Happy Halloween

Re: Happy Halloween

John K Jordan

This afternoon I dressed up as a heavy equipment operator and finished digging and compacted the new little farm pond with the bobcat. Nobody gave me any candy.

In the 13 years we've been here we have not seen one trick-or-treater.

JKJ

Re: Happy Halloween

rch

I had 140 come by tonight

Re: Happy Halloween

John C Lucas

Im at my mothers in Atlanta and we had 30 or so. Nobody came by my house in Bon Air Tennessee but then i live out in the country.

Re: Happy Halloween

Stuart Johnson

We gave up giving out treats a few years ago. Both my wife and I enjoyed the little kids but then we started getting trucks loads, actual trailers full of kids from other areas. After being cleaned out by those kids, most with next to no costume, we gave it up. I didn't mind out of area kids but when church and other youth groups started bringing 50 and 60 kids into a neighborhood before the little ones even had a chance to go out it took out all the fun.

Re: Happy Halloween

John K Jordan

>>> After being cleaned out by those kids, most with next to no costume, we gave it up.

I saw a suggestion for treats you can make yourself especially for kids that don't even bother to dress up and seem aggressively greedy for candy: Chocolate covered brussel sprouts. Chocolate covered onions or lima beans might work too.

Of course some kids may make a return visit in the middle of the night to express their heartfelt gratitude, but perhaps not if they had been bussed in from elsewhere.

JKJ

Re: Happy Halloween

Barry Irby

I usually don't participate. I either stay away or turn all the lights out and hide. Last night I got caught slipping into the house by a kid about 4 and his mother. There happened to be a gallon of distilled water sitting on the counter, so I put it in his bag. I gave his mother $5 to buy him something after he recovered. She seemed to think it was as funny as I did.