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Well said, Tyke and Malone. I too have appreciated all contributions, both from regular and occasional posters. It has been a lot of fun.

There was a letter in today's Guardian saying that (like us) the writer had only had one set of trick-or-treaters, but added that there is now a convention that houses prepared to welcome them display a pumpkin lantern. Has anyone else heard of this? (We hadn't put one out either.)

I'm too curmudgeonly to appreciate people knocking on my door at inconvenient times (add Xmas carolers), sorry! The police provide a notice you can put on your door that evening, which is essentially the opposite of a pumpkin! 😀

(Nudging towards 1000 ...)

Steve & Chris

As I type, the fireworks are going off all around my estate - when I was a kid we lit proper bonfires and had parkin, baked spuds and toffee to eat (good old Mum!) I loved it then but am always glad when bonfire night`s over nowadays.
Good to hear from you Steve!

Chrise

The pumpkin convention is here too

Malone

This is an invitation for you to make the 1000th post

Thanks...but it'll have to be a grumpy post! There are no pumpkins outside my house at Halloween, just a big, bad witch inside - me, moaning about pumpkins replacing turnip lanterns, the 'trick or treat' nonsense...

Malone

What a delightful 1000th posting! Well done on this and all your others over the last few months. Very much appreciated by us all.

Thanks, jigjag - but a thread with just my witterings would be a poor one indeed!

It's good that the odd random comment can spark off a mini-debate or discussion, it's good that there can be all sorts of discussions going on at various points. Even though I wear my pedantry with pride, I'm equally happy with the nonsense (as in light-hearted, not non-sense!) posts that are often amusing. Sometimes that's what we need after grappling with...

a hard crossword
a hard Brexit
a hard decision on whether to have a hard or soft Brexit...

oh, and we've now got the thrill(!) of the general election looming.

Excuse my intrusion, everyone, but I'd like to congratulate you all on reaching 1000 posts!
Well done, indeed!