Responding
to
“feedback”
from
readers
Recently
a reader
got so
excited
about 5
words in
one of
my
Editorials
that
they
unlawfully
hauled
one of
my
newspaper
dispensers
over to
my home
on the
Ranch
where it
was
dumped
in my
driveway.
My
response
was to
call and
report
it to
the
Sheriff’s
department.
I also
moved
that
dispenser
to
another
location.
Wow, 5
little
words
caused
all of
that.
Anybody
want to
guess
what
those 5
words of
mine
were?
You
might
even
suggest
that a
letter
to the
editor
would be
a more
rational
response.
By the
way,
that’s
what the
Sheriff
told me.
Good
advice.
I guess
the good
thing is
that at
least
people
are
reading
my
editorials
in the
Gazette
and
hopefully
a more
“rational
response”
will be
the norm
in the
future.
I got a
call
after
the last
paper
from the
national
office
of David
Beard’s
Catfish
King
telling
me what
I had
already
found
out,
that the
giant
new
restaurant
going in
on FM
2869 was
not
theirs.
At least
50 or 60
people,
including
me, had
egg on
their
face. I
was
happy
that no
one
hauled
another
dispenser
to my
yard.
Later
another
caller
told me
that he
was the
new
owner of
the
project
and that
he would
name the
new 140
seat
establishment
“Horseapple
Creek”
and it
would
serve
catfish.
He said
it would
be much
like a
Catfish
King or
a
Catfish
Village.
Sounded
like a
nice
guy.
How many
of you
are
“sick
and
tired”
of being
carried
up and
down the
hill in
a golf
cart, to
and from
the Fore
Seasons?
There
are 3
tips
involved.
One up,
one down
and one
inside.
Then
there is
paying
the kid
to drive
and
wearing
out a
cart.
Brilliant!!!
John,
please
do
something
quick!!!
We are
watching
and will
report
back
later.
Rocket
Science.
Another
thing.
What are
the
hours of
the Fore
Seasons/19th
Hole,
and
where
can one
find
them?
Seems
like we
are
changing
every
week or
so, or
is this
my
imagination?
W.C.