28XX

Where would one obtain a Paxman Valenta engine today with which to retro-engineer a class 43?

So long as you both work as hard on the marriage as you most likely will on the wedding, you'll be alright. Congratulations from Borsetshire.

Karn Evil 9 - Emerson Lake and, er Palmer

Under The Moon of Love - Showaddy, er, Waddy

Standing in the Shadows of Love - 4 Tops

Davy's on the Road Again - Manfred Mann

I've Got A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts - Merv Griffin

My mistaken assumption. Weird, as the two cars are clearly related in body design.

Buy a standard curve and cut it in half.

Definitely a Mk 1 Transit with the extended nose to accommodate the 4-in line diesel (the petrol vans used the 1.7 V4 from the Taunus / Corsair which was very space efficient in a van.).

Can't Fight This Feeling - - REO Speedwagon

Take Good Care of Yourself - 3 degrees

London Midland might be a more successful business if they invested a little in revenue protection. Three times in the last month I have bought tickets for journeys, each involving a change of train, which have never been, collected, clipped, or even looked at by a railway employee, nor scanned by any machine.

Use a normal point motor cunningly hidden under an adjacent structure and linked to the point with a bit of bent wire. Seeps can be surface mounted using a piece of 20x20 angled plastic or metal

Love Song - Simple Minds

Under my Thumb - The Rolling Stones

too much too young - Specials aka

I stayed in the Ramada Jarvis in 2004. A fragment of pre-apocalyptic Art Deco in an otherwise pretty dreary town. Still standing according to Google.

Mrs 28xx has acquired a taste for dry martinis.

The night before last she had 4. That's with a generous double measure in each.

I've just poured her first of tonight's.

Not going to learn about inkjet printers by any chance?

Cast - aside - ing

I get it!

Love to Love You Baby - Donna Summer

OH!

Until you have lived through the process of a close friend or relative losing their sight, you cannot fully understand the difference between vision and perception.

To summarise, we are all living in and interacting with, a lie. A fabricated reality manufactured in our brains, based on the best new data (from all our senses) available, plus the memory of old data collected earlier. For most of us this is a close enough approximation to the real reality to make everyday activities practicable.

Some examples of being misled or assisted by this.

The moon looks bigger near the horizon than overhead

People who claim to see Elvis' or Jesus' image on a piece of toast or shroud or rock

A magician doing card tricks in closeup

Recognising a familiar person across a crowded room.

Enjoying old grainy monochrome photos or model railways.

The Man With the Child in His Eyes - Kate Bush

The World is My Oyster- Frankie Goes to Hollywood