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Q: What happens when you're right in the middle of construction,
and you run up against Hallowe'en?

A: Well, you get to work in the rain for the next four months,
but that's not the point - you end up being construction
zombies!

Yes, as usual we managed to keep some of the kids with edgy nerves
on the sidewalk, but we wouldn't feel we'd done a proper decorating
job otherwise.

All the kids wanted to touch the saw blade embedded in my helmet, most of them expecting it to be fake. The fact that it was real caused some wide eyes and gasps of "that doesn't go into your head?!!" I'd just groan: "it hurts...the pain..." Eve says "I look terrible in that photo." Uh-huh. And? You're a zombie...