So here we sit in the middle of another warm sticky summer . Luckily I have a homebrewed Blueberry Wheat on tap to beat the heat , sure wish it ’ d beat mosquitoes as well . I think my motto for the summer is , “ Thank God for drinking beer as a hobby ‘ cause I sure ain ’ t getting any collecting done this summer .” If not for a co-worker , the collecting for me would have dropped below a snail ’ s pace . A guy at work says to me , “ Do you collect any Hamm ’ s ?” I say , “ No , not so much so . See I was going to be original and do a single brand breweriana collection maybe with Hamm ’ s as the brand of choice , but it turns out that ’ s already been done .” So he says , “ Well I have this Hamm ’ s tray I found on a garage sale cheap & it ’ s nothing rare , but I thought you might like it .” So there ya go I gained a Hamm ’ s tray from the Olympia Year ’ s for the roadhouse . Getting on to business chapter finances are of course still sound . A few more renewals are still trickling in for income during the summer lull . Tom & I decided to go ahead and get some Outlaw t-shirts printed up as we know there are some of you out there waiting patiently for them . As discussed at the spring meeting we may switch shops in the future but as we hadn ’ t heard from those who were checking out alternative sources we pulled the trigger on one last batch from our old source . I missed out on the last meeting due an incurable case of work so I ’ m not feeling up to speed on Stubiefest preparation but I ’ m sure all is in good hands . If you are providing an approved resource for the Fest as always save your receipts & I ’ ll get you reimbursed . Enjoy the rest of your summer with a cold one .