So I got up early today
 

Ive had trouble sleeping lately. When I wake up, Im not sleepy, so I
get up and get things done until I get sleepy. Sometimes, I watch TV. Then I
go to bed. I can be up at any time of night or day.
Today, I got up at 4:45 AM and by 7:00 AM I had cooked and mashed potatoes,
put them in an oval, shallow ceramic dish and threw them in the fridge for
tonights dinner. I made a meatloaf and stored that in the fridge as well.
I dumped some canned Italian flat beans into a microwave safe container and
added butter, salt and pepper. I chucked that into the fridge.
I killed two hours watching TV and then cracked open a beer. Which brings me
to my question. What does everyone expect to do for Halloween. Will you be
serving candy, partying or hunkered down?

leo

So I got up early today
 

On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 18:29:31 -0700, Leo >
wrote:

>Ive had trouble sleeping lately. When I wake up, Im not sleepy, so I
>get up and get things done until I get sleepy. Sometimes, I watch TV. Then I
>go to bed. I can be up at any time of night or day.
>Today, I got up at 4:45 AM and by 7:00 AM I had cooked and mashed potatoes,
>put them in an oval, shallow ceramic dish and threw them in the fridge for
>tonights dinner. I made a meatloaf and stored that in the fridge as well.
>I dumped some canned Italian flat beans into a microwave safe container and
>added butter, salt and pepper. I chucked that into the fridge.
>I killed two hours watching TV and then cracked open a beer. Which brings me
>to my question. What does everyone expect to do for Halloween. Will you be
>serving candy, partying or hunkered down?

When is Halloween?

So I got up early today
 

On 2020 Oct 23, , Bruce wrote
(in >):

> When is Halloween?

October 31st here. Everyday in your world.

So I got up early today
 

On 10/23/2020 8:29 PM, Leo wrote:
> Ive had trouble sleeping lately. When I wake up, Im not sleepy, so I
> get up and get things done until I get sleepy. Sometimes, I watch TV. Then I
> go to bed. I can be up at any time of night or day.
> Today, I got up at 4:45 AM and by 7:00 AM I had cooked and mashed potatoes,
> put them in an oval, shallow ceramic dish and threw them in the fridge for
> tonights dinner. I made a meatloaf and stored that in the fridge as well.
> I dumped some canned Italian flat beans into a microwave safe container and
> added butter, salt and pepper. I chucked that into the fridge.
> I killed two hours watching TV and then cracked open a beer. Which brings me
> to my question. What does everyone expect to do for Halloween. Will you be
> serving candy, partying or hunkered down?
>
> leo
>
>

Probably just another night down here in The Holler . AFAIK there are
only 3 kids here and we've never had any T or T'ers before so ... but my
wife did get a small bag of candy just in case .
--
Snag
Illegitimi non
carborundum

So I got up early today
 

On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 18:29:31 -0700, Leo wrote:

> I¢ve had trouble sleeping lately. When I wake up, I¢m not sleepy, so I
> get up and get things done until I get sleepy. Sometimes, I watch TV. Then I
> go to bed. I can be up at any time of night or day.
> Today, I got up at 4:45 AM and by 7:00 AM I had cooked and mashed potatoes,
> put them in an oval, shallow ceramic dish and threw them in the fridge for
> tonight¢s dinner. I made a meatloaf and stored that in the fridge as well.
> I dumped some canned Italian flat beans into a microwave safe container and
> added butter, salt and pepper. I chucked that into the fridge.
> I killed two hours watching TV and then cracked open a beer. Which brings me
> to my question. What does everyone expect to do for Halloween. Will you be
> serving candy, partying or hunkered down?

You totally blew it! You could have reduced your TV time to only
one hour, and done a hot, sweaty, naked 60 minutes on the
Nordictrack.

-sw

So I got up early today
 

"Leo" > wrote in message
vidual.Net...
> Ive had trouble sleeping lately. When I wake up, Im not sleepy, so I
> get up and get things done until I get sleepy. Sometimes, I watch TV. Then
> I
> go to bed. I can be up at any time of night or day.
> Today, I got up at 4:45 AM and by 7:00 AM I had cooked and mashed
> potatoes,
> put them in an oval, shallow ceramic dish and threw them in the fridge for
> tonights dinner. I made a meatloaf and stored that in the fridge as well.
> I dumped some canned Italian flat beans into a microwave safe container
> and
> added butter, salt and pepper. I chucked that into the fridge.
> I killed two hours watching TV and then cracked open a beer. Which brings
> me
> to my question. What does everyone expect to do for Halloween. Will you be
> serving candy, partying or hunkered down?

Nothing. In past years. they did Trunk Or Treating here. Everyone who does
it has kids and they know each other. Have had no kids for two years.

So I got up early today
 

On Friday, October 23, 2020 at 9:28:35 PM UTC-4, Leo wrote:
> Ive had trouble sleeping lately. When I wake up, Im not sleepy, so I
> get up and get things done until I get sleepy. Sometimes, I watch TV. Then I
> go to bed. I can be up at any time of night or day.
> Today, I got up at 4:45 AM

By my standards that's sleeping in. But I have an 8-5 job, so our situations
are different.

I woke up early this morning (3:30) and lazed around until the alarm went
off at 4:00.

> and by 7:00 AM I had cooked and mashed potatoes,
> put them in an oval, shallow ceramic dish and threw them in the fridge for
> tonights dinner. I made a meatloaf and stored that in the fridge as well.
> I dumped some canned Italian flat beans into a microwave safe container and
> added butter, salt and pepper. I chucked that into the fridge.
> I killed two hours watching TV and then cracked open a beer.

Nice use of the extra time.

> Which brings me
> to my question. What does everyone expect to do for Halloween. Will you be
> serving candy, partying or hunkered down?

Same as usual. Hunkering down, since there are no trick-or-treaters
in our neighborhood and no Halloween parties to go to.

Cindy Hamilton

So I got up early today
 

Bruce wrote:
> When is Halloween?

Do you not have that holiday?

Halloween - October 31
Time change - November 1
Election Day - November 3

What an exciting week in store for USAians.

No cold weather predicted either in my area
so no wood smoke issues to deal with for now.

So I got up early today
 

Leo wrote:
>
> What does everyone expect to do for Halloween. Will you be
> serving candy, partying or hunkered down?

I doubt any parents will let their kids do trick-or-treat
this year. People really shouldn't do parties either.

I'll probably find something decent to watch on TV while
snacking on cheap 7-11 pepperoni pizza. :)
(2 large for $7)

So I got up early today
 

On Saturday, October 24, 2020 at 7:27:52 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> Leo wrote:
> >
> > What does everyone expect to do for Halloween. Will you be
> > serving candy, partying or hunkered down?
> I doubt any parents will let their kids do trick-or-treat
> this year. People really shouldn't do parties either.
>
> I'll probably find something decent to watch on TV while
> snacking on cheap 7-11 pepperoni pizza. :)
> (2 large for $7)


I am not at all snobbish about those cheap 7-11 pizzas... they can be goosed up with extra stuff and are okay. My regular pizzeria sells the same size for about $25.00...

Pizza ingredients are cheap, thus a very high - profit item...

--
Best
Greg

So I got up early today
 

On Saturday, October 24, 2020 at 8:22:22 AM UTC-5, GM wrote:
> On Saturday, October 24, 2020 at 7:27:52 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> > Leo wrote:
> > >
> > > What does everyone expect to do for Halloween. Will you be
> > > serving candy, partying or hunkered down?
> > I doubt any parents will let their kids do trick-or-treat
> > this year. People really shouldn't do parties either.
> >
> > I'll probably find something decent to watch on TV while
> > snacking on cheap 7-11 pepperoni pizza. :)
> > (2 large for $7)
> I am not at all snobbish about those cheap 7-11 pizzas... they can be goosed up with extra stuff and are okay. My regular pizzeria sells the same size for about $25.00...
>
> Pizza ingredients are cheap, thus a very high - profit item...

It's pretty easy to make pizzas that are way better than convenience
store ones.
>
> --
> Best
> Greg

--Bryan

So I got up early today
 

On Sat, 24 Oct 2020 13:11:29 -0400, Sheldon Martin wrote:

> Canned pumpkin for pie is in fact
> butternut squash.

You say this several times a year and you're always wrong. 90%+ are
Dickenson squashes, a close relative of butternut, but look more
like an elongated pumpkins.

Butternut, becauese of their smaller size and shape, are much harder
to clean and process and produce a of waste.

-sw

So I got up early today
 

On Saturday, October 24, 2020 at 7:27:23 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>
> Halloween - October 31
> Time change - November 1
> Election Day - November 3
>
> What an exciting week in store for USAians.
>
Eh, My brother and I stood in line earlier this week and voted early.
But no special plans for Halloween.

So I got up early today
 

Sqwertz wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Oct 2020 13:11:29 -0400, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>
>> Canned pumpkin for pie is in fact
>> butternut squash.
>
> You say this several times a year and you're always wrong. 90%+ are
> Dickenson squashes, a close relative of butternut, but look more
> like an elongated pumpkins.
>
> Butternut, becauese of their smaller size and shape, are much harder
> to clean and process and produce a of waste.
>
> -sw
>

Hahahahah ...Yep, Popeye usually starts this butternut squash shit
in september or early october each year. Like clockwork.

And it usually lasts through december.

So I got up early today
 

Sqwertz wrote:

> On Sat, 24 Oct 2020 13:11:29 -0400, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>
> > Canned pumpkin for pie is in fact
> > butternut squash.
>
> You say this several times a year and you're always wrong. 90%+ are
> Dickenson squashes, a close relative of butternut, but look more
> like an elongated pumpkins.
>
> Butternut, becauese of their smaller size and shape, are much harder
> to clean and process and produce a of waste.
>
> -sw

Yup. The annual 'wrong' on pumpkins.

So I got up early today
 

On 10/23/2020 9:29 PM, Leo wrote:
> Which brings me
> to my question. What does everyone expect to do for Halloween. Will you be
> serving candy, partying or hunkered down?
>
> leo

I'll be hunkered down but also doing the candy thing (see below). On
October 1st I hung out the Black Cat in the Moon Flag and strung blinky
eyeball lights in the recently trimmed shrubs out front. I turn those
on at dusk and off at bedtime.

If it doesn't rain on Halloween I plan to set a bowl with a bunch of
candy on top of a tallish box at the end of the driveway. I've drawn a
Jack-O-Lantern on the box. :) I bought a huge bag of mixed chocolate
candy. Oh, I've also got a bunch of small snack size packages of Corn
Nuts to put in the bowl. I have enough stuff to refill the bowl three
or four times if folks don't get greedy. ;) Lots of people on my street
walk their dogs several times a day. There will be a sign saying
"People Treats" (I don't want their dogs getting into the chocolates).
I do hope it doesn't rain!

Jill

So I got up early today
 

On 10/24/2020 5:36 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 10/23/2020 9:29 PM, Leo wrote:
>> Which brings me
>> to my question. What does everyone expect to do for Halloween. Will
>> you be
>> serving candy, partying or hunkered down?
>>
>> leo
>
> I'll be hunkered down but also doing the candy thing (see below).Â* On
> October 1st I hung out the Black Cat in the Moon Flag and strung blinky
> eyeball lights in the recently trimmed shrubs out front.Â* I turn those
> on at dusk and off at bedtime.
>
> If it doesn't rain on Halloween I plan to set a bowl with a bunch of
> candy on top of a tallish box at the end of the driveway.Â* I've drawn a
> Jack-O-Lantern on the box. :)Â* I bought a huge bag of mixed chocolate
> candy.Â* Oh, I've also got a bunch of small snack size packages of Corn
> Nuts to put in the bowl.Â* I have enough stuff to refill the bowl three
> or four times if folks don't get greedy. ;)Â* Lots of people on my street
> walk their dogs several times a day.Â* There will be a sign saying
> "People Treats" (I don't want their dogs getting into the chocolates). I
> do hope it doesn't rain!
>
> Jill

Last year we had three kids come by. This year I bought the full size
Hershey bars. For just a few kids I can splurge.

So I got up early today
 

On 2020-10-24 9:33 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 10/24/2020 5:36 PM, jmcquown wrote:

>> I'll be hunkered down but also doing the candy thing (see below).Â* On
>> October 1st I hung out the Black Cat in the Moon Flag and strung
>> blinky eyeball lights in the recently trimmed shrubs out front.Â* I
>> turn those on at dusk and off at bedtime.
>>
>> If it doesn't rain on Halloween I plan to set a bowl with a bunch of
>> candy on top of a tallish box at the end of the driveway.Â* I've drawn
>> a Jack-O-Lantern on the box. :)Â* I bought a huge bag of mixed
>> chocolate candy.Â* Oh, I've also got a bunch of small snack size
>> packages of Corn Nuts to put in the bowl.Â* I have enough stuff to
>> refill the bowl three or four times if folks don't get greedy. ;)
>> Lots of people on my street walk their dogs several times a day.
>> There will be a sign saying "People Treats" (I don't want their dogs
>> getting into the chocolates). I do hope it doesn't rain!
>>
>> Jill
>
> Last year we had three kids come by. This year I bought the full size
> Hershey bars.Â* For just a few kids I can splurge.


Same here. We had no kids at all for more than twenty year. Two years
ago the neighbours' kids came by, and last year we had only the sons of
the owner of the nursery behind us and his four kids.

Our big problem is what to get, something with milk chocolate that kids
like or something with dark chocolate, which I like. My wife found a
way for me to avoid being tempted by the leftovers. She got Smarties. I
am not likely to eat those. If they had been Skors bars I would probably
eat them all before Halloween.

So I got up early today
 

On Friday, October 23, 2020 at 8:28:35 PM UTC-5, Leo wrote:
....
> Which brings me
> to my question. What does everyone expect to do for Halloween. Will you be
> serving candy, partying or hunkered down?
>
> leo

I found a bag of Fun Size Snickers from last year, and since they don't go bad...

John Kuthe...

So I got up early today
 

On Saturday, October 24, 2020 at 4:58:24 PM UTC-10, John Kuthe wrote:
> On Friday, October 23, 2020 at 8:28:35 PM UTC-5, Leo wrote:
> ...
> > Which brings me
> > to my question. What does everyone expect to do for Halloween. Will you be
> > serving candy, partying or hunkered down?
> >
> > leo
>
> I found a bag of Fun Size Snickers from last year, and since they don't go bad...
>
> John Kuthe...

Oh, they go bad alright. You might still consider those Snickers to be "fun" but you're just going to make the kids cry and the adults will come out from quarantine to hunt you down. Don't even think about it!

So I got up early today
 

dsi1 wrote:
> On Saturday, October 24, 2020 at 4:58:24 PM UTC-10, John Kuthe wrote:
>> On Friday, October 23, 2020 at 8:28:35 PM UTC-5, Leo wrote:
>> ...
>>> Which brings me
>>> to my question. What does everyone expect to do for Halloween. Will you be
>>> serving candy, partying or hunkered down?
>>>
>>> leo
>> I found a bag of Fun Size Snickers from last year, and since they don't go bad...
>>
>> John Kuthe...
> Oh, they go bad alright. You might still consider those Snickers to be "fun" but you're just going to make the kids cry and the adults will come out from quarantine to hunt you down. Don't even think about it!

He should hand out the 10 lbs of toffee that Raquel didn't buy from him.

So I got up early today
 

On 10/24/2020 9:34 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2020-10-24 9:33 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 10/24/2020 5:36 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>>> I'll be hunkered down but also doing the candy thing (see below).Â* On
>>> October 1st I hung out the Black Cat in the Moon Flag and strung
>>> blinky eyeball lights in the recently trimmed shrubs out front.Â* I
>>> turn those on at dusk and off at bedtime.
>>>
>>> If it doesn't rain on Halloween I plan to set a bowl with a bunch of
>>> candy on top of a tallish box at the end of the driveway.Â* I've drawn
>>> a Jack-O-Lantern on the box. :)Â* I bought a huge bag of mixed
>>> chocolate candy.Â* Oh, I've also got a bunch of small snack size
>>> packages of Corn Nuts to put in the bowl.Â* I have enough stuff to
>>> refill the bowl three or four times if folks don't get greedy. ;)
>>> Lots of people on my street walk their dogs several times a day.
>>> There will be a sign saying "People Treats" (I don't want their dogs
>>> getting into the chocolates). I do hope it doesn't rain!
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> Last year we had three kids come by. This year I bought the full size
>> Hershey bars.Â* For just a few kids I can splurge.
>
>
> Same here.Â* We had no kids at all for more than twenty year. Two years
> ago the neighbours' kids came by, and last year we had only the sons of
> the owner of the nursery behind us and his four kids.
>
> Our big problem is what to get, something with milk chocolate that kids
> like or something with dark chocolate, which I like.Â* My wife found a
> way for me to avoid being tempted by the leftovers. She got Smarties.Â* I
> am not likely to eat those. If they had been Skors bars I would probably
> eat them all before Halloween.

My wife brought home a bag of fun-size (left) Twix last time she
grocery shopped ... I wasn't even thinking about Halloween when I opened
it and ate a couple ... We've never had T or T'ers down here in The
Holler , I thought she got 'em for me !
--
Snag
Illegitimi non
carborundum

So I got up early today
 

So I got up early today
 

Dave Smith wrote:

> On 2020-10-24 9:33 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > On 10/24/2020 5:36 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>
> > > I'll be hunkered down but also doing the candy thing (see
> > > below).Â* On October 1st I hung out the Black Cat in the Moon
> > > Flag and strung blinky eyeball lights in the recently trimmed
> > > shrubs out front.Â* I turn those on at dusk and off at bedtime.
> > >
> > > If it doesn't rain on Halloween I plan to set a bowl with a bunch
> > > of candy on top of a tallish box at the end of the driveway.Â*
> > > I've drawn a Jack-O-Lantern on the box. :)Â* I bought a huge bag
> > > of mixed chocolate candy.Â* Oh, I've also got a bunch of small
> > > snack size packages of Corn Nuts to put in the bowl.Â* I have
> > > enough stuff to refill the bowl three or four times if folks
> > > don't get greedy. ;) Lots of people on my street walk their
> > > dogs several times a day. There will be a sign saying "People
> > > Treats" (I don't want their dogs getting into the chocolates). I
> > > do hope it doesn't rain!
> > >
> > > Jill
> >
> > Last year we had three kids come by. This year I bought the full
> > size Hershey bars.Â* For just a few kids I can splurge.
>
>
> Same here. We had no kids at all for more than twenty year. Two
> years ago the neighbours' kids came by, and last year we had only the
> sons of the owner of the nursery behind us and his four kids.
>
> Our big problem is what to get, something with milk chocolate that
> kids like or something with dark chocolate, which I like. My wife
> found a way for me to avoid being tempted by the leftovers. She got
> Smarties. I am not likely to eat those. If they had been Skors bars
> I would probably eat them all before Halloween.

We vary a lot here too with kids. We are getting reeces pieces and
York Peppermint Patties.

So I got up early today
 

On 2020-10-26 9:30 p.m., cshenk wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> Our big problem is what to get, something with milk chocolate that
>> kids like or something with dark chocolate, which I like. My wife
>> found a way for me to avoid being tempted by the leftovers. She got
>> Smarties. I am not likely to eat those. If they had been Skors bars
>> I would probably eat them all before Halloween.
>
> We vary a lot here too with kids. We are getting reeces pieces and
> York Peppermint Patties.
>

We don't get enough kids to over a variety like that. in the last two
years we had a total of 7 or 8 kids, and none over the previous 20 years
we had none at all. My wife rarely eats chocolate and I don't like milk
chocolate.

So I got up early today
 

On 10/26/2020 9:25 PM, cshenk wrote:
> wrote:
>
>> On Saturday, October 24, 2020 at 7:27:23 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>>>
>>> Halloween - October 31
>>> Time change - November 1
>>> Election Day - November 3
>>>
>>> What an exciting week in store for USAians.
>>>
>> Eh, My brother and I stood in line earlier this week and voted early.
>> But no special plans for Halloween.

> I have the Jellicle Ball. Hunter's moon is when we set our 'story' to
> unfold. Cat Cat Village Vietnam this year. (It's all a lovely fiction
> story built by many).
>
Hunter's moon? You mean Biden's kid took over the moon? Damned
politicians control everything.

So I got up early today
 

Dave Smith wrote:
....
> We don't get enough kids to over a variety like that. in the last two
> years we had a total of 7 or 8 kids, and none over the previous 20 years
> we had none at all. My wife rarely eats chocolate and I don't like milk
> chocolate.

our neighbor to the north gets a good number of kids each
year that he's become a destination. he spends quite a lot
on candy. we joke with him that we'll come down and raid
his supply.

we've not ever had much going on here, we don't even
bother any more. yes, we'd eat it all. even if i don't
particularly think it is much good any longer i'd still
eat it if it has sugar in it.


songbird

So I got up early today
 

On 10/27/2020 12:22 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 10/26/2020 9:25 PM, cshenk wrote:
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Saturday, October 24, 2020 at 7:27:23 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Halloween - October 31
>>>> Time change - November 1
>>>> Election Day - November 3
>>>>
>>>> What an exciting week in store for USAians.
>>>>
>>> Eh, My brother and I stood in line earlier this week and voted early.
>>> But no special plans for Halloween.
>
>> I have the Jellicle Ball.Â* Hunter's moon is when we set our 'story' to
>> unfold.Â* Cat Cat Village Vietnam this year.Â* (It's all a lovely fiction
>> story built by many).
>>
> Hunter's moon?Â* You mean Biden's kid took over the moon?Â* Damned
> politicians control everything.

LOL Naw, it's a song by Sally Oldfield circa 1978. ;) 'Night of the
Hunters Moon':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RqteF_H5lI

You might recognize her brothers' main claim to fame, 'Tubular Bells'.
It was used as the theme for the movie 'The Exorcist'.

Jill

So I got up early today
 

Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> On 10/26/2020 9:25 PM, cshenk wrote:
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Saturday, October 24, 2020 at 7:27:23 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Halloween - October 31
> > > > Time change - November 1
> > > > Election Day - November 3
> > > >
> > > > What an exciting week in store for USAians.
> > > >
> > > Eh, My brother and I stood in line earlier this week and voted
> > > early. But no special plans for Halloween.
>
> > I have the Jellicle Ball. Hunter's moon is when we set our 'story'
> > to unfold. Cat Cat Village Vietnam this year. (It's all a lovely
> > fiction story built by many).
> >
> Hunter's moon? You mean Biden's kid took over the moon? Damned
> politicians control everything.

Smile, look at a lunar calendar. If there are 2 full moons in October,
the later one is called the Hunter's moon. The earlier one is the
Harvest moon. Normally the Harvest moon is in Sept and the Hunter's
full moon is the only one in October.

Many celebrations of our ancestors are held based on moon phases, not a
static calendar hanging on a wall.