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I RECEIVED unusual – I get about 40 every day – but this was from a reader, and communication from readers is generally very little... perhaps a dozen per month (we’d love more!). So, when this unusual name popped up in the inbox, my mind went into overdrive as I paused the cursor arrow over the envelope icon. Why? Like most, I have a certain pride in what we do, and how people who have forked out for see the mag in their own eyes. We try our best, allowing for time, money, the world, price of fish…

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