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Aberzombie wrote:Today I am once again regretting not buying stock in Disney years ago when the economy tanked and their stock dropped to a super low price.+1 to that. Also add Apple to the lot of might have beens.
We need to invent a time machine, just so we can go back in time and slap our younger selves silly.

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Sharoth wrote:We need to invent a time machine, just so we can go back in time and slap our younger selves silly.Aberzombie wrote:Today I am once again regretting not buying stock in Disney years ago when the economy tanked and their stock dropped to a super low price.+1 to that. Also add Apple to the lot of might have beens.
Screw that. I'm going to see dinosaurs, visit Atlantis, and ask Jesus to autograph my Bible.

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A couple of my co-workers tell me they are still without power. One guy said almost everyone on his street lost power except him. Weird.
Everywhere around my apartment does not have power. It's weird the way little pockets have it.
Also, the fact that no one seems to know what to do when the stop light is out is unsettling. A guy behind me this morning laid on his horn because I came to a stop. A@%$!~%.

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Morning, all. What did I miss?
Well, Max decided to make the best of the storm's aftermath by practicing his canoe racing skills down the flooded street. Meanwhile, Scott became concerned when, while helping search the flooded basement of a local pet store, he came across a broken fish tank labeled 'pirahna'. And, across town, Patrick saw the power outage as a perfect chance to finally summon forth.....No, wait! That's my soap opera!

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over the last 10-15 years halloween has slowly creeped over to Germany ( I blame the holiday episodes of Rosanne, Buffy and the Simpsons) because clearly the kids needed another holiday to get sweets beside Nikolaus (Dec 6th) all the Karneval Parades in February and Faschings Roadblocks on Rosenmontag and Faschingsdienstag.
the unwritten rule here is: if a pumpkin is placed outside you can come trikc or treating,
we forgot completle about halloween, had no pumpkin out and had not bought any sweets
during dinner the doorbell rang and we heard childrens voices,
of course we did the only sensible thing:
hidding under thwe table :-/
yes, really

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over the last 10-15 years halloween has slowly creeped over to Germany ( I blame the holiday episodes of Rosanne, Buffy and the Simpsons) because clearly the kids needed another holiday to get sweets beside Nikolaus (Dec 6th) all the Karneval Parades in February and Faschings Roadblocks on Rosenmontag and Faschingsdienstag.
the unwritten rule here is: if a pumpkin is placed outside you can come trikc or treating,
we forgot completle about halloween, had no pumpkin out and had not bought any sweetsduring dinner the doorbell rang and we heard childrens voices,
of course we did the only sensible thing:
hidding under thwe table :-/yes, really
Up here it seems to have mostly disappeared after an upsurge in the late 90's/early Noughties. Seems there wasn't a market for another buy-a-lot-of-sweets holiday.
Either that or there were just too many people telling the poor kids to come back on Easter when we traditionally do the whole kids dress up and ask for candy thing. Which seems to have disappeared as well, unless that's just me getting a skewed view due to living in area with a lot of immigrants.

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Here is a creepy Halloween offering.

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aeglos wrote:over the last 10-15 years halloween has slowly creeped over to Germany ( I blame the holiday episodes of Rosanne, Buffy and the Simpsons) because clearly the kids needed another holiday to get sweets beside Nikolaus (Dec 6th) all the Karneval Parades in February and Faschings Roadblocks on Rosenmontag and Faschingsdienstag.
the unwritten rule here is: if a pumpkin is placed outside you can come trikc or treating,
we forgot completle about halloween, had no pumpkin out and had not bought any sweetsduring dinner the doorbell rang and we heard childrens voices,
of course we did the only sensible thing:
hidding under thwe table :-/yes, really
Up here it seems to have mostly disappeared after an upsurge in the late 90's/early Noughties. Seems there wasn't a market for another buy-a-lot-of-sweets holiday.
Either that or there were just too many people telling the poor kids to come back on Easter when we traditionally do the whole kids dress up and ask for candy thing. Which seems to have disappeared as well, unless that's just me getting a skewed view due to living in area with a lot of immigrants.
Yeah, in the UK it depends on the exact area. At a friends we have 5 groups of kids; whilst at mine we had 0.
And I know someone who last year only had some teenagers (with no costume) come round and refuse sweets instead demanding cash!
Anyway good luck BP.