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Not very many people get excited over Halloween for more than, oh, a dozen years. Though I got a little contact-excitement when my kid was being excitedâŠ
Which makes it also a blue moon Halloween! Itâs been on my calendar to have a party on that day for 5 years ( I donât give a lot of parties, and have never hosted a Halloween party, just for context)! Oh wellâŠ.
Since our neighborhood youngsters went off to college students or to jobs and life. we get maybe half a dozen every other year or so. As very senior citizens, we decided this would be a good year to take a pass and just pray for better times.
I was so looking forward to this being the year I finally went BIG for Halloween! I work a 9/80 schedule, so I have alternate Fridays off. And this year, itâs this Friday. So I would have two full days to get things ready. I wanted to make a haunted house in my garage, like my dad always did when I was growing up. (Iâve got most of the spooky props and things that my family had collected through the years.)
But then covid-19 came along. And snow. Iâm in Minnesota; I remember the Halloween Blizzard in â91. But it took us all by surprise, and a lot of kids still trick-or-treated. This year, the cold and snow already came; itâs going to warm up to 50 on Saturday, but the snow hasnât melted yet so itâs probably going to be really sloppy and yucky on Saturday with all the snowmelt. (We got a total of over 9" already, which beats 1991âs 8.5" for snowiest October.) Thatâll cut down on trick or treaters. But covid on top of that â Iâm sure there will at least be some, but itâs feeling really subdued. I bet itâs going to be a small crowd.
I will console myself by buying exactly the same amount of candy, and then slowly eating it until Christmas. ;-)
We DID have control of one of them. Obama had medical teams set up in hot spots all over the world, including 44 people in a clinic in the Chinese province where Trumpâs plague began. Their job was to watch for any outbreaks, isolate them and stamp them out at the source. The plan was to send more help in whenever a threat was found. Trump cut that team out of the 2018 budget.
Concretionist over 4 years ago
Not very many people get excited over Halloween for more than, oh, a dozen years. Though I got a little contact-excitement when my kid was being excitedâŠ
shirins Premium Member over 4 years ago
Which makes it also a blue moon Halloween! Itâs been on my calendar to have a party on that day for 5 years ( I donât give a lot of parties, and have never hosted a Halloween party, just for context)! Oh wellâŠ.
some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member over 4 years ago
Well, the next oneâs not until 2039, so make the most of it.
sandpiper over 4 years ago
Since our neighborhood youngsters went off to college students or to jobs and life. we get maybe half a dozen every other year or so. As very senior citizens, we decided this would be a good year to take a pass and just pray for better times.
cervelo over 4 years ago
I guess Mallett is using Caulfield to say that we could have done better to control the spread and maybe saved Halloweâen.
Russell Sketchley Premium Member over 4 years ago
Itâs also the end of daylight savings time so âovernightâ lasts an extra hour!
comicboyz over 4 years ago
After Oct. 31, 2020, the next Halloween full moon (also a blue moon) will occur in 2039, 2058, 2077 and 2096, according to the Farmersâ Almanac.
jscarff57 Premium Member over 4 years ago
That little thing in the âskyâ sure casts a big shadow!
Banjo Gordy Premium Member over 4 years ago
Fred & Matilda come out of the closet & join me in Gimme A Little Kiss will Ya Huh a song I learned 40 years ago:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BMuE570vwMaNLwOuhSRubxQgVrgPnBFE/view?usp=sharing
calliarcale over 4 years ago
I was so looking forward to this being the year I finally went BIG for Halloween! I work a 9/80 schedule, so I have alternate Fridays off. And this year, itâs this Friday. So I would have two full days to get things ready. I wanted to make a haunted house in my garage, like my dad always did when I was growing up. (Iâve got most of the spooky props and things that my family had collected through the years.)
But then covid-19 came along. And snow. Iâm in Minnesota; I remember the Halloween Blizzard in â91. But it took us all by surprise, and a lot of kids still trick-or-treated. This year, the cold and snow already came; itâs going to warm up to 50 on Saturday, but the snow hasnât melted yet so itâs probably going to be really sloppy and yucky on Saturday with all the snowmelt. (We got a total of over 9" already, which beats 1991âs 8.5" for snowiest October.) Thatâll cut down on trick or treaters. But covid on top of that â Iâm sure there will at least be some, but itâs feeling really subdued. I bet itâs going to be a small crowd.
I will console myself by buying exactly the same amount of candy, and then slowly eating it until Christmas. ;-)
micromos over 4 years ago
Best day for halloween.
Diane Lee Premium Member over 4 years ago
We DID have control of one of them. Obama had medical teams set up in hot spots all over the world, including 44 people in a clinic in the Chinese province where Trumpâs plague began. Their job was to watch for any outbreaks, isolate them and stamp them out at the source. The plan was to send more help in whenever a threat was found. Trump cut that team out of the 2018 budget.
braindead Premium Member over 4 years ago
Well, control is, you know, hard.
So, Our Messiah will just lie about it.
Not only much, much easier, but he is a lifelong expert.
.
And Mexico will pay for it.
asrialfeeple over 4 years ago
Better incorporate facemasks into your costumes.