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Date Posted: 13:07:13 10/31/02 Thu
Author: Spock
Author Host/IP: user-vc8fm1s.biz.mindspring.com / 216.135.216.60
Subject: What's your favorite way to celebrate Halloween?


Since we live in an apartment complex, we don't get many trick-or-treaters. So, I make treats for the neighbors we know.

For two years now I've been making a cupcake graveyard....devil's food (naturally) cupcakes with green icing, tombstones stuck in them made from oval sandwich cookies decorated with black icing (RIP, etc), candy pumpkins, and trees made by splitting licorice sticks. Makes a festive montage. Of course, my kitty in a Halloween spook-fest stomped right in the middle of the platter (fortunately it was already covered with plastic) and so the graveyard was a little more disheveled than it should have been...

Happy Halloween all!

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[> We will get about 200 youngsters with a sugar craving. (One year we counted how many pieces of candy were handed out and it indicated slightly over 200 ghosts and goblins fed. The little kids are cute and come with parents. The older kids (teenagers) should stay home and buy their own candy to hand out to kids. No politically correct costumes around here -- yet. Let the kids have some fun. -- SurveyGuy, 15:56:00 10/31/02 Thu (maxtnt04-364.phlpa.fast.net/209.92.97.110)


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[> [> I agree -- it's annoying when older kids, who don't even bother with a costume, come to the door with *attitude.* -- Spock, 16:38:47 10/31/02 Thu (user-vc8fm1s.biz.mindspring.com/216.135.216.60)


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[> Oh! And let's not forget watching scary movies....and "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!" Our favorite scary movies are from the classics: "The Haunting" (original, not recent cheesy remake), "The Uninvited," and "Legend of Hell House." More recent good spook is "The Others." -- Spock, 16:34:43 10/31/02 Thu (user-vc8fm1s.biz.mindspring.com/216.135.216.60)


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[> Pretty much only little kids here, as it should be. Not alot, though, and since I get them a well-rounded tooth-destroying selection they make out pretty well. I don't want it hanging around here so they get 1 of each (about 6 bars)...... -- JL (BOO!), 19:54:31 10/31/02 Thu (pcp01376707pcs.selrsv01.pa.comcast.net/68.80.69.241)

The ex's birthday was/is on Oct. 31st so we were always out somewhere. I used to set up a card table and leave a HUGE bowl of candy outside for the kids. Or so I thought. One year I noticed a couple of our buddies (all in their late 20's-30's, mind you) with coat pockets stuffed full and munching away the next night. I mentioned that I had gotten the same kinds of candy treats for MY neighborhood kids. Then I found out that the rascals came over around 10:00 every year and cleaned me out for whatever was left, which from what they told me was most of it (I lived waaay out in the country). At first I was pissed, but after that I also put out what I called the "Old Fools' Bowl"...sign on it and all.

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[> Best Costume of the Year: A political rally masquerading as a memorial service. Not a tear in the house. -- SurveyGuy, 21:53:28 10/31/02 Thu (maxtnt01-sdf-315.fast.net/209.92.61.61)


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[> [> I wonder if anyone has thought of that or done that yet. -- William Boo Hoo!, 02:23:09 11/01/02 Fri (cache-mtc-ah04.proxy.aol.com/64.12.96.169)


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[> [> [> Did you know that the funeral business is a dying business? Did you also know that cemetaries are very popular places? Yes, Cemetaries are very popular places. People are just DYING to get in there! Like the Democratic Party rally! It was called "Night of the living dead!" Like the corpse said from inside the casket "Hey, don't put me into a box!" The Democrats are a great bunch of people. They will kill you with their kindness! Well, this whole Democratic funeral rally is fast becoming a dead issue. -- William, 02:32:26 11/01/02 Fri (cache-mtc-ah04.proxy.aol.com/64.12.96.169)


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[> [> [> [> William, you are in rare form, my friend! -- Spock, 12:28:09 11/01/02 Fri (user-vc8fm1s.biz.mindspring.com/216.135.216.60)


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[> [> Seems they went on quite a tear, though.... -- Spock, 15:03:56 11/01/02 Fri (user-vc8fm1s.biz.mindspring.com/216.135.216.60)


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[> Hey -- who's spooking our setup here? -- Spock (thankful I don't need bifocals yet), 11:24:37 11/01/02 Fri (user-vc8fm1s.biz.mindspring.com/216.135.216.60)


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[> [> Thanks to whomever fixed things up -- wow! what service! Myself, I was trying to sit 10 feet away from the screen, but then couldn't reach the mouse & keyboard....(just kidding) -- Spock, 12:31:26 11/01/02 Fri (user-vc8fm1s.biz.mindspring.com/216.135.216.60)


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[> [> [> Spock, I will confess I worked some magic on the board to minimize the damage perpetrated by the optically challenged poster who has to post big so they can read it. The administrator will be able to deal with their posts directly when they have the opportunity. -- William, 14:02:10 11/01/02 Fri (cache-dq01.proxy.aol.com/205.188.209.133)


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[> [> [> [> Thanks William -- I fixed the other problems. These poster's mothers never taught them to close their tags. This carelessness is also reflected in their readings and interpretations as well. -- SurveyGuy (I may make a code change to automate fixes partially), 18:58:53 11/01/02 Fri (maxtnt05-8.phlpa.fast.net/209.92.99.8)


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[> [> [> [> [> My mother, speaking personally, didn't care about inconsequential things like HTML tags, but rather more important things like "if you act like a jerk toward people you don't agree with and say stupid things about them behind their backs, you won't be treated very well" -- Wondering Why It's Always the Same Five People Posting Here Everyday?, 17:48:32 11/03/02 Sun (NoHost/164.58.18.25)


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[> [> [> [> [> [> Apparently you didn't learn that lesson either. Your attempt at huge typeface failed due to either gross carelessness of lack of knowledge. -- SG (Poster also tried to use +2 size type but didn't know his html. I've never seen this type of html-dyslexia before.), 19:53:48 11/03/02 Sun (maxtnt04-187.phlpa.fast.net/209.92.96.187)


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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> -- , 13:59:57 11/04/02 Mon (cache-rl02.proxy.aol.com/152.163.189.98)


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