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Thanks, I've not come across these before - they have some excellent looking models...might have to treat myself

I've always either bought outright or PCP'd my cars and traded up every 3 years or so. I bought an EV on PCP a few years ago, expecting the same residual/equity to be in the car when I came to trade up this time - but it wasn't. EV's have tanked in price (which is great as long as you're not on a PCP)! So I am pretty sure I will lease in the next couple of months. Octopus Energy are doing some pretty good deals (oddly) on leases - with servicing, tax, MOT's etc all included...plus 800 miles free public charging credit plus 8,000 miles free home charging. Low BIK and 50% off the VAT makes it pretty much a no brainer - at least until things settle down a bit with EV pricing.

The Capture on iplayer. Series one was great and two was epic. A couple of episodes in on series 3 and pretty good as far.

Some of the best times of my life have involved being greasy and sticky. I'm all for it, tbh

Great topic - thanks for starting it @MC Prussian I think I've yet to find an artist/painting that I would consider to be a favourite. I suppose that is half the point of art - it evolves and you evolve. I have spent a fair amount of time in galleries, and one of the (increasingly few) benefits of living in and around London is easy access to some pretty cool exhibitions. In my 20's I was a little obsessed with Van Gogh and Dali - and managed to see a few works on my travels. Then I thought it might all be a bit twee and I was being duped by hype. But 30's, 40's and beyond bring different perspectives. So I visited some lesser known artists works that were (imo) a bit shite. But I looked at them in a vaguely frowny, critical manner that I assumed showed that I knew what I was looking at. And many many years on I still have no clue. I am massively impressed with some of the above works and the descriptions/feeling they invoke. On our wall at home we have a couple of copies of Modigliani paintings, a cool graffiti art pastiche of a Mondrian, some scenic originals from local artists and an artists proof of a Rolf Harris that I'm not entirely sure what to do with I do, however, always come back to...

Fkn millennial poll...where's New Kids on the Block??

What's blue and not very heavy?

What did the drummer call his daughters? Anna one, Anna two....

Some solid plans here. A lot of folks pretty well sorted for their old age. I don't really have any plans to retire - I'll likely just take longer holidays between work stuff. And if I get bored with that I'll probably become a postman. Seems to be low pressure, sociable, gets you out of the house and finish early. Even where I live they all seem fairly cheerful. You get your steps in and will have a lifetime supply of rubber bands as a little bonus...

Yeah, to be fair, I assumed it wasn't all your own work

Blimey! Thanks mate. (You've clearly been hanging around certain dodgy car dealers for too long...)

It’s certainly brightened the street up!

A bit of car p0rn happening near me. Fella across the road has suddenly produced these outside his house. Anyone know much about these - years, value, rarity, etc

Great news, mate One thing I didn't do when we moved was change the address on my V5 - it ended up costing me a £350 fine I contacted DVLA prior to moving but didn't realise that I also had to update the address on the cars registration docs. Sounds fairly obvious once you know, but in and amongst all the important stuff you do when you move, I didn't even think of it. (I did ask the DVLA if they honestly thought that I'd left my car at the old house as some kind of moving in gift to the new owners)

You're going to have to think of something to do in the dark, Deb...