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[Erika]

I was wondering if anyone knows approx how many trick-o-treaters they get in Empire Ranch? This will be the first Halloween in the neighborhood.

[Cloud9]

square root of pi....to the 3rd power... time 2, divided by 4, using the poisson distribution....and black scholes options model to value the candy.....

You will have exactly 23 trick a treaters....

[Erika]

square root of pi....to the 3rd power... time 2, divided by 4, using the poisson distribution....and black scholes options model to value the candy.....

You will have exactly 23 trick a treaters.... 

Not the answer I was looking for. How many do you get?

[Cloud9]

We got between 20-30 last year.

[Erika]

Wow, that doesn't seem like that many. I'm thinking we will get a lot since the houses are close to each other....well, so are all the houses in Folsom...ok, most. I wish I could still go out. I loved the free candy!

[Cloud9]

They're not that close....

[john]

things have changed since we were kids. I live in Prairie Oaks and that's about the same.

When I was a kid (I'm 30 now), I could stay out as late as I wanted and go for miles trick-or-treating. However nowadays, parents are concerned about strangers, kidnapping, etc... so the kids we usually see are usually from our neighborhood. So many other (safer) alternatives such as Halloween parties, trick or treat at the zoo are gaining popularity.

Anyway, Halloween will never die, but it does appear to mutate in to new traditions.

[Erika]

They're not that close....

Closer then what I dealt with.

John, sounds like you get about the same. That isn't very many.

[Cloud9]

Well, Folsom is a family town... things die down pretty quick between 8-9pm and our first trick o treaters come around 5-6pm.

Most kids hit their own neighborhoods and that's it...

You must have been one of those greedy trick a treaters....

[Erika]

You must have been one of those greedy trick a treaters....

No comment No, I wasn't but I sure did you trick-or-treating for as long as I could. I think when I was a freshman in college that was my last time.

[Cloud9]

No comment   No, I wasn't but I sure did you trick-or-treating for as long as I could.  I think when I was a freshman in college that was my last time.

Freshman in college! One can only wonder what you were after back then.....

[Erika]

Freshman in college!  One can only wonder what you were after back then.....

Free candy!!! Hey, when I was younger I chased an ice cream truck for free gum. I'm gonna load up my kids (when I have some) on caffine and drag them all over town for Halloween. Then I will take half the candy when they're sleeping! Or maybe I'll just go to the store and buy the 1/2 off candy.

[Cloud9]

Free gum from an ice cream truck? Hmm that one sounds suspicious too....

[Erika]

Free gum from an ice cream truck?  Hmm that one sounds suspicious too....

No really....they would throw out gum from the window. I scraped up my knee really really bad doing that....right before a trip to Hawaii. My parent's weren't too happy.

[Cloud9]

No really....they would throw out gum from the window.  I scraped up my knee really really bad doing that....right before a trip to Hawaii.  My parent's weren't too happy.

Hmm... sounds like someone had something going with the ice cream man.....