Saturday 22 Jan 2011

Each week the Club's Presidential Mailbox receives dozens of letters and emails about all manner of things: Coffee pots; unpaid taxes; incredible athletic performances; clothing gone missing; breakfast locations; concerns about health, hygiene and security clearances; promotions for races benefiting horrible ailments; suggestions about surgical versus homeopathic remedies; and countless other topics. I have learned that missives are best redirected to people whose names begin with the letters "A" or "D" -- the rest of the alphabet is, well, elsewhere, while "A"s and "D"s are available and compassionate. Still, there are occasions when one is stumped.  For example, what should be done with today's multi-page email? It begins: "I was utterly dismayed by...blatant affronts to our cult[ure] [that] should never have made [it] through the club gestapo..."  Incredibly, the author was referring to last week's Stats & Chat[!!??].  Only one way to handle this: Forward it immediately to "Ms D", who quickly responded that no reply was necessary -- this letter takes care of itself: "Mr. President, ignore my threat of resignation above as it turns out that i haven’t even paid the dues for the new year." Such are the daily challenges.

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