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Round the corner from me, a mate had his XJ6 converted to LPG. It paid for itself (£2,000) in a year. He has a long wheelbase version, generally totters around in it – but he drives to South France once pa for his jollydays.

Great thing to do i ran them for years, they are simple to maintain usually very straightforward plus no pricey computer scan needed to diagnose engine problems etc ,

I know what your saying but expense isn’t that great. You need a naff cheap old laptop (For this purpose only) which you could get for £50. The leads are about £50 on Ebay. The S/w is all over the place on the net.
Without S/w, hunting down problems on my car would be a nightmare. There is no room in the engine bay to take stuff off “Just to check”. Diag. will tell me what is wrong, I go straight for that bit. It even checks the qlty of my ICE speakers! Sends a bong to each one etc.
There is more wiring/ servo’s/ sensors in (Or involved in) the two front seats of my car than a 1971 Mini (Whole Mini). My Back seats, the original purchaser didn’t select all the toys for the back seats, he missed out on Bum Warmers, Bum vibrators, Calf rests, head rest adjustment, head rest speakers, occupancy sensors, lumber support. There were no servos under the back seta as there is a petrol tank in the way.

My car is a teenager, becoming a classic. Expensive to run, but I have no debt on it. I will never have a debt for a car, not when there are so many good 2nd hand ones out there.
The Sultan of Penang was selling his London Diplomatic car on Ebay. 23 years old, 36,000 miles, every stamp in the book, serviced every 6k miles. I think it went for £8,000. Bargain, it had every fittable toy. The Bullet proof sides however made it a 3 ton vehicle, probably down to 18mpg on a run. But oh the joy of a 5.5 litre V12 7 series E32. Smooth as wet silk.
As with many decent old gals, there are forums full of experts that will (a) know how to fix it, (b) know who sells the parts.
So, I’m always up for owning old cars.

Endorse all the above, absolutely. Apart from the people knocking them. LISTEN TO IT.

Positives. Clean band, they don’t even get drunk! Watch the video of the 666 tour, when Brucey piloted it all.
Their music is great rock. Lyrics can be heard, and do not swear.
“If metalheads ruled the World, there would be a lot of songs about Death, but there would be no Death” Quote Bruce Dickinson, Sonisphere 2010. Sums up the general crowd in my opinion.

Buy the greatest hits, learn the words! It’s far more fun to singalong with 60,000 people. Especially to “Afraid of the Dark”.
Damn, I wanna go again this year!

But, let’s get a bit real…..
There is always going to be some scally that will take the opportunity of occupied people and go pick-pocketing. So, take precautions.
If you go to the very front, there may be a bit of squashing. There may even be a bit of Mosh pitting, which could spill into bodies falling over and hitting you. However, the Irons frown on moshing, and heard once that they stopped playing, refused to carry on if the moshing continued. But I take it you are going on this years tour? The crowd will be all Maiden fans, most of which are now too old and too sensible to mosh LoL!
It is highly unlikely, very highly unlikely that there will be a fight.

Best for the Experience….Caledonian 707, M/cr to Toronto, in 1969. My first flight. In the days when people dressed up for the occasion. Followed the next year by a 1st class BOAC trip in a VC10. Same route.
Best for Service, possibly the VC10 but I was only a nipper. I remember very well a superb flight back from Toronto on a CP Air DC8 64 “Tube”, with superb food, glasses for the drinks and metal knives/forks and service with a constant smile.

Worst, last month. Air China from LHR to Beijing. Cramped, bad qlty video (All of them were blurred) and the food tasted like it had already been eaten by a Camel with Gingivitus as well as Syphilis. The dinner ladies were a mixture of Males and Moose. The journey back…3 days later, I had the emergency exit seat so at least I had legroom but the food tasted like the Camel had found my toilet, and recycled it again.

As it happens, I am looking for a Mercury or Alcohol thermometer at this very time. I have tried real Chemists, Boots, Lloyds. Nobody sells them down here. All digital, which IMO are as much use as a blokes nipple. (a) Ergonomically, they are more difficult to read than an analogue. (b) That’s when they work 1st time properly!!! (c) Batteries.

With all the panic wrt my baby over new year, we monitered her temp. for the 1st week of the year. The digitals (We have two, a Lloyd Chemist £9.99one and a £30 one from an indie Chemist) are far too unstable, a constant pressure has to be applied to the button for 6 or 7 seconds. Seems a short time but it isn’t with a struggling baby. The Battery ran out, and it’s a Button Cell (3 off)….of exactly the flippin button Cell I didn’t have. Great, 1:30 am and the thermo. is kapput! Good job we had a spare.
So, anti digital rant over. Does anybody know where I can get a real thermometer from. Not a room one, in a frame. A medical one.

While were at it, does the same shop sell real Solder, old stuff with lead in it? New stuff doesn’t do the job properly when mending old circuit boards from cars.

Back on topic.
Somebody at a previous workplace stole a Gallon of mercury from our labs. Yep, a full gallon. It was in 1990. I always wondered what they got for it in £.