tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post3141976622783679889..comments2023-08-18T04:37:47.001-04:00Comments on Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: A Random Wednesday Conversation StarterKelly Sedingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10704114189919711467noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-59579890941287254402014-10-29T22:20:01.459-04:002014-10-29T22:20:01.459-04:00It used to bug me but this week I read an article ...It used to bug me but this week I read an article that said, basically, the same thing BuffaloPundit said, so... I don't know now. Maybe, still, but with perhaps a bit more understanding?<br /><br />It's only theoretical in my case. We absolutely never get trick-or-treaters here. (I always buy candy "just in case")Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13332055598026035779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-16065739034305529252014-10-29T20:56:44.971-04:002014-10-29T20:56:44.971-04:00I don't get that many out here (horse farm cou...I don't get that many out here (horse farm country) but those who do show up are usually neighborhood kids -- not a lot for them to do on Halloween anyway. Same goes for the kids of migrant workers who come in for the picking season; I know they don't have the $$ for treats or good costimes. And sometimes we get special needs teens who attend a independence-training vocational school in the area, so I've learned never to assume anything, no matter how lame the costume. :) the authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03220786472896283714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-33128764769767200562014-10-29T11:08:49.331-04:002014-10-29T11:08:49.331-04:00Well, maybe slightly. "What are you supposed...Well, maybe slightly. "What are you supposed to be?" I ask them. Roger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-64694662158800545392014-10-29T10:44:17.858-04:002014-10-29T10:44:17.858-04:00It bugs me when they come at all. I always want to...It bugs me when they come at all. I always want to ask them when they plan to start growing up.Kaye Wallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06491607694389685973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-19691789938215504312014-10-29T09:48:14.519-04:002014-10-29T09:48:14.519-04:00No. To me, these are kids who - despite their appa...No. To me, these are kids who - despite their apparent obnoxious bravado - are clinging desperately to the last vestiges of childhood. Buffalopundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07360269382568353420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-43923418849576467722014-10-29T09:41:36.033-04:002014-10-29T09:41:36.033-04:00Yes.
A few years I've gotten college students...Yes.<br /><br />A few years I've gotten college students, but instead of requesting candy, they were asking for canned goods for a local food pantry (and I knew this drive was going on). I was happy to help them out.<br /><br />But the teenager in street clothes who is just all "gimme," no. NO CANDY FOR YOU!fillyjonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13016436113169230368noreply@blogger.com