Trick or Treaters

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  1. JamDrop

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    I think you’re right. The student house next door has a pumpkin out and I just looked out to see a group of four little kids shout ‘a pumpkin, a pumpkin’ and go and knock. We have porch light on and a dog skeleton but it’s not obvious. I just had to call out to them as they passed to say we are taking part, we just don’t have a pumpkin. I’m happy though! First trick or treaters ever in the 17 years I’ve lived away from parents house.
     
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    Would it help to stagger the sweets and check every half an hour or so and top up rather than all out at once?
     
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    Nah, with the way it’s smashed it would have had to have been done with some force.
     
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    not had one, Albert is really disappointed, he loves eatin…err meeting kids
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    There’s just absolutely no kids as it’s not families who live around here, it’s just students, ‘professionals’ and middle aged to older people.
     
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    And you come under two of those categories


    If anyone wants me I'll be hiding under my bed
     
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    We didn’t put a pumpkin out. Circumstances and all that.

    We did stick some glow sticks in empty milk bottles though - seems to do the trick 301E3084-6104-4148-98E8-2F843D0BDDF5.jpg
     
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    I can’t be blamed I was on the train from Manchester home!
     
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    You can do one!
     
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    Just 4 groups at ours, miserable evening though. Lots of choccy temptation now for the next week or so, overdid it stocking up.
     
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    George went to a disco on Friday with his mum. IMG-20231031-WA0000.jpg
     
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    Stop talking to yourself you'll go mad.
     
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    Had about 3, but that suits me. I am of a generation that didn't do trick or treating so I don't eally feel anything for it.
     
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    3 lots. 11 kids altogether. First time since we moved house in 3 yrs. Damn. Allus prepared but nowt left for missen this time. :mad::)
     
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    No idea how I did that! Obviously getting old :D
     
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    I haven't had a single trick or treater in over 10 years and that's despite kids living next door until a few years ago

    These days it seems you have to trim your house up to have trick or treaters come round but as a man who lives alone I feel it could come across a bit creepy to do anything like that so I never have. That and because nobody comes anyway I'd feel a bit stupid putting effort in for nobody to bother coming.
     
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    You do right.
     
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    It apparently doesn’t have to be loads of effort. The group of lads next door just put a lit pumpkin out and they’ve had loads. They were taking it back in as they’ve ran out of sweets so I asked if we could borrow it.
     
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    Aye that would have been my plan mate. Our lass is too soft though, trimming front of house up lol.
     
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