vtfireman85 Posted October 29 Posted October 29 Razor blades in apples are the least of concerns these days. Unless it’s a sealed, name brand candy or I know where it comes from, it goes in the trash. This article about Rainbow Fentanyl came across my Daily Wire feed but this info is straight from DEA. Worth a read, and has pictures. https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2022/08/30/dea-warns-brightly-colored-fentanyl-used-target-young-americans 1 Quote
Chester5732 Posted October 29 Posted October 29 I remember when that happened here in the late 70’s. The hospitals would actually X-ray the bags of candy for free. It was never an issue with our kids. We gave them the choice of trick or treating or we would buy them a toy. They always chose the toy. 1 Quote
vtfireman85 Posted October 29 Author Posted October 29 5 minutes ago, Chester5732 said: That article is from 2022. The DEA article is from 2022, but the article that brought it to my attention is from a subscription based source, since the DEA is not only as credible as we have, but free, I posted that. The information is still relevant, and anyone with children might want to be aware. 2 Quote
Gearclash Posted October 29 Posted October 29 The solution is simple. Don't go trick or treating. Halloween as we know it is a thoroughly messed up concept anyway. 2 1 Quote
Lars (midessa) Posted October 29 Posted October 29 1 hour ago, Gearclash said: The solution is simple. Don't go trick or treating. Halloween as we know it is a thoroughly messed up concept anyway. I agree, the Wife and I will not participate on any Halloween hogwash. We are not overly religious, actually more ‘spiritual’ than adhere to any particular ‘bureaucratic religion’. Quote
CRVB91 Posted October 29 Posted October 29 Older two are off to parties and my youngest isnt interested at all, so we've decided to turn all the lights off as if we arent home, snuggle with our favorite blankets and watch some movies with his favorite snacks instead. My parents never allowed us to go trick or treating as kids, we were always told it was "begging" and "not a British thing to do" ... to be honest it is kinda messed up that we spend so long telling our kids to never take candy from strangers, and then send them strolling out in the night time to go and do that exact thing. 3 Quote
lotsaIHCs Posted October 29 Posted October 29 When I was a kid in the 70s we trick or treated in our small town and didn't worry about anything because we knew everyone in town. Most of the people had been in town for 2 or 3+ generations at that time. And we knew which houses to stay away from. When my kids were young we let them go in the same town, but only to houses of people we knew. There are very few people in town who I know anymore. We no longer do anything for Halloween. 1 Quote
Ihfan4life Posted October 29 Posted October 29 Halloween seems to be celebrated by adults more than children in recent years. Society needed another excuse to pretend to be what you aren’t and let the world celebrate your coming out… so instead of kids being kids and running in traffic, we have drunk adults driving in traffic. So much fun. I refused to take a delivery to the coast this weekend just because of it being Halloween weekend. I see enough crazies without that mess Quote
vtfireman85 Posted October 29 Author Posted October 29 1 hour ago, lotsaIHCs said: When I was a kid in the 70s we trick or treated in our small town and didn't worry about anything because we knew everyone in town. Most of the people had been in town for 2 or 3+ generations at that time. And we knew which houses to stay away from. When my kids were young we let them go in the same town, but only to houses of people we knew. There are very few people in town who I know anymore. We no longer do anything for Halloween. Same here, all of Depot st was older folks, a teacher, librarian lady, a bunch of the church regulars, etc etc, one by one they have been bought up by the local slum lord.. there’s only one or 2 that I would consider stopping at with my kid. We go to my parents, we’re too far out in the woods for trick or treaters here. Quote
searcyfarms Posted October 29 Posted October 29 we kept to locals when kids, now we have trunk or treats at our church for kids to avoid possible dangers kids are older now its gkids, we dont get Trk or Trtrs just give gkids some candy its hard to trust unknown people these days i totally get it Quote
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