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Nov 1^st, 2012 at 12:30pm

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Good afternoon all...

Last night...Dirty...Dastardly...Doug...played tricks on the neighbourhood children, their parents and the Old Girl... Grin

Why you ask... Shocked

http://www.guy-sports.com/humor/halloween/halloween_history_origin.htm

Taken from the above Link...the Link is an interesting read...

Origins of Halloween (Samhain)

We can trace Halloween back to Celtic festivals which celebrated the new year on the 1st of November (not 1st of January). One thread that runs through all Halloween legends is the belief that the night of October 31st was the time when ghosts of the dead returned to earth. The ancients name for this festival Samhain** and its role was to mark the boundary between the old year and new.

With the spread of Christianity, the Church emphasised All Saints day on the 1st of November. This date was also known as All Hallows and gradually, the name for the night before All Hallows changed to hallow's eve, then hallow e'en and finally Halloween.

**Samhain - In medieval English 'mh' was pronounced 'w', hence: Sow-en.

Now some of you might ask what Halloween has to do with Simviation and Aviation...

As a member here and an Old Retired Rocking Chair Flying Geezer I always knew their was something odd about the Old Girl and last night after midnight I caught her and her family... Shocked

So now you know... Wink

I have to go and eat some of my treats I got last night now,
-red candy apples
-caramel apples
-chips and cheesies
-smarties
-toffee
-lots and lots of other types of sweets...

Hope you all had a great Halloween last night and had as much fun as I did... Grin

BOO...

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #1 - Nov 1^st, 2012 at 3:03pm

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In Hungary today is the Day of The Dead, a national holiday and people go and place flowers or wreathes on the graves of dead friends or relatives.
It is also strangely my wife's best friends nameday... and yes I do take the mickey our of Marianne, I always get her a condolence card for her nameday Grin

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #2 - Nov 1^st, 2012 at 5:30pm

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Isn't it Movember 1st? Wink

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Reply #3 - Nov 1^st, 2012 at 5:40pm

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I'm banned from growing facial hair after the infamous ginger 'tash episode Grin

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #4 - Nov 1^st, 2012 at 7:13pm

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Thanks for the replies folks...

Just finished eating those black licorice cigars and pipes I got last night... Grin

Now the Old Girl has hid my sweets again... Shocked

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #5 - Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 4:16am

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Flying Trucker wrote on Nov 1^st, 2012 at 7:13pm:

Just finished eating those black licorice [cigars]...

It rather irks me how many call 'strawberry' or 'cherry' (artificially flavored or elsewise) twists/vines licorice; I've found a source, however, of a non-sugar licorice-flavored variety colored in the original black.

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Reply #6 - Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 9:48am

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Goodly morning "H"...

Now are you talking about the salted black licorice we see in specialty candy shops here and not available at the local variety or food marts?

We have made our own licorice which is real tasty but the old girl was too busy to do that for Halloween this year.
Perhaps I will get treated for Christmas.... Grin

Now that I think of it one of the specialty shops here which carries German Foods also carries a type of black licorice.

Again, I think that is salted also.

Could you post a Link for me on what you have on licorice?

Thanks... Wink

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #7 - Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 10:06am

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A Licorice Enthusiast can instantly be identified by their black tongue.

...there is no escape!

Paul.... Grin

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Reply #8 - Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 10:28am

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...Thanks Paul.

It is hard to get candy or food without artificial flavouring anymore.

There are several small specialty shops/stores that still make chocolate treats in our local area. They do not ship them to the large stores.

However, you pay two to three times more for their product than what you would pay at the local supermarket or corner variety store for a chocolate bar.

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #9 - Nov 3^rd, 2012 at 2:33am

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Flying Trucker wrote on Nov 2^nd, 2012 at 9:48am:

Could you post a Link for me on what you have on licorice?

The parent company is the American Licorice Company and, if I read correctly, the company still has a plant in Illinois as well as California with its corporate headquarters moved from Illinois to Colorado; regardless, they should be slightly closer to you than to me and you should be able to ask a store manager to order them. The local RiteAid drug store stocks them (per my request but I noticed they were disappearing off the peg by other hands); the regular price here is $2.25 but they've occasionally put them on sale at two for $3.00. They have various flavors (flavours) but their twists brand name for all is :

Red Vines

I also read that over nine decades ago they took over a former WWI munitions manufacturing plant; I guess they had to do something with the left-over powder -- eating licorice back then must have been a real blast...

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Reply #10 - Nov 3^rd, 2012 at 4:51am

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We also have Licorice Toffees...>>>

http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/liquorice-toffee-p-215.html

Wonderful, suckable, things!.... Kiss

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(I'm dribbling now, as I think of them!)... Cheesy

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Paul....with some Chocolate Eclair Toffees... Cool

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Reply #11 - Nov 3^rd, 2012 at 9:53am

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Thanks "H"...to be honest, never heard them called that but will check with several stores.

That is a good price also, here I expect to see them a lot more money.

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #12 - Nov 3^rd, 2012 at 9:54am

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Thanks Paul, have only seen those on the store shelves just before Christmas and they are sold out rather quickly... Wink

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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