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The State Correctional Facility for the Detention of Criminally Insane Youth
For several years- going back to 2016, I would blog about having your Halloween candy X-rayed. I made an effort in October this year to find any article that mentioned the practice for 2024 and was not able to find one. Checking now, on Nov 1st, and I am able to find that the practice still does exist. Sort of fun in the same way as looking for the last Blockbuster Video or other franchises that were popular in the last century.
For 2024
In the news:
Oct 29, 2024 WHTM News
Free Halloween candy X-rays, safety blinkers available
Still ready to serve until 8 p.m. tonight!
My attitude for this year has changed. I used to make fun of the practice, reading the article here, I see it as offering a way for the kids to take an educational field trip. Maybe some will become interested in working as an X-ray technician. Maybe just a good memory of a family outing and a chance to teach about old Halloween traditions that began in the last century.
Related:
For several years now, we have been sharing our safety tips. They aren’t updated each year because they were solid to begin with:
Don’t forget:
Also:
When did American families start waiting to be told when trick or treating would begin & end?
Old Man Blog category:
Thoughts on changes in American culture relating to those born roughly in the late 50s & early 60s.
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