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Every week we will publish a selection of reader's e-mails along with the Committee's response. So keep these mails coming in folks.

 

The mails keep flooding in to The Station Masters headquarters. Here are two recently received:

 

From: andrew gilbride <anagilbride@yahoo.com>   Import addresses anagilbride@yahoo.com  Block email anagilbride@yahoo.com   Block SMTP relay web56305.mail.re3.yahoo.com
To: admin@stationmasters.org.uk
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Dear Sir. I would like to take the opportunity to thank Steve Logan for his very helpful advice. Having thumped me in a recent singles match..(in a metaphorical golfing sense..).We were playing a bounce match when I fell foul of the bunker trap. After n shots (where n>4) and already ready to 'pick up' Steve kindly took me aside, stepped into the bunker with my ball and sand wedge and , seeing there was no-one behind us to hold up (** see P.S**), said, 'Here now watch this'. He took an elegant swing which sent a spray of sand high in the air.The ball however remained in the trap. Steve looked sternly at me. 'Now  that's what YOU'VE been doing'.Thanks to his wonderful teaching methods I managed to use this Knowledge to Knock him out of the Two Ball...Thanks again Steve
 
P.S.I think it would be appropriate to point out that such teaching tips were only possible as there was no one behind to hold up. I hear that SLOW Play became a feature of the Mid Craigie / Fintry clash on Saturday resulting in Ranger intervention.

Dear Andrew,

Thank you for your mail. As you know (being a senior committee member), Steve is taking a well-deserved break and there are already members who are expressing serious concerns that Steve is not online at the moment to help them through, what may be a traumatic time for them and their game. In the meantime, we would encourage all members to tune in to Tommy's Gardening Tips, vege out and forget about the finer points of the game for a couple of weeks. Steve will be back after the Open and then we can get rid of the troublesome fiddler for good. With regard to the Dundee mafia tie, its little wonder the Ranger had to intervene. Presumably it was the Lone Ranger, given that they're a bunch of cowboys anyway.

Yours keemosabbily,

THE COMMITTEE.

And another mail from south of the border - down Scrumpie way:

To: admin@stationmasters.org.uk
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Dear Sirs,
 
Please pass this on to Tommy of Gardening Tip fame.
Tommy,
Delighted to hear you are an ex matelot like myself.   I should have guessed by the sound and common sense advice you give on gardening.  I wholeheartedly agree your comments on Naval Officers.   In fact I have decided, as a protest against officer class snobbery, to be called by my military rank.   In future my friends in the local pub will have to say "Has the Leading Hand been in yet?".   And when people are giving directions in the village they will have to say "It's just down the lane past the Leading Hand's house".  In fact I'm thinking of changing my house name to "Hooky's Grot"   (sounds Dutch actually, quite appropriate!)
 
Yours Brothers in Armsly,
 
Gus Holland (RN Retired - before being kicked out)

Dear Gus,

Thank you very much for your mail. Whilst we will indeed pass on your sentiments to Tommy, we would remind you however that this is a Golf Club and not the Royal Navy Formers Sailors We Hate  Snobby Officers Club (RNFSWHSOC). On the subject of Tommy's Gardening Tips, and your goodself obviously being a level-headed ex jack tar, we wondered Gus, if you would care to comment (in confidence) on the Committee's brilliant new idea to create a 'Cooking Kitchen'  spot on the site. Tom Paterson has volunteered to host 'Tom's Tantilising Titbits' which we feel will compliment the established web pages in promoting an idyllic day in the life of a Station Masters golfer: Get up ...potter around in the garden... go golfing...have a few aperitifs...potter around in the garden.... have something to eat... more drink.... go to bed zzzzz.

Yours in cloudcukoolandly

THE COMMITTEE.     

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