I can't help but wonder why some modular owners even post here? This surely must be beneath them to even have modular and manufactured spoken in the same sentence. This forum is named "Manufactured Homes", if modulars don't fit the category why on earth do you even visit, let alone post here? The reason is simple you want to put down those of us who have chosen quality and value over snootiness. Here's a news flash - your modular house is NOT better than mine, in fact they share the same gene pool. I'd be pleased to stack mine up next to yours, board by board and nail by nail any day of the week. I am so tired of modular owners saying things that are simply lies about todays quality manufactured homes. If you need to talk about 1976 mobile homes compared to your McModular to make you feel good you are way out of touch with reality. Lolitta - Actually today's manufactured homes do qualify for 30 year financing when placed on a foundation JUST like your modular. Please do tell me how your home is better than mine? Actually I think Nashua or Guerdon have built stacked manufactured homes, so you are wrong about that too. And guess what, my house will last just as long as yours since it was built with the same components as yours, standard grade lumber, wiring, plumbing, HVAC, etc. And like yours it was manufactured in a factory. Wow would that mean that your MODULAR is a manufactured home? Oh sorry, I didn't mean to call your house a dirty name. Am I defensive about the quality of my home - you bet I am. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. BigDee- We agree at last. "This is a great country but the American public is slow to educate themselves and slow to give up old myths and paradigms". NEWS FLASH - YOU are the one who needs to give up the old myths and paradigms re: manufactured homes. You need to realize that the quality M/Homes of today are far and away better than even 5 years ago, and YES even as good as your modular. Modulars and Manufactured Homes are way more alike than they are different. Many are built in the same factories using the same components, lumber, and construction techniques. My suggestion for those who don't think their McModulars fit in this category, stay away from this "trailer trash" forum.

Heated? Yeah kind of. What's the saying, no one can offend you unless you let them? I don't take offense easily, I'm a sturdy girl. No worries, JW. The old full spectrum threads are mild compared to what has been deleted from the forum over the years -- trust me. What's funny is I'd change very little in those older threads - I don't regret any of it. Paint and color threads can turn toxic rather quickly. When it happens, threads end abruptly. Occasionally they will continue off line -- as I said before it goes in spurts and stops. There is also a tribe of lurkers here who have never posted on the forum and never will. Many have gmail and hotmail type of email addresses. I've known some for years and I still have no clue who they really are. I suspect from how and what they write that many are professionals in one field or another tagged to color. I only know their generic email address. Fine with me. The online community archetype is fragile and fascinating. It's not like blogosphere and social media where most of the 'conversation' is one-way -- and everyone is on their best behavior because social media is transparent. Even though I don't, people can still hide behind anonymity here. Online communities are no place for the faint of heart and unless you have at least a few people who hate you, I mean really hate everything you say and do, then you aren't doing enough or doing it right. If you're in it to be heard and bring change, you have to make big waves because real change doesn't come from ripples. With the topic of paint and color, the surf can get rough. Can end up on a full throttle ride because everyone is an expert on their own color experiences and visual inputs. Some days the ride is a smooth one, some days it's not. The forums might be better organized and easier to navigate if there was a separate Colors Forum but unless there's a moderator to move wayward threads to where they 'belong', I don't see how color threads would ever stay separate -- it would drift back into the model we have now. Sometimes color hits the paint forum some times it hits Home Dec. Whaddya gonna do but try to get along.

Hi Stray--like you i keep coming back here to check on medusa-wish she would come over to estranged stories and we could support her easier. I like we can message each other direct too. but I will not abandon GW as yet as there are still others-new and old-that need support as well. as u can see i am having a good day myself and i think whe we can be of any service to someone it helps take our mind off our issues with estrangement. This was the place that saved my life-literally and Stray u were part of that too. Take care all and god bless

And in the GW format please --- The iVillage format doesn't seem to appeal to the posters here!