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eastpark
eastpark New Reader
10/31/10 4:55 p.m.

So far we've only had 3 kids show up - what about you?

Twin_Cam
Twin_Cam SuperDork
10/31/10 5:16 p.m.

Every community around here had trick-or-treating on Thursday. How stupid is that?

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
10/31/10 5:23 p.m.

Hopefully we get a lot of kids. We have a ton of candy to hand out. (Hey, we were hungry when we went shopping.)

Jensenman
Jensenman SuperDork
10/31/10 5:26 p.m.

Slow for me so far, but the sun isn't down just yet (6:30 PM Eastern). That's when the hobgoblins REALLY come out. Hope they like Smarties.

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
10/31/10 5:28 p.m.

Smarties rule. And yes, we're handing some out, too.

RoosterSauce
RoosterSauce New Reader
10/31/10 5:33 p.m.

I don't have any candy. I wait until after Halloween to buy it when it's on sale.

JThw8
JThw8 SuperDork
10/31/10 5:44 p.m.

3 here so far as well, its gonna be a slow night I think.

Knurled
Knurled GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
10/31/10 5:55 p.m.
RoosterSauce wrote: I don't have any candy. I wait until after Halloween to buy it when it's on sale.

I knew there was a reason why I didn't buy those bike throttle bodies yet!

Jensenman
Jensenman SuperDork
10/31/10 6:19 p.m.

Bidness has picked up.

cwh
cwh SuperDork
10/31/10 6:48 p.m.

Hard rain here, not a single kid. Out on the streets, more than a few people walking, I have no idea where to or why. It's a freakin' storm!!

Marjorie Suddard
Marjorie Suddard General Manager
10/31/10 6:58 p.m.

Porch light is on, pumpkins are lit, Katie's in a cape and fangs, ready to hand out the candy... and not a single trick-or-treater. They all go to the "estate" neighborhood down the road, where they hand out full-size candy bars. Guess I can't blame 'em.

Margie

Jensenman
Jensenman SuperDork
10/31/10 7:00 p.m.
cwh wrote: Hard rain here, not a single kid. Out on the streets, more than a few people walking, I have no idea where to or why. It's a freakin' storm!!

Zombies ignore rain for BRAINS....

eastpark
eastpark New Reader
10/31/10 7:06 p.m.

Well, we had a steady run and had about 50 kids show up. Not too bad considering it's hovering around 0 degrees C and there's snow on the ground.

wbjones
wbjones Dork
10/31/10 7:30 p.m.

we've lived in this house since '63.... the only trick-r-treater we've ever had was the through the path in the woods neighbors kid for about 3 - 4 years back in the '80s .... 'course it's a 175' gravel driveway on an 18% grade (36° up angle), no lights anywhere (especially the porch lights ) shaded with giant white pine trees ... makes it even darker... all on a dead end rd

Adrian_Thompson
Adrian_Thompson HalfDork
10/31/10 7:32 p.m.

Run out of candy and turned the light off. I went with our 9 year old and my wife stayed at home. Favorite comment from my kid as she walks back from a door with a Twinkie in her hand 'What's this?' She's never even seen one before

Grtechguy
Grtechguy SuperDork
10/31/10 7:35 p.m.

We skipped and went to housewarming/Halloween party with about 120 people. slightly more than 1/2 being kids

mattmacklind
mattmacklind SuperDork
10/31/10 7:44 p.m.

Had a few. Some barely tried to wear a costume. Lame.

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
10/31/10 7:52 p.m.

No sign of any trick-or-treaters at my house.

I guess none of them were up to swimming across the moat. Sissies.

JoeyM
JoeyM GRM+ Memberand Dork
10/31/10 7:57 p.m.

I didn't buy any candy for the kids this year, so I turned out the porch light to ward them off. Unfortunately, they kept coming anyway. (The garage door was open and Dad and I were sitting in the garage discussing engine placement in the datsun.) I felt like Scrooge McDuck as I had to keep telling them that I didn't have anything for them.

[A friend suggested that I offer sharp, rusty scraps of sheet metal and tubing. ]

Jensenman
Jensenman SuperDork
10/31/10 8:03 p.m.

Better than fried eggs and beer, I guess.

dj
dj New Reader
10/31/10 8:04 p.m.

I got some candy and left it out front but there haven't been a whole lot of people but a couple families with children going around. Didn't stop some youngster from emptying my bowl but luckily I split it in half just for that reason and I've only had two groups of kids knock on the door after that.

nervousdog
nervousdog Reader
10/31/10 8:27 p.m.

Had an initial run of about 100 kids in the first hour. We thought we might run out so I ran to the local store and grabbed a couple big bags of Sweet Tarts and suckers. After that, we had about 20 kids over the next 3 hours.

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
10/31/10 8:35 p.m.

Looks like we're finished. Had a steady stream up until 9:15. This year's popular costumes: zombines (duh), mummies (surprise there), princesses, ninjas, Batman, bees, Buzz Lightyear plus Woody and assorted cowboys. We also had probably the best infant Yoda ever and a really good Gumby.

Rad_Capz
Rad_Capz Reader
10/31/10 8:58 p.m.

I'm in SO Fl and none of the immigrants even let their kids out at all on Halloween where I live. People walk by regularly most evenings but on Halloween there's not a soul on the streets. If you drove through during the day you'd figure there'd be quite a few Trick or Treaters because of the look of the neighborhoods and number of kids everywhere but on Halloween there's not a single person on the streets. I'm going to try questioning one of the adults that understands english (sort of) and find out why.

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
10/31/10 9:01 p.m.
David S. Wallens wrote: plus Woody and assorted cowboys.

Outstanding choice.

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