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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.

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Hello,

Just wanted to say hi. I have been around awhile, & signed up. Just haven't posted much.

Tracie
 
Hello & Thanks,

My husband & I are from San Antonio, Texas. It is a great place. We live in Florida now.

Tracie
 
Drache613 said:
Hello & Thanks,

My husband & I are from San Antonio, Texas. It is a great place. We live in Florida now.

Tracie
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I'm from England, now living in Texas.

Hope you enjoy posting to Fauna. :)
 
Hello,

Oh wow, that is a very long move!! I hope Texas is good to you, we liked it. We go back & visit somewhat often.

Tracie
 
Married a Texan and we decided that Texas was a better place to bring children up than England, apart from the lack of landscape up in the Panhandle, its nice and the people are friendly etc.
 
Hello,

Yeah, people are pretty nice in Texas. The hillcountry out towards Boerne is very pretty. The panhandle is nice as well, & it get pretty cold out that way, too. San Antonio was right on the outskirts of the hillcountry.

Tracie
 
Drache613 said:
it get pretty cold out that way, too.

Tracie
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Yes, we are having fun with the weather right now :yesnod: Snow storms and Winter Storm watch etc.

Hope you enjoy it on Fauna, I've only just started posting (after lurking for a while) and so far everyone seems nice and they certainly know about their animals :)
 
Hello,

You must live in north texas? Dallas & Austin both get bad weather. San Antonio really didn't get that bad of weather, ice every once in awhile but snow every 20 years I think was what my hubby said.
We are having a little cool front here, but nothing really. It has been in the low 80's recently, now it's in the 70's...oh, poor us!!! LOL

Tracie
 
Hello & Thanks,

Thanks, I am sure I will see everyone around on here. :)

Tracie
 
Drache613 said:
You must live in north texas?
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That's right. I live just North of Amarillo, very cold and wet here right now.

Low 80's? Ohhh you must be freezing :D
I'm complaining about the cold now but just wait till Summer. 80's is a heatwave in Britain, I spent all last summer muttering that 90's/100's was un-natural and staying inside sitting by the A.C (I was pregnant though so heat + pregnancy= not a happy Kerry :) )
 
Hello,
Oh Amarillo does get cold!! Yes, we are freezing down here, LOL!!
Wow, being pregnant during that hot summer must have been horrible. Yuck. It gets hot down here, but not as hot as in Texas, but it's really humid so it feels so sticky.
Gosh, it doesn't get warm at all in Britain at all! Well, 80 is warm, but that is it huh?

Tracie
 
Drache613 said:
Hello,
Oh Amarillo does get cold!! Yes, we are freezing down here, LOL!!
Wow, being pregnant during that hot summer must have been horrible. Yuck. It gets hot down here, but not as hot as in Texas, but it's really humid so it feels so sticky.
Gosh, it doesn't get warm at all in Britain at all! Well, 80 is warm, but that is it huh?

Tracie
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80 is a heatwave in Britain. Apart from this year(2006), it hit the 90's for the first time I've ever known, the asphalt was melting on the roads, people were panicking as that sort of heat is unknown there.
My mother was emailing me complaining because we don't have A.C in the houses over there (no need usually)
That was a shock to my husband when we lived over there, he is Texan and even when the summers were 60/70 degree's he would complain as we don't have air conditioning.
Luckily its not humid up here. Spent a little time in Dallas in the summer and the humidity makes the heat so much more unbearable.

Off to bed, while the baby is sleeping (she has her days and nights mixed up so I'm going to take advantage of the fact she is asleep right now)
Goodnight :)
 
Hello & thanks!

Ah, no ac there huh? I bet your hubby was complaining some about not having it. The humidity kills you bad!! It makes it feel like it is 20 degrees hotter! The heatwave last year was bad for you all there.
The baby was napping so it was time for your nap too? Great!!

Tracie
 
Drache613 said:
The baby was napping so it was time for your nap too? Great!!

Tracie
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I have a 2month old daughter (as well as 3 boys), who has her days and nights confused so I'm usually awake till 4am+ with her, when she naps I try to as well.
 
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