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|    August Abolins to Jay Harris    |
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|    21 Oct 22 23:30:00    |
      MSGID: 1:153/757.21@fidonet 01a51825       REPLY: 1:229/664.1 60bff1e3       PID: OpenXP/5.0.51 (Win32)       CHRS: ASCII 1       TZUTC: -0400       Hello Jay!              ** On Friday 21.10.22 - 04:56, you wrote to me:               JH> One year our immediate next door neighbours moved away and        JH> a couple from Europe moved in (I really don't know where        JH> from), we knocked on their door and yelled "Trick or        JH> Treat!" and they looked so confused. We (my sister & I)        JH> explained how it worked and they gave us something sweet        JH> from their kitchen and we went on our way. The next year        JH> they opened the door, yelled "We're not participating this        JH> year!" and slammed the door in our faces.              Did you do your part with the "trick"? :D              There is an etiquette now, (or even back then). Trick or treat        homes were obvious: decorations, lights on, other kids at the        doors collecting candy, etc. If a house was dark and no signs        of halloween trick-or-treak spirit, then that house was to be        skipped.              In the country it could even be harder. But then it was who you        knew most of the time.       --        ../|ug              --- OpenXP 5.0.51        * Origin: Mobile? Join CHAT here: https://tinyurl.com/y5k7tsla (1:153/757.21)       SEEN-BY: 15/0 103/705 105/81 106/201 114/705 123/120 124/5016 129/305       SEEN-BY: 134/100 153/0 141 149 757 7715 203/0 218/700 840 220/70 221/0       SEEN-BY: 221/6 226/17 30 229/110 111 112 113 317 426 428 470 664 700       SEEN-BY: 240/5832 250/5 8 267/800 280/464 282/1038 292/8125 298/25       SEEN-BY: 301/1 305/3 310/31 317/3 320/219 322/757 341/66 234 396/45       SEEN-BY: 423/120 460/58 633/280 712/848 770/1 100 340 772/220 230       SEEN-BY: 920/1 2320/105       PATH: 153/757 280/464 310/31 770/1 317/3 229/426           |
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