celaeno
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Post by celaeno on Oct 31, 2013 14:39:58 GMT -5
Ahhh you are from Delaware Valley, also? I am from West Chester. Yup, Delaware County. We were practically neighbors!
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Post by greer on Oct 31, 2013 15:19:19 GMT -5
Awesome! We seem to have a fair amount of people from the Midwest and West, but no one else from the Philly area
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msstock87
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Post by msstock87 on Oct 31, 2013 23:49:44 GMT -5
It's always been called Devils night here in Michigan. Nothing really has ever happened where I live except for maybe some toilet papering and smashed pumpkins. My dad said he used to go out on Devil's night when was a kid once in awhile.
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celaeno
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Post by celaeno on Nov 1, 2013 0:45:14 GMT -5
Even though there's the reputation of kids being much better behaved in older generations such as our parents', I think kids participate in Mischief Night less often now than they used to. My guess would be because our culture has become so much more litigious!
I think my parents (normally really strict) let me do Mischief Night once or twice. Actually, I think my dad took my sister and me one time, I guess just so we wouldn't complain about being the only ones in the neighborhood not allowed to do it. We just did mild stuff like toilet papering some bushes.
One time my dad and I hid on the roof of our shed, then threw water balloons at the kids who came to our house on Mischief Night. No wonder I didn't have more friends...
My next door neighbor growing up was a very standoffish, reclusive woman. She would go to work every day and come back every day, and that was it - you NEVER saw her outside. She was paranoid (like, legitimately paranoid - I remember she thought there were all these people that wanted to come dig up some diamonds that were under her back porch). One year, kids went crazy on her car on mischief night with toilet paper and shaving cream. Her car looked less like a car and more like a gigantic pile of shaving cream.
And the next morning, she just got in her giant-pile-of-shaving-cream car and drove off like it was any other morning.
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Post by greer on Nov 1, 2013 11:07:42 GMT -5
Even though there's the reputation of kids being much better behaved in older generations such as our parents', I think kids participate in Mischief Night less often now than they used to. My guess would be because our culture has become so much more litigious! I think my parents (normally really strict) let me do Mischief Night once or twice. Actually, I think my dad took my sister and me one time, I guess just so we wouldn't complain about being the only ones in the neighborhood not allowed to do it. We just did mild stuff like toilet papering some bushes. One time my dad and I hid on the roof of our shed, then threw water balloons at the kids who came to our house on Mischief Night. No wonder I didn't have more friends... My next door neighbor growing up was a very standoffish, reclusive woman. She would go to work every day and come back every day, and that was it - you NEVER saw her outside. She was paranoid (like, legitimately paranoid - I remember she thought there were all these people that wanted to come dig up some diamonds that were under her back porch). One year, kids went crazy on her car on mischief night with toilet paper and shaving cream. Her car looked less like a car and more like a gigantic pile of shaving cream. And the next morning, she just got in her giant-pile-of-shaving-cream car and drove off like it was any other morning. I would say kids for the most part have their lives more regimented/controlled - no wandering around the neighborhood, being carted to various activities... but kids today lack RESPECT, IMO. Not that they do more serious bad things, in fact they may do less, but they act like little jerks out in public for the most part.
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celaeno
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Post by celaeno on Nov 1, 2013 11:29:26 GMT -5
^I think that's a good way to put it.
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Post by zoar3 on Nov 1, 2013 14:17:44 GMT -5
This is sort of off topic but I once read a Chicken Soup for the soul type story that (kind of) relates. It was about a man, I'll call him Charlie to make it easier to follow and of course, a BSC reference , who was visiting his parents and his childhood home, his old neighborhood. Charlie's family's next door neighbor was a couple who were always so nice to him and his brother Sam when they were little boys. On Charlie's trip home for the holidays, I think Thanksgiving, he noticed that the woman's classic car (lol maybe it was a pink clinker type of vehicle ) that she used to love was looking like it had seen much better days. So as a surprise and also a thank you to her for past kindness, Charlie and Sam (who was also visiting) snuck next door (the car was parked in the drive-way) and cleaned and waxed it, making the car look new. Both men did this completely anonymously where the neighbor was concerned. Anyway, one day Charlie got a call from his mom saying how much happier their neighbor was lately and that she enjoyed going out for drives in her car again. The mom wanted her son to know he made a difference. My point with all this, is that maybe instead of "surprise" tricks, if anything the night before Halloween could be a time for a surprise treat.
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Post by Amalia on Nov 1, 2013 14:25:13 GMT -5
^ That's sweet, zoar. I love Chicken Soup for the Soul.
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celaeno
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Post by celaeno on Nov 1, 2013 15:26:16 GMT -5
I talked to my dad on the phone today. He said that the houses on their side of the neighborhood weren't affected much, but the houses on the other side of the neighborhood were toilet papered really badly.
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Post by virgoscorpio on Nov 1, 2013 21:12:13 GMT -5
Even though there's the reputation of kids being much better behaved in older generations such as our parents', I think kids participate in Mischief Night less often now than they used to. My guess would be because our culture has become so much more litigious! I think my parents (normally really strict) let me do Mischief Night once or twice. Actually, I think my dad took my sister and me one time, I guess just so we wouldn't complain about being the only ones in the neighborhood not allowed to do it. We just did mild stuff like toilet papering some bushes. One time my dad and I hid on the roof of our shed, then threw water balloons at the kids who came to our house on Mischief Night. No wonder I didn't have more friends... My next door neighbor growing up was a very standoffish, reclusive woman. She would go to work every day and come back every day, and that was it - you NEVER saw her outside. She was paranoid (like, legitimately paranoid - I remember she thought there were all these people that wanted to come dig up some diamonds that were under her back porch). One year, kids went crazy on her car on mischief night with toilet paper and shaving cream. Her car looked less like a car and more like a gigantic pile of shaving cream. And the next morning, she just got in her giant-pile-of-shaving-cream car and drove off like it was any other morning. Bwahaha, that's awesome that your Dad participated with you. Perhaps he never got to participate in Mischief Night and always wanted to?
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Post by mistrali on Nov 1, 2013 23:31:22 GMT -5
zoar3 Aw, that's sweet! I can imagine BSC!Charlie and Sam doing that too: they seem like considerate kids. Well, we *know* Charlie is considerate, given how often he chaffeurs the BSC!
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Post by zoar3 on Nov 2, 2013 11:22:27 GMT -5
^I'm glad you enjoyed the story. I think Sam at heart has a good heart, too, we just don't often see that side of him. But he is a wonderful big brother in the LS. He was the person who helped Karen and her friends learn the wedding march song in Karen's Tuba and other times he seems willing to just listen if Karen needs someone to talk to. One thing, I would have enjoyed seeing more of is a relationship between Sam, Charlie, and Andrew. But then I also think being closer to David Michael truly would have a great thing. Amalia, when the chicken soup for the soul books first came out I was a big fan of the series. I thought it was wonderful being able to ready some anecdotes of good news stories. They were more like the then two book Random Acts of Kindness books. Simple but sweet tales to brighten a moment. I wish the series had stayed smaller instead of (IMO) trying to come up with a book for every possible interest group instead of remembering that the point of the books (I would hope) were to spread a dash of brightness to everyone. Happy Saturday to everyone and I hope your day is happy in some way.
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Post by mistrali on Nov 4, 2013 1:56:14 GMT -5
zoar3 Oh, I'm sure he is! I haven't read many books yet which feature Sam
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Post by wenonah4th on Nov 4, 2013 15:15:37 GMT -5
What y'all may not know is that I'm originally from South Jersey. My parents' house is under the flight path for the Philadelphia airport. When the Army is done with us, it's back to NJ for us, most likely.
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Post by greer on Nov 4, 2013 16:25:20 GMT -5
What y'all may not know is that I'm originally from South Jersey. My parents' house is under the flight path for the Philadelphia airport. When the Army is done with us, it's back to NJ for us, most likely. I consider South Jersey a little different, for some reason. Across the river! My mother went to Rowan, but I've only been to SJ to go to a party in the middle of nowhere and to thanksgiving at my mother's former professors house.
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