ALAN
CARLTON
PO BOX 1078
GPO HOBART
7001
30/3/92
Dear
Thank you for your letter.
Make that a form letter. I had to
look that up in the dictionary which says that a form letter is a letter
printed, duplicated, or typed, copies of
which are sent to a number of people. I
don't know the word to describe a family brag news-sheet which is enclosed with
the Christmas card. Perhaps you can
think of one. Australian's are all
embracing Ausmas now though I have yet to see any Ausmas cards.
The World Cup has been a very exciting and entertaining
sporting occasion. The competition was
very even. In the end the final was won
with several moments of absolute class and pure talent by Pakistan. The tournament seemed to go for weeks and
contained moments of drama, controversy and character. Zimbabwe played Australia in Hobart and I
abstained. The vast majority of people
watching the World Cup did their viewing via a TV. I was one of them.
There may be advantages with form letters but there are
obvious disadvantages. The main one is
that to please everybody and offend
nobody you have to say nothing. This
letter which I am now looking at doesn't say much. Are you coming back to Australia? What about G?
What does G stand for? I assume G
stands for gorgeous. Why did G sell his
house? Have you become a Born Again
Christian? Is it cold in Canada? Will good triumph over evil?
I can hear Macca talking on the radio in the background.
What a comforting and reassuring
sound. It's Sunday morning in
Australia and the weather is fine.
Yesterday I listened to the football on the ABC. I heard snatches of a match for the first
time this year. I think I have heard
every cliche previously but I like it and I don't care who knows it. If I can hear Tim Lane and Peter Booth on the
radio then I know that all is right in the world. Footscray opened the season with a big
win. They defeated Adelaide in Adelaide
but they have their feet on the ground, they are not getting carried away, they
are taking it one week at a time and there is a long way to go.
Regards
Alan Carlton
P.S.....Footscray had a big win in the second round over St
Kilda
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