<b>From The Editor</b>

As a paper of record, I feel it my duty to report that the Suffolk Gazette team has enjoyed the first fruits of our <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-beer/" target="_blank">generous readers' donations</a> - although Ivor Traktor, our Farming Correspondent (intern), seemed to enjoy it more than most.

Being a young lad, he's not used to partaking in large quantities of anything stronger than fruit juice. But as I dutifully shared out the money that poured in over recent months to our <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-beer/" target="_blank">Buy Us a Beer page</a>, and as young Ivor has recently turned 18, I led him down to the Suffolk Gazette's boardroom, aka The Greyhound pub in Ipswich.

Needless to say, the scamp took no notice of my warnings about pacing himself, and supped many a pint of Adnams before I realised what was going on.

Without warning, he took off his shirt and ran around the pub singing: "I've got a brand new combine harvester", even though that is not true - he has, in fact, just bought himself a moped.

Thankfully Mr Lightfoot, the esteemed boss at The Greyhound, who is a closet Norwich City supporter (traitor), was in forgiving mood, and allowed Ivor to remain on the premises, so long as he sat quietly in the corner and put his shirt back on. There were no further problems.

The generosity of our readers keeps us going. We make no great amount from people clicking on the adverts on this site (well, we would, if all readers did so every day), and so <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-beer/" target="_blank">reader donations</a> help pay for the rather tedious costs of internet hosting etc.

If you enjoy our <del datetime="2015-06-10T07:11:43+00:00">ridiculous </del> important world exclusives, and are not the type to click on internet ads, then please feel free to go to our <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-beer/" target="_blank">Buy Us a Beer page</a> and make a small donation now!

I'll then take the Suffolk Gazette team out for another "editorial brainstorming" session at The Greyhound. It's the beer that keeps us creative!

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