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Overheated readers

The heat has certainly gone to some of our readers heads This week the heat has plainly had an effect on some of the individuals we’ve featured.

By The Steeple Times◆16 July 2013◆1 minute read

Overheated readers

The heat has certainly gone to some of our readers heads

This week the heat has plainly had an effect on some of the individuals we’ve featured.

Like this couple, some elements of our readership might do well to take a cold shower and calm down

We’ve received a missive from one who purports that our article about gatecrashers has endangered his life and a separate one who believes his roll call entry to have damaged his reputation.

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Given that the two articles are factually correct, we’ll shortly be featuring both once again. Such people do not scare us.

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