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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.

Hillary for President.

I did meet Hillary one time. Back in the early 90's when I was at the University of Illinois, she came to campus. Quite frankly, she left a lot to be desired but then again, she was also there on behalf of her husband. I've heard a lot of people describe her as icy and I would tend to agree.

Griz
 
Mooing Tricycle said:
would she still be called "mr President?" i thought that was the ONLY way you addressed the president? i could be crazy too..... :3
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Madam President.
 
Various comments about perceptions of Hillary
...... He (Bill Clinton) is, after all, a master politician. Of his wife I doubt the same could be said.

....... I've heard a lot of people describe her as icy and I would tend to agree.
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Agreed to both. But with her seeming anything but "warm and fuzzy" or as smooth as her husband, she has been in the spotlight as a Presidential hopeful from since she was First Lady, to being elected Senator, to now being the Democratic front-runner. Whether she will hold up under the levels of scrutiny she will now receive is anyone's guess. But so far, whatever her perceived shortcomings, she has played what cards she had enormously well. While I do not want to see her as President, I am caught somewhere between the amazement of "How did she do that?" and the kudos of "You can't argue with success".
 
Jim F,

Don't you think that in the end, her reasons for staying with her husband might well have been influenced by political ambition? After all, when they married the idea of a woman being President was not likely, but people saw the possibility in Bill Clinton when he was rather young. Being married to the President would have to have been better than nothing. Pat Moynihan retiring from the Senate as Bill was leaving office was a timely event for her as well. Being a twice elected US Senator gives her "credibility" as a candidate in her own right, like her or not.

As for how well she will hold up under the spotlight, no one in the race currently has as much experience with that as she. After all, she lived in the White House for eight years, including through her husband's very public infidelity and subsequent witch hunt...erm impeachment. Her "Whitewaters" have probably all been uncovered. I doubt that there will be a last minute DUI found, though one never knows.

As for "warm and fuzzy", I doubt many described Margaret Thatcher, Indira Ghandi, or Golda Meir that way, yet all were effective female heads of government.

One thing is for sure, it will be interesting to watch it all unfold.
 
I agree. With my "warm and fuzzy" comment, etc, I was using it to illustrate that given she did not have that feeling about her, and being ice woman, etc etc ...... given all those as negatives, she must be doing things very well to be the front-runner, and overcoming those images. I could sit here and say "she's not smart, she's got baggage, she's unelectable, she's ugly, etc etc" and look the fool because whether any of that is a valid opinion or not, she is formidable. And in the end, she is not where she is by accident, but by intent. It is an incredible accomplishment ... and I do not like her ! Just IMO, but she will not be seriously challenged by Obama. Only she can derail her path to the nomination.
 
Is anyone else tired of the same ol' candidate's that the "politician mill" seems to grind out every four years? Being female notwithstanding, Hillary is no better or no worse than all the other "suits" that promise the sun, moon and stars if we'll just "believe in them".

They all have their own agenda, and whats best for you and me never seems to be at the top of that list, no matter how much they blather on about it.

Democracy? Yeah riiiiiight...
 
The transition has begun...
 

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