• Posted 12/19/2024.
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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.
  • Responding to email notices you receive.
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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.

Big Foot

There is a story of a man back in the 1800s, who was in the mid west. He was quietly riding his horse through the forest on a road used semi-frequently. While he was riding a creature started walking beside him, this creature was like a man except he had an incredible amount of hair on his body. This creature was very tall, it came up to the horse rider's shoulders, which was about 8 feet from the ground. These two, the horse rider and the creature, walk for quite a while, about 3 miles, next to each other. The horse rider finally got the nerve to ask this creature "Who are you?" the creature replied "I am Cain, of old." That was all that was spoken between these two, shortly after that the two split and went their separate ways.

Take this story as you will, it is definitely a different look at bigfoot.
 
In the vast wilderness of the earth unexplored by humanity it is quite possible for a creature to exist. However unbelievable it may sound it could be real. More that 30% of the earth has never been touched by man, this includes the oceans. Who knows what is out there? Granted it may just be a figment of our interest that will live on in our subconscious minds forever. I think that it does exist, and the only reasons why we have not found it is because it is intelligent or the government has done a hell of a good cover up.
 
lizard lover1994 said:
who belives in Big foot, I don't, just curious :)
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Kid..are you just bored out of your mind or are you screwing with us? In the last 4 days you have posted threads on the Lock Ness Monster, Chupacapra, and now Big Foot..what gives?:shrug01:
 
He probably thinks most people on here are at least 12 years of age, or younger. I gave him an example more to entertain me for 5 minutes before I had to go pick up my wife.
 
Junkyard said:
He probably thinks most people on here are at least 12 years of age, or younger. I gave him an example more to entertain me for 5 minutes before I had to go pick up my wife.
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:rofl: sounds like our lives are "equally" exciting....sad isn't? what we find entertaining as we get older...:hehe:
 
You think that is something you should hear my thoughts on the City of Atlantis. That would really get you thinking... :rofl: :rofl:
 
South Dixie Dragons said:
oh excuse me...so the 1994 after your user ID would indicate what?
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The year Forrest Gump was released. "Run! Forrest, Run!"

(Also Pulp Fiction, was released that year too)
 
Junkyard said:
The year Forrest Gump was released. "Run! Forrest, Run!"

(Also Pulp Fiction, was released that year too)
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Shhhh! Michael!! No help from the peanut gallery please! I was thinking more along the lines of a D.O.B. or "Class Of".............
 
"Good Grief!"

Sorry, I could not help myself. I will go away and kick a football my neighbor Lucy is holding.
 
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