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Title: will U B passing out candy this halloween?
Post by: warhawk on October 22, 2008, 05:26:06 PM
hello fellow chrome domes:  will U  b  passing out candy this halloween?  i'll start:  yes... we will B passing out snickers & reeses peanut butter cups.  i've noticed that each year the # of "trick or treaters" have decreased each year.  it definitely wasn't the same when i was a little boy growing up in the chicagoland area.  every kid (back in the day) did the "trick or treat" thing.  my brother & i (along with all the neighborhood kids) would make R rounds & fill a shopping bag full of candy. :D O0 O0

i don't blame present day parents 4 not allowing their kids 2 venture out & do the "trick or treat" thing.  with this crazy world & everything happening... U can't blame 'em.  so... how 'bout U?  will U  B  passing out any candy at your home this halloween?  also... have U noticed the "decrease" amount of "trick or treaters" in your neighborhood compared 2 your childhood?  if U r a parent... will U allow your kids 2 "trick or treat"?  sometimes... i feel kinda sorry 4 2day's kids.  :( what's your story?

WARHAWK O0
Title: Re: will U B passing out candy this halloween?
Post by: THier on October 22, 2008, 05:34:52 PM
Yep,
You bring out a good point about less T&T out there, I always get stuff I like so left-overs are not a problem.

Tom
Title: Re: will U B passing out candy this halloween?
Post by: Brkeatr on October 22, 2008, 05:53:22 PM
No, because the complex I live in does not allow trick or treaters.....usually the caretakers of the complex sit by the two driveways coming in just to keep the kids out....I don't agree with it ... :(
Title: Re: will U B passing out candy this halloween?
Post by: wpruitt on October 22, 2008, 06:12:02 PM
I am undecided.  The new place is right by the road.  I may kill all the lights and go over the parental units and enjoy their trick or treaters.
Title: Re: will U B passing out candy this halloween?
Post by: TheSlyBear on October 22, 2008, 06:56:00 PM
Absolutely. It's one of the high points of my year.
Title: Re: will U B passing out candy this halloween?
Post by: andrew on October 22, 2008, 07:28:57 PM
We've always passed out candy and done lots of decorating on halloween, and in our last house got plenty of kids (and young adults).  But, since we're living in the marriot, I don't think we'll have kids knocking on our door.

So, not this year ....
Title: Re: will U B passing out candy this halloween?
Post by: GASlick on October 22, 2008, 07:34:47 PM
Nope - I'll be helping my wife run the annual fall festival at church.  I'm going in scrubs as a x-ray tech since I have to work that night. 
Title: Re: will U B passing out candy this halloween?
Post by: SLYinKC on October 22, 2008, 08:34:58 PM
Yes, Warhawk, I will be helping out on Halloween. Also, like GAslick, I will also be helping out with our church's harvest festival.  We'll have over 1,000 kids at our celebration and I'll be helping out with one of those big blow-up kids rides.
Title: Re: will U B passing out candy this halloween?
Post by: Paul on October 22, 2008, 08:39:19 PM
I'll be giving out candy for about the first hour or so Mel and then I will enjoying some old horror flicks with friends and do my passing out there. >:D
Title: Re: will U B passing out candy this halloween?
Post by: robo21 on October 22, 2008, 10:50:41 PM
Nope I will be at work.  I never take off on Halloween so that the people with kids can have a chance to takeoff and take their kids trick or treating.
Title: Re: will U B passing out candy this halloween?
Post by: (|8-) on October 23, 2008, 12:56:08 AM
Actually, the crime rate against kids is the same now as it ever was, it's just we didn't used to have 24 hour cable news channels and Amber Alerts that let everybody in the world know when a kid goes missing for a few hours.  More kids are in danger from not getting exercise because their parents don't let them out than could possibly be saved by spreading fear.  (The guy passing out flyers on this topic at the train station was shocked when I told him my views!)

I moved into a new apartment building, in a neighborhood mostly of single-family homes, so I'll have to ask the neighbors.  My guess is that only the kids from the building would stop by.
Title: Re: will U B passing out candy this halloween?
Post by: hammerdrill376 on October 23, 2008, 03:30:19 AM
Probably so. We get alot of neigborhood kids and children from adjacent subdivisions.
Title: Re: will U B passing out candy this halloween?
Post by: StumpyDave on October 23, 2008, 04:37:05 AM
Yes.
In the UK it has grown over recent years.  Not originally a tradition over here and certainly something that we would have dreamed of doing as kids I'm against it on principle.
I don't actualy mind the smaller kids coming round that have dressed up.  Mostly they're with parents and only go to those houses with decorations that are obviously going to participate.  I object to the slovenly 14 year olds that use it as an excuse to intimidate and beg.
My wife won't let me beat them senseless with a rubber skeleton though.
Title: Re: will U B passing out candy this halloween?
Post by: PeripheralxMvmnt on October 23, 2008, 07:04:41 AM
Yes.
In the UK it has grown over recent years.  Not originally a tradition over here and certainly something that we would have dreamed of doing as kids I'm against it on principle.
I don't actualy mind the smaller kids coming round that have dressed up.  Mostly they're with parents and only go to those houses with decorations that are obviously going to participate.  I object to the slovenly 14 year olds that use it as an excuse to intimidate and beg.
My wife won't let me beat them senseless with a rubber skeleton though.

StumpyDave, You have no idea how bad i want to hide in the bushes with the water hose and a good sprayer waiting for older kids who think that halloween is a good reason to go make a fool of themselves.
Title: Re: will U B passing out candy this halloween?
Post by: time2shine on October 23, 2008, 10:04:31 AM
StumpyDave, You have no idea how bad i want to hide in the bushes with the water hose and a good sprayer waiting for older kids who think that halloween is a good reason to go make a fool of themselves.

lol..My buddies and I used to make sure that the older kids earned their keep by scaring the crap out of them on Halloween night  >:D

For this year, I plan to go to a party.
... as of now, no one i know is having a party.  but thats still the plan. :)
Title: Re: will U B passing out candy this halloween?
Post by: Mikekoz13 on October 23, 2008, 10:08:18 AM
Well we live on a mountain at the end of the road with one neighbor. We haven't had a trick or treater in the six years we've been there.

We go into town with the kids............
Title: Re: will U B passing out candy this halloween?
Post by: herronm on October 23, 2008, 11:21:39 AM
hello fellow chrome domes:  will U  b  passing out candy this halloween?  i'll start:  yes... we will B passing out snickers & reeses peanut butter cups. 
WARHAWK O0

Mel, I'm coming to your house.  Those are my 2 favorites :@` :@`  I'll be dressed up as a pool stick with a cue ball stuck on top.

Max
Title: Re: will U B passing out candy this halloween?
Post by: PBurke on October 23, 2008, 04:34:47 PM
i will be taking my son trick or treating. then i am headed to a costume party with friends. hopefully to eventually pass out with someone named candy! ha ha ha
Title: Re: will U B passing out candy this halloween?
Post by: D.A.L.U.I. on October 23, 2008, 05:46:26 PM
i will be taking my son trick or treating. then i am headed to a costume party with friends. hopefully to eventually pass out with someone named candy! ha ha ha
I can't resist,
the end of the last sentence is, "who'll turn a trick for my treat!"   :*)) :*)) :*))

Thanks for the lead line Paulie, I needed to do that! >:D
Title: Re: will U B passing out candy this halloween?
Post by: PBurke on October 23, 2008, 05:52:59 PM
glad i could help!
Title: Re: will U B passing out candy this halloween?
Post by: Timmay on October 23, 2008, 06:02:33 PM
Mike I am coming to your house so be prepared. 

We just hand out what ever we have in the fridge and cabinets.  Last year we gave out frozen bags of corn.  LOL
Title: Re: will U B passing out candy this halloween?
Post by: GASlick on October 23, 2008, 06:19:52 PM
My mom was a elementary school teacher and she always gave out pencils and those little erasers.  She said everyone else gave enough candy. 
Title: Re: will U B passing out candy this halloween?
Post by: Alexander215 on October 25, 2008, 11:35:00 AM
I'm electrifying my door nob. No trick 'r treaters here