[Trubmeisters] April Meeting Notes
Date: 2002-04-05 13:43

My 2 month vacation from writing notes has been refreshing.  I really
appreciate the great job others have done in my absence.  My high
pressure work has relented, and I now have time to write again.  (IE, my
boss is on vacation today. :-)  )

Scott & Julie were wonderful hosts.  The little rug rat was delightful
too.  He barely even cried.  After three bottles of beer, he fell right
asleep and we didn't hear from him again all night.  At 4 months old, it
was nice to see him finally.  Maybe now we will see more of our favorite
new parents again each month.  Oh yeah, that wild ass dog didn't even
bark once!

The beer was great as usual.  Scott offered us the last bottle of the
Ginger Mead we have all been sampling the past couple of years.  It was
so smooth down to the last drop.  He also had another mead and a cream
ale to share.  There was an Oatmeal Stout that I thoroughly enjoyed.
Plus a keg of Porter that tasted like chocolate milk.  The other keg had
some medium brown colored stuff.  I am not sure just what it was.  Dan
had his triple Belgium now that it is almost matured enough to drink.
It is much better this month than last.  I brought some blended wine and
some very old raspberry wine.  The blend was semi-sweet and at that just
right age.  I have a hundred bottles. Help me drink it up!  We also
brought a New Glarus Cherry Belgium.  Last one from my stash.  You
missed it if you weren't there.  Scott had a fridge stuffed with
commercial beers too.  There was no shortage last night.

The food was outstanding as always.  Julie made a BBQ and had buns to
put it on.  So good and rich.  Not too spicy, and not too sweet.  I
tried not to make a pig of myself.  There were chips and dips and cigar
sized pretzels.  Larry (I think) brought some home made bread that
didn't last very long.  And Katie made brownies that she said took 2
hours just to get the dough prepared.  I think she needs to quit
answering the phone while she's cooking.  They had an interesting
consistency to them.  Not cake like, and not dry and hard.  Very rich,
and good too.

Steve was being dragged across the desert in nothing but a pair of
shorts at 50 MPH.  Don't let him show you his scabs when he gets back.
With the cat away, the mouse was fair game.  Since Janet was missing
also, MJ and George were having long discussions about something.  At
one point I think I saw both of them smiling.  Not sure what they were
really doing.

Janet has withdrawn form her coerced position of President leaving a
gaping hole behind.  Although there is someone who still wants the job,
we are waiting for the right "man" to fill that hole.    Any volunteers?

We were visited by the Pillsbury Dough Boy.  He was so cute.  He had
fluffy slippers on, and a shirt that said "Poke Me And You Die".  Hmmmmm
...  Sounds like a Dan Pals T-shirt to me!  Speaking of Dan, he gave
someone $100,000 instead of that house he wanted to give away.  He was
hustling people to give him more money to collect on that same scam
again.  Next month I will have some property in the pacific ocean to
raffle.  I am pretty sure none of you will win it, but you can give me
$100 each for a ticket anyhow!  :-)

We are going to fill Janet's wildest dreams in July.  I know how excited
she is that we are descending on her cottage like locusts.  It seems the
main concern people have is the facilities.  There is a large lake near
by, and that means easy access to both toilet and bath tub like
facilities.  Just step right in!  George says he's setting up a curtain
and a ditch for quick filling near some trees.  Inside I guess he has a
bathroom most of you can use.  I am told I would not fit through the
door nor the space between the wall and the shower called a toilet.
Then again, not many of you are over 300 lbs. like me either.  So, you
should be OK.  We closed on our cottage last week.  That means 20
minutes away is more surface area for people to crash.  Just need
someone to drive up there after all the beer is gone!  We need a head
count by June so plans can be made.  This really will be a fun event,
and you should try to make it if possible.

We were a little short of members at this meeting.  I guess Steve's
April's fools joke worked.  Some people didn't show up, and they must
have been at Steve & MJ's instead.  The good news is you get to go there
again next month.  Unless Steve gets his priorities mixed up again, and
plans another deadly exercise on the same night, we will be at their
place on May 2nd.

I'll stop now.  See you next month.

A Good Beer To All, And To All A Good Beer!
                                          Jeff Kane