late 13c., stacioun, “a place one normally occupies”

from Old French stacion, estacion “site, location; station of the Cross; stop”

from Latin stationem “a standing (firm), a post, job, position; a watch, guard, sentinel; anchorage, port”

related to stare “to stand,” from PIE root *sta- “to stand, make or be firm”

The first powered station wagons were custom-built Model T, a car with enough space in the rear to bring several people and their luggage from the train station to their country estate and back again. While we started calling them station wagons, the British referred to them, and still do, as an estate car.

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Abandon your estate and move into the train station, obviating the need for a wagon.

Abandon your station and move into your wagon, obviating the need for estates or stations.

I’m not telling you, or myself, what to do.

I’m suggesting alternative solutions to the problem.

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The Forester is said to feel like more of a minivan and less of an SUV.

The old RME feels like more of a wagon than either. Historically I would not think of that as a Cool thing.

Yet in practice it seems to be so, anyway.

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It’s no problem for me to move away from the idea of an estate, or even a Home.

However, I don’t think settling for only camps quite works for me either.

Sanctuary is still the thing, and having it anywhere is still the ideal.

It might well be that all stations are created equal, and still be true that some are more equal than others.