Re: Happy Halloween everyone
In my previous life, I sold pipe inspection equipment. They put stuff on the pipe and it glows under UV light (blacklight). I managed to sneak away with a 150 watt blacklight lamp. It looks sort of like the big 12V search light all of us have.
At halloween I hang it up on the eve of the house and point it out the driveway. You should hear the kids scream when they walk up into the beam and all of their cotton stuff starts glowing! I especially like to do this because those kids that couldn't afford real costumes show up with painted T-shirts and sheets and look MUCH better under blacklight than the store-bought costumes. :evil: :laugh:
One year, when we lived in town, I built a haunted house into the out building in the back yard. It was only 12x12, but I hung black plastic drop cloth on the ceiling to make 3 walls and a serpentine path in there. The kids had to sneak in through the back window, walk through, and come out the front door to get any candy.
Only trouble was there were hanging things, glowing on the wall things, bumping things, loud scream tape running, and then they stepped on the floor switch that emptied the compressed air tank!
One young lady made it through all of that only to discover my brother stuffed behind a black sheet in the corner next to the door. He had so much fun scaring her into re-running BACK through the house and scrambling back out the window! We just HAD to give her the candy.
That was so much fun, and I really enjoy the thought that I have made SO many kids into freaky monsters after having been scared to death in that haunted house! :evil: