I actually kinda preferred Season 1 Mariner. Not that Season 2 wasn’t enjoyable, but it feels like they’re just dropping her into story beats that any character could have filled in (or doing yet another instance of “the entire plot is a metaphor for Mariner bickering with her mom”). Season 1 Mariner was exactly the…

It never occurred to me that Dr. Richard Nygard wasn’t a real (separate) person within the show, but I love this idea. Even better is the idea that Chris is actually living a double life as the “real” Dr. Richard Nygard, being a therapist to both others and himself, and all the people who know “both of them” have an…

Lore looks more human than Zuck.

Or she’s trying to warn us.

Farah has always been an entitled dickhead. Not surprised at all.

I legitimately want one.

I generally try to stick to the same speed as the cars around me. Smooth flow and all that. If there’s no one around, I try to stay within 5-10 of the limit.

Kinja won’t post the thumbnail for some reason, but...

I actually prefer the paper ones.

Windshield wipers. I normally buy Bosch Icon wipers, but today they were out so I got the cheaper store brand. They smear like 6-month-old Icons. I’m not too upset because they were half the price, but I’m going back to Bosch next time.

The decision to mount the Samurai sideways is fascinating. Seems like it would have made more sense to mount it facing forwards, but I guess this way it can get out without unhitching the trailer.

I had no idea they were still making those! I see them a lot but always assumed they were old. It really does look like an early 2000s vehicle.

I’m guessing they couldn’t get the train to work because it’s a diesel engine. That’s their problem. Steam locomotives can run on pretty much anything that burns, and some environmentally conscious tourist railways, including the Grand Canyon Railway, actually do run their steam engines on used cooking oil. Seems like…

“Prime mover” is actually the correct railroad terminology for the engine that powers a diesel locomotive.

I seriously doubt anyone who’s in a position to have a use for locomotive parts (besides selling them on eBay) would be sufficiently lacking in moral qualms to steal them. Most people who work on vintage trains are either museum employees or volunteers, and those don’t seem like compatible mindsets with vandalism.

Salvaging something that would otherwise be lost to time is one thing. Randomly stealing crap that is worth less to you than it would be if left alone, just because you can, is something completely different.

Kill the Moon was during the Moffat era, long after Davies left the show. The Davies era wasn’t perfect, but it’s not fair to blame him for that particular episode.

I’m thinking there’s definitely a driver in the Expedition. It looks like it was towing the trailer with the 5th wheel attached to it, and probably broke down, and now the Buick is providing the forward motivation while the Expedition driver steers and brakes. It would still be an incredibly difficult rig to handle,…