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Last weekend was the annual ski weekend at the cabin. The weekend marked the passing of the guard in contrast to the usual passing of other things.   The younger generation is gearing up to take over the hard work traditionally done by the older generation who are now starting to become elders. The young adults actually did the dishes without much prodding for once.

In this edition we have the usual claptrap of the newsletter but before you recycle it be sure to find the section on the cabin planning meeting to be held in March. The women elders are going on strike if there is not a remodeled kitchen this year. For a better explanation of this behavior read the Ask Elmer column below. Winter is passing away soon and spring is in sight so we hope to see you at the cabin soon.

Ski Weekend Festivities
     Ski weekend started with the annual cabin warming party Friday where the temperature went from 19 degrees to 59 degrees before the party was over. The party was not too wild since only one person showed up. The next ski weekend event was the pizza pig out at Tony's Riverside. Other events were cross country skiing, eating, snowmobile riding, eating, drinking, snow shoeing and eating.   Other events included getting stewed and fondued and playing cards and playing with the talking silver disk.    Finally everyone went to the Prime Bar for breakfast and then went their separate ways.

Ask Elmer

     Q. What makes the female ruling class at the cabin so concerned about getting the kitchen done.
              - Male cabin trustee
     A. We fortunately were able to locate Professor R²now at Spout State for an answer to this age old question.
         He said "Explaining this phenomena requires understanding several concepts: menarche (formerly called menache), menopause and male mental pause. "
         "Before post modern feminist philosophy revised the term, people used to talk about menache (the first 'e' was silent so you pronounced the word men-ache). The current usage is menarche rather than menache. This condition is observed in girls as they started to become women. It causes young women to think they need to have men in their lives. Then after they have men in their lives they began to realize how much maintenance men require. This sometimes leads to women screaming "MEN!". This behavior was institutionalized as the MEN! award."
         "Later in the women's lives they go through menopause concurrently with their men going through male mentalpause (a precursor of Alzheimer's disease). The physical discomfort of menopause combined with having a male around whose mental has paused leads to extreme cases of the MEN! behaviour."
   "When you combine meno and mental pauses with the current lack of workspace to do women's work in the cabin kitchen you find a serious situation. Hopefully, the board of trustees will be able to rectify this situation in the coming year".