JSS-- Just Some Stuff
1. BILL'S PUB-- Wednesday, I met Kip and Susie in Mundelein at the great Bill's Pub, home of the free peanuts and double-decker pizza. We used to eat here a lot when we lived in nearby Vernon Hills. The place opened in the 1950s and noted for its north woods decor.
2. ROUTE 66 TALK-- Afterwards, we went to the Fremont Library in Mundelein, after quite a bit of country driving after getting confused with the hamlet of Fremont Center, and saw my friend Dave Clark give a talk on Route 66. Dave is probably the foremost authority on Route 66 in the Chicagoland area as well as an expert on the histories of downtown buildings.
The room was filled to capacity and I think some of the good folks might now be newly-hooked road fans. You can see a more detailed account at http://roaddogsroadlog.blogspot.com
3. ROUND LAKIN' IT-- Because of the high gas prices, Liz and I try to combine as many trips as possible whenever we go anywhere these days. Yesterday, we both had back-to-back dentist appointments in Round Lake. We also paid insurance bills at our State Farm agent's office and Liz had her hair cut. While she was getting her hair cut, I went to the school district office about my uncashed check. We then had the great buffet at the Pizza Hut on Rollins Road. We also did shopping at Wal Mart and General Dollar and Big Lots while each of us had the dentist appointments.
With gas prices like we have today, you have to do that.
4. SPEAKING OF GAS GOUGE!!!-- Gas all over our area now starts at $3.80 in Fox Lake and $3.90 in Round Lake!! And I can remember quite clearly pulling out of a station back in the sixties when I saw, at the pump, that they were charging the OUTRAGEOUS price of 35 CENTS a GALLON!!! Those GRBs at Big Oil and THEIR COHORTS!!!
5. DADBURN ROUND LAKE CARNIVAL GETS US A SECOND WEEKEND-- When will they ever learn? Yesterday, we saw that the carnival was still set up and learned they were going to ruin another weekend. Temp right now is 51 degrees under overcast sky. Somebody needs to do something about that carnival. It already wrecked last weekend, now plans on doing the same to this one.
Just Some Stuff-- RoadDog
Being an account of some things I'm interested in, what I'm doing, and reflections on my past, especially music.
Listen to this man. Seven years of college, you know. Trying to reason with 2020 and, now, 2022.
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