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Fifteen Bucks for Candy....
« on: October 31, 2008, 09:38:31 PM »
And the little shits didn't show up for trick or treating.

Not one. Zero. Nada. Zilch.

Now, before all of you accuse me of having unbelievable BO or halitosis that would knock a buzzard off a shit wagon, let's just say I showered this morning and I brushed my teeth...uh...a few days ago?

 :-)

Seriously. Not one. Left the porch lights and foyer lights on. No takers.

Anybody want $15 worth of candy? I'll post it on E-bay later tonight....

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Re: Fifteen Bucks for Candy....
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2008, 09:40:14 PM »
We got hammered with kids Euph.  Went through about the same amount of candy about halfway through the post hours.
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Re: Fifteen Bucks for Candy....
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2008, 09:42:49 PM »
I'm also stuck with $15 worth of candy... it will NEVER be finished, even by a candy-lover like me.  Yesterday, I bought a bag of fruity candy (starbursts, skittles, etc) and a bag of chocolate (kitkat, whoppers, peanut butter cups, etc).  I guess where I live isn't the best place for trick-or-treaters. :(
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Re: Fifteen Bucks for Candy....
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2008, 09:46:33 PM »
Quote from: djones520 on October 31, 2008, 09:40:14 PM
We got hammered with kids Euph.  Went through about the same amount of candy about halfway through the post hours.

You shoulda told me, Jonesy. I woulda sent you mine.
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Re: Fifteen Bucks for Candy....
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2008, 09:47:52 PM »
Quote from: ACrazyConservative on October 31, 2008, 09:42:49 PM
I'm also stuck with $15 worth of candy... it will NEVER be finished, even by a candy-lover like me.  Yesterday, I bought a bag of fruity candy (starbursts, skittles, etc) and a bag of chocolate (kitkat, whoppers, peanut butter cups, etc).  I guess where I live isn't the best place for trick-or-treaters. :(

I live about a mile outside of a small town of not quite 14K residents. The county road I live on is gravel and has 7 houses on it. Each lot has over 3 acres.

I guess the little monsters didn't wanna do any hiking.  :whatever:
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Re: Fifteen Bucks for Candy....
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2008, 09:50:04 PM »
Stuck with crappy candy here. I always buy the kind I don't like so I won't eat it. Looks like it's going to work with me so someone will gobble it up!
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Re: Fifteen Bucks for Candy....
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2008, 09:53:26 PM »
Quote from: DixieBelle on October 31, 2008, 09:50:04 PM
Stuck with crappy candy here. I always buy the kind I don't like so I won't eat it. Looks like it's going to work with me so someone will gobble it up!

I'm still young enough to remember going out for the Candy.  Always hated people like you.   :tongue:
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Re: Fifteen Bucks for Candy....
« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2008, 09:54:36 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on October 31, 2008, 09:47:52 PM
I live about a mile outside of a small town of not quite 14K residents. The county road I live on is gravel and has 7 houses on it. Each lot has over 3 acres.

I guess the little monsters didn't wanna do any hiking.  :whatever:
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When I was a kid, I lived on the outskirts of Shreveport, LA in a neighborhood filled with lots of a similar size.  All the houses were set further away from the road, but hey, all the kids in that neighborhood could survive the journey.  Heck, for one Halloween, we even had a big scavenger hunt that involved walking around the entire neighborhood seeking out clues, with several houses set up as haunted houses/safe houses for the hunt.  When we were done, the clues led to a treasure chest hidden away in our house (6500 sq ft, so that made things a little trickier, given all the nooks and crannies this house had).   Of course, the chest held a wonderful bounty of candy.  What we did, compared to what kids do today, involved us actually working for the reward.   :p

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Re: Fifteen Bucks for Candy....
« Reply #8 on: October 31, 2008, 09:56:53 PM »
Quote from: djones520 on October 31, 2008, 09:53:26 PM
I'm still young enough to remember going out for the Candy.  Always hated people like you.   :tongue:
:lmao:

I have to agree with you on that, dj.  :p
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Re: Fifteen Bucks for Candy....
« Reply #9 on: October 31, 2008, 09:57:08 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on October 31, 2008, 09:47:52 PM
I live about a mile outside of a small town of not quite 14K residents. The county road I live on is gravel and has 7 houses on it. Each lot has over 3 acres.

I guess the little monsters didn't wanna do any hiking.  :whatever:

Back in Michigan, the road we lived on was about 3/4 a mile from the high way to the seasonal trail.  There was about 10 families that lived on it, and none of us had less then 10 acres of land.  4 years there we never saw 1 kid on Halloween.  I guess parents took their kids into Traverse City, or the sub-divisions that littered the area.
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Re: Fifteen Bucks for Candy....
« Reply #10 on: October 31, 2008, 09:59:58 PM »
Several years ago when my wife and I moved into our current home, we went out and spent 30-40 bucks on candy.

We live in a decently sized residential area, so we thought there would be numerous tricker-treaters come by.  We had less than 10 small groups of kids show up.  We ended up taking most of that candy to work.

Needless to say we no longer buy candy for Halloween.
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Re: Fifteen Bucks for Candy....
« Reply #11 on: October 31, 2008, 10:03:38 PM »
Well, this was our first Halloween in this house. We had no basis of reference to go by.

Next year, we'll send candy to Jonesy. It looks like he needs it!
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Re: Fifteen Bucks for Candy....
« Reply #12 on: October 31, 2008, 10:06:55 PM »
It was our first halloween here.  We probably shoulda expected more.  Theres about 700 houses in this area.
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Re: Fifteen Bucks for Candy....
« Reply #13 on: October 31, 2008, 10:07:13 PM »
Quote from: DixieBelle on October 31, 2008, 09:50:04 PM
Stuck with crappy candy here. I always buy the kind I don't like so I won't eat it. Looks like it's going to work with me so someone will gobble it up!

I do the same thing...at least, I think it's crappy.  Turns out, several of our trick-or-treater's fought over the eyeballs!!   :lmao:  One was just adorable..."I want this one, and this one...and this one!"  All eyeballs.  That angel costume didn't disguise anything.   :rotf:
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Re: Fifteen Bucks for Candy....
« Reply #14 on: October 31, 2008, 10:10:07 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on October 31, 2008, 10:03:38 PM
Well, this was our first Halloween in this house. We had no basis of reference to go by.

Next year, we'll send candy to Jonesy. It looks like he needs it!

My brother & SIL live on a street that's not part of a bigger sub-division, it's just one street with a cul-de-sac and an off shoot cul-de-sac.  She always buys like 3 bags of candy and it's less than 20 kids total. 
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Re: Fifteen Bucks for Candy....
« Reply #15 on: October 31, 2008, 10:10:35 PM »
Quote from: djones520 on October 31, 2008, 10:06:55 PM
It was our first halloween here.  We probably shoulda expected more.  Theres about 700 houses in this area.

Yeah, that many houses spells a lotta kids.

How's your newborn doing, anyway? You back from Japan yet?
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Re: Fifteen Bucks for Candy....
« Reply #16 on: November 01, 2008, 03:32:59 AM »
Didn't get a single knock.  If I did, it didn't wake me up.

I only spent $4 on candy, and it's mine... ALL MINE!!  (i like snickers bars :p)
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Re: Fifteen Bucks for Candy....
« Reply #17 on: November 01, 2008, 03:48:56 AM »
I got 7 trick or treaters (more than usual). I bought cocolate covered wafer bars so the left overs will go into my lunchbox next week.
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Re: Fifteen Bucks for Candy....
« Reply #18 on: November 01, 2008, 07:41:40 AM »
Wife came home with a huge bag of chocolate candy. We had one kid, just one, and that was my niece from the other side of town.......so, I see an appoximate 15 lb. weight gain in my near future.
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Re: Fifteen Bucks for Candy....
« Reply #19 on: November 01, 2008, 09:04:49 AM »
Quote from: ACrazyConservative on October 31, 2008, 09:42:49 PM
I'm also stuck with $15 worth of candy... it will NEVER be finished, even by a candy-lover like me.  Yesterday, I bought a bag of fruity candy (starbursts, skittles, etc) and a bag of chocolate (kitkat, whoppers, peanut butter cups, etc).  I guess where I live isn't the best place for trick-or-treaters. :(

Rule number one of buying trick or treat candy is to get only stuff you really like!

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Re: Fifteen Bucks for Candy....
« Reply #20 on: November 01, 2008, 09:24:42 AM »
Quote from: Chris on November 01, 2008, 03:32:59 AM
Didn't get a single knock.  If I did, it didn't wake me up.

I only spent $4 on candy, and it's mine... ALL MINE!!  (i like snickers bars :p)

Six bucks, two bag, no knocks.  Guess living on a hill facing a street/backroad with no lights four miles north of town is a good thing from time to time.
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Re: Fifteen Bucks for Candy....
« Reply #21 on: November 01, 2008, 12:18:12 PM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on November 01, 2008, 09:04:49 AM
Rule number one of buying trick or treat candy is to get only stuff you really like!

 :-)

And what I bought is what I really like.  The candy was originally intended for the CR meeting, but since only 3 people showed up, the meeting was canceled.  I'm just worried about a weight gain, though I've been pretty good.  I've only eaten 3 pieces of candy so far.   :p
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Re: Fifteen Bucks for Candy....
« Reply #22 on: November 01, 2008, 12:19:41 PM »
I just heard on the radio about a place where you can send your leftover Halloween candy and they forward it to the troops.

I'll try to get the details.
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Re: Fifteen Bucks for Candy....
« Reply #23 on: November 01, 2008, 12:28:53 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on October 31, 2008, 10:10:35 PM
Yeah, that many houses spells a lotta kids.

How's your newborn doing, anyway? You back from Japan yet?

He's doing great.  Growing like a weed.  We moved to Scott AFB just outside of St. Louis a little over a month ago now.  We're loving it here.
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Re: Fifteen Bucks for Candy....
« Reply #24 on: November 01, 2008, 12:33:20 PM »
Quote from: freedumb2003 on November 01, 2008, 12:19:41 PM
I just heard on the radio about a place where you can send your leftover Halloween candy and they forward it to the troops.

I'll try to get the details.


Oh, that would be great.  Post it when you find it.  :)
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