Must be a bug in the PPRuNe software (probably dependent on which browser/device you are using). The link is blank for me too, in all the multiple attempts above, but if you click 'Quote' on the post you then see the clickable link shown with the rest of the message, and can get it from there.
The commentary, with excessive adjectives, sounds just like what Peter Sellers parodied in "Balham, gateway to the South".