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On 15 Oct 2004 14:57:44 GMT, cystocot4@cs.com (Cyrus of Sosaria) wrote:
>>I'd like to decorate my houses a bit. Anyone have ideas or screenshots of
>>good examples?
>>
>
>Well, the current popular Halloween deco is the orange dyed bagball with a few
>additions to make it into a giant pumpkin...i was lazy and just plopped a
>pumpkin from the farmer's market in Skara on my steps. hehe
Yeah, me too. It looks lame.
>If you can find a fire damage based pitchfork, and a bunch of red clothes, a
>red tribal mask and a vendor, you could always make a devil vendor...
>Bone armor and black clothes-to cover the rouch spots-makes a nice skeleton
>costume for a vendor...
>
>I was half considering dummying up a few costumes and putting a line of
>trick-or-treaters on my porch...but my playtime's so low right now thanks to
>work, they'd probably be sitting out on the porch till Xmas....
I think I may just create a nicely named char and play as a ghost for a
few days.
>(I work in a store that sells Halloween costumes in a neighborhood full of
>stupid people that seem to plop out a new kid every other year...i'm there more
>than i'm at home lately...not looking forward to the last few days...all the
>idiots come at the last minute, expect us to be fully in-stock on everything,
>rip the store to shreds for no damn reason,. steal a few thousand dollars worth
>of merchandise, and leave us stuck in that damn store till 2am cleaning up
>after them...not to mention that our record stands at 300 people in the store
>at one time, asking for costumes and griping about the long lines at the
>registers...)
Eh, retail. You know you love being busy. It's better than being empty
and bored.
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Michael Cecil
http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/