Not everybody get into Halloween, I did as a child going door to door getting enough candy and goodies to last until the next year. My step daughter and her daughter doesn't believe in it. She say it's for the devils and believers. I said well, I guess I was a devil as a child because we sure went out trick-or-treating in the neighborhood.

Some of you here may remember back some years when people started putting all kinds of stuff in the candy and giving it to the kids. About that time is when I stopped getting into Halloween plus I had no more kids at that time. Mine were all grown up with kids of their own. It's a shame how some grownups can act. I think now if you are not interested in kids at your door the police is suggesting turn your front porch light off and don't answer the door. My wife is like a kid herself and she has already purchased a ton of goodies to pass out at the door./

Nowadays too they have the haunted houses in different locations around the city and on the Military post where the whole community is welcomed to attend. I personally have nothing against it. I just feel it is for the kids. All the retail stores are already stocked up and selling costumes and candy of all types. Walmart, Kmart, toys r us and many of our grocery stores are selling their goods for Halloween. So in many ways it's still a big profit getter for the stores.

Some of the stores got really elaborate layouts for your yards so Halloween is coming whether we like it or not! I guess I'll be home with my wife while she passes out goodies. Here in my city it starts about 6pm and the kids got two hours to be off the streets. That's a good thing with all the predators around these days looking for young kids to do harm to them.

So by all means please keep your kids safe and try to get out with them early and back home. Oh check your bags before letting your kids eat the candies to be safe. Everyone is not honest. Here the Police has made announcements that they will be out looking for unregistered predators and making arrest. That should help some in various neighborhoods for sure. HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Be safe! :devil: :growl: :tired: :silly: :dribble:

Fred!

A little more info: 15 October Update!

I was in Walmart yesterday and heard so many women and parents discussing the prices this year of the costumes in all the stores even Big Lot stores. The other thing is most of these costumes are made in China. They probably have been for the last few years too.

At this Walmart they have temporary help hired from now through 15 January for toys and this Halloween section trying to keep it off the floor and straighten up some. The parents just let their kids pick through all of it and put it on the floor. No one seem to care but the helpers are doing a good job keeping it off the floor. I don't know why some people let their kids do things like that.

Today, Saturday, they suppose to put one of the greeters in that section to help the temp hire control that section and one of the managers are there about every 15 minutes or so. I didn't realize how grown ups can be so un-parent like. Everything they do is on camera and they know that. Walmart doesn't mind calling the police and they love to haul you off to jail. Walmart is their biggest sale tax revenue producer and the police comes in a heart beat when called. See Ya!

Fred!