Comments | mrsmodew: bummer

mrsmodew

bummer

Nov 01, 2006 08:54

I love Halloween. My favorite part, lately, has been giving out candy to the kids in my neighborhood. We joke that we give out the good candy to keep the kids from tagging our big white garage. It seems to work. The garage has not had any graffiti appear on it nor has any of our property been molested. It is also nice to help generate more of ( Read more... )

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neugotik November 1 2006, 16:16:27 UTC

My kids & the neighbor kids we go with complained about the cold more then any other year since 2003 (when we moved to our neighborhood) - I've noticed election years get a lot less decorations & trick or treating is more lack luster: I think people get depressed & stressed prior to elections; at least in my neighborhood.

We got a lot of trick or treaters - went through 3 & a half bags of candy. But it was less then previous years a little, and there were less street decorations by a little too (I think that was the cold too; it's hard to decorate outside when it's been "20 degrees below the norm" (according to the weather reports I've been listening to since the first snow) since around Oct. 15th *Brr*

mizzlaurajean November 1 2006, 16:31:01 UTC

The cold never stopped me. If anything it made me determined. I was on a mission and I felt triumpant that the weather didn't stop me.

Ya I sat watching out the window and door eagarly waiting for kids. I wanted droves of them. I like the years when you run out of candy and have to start looking throught the kitchen drawers for stuff.

All the kids we had even older ones had a parent with them. Which I would guess makes them pretty safe.

I really resent the community centers and malls having partys/ trick or treating indoors on the night off. I think half the fun is running around where you live in the dark and suffering the weather. I think especially when it's as cold as it was last night people are more inclined to attend an indoor Halloween event. Which sucks. They're ruining it, fuckers. I think next year I will send out concerned citizen notices encouraging neighbors to pass out candy and the community center to have a party on the weekend.

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Re: Halloween mrsmodew November 2 2006, 17:15:25 UTC

As far as I can recall, DST has always happened before Halloween. Next year the change comes after Halloween, which is nice.

And the dark. from sunset to about 9, is the usual trick-or-treat time. Or has been as long as I can remember. We usually only see the babies and toddlers while there is still some sun light.

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Re: Halloween mrsmodew November 2 2006, 18:22:50 UTC

When? The info I could find on Wiki - "The U.S. federal Uniform Time Act became law on April 13, 1966 and it mandated that DST begin nationwide on the last Sunday in April and end on the last Sunday in October, effective in 1967." In 74 and 75 there was a change due to the gas crisis, but I cannot find any reference to being after Halloween historically. Also on Wiki there is a reference to - "Daylight Saving for Halloween ( ... )

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