KEVIN MCCARTHY'S DALLAS DIGEST Home 
Home Search search Menu menu Not logged in - Login | Register

Trick or Treat
 Moderated by: Kevin McCarthy Page:    1  2  3  Next Page Last Page  
New Topic Reply Printer Friendly
 Rate Topic 
AuthorPost
 Posted: Mon Oct 25th, 2010 08:52 pm
  PMQuoteReply
1st Post
Texie
Native Texan


Joined: Tue Feb 22nd, 2005
Location: Fort Worth
Posts: 10169
Status: 
Offline
Mana: 
I'm undecided if I'll buy any candy for the 4-5 Hispanic children who show up at my door every year.  Last year I bought a two bags of candy---Snickers, Nestle's Crunch and had 5 kids show up at my door.  After I turned out the light, I knew I was in trouble and decided to load it up and brought to work.  I don't need the extra sugar. 

I know going door to door has become something passe and dangerous these days, but do you guys still turn on the porch light on October 31st?

 



____________________
\W/
Back To Top

 Posted: Mon Oct 25th, 2010 08:55 pm
  PMQuoteReply
2nd Post
Sam
Renaissance Man


Joined: Fri Aug 26th, 2005
Location: Jerry Jonestown, Texas USA
Posts: 9951
Status: 
Offline
Mana: 
here's some ideas that will guarantee you get a flaming bag of poo on your porch:

http://www.greenhalloween.org/content.php?page=treats



____________________
That government is best which governs least. - Thomas Paine
Back To Top

 Posted: Mon Oct 25th, 2010 08:59 pm
  PMQuoteReply
3rd Post
chronos
Member


Joined: Tue Feb 22nd, 2005
Location: Carrollton, Texas USA
Posts: 16279
Status: 
Offline
Mana: 
yeah we still hand out candy and get a good turnout every year



____________________
Don't Tax Me Bro!
Back To Top

 Posted: Mon Oct 25th, 2010 09:02 pm
  PMQuoteReply
4th Post
chronos
Member


Joined: Tue Feb 22nd, 2005
Location: Carrollton, Texas USA
Posts: 16279
Status: 
Offline
Mana: 
chronos wrote:
yeah we still hand out candy and get a good turnout every year

edit: ROFL Sam, I read that they suggest giving out acorns!!
flaming bag of poo indeed!



____________________
Don't Tax Me Bro!
Back To Top

 Posted: Mon Oct 25th, 2010 09:04 pm
  PMQuoteReply
5th Post
Jami
My day is Thursday


Joined: Tue Feb 22nd, 2005
Location: Hissley And Ophie Lie., Texas USA
Posts: 12297
Status: 
Offline
Mana: 
I would love to but we're the last house on a dead end and no one comes down here. The only time we really had trick-or-treaters was when the neighbor kids were younger.



____________________
I feel like I should have a great idea right now. But I don't. - Zephyr
Back To Top

 Posted: Mon Oct 25th, 2010 09:07 pm
  PMQuoteReply
6th Post
Kevin McCarthy
Benevolent Dictator


Joined: Tue Feb 22nd, 2005
Location: CABO SAN PLANO, Texas USA
Posts: 20131
Status: 
Offline
Mana: 
chronos wrote: yeah we still hand out candy and get a good turnout every year


+1...we get 95% neighborhood kids with their parents...

the others leave when i come to the door with my replica winchester....:nono:



____________________
Dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you've never been hurt, Work like you don't need the money and Live like it's Heaven on Earth!
Back To Top

 Posted: Mon Oct 25th, 2010 09:08 pm
  PMQuoteReply
7th Post
churchlady
Professional bean counter


Joined: Sat Mar 5th, 2005
Location:  
Posts: 15230
Status: 
Offline
Mana: 
Sam wrote: here's some ideas that will guarantee you get a flaming bag of poo on your porch:

http://www.greenhalloween.org/content.php?page=treats


Money is not a bad idea.  Had a neighbor when I was a child that did that.

If someone gives my kids bells, I will personally deliver the flaming bag of poo...:pan:

 



____________________
Tax returns prepared here!!
Back To Top

 Posted: Mon Oct 25th, 2010 09:09 pm
  PMQuoteReply
8th Post
Tom in East Dallas



Joined: Tue Feb 22nd, 2005
Location:  
Posts: 2235
Status: 
Offline
Mana: 
If you want to see a big turn out check the Swiss Ave, Munger Place and Junius Heights numbers. You are talking in the 1000s

Back To Top

 Posted: Mon Oct 25th, 2010 09:11 pm
  PMQuoteReply
9th Post
Texie
Native Texan


Joined: Tue Feb 22nd, 2005
Location: Fort Worth
Posts: 10169
Status: 
Offline
Mana: 
Tom in East Dallas wrote: If you want to see a big turn out check the Swiss Ave, Munger Place and Junius Heights numbers. You are talking in the 1000s
I live in the TCU neighborhood.  Not as wealthy as Swiss Ave, et al, but we do have nice yards and houses. 



____________________
\W/
Back To Top

 Posted: Mon Oct 25th, 2010 09:14 pm
  PMQuoteReply
10th Post
OnTexasTime
Member


Joined: Thu Oct 25th, 2007
Location: Texas USA
Posts: 12063
Status: 
Offline
Mana: 
My HOA does not allow it, so I won't be buying any candy.



____________________
Never argue with a Moron, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience every time.
Back To Top

 Posted: Mon Oct 25th, 2010 09:56 pm
  PMQuoteReply
11th Post
churchlady
Professional bean counter


Joined: Sat Mar 5th, 2005
Location:  
Posts: 15230
Status: 
Offline
Mana: 
OnTexasTime wrote: My HOA does not allow it, so I won't be buying any candy.
I heard the cat was influenced into voting on your side...:nono:



____________________
Tax returns prepared here!!
Back To Top

 Posted: Mon Oct 25th, 2010 09:58 pm
  PMQuoteReply
12th Post
crackertoes
Her Supreme Blondness


Joined: Tue Feb 22nd, 2005
Location: On A Treadmill..., Texas USA
Posts: 17574
Status: 
Offline
Mana: 
Not this year.



____________________
I haven't had my coffee yet... don't make me hurt you.
Back To Top

 Posted: Mon Oct 25th, 2010 10:18 pm
  PMQuoteReply
13th Post
librarylady
Member


Joined: Wed Mar 2nd, 2005
Location: USA
Posts: 18961
Status: 
Offline
Mana: 
We will.  Husband insists we purchase candy we like (=chocolate) so we can eat the leftovers.

We have about 20 kids in the neighborhood and then the carloads of imported kids arrive.  After we give out the amount we have purchased, out goes the light and we hid out upstairs.

When the "carnival" store was close to us, I purchased rings and witch fingers to give with the candy.  My husband was furious...........The next year, a kid showed up and asked if I had the witch fingers again.  :smile:  I rubbed his nose in that.    I know kids like that carp, but along with candy.



____________________
Native Texan
"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading."
– Lao-Tzu



Back To Top

 Posted: Mon Oct 25th, 2010 10:56 pm
  PMQuoteReply
14th Post
Red Oak II
Junior Crumedgeon


Joined: Fri Oct 24th, 2008
Location:  
Posts: 3431
Status: 
Online
Mana: 
It is the "Imported Kids" that irks me, I think I have some butterfingers left over from last year for them. :smile: 

Last edited on Mon Oct 25th, 2010 10:57 pm by Red Oak II



____________________
The State is that great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else.

Frederic Bastiat
1801-1850
From "The Law
Back To Top

 Posted: Mon Oct 25th, 2010 11:14 pm
  PMQuoteReply
15th Post
Cliff
Member


Joined: Thu Feb 24th, 2005
Location: Ellis County, Texas USA
Posts: 10217
Status: 
Offline
Mana: 
OnTexasTime wrote: My HOA does not allow it, so I won't be buying any candy.
I can't believe they are that strict, and party killers.  I would NEVER live in an HOA neighborhood.  NEVER. 

But I have not had any kids for over 5 yrs.  WHen you live out as far as I do, the kids would have to come by on 4 wheelers just to get here. 

I don't buy candy or turn on the light, ( you can't see it from the road any way)  Just not going to get any kids.  OH well.



____________________
And the walls come tumbling down,
Back To Top

 Posted: Mon Oct 25th, 2010 11:24 pm
  PMQuoteReply
16th Post
OnTexasTime
Member


Joined: Thu Oct 25th, 2007
Location: Texas USA
Posts: 12063
Status: 
Offline
Mana: 
Cliff wrote: OnTexasTime wrote: My HOA does not allow it, so I won't be buying any candy.
I can't believe they are that strict, and party killers.  I would NEVER live in an HOA neighborhood.  NEVER. 

But I have not had any kids for over 5 yrs.  WHen you live out as far as I do, the kids would have to come by on 4 wheelers just to get here. 

I don't buy candy or turn on the light, ( you can't see it from the road any way)  Just not going to get any kids.  OH well.


There is only one house in my HOA and we don't want to buy any candy for a kid who would crawl over the gate and come up here.




____________________
Never argue with a Moron, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience every time.
Back To Top

 Posted: Mon Oct 25th, 2010 11:24 pm
  PMQuoteReply
17th Post
tennis gal
Frog Fan


Joined: Tue Feb 22nd, 2005
Location: Cowtown, Texas USA
Posts: 14289
Status: 
Offline
Mana: 
Texie, come to my neighborhood if you want to see Trick-or-Treaters! UGH! I have turned off the lights and left the house the last 2 yrs. It is a nightmare.

However, because of new city regulations, Elizabeth Blvd. can't be shut down this year for the kids, so I don't know if we'll have as many or not...probably so, since I'm on an outlying street.

I'm planning on going to a bar with friends to watch the World Series!



____________________
Eat like no one is watching. Shop like the bill will never come.
Back To Top

 Posted: Tue Oct 26th, 2010 01:11 am
  PMQuoteReply
18th Post
Treehugger



Joined: Tue Feb 22nd, 2005
Location: Blockhouse Creek, Edwards Plateau, Texas USA
Posts: 8065
Status: 
Offline
Mana: 
No candy.  I'm a Halloween grinch.

Back To Top

 Posted: Tue Oct 26th, 2010 01:23 am
  PMQuoteReply
19th Post
Flash McCord
Failing Harder


Joined: Tue Feb 22nd, 2005
Location: Wide Awake Wylie, Texas USA
Posts: 9419
Status: 
Offline
Mana: 
We have lots of trick-or-treaters and I give them a lot, as the kids have a long haul in our spread-out community.
We're having a neighborhood Halloween party this year on Saturday and Monday is an in-service school holiday. The kiddoes will have a great weekend this year!



____________________
He who has a thing to sell, and goes and yells it in a well, is not as apt to get the dollars as he who climbs a tree and hollers.
Back To Top

 Posted: Tue Oct 26th, 2010 01:47 am
  PMQuoteReply
20th Post
kathy
thread killer extraordinaire


Joined: Thu Jul 3rd, 2008
Location: Texas USA
Posts: 982
Status: 
Offline
Mana: 
OnTexasTime wrote:

There is only one house in my HOA and we don't want to buy any candy for a kid who would crawl over the gate and come up here.



besides... who would want to trudge through all that snow???


I normally give out candy - "imports" or not - love to see the kiddos all dressed up! Most of the time their parents are with them.

This year, I'll be at the Stars! game!



____________________
"Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding." ~Albert
Back To Top


 Current time is 04:40 am
Page:    1  2  3  Next Page Last Page  

Top



UltraBB 1.17 Copyright © 2007-2008 Data 1 Systems
Page processed in 0.4346 seconds (6% database + 94% PHP). 36 queries executed.