‘I swear the Christmas lights and decorations in Eldorado are unparalleled,’ said Neva J! ‘I do not recall Chicago being any more festive than our little Southern Illinois town,’ she continued.

‘I think that I am receiving the miniature pool table from Western Auto this Christmas,’ Billy B said. ‘Neva J asked me where I was going to set it up and I replied in my bedroom of course. ‘Then she mused how they would get to the bathroom as they often cut through my two open door holes…that was without doors to facilitate a shortcut to the water closet,’ Billy B grinned.’ ‘I said that the extra steps would be good for her…which she frowned at,’ he concluded.

‘Well, with your little Black and White TV and a billiard table you will have your own apartment,’ Chet winked. ‘How about the Daniel Boone Action Figure…did you find one at the Ben Franklin Dime Store,’ Chet asked?

‘When we did not have the money for the Daniel Boone figure when he was there and now that Neva J has it in her Christmas Budget…he is gone,’ Billy B said with a frown. ‘Nevertheless, after I saw the movie The Hustler with Jackie Gleason playing the legendary pool shark Minnesota Fats…I have been hooked on shooting pool,’ he noted. ‘You recall when we were at the Eldorado Billards Hall that we thought that we saw Minnesota playing in the back of the Hall…it is my dream to play him on my new miniature pool table once I receive it for Christmas,’ Billy B exulted!

‘Minnesota Fats is big time…he was not at the Eldorado Pool Hall…that was Fleshy Frank who is our local Pool Hustler,’ Chet laughed. ‘I think that he lives in Hollywood or perhaps in New York City,’ Chet remarked.

‘He lives in Dowell, Illinois and it is about 50 miles from Eldorado and just outside DuQuoin, Billy B said. ‘He has two Cadillacs parked in his driveway,’ he continued.

‘You remind me of Paul Newman’s character in The Hustler…you are too good for old Fats…I am known as the best…but I can not master Mini-Pool,’ Fats said…