a tractor, Marcia wonders, “What has him in such a bad mood already this morning?”

“What’s wrong?” asks Doug upon approach.

While wiping his brow and standing from under the hood, Allcoth wrings his hands explaining, “We have had three of our vehicles break down. Each one seems to be suffering from failure of the electrical systems. Display screens have shown that accursed abort message.  Nothing seems to be wrong and the system errors work themselves out within a minute or so but still, I don’t like my crew using unreliable machinery. What if we suffer a malfunction at a critical moment?”

Tim raises his hand interjecting politely, “If I may make a suggestion, perhaps it would be best to keep people away from the machinery for the day...

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