• 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.

How old are you?

LMAOO
he needs a good set of chompers LMAO



SO LUCILLE how old are you... everyone here has given there age but wes and he will soon enough so what is it?
 
When I was going to college - I worked on a garbage truck in the summers - the kind where you rode on the back of the truck and slung the garbage sacks. (It was great money and all you could eat!)

We had this dude who worked with us that we called "Summer Teeth." He looked a lot like that guy.

We called him "Summer Teeth" because sum'mer missing, sum'mer green, sum'mer broken, sum'mer brown, etc.
 
I'll be turning 20 on June 6th...It's sad to say good-bye to my teenage years, now what am I going to blame my behaviour on if I can't blame it on being a teen!!:dgrin:

Amanda Heaton
 
I'm 20. And Marcia, you're only a year older than my Dad and I don't consider him old, so you're not either! Now my grandparents, they're pushing the line. I guess I never realized how young most of the gecko community is. How cute.
 
ChuUtena said:
I'm 20. And Marcia, you're only a year older than my Dad and I don't consider him old, so you're not either! Now my grandparents, they're pushing the line. I guess I never realized how young most of the gecko community is. How cute.
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Christen, in all due respect, some one needs to go over to you and push you down.

LOL

It's great to be young - ya wipper snapper . . . . sigh . . . .
 
this is how i see is... i am old enough to know better yet still young enough to not give a ship
 
Gregg M said:
Cheryl, you aint old...... Women get better as they age anyway...... Well some of them do.....LOL!
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Nope definately not old. The rest of ya-all are just younguns.* As for getting better...well... I was taught not to brag :dgrin:

Soooo... RESPECT YOUR ELDERS, YOU LITTLE WHIPPER-SNAPPERS!
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*Except Marcia and she has all my respect. :bow01: :bow01: :bow01:
 
Will be 31 in December....and I just discovered I got a bunch of white hair on the left side of my head...
 
Hahahahahah

1) im blonde so you cant see the grey or white hairs i have
2) i am 31 also
3) i have asked russ to look and he can only find two or three

:dgrin:

i could have done either way on the greying thing though... my father has been greying since he was 18 and by the time he was 30 he was already salt and pepper by 40 or so completely silver hair
however my mom had very few grey hairs considering her age 68 when she passed aay... she had some on the sides by her hears but other than that had a complete head of brown hair (and no she did not color her hair)

if it wasnt for the fact i look likle my dad (well his nose...YUCK) you would think i was a hospital mixup LOL dad have jet black hair and mom had dark brown hair
 
Gonna be the big 20 in August 11th...

However everytime i get up my bones crack and my back is shot so i'm aging quite quickly ;)
 
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