"Roy" > wrote in message
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> On Friday, November 1, 2013 3:51:32 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> <some snippage>
>>
>> > So, how was your turnout?
>>
>>
>>
>> I didn't count and we missed two big groups because husband just sat
>> there
>>
>> and didn't answer the door. By the time I got there, they were gone. I
>> did
>>
>> do the math and based on what remained, I'd say that we got about 65
>> kids.
>>
>> The Sour Patch Kids went first. *Note to self, buy two boxes next year*.
>>
>> Then the Skittles. Not too many of the Twizzlers went. The year that I
>> had
>>
>> the long ones, they were well liked. But I bought the Nibs this time.
>> Full
>>
>> sized packages. I got them at Winco and that is the only form that they
>>
>> sell. Won't get those again either. And nobody took the Snyder's
>> pretzels.
>>
>> *sigh*
>>
>> >
>>
>> > I only had a pathetic 28 drop-ins last night, a far cry from the 75-80+
>>
>> > I'd easily get within an hour down at the apartment complex. (Guess I'd
>>
>> > forgotten how much housing-area Hallowe'ens suck!) Weather down here at
>>
>> > 2030 PDT (closing time) was partly cloudy and dry, ~58 degrees. Some
>> > fog
>>
>> > over the fields.
>>
>>
>>
>> I don't know where these kids came from. I only answered the door about
>> 7
>>
>> times and they all were Latino. I only know of one Latino family near
>> us.
>>
>> Their daughter is a year younger than mine and she did not come. Lots of
>>
>> very little kids. No little kids that I know of that live near us. We
>> did
>>
>> get one bunch that we know. The girl is two years younger than my
>> daughter.
>>
>> They used to be friends but grew apart as they aged. She has two younger
>>
>> brothers. But... Daughter is 15 now and not too many kids of that age
>> go
>>
>> out. Some do but this year we didn't see many older ones at all and no
>>
>> adults. I bought the pretzels for the adults because in the past we got
>>
>> what appeared to be homeless people just looking for food.
>
> You let these kids/people "help themselves" and get a choice of what
> they take? I would NEVER do that...they get what I want to give them.

Sure I do! Why wouldn't I? The only person who took more than one thing is
a boy that we know. He's autistic so we cut him some slack. Most years
anyone that comes around 10:00 gets a big handful of whatever we have left.
But this year they stopped coming at 9:00.