Modern Commer Replacement

[gibberish]

Must be page 13 warp speed.  Let's get on to 14 QUICK

[mgmark]

Well, I made it through the meeting and - at great risk to personal safety - made a sortie outside to track down the angry wagon.   Proof here that its top speed is well in escess of 55mph, but that the beast's weak point is that its handling department cannot cope with a swift, well-timed sidestep................

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[Ruptured Duck Motorsport]

I survived, and my tale is one of quick thinking and guile.  I hid the WD40 and walked away, as with old electrics, I was more likely to make the getaway than an old van  

[mgmark]

Sound thinking - but beware, it's probably off raiding Halfords and limbering up on a diet of jack oil ready for the next phase.................. this news article has chilling overtones of this morning's testing of our defences..........

A group of the Commers ransacked the cemetery in the remote village of Makrino Zagoriou, damaging the gravestones of deceased locals and drinking oil from the lamps adorning their tombs. "This is the second time in two months that the Commers have come to our village," said local councillor Stiris Spyradakis. "This time nothing was left undisturbed."
Now the villagers fear that the Commers, emboldened by their recent adventures, could turn their attention to the living.

[gibberish]

This of course raises the festive question of..........................
Was it the Ghost of Commer Past, Commer Present, or Commer Future!

[mgmark]

and whether it is transitive or intransitive...........

[gibberish]

Ooh that's getting a tad tangential for me  

[Andy Zarse]

At exactly 10.13.19 am this morning, at precisely the time of Gibber opening the thirteenth page, a terrible rumbling was heard to be coming from the general direction of the Commer. Now it could have been the big ends, but it sounded more paranormal than that.

Then at about 11.30 today, my wife phoned to say she's smashed in the front of her car in Tunbridge Wells. Nothing serious, she's okay, but I am not making this up!

You are playing with forces of which mortal man has no comprehension. You do so at your own peril, you young fools!

[jpchenet]

Hey Gibberish.....he called you young!!  

[jpchenet]

Seriously though, sorry to hear about the wife's crash Andy. Glad she's OK!!

Her well being does of course eliminate The Commer as tangling with that would have been serious!!

[smokie]

At exactly 10.13.19 am this morning, at precisely the time of Gibber opening the thirteenth page, a terrible rumbling was heard to be coming from the general direction of the Commer. Now it could have been the big ends, but it sounded more paranormal than that.

Then at about 11.30 today, my wife phoned to say she's smashed in the front of her car in Tunbridge Wells. Nothing serious, she's okay, but I am not making this up!

You are playing with forces of which mortal man has no comprehension. You do so at your own peril, you young fools!

Maybe it's time I locked the thread, we wouldn't be wanting the Curse of Club Arnage to cause Andy any more trouble would we...

...guidance please...

[Steve Pyro]

Hey, looks like you all have been busy today, sorry I couldn't participate (went to work)  

Looks like the ghostly Commer even got as far as New Zealand today !



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[mgmark]

Maybe it's time I locked the thread, we wouldn't be wanting the Curse of Club Arnage to cause Andy any more trouble would we...

...guidance please...

Smokie - I think we should be OK now, as the mystic page number has been passed and Andy has not reported any further rumblings.   It's really rather a nice topic, with a main central theme familiar to us all - namely that classic British vehicle engineering is a thing of wonder with innate human character- the subject sort of wanders off periodically into related territories on a random basis that makes sense.   However, as he is the keeper of the beast, I think that any arbitration on locking it should lie with Andy.  

Andy - glad to hear that the missus is OK

Mark

[gibberish]

Hey Gibberish.....he called you young!!  

Just goes to show how disoriented the poor boy must be.  Something to do with living in close proximity to a Commer  

[gibberish]

Andy.  Please accept abject apologies for forcing the issue onto page 13.  If I thought for one minute that this had contributed to your wife's accident I would be most upset.  Glad she's OK though.