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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.

how long was your longest relationship

how long was you longest relatinoship

  • -1 year

    Votes: 10 18.2%

  • 1-4 years

    Votes: 10 18.2%

  • 5-7 years

    Votes: 9 16.4%

  • 8-10 years

    Votes: 4 7.3%

  • still in it

    Votes: 22 40.0%
  • Total voters
    55
Just ended a 6 year marriage. We together about 9 years total.
 
My wife and I dated for 4 months before we got married. Now we are closly approaching year #11. :thumbsup:
 
Thirty years and counting...I was so young and inexperienced! :)
 
Guess I should chime in here too. We were together 13 years and married 10 when he thought it was time to move on. :NoNo:

And now....we've known each other for a while, I flirted with him, he shot me down,:ack2: I flirted with him again, he laughed at me, :shrug01: I straight up asked him to :censored: and he said "it would ruin our friendship" haha that was in May of this year.

Fast forward to the present day....I am moving to Georgia next month and god help the man, he will be the last one for me! AHAHAHAHAHA life is good!!!! And Bryon Adzic is the best there is!!!!
 
I still get along pretty well with my mother. :)
 
The BoidSmith said:
I still get along pretty well with my mother. :)
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When this thread rose to the top again I wondered when someone would say something like that. I'm close with my (older) brother, and I'll be 49 this year. Of course Dan is much older than I am.
 
The BoidSmith said:
:rofl:

You wish!
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Well...you would never tell an untruth, so you must be nearing 100 years of age. I, on the other hand, still have a year and a half to go before I reach half a century.

Sorry. I just couldn't resist.

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Fair enough, but I'm proud enough to not use a cane yet...;) The fact is that you guys got me scared with that "identity theft" thingy...

Let's get back on topic though, "our relationship" goes back six years... :nuts: :beer:
 
The BoidSmith said:
Fair enough, but I'm proud enough to not use a cane yet...;) The fact is that you guys got me scared with that "identity theft" thingy...

Let's get back on topic though, "our relationship" goes back six years... :nuts: :beer:
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I was just pulling your leg Dan. I've been in my relationship for about 17 years and will have been married 15 years this June.
 
Jim O said:
I was just pulling your leg Dan. I've been in my relationship for about 17 years and will have been married 15 years this June.
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I know Jim. :) We are going on our 31st year in 2008. It's sometimes scary when my wife makes a coment about something and I was thinking exactly the same thing but was keeping it to myself at the moment; it happens almost every day. The fact is that over the years she has even turned the TV to the Nature and National Geographic channels programs more often.

Regards
 
31 years ago I was 17 and my wife was 5. Now there is a scary thought.
 
The scary thought is not to get there! It's just like your avatar, a few bumps along the road but still loving it!
 
Jim O said:
31 years ago I was 17 and my wife was 5. Now there is a scary thought.
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Not nearly as scary as 31 years ago I was 17 and Bry was 5. I could have been his baby sitter. Oh wait, I am his baby sitter. He just loves being bad and getting spanked :rofl:
 
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