It's raining and cold out. I feel bad for the trick or treaters.
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sj - Oct 31, 2013 11:18:01 am PDT #5880 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Dana - Oct 31, 2013 11:20:38 am PDT #5881 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Here too. Like, flash flood watch raining. Though it's calmed down a lot since the morning.
Steph L. - Oct 31, 2013 11:23:27 am PDT #5882 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
sj, here, too. A lot of municipalities have moved trick-or-treating to tomorrow or even later in the weekend (because Friday evenings are high-school football nights, of course). However, we live within the city limits (as does flea and family, although they live almost at the easternmost edge of city limits), and city of Cincinnati has not moved trick-or-treating.
My new boss, who is in Chicago, said she saw on the news that Cincinnati's weather was so bad that trick-or-treating would be moved. That...doesn't seem newsworthy in any city other than ours.
Totally unrelatedly, can I just say how good coconut chips are? SO GOOD.
Hil R. - Oct 31, 2013 11:27:44 am PDT #5883 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
The whole idea of trick-or-treating being moved seems bizarre to me. When I was a kid, it was never something that was official enough that it could be moved. The official trick-or-treating times in my town seem weird to me, too. Kids actually obey them! I remember trick-or-treating as being pretty much kid-centered. We would have been outraged at any adult other than our parents telling us that we were limited to certain times.
Steph L. - Oct 31, 2013 11:35:57 am PDT #5884 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
We would have been outraged at any adult other than our parents telling us that we were limited to certain times.
I get that, but...if all the adults (who actually hold the keys to the candy) agree that it's a certain day and time, the kids can show up and demand all the candy they want, but they're going to go away empty-handed.
And typing that sentence made me realize I have crossed over from Sprightly Young Impetuous Darling all the way into Cranky Old Fuddy-Duddy Hey Get Offa My Lawn.
Toddson - Oct 31, 2013 11:41:43 am PDT #5885 of 30002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I'd like to point out that at least Cincinnati has Graeter's which, at this time of year, regardless of whether the Great Pumpkin arrives, the Graeter's Pumpkin WILL.
Steph L. - Oct 31, 2013 11:44:15 am PDT #5886 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Mmmm...pumpkin ice cream.
sj - Oct 31, 2013 11:44:49 am PDT #5887 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I was born a cranky old fuddy-duddy. I have a headache right now that makes me want to shut off all the lights and eat the candy myself rather than answering the door.
Toddson - Oct 31, 2013 11:46:41 am PDT #5888 of 30002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
and the problem with that is?
Steph L. - Oct 31, 2013 11:47:20 am PDT #5889 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Yeah, last year some kids showed up at 5:30 and POUNDED on the door. Trick-or-treat starts at 6:00. I wanted to open the door and yell at them, but instead I ran for the pantry and grabbed the candy. Because it was Halloween, damn it.
Man, I just looked outside, and it is NEVER going to stop raining. This is nuts.