had over 200 trick or treeters tonight. And 10lbs of candy went fast but enjoyed seeing the little guys and gals the 2-6 year olds they were so into it.
had over 200 trick or treeters tonight. And 10lbs of candy went fast but enjoyed seeing the little guys and gals the 2-6 year olds they were so into it.
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Anyone else out there a big fan of carving jack-o-lanterns? I look forward to it every Halloween.
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All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Halloween is getting quieter around here year by year....... the municipality enacted a bylaw outlawing fireworks 2 years ago....the bastards.....taking the fun out of it around here!!!
Why,driving into a brick wall at 60 miles per hour, would I expect it not to hurt!
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We had 15. Including Little Miss Field Day & a friend from school who went out together.
Part of the reason was recent news reports that some person has been trying to lure kids into his white mini-van over the last two weeks. There have been about a dozen reported incidents (one of which turned out to be a hoax), one of which happened in another community in LMFD's school district, and two of which happened in neighboring communities.
So the 2 hour trick-or-treat window saw several fire trucks and police cars (all with lights a'blazin') patrolling the local streets every 10 minutes or so.
Most of the groups of kids we see every year never materialized. Even the older kids had their parents trailing them. (LMFD doesn't know that Lucy Furr and I, ah, tailed them. Officially I was walking the dog... at the boss's rather insistent request)
Nothing like a little fear courtesy of a misbehaving adult to ruin a good time for the kids.
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Police and fire dpt. were patroling here too in fact they stoped by because Bonnie (XYL) always makes popcorn balls so they have to get their 'fix" for the year :) I always sit out side as well as a few others and keep our eyes out for any trouble and the night went paceful. Sad as you say Adults have to ruin a good time for the children.Originally Posted by W3WN
didnt see any here.
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D handed out all six bags of candy I bought. It was busier here this year than last year. This neighborhood is crazy. Our house doesn't get as much traffic as many around here because we have an empty lot next door and the houses aren't close together at our end anyway, so a lot of kids don't bother coming to this end of the block. 100 feet away at Elm Cross though, there are literally hundreds. The Elm Cross kids go together and three or four of us parents go together with them. I think our group was about 15 this year, even with my son missing (he was at his friend's house in another neighborhood).
We had 596 kids here. I am glad they stopped, we only had 600 pieces of candy. Kinda cut that one close. All the kids said we had the best candy (that makes 5 years running).
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The best ones are opened with a smile"
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Our neighborhood is on the good side of the tracks from crappy areas of Rio Linda and Sac County.
There's not a lot of children in this neighborhood, yet last year we had tons of Trick or Treaters, most from out of the area. The ones that I didn't like were older teenage boys who made a minimal effort at dressing up and kicked off this "Trick or Treat, Pal" attitude. Too many of those types, so this year, I moved the cars out of the driveway, shut down the lights and we watched the Giants roll the Rangers. No one even knocked.
BTW, Ron, I see why you were pissed when the Pirates traded Freddy Sanchez. That guy is intense and hustles on every play. I hope the Giants re-sign him. Did see that look on Sanchez' face when Aubrey Huff hit the home run? Priceless.
There's a reason why Freddy Sanchez and Jack Wilson were the best double-play combination in the National League if not MLB. The Giants are only now finding out what we knew for years. But they were traded for kibble & bitz for financial reasons... the Pirates ownership didn't want to pay them anything close to what they were worth, and their agents (as is their job) wouldn' let them sign for peanuts.
And Jack has had a bad year due to injuries. I suspect his career doesn't have much longer to go; I hope I'm wrong on that.
But things happen for a reason. Had Freddy stayed with the team, we would never have found out how good Neal Walker was at 2nd base (they'd still be trying to figure out what to do with him, at the wrong position yet, at AAA -- or would have released him outright). Neil is a worthy successor to Freddy.
But we miss Freddy.
And we no longer have a shortstop you can count on.
But we should discuss that in another thread.
Now back to your Halloween Candy thread, already in progress.
“Nobody is going to feel sorry for us. 90% of the people don’t care, the other 10% are glad it happened.” — Clint Hurdle, 2019
BAN THE DH!
Fudd's First Law of Opposition: If you push something hard enough, it WILL fall down.
Teslacle's Deviant to Fudd's Law: It goes in, it must go out.
"The 2020 election wasn't stolen, and speaking the truth is only a crime in countries ruled by tyrants" - Liz Cheney
“Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Trump golfed.” — Bernie Sanders
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