As Spook would say, “fascinating”. Oh wait a minute….
Westcoaster
October 31, 2015 7:12 pm
Sorry I meant to say “Spock”.
Stucky
October 31, 2015 7:27 pm
Ms Freud bought about $40 worth of candy …. which really isn’t a lot.
We’ve given away about 25% of it.
What a bust. Fuckin lazy kids!!!!!!!!
flash
October 31, 2015 7:28 pm
back in SSS’s day, if you had a costume sack, you had to make it yourself.
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flash
October 31, 2015 7:31 pm
Stuck…candy is no longer a once year treat…don’t you have any free X box?
Phil from Oz
October 31, 2015 7:56 pm
Well, there is still “enough money” to find $6.5 billion in VERY discretionary spending. It would be interesting to break down the spend according to earnings (quintiles or deciles).
With the US “Look at ME” cultural mindset, I suspect those with access to relatively “easy” money might be the majority spenders (i.e. top 5%, with proportionately more spent as one climbs to the very top of the “earnings pyramid”)
SSS
October 31, 2015 8:22 pm
Spent $40 buying a costume for our grandson (he chose an evil Court Jester). That’s it.
@ flash – pretty good dig at me. Actually, many kids back in my day DID make a mask out of a paper grocery sack, just as your photo depicts. I think we had just as much fun.
Iska Waran
October 31, 2015 8:30 pm
If I run out of candy, I’m giving them beers.
KaD
October 31, 2015 10:46 pm
I like to give out candy. I figure as long as I can still make one person smile there’s still a reason to not blow my brains out.
Wip
November 1, 2015 12:08 am
If you never made your own costume, you really missed a good do it yourself moment.
SSS
November 1, 2015 12:38 am
KaD says:
“I like to give out candy. I figure as long as I can still make one person smile there’s still a reason to not blow my brains out.”
Please keep making people smile.
card802
November 1, 2015 6:08 am
My parents each have their own set of health problems and may not be around much longer so all the kids, grandkids and great grandkids went to their house for a Halloween party.
Food, snacks, drinks, watched some Michigan football, a bit of the world series, lots of diaper changes, very loud but a good time.
The wife and I decided to play the “trust the kids as honest” game, so we placed a bowl of candy on a platform and left the light on.
We got home about 10:00 pm, the pedestal was in the road, the bowl is yet to be found. We lost the game I guess.
nkit
November 1, 2015 11:21 am
My string remains intact…..15 years straight without a trick or treater….
Fiatman60
November 1, 2015 11:54 am
Well I gotta say, last night was a doozie!!! Non stop fireworks in the new subdivision of glorious fiscal abandon. From 8pm till 9:30pm was virtually non stop fireworks. I know the city does a fireworks display on summer holidays that run’s into the $50,000 range for 5 minutes of display, but last night had to be in the thousands of dollars for people that just acquired $700,000 mortgages!!
How the hell one does that is waaaaaay beyond me…………
As Spook would say, “fascinating”. Oh wait a minute….
Sorry I meant to say “Spock”.
Ms Freud bought about $40 worth of candy …. which really isn’t a lot.
We’ve given away about 25% of it.
What a bust. Fuckin lazy kids!!!!!!!!
back in SSS’s day, if you had a costume sack, you had to make it yourself.
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Stuck…candy is no longer a once year treat…don’t you have any free X box?
Well, there is still “enough money” to find $6.5 billion in VERY discretionary spending. It would be interesting to break down the spend according to earnings (quintiles or deciles).
With the US “Look at ME” cultural mindset, I suspect those with access to relatively “easy” money might be the majority spenders (i.e. top 5%, with proportionately more spent as one climbs to the very top of the “earnings pyramid”)
Spent $40 buying a costume for our grandson (he chose an evil Court Jester). That’s it.
@ flash – pretty good dig at me. Actually, many kids back in my day DID make a mask out of a paper grocery sack, just as your photo depicts. I think we had just as much fun.
If I run out of candy, I’m giving them beers.
I like to give out candy. I figure as long as I can still make one person smile there’s still a reason to not blow my brains out.
If you never made your own costume, you really missed a good do it yourself moment.
KaD says:
“I like to give out candy. I figure as long as I can still make one person smile there’s still a reason to not blow my brains out.”
Please keep making people smile.
My parents each have their own set of health problems and may not be around much longer so all the kids, grandkids and great grandkids went to their house for a Halloween party.
Food, snacks, drinks, watched some Michigan football, a bit of the world series, lots of diaper changes, very loud but a good time.
The wife and I decided to play the “trust the kids as honest” game, so we placed a bowl of candy on a platform and left the light on.
We got home about 10:00 pm, the pedestal was in the road, the bowl is yet to be found. We lost the game I guess.
My string remains intact…..15 years straight without a trick or treater….
Well I gotta say, last night was a doozie!!! Non stop fireworks in the new subdivision of glorious fiscal abandon. From 8pm till 9:30pm was virtually non stop fireworks. I know the city does a fireworks display on summer holidays that run’s into the $50,000 range for 5 minutes of display, but last night had to be in the thousands of dollars for people that just acquired $700,000 mortgages!!
How the hell one does that is waaaaaay beyond me…………