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Halloween is cancelled (1 Viewer)
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AAABatteries
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Godsbrother
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They took a poll on our township's website and the decision was to keep Trick or Treating tonight (53%) vs Saturday (47%)
supermike80
Footballguy
I will allow for those that can't walk on their own, but when I was growing up, a little precipitation and wind and cold did not come close to stopping me from trick or treating. It's free candy.
Ridiculous.
Ridiculous.
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mr. furley
Footballguy
snow, high 20s and 30-40 mph winds here today 
we'll be out there from 4 - 7 or until such time as the kids decide that enough is enough.
we'll be out there from 4 - 7 or until such time as the kids decide that enough is enough.
Warhogs
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ChiefD
Footballguy
xulf
Footballguy
It has been cold/rainy the last 4 years, so and we are getting rain pretty much all day. We were supposed to get rain (90%-100%) for trick or treating...but now are down to 15%. Still cold.
I grew up where we live and we used to have so many kids running around (it felt like you saw thousands of people). I remember the streets being crowded and houses running out of candy. Now, with Trunk or Treats all around, and other "safe" events...we probably only get like 30 or so kids hitting our house. Makes me sad b/c my two girls love it and try to hit up as many houses as possible, but it definitely doesn't have the same feel as when I was a kid.
I grew up where we live and we used to have so many kids running around (it felt like you saw thousands of people). I remember the streets being crowded and houses running out of candy. Now, with Trunk or Treats all around, and other "safe" events...we probably only get like 30 or so kids hitting our house. Makes me sad b/c my two girls love it and try to hit up as many houses as possible, but it definitely doesn't have the same feel as when I was a kid.
Warhogs
Footballguy
We get hundreds of kids. Small town where families trust people and feel safe. We live on the main road through town and one of the only streets with sidewalk. Anyone who goes trick or treating in our town generally parks down town and walks up one side of the street and then back down the other to where they had parked. Trick or treating the same way it was 40 years ago.
ChiefD
Footballguy
I'll have my traditional fire pit out in the driveway with my big bowl of candy while the wife takes the kids around the neighborhood.
The dads usually stop and have a beer and watch sports (will have the NFL on in the garage) whilst the womenfolk handle the little monsters. Good times.
Gonna be cold, but I'll have a fire. The kids score at our house - the wife buys about 700 pieces of candy so we can hand out a handful to each kid. With the cold temps tonight they are really gonna get loaded up at our house.
I remember last year, it was about 9:00 and I was wrapping up, and this poor kid came running up with an almost empty bucket. His mom had to work late and was just getting out to trick or treat. I emptied my remaining candy into that kids bucket - just about filling it - you should have seen the look in his eyes. Wide-eyed with this huge smile.
Was awesome.
The dads usually stop and have a beer and watch sports (will have the NFL on in the garage) whilst the womenfolk handle the little monsters. Good times.
Gonna be cold, but I'll have a fire. The kids score at our house - the wife buys about 700 pieces of candy so we can hand out a handful to each kid. With the cold temps tonight they are really gonna get loaded up at our house.
I remember last year, it was about 9:00 and I was wrapping up, and this poor kid came running up with an almost empty bucket. His mom had to work late and was just getting out to trick or treat. I emptied my remaining candy into that kids bucket - just about filling it - you should have seen the look in his eyes. Wide-eyed with this huge smile.
Was awesome.
TheIronSheik
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Ours hasn't been officially moved yet, but I'm surprised.
Even crazier was the local Fox station weather lady. She showed a model showing the storm line that should come in around 9. Strong winds and even a chance for some tornadoes. When the anchor asked if they should cancel ToTing, she said, "No. Models says the line won't come through until 9." First off, models are not 100% accurate. And if you're talking about severe weather that includes tornadoes, maybe we shouldn't be ok with ToTing until 9 because the storms don't arrive until right then.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
3 inches of snow here today - I wished they cancelled this #### so I didn't have to trudge around with my 4yo tonight.
WDIK2
Footballguy
We've had trick-or-treating postponed a few times for ice storms, but they were so bad it would have been dangerous for kids walking on sidewalks and parents driving kids around.
I don't live in a very ToT-friendly neighborhood and have very few kids within a couple blocks. I had my outside lights turned off last year, but 1 kid still showed up late. I didn't have any candy so gave him a couple dollars.
I have candy this year so if a few show up they are going to get a haul. Keeps me from eating the leftovers.
I don't live in a very ToT-friendly neighborhood and have very few kids within a couple blocks. I had my outside lights turned off last year, but 1 kid still showed up late. I didn't have any candy so gave him a couple dollars.
I have candy this year so if a few show up they are going to get a haul. Keeps me from eating the leftovers.
-fish-
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brun
Footballguy
After I posted I thought, maybe I can get one of those "Sex Offender" signs from the sheriff.
Mr. Ected
Footballguy
We are going to get pummeled by a bad rainstorm here in VA (tornados have been mentioned) that will be running thru my town around 6-8 (prime Trick or Treating time!). Haven't heard anything on cancelling Trick or Treating, but one of the big events in our town is a parade. My sons' HS marching band is in that parade annually. They cancelled their participation this afternoon, I wonder if this is partly due to having state championship competition this weekend, and them not wanting any damage to the instruments before that more important event.
Insein
Footballguy
Neal Cassady
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shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
I used to think the same until I talked to my parents. They said it was always 6-8, so probably selective memory. It is definitely dark that second hour. And it doesn’t seem like 2 hours is a lot but after that my kids are usually whipped from running door to door. My fondest memories are always from weekends I’m sure. As a kid Spending hours afterwards trading candy with neighbor friends and staying up watching scary movies. As an adult staying out in the driveway with friends and a fire throwing back beers all night while all the kids are inside doing what I did as a kidI don't know. I guess I'm just projecting my own feelings and fond memories of Halloween as a kid. They certainly never involved a 2-hour window of trick-or-treating in broad daylight.
Flashlights, lit jack-o'-lanterns on the doorsteps you're visiting, spookiness / thrill of going through the neighborhood in the dark - that's the sort of thing I mean about magic.
I guess some of that's been lost a long time ago, since there are often more adults than kids in the groups these days.
They (the adults anyway) can all get off my lawn.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
I was just out driving back and there’s kids and adults and cars everywhere. Two police officers out their lights on and sirens and take off through the streets with all these people. I understand it was probably an emergency but they were going to run one of these kids over.
-fish-
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Ron Swanson
Footballguy
I just cancelled Halloween and headed to the brewery. Porch lights off but candy in a bowl to reward any young souls who aren't rule followers.
Mile High
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jhib
Footballguy
Yeah, I'm sure a lot of it is selective memory. But I definitely remember staying out until almost 9 (when I was a little older, I'm sure) and at least in NJ, it was dark by 6. Daylight savings time's "fall back" was before Halloween.
All that said, it poured pretty hard at one point this evening, so I felt bad for the kids. I hadn't really been paying attention to the actual weather reports and was picturing your average normal rain this whole time, not downpour. The ones that braved it all got a lot of candy from this house.
jhib
Footballguy
Now watch it rain on Saturday.
Were there any trick or treaters out who didn't get the message or pretended they didn't?
jhib
Footballguy
I think the point was that there are usually more October days after the last Saturday of October. If people generally don't shop for Halloween until October and stop on Halloween, then there's potentially fewer days of Halloween shopping if Halloween is no longer the last day of October.Isn't the last Saturday of October still October? I'm shuked.
skol asylum
Footballguy
Cancelled for me today. Ended up in ER with allergic reaction to antibiotics. Home with meds and on the mend. Didn't get to partake in trick or treating. 
TheIronSheik
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So we got ours in before the tornadoes hit. Crazy storms.
Two odd things. We sit out front with a table and a bucket. Our neighborhood is huge. So we go through 2 buckets in about 90 minutes. About $80 worth of candy.
1) A kid comes up and says, "I have nut allergies." Sorry for your luck kid. But not my job to be a nut safe house.
2) A kid comes up with his dad and the kid grabs candy and then so does the dad. This happened last year, too. A couple parents who have a bag and take candy. WTF? You're just a hobo at that point.
Two odd things. We sit out front with a table and a bucket. Our neighborhood is huge. So we go through 2 buckets in about 90 minutes. About $80 worth of candy.
1) A kid comes up and says, "I have nut allergies." Sorry for your luck kid. But not my job to be a nut safe house.
2) A kid comes up with his dad and the kid grabs candy and then so does the dad. This happened last year, too. A couple parents who have a bag and take candy. WTF? You're just a hobo at that point.
Caesar
Footballguy
The cold here on the north side of Cincinnati wasn't the bad part for us. The worst part here was the 20+ mph winds. My poor little 2 year old twin daughters could only make it around to about 15 houses before we had to head home.
I'm glad they got to do a little, and to be honest, they don't need too much candy anyway, but it sucks they couldn't enjoy it more.
I handed out the candy after we got back home and I noticed there were fewer smaller kids going around, and that is too bad because those are the best costumes to see. Those toddlers dressed up just make people smile.
I'm glad they got to do a little, and to be honest, they don't need too much candy anyway, but it sucks they couldn't enjoy it more.
I handed out the candy after we got back home and I noticed there were fewer smaller kids going around, and that is too bad because those are the best costumes to see. Those toddlers dressed up just make people smile.
ChiefD
Footballguy
Had about 100 kids last night on a 35 degree evening. Had the fire roaring in the driveway. Acorns were falling out of my big oak tree.
All the kids got a fair handful. Had another late kid with an empty bucket - loaded that kids bucket about half way.
Had a good time. My own kids were out about 2 hours. Got tons of candy.
All the kids got a fair handful. Had another late kid with an empty bucket - loaded that kids bucket about half way.
Had a good time. My own kids were out about 2 hours. Got tons of candy.
Hov34
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TheIronSheik
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ffweasel
Weasel Power
Happened all the time at my last residence. Really Mom/Dad? Also when a parent takes candy for a baby. If they aren’t old enough to walk up to the door they aren’t eating that candy.
Courtjester
The Town Drunk
It was freezing cold last night, but we still had close to 200 kids come by. The reason I know that number is because my wife's favorite part of the night is putting a little tally sheet by the door and keeping track. I know...weird, but after thirty years with the woman, I guess I am stuck with her.
We had a pretty good system going last night (or I thought we did). I sat on the couch, drinking beer, watching football and I had the outdoor cameras on my phone. I would announce to my wife, "Okay, three kids coming up the driveway," you know, just so she could be ready. As the evening went on and the deeper I got into the 12 pack, I started getting more creative. "We have three Frozen Princesses spotted. Three cute lions--repeat three cute lions inbound!!" She said it was funny for the first ten minutes, but after that I could tell the level of eye rolling was getting to a maximum level. The highlight of the evening, and I wish I could post a screenshot of it, was when about five kids dressed in those huge, inflatable dinosaur costumes appeared on my camera out of nowhere. I was screaming in my best Australian accent (why?) about there being a pack of Velociraptors on the loose.
My wife ruined some kid's night though. Solo kid came to the door dressed in some hat, cape, scary mask costume. My wife said, "Oh, are you the Babadook?" I could hear the grunt of disgust come from this kid and he said something about him being the Superclawcrazypsychoman whatever. I really was paying attention as I was still so twitterpated by the pack of dinosaurs that just left. I can just imagine him walking down the driveway, cursing under his breath about how terrible his life is and mad his parents didn't get him a better costume.
The only low-point of the evening is we ordered Red Robin delivery at 5:15 pm. It indicated about a 45-50 minute delivery time, which we were fine with, especially it being a holiday night. Our food showed it left RR at 6:10. It didn't get to our house until after 7:00--which is only a 20 minute drive at max. The delivery driver walked up in the middle of a big group of kids getting candy, just handed the bag to my wife and left--didn't say anything. The food was beyond cold--like stone cold. We could reheat the burgers, but the fries and several other items couldn't be salvaged. I had to call and complain and they refunded our money, but that stunk as we love RR.
Oh well, glad I took today off. Time to jump into another 12 pack and figure out why I suck at NBA DFS.
We had a pretty good system going last night (or I thought we did). I sat on the couch, drinking beer, watching football and I had the outdoor cameras on my phone. I would announce to my wife, "Okay, three kids coming up the driveway," you know, just so she could be ready. As the evening went on and the deeper I got into the 12 pack, I started getting more creative. "We have three Frozen Princesses spotted. Three cute lions--repeat three cute lions inbound!!" She said it was funny for the first ten minutes, but after that I could tell the level of eye rolling was getting to a maximum level. The highlight of the evening, and I wish I could post a screenshot of it, was when about five kids dressed in those huge, inflatable dinosaur costumes appeared on my camera out of nowhere. I was screaming in my best Australian accent (why?) about there being a pack of Velociraptors on the loose.
My wife ruined some kid's night though. Solo kid came to the door dressed in some hat, cape, scary mask costume. My wife said, "Oh, are you the Babadook?" I could hear the grunt of disgust come from this kid and he said something about him being the Superclawcrazypsychoman whatever. I really was paying attention as I was still so twitterpated by the pack of dinosaurs that just left. I can just imagine him walking down the driveway, cursing under his breath about how terrible his life is and mad his parents didn't get him a better costume.
The only low-point of the evening is we ordered Red Robin delivery at 5:15 pm. It indicated about a 45-50 minute delivery time, which we were fine with, especially it being a holiday night. Our food showed it left RR at 6:10. It didn't get to our house until after 7:00--which is only a 20 minute drive at max. The delivery driver walked up in the middle of a big group of kids getting candy, just handed the bag to my wife and left--didn't say anything. The food was beyond cold--like stone cold. We could reheat the burgers, but the fries and several other items couldn't be salvaged. I had to call and complain and they refunded our money, but that stunk as we love RR.
Oh well, glad I took today off. Time to jump into another 12 pack and figure out why I suck at NBA DFS.
TheIronSheik
SUPER ELITE UPPER TIER
As for costumes, there were some strange ones. I would say we get probably 200 or more kids. And about 3/4 of them are 9 or under. The older kids tend to do the bare minimum, which is fine. I'm not the costume police. If you want to go ToTing when you're 18, that's fine. There are much worse choices you could be doing. But for the under 9 crowd, sometimes I have to question the parents. About half the kids have pretty much no costume at all on. I mean, we live in a nice area. It's not like poor people are coming to our house.
The best costume was a kid about 8 wearing a blinking deadmau5 helmet. The dad was proud of his work and should have been.
The worst was a tie. A kid about 10 in a Rick costume from Rick and Morty. I'm not trying to judge, but I couldn't imagine letting my 10 year old watch that show. But the even more questionable one was the 8 year old dressed in a Trump mask covered in blood with a knife stuck into the side of his head. Like, WTF? His mom was like, "I made the costume." Really? I thought you're 8 year old son was really involved in politics.
The best costume was a kid about 8 wearing a blinking deadmau5 helmet. The dad was proud of his work and should have been.
The worst was a tie. A kid about 10 in a Rick costume from Rick and Morty. I'm not trying to judge, but I couldn't imagine letting my 10 year old watch that show. But the even more questionable one was the 8 year old dressed in a Trump mask covered in blood with a knife stuck into the side of his head. Like, WTF? His mom was like, "I made the costume." Really? I thought you're 8 year old son was really involved in politics.
xulf
Footballguy
