On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:00:59 -0500, thunder
wrote:

On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:43:32 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:

On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:02:07 -0400, Tosk
wrote:


Really slow night tonight for candy, looks like the swine flu is keeping
folks at home...

We had 75 kids - not bad - about average.

Kids still Trick or Treat there? They really don't around here. You'll
see a few kids out in certain neighborhoods, or, parents will drive them
around to friends houses, but for the most part, it's a dying tradition
here.

Funny, though, I read somewhere we spend more money on Halloween than any
other holiday, except Christmas.

It's interesting. We've been here thirty years and it goes in cycles.
When my kids were little, it wasn't uncommon to have 100/150 kids pass
through. Then it dropped down to 23/30 for a while, then picked up
again, then down again and now it's on the upswing.

I think it has to do with how many little ones you have in the
neighborhood. We've seen a recent turnover in younger families moving
into the neighborhood, so we're seeing more little ones and thier
brothers and sisters taking them around.

When I was doing the Haunted House thing along with a couple of
friends, we averaged 100 or so. The oldest had 200 some odd and my
youngest boy down in SC had 500 - then again, he lives in a
neighborhood with a lot of kids.

I still enjoy Halloween. It's tradition to watch Rocky Horror Picture
Show every Halloween Eve and I like to see the kids and thier costumes
- it's fun.

There's a couple over in East Putnam who go all out every Halloween -
it's amazing what they do with a Haunted Graveyard, Haunted House,
spooky stuff. The local amateur theatre company participates with
actors, makeup and music - live bands and stuff. Ton of fun.

On Oct 31, 10:31*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports

it's amazing what they do with a Haunted Graveyard, Haunted House,
spooky stuff. *The local amateur theatre company participates with
actors, makeup and music - live bands and stuff. *Ton of fun.

That's what I did tonight. a live gig. man, am I tired. Time change
today. will I get to have that extra hour of sleep?

NO. the biological time clock is still ticking and will be for a week
or so. I'll probably be up by what used to be 6:am anyhow.

On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:35:36 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Oct 31, 10:31*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports

it's amazing what they do with a Haunted Graveyard, Haunted House,
spooky stuff. *The local amateur theatre company participates with
actors, makeup and music - live bands and stuff. *Ton of fun.

That's what I did tonight. a live gig. man, am I tired. Time change
today. will I get to have that extra hour of sleep?

Did anybody survive?

NO. the biological time clock is still ticking and will be for a week
or so. I'll probably be up by what used to be 6:am anyhow.

I roll out at 0530 everyday.

Takes me a day to get stabilized. :)

On 11/1/09 2:04 AM, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:35:36 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Oct 31, 10:31 pm, Tom Francis - SWSports

it's amazing what they do with a Haunted Graveyard, Haunted House,
spooky stuff. The local amateur theatre company participates with
actors, makeup and music - live bands and stuff. Ton of fun.

That's what I did tonight. a live gig. man, am I tired. Time change
today. will I get to have that extra hour of sleep?

Did anybody survive?

NO. the biological time clock is still ticking and will be for a week
or so. I'll probably be up by what used to be 6:am anyhow.

I roll out at 0530 everyday.

Takes me a day to get stabilized. :)


What are you like when you are stabilized?

On Nov 1, 1:04*am, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:35:36 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Oct 31, 10:31*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports

it's amazing what they do with a Haunted Graveyard, Haunted House,
spooky stuff. *The local amateur theatre company participates with
actors, makeup and music - live bands and stuff. *Ton of fun.

That's what I did tonight. a live gig. man, am I tired. Time change
today. will I get to have that extra hour of sleep?

Did anybody survive?

NO. the biological time clock is still ticking and will be for a week
or so. I'll probably be up by what used to be 6:am anyhow.

I roll out at 0530 everyday.

Takes me a day to get stabilized. *:)

I'm glad you can adjust easily, Tom. I never could. Had a blast
playing at the party last night, though. got home late, and still got
up at regular time this morning. After services, I came home hoping to
get some kind of a nap and that didnt' work either. Same thing happens
in the spring. One hour difference either way seems to bug me to no
end.

On Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:14:36 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:31:27 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

We've been here thirty years and it goes in cycles.

My wife and I were trying to make sense out of it. The number of kids
here in the neighborhood is actually higher than it was last year but
half as many showed up. I am thinking the fact that this is Saturday
may have encouraged more parties and less ToT. I took the 3 year old
around in my cart after the kids slacked off because he wanted a ride
and I did see, what looked like, 3 parties going on.

That's a good point. Around here, there isn't much to keep kids busy
being very rural. They do have a Halloween dance type thing up at the
Academy every year and the FD does a Halloween open house.

Hey - times change.