It’s only a B747, when all’s said and done.

First flight of the type was in February 1969 not February 2011, whatever the marketing men would have you believe.

The ‘800 is an evolution, not a revolution. 😎

But it’s a Boeing, so it’s beautiful and it will work.

(Sorry, I’m quite anti Airbus for personal, business and ethical reasons. The latter is also applicable to Boeing but I find it easier to dislike Airbus)

“A Somewhat Gentle Man”.
Norwegian with English subs.
A very good film, the story will be taken up by Hollywood methinks.

Don’t forget that isn’t a direct comparison.

Calorific values on lpg are lower so your fuel cost per mile is greater than it would be if you had been able to buy petrol at 70p.

You effectively get 15 – 20% less mpg (Or I suppose we should say mpl) so the effective cost is about 85 – 87p / litre

Moggy

I had forgot. Well pointed out. It’s even worse on Hydrogen fuels, they are hitting about 11 miles per GALLON last time I looked.

Back on running old cars…..I had Comedy Car last week.
I put my visor down to check an itch on my mug. Slid the mirror cover and 2 small vanity lights should come on. They didn’t. But the interior lights did…….and the cruise control knocked off. When such things happen, if one stops, immobilises/mobilise/start it clears the problem…which it did. 1 mile later, drizzling rain so I hit the 1 swipe mode on the wipers. Nope…..Radio went off. The Wipers started, along with glovebox light and interior lights.
The Horn didn’t work but pressing it did bring on the Airbag warning light and the radio.
Anyway, AA roadside checked all things electrical and found poer to all, nothing he could do. I got Lorried back to Southampton :mad:.
I went on my forum, within 15 minutes I was told the exact fault and the part number and a set of photographs on how to replace it.
The part was in stock at the main dealers on the Monday and I fitted it Tuesday. All car back to normal. Ignition Switch.
This week I will be replacing the diaphragm in my PCV Valve and the small regulator vacuum pipe next to it. To get at the PCV I need to lie on the engine with my knick-knacks on the radiator. Or, hange from a Tressle “It’s a knockout” style.

Don’t run to Sea to escape some Bird. It’ll just make the worries float not sink.

My best mate spends Summer on an exploration Geology thingy and Winter bringing garbage known as product from China. The latter pays more money believe it or not, but the former is his love.
It’s a hard life, long time at Sea and, unless you are Officer material, the money’s crap.
But do go abroad, not only to see the world and experience stuff yadda yadda yadda……but because the UK is finished.
It will be a decade before we recover from this mess.

PeeDee… Fly Girl….who is the Actress in your Avatar thingy? Sure I’ve seen her on TV.
You might have seen me on Crimewatch. 😀

Well I never.
You are a ray of sunlight bursting through the clouds of the forum.

(Snippy snippy)
Picked up a very good bargain, off Amazon the other week, a 40″ Sony…yadda yadda)

Now you’ve got a 40 incher (Where’s Frankie Howerd!!), you’ll be sorry you didn’t get a 50 incher.
I am. I got a Panasonic 42″. It takes up the goddam wall anyway, may as well got the biggest possible within budget. I’m cross now, because there was a 50″ on sale when I got the 42, her indoors wouldn’t entertain it…..and she also realises that the wall is lost so we could’ve filled it.
42″ telly seemed massive when we first got it, I would watch any old tosh, in amazement. Now, it’s just a telly.

Back on Topic!
I’ve just introduced my 8 yr old to Dumb and Dumber. Hilarity ensued!
Then I watched Canadian Bacon. One has to understand US/Canada relationships to get most of the puns in that, I think it’s an extremely funny movie.

It was a brave move of Carrot to do that family sitcom 2 years ago, with the disabled kid in the wheelchair.
It was relatively good, watchable. But probably too intellectual for the requirements of the canned laughter/ 30 seconds concentration span audiences which constitute to the viewing figs.

Fly Girl….who is the Actress in your Avatar thingy? Sure I’ve seen her on TV.

Shame they made so few episodes, but I found Foyle’s War one of the most entertaining shows for decades…

Yep. I enjoyed that too.
With a bonus for me as I salivated at the young lass that was his driver. Hot posh totty!