Boofy! Hi!
Sorry to hear about your hand!

Your hubby is right. It is not an auto-coupler. We've never used those here in the UK. We call them 'couplings'.  Besides which I haven't done the hook yet..............

Thanks for keeping the faith. It's been very hard to carry on with this project, especially since the car crash, but I'm still hoping I can travel up to York to see the real loco in the workshop.

Bikini! Yeah right! Like I'm gonna wear a bikini................thanks for the offer of a meal though!

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All the Woes of a World by Jonathan Icknield aka The Bryster

And in my final hours - I would cling rather to the tattooed hand of kindness - than the unblemished hand of hate...