I remember my sophomore year in high school me and Lorne Deacon went out "Trick or Treating".  We were too old to be doing this but we wanted the candy and thought we would have a good time.  We thought we would be too old to get our candy stolen from us.

On Snowapple near Chris Shea's house we saw that there was a large group of hoodlums walking towards us.  We thought we would ignore them and walk by.  They surrounded us and demanded our candy.  It was pretty scary because I remember some of them had weapons and I remember one person carrying a blade.

We told them we would not give them our candy and when they insisted, Lorne said "No!" and ran away.  I was left alone with the hoodlums.  As they closed in on me, I thought for sure I was a goner.

But then, from out of the crowd, someone yelled, "Leave him alone, he listens to punk music!".  It was true, and never was I more thankful that I had been introduced to such bands as NOFX and Rancid.

I looked to see who my savior was and it was no other than Tim (I forget his last name).  I played trumpet in his band called the "Punk Monkeys" for a little while.

I was allowed to leave and I joined up with my cowardly friend.  I never trick or treated again after that...