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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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We reached a high of 81.9 degrees already today. Then for tomorrow the high is predicted to only reach 54 degrees. :ack2:

Been nice having Spring weather in December around here lately.
 
Today's high is supposed to be 60*F.

Snow tomorrow. Probably won't stick, the ground is too warm.
 
Socratic Monologue said:
High 13F, low -4F here today. Normal. :)
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Normal?? :ack2:

I would probably freeze solid at those temps. What they say about blood thinning when living in warmer climates must be true, because when Connie and I first bought this property in Florida (we were living in Maryland at the time), we would camp out here in the fall months and felt reasonably comfortable with those 40 and 50 degree nights in the tent. Now, heck, if the temps drop below 60 degrees, I bundle up like some eskimo. Below 70 degrees I am wearing long pants and a jacket.

It is 45.9 degrees outside right now, and I'm not sure I will be going outside at all today.
 
Yesterday (Sunday) the high temp was 81.4 degrees. Today it might not make it to 50 degrees. Temp got up to 49.6 degrees and is dropping. We will have to cover Connie's pineapple plants tonight as they are calling for possible frost with a low around 34 degrees. Hope the wind dies down, otherwise going to be tough keeping those tarps in place over the plants.
 
I can understand that when you get frost in Florida, that's bad news. Here, anyway, frost is more of an issue on calm nights, as cold air settles into low spots (in winter the temp readout in the car can vary by as much as 5 degrees as you drive up and down little hills when the air is very still), so if you can keep the tarp down a little breeze might help.

But yeah, it gets cold here. A couple years ago we measured the lowest temp I've seen in my life, -30F. (The local record is -43F.) Every couple years we'll get a stretch of a couple days where the high doesn't get above zero.

Interestingly, the record high in your area is 105F (Tallahassee, on 6/15/11), and ours is 114F (Wisconsin Dells, 7/13/36).
 
People at work used to call me crazy because I would be outside with light wind breaker on in 20 degree weather. Since I've been on high blood pressure meds I can't do that anymore. I get cold easy now.
 
JColt said:
People at work used to call me crazy because I would be outside with light wind breaker on in 20 degree weather. Since I've been on high blood pressure meds I can't do that anymore. I get cold easy now.
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That's interesting because this is my husband's first winter on high BP meds and he is constantly complaining that he's cold, even though up until this first cold snap we've had a really mild fall & early winter. In past years we've had snow on the ground for Halloween, but not this year, it was nice through Thanksgiving.

Now I know why he's stealing my blankets every night.
 
Lordy.... I hope I never have to take blood pressure medication. I would probably never be able to go outside in the Winter months any longer. Might have to move a LOT closer to the equator, too.
 
bcr229 said:
That's interesting because this is my husband's first winter on high BP meds and he is constantly complaining that he's cold, even though up until this first cold snap we've had a really mild fall & early winter. In past years we've had snow on the ground for Halloween, but not this year, it was nice through Thanksgiving.

Now I know why he's stealing my blankets every night.
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It was about 12 degrees out yesterday morning. We had snow and it was real dry and powdery so I took battery leaf blower to get rid of snow on sidewalks and front pad. I was out maybe 15 min's and thought I'd die. BP meds make heart work less and your hands and feet get cold really easy.

15 out now but supposed to get near 40 today. Man its gonna be a long winter....
 
Back before Connie and I bought property in Florida and moved down here, we used to come down here quite often on vacations. On one trip we were driving through Tallahassee on the way back home, and we saw a stand alongside the road selling pecans. So we turned around and pulled in there to take a couple bags back home with us. The guy running the stand (Tony) helped load the bags into the back of the Bronco, and noticed the Maryland license plate. He thought for a minute, then finally blurted out, "I see you are from up north, Maryland. Can you tell me something?" I said "Sure." And he says "Just why the Hell would anyone live up there anyway?" I thought for a moment, then replied " I guess because I was born and raised up there, and just don't know any better." That seemed to be the answer he was looking for. And truth be known, I thought it was a damned good question.

Wasn't too much longer when we decided that we now "knew better", and planned on moving to Florida. Neither one of us likes cold weather at all, and with the political and regulatory climate in Maryland getting worse every year, well, why not?

And the rest is history. Not that Florida is perfect, by no means, but it is definitely better, for us anyway, than being in Maryland. I can go outside right now and see flowers blooming and butterflies flying around, as well as green anoles and fence lizards taking advantage of a relatively warm sunny spot. But to each their own, I guess. Everyone has their own reasons for living where they want to. Wild horses couldn't drag me back to Maryland to live again. Or to be honest, anywhere else where frozen water was a common thing during the Winter months.
 
I like the change of seasons. Last night's low temp of 9*F was a bit too cold though.
 
Yeah, we have a change of seasons here in north Florida, but is is MUCH milder and less extreme than further north. We have leaf drop in the Fall, and some nights will drop below freezing. Spring is about 3 days when Summer kicks in.

In Winter, it is a rare day that doesn't hit at least 50 degrees. Normally if it is cloudy enough to produce precipitation, that cloud cover makes it warm enough to keep it liquid. Most of the time.

About the only notable REALLY bad season around here I can think of off hand is the Yellow Fly season. They are really a terror. But fortunately Connie and I found something that lessons that somewhat. We carry around those tennis racket style bug zappers whenever we are outside. Been doing that for the past two years and they have taken a real toll on the yellow fly population, it seems. It is EXTREMELY satisfying to hear the zap of a yellow fly going to Hell as you walk along swinging what Connie calls the "mallets". I guess hitting them with a hammer WOULD be just as satisfying. :hehe:

But anyway, I just feel that water should always be liquid. Unless it is used to cool down a drink. Then ice cubes are allowable. Any other time, for it to get cold enough to solidify water, just no.. :ack2:
 
I actually like winter but just not 6 months of it. Last year it was like 2nd week of May before weather got nice. I would really like 3 months of winter, 3 months of spring, 4 months of fall and 2 months of summer. I hate the dead heat of summer as much as I hate the dead cold of winter. I could do 35 to 75 degree all year round actually.
 
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