Are you a teen and want to keep on trick or treating even though some people say you are too old? Go for it. Now then to really rack in the candy, you need to learn some trick or treat net-centric tactics by using your instant messaging service. Working in teams you can really harvest a ton of candy in no time. First you need to look at your city as if a grid. Look for flat housing tracts and on the map check out areas, which are middle class, with SUVs in the driveways. Now you set out in teams of three people each, on each side of the street. When you hit a house that is really good, you text message your team on the other side of the street that you hit the jackpot.

You should one scout who is the most athletic, someone who can hurdle hedges and bonsai the houses ahead. This saves time for the group to skip “no answers” or “Grinch Houses” don’t waste time. Your goals is to fill up five large bags each and be sure to use your pillow cases so you can run fast without them breaking. Be sure to take enough bags to handle the massive volume of Free Candy.

Park your car on a street and figure out a pattern so you do not have overlap, up one street down the next, for small culd-e-sacs send one team member to blitz it to see if it is any good. Once you get back to your car, have an extra set of masques and drive to the one or two, jackpot house to get more, park a few doors down, switch masks and go for it.

Be sure to have a very good way to hold your cell phone for instant messaging, so it will not fall out as you run thru the neighborhoods. Have a plan, execute the plan and win in a massive candy cache that can keep you until Thanksgiving. Think about it and go for it.

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