Brilliant. Some generous soul has started transcribing Ronald Smythe and H. Westfolds' "letters to the editor" to a blog. Between them, Westfold and Smythe have cornered the market on curmudgeonly grumpiness, making their output, naturally, some of the best comedy writing to be found coming out of our fair city. Says Smythe...

What has happened to the youth of today. It is a rare occasion indeed when I am shown politeness and respect by the younger age groups. Good manners have flown out the window, along with dress sense and decency. I presume today’s public schools are partly to blame, although parents are no doubt shirking their responsibilities also.

...and H. Westfold, channeling, it would seem, Grandpa Simpson...

Your March 15 item about that lovely 1963 Studebaker and its manufacturer evoked memories of my adolescence in the late 1940s. You see, it was Studebaker which pioneered the "New Look" analogous to that of women’s fashions just then. It was in late 1947 or early 1948 that just a few of the latest Studebaker model appeared on our Taranaki roads, one of those cars being owned by a farmer near my hometown, Inglewood. For a short while, their profile made heads turn – a car’s front and rear ends both looked like front ends as we’d known cars for many years!

...and so on. Read more at the aptly named I am of the Opinion. [Hat-tip to Alan for actually un-earthing this.]