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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.

Howdy folks. After the trials and tribulations of the greatest spectacle in the sporting calendar (apart from the Station Masters) we are slowly getting back to normal. Great to see so many Overseas and Country members in the Club, including Ian Mill from Montana, Richard Christieson from Thailand, Angus Holland from the Republic of Cornwall and Graham McGee from Weegieland to name but a few. Hope its not too long before we see you again.

This week - some interesting readers letters, including one from an offspring who obviously feels his father is being persecuted:

From: Innes Horne <kinskifan1966@yahoo.co.uk>        To: admin@stationmasters.org.uk Subject: Capt Campbell's Remarks on the Readers Letters Page.	All headers
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Dear Jim, I am writing in response to Captain Campbell's remarks regarding my father & myself. It is evident that he is jealous that we both know more about horticulture than he does, Wattie you will have to get over it and get a life. My dad is a talented tradesman, gardener and fiddler and as for trying to teach his granny to suck eggs, your mouth appears to be big enough to do this ,ostrich eggs is most apt, ha ha. At least I have the intelligence to know how to build sandcastles on a beach which is more than can be said for Captain Campbell.   When it's all said & done Wattie you know as much about gardening as a visiting Martian and your knowledge of  it is like a bull having breasts.   Yours greenfingeredly, Innes Horne.   Ps , At least my dad buys a round.

Dear Innes, We agree whole-heartedley with everything you say  - apart from your postscript. Perhaps you are commenting through some rose-tinted spectacle haze, but we have to say Innes, we can find no evidence that your father has ever bought a round  in the Club. Still - miracles may happen.....

Yours notachancedely,

Vice Captain Simpson.

  and - from a frequent visitor to the Club:

From: max holland <maxthedog1990@yahoo.co.uk>        To: admin@stationmasters.org.uk CC: neilholland@hotmail.co.uk Subject: Pets Golf	All headers
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Hi   My name is Max, I have attached a photo of myself, you might recognise me as  I come into the clubhouse with my Owner now and again. I usually sit in the corner and normally get stood on by people coming in and out.  If I am lucky my Owner will buy me a packet of crisps .   I hear some drivel in the clubhouse particularly from three people.   One is an eldery guy with a grey beard who is apparently hopeless at gardening. Another is a stout chap who keeps on talking about his wonderful golf shots, he never mentions anything about his poor shots!! The last is a thin bald guy who sometimes serves drinks behind the bar, he is very autocratic and keeps on telling people what to do and giving out instructions.   Anyway the reason I am sending this is to enquire if you would be able to set up a pets section ( I believe you already have a ladies section?)   I think I could give anybody a game, my owner is particularly hopeless, I could beat him with two paws tied behind my back.   Yours pleasebuymecrisps   MAX

Dear Max,

Its lovely to hear from you again. You wrote in some time ago to Let Steve Logan know just how helpful his hints were for your owner, who shall remain nameless. We are so pleased that Captain Holland hasn't had you put-down yet, as he so often threatens to do. You are of course correct in your character observations in respect of the drivel spoken in the Club but we would urge you look sympathetically upon the one you refer to as 'the bald, thin guy'. We prefer to call him the 'athletic looking hunk with the designer haircut!' Its little wonder he is autocratic when he has to deal with awkward punters such as your owner and his wife, day-in and day-out. Anyway, we digress - despite your obvious slight towards the Ladies Section Max, we feel that unless we have some further requests from other pets then this proposition may not be viable. Can we suggest you contact Cody Shepherd or Dave Meek's rabbit Floppy or indeed Hon Secretary Davie's goldfish - (no sorry I forgot they were eaten by the heron from the golf course - or so Elliot claims) to try and drum up some support for your cause. Look forward to hearing from you further.

Yours barkingly,

The Committee.

and finally - from a grateful member:

From: alison boath <mrstwice@fsmail.net>        Reply-to: mrstwice@fsmail.net To: admin@stationmasters.org.uk Subject: "The Open"	All headers
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Dear Committee Members I would like to thank the many Station Masters members who helped me through my arduous tasks during The Open as a tented village marshall, Guarding the pole, the scoreboard, the white bridge and the large tv screen. These jobs were made much easier by the endless cups of hot coffee I was supplied with when the weather was inclement by my fellow members.  This shows the true companionship we have in the Station, many thanks again Yours [in the spirit of the open or should I say in guinness]  A J Boath

Dear Alfred,

The Committee would like to express their admiration of the role you played in helping to ensure that the tournament remained a secure and trouble-free environment for the fee-paying general-public. Your steadfast attention to the large screen and the pole adjacent to the burger stall  must have provided great re-assurance to all who came into contact with you (for the brief time you were working) . And to think you were actually being paid for what must have been to you Alfie - a labour of love. It is heartening that so many Station Masters members came to your aid in a time of need - with free tickets for the Guiness Tent!

Yours camaraderely,

The Committee.

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