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Post by BA on Oct 30, 2005 11:09:29 GMT -5
Happy Halloween folks.
When I was a young chicken (meaning under 25), I used to go to alot of Halloween costume parties, etc. Now that I have a young child, all the dressing up is focused on her.
For you fun loving ghoulies in wheelchairs...do you still go to Halloween parties in costume? What have you gone as?
I went to a huge Halloween event in New York City with a wheeler friend many years ago. We went in some really half-assed costumes (like just with some kind of make-up and stuff in our hair). We had gone to see a great punk band and it was standing room only, so we had zero view of the stage. We went to security and explained the situation to see if they would let us to the VIP balcony in the elevator. I clearly remember the security guy saying "Oh c'mon who do you think you're kidding." He started to get really up-close and personal with my friend. It wasn't until he pulled out his drivers license that the security guy realized there was no joke. We did get to go to the VIP area (thanks Al) but we thought better of going to huge crowded places on Halloween after that.
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Post by matisse on Oct 30, 2005 23:52:09 GMT -5
I went to this last night: www.halloweenball.com/event05.shtmlThere were a few wheelers there, maybe a half dozen. All dressed up. I go the VIP tix but forgot to ck on access to the VIP area. Turns out it was elevated, with access intended to be only through a bunch of stairs in front. One side was blocked but fortunately there was access through the other side behind where the bartenders were.
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Post by wheelie37 on Oct 31, 2005 1:53:24 GMT -5
Persoanally Haloween around my area in the uk consists of: Fireworks going off at ANY time day and night for weeks before and after Haloween itself. children going around in groups, some not even in costume, knocking on doors saying "trick or treat" weeks before the date. supermarkets liks asda,s having to ban selling eggs to people under 16 as children are throwing them at homes and cars as they go by! People being frightened not too answer the door in case they get a trick of eggs over the windows etc I have been in the usa on the 4th of july and that was far more organised and people respected fireworks and how dangerous they can be. I dont know how that compares with Halloween in suburban areas in the usa.
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Post by V on Oct 31, 2005 4:01:16 GMT -5
Of course the fireworks wheelie is talking about generally have nothing at all to do with Halloween and everything to do with Guy Fawkes Night.
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Post by BA on Oct 31, 2005 9:52:35 GMT -5
Wheelie, the US version of Halloween is very commercial (as it is for Easter and Christmas). People decorate their houses, dress up their kids, dogs and selves. The night before Halloween is called a variety of things depending on where you live in the country (mischief night, cabbage night) and kids go out and throw eggs, throw toilet paper on trees and put shaving cream on cars, telephone poles, etc. Kids go out in costume for trick or treat. Some teens just walk around with pillowcases and no costumes and try to get candy anyway. We drink apple cider, carve jack-O-lanterns and buy overpriced candy to give to kiddies so that they can then bounce off the walls for the next 2 weeks. The police in our area have really cracked down on the mischief night problems. It used to be that you could go out and get sprayed with a strange mix of something that might make your hair fall out or strip the paint off your car. Now, it's calmed down. V, what is Guy Fawkes night? Wow, Matisse, a fetish ball. Sounds like a VERY LOT of fun. What did you go as? ?
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Post by carpenter on Oct 31, 2005 10:53:42 GMT -5
Guy Fawkes, was a member of the group of Roman Catholic conspirators who attempted to carry out the Gunpowder Plot. The conspirators had planned to assassinate King James I (James VI of Scotland) and all the members of both branches of the Parliament of England. To do this, the House of Lords was to be blown up during the formal opening of the 1605 session of Parliament. Guy Fawkes was primarily responsible for the latter stages of the plan's execution. He was discovered before its completion, however. Following an interrogation, Fawkes and his co-conspirators were executed for treason.
In the United Kingdom, Newfoundland, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, parts of the USA, and formerly Australia, the Gunpowder Plot is commemorated annually on Guy Fawkes Night, also called Bonfire Night. For some it is a celebration of the plot's failure, for others it marks the loss of a folk hero.
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Post by matisse on Oct 31, 2005 12:12:50 GMT -5
I went as a devil. But the ball has seen better days I think, prior to the crack-down from those idiots on the Clark County council.
You can see pics at napkinnights.com, but they only have fairly tame ones there.
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Post by BA on Oct 31, 2005 13:08:25 GMT -5
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Post by Sean on Oct 31, 2005 15:16:34 GMT -5
re Guy Fawkes, carpenter has the great lines, by and large. FWIW, Newfoundland is part of Canada And having grown up in Canada, I can tell you that Quebec and Ontario don't celebrate Guy Fawkes I find that 'celebration' to be very ghoulish. Guy Fawkes, and a bunch of others were hung, drawn, and quartered. It always seems a little weird to celebrate that. Here, in New Zealand, we have fireworks going for weeks. I think the blasted thing ought to be banned! (but that's another story entirely ).
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Post by BA on Oct 31, 2005 18:40:33 GMT -5
Alas! Wylz is a Zealander! I guess summer is on it's way to you now, right?
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Post by carpenter on Oct 31, 2005 18:46:26 GMT -5
Oh blast, I have what i think is the ultimate halloween photo to place here as an av, but no way to post it. Can i get a rain check?
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Post by BA on Oct 31, 2005 18:48:20 GMT -5
I think Lee could post it for you, if you can scan it.
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Post by carpenter on Oct 31, 2005 18:51:39 GMT -5
oh its already digital. but i have no idea of how or where to get it online to refer to it here. Drat drat. Hold the fort. It is online now. You will have to click this link to see it. www.boomspeed.com/salsmind/Holiday/Boo.jpgBe very very scared.
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Post by BA on Oct 31, 2005 21:03:36 GMT -5
Is that your MRI? Are those all your teeth?
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Post by carpenter on Oct 31, 2005 21:08:39 GMT -5
Yup thats me. It is a CT scan.
BOOOOO.
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