Andplusalso, I apologize if someone already said this (and someone probably already did) but, I would imagine she think poor people shouldn't be able to buy candy with their benefits. Not just no skittles. NO CANDY!!
"Not gonna lie; I kind of keep expecting you to post one day that you threw down on someone who clearly had no idea that today was NOT THEIR DAY." ~dontcallmeshirley
Post by lyssbobiss, Command, B613 on Oct 23, 2014 18:51:44 GMT -5
What reeeeeally pisses me off here is that the kids of rich parents didn't do jack shit to earn their "home" in the neighborhood any more than the poorer kids didn't do anything to deserve not being able to live there. She's punishing the poorer kids for their parents, really. And rewarding the rich kids for being born rich. As though they needed more? Shut up lady. Those kids didn't do anything to you.
"This prick is asking for someone here to bring him to task Somebody give me some dirt on this vacuous mass so we can at last unmask him I'll pull the trigger on it, someone load the gun and cock it While we were all watching, he got Washington in his pocket."
I live in a rural community (think a bunch of houses and three churches. We don't even have our own zip code) so all the kids go into town for trick or treating. The one year we were literally the only ones out trick or treating. We hit like 10 houses and had two full grocery bags of candy. And my one kid was only 3 months old! We accidentally bypassed one house and the lady came running out of her house yelling at us to take her candy.
No full sized candy bars but we did get popcorn balls.
"This prick is asking for someone here to bring him to task Somebody give me some dirt on this vacuous mass so we can at last unmask him I'll pull the trigger on it, someone load the gun and cock it While we were all watching, he got Washington in his pocket."
For a long time, I gave out full size bars. Every year, H would say "REALLY? Full size candy bars?!" I swear it was like 6 years in a row he said it. I'm a little bummed I'm not handing out candy this year. Jax canNOT deal. I don't even know how I'm going to figure out what to do with him even with our light off.
We get kids from the city. Whatever. It's not only probably scary in their neighborhoods, there probably aren't very many lights on and if there are, they're few and far between. As it is, many of the parents drive their kids to the houses even on my street because there are so many lights off.
As long as you have a costume on, I don't begrudge giving you candy. I don't care how old you are.
"Not gonna lie; I kind of keep expecting you to post one day that you threw down on someone who clearly had no idea that today was NOT THEIR DAY." ~dontcallmeshirley
My aunt lives in a popular trick or treating neighborhood, where people drive in. It was getting really expensive to buy enough candy so she doesn't really participate any more.
For a long time, I gave out full size bars. Every year, H would say "REALLY? Full size candy bars?!" I swear it was like 6 years in a row he said it. I'm a little bummed I'm not handing out candy this year. Jax canNOT deal. I don't even know how I'm going to figure out what to do with him even with our light off.
We get kids from the city. Whatever. It's not only probably scary in their neighborhoods, there probably aren't very many lights on and if there are, they're few and far between. As it is, many of the parents drive their kids to the houses even on my street because there are so many lights off.
As long as you have a costume on, I don't begrudge giving you candy. I don't care how old you are.
how about some doggy sleepy pills for just one night? I kid! I kid! Maybe...
For a long time, I gave out full size bars. Every year, H would say "REALLY? Full size candy bars?!" I swear it was like 6 years in a row he said it. I'm a little bummed I'm not handing out candy this year. Jax canNOT deal. I don't even know how I'm going to figure out what to do with him even with our light off.
We get kids from the city. Whatever. It's not only probably scary in their neighborhoods, there probably aren't very many lights on and if there are, they're few and far between. As it is, many of the parents drive their kids to the houses even on my street because there are so many lights off.
As long as you have a costume on, I don't begrudge giving you candy. I don't care how old you are.
how about some doggy sleepy pills for just one night? I kid! I kid! Maybe...
"Not gonna lie; I kind of keep expecting you to post one day that you threw down on someone who clearly had no idea that today was NOT THEIR DAY." ~dontcallmeshirley
My aunt lives in a popular trick or treating neighborhood, where people drive in. It was getting really expensive to buy enough candy so she doesn't really participate any more.
What's wrong with buying what you can afford and turning off the light when it's gone? (serious, not snarky question - I thought that's what everyone did)
"Not gonna lie; I kind of keep expecting you to post one day that you threw down on someone who clearly had no idea that today was NOT THEIR DAY." ~dontcallmeshirley
how about some doggy sleepy pills for just one night? I kid! I kid! Maybe...
If I thought they would work....
What? Of COURSE I'm kidding, too!
We give doggie xanax to our dog with travel anxiety. She hates riding in the car, which makes for difficult road trips with the dogs. The xanax helps a bit.
We give doggie xanax to our dog with travel anxiety. She hates riding in the car, which makes for difficult road trips with the dogs. The xanax helps a bit.
Our vet wouldn't give us any. When we first got him, we took him to the vet to get him checked over and we asked if there was anything we could give him for anxiety. He said a lot of those drugs have the opposite effect on animals. I know a lot of people that use them and I'm sometimes jealous because there are times (much fewer now, thankfully) where we just can't get him back from the anxiety. He's just buzzing for hours.
"Not gonna lie; I kind of keep expecting you to post one day that you threw down on someone who clearly had no idea that today was NOT THEIR DAY." ~dontcallmeshirley
My aunt lives in a popular trick or treating neighborhood, where people drive in. It was getting really expensive to buy enough candy so she doesn't really participate any more.
What's wrong with buying what you can afford and turning off the light when it's gone? Â (serious, not snarky question - I thought that's what everyone did)
I think that is what she ended up doing, I just remember her getting frustrated by the high volume of trick or treaters.
We give doggie xanax to our dog with travel anxiety. She hates riding in the car, which makes for difficult road trips with the dogs. The xanax helps a bit.
Our vet wouldn't give us any. When we first got him, we took him to the vet to get him checked over and we asked if there was anything we could give him for anxiety. He said a lot of those drugs have the opposite effect on animals. I know a lot of people that use them and I'm sometimes jealous because there are times (much fewer now, thankfully) where we just can't get him back from the anxiety. He's just buzzing for hours.
I'm sorry, that really stinks. Have you tried a Thundershirt? That also helps calm our two nervous nellies.
Our vet wouldn't give us any. When we first got him, we took him to the vet to get him checked over and we asked if there was anything we could give him for anxiety. He said a lot of those drugs have the opposite effect on animals. I know a lot of people that use them and I'm sometimes jealous because there are times (much fewer now, thankfully) where we just can't get him back from the anxiety. He's just buzzing for hours.
I'm sorry, that really stinks. Have you tried a Thundershirt? That also helps calm our two nervous nellies.
We do use that. It helps some. The problem is he doesn't act all scaredy dog. It's fear aggression....and the dude is strong, lol. I will probably put it on him to try and head it off at the pass on Halloween. I still won't be able to hand out candy, though, unless I crate him and even then he might bark for hours (he can't even tell the difference between a TV doorbell and the real thing!). I may try it.... but I'll have tons of candy if it doesn't work, lol!
"Not gonna lie; I kind of keep expecting you to post one day that you threw down on someone who clearly had no idea that today was NOT THEIR DAY." ~dontcallmeshirley
When I was a kid growing up in Georgia there was one lady in the neighborhood who handed out toothbrushes along with some sort of Bible thing and I'll never forget one year she said to us, "remember, all this dressing up is just for fun. We worship God not the Devil."
Today was my last day of work. I'm now unemployed - well, at least outside of the home. There are the four kids and their schooling to keep me busy
But this has been a dream seven years in the making. I'm super psyched to finally be home full-time.
Other than that, life has been busy. We're living in a tiny rental condo right now, waiting to figure out where to go from here. Wanting to build a house, but wondering how and when to do it.
If i looked up the wrong then i am sorry but the one i read was "the lord has given me the power to preach about him" and preaching about the lord is not very catholic. We show the work of the lord by our actions, not preaching
Oh I see. Yeah the Evangelicals are not on board with that.
If i looked up the wrong then i am sorry but the one i read was "the lord has given me the power to preach about him" and preaching about the lord is not very catholic. We show the work of the lord by our actions, not preaching
Although that kind of fits with the message of buying fair trade chocolate. It's telling people that they shouldn't just say they worship God but should demonstrate that through even things like chocolate purchase. I'm not big on religious proselytizing, but I get that.
If i looked up the wrong then i am sorry but the one i read was "the lord has given me the power to preach about him" and preaching about the lord is not very catholic. We show the work of the lord by our actions, not preaching
No, those verses are actually Jesus' words. He was quoting Isaiah. The reason I chose them was because Jesus talked a lot about how He came to save the oppressed. As Christians, I feel we are supposed to be Jesus' hands and feet and fight for the oppressed that He was talking about.
So I guess, I feel the message I was trying (and obviously failing) to get out there was exactly what you said. Because Jesus preached that He wanted to save the oppressed, as His Church - His Hands and Feet here on earth - we should act now and make purchases that do not further oppress people. People need to take action, in this case in being more thoughtful in their purchases, instead of simply preaching about it.
ETA: Or ditto the others. I was typing while they responded. Once again others can say more eloquently in a sentence what it takes me paragraphs to try to spit out. lol
Post by EloiseWeenie on Oct 23, 2014 20:51:39 GMT -5
I went through my 300 count bag of candy in under an hour last year. Then, the doorbell still rang, even though we turned our lights off. Why do parents let their kids still ring the doorbell when the lights are off? I felt so bad, and even grabbed some candy from Hunter & Amelia's pails for the first few.
I plan to buy at least 500 pieces this year. I wish we could do full size, but I'd rather have enough to handle at least the first hour. We have a party with our neighbors, and set up the fire pit and the bounce house. H brewed a batch of pumpkin beer, and I will make jello shots. I hate that the family across the street doesn't celebrate Halloween. One of their sons sounded so sad when he told me they don't do Halloween
"This prick is asking for someone here to bring him to task Somebody give me some dirt on this vacuous mass so we can at last unmask him I'll pull the trigger on it, someone load the gun and cock it While we were all watching, he got Washington in his pocket."
We get about 500 kids if the weather is nice. There's not even time to look up to notice anyone's face. It's just CANDY CANDY CANDY CANDY REFILL CANDY CANDY CANDY REFILL for 2 hours straight.
I'm being Peter Pan and my husband is Captain Hook. I am practicing my Mary Martin. The non racist parts of course.