102004@news.individual.net:
> In article <d8d786de.0410062257.35f3a105@posting.google.com>,
> usenetlyn@yahoo.com (-L. :) wrote:
> (snip)
>> The weirdest TOT we experienced was in San Jose from '00 - '02 - over
>> 300 people - and I say people because we got 16 & 17 year-olds,
>> adults, etc.
>
> Make it fun. Chat 'em up. Work up a current events or civics quiz for
> them to pass before getting the candy.
>
>> Freaking ridiculous.
>
> Any more ridiculous than taking an infant Trick or Treating?
>
>> -L.
>> (Who has her own little goblin for the first time :*) - he will be
>> going as Super Baby)
We now have about 3 kids living in the cul de sac. I'm itching to get them
over here to scare them. The one little girl is really mean and I'll bet
she'll be a blast. She'll probably mace me. I like the current events idea.
I also want to scream BOO!
Michael <- still down with this pneumonia thing
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"I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full house
and four people died.
-Steven Wright
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| Gal Called J.J. |
One time on Usenet, Melba's Jammin' <thisisbogus@macbogus.com> said:
> In article <d8d786de.0410062257.35f3a105@posting.google.com>,
> usenetlyn@yahoo.com (-L. :) wrote:
> (snip)
> > The weirdest TOT we experienced was in San Jose from '00 - '02 - over
> > 300 people - and I say people because we got 16 & 17 year-olds,
> > adults, etc.
>
> Make it fun. Chat 'em up. Work up a current events or civics quiz for
> them to pass before getting the candy.
I remember your mentioning that last year, Barb -- it's a great idea.
> > Freaking ridiculous.
>
> Any more ridiculous than taking an infant Trick or Treating?
I have to confess, we took our son when he was only 3 months
old. We created pea pod costume for him; my niece, dressed as
a farmer, carried him up to their neighbor's doors. They were a
huge success, but we didn't take him again until he was 4 or 5.
BTW, the cousins got all the candy...
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J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF
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| -L. : |
Melba's Jammin' <thisisbogus@macbogus.com> wrote in message news:<thisisbogus-9F5745.09194407102004@news.individual.net>...
> In article <d8d786de.0410062257.35f3a105@posting.google.com>,
> usenetlyn@yahoo.com (-L. :) wrote:
> (snip)
> > The weirdest TOT we experienced was in San Jose from '00 - '02 - over
> > 300 people - and I say people because we got 16 & 17 year-olds,
> > adults, etc.
>
> Make it fun. Chat 'em up. Work up a current events or civics quiz for
> them to pass before getting the candy.
Yeah, right. TOT is for kids - not greedy adults. Some people
don't seem to understand this. I highly doubt most of these people
know what the word "civics" means.
>
> > Freaking ridiculous.
>
> Any more ridiculous than taking an infant Trick or Treating?
If your comment was directed at me because I said I finally have a
child to dress for Halloween, that was pretty ****ty. We struggled
with infertility and suffered malpractice during the process - I
waited a long time for him (4 years) and received him through the gift
of adoption. And you can bet your sweet ass I will dress him up for
Halloween - it's a big deal for us. Not that I owe you an
explanation, but for the record, he's not going TOTing for Halloween.
He's attending a neighbor's Halloween party to raise money for Unicef.
-L.
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| Scrooge |
I grew up in a small town (population 1900), and "Trick or Treated" in
the middle to late 40's.
We got apples, candy; one lady gave out nickels; the Jewish clothing
store owner always said if we were hungry he'd feed us, and offered
fried chicken and fixin's. The worst "trick" we pulled was soaping the
windows of the few who didn't offer treats, and we thought we were
really bad!
One year, after I'd grown up, we stopped at some friends with drink
glasses, and they treated us alcoholically then decided to join us. A
couple of houses later we were joined by another couple and we wound
up with a great party!
Where we live now is an affluent older neighborhood with large lots
and few little people. In the last 10 years I doubt we've had that
many trick or treaters.
Oh, and one year in New Jersey we had half a dozen teeny-boppers on
the front porch demanding cigarettes!
Scrooge.
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| Goomba38 |
-L. : wrote:
>>Any more ridiculous than taking an infant Trick or Treating?
>
>
> If your comment was directed at me because I said I finally have a
> child to dress for Halloween, that was pretty ****ty. We struggled
> with infertility and suffered malpractice during the process - I
> waited a long time for him (4 years) and received him through the gift
> of adoption. And you can bet your sweet ass I will dress him up for
> Halloween - it's a big deal for us. Not that I owe you an
> explanation, but for the record, he's not going TOTing for Halloween.
> He's attending a neighbor's Halloween party to raise money for Unicef.
>
> -L.
Good grief.. talk about over reaction as well as
interpretation problems. I understood Barb's
intent immediately. No one was talking about you.
Great. You have a kid now. The issue was about
infants being taken door to door to garner candy
at Halloween. Just _who_ is eating this candy, you
wonder??
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| Melba's Jammin' |
In article <d8d786de.0410071135.26adcba0@posting.google.com>,
usenetlyn@yahoo.com (-L. :) wrote:
> Melba's Jammin' <thisisbogus@macbogus.com> wrote in message
> news:<thisisbogus-9F5745.09194407102004@news.individual.net>...
> > In article <d8d786de.0410062257.35f3a105@posting.google.com>,
> > usenetlyn@yahoo.com (-L. :) wrote:
> > (snip)
> > > The weirdest TOT we experienced was in San Jose from '00 - '02 - over
> > > 300 people - and I say people because we got 16 & 17 year-olds,
> > > adults, etc.
> > Make it fun. Chat 'em up. Work up a current events or civics quiz for
> > them to pass before getting the candy.
>
> Yeah, right. TOT is for kids - not greedy adults. Some people
> don't seem to understand this.
I surely do agree about greedy adults. I think I'd tell them that I
didn't plan treats for adults (although about three years ago I did give
the parents a jar of jam) and was saving it for the kids, and ask them
to introduce themselves and shake hands and all.
I don't consider teenagers to be adults though and am willing to have
some fun with them. So make it a teachable moment. If your objective
is to have a fun Halloween, I think you have to go with the flow, even
if it grates. I don't especially like to see teens out begging candy
but it doesn't look like I'm going to change them. So I adapt. I make
THAT part of Halloween something that I DO enjoy. I'm good at chatting
them up and making it fun. And when they leave my house, they've at
least heard who our US Senators are, who's running for President, who
Howard Dean is, and who the mayor of our community is.
> I highly doubt most of these people know what the word "civics"
> means.
So educate them. Here's a short definition: :civˇics n
the study of the rights and duties of citizens (takes a singular verb)"
(snip)
> > Any more ridiculous than taking an infant Trick or Treating?
> If your comment was directed at me because I said I finally have a
> child to dress for Halloween, that was pretty ****ty.
I regret that you were offended.
You didn't say you "finally have a child to dress for Halloween," L.
The subject line of this thread is Trick or Treat. Here's what
followed your sig: "(Who has her own little goblin for the first time
:*) - he will be going as Super Baby)" I interpreted that to mean
you'd have him out for Tricks or Treats.
> We struggled with infertility and suffered malpractice during the
> process - I waited a long time for him (4 years) and received him
> through the gift of adoption. And you can bet your sweet ass I will
> dress him up for Halloween - it's a big deal for us. Not that I owe
> you an explanation, but for the record, he's not going TOTing for
> Halloween. He's attending a neighbor's Halloween party to raise money
> for Unicef.
> -L.
I can only imagine the heartache of your situation and all that it
entailed--I'm sorry you had to endure all that. And I'm delighted and
thrilled for you, yours, the little muffin, and all the adoring
relatives who I'm sure have welcomed him into the fold. God bless you
all. My daughter has a calendar on her wall and the one for the year
2002 has all kinds of jotted remarks throughout on the various dates
that my Blue Ribbon Granddaughter learned a new trick. :-) And the
one for 2003 has jots about words and phrases: "Daddy no'ed me!" when
she ran to her mom after her daddy had told her "no" about something.
That's probably my favorite. Unless, of course, when it's reported to
me that she wakes up and says, "I want Baba come my house. Now." "-)
Have a good life with your little one, L. They DO grow up too fast.
And enjoy your Halloween party with him, too. I'm sure he'll charm the
socks off everyone. If you don't have a camcorder and a digital
camera, get one of each. The digicam is great for sharing pix (and
there are a number of inexpensive websites that will let you post them
<access can be controlled by password> so you don't have to mail big
files to friends and fam. And the camcorder makes for great home
movies. The BRG loves to watch videos of herself when she was a baby.
Go figure.
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 10-04-04; Sam I Am!.
"Peace will come when the power of love overcomes the love of power."
-Jimi Hendrix, and Lt. Joe Corcoran, Retired; St. Paul PD, Homicide Divn.
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Until 8 Halloweens ago I lived in Chicago, where many reports of pins in
candy bars and razor blade pieces in apples were reported. All of the
parents I knew simply tossed the candy as soon as their little beggars
brought home their bags of treats. What a waste.
So I decided to buy cases of pop (soda for the states that call it that)
to hand out. I get really great responses from the kids as they are
usually thirsty from all the walking and steps they climb etc. The older
kids especially thank me.
I now live in Oregon where an empty pop can gets a 5=A2 deposit return,
so the kids here wind up with a double treat.
The dollar stores have (thin) colouring books that I like to give to the
real little ones who might not be able to carry the heavy pop can around
all evening...I have gotten them for as little as 10=A2 each.
I also am not good at having candy bars around, I think I'd turn off all
my lighted decorations, close the drapes and pig out...
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Goomba38 <goomba38@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<YomdnalnGJXlCfvcRVn-sw@comcast.com>...
> -L. : wrote:
>
> >>Any more ridiculous than taking an infant Trick or Treating?
> >
> >
> > If your comment was directed at me because I said I finally have a
> > child to dress for Halloween, that was pretty ****ty. We struggled
> > with infertility and suffered malpractice during the process - I
> > waited a long time for him (4 years) and received him through the gift
> > of adoption. And you can bet your sweet ass I will dress him up for
> > Halloween - it's a big deal for us. Not that I owe you an
> > explanation, but for the record, he's not going TOTing for Halloween.
> > He's attending a neighbor's Halloween party to raise money for Unicef.
> >
> > -L.
>
> Good grief.. talk about over reaction as well as
> interpretation problems.
It was a semantics issue. You can see my reply to her. But thanks
for your 0.02 nonetheless.
>I understood Barb's
> intent immediately. No one was talking about you.
Um, well, yes she was, based on her further explanation.
> Great. You have a kid now. The issue was about
> infants being taken door to door to garner candy
> at Halloween. Just _who_ is eating this candy, you
> wonder??
I wonder that as well and personally think it is in poor taste to do
so. But not as offensive as adults and teenagers.
-L.
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Melba's Jammin' <thisisbogus@macbogus.com> wrote in message news:<thisisbogus-35E762.09205808102004@news.individual.net>...
> In article <d8d786de.0410071135.26adcba0@posting.google.com>,
> usenetlyn@yahoo.com (-L. :) wrote:
>
> > Melba's Jammin' <thisisbogus@macbogus.com> wrote in message
> > news:<thisisbogus-9F5745.09194407102004@news.individual.net>...
> > > In article <d8d786de.0410062257.35f3a105@posting.google.com>,
> > > usenetlyn@yahoo.com (-L. :) wrote:
> > > (snip)
> > > > The weirdest TOT we experienced was in San Jose from '00 - '02 - over
> > > > 300 people - and I say people because we got 16 & 17 year-olds,
> > > > adults, etc.
>
> > > Make it fun. Chat 'em up. Work up a current events or civics quiz for
> > > them to pass before getting the candy.
> >
> > Yeah, right. TOT is for kids - not greedy adults. Some people
> > don't seem to understand this.
>
> I surely do agree about greedy adults. I think I'd tell them that I
> didn't plan treats for adults (although about three years ago I did give
> the parents a jar of jam) and was saving it for the kids, and ask them
> to introduce themselves and shake hands and all.
LOL...well if I spoke enough Spanish to do so I would. As it is I can
travel in Mexico but that's about the extent of my capabilities. I
sometimes wonder if some of the people who do this don't understand
the custom of TOTing in the US - that it may be a cultural thing. I
no longer live there, so it's a moot point, now, for us. What I
really objected to was them trashing people's property when they
didn't get candy. They got our neighbor's car pretty good year before
last, and we ended up with dog poop in our pool the year before that.
>
> I don't consider teenagers to be adults though and am willing to have
> some fun with them. So make it a teachable moment. If your objective
> is to have a fun Halloween, I think you have to go with the flow, even
> if it grates. I don't especially like to see teens out begging candy
> but it doesn't look like I'm going to change them. So I adapt. I make
> THAT part of Halloween something that I DO enjoy. I'm good at chatting
> them up and making it fun. And when they leave my house, they've at
> least heard who our US Senators are, who's running for President, who
> Howard Dean is, and who the mayor of our community is.
>
> > I highly doubt most of these people know what the word "civics"
> > means.
>
> So educate them. Here's a short definition: :civˇics n
> the study of the rights and duties of citizens (takes a singular verb)"
>
> (snip)
> > > Any more ridiculous than taking an infant Trick or Treating?
>
> > If your comment was directed at me because I said I finally have a
> > child to dress for Halloween, that was pretty ****ty.
>
> I regret that you were offended.
> You didn't say you "finally have a child to dress for Halloween," L.
> The subject line of this thread is Trick or Treat. Here's what
> followed your sig: "(Who has her own little goblin for the first time
> :*) - he will be going as Super Baby)" I interpreted that to mean
> you'd have him out for Tricks or Treats.
Sorry, it's a semantics thing. We say "what are you going as for
Halloween?" meaning "what character are you dressing as?" or "I'm
going as a witch", etc. I know it's improper English, but there you
go. So when I said he would be "going as Super Baby" I meant he
would be dressing as Super Baby - not that he was going TOTing.
Sorry for the confusion - my bad. I tend to forget my audience
sometimes and just type (e.g.: the PDX backlash). Probably doesn't
help that I am usually posting in the wee hours, as well. ;)
>
> > We struggled with infertility and suffered malpractice during the
> > process - I waited a long time for him (4 years) and received him
> > through the gift of adoption. And you can bet your sweet ass I will
> > dress him up for Halloween - it's a big deal for us. Not that I owe
> > you an explanation, but for the record, he's not going TOTing for
> > Halloween. He's attending a neighbor's Halloween party to raise money
> > for Unicef.
>
> > -L.
>
> I can only imagine the heartache of your situation and all that it
> entailed--I'm sorry you had to endure all that. And I'm delighted and
> thrilled for you, yours, the little muffin, and all the adoring
> relatives who I'm sure have welcomed him into the fold. God bless you
> all. My daughter has a calendar on her wall and the one for the year
> 2002 has all kinds of jotted remarks throughout on the various dates
> that my Blue Ribbon Granddaughter learned a new trick. :-) And the
> one for 2003 has jots about words and phrases: "Daddy no'ed me!" when
> she ran to her mom after her daddy had told her "no" about something.
> That's probably my favorite. Unless, of course, when it's reported to
> me that she wakes up and says, "I want Baba come my house. Now." "-)
Cute. :) Thanks for your kind words. I definitely over reacted.
Sorry about that.
>
> Have a good life with your little one, L. They DO grow up too fast.
> And enjoy your Halloween party with him, too. I'm sure he'll charm the
> socks off everyone. If you don't have a camcorder and a digital
> camera, get one of each. The digicam is great for sharing pix (and
> there are a number of inexpensive websites that will let you post them
> <access can be controlled by password> so you don't have to mail big
> files to friends and fam. And the camcorder makes for great home
> movies. The BRG loves to watch videos of herself when she was a baby.
> Go figure.
We have both. We take try to take a pic of him every day. Daddy's a
computer hardware engineer and designs video chips, so this is his
forte. Me, I just point and click. ;)
Sorry again for gettinmg bent out of shape. I think it was just a
misunderstanding/semanitcs thing. And FWIW, I think using the baby as
an excuse to beg for candy is ridiculous as well - but then I don't
believe in huge birthday parties for infants, publishing wish lists
for gifts, and other things like that.
-L.
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-L. : wrote:
> Goomba38 <goomba38@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:<YomdnalnGJXlCfvcRVn-sw@comcast.com>...
>
>> -L. : wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> Any more ridiculous than taking an infant Trick or Treating?
>>>
>>>
>>> If your comment was directed at me because I said I finally
>>> have a child to dress for Halloween, that was pretty ****ty.
>>> We struggled with infertility and suffered malpractice during
>>> the process - I waited a long time for him (4 years) and
>>> received him through the gift of adoption. And you can bet
>>> your sweet ass I will dress him up for Halloween - it's a big
>>> deal for us. Not that I owe you an explanation, but for the
>>> record, he's not going TOTing for Halloween. He's attending a
>>> neighbor's Halloween party to raise money for Unicef.
>>>
>>> -L.
>>
>> Good grief.. talk about over reaction as well as interpretation
>> problems.
>
>
> It was a semantics issue. You can see my reply to her. But thanks
> for your 0.02 nonetheless.
>
>
>> I understood Barb's intent immediately. No one was talking about
>> you.
>
>
> Um, well, yes she was, based on her further explanation.
>
>
>> Great. You have a kid now. The issue was about infants being
>> taken door to door to garner candy at Halloween. Just _who_ is
>> eating this candy, you wonder??
>
>
> I wonder that as well and personally think it is in poor taste to
> do so. But not as offensive as adults and teenagers.
>
> -L.
Nobody has addressed the most important facet of infants and babies
being dressed up and visiting along with the older kids: The joy the
older people derive from seeing their new little neighbors. I have so
much pleasure when the tiny ones come around on Halloween, I make
certain the parents in my building know it. Every year, a day or two
before Halloween, a large sheet of paper is displayed in each of the
three parts of our high rise building. It is on the tables in the
three mailbox alcoves and only the people who want Trick and Trickers
to come, fill in their names, apartment numbers and the time it will
be convenient for them to give out treats.
I am so eager to see the the little ones, I always write "treats for
infants and babies" and I prepare little rattles or board books or
other stuff I pick up inexpensively during the year. There are so
many born since last Halloween, at times I run out of those treats,
but the parents don't care and the babies are too young to know that
they did not get anything. As it is, the parents get freshly baked
chocolate chip cookies.
I love Halloween.
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| Melba's Jammin' |
In article <d8d786de.0410081630.775ef806@posting.google.com>,
usenetlyn@yahoo.com (-L. :) wrote:
> Melba's Jammin' <thisisbogus@macbogus.com> wrote in message
> news:<thisisbogus-35E762.09205808102004@news.individual.net>...
> > I surely do agree about greedy adults. I think I'd tell them that
> > I didn't plan treats for adults (although about three years ago I
> > did give the parents a jar of jam) and was saving it for the kids,
> > and ask them to introduce themselves and shake hands and all.
> What I really objected to was them trashing people's property when
> they didn't get candy. They got our neighbor's car pretty good year
> before last, and we ended up with dog poop in our pool the year
> before that.
What a bunch of losers. I don't have adults ringing my doorbell without
a kid in tow. And I chat up the teens and "play" with them because I
like them, and for their goodwill - to ward off vandalism.
(snip)
> > I can only imagine the heartache of your situation and all that it
> > entailed--I'm sorry you had to endure all that. And I'm delighted and
(snip)
> Cute. :) Thanks for your kind words. I definitely over reacted.
> Sorry about that.
No hay problema.
> >If you don't have a camcorder and a digital camera, get one of each.
> Daddy's a computer hardware engineer and designs video chips, so this
> is his forte.
Well, shoot, it doesn't get much better than that! (*^;^*)
> Sorry again for gettinmg bent out of shape.
Apology accepted.
> but then I don't believe in huge birthday parties for infants,
> publishing wish lists for gifts, and other things like that.
I'm with you on big parties for littles who know nada. But the wish
list thang. . . . I don't mind. I always hope that the recipient will
enjoy the gift I enjoyed buying/making. And getting a clue for what it
might be is very helpful. And I really like them when I'm shopping for
a kid. Without, I am clueless. <=:0)
OB Food: The Baby Ruths are gone and there's a dent in the Almond Joys.
Oy vey.
* Exported from MasterCook Mac *
Berry Good Cider
Recipe By : Newspaper? Don't know. Posted to r.f.c by Barb
Schaller 10-8-04
Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Beverages
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 quart apple cider
1 quart cranberry juice cocktail
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup orange juice
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 teaspoon whole cloves
1 stick cinnamon -- broken
Combine and heat. Makes 2 quarts.
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-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 10-04-04; Sam I Am!.
"Peace will come when the power of love overcomes the love of power."
-Jimi Hendrix, and Lt. Joe Corcoran, Retired; St. Paul PD, Homicide Divn.
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previously in rfc, Margaret Suran <margaret@no.spam.for.me.invalid> wrote:
>
> Nobody has addressed the most important facet of infants and babies
> being dressed up and visiting along with the older kids: The joy the
> older people derive from seeing their new little neighbors. I have so
> much pleasure when the tiny ones come around on Halloween, I make
> certain the parents in my building know it. Every year, a day or two
> before Halloween, a large sheet of paper is displayed in each of the
> three parts of our high rise building. It is on the tables in the
> three mailbox alcoves and only the people who want Trick and Trickers
> to come, fill in their names, apartment numbers and the time it will
> be convenient for them to give out treats.
I used to love trick or treating with my kids in the city (they're teens
now - so it's been a few years). We live in a small building; nobody
knocks on our door, there aren't any other kids here, but every year we'd
either go down to my parents' apartment and trick or treat at the
apartments on the sign-up sheet, or we'd trick or treat with a friend in
his or her big building.
I also love seeing the tiniest ones in their costumes. Who cares if the
mother eats the candy! Heh. I may be biased as I've spent years eating my
kids Halloween and Christmas candy. :)
>
> I am so eager to see the the little ones, I always write "treats for
> infants and babies" and I prepare little rattles or board books or
> other stuff I pick up inexpensively during the year. There are so
> many born since last Halloween, at times I run out of those treats,
> but the parents don't care and the babies are too young to know that
> they did not get anything. As it is, the parents get freshly baked
> chocolate chip cookies.
>
> I love Halloween.
>
In my neighborhood (York Avenue) the stores all have candy ready for the
kids as well. Especially the mom and pop's - the video store, the deli,
the tiny pet store...
Lots of fun, and very few tricks, really. Mostly treats.
-Claudia
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CJB wrote:
> In my neighborhood (York Avenue) the stores all have candy ready for the
> kids as well. Especially the mom and pop's - the video store, the deli,
> the tiny pet store...
>
> Lots of fun, and very few tricks, really. Mostly treats.
>
> -Claudia
>
Claudia, Do you live on York Avenue in NYC? Where? I live in the
70's right off First Avenue. We are most likely neighbors. :o)
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previously in rfc, Margaret Suran <margaret@no.spam.for.me.invalid>
wrote:
>
>
> CJB wrote:
>
>> In my neighborhood (York Avenue) the stores all have candy ready for
>> the kids as well. Especially the mom and pop's - the video store,
>> the deli, the tiny pet store...
>>
>> Lots of fun, and very few tricks, really. Mostly treats.
>>
>> -Claudia
>>
>
> Claudia, Do you live on York Avenue in NYC? Where? I live in the
> 70's right off First Avenue. We are most likely neighbors. :o)
>
>
I do! I live right off York on 75th. I've been in this neighborhood
forever! :)
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Margaret Suran <margaret@no.spam.for.me.invalid> wrote in message news:<ck7chf0fb7@news4.newsguy.com>...
> Nobody has addressed the most important facet of infants and babies
> being dressed up and visiting along with the older kids: The joy the
> older people derive from seeing their new little neighbors. I have so
> much pleasure when the tiny ones come around on Halloween, I make
> certain the parents in my building know it. Every year, a day or two
> before Halloween, a large sheet of paper is displayed in each of the
> three parts of our high rise building. It is on the tables in the
> three mailbox alcoves and only the people who want Trick and Trickers
> to come, fill in their names, apartment numbers and the time it will
> be convenient for them to give out treats.
That's nice - that way the TOTers aren't disturbing people who don't
want to be disturbed.
>
> I am so eager to see the the little ones, I always write "treats for
> infants and babies" and I prepare little rattles or board books or
> other stuff I pick up inexpensively during the year. There are so
> many born since last Halloween, at times I run out of those treats,
> but the parents don't care and the babies are too young to know that
> they did not get anything. As it is, the parents get freshly baked
> chocolate chip cookies.
>
> I love Halloween.
I do too. :) We have a couple of "older" friends we will visit on
Halloween - they love seeing him even when it isn't a Holiday.
-L.
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Claudia, the back entrance of the building in which I live is on 75th
Street! You live about one block away from where I do.
So, are you going to come and say "hello" on November 6th, when
Barbara Schaller and Dog3 are having an Open House Brunch in my
apartment? You can come and go as you please, have something to eat
and drink and stay or leave, but do come and meet everybody. The
guest list is not complete yet, but you will meet several people you
already know from their posts, Jack, Sue, Stan, Boron, Maxine in R.I.
and several more.
Do you live in the same block where The Red Tulip Hungarian restaurant
used to be? It had gypsy music, but the food was not as good as other
Hungarian and Czech places that abounded here thirty or forty years
ago. Now that they closed, I miss them.
M
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| Melba's Jammin' |
In article <ck7chf0fb7@news4.newsguy.com>, Margaret Suran
<margaret@no.spam.for.me.invalid> wrote:
> Nobody has addressed the most important facet of infants and babies
> being dressed up and visiting along with the older kids: The joy the
> older people derive from seeing their new little neighbors.
Sure. The little ones are cute. But I want them walking to my door
under their own power, not carried because they're 8 months old.
Color me Cranky. :-)
> I am so eager to see the the little ones, I always write "treats for
> infants and babies" and I prepare little rattles or board books or
> other stuff I pick up inexpensively during the year.
So when are you going to come to Minnesota and meet the BRG in person?
Eh?
>There are so many born since last Halloween, at times I run out of
>those treats, but the parents don't care and the babies are too young
>to know that they did not get anything. As it is, the parents get
>freshly baked chocolate chip cookies.
You surprise me, Margaret. At least you could offer them a glass of red
wine. I mean, you've got cases of it stashed under the bed. . . . <g>
>
> I love Halloween.
And the world loves you, Kid.
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 10-04-04; Sam I Am!.
"Peace will come when the power of love overcomes the love of power."
-Jimi Hendrix, and Lt. Joe Corcoran, Retired; St. Paul PD, Homicide Divn.
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| Melba's Jammin' |
In article <d8d786de.0410082232.7e6098ba@posting.google.com>,
usenetlyn@yahoo.com (-L. :) wrote:
> Margaret Suran <margaret@no.spam.for.me.invalid> wrote in message
> news:<ck7chf0fb7@news4.newsguy.com>...
>
> > It is on the tables in the three mailbox alcoves and only the
> > people who want Trick and Trickers to come, fill in their names,
> > apartment numbers and the time it will be convenient for them to
> > give out treats.
> That's nice - that way the TOTers aren't disturbing people who don't
> want to be disturbed.
Around here, the "signal" is to turn on your porch/outside/yard light.
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