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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Sunday, October 11, 2026 - 12:13 pm 
Paper towels, ketchup.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Sunday, October 11, 2026 - 1:50 pm
Mayo, Ketchup, Liquid dish soap, Shampoo & Conditioner.
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Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Sunday, October 11, 2026 - 5:19 pm
Lipton ice tea, Diet coke
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Sunday, October 11, 2026 - 9:27 pm
toilet paper, duh!
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Monday, October 12, 2026 - 1:05 am
Heinz ketchup
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Monday, October 12, 2026 - 6:59 am
Naja, I could do with cheap shampoo, but definitely not conditioner!
But wait, maybe not. I buy the chemical free stuff.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Monday, October 12, 2026 - 7:00 am
Add deodorant to the list. I work in 90° plus temperatures all day at work in the summer. I don't want sticky wet and smelly armpits.
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Monday, October 12, 2026 - 7:52 am
There are some items we won’t buy unless we can get basically our one preferred brand. Mayo, ketchup, toilet paper, dish soap, laundry soap, and paper towels are some of those items. We typically don’t buy store brands as we’ve found most of them lacking. That’s become an issue as our major chain here has started pushing their in-house brand more and more. Their brand items now take up a lot of the shelve space, particularly at eye level. I understand for some families the savings from buying house brands can make a big difference but luckily we’re not at that point.
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Egbok
Member
07-12-2000
| Monday, October 12, 2026 - 9:25 am
Toilet paper....nice soft toilet paper. 
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Monday, October 12, 2026 - 10:30 am
Only one brand and type of toilet paper in our house per Mrs Mack. Only Charmin Ultra Soft…..no substitutes, no debate, no discussion…….
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Monday, October 12, 2026 - 11:45 am
Lol! We only use Scott's because its the only safe one to use for septic tanks, in my opinion. Don't need problems with the cesspool.
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Monday, October 12, 2026 - 1:33 pm
Both Carey and I have had houses on septic tanks. We both swore “never again”. 😬 Our first house together was in northern Virginia and had city water and sewer. When we moved here we told our real estate agent that our must have list was city/county water and sewer and natural gas. I will say Charmin says their toilet paper is septic system safe but I have heard Scott products are safe too.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, October 16, 2026 - 5:09 pm
I'm with Mrs. Mack on this. Charmin with the fancy tear-away.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-06-2000
| Friday, October 16, 2026 - 11:18 pm
Trying to think of anything where I buy the cheap version..
Certainly not cat food!
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Wednesday, October 28, 2026 - 9:18 am
New Question:
What are Trick or Treating hours this year in your town?
Mine are oddly short. Our city's facebook page says "Trick or treating hours are on Saturday, October 31st, between 6-8 at homes with porch lights on. Happy Halloween!"
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Wednesday, October 28, 2026 - 10:06 am
We don’t have any designated hours that I know about. Everyone always just does whatever they want.
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Wednesday, October 28, 2026 - 12:18 pm
Our community doesn’t have set hours. Typically parents bring the real little ones around about dusk. Older kids shortly thereafter but usually by 8:30-9:00 PM it pretty well is quiet. We really don’t have a lot of kids in the community as most have aged out. Not unusual now to only get 30-40 total. Twenty three years ago it was maybe as many as 150-200. Pretty stable community with little turnover in houses and probably more expensive than a typical young family can afford.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Wednesday, October 28, 2026 - 12:21 pm
I've never gotten kids trick or treating.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-06-2000
| Wednesday, October 28, 2026 - 1:57 pm
I don't think we have any rules.. Seems we have a house decorating contest and some events. A site have past years weather conditions in each city from 6-8pm.
Apparently we are due for rain. And our coastal areas of the county have flooding from tides at historically high levels. My city has no coast areas.
Now my HOA does want decorations down at some point which will be in the next newsletter, I imagine.
My only decoration so far is a Halloween garden flag.
I don't participate because I am not opening my door and either risking my cat getting out, or being shut in a room.
Last year I hadn't moved back in, so Katniss wasn't here. I did have candy and hung out with neighbors handing out candy.
We have 4 little kids in our building of 4 units and lots of kids in our complex.
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Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Wednesday, October 28, 2026 - 3:00 pm
No set hours. The littles usually start coming around 530 and we keep giving out candy until about 8-8:30...we usually run out by then.
This year since it is on Sat we got 4 times the candy plus 90 full size bars for the teens. Sadly it is going to rain so now I am so bummed we will prolly not get many 
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-26-2000
| Wednesday, October 28, 2026 - 10:55 pm
We went to an early Halloween costume party last night in our over 55 community, single family duplex homes last night. Our costumes got a lot of accolades, and we post-party, went to ring the doorbells of neighbors who couldn't attend for various reasons, to show off our costumes. It was a quite fun night. A neighbor took photos of us in our costumes, and e-mailed them to me, but we are departing for winter in TX day after tomorrow. If any of you kids who can go tap tap tap and post photos would like to post them for me, I still have the e-mail that is in my profile, and a bunch of you have my real-life e-mail address.
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Egbok
Member
07-12-2000
| Thursday, October 29, 2026 - 12:56 pm
Juju, I'll post them for you. I'll send you an email soon.
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Egbok
Member
07-12-2000
| Thursday, October 29, 2026 - 1:06 pm
We've been participating in a Halloween Potluck in our cul-de-sac and put all the candies into a big bin so the kiddies only have one stop and don't have to walk around the cu-de-sac. We usually start at 5:30pm. It's supposed to rain so we'll see if this annual event happens.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Thursday, October 29, 2026 - 1:16 pm
Isn't the whole point is to have them walk the whole cul de sac so they get tired out by the end of the night?
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Egbok
Member
07-12-2000
| Friday, October 30, 2026 - 10:55 am
Grooch, good point. However we live in a hilly area and you have to walk up to our cul-de-sac. So in our way to passing out candy, it gives those littles and their parents a little break. Plus the annual potluck is a nice social gathering with our neighbors.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Friday, October 30, 2026 - 11:13 am
I remember being 9, and my brother 8, when we were trick or treating without our babysitter. And we lived on the south side of Chicago in the 70s!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, November 01, 2026 - 12:14 am
Our condo allows trick or treating from 6:30-8:00 pm. I sat outside my suite with a bowl of goodies, sporting a cowboy hat. We have to sign up if we're interested in handing out candies. And families in our building have to sign up indicating how many children they will bring around.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Sunday, November 01, 2026 - 1:29 am
regimenting Halloween
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-06-2000
| Sunday, November 01, 2026 - 3:33 am
I got individual bags of pretzels and gave them to my neighbor, as they had a lot of people over and a small bounce house so they could hand those out for me. I stayed in and ate and watched the first 3 episodes of Cupertino.
No one knocked or rang. It was misting but that turned into rain.
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