The Miscellaneous Thought Thread

[Disney Irish]

I think a lot of people get convinced it's all about resale value instead of getting what they want. I've had friends who were told by car salespeople that they should go for the "safe" color and automatic trans for that reason. This also seems to go for a lot of home decorating decisions. And then the market reflects these choices and it all gets blander.

I went through this unconscious pressure. And then I had my black car painted red and all of my rooms are bright happy colors instead of the original many shades of white.

Maybe, or its just that people are now more into boring colors and yard looks compared to generations past. I look around neighborhoods in the Bay Area near me and they all look fairly the same, and most of these people have owned their homes for 30-40 years. So they aren't looking for resale value as they aren't selling, its just what people like.

That is not to say that resale doesn't go into decisions, but as the saying goes the market reflects the tastes of the consumer, its not the other way around at least in my opinion. To go back to the car paint scheme, do you really think that a car manufacturer is not going to sell a hot color just because they only want to offer a basic color scheme? Nah, they're going to sell what is hot. For example in the late 00s/early 10s there was a trend of burnt orange being the "hot" color in new car colors, I saw it everywhere and I hated it. And now I don't see it as much, as the trend appears to have died (I suspect because everyone got tired of it and stopped buying that color) with the latest model year.

 

[Touchdown]

A car is not an investment, investments don’t lose 80-90% of their value in five years. You should get what you want, but the fact is car companies pump out a lot of these boring colors then the exciting ones and most people are t willing to custom order and wait.

 

[Disney Irish]

A car is not an investment, investments don’t lose 80-90% of their value in five years. You should get what you want, but the fact is car companies pump out a lot of these boring colors then the exciting ones and most people are t willing to custom order and wait.

Agreed, though I would say its probably more that people aren't willing to wait for custom colors, instant gratification and all.

 

[TP2000]

I went through this unconscious pressure. And then I had my black car painted red and all of my rooms are bright happy colors instead of the original many shades of white.

Good for you! I've had to special order my last several cars because I told the salesman I wanted a specific red or blue color (and specific interior colors/wood too), and I just had to stop his nonsense about "resale value" and stand my ground. I love my two colored cars!

When I moved into my new place a few years ago, the model homes were dreadfully BEIGE and had all the charm of an airport hotel lobby. I had to hire a painter because the home builder just did everything in white, and I needed rooms with color to match my colorful (yet tastefully modern) furniture. Then I spent about 2 months obsessing over jazzy Statement Wallpaper for the powder room! My home is new, but it isn't beige and bland and boring.

I got the recent Restoration Hardware catalog recently because I bought some dining room chairs from them (and immediately had the seats reupholstered from beige to blue velvet), and the entire catalog had nothing but BEIGE fabrics and surfaces!

Something tells me this beige/grey fever is going to break soon, however. It can't go on forever.

 

[Parteecia]

Maybe, or its just that people are now more into boring colors and yard looks compared to generations past. I look around neighborhoods in the Bay Area near me and they all look fairly the same, and most of these people have owned their homes for 30-40 years. So they aren't looking for resale value as they aren't selling, its just what people like.

I have never planned on selling my house but when my ex and I bought it there was a surprising amount of peer pressure and expectation that we would go with ecru, eggshell etc. Then live-in boyfriend 2.0, who was a painter in the Air Force, came along and now my house is canary, forest, cocoa, pumpkin etc.

That is not to say that resale doesn't go into decisions, but as the saying goes the market reflects the tastes of the consumer, its not the other way around at least in my opinion. To go back to the car paint scheme, do you really think that a car manufacturer is not going to sell a hot color just because they only want to offer a basic color scheme? Nah, they're going to sell what is hot. For example in the late 00s/early 10s there was a trend of burnt orange being the "hot" color in new car colors, I saw it everywhere and I hated it. And now I don't see it as much, as the trend appears to have died (I suspect because everyone got tired of it and stopped buying that color) with the latest model year.

I miss the bright car colors of the '60s and '70s. It may be a combination of resale fear, blend-in pressure, and availability nowadays? It's always fun to be the standout in a long line of colorless SUVs.

 

[Disney Irish]

I have never planned on selling my house but when my ex and I bought it there was a surprising amount of peer pressure and expectation that we would go with ecru, eggshell etc. Then live-in boyfriend 2.0, who was a painter in the Air Force, came along and now my house is canary, forest, cocoa, pumpkin etc.


I miss the bright car colors of the '60s and '70s. It may be a combination of resale fear, blend-in pressure, and availability nowadays? It's always fun to be the standout in a long line of colorless SUVs.

I personally don't see peer pressure being much of a thing, but maybe I just don't cave to that like others. And I certainly don't see it around where I live. People paint their house what they want.

I've also found its generational too, old folks I've seem to like the more bright pastel colors of the days long past, young generations like the more neutral colors. So maybe that has a lot to do with it as the younger generations start gaining more and more buying power.

 

[mickEblu]

I have never planned on selling my house but when my ex and I bought it there was a surprising amount of peer pressure and expectation that we would go with ecru, eggshell etc. Then live-in boyfriend 2.0, who was a painter in the Air Force, came along and now my house is canary, forest, cocoa, pumpkin etc.


I miss the bright car colors of the '60s and '70s. It may be a combination of resale fear, blend-in pressure, and availability nowadays? It's always fun to be the standout in a long line of colorless SUVs.

There was a little resurgence with the Muscle cars in the early to mid 2010’s but again all the cool colors you had to order. I love that B5 Blue from Dodge. Especially on a Challenger.

 

[Agent H]

So I saw this video on TikTok the other day. This dad offered to take his daughter to Disneyland and the mom(they are divorced) got mad and said that he had to take all of her daughters that she had with another guy and the dad accepted at first but then he took it down to “I’m only taking 3 kids” then he said he would only take 2 then finally he decided he would only take his daughter. The mom got mad again and asked her daughter if she would rather go with her dad or her mom. She chose her dad. In response the decides no one’s taking her daughter to Disneyland and forebids her daughter from going.

 

[Phroobar]

So I saw this video on TikTok the other day. This dad offered to take his daughter to Disneyland and the mom(they are divorced) got mad and said that he had to take all of her daughters that she had with another guy and the dad accepted at first but then he took it down to “I’m only taking 3 kids” then he said he would only take 2 then finally he decided he would only take his daughter. The mom got mad again and asked her daughter if she would rather go with her dad or her mom. She chose her dad. In response the decides no one’s taking her daughter to Disneyland and forebids her daughter from going.

Sounds like the beginnings of a fight in Toon Town.

 

[TheDisneyParksfanC8]

I talked to someone recently who thinks the power lines that run behind DCA and into the Simba lot are Disney property and could be buried underground by the time they buildout into Simba. Is this true?

 

[PiratesMansion]

I talked to someone recently who thinks the power lines that run behind DCA and into the Simba lot are Disney property and could be buried underground by the time they buildout into Simba. Is this true?

I believe that being on Disney property does not necessarily equal Disney property, in this case.

If it was up to Disney, I imagine they would have been buried underground long ago.

 

[Phroobar]

I talked to someone recently who thinks the power lines that run behind DCA and into the Simba lot are Disney property and could be buried underground by the time they buildout into Simba. Is this true?

Those are Edison's towers and it would take an act of God to get them to bury them. I don't think Disney wants to throw money at the lawyers and red tape for that. They got better things to waste money on like live action remakes and bad Star Wars shows.

 

[TheDisneyParksfanC8]

I believe that being on Disney property does not necessarily equal Disney property, in this case.

If it was up to Disney, I imagine they would have been buried underground long ago.

Those are Edison's towers and it would take an act of God to get them to bury them. I don't think Disney wants to throw money at the lawyers and red tape for that. They got better things to waste money on like live action remakes and bad Star Wars shows.

Ah. No biggie. They can design lands in Simba that can completely block out the power lines.

 

[truecoat]

Just another entrepreneur trying to make a buck.

 

[mickEblu]

Just another entrepreneur trying to make a buck.

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Definitely worth the hassle, trips to the post office and $172 profit over 6 months.

 

[mickEblu]

RIP Val Kilmer / Doc Holiday / Madmartigan / Iceman.

 

[truecoat]

RIP Val Kilmer / Doc Holiday / Madmartigan / Iceman.

 

[Phroobar]

RIP Val Kilmer / Doc Holiday / Madmartigan / Iceman.

 

[Touchdown]

With respect to Doc Holiday and Iceman, Batman died on November 10, 2022. When I hear Batman in my head, it’s not Val.

I do hear his voice when I think of Doc Holiday though.

 

[TP2000]

I talked to someone recently who thinks the power lines that run behind DCA and into the Simba lot are Disney property and could be buried underground by the time they buildout into Simba. Is this true?

As I seem to remember, even when they look to be on "Disney property", it's actually an easement that Edison owns and allows Disney to operate on; like the old Lion King tram route, or the various backstage stuff they've crammed in there now.

Surely they could be buried, but that would cost a fortune as they are very high power lines. The insulation and trenching costs for such a huge trunk line would be enormous. Those lines are a major East/West power trunk line for SoCal that starts at the Villa Park Edison Substation about 5 miles as the crow flies east of the old Disneyland parking lot, and heads towards Long Beach.

They were already there when Disneyland was built in 1955, and they were cleaned up and rerouted to the south edge of the property in 1997 as part of the Disneyland expansion. They used to run right through the middle of the Disneyland parking lot, or roughly where Avenger's Campus and the DVC wing of the Grand Californian are now.

And just look at that smog! In the 1950's through the 80's, you could cut it with a knife! Kids today have no idea at all.