It's so close to HO, HO, HO time ladies and gentle-freaks

Badly reporting from the back patio at Pepper's Bar & Grill, as always, the "3 Dopes" telling all the dirty jokes and maybe a fact or two

Let's start with a little tale from the Xmas party we joined on Saturday night, hosted by friends of the show, Kathryn & Aaron Merseal. Lots of great food, friends, family & fun. Everyone also participated in anonymous giving gifts to a random family through "Our Little Haven" charity foundation.

We are still bitching about the never-ending construction on I-55. But in a gross turn of events, a subcontractor damaged some of the support girders that run over the Union Pacific Lines just east of the Loughborough Schnucks and Lowe's. So now what was expected to finish mid 2024 is pushed even further back in to "sometime" 2025.  ...