[Trubmeisters] October Meeting Notes
Date: 2001-10-05 14:27

What a difference having the meeting at your own house can make!  With
no concern for driving, I think I may have consumed a little more than I
should have!  I counted 15 people, 1 cat, 1 dog, and 2 rugrats.  I
remember very little, but I can still make a lot of things up.  Bear
with me!

Speaking of bear, Thank You to my wife for making the chili.  We are all
thankful we had bear meat instead of a bare meet.  (I got a private show
of the 7 veils later that night, and got to eat all the bare meat I
wanted.)  I thought she put both pounds of bear meat in the crock, (no,
not bare meat ... and crock, not crack ... Steve, get your mind out of
there) but after looking in the fridge this morning, I see we only
consumed one of the pounds.  It tasted good anyhow, and everyone seemed
to like it.  That is obvious due to it's disappearance very early on.  6
pounds of meat, another 3 pounds of sausage, a half box of crackers, and
a pan of cornbread were consumed at the meeting.  Again, Thank You Diana
for making the food.  There was also some bean dip and chips that
someone brought along.  When I woke up, I found the chips we had that
never made it to the table.  Doh!  We also had some fresh garden picked
Thai peppers and grapes from the vines outside.  Neither went over too
well!  There was an assortment of hot sauces to spice your chili up
with.  Seems the Satan's Blood did not get used.  That is another story.

The meeting was called to order with a sounding of the fire alarm.
There sure was dead silence (except the loud ringing) for a couple
seconds just after it went off.  Yes, it was just a drill.  We all
failed!  No one left the room.  Everyone just stared at me looking for
the lead cow to move the herd first.  I think we need fire drills at
every meeting till you guys/gals get it right!  That reminds me, I need
to rewind the spring on that one. George, you were suppose to get a
screwdriver.  Maybe I will bring one of the alarms with to every meeting
from now on.

There was LOTS of beer!  I will take a stab at it.  Barley Wine and
Pumpkin Beer in kegs on the front porch. Which was way too small for the
number of people who hung out near the taps! We were going to have the
taps inside, till Sue decided to make a mini flood with the Barley wine
all over our new floor.  I recall 3 growlers/gallon jugs.  One was an
Octoberfest from (I think) Rolands in Calumet.  I don't know what the
other two were, but one was pretty light struck, and the other tasted
OK.  We had a couple of meads, and I brought out a bottle of our Mint
wine.  There was a porter, and a second bottle of something on the bar. 
I'm not sure what the second one was.  There were many commercial beers
too, and I suspect more homebrews that I will recall when I get around
to cleaning up tonight. :-)

We had a raffle where George won the first choice.  He took the T-shirt
of course.  It didn't fit me anymore, so I figured it would make for a
nice door prize.  :-)  George, that smell will wash out.  Just to
clarify, Riversoft is NOT the anti-viagra drug.  George will wear that
shirt proudly anyhow.  We had a couple of glasses that had small enough
cracks in them that people will not notice till they put their favorite
beverage in them.  I also got rid of some stickers and an Anchor Beer
sign that Pres. Betty acquired.  I started with 8 Hinterland beer
posters, and still have 7 left.  Seems the last few names drawn left
their prizes behind!  :-)  Oh, yeah, whoever won the Beck's sports arena
score board, you left it too.  If you don't claim it, I will raffle it
again next time!  Those who won hops, they may be fresh, but I think
they grew next to Steve's "other" plants he rolls up in little plastic
baggies.  You may want to verify they are what they say on the outside
before using them.

My kids were their usual obnoxious selves.  Crawling under the tables
and trying hard to press the patience of any adult within the ankle
biting range.  I should qualify that the stuff in their shot glasses was
"usually" root beer.  Contrary to popular suspicion, my older son
actually dislikes the taste of beer.  The Almond Rum and the Gadiva
Chocolate Liqueur are a different story.  He really likes them.  The
younger one would never admit if he didn't like the taste.  He is the
reason the Wine Cellar has a locking door!  I might as well finish
describing the hard liqueurs.  We had some Rum from St Martiin.  The
Almond Rum was complimented with Guavaberry Rum.  (Isn't guava another
word for bat dung?)  The Gadiva liqueur was not bad either.  Just to get
a little rise out of everyone, I then passed around little glasses of
bright blue stuff.  For those who didn't catch it, it was the glow in
the dark experiment the kids were doing earlier in the evening.  The
nuclear half life will only cause you to set off airport alarms for the
next 7 years.  Just don't fly till that time frame has expired.

I seldom get to participate in the late activities of the club.  But
this time I was able to stay till the very end!  :-)  Just as the last
people were ready to leave, I opened the Satan's Blood vial.  This is a
concoction I picked up at a voodoo shop in Louisiana when I was at the
Riversoft convention.  It says it is 800,000 units of hotness!  The
attached warning label says not to touch human flesh with it in any way.
Also keep away from children.  ( I guess the author assumes your
children are not human?)  Being as drunk as I was, I had to try a drop. 
After 2 pieces of cornbread and half a glass of beer, it was time to run
the kitchen and look for a heat resistant tongue blanket to protect the
rest of my mouth from the fire.  George, Dan, and Steve tried some too. 
Steve tossed the cat out of the way, and buried his face in her water
bowl.  Dan and George had steam coming out of their ears.  Each time any
of us touched our face with the hand that we used to eat with, we had a
whole new experience with this sauce.  It took about 20 minutes for the
fire to subside to a numb feeling.  George, how is little George doing
today?  We told you not to go pee at just that moment!

Speaking of George ... our former President for life and now President
of Vice is going to be famous!  He is going to be in a Miller Beer
commercial.  Maybe this weekend during the football game.  You will see
a close up of his butt wiggling while he is struggling with something in
the front of his pants.  As the camera moves back, you will see he is
standing between two other Miller employees who are on a cat walk above
the bottling line.  All three seem to be struggling with something.
Finally, you see the three streams flowing.  As the camera pans around
to the front, it moves down and you see the streams filling bottles of
Miller Lite.  End of commercial.  Watch for it.  SERIOUSLY!!!  George is
in a Miller Commercial.  Maybe not quite like I described it, but he
will be in one.  Look for him!

New format here ...  I will have some quotes or events, and you figure
out who said or did them.

Lick out the Lady Gadiva, and leave the almonds behind.
You have to write that he surprised everyone with a big one.
Going away parties in baby diapers.
Is bear meat Kosher?
I won the Papal Glass!
I will pay you extra if you can get me laid.
How do you know what a Viagra pill looks like?
At the next meeting, take a small syringe and fill it with the Satan's
Blood, puncture the roll of toilet paper and wait to see who comes out
screaming!

How about a new contest for next months meeting..  Who remembers what
T-shirt Dan Pals was wearing this month?  He seems to have an
interesting one each month.  This month's was new and improved.  I have
some posters to give away to the first person to describe Dan's October
meeting T-shirt during the November meeting.

Next month is at George and Janet's house.
December is at Ken's.
January is at Brian and Betty's.

The April meeting is already building up to a fight.  Betty wants to do
something with a moyer (how ever you spell that) and "the good" Steve
wants us at his place.  Since all of us male members are concerned about
our members, we vote not to do anything Jewish near our member's ship.
:-)

Start picking out the month you want to host for next year.  Let the
battles begin.

As usual, if you don't like this months news letter, or dispute any of
the enclosed information, feel free to write your own!  That goes for
those who threatened to write stuff about the author of these monthly
transcriptions too.  I have no fear of your mighty pens!