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Reply to: #47040 by Green Tortuga
Nov 1, 2006 4:14am
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Quote I've never thought of counting the kiddos as they come.


In our case, if you fill 150 bags of treats, it's not very hard to do the math. It helps to know so you plan for enough (especially if you regularly have a mob.)
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Reply to: #47060 by Cape Cod Lightning Bug
Nov 1, 2006 4:48am
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I had just over 300 kids last night. Yep, you heard right. I live in an "upscale" neighborhood in Syracuse that borders some of the poorer sections....so we get carloads of them starting at about 5 pm and running until 8 pm when we shut our lights off. I must say, this year the kids were VERY polite...much better than some years.

$60.00 worth of candy is a small price to pay to keep the neighborhood a friendly place to live....

LW
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Reply to: #47066 by Lock Wench
Nov 1, 2006 6:02am
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Same here (except for the upscale part, but that is relative)! Our first Halloween at the new place. We live on a wider, older street where almost every house has a porch (very Americana, circa 1920s). We sat outside and handed out candy to more than 200 kids. I could see everyone else on the street doing the same. It was non-stop kids for 2 hours. I still have a few pieces of candy left. I had about 1500 fireballs, down to a couple hundred.

Will some teach the kids to say something when they approach the door? Some kids don't seem to understand what to do. And the teens and early twenty-somethings, that bring their babes-in-arms, please don't feed the candy to them!

The temperatures were a bit cold for children, but all in all, a great time. Someone was handing out glow sticks and our neighbor was playing music from the Rocky Horror Picture show to entertain. We have ideas for next year.
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Reply to: #47066 by Lock Wench
Nov 1, 2006 8:14am
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Sigh....San Francisco's otherwise amazing street party in the Castro turned violent last night. Robb and I didn't attend. He's not up for crowds of this sort, and I was fast asleep by 7:30.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/01/BAGF0M3UOQ5.DTL

Lisascenic
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Reply to: #47028 by Alyson Wonderland
Nov 1, 2006 9:10am
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I have a picture of me somewhere around here where I was impersonating Shaun Cassidy. Even made a microphone out of cardboard, aluminum foil, and a golf ball.

DebBee
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Reply to: #47017 by knit wit
Nov 1, 2006 9:11am
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Quote Now if I can just get him to let me listen to "Come On Eileen". For some reason he has a strong dislike of Dexy's Midnight Runners. LOL


I love this song.... when it comes on my radio at work, I turn it up and sing along, much to the dismay of my office mates in their own cubicles.... I also admit to doing this with "Down Under" by Men at Work..... the vegemite sandwich part cracks everyone up for some reason.

They get me back sometimes, usually with holiday music or rap.

moonduck (who likes to TRY to lighten the mood with her terrible singing that makes people laugh)
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Reply to: #47040 by Green Tortuga
Nov 1, 2006 9:13am
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Quote just to put out a sign-in log that they have to fill out before they can get any candy


I've threatened to put out a big wooden cut-out with a line on it that says, "You must be shorter than this line to trick or treat here"! We got so many big kids--many of them not even in costume--who were clearly only out for free candy, not for the fun experience.

DebBee
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Reply to: #47073 by speedsquare
Nov 1, 2006 9:16am
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Quote Will some teach the kids to say something when they approach the door?


Yes! I'm really mean. I make them all say it. I'll just stand there, waiting, until they do. Confuses the heck out of some of them. I tell them, "There are rules to this game. You have to follow them!" I say it with a smile, but I still make them all say the words!

DebBee
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Reply to: #47118 by DebBee
Nov 1, 2006 9:24am
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Quote I have a picture of me somewhere around here where I was impersonating Shaun Cassidy. Even made a microphone out of cardboard, aluminum foil, and a golf ball.


Do you seriously think you can tease us like that and then not cough up said photo?! ;-D

-AG (who never publicly impersonated anyone - I looked goofy enough back then!)
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Reply to: #47122 by DebBee
Nov 1, 2006 9:27am
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Quote We got so many big kids--many of them not even in costume--who were clearly only out for free candy, not for the fun experience.


It's those kids that ruin it for the rest of us! The last time I went trick or treating was in 8th grade. I dressed up, my friends dressed up and we went around the neighborhood. We got so many dirty looks and comments like "Aren't you a bit old to be trick or treating?" We weren't doing it for the candy (although that certainly didn't hurt). We loved dressing up and going around to houses.

Sometimes I wish that I had kids so I could get dressed up and go around trick or treating with them. Maybe I'll have to kidnap my nieces...
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Reply to: #47028 by Alyson Wonderland
Nov 1, 2006 11:51am
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Quote (and even TWO Shawn Cassidy tapes!!)


Never owned a Shaun Cassidy album, but since we're doing True Confessions I'll own up to my Leif Garrett album and waaaaayyy too many Rick Springfield albums (and 45's). I also owned (and still have) a 45 recording of Steve Martin's "King Tut".

Ouch... Who was it that said confession was good for the soul?

Knit Wit
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Reply to: #47126 by ArtGekko
Nov 1, 2006 12:12pm
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Quote Do you seriously think you can tease us like that and then not cough up said photo?!


Hmmm. I have to admit, it really didn't occur to me that you'd want to see it. But if you do, I'll see if I can dig it up. I'll have to haul out the scanner, though, so it may take a little while.

DebBee
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Reply to: #47032 by wassamatta u
Nov 1, 2006 6:29pm
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Quote It was called "Tomfoolery", and is based on the music of Tom Lehrer...


I want to see that one!! I was raised on twisted musical humor, between Tom Lehrer and the fabulous duo of Flanders and Swann! :) I know what I'll be humming for the rest of the night now...

Webfoot
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Nov 1, 2006 9:17pm
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Hey Webfoot....wanna swap Tom Lehrer albums? I think I have them all.....

LW *rickity tickity tin*
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Reply to: #47165 by knit wit
Nov 2, 2006 5:32am
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I owned, and wore until it wore out, a Shaun Cassidy tee-shirt :)
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Reply to: #47330 by Ish
Nov 2, 2006 5:34am
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hey..me too...Shaun Cassidy was my very first concert I went to. I was 10 yrs old. It was too cool!!
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Reply to: #47314 by Lock Wench
Nov 2, 2006 7:26am
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Hee hee! My siblings and I have the complete set, too. Once a warped sense of humor, always a warped sense of humor! LOL!

Webfoot *all suffused with an incandescent glow...*
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Nov 2, 2006 9:01am
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Quote I owned, and wore until it wore out, a Shaun Cassidy tee-shirt :)


Think I may have this one beat. I still have a New Kids on the Block T-shirt that I got in 5th grade. I've worn it mostly since their popularity for changing the oil in my car, working out, or sleeping in (altho not all of those on the same day, lol!). It has turned beyond gray and has holes, but it is the comfiest shirt ever and I will wear it until it no longer covers things decently.

moonduck
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Nov 2, 2006 9:05am
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Quote Webfoot *all suffused with an incandescent glow...*

More! More! I'm still not satisfied...
-wassamatta_u, *who fears he will spend the day Lehrerizing his coworkers*
Re: Waiting patiently for the trick-or-treaters
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Reply to: #47128 by The Red Cat
Nov 2, 2006 9:58am
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Quote The last time I went trick or treating was in 8th grade. I dressed up, my friends dressed up and we went around the neighborhood. We got so many dirty looks and comments like "Aren't you a bit old to be trick or treating?" We weren't doing it for the candy (although that certainly didn't hurt). We loved dressing up and going around to houses.

Sometimes I wish that I had kids so I could get dressed up and go around trick or treating with them. Maybe I'll have to kidnap my nieces...


I never mind getting teens trick or treating because I always think of my mother. My mother grew up in a family of 11 children. They have no health or dental insurance so their mother did not allow them any candy with the idea that they wouldn't get any cavities that way. They were never allowed to go out trick or treating.

At age 18 she and her 17 yr old sister had a job and were finally free from their mother's control. For the first time, they dressed up and went trick or treating. She was soooo excited! Unfortunately, they got nothing since when they arrived at a door they were told they were too big and turned away. She was terribly hurt-- having never gone out she couldn't understand why people were so mean to them.

Now she dresses up every year and goes with her grandchildren (my children) and RUNS up to the houses with them and gets candy too! And people are nothing but nice and generous. The experience is fun for everyone.

I know that there are teens that have different intentions but I don't judge what their intention may or may not be when they come to the door. I bought the candy with the intent to give it away to whomever shows up and wants it until it is gone. Besides, I know there is going to be 3 pillowcases of it coming home with my 3 sons!
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Reply to: #47384 by The Wolf Family
Nov 2, 2006 10:06am
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Quote I never mind getting teens trick or treating because I always think of my mother. My mother grew up in a family of 11 children. They have no health or dental insurance so their mother did not allow them any candy with the idea that they wouldn't get any cavities that way. They were never allowed to go out trick or treating.

At age 18 she and her 17 yr old sister had a job and were finally free from their mother's control. For the first time, they dressed up and went trick or treating. She was soooo excited! Unfortunately, they got nothing since when they arrived at a door they were told they were too big and turned away. She was terribly hurt-- having never gone out she couldn't understand why people were so mean to them.


Isn't it sad how quick we can pass judgement when we do not know the whole story. Thank you for the reminder and sharing your story. Your mom sounds wonderful, so glad she turned out differently than her mother. My mom had a similar childhood. She vowed not to be like her and lucky for me she succeeded.
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Reply to: #47384 by The Wolf Family
Nov 2, 2006 12:47pm
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Quote when they arrived at a door they were told they were too big and turned away.


Enthusiasm counts for a lot. I object to the surly teenagers with no costumes, who've just taken the pillow cases off their beds and don't say anything when you open the door, just stand there, holding out the pillowcase, daring you to do anything other than give them free candy. There's enthusiasm, and then there's attitude.

If they're costumed and polite and seem to be getting into the spirit of the thing, I have much less of a problem with it.

DebBee
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Reply to: #47165 by knit wit
Mar 27, 2012 12:19pm
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LOL...I'm 37 and I find nothing wrong with having way too many Rick Springfield album's (that man can still rock for being 63). I loved Steve Martin's 'King Tut'! Didn't know it was on 45 though. Just thought it was only on SNL.
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Reply to: #687200 by DoyleClan42
Mar 27, 2012 12:55pm
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oh my gosh, I had that 45!! Loved it, played it all the time. Now it'll bug me wondering what was on the B side...I know I listened to it. Wonder what happened to that record...