Don’t be shy, Vinny. Vinny privately told me that he gave the kid 2 candy corns, a tootsie roll, and one of those mini kitkat bars, which constitutes 0.083% of the candy he’d prepared for the neighborhood. Had he known that this was going to be the sole bell-ringer, Vinny would have upped that to t...

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yankees60 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 05, 2025 3:41 pm It was him who was the who showed up at my house on October 31, 1984, the only time anyone has come to my house for Halloween.

You made that big of an impression? What kind of candy did you give him?

NO memory of that!

Here is your Halloween story that I just read in my newspaper today. https://recorder.com/2025/10/30/halloween-home-decorations-turners-falls/ The male grew up in the house next to me. A few days after I bought my house in April 30, 1982 I drove into my garage and this 10 year old kid who I'd never ...

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dualstow wrote: ↑Mon Nov 03, 2025 5:53 amStudies show that .99738 of Vinny’s posts have very specific dates and statistics in them.

But... the extra game in 1978 was on October 2, not October 1.

It was a "very specific date", albeit off by one day, going by memory...

Did anyone else get a complete dearth of trick-or-treaters this year?? Almost no kids this year... :-\ It was a much quieter night on our block this year than most even though the weather was fine.. (It was Nov 1 that was rowdy, with noisy teens and the pumpkin theft from our steps). A friend of mi...

Did anyone else get a complete dearth of trick-or-treaters this year?? Almost no kids this year... :-\ I'm in a rural area. My property is 0.39 acres. I bought my house April 30, 1982. In all that time the only activity I ever had was the kid next door coming by on October 31, 1984. In this area th...

You’re cracking me up. O0 I suppose there’s no chance of me finishing the book before you do. It’s short, anyway. I got a copy of Slow Horses book 5 in the mail today and switched to that. I’ll use my new-found techniques on it. Finished the book. Give it a B+. Different than the two books I used i...

You’re cracking me up. O0 I suppose there’s no chance of me finishing the book before you do. It’s short, anyway. I got a copy of Slow Horses book 5 in the mail today and switched to that. I’ll use my new-found techniques on it. Your response served as a reminder to open that book NOW! I've done EN...

I have heard of wealthy people buying a painting from crooks to rescue it. I think most buyers wouldn’t touch these items with a ten foot pole, but who knows. Maybe a Russian oligarch? O0 A Saudi prince? In this case there is no "most". There are only a select (relative) few in the world ...

I find it doubtful that they are unsalable. Not easily salable? At any rate, I don’t expect the thieves have a lot of respect for the pieces as a whole. That only happens in movies. However, are there not always private collectors who don't care that that they are stolen and are willing to pay big ...

The one by Kam Knight. This has no context so means nothing to me. The speed-reading book. Now it does and valuable to me! Thanks! I am now going to look at it. I "purchased" it on May 21, 2021! Probably got it free via all the free Kindle books I'd get every day from a daily free Kindle ...

The one by Kam Knight. This has no context so means nothing to me. The speed-reading book. Now it does and valuable to me! Thanks! I am now going to look at it. I "purchased" it on May 21, 2021! Probably got it free via all the free Kindle books I'd get every day from a daily free Kindle ...

dualstow wrote: ↑Fri Oct 31, 2025 10:20 am

yankees60 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 31, 2025 10:07 am

dualstow wrote: ↑Fri Oct 31, 2025 7:02 am The one by Kam Knight.

This has no context so means nothing to me.

The speed-reading book.

Now it does and valuable to me! Thanks!

I am now going to look at it.

dualstow wrote: ↑Fri Oct 31, 2025 7:02 am The one by Kam Knight.

This has no context so means nothing to me.

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 30, 2025 1:39 pm Yeah, Vinny, I'm also not sure if you're agreeing or disagreeing with me.

Totally agreeing. Fixed my errors!

It seems like your premise, both of you, is that stranger = better. O0 Those enthralling facts are even more enthralling when you realize that they are no true All true? I did buy three non -fiction books in a series written by someone who has a weekly Saturday column in my local newspaper Fiction?...

I almost never read fiction haha. Currently reading the new Andrew Ross Sorkin book 1929. As enthralling as any work of fiction. The first-hand accounts of late October are crazy. I have seen that author on TV now three or four times. Those enthralling facts are even more enthralling when you reali...

Someone aptly said of me, "for Vinny, reading is breathing." I can’t remember: do you ever read fiction? I generally shun it because I find that truth is stranger than fiction. Plus if a non-fiction topic interests you .. you can pursue it endlessly while you are subject to the whims of t...

This timeline seems to be getting worse and worse. Is this guy for real? Maybe I'm off base.. is it good for America to begin resuming nuclear weapons testing as a matter of national defense? What do you guys think? He's never been qualified to be president on so many levels. Then he did not many t...

Xan wrote: ↑Tue Oct 28, 2025 7:45 pm Nobody had gotten 4 extra base hits in the World Series since 1906. Nobody had ever been intentionally walked 4 times in a postseason game.

Ohtani did both in the same game.

He and Ruth are the only ones in their class.

dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Oct 28, 2025 6:10 pm It’s funny reading the above because I came here to ask if you enjoyed last night’s ball game, Vin.
I just saw the highlights on the news.

I was so tired during it but there was no way I could get to bed while it was still going on. I finally got to bed at 3:30 AM.

Dualstow, you haven't driven in decades?? That's right. I stopped when I moved overseas. Spent a few years overseas and when I came back to the U.S., I always lived in big cities. Nowadays, if I *really* need a car I take a taxi, Lyft or Uber. You are nowhere here in this rural area without a car. ...

I can’t read on the bus either. I get carsick. I can only imagine how many books you’ve read in 70+ years. By the time I got my driver's license I was lost 1 mile from my house because as soon as I got in the family car my head went down to read and it did not come up until we got to the destinatio...

Completely tangential: your mention of Meet the Press reminded me of the music "The Mission" by John Williams. It was commissioned by NBC News in 1985. The first movement contains the iconic trumpet fanfare used for the nightly news, and the fourth and final movement was (still is?) used ...

I can’t read on the bus either. I get carsick. I can only imagine how many books you’ve read in 70+ years. By the time I got my driver's license I was lost 1 mile from my house because as soon as I got in the family car my head went down to read and it did not come up until we got to the destinatio...