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    I am still waiting on my developer to finish up on the Classifieds Control Panel so I can use it to encourage members into becoming paying members. Google Adsense has become a real burden on the viewing of this site, but honestly it is the ONLY source of income now that keeps it afloat. I tried offering disabling the ads being viewed by paying members, but apparently that is not enough incentive. Quite frankly, Google Adsense has dropped down to where it barely brings in enough daily to match even a single paid member per day. But it still gets the bills paid. But at what cost?

    So even without the classifieds control panel being complete, I believe I am going to have to disable those Google ads completely and likely disable some options here that have been free since going to the new platform. Like classified ad bumping, member name changes, and anything else I can use to encourage this site to be supported by the members instead of the Google Adsense ads.

    But there is risk involved. I will not pay out of pocket for very long during this last ditch experimental effort. If I find that the membership does not want to support this site with memberships, then I cannot support your being able to post your classified ads here for free. No, I am not intending to start charging for your posting ads here. I will just shut the site down and that will be it. I will be done with FaunaClassifieds. I certainly don't need this, and can live the rest of my life just fine without it. If I see that no one else really wants it to survive neither, then so be it. It goes away and you all can just go elsewhere to advertise your animals and merchandise.

    Not sure when this will take place, and I don't intend to give any further warning concerning the disabling of the Google Adsense. Just as there probably won't be any warning if I decide to close down this site. You will just come here and there will be some sort of message that the site is gone, and you have a nice day.

    I have been trying to make a go of this site for a very long time. And quite frankly, I am just tired of trying. I had hoped that enough people would be willing to help me help you all have a free outlet to offer your stuff for sale. But every year I see less and less people coming to this site, much less supporting it financially. That is fine. I tried. I retired the SerpenCo business about 14 years ago, so retiring out of this business completely is not that big if a step for me, nor will it be especially painful to do. When I was in Thailand, I did not check in here for three weeks. I didn't miss it even a little bit. So if you all want it to remain, it will be in your hands. I really don't care either way.

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    Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.

    And for the record, I will be shutting down the Google Adsense ads on January 1, 2025.
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    In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.

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I had my first experiance with American Alligators last weekend at a local reptile show. Steve Dornin was set up a few tents away, and told some of my friends and I that he would show us how to safely capture and remove the gators from the tanks when it was time for him to shut down.
After 4 very long days, the time came and I was ready to rock. Steve demonstrated to us how to capture the gators and then went on to allow us to do it.
Most of the animals were from 3-5' but there were 2 that were 8-9' and required 3 people to safely load for transport.

So here is a pic of me in a severe downpour holding my 1st gator.
 

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You're looking like you've handled that gator a million times before, Al!

Nice to put a face with the name :)
 
Al,
How cool! I have yet to hold a gator...Maybe one day I will get to. My son who is 4 keeps asking me for one and my wife says NO. They are just too big to "hide" from her;) Nice to add another face with the chat names. When are we going to get together for the "cold ones"?:beer:

Take care buddy and I hope all your eggs are doing good and hatching out! Drop me a line sometime....
 
So how long before we get to watch "Al the gator hunter" on animal planet?
 
Should be in the next week or so.

I was thinkin of starting a show called, "Al The Wussy Retic Hunter" instead.

LMAO. I will be in touch soon Ken. Beer time will have to wait a few more weeks till my eggs are all hatched.
 
HAHA, Steve was over there? I guess he is just making his rounds with the reptile show. If you see him again tell him Keith & Justyn in Copperas Cove, TX said hi! That dork.
 
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Heres a newer pic of me sending a few rounds off with bed-head.
 

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Good graphic reason of why you shouldn't try to hold a revolver with one hand in front of the cylinder.. ;)

I put a .44 mag up against a pine tree once to steady myself, and when I fired the thing, bark went flying everywhere. I thought the gun had exploded!
 
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