So far, 3 is the most popular!

13, as someone who struggled with their timetables, 13 felt like the verge of wild complex maths

I'm gutted he stopped releasing videos - I've watched all his stuff and check back now and again to see if he's been tempted to post something new...

I do get this view and in many ways I agree - for me a car in an investment in flexibility.

I could hire a car/van as an when I need one, and send my kids to school by taxi and do my local shopping by bike (which I already do other than the 'big' shop that my wife does).

But investing £3k 10 years ago on a 10 year old car (now 20 years old) has proven a great investment. In a bad year it has cost £500 pa in maintenance, but in an average year I pay more in VED(tax) than I do on a service and mot.

I could have bought £3k of ftse 100 stock and have used the dividends and growth for transport, but I think that has turned out better for me. But I'll be honest, I've not done all the maths, but I don't think investing £3k would cover my costs and I would have eaten into the principle long ago. At best I have a £250 (scrap value) asset now, but realistically if I continue to spend £200-500 a year on looking after my investment, I'll get flexible transport.

I saw a Nissan Note ev around here for £600 - the battery is good for around 24 miles - which exceeds what I'd do in a day on school run, gym run and shopping.

I would need to pay for a home charging point, but that would be a long term investment.

For me that Note would likely do me another 4 years of easy and cheap driving. An ice car of the same price would have more to go wrong and I'd be lucky to get 2 years driving from it. We are getting to the usable 2nd hand market already, and it is only going to get better.

I see 4,000 petrol cars under £1500 on auto trader. I see 1 (one) electric.

Upto £2k it’s 9,000 and 9.

Facebook market place had a few near me recently under £1k, but they certainly sell fast!

Any you'd recommend or can point me to good reviews for?

https://ourworldindata.org/conflict-deaths-breakdown - certainly has been in the millions - maybe lower in the 'Western world' but countless of the dead in wars across the world in ww2, have been civilians.

For example 3 to 5 million were killed in the 2nd Congo war of 1998-2003. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_by_death_toll

No 2 is a fascinating study! My mother was 'taking' (eating) large amounts of raw chilli as she found it a very efficient cure for her rheumatoid arthritis - she had brilliantly reduced joint pain. BUT after a few years it caused painful and disfiguring rosacea.

She stopped the chilli and moved to acupuncture for the arthritis, which worked pretty much as well, but not something she can do herself at home for 'free'.

Since she has v low BML, I'm now pleased to see she stopped eating too much chilli!

Direct link to the BBC article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g7kwq1k11o

Great news that they will be on iPlayer soon, along with every other (available) episode of Dr Who :)

Good to see you are un-banned ;) - might have just been that you are a new user.