there are 5 seasons, which seems like a big commitment, but I will check it out.

I mean, we *are* posting on a board that started as a fanboard for a TV show with 7 seasons (and a spinoff with 5 seasons). I believe in your ability to commit!

But the prices of used cars are so high now that it was just easier and more convenient, and there was better value in getting the new car.

That's exactly why we bought the Corolla Hybrid new -- for used Corolla Hybrids with the kind of mileage we wanted, the prices were like $1,000-$3,000 less than new, and at that point, buying new was the obvious choice.

could Uber over to my Credit Union to get the Cashier's Check and back in a couple minutes.

They let me literally write a personal check for 5 figures. I wasn't sure that was a thing you could do, but the dealership was cool with it.

Technically, our Ioniq 5 was used, but it was a dealer demo model with, like, 1500 miles on it, so it doesn't really count. (Other than that, we've mostly bought new for a while now. We keep our cars a long time, and we've had bad luck with used.)

I've been watching Taskmaster on Pluto . Alsa they only have a few seasons and we are almost done. And I want more because Pimento from Brooklyn 99/Derek from The Good Place was on a season (or two maybe ?) and I've seen some clips and he is totally funny and unhinged. And I've also been watching The Great Canadian Bake Off on Roku channel .

As Dana, I think, mentioned, it's all on YouTube. Jason's on Series 19, which is the series before the current one. He and Stevie (Martin) are the most ridonkulous team in the history of the show, and I love them. Series 19 also has some remarkable moments with Mathew Baynton (from the UK original version of Ghosts, also from Good Girl's Guide to Murder, also from a shit ton of comedy stuff). (Mat also wore what is probably the least flattering contestant task outfit ever, OMG. HOW DO YOU OUTDO PHIL WANG IN THAT REGARD? I HAD NOT THOUGHT IT POSSIBLE.)

Series 19 is probably my favorite series, but there are a few that come very close. The series Fern Brady was on (I think it was 14?) is up there. And, of course, Series 7, where Rhod's pre-existing friendship with Greg ends up with some serious comedy gold. If you can rope a man's mother into things...

I mean, we *are* posting on a board that started as a fanboard for a TV show with 7 seasons (and a spinoff with 5 seasons). I believe in your ability to commit!

Good point. And diner based SF is absolutely my jam. It’s really just a question of how I’ll fit it into my podcast listening schedule

(Or, you know, porque no los dos?)

That's what I was thinking.

And now I will add the time traveling diner to my list.

ETA: And yay new car! I'm glad we don't need a new car (hi, 2013 Civic!), because that would be a giant financial pain right now, but I do look forward to a rear camera and heated seats one day when feasible.

Just got back from buying Emmett a car, a new Camry (which is a Hybrid)

Awesome. He really needs to have reliable transportation for work. My son had the Camry hybrid and loved it. I hope the birthday dinner was a complete delight.

My list of to-be-watched is still very long. I tend to choose a series based on how many seasons, as a squishy method of seeing if it was good enough to last. Well and a few things that are new and only one season, but then I have to wait!!, and I am not good with waiting.

It is hard to fathom that we used to have to wait an entire week, or longer, for another single episode. Craziness!

And now I will add the time traveling diner to my list.

Yessssss!

I'm glad we don't need a new car (hi, 2013 Civic!)

We still have our 2013 Corolla, and I still love it and plan to drive it for a long time.

I do look forward to a rear camera and heated seats

But the 2023 Corolla has those, and they are pretty awesome.

If I drive a car with no rear camera, I feel completely blind, when it wasn't that long ago that I didn't trust them and had to verify by turning around.

But the 2023 Corolla has those, and they are pretty awesome.

I will be happy; I cannot lie. We are lucky in that we only need one car, too. I guess if we'd both had one when we got together, we'd have two, but I didn't, so... I was strictly bus and regional rail woman in Philly by the time we met. And we both work from home (so far) and don't have a ton of external obligations that clash.

There are reunion pictures posted on Facebook, but I can infer no drama from them, damn it.

Well, that was an excruciatingly typical Mets season.