• 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.

Rain and mosquitoes

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We got over 17 inches of rainfall in August here in north Florida, and the mosquitoes are obviously taking advantage of the wonderful breeding opportunity that affords them. I threw a bunch of mosquito dunks into our temporary pond on the north end of the property, but there are so many temporary ponds in the low lying areas around our stream (also on the north end), that it is pretty much impossible to do anything about all of them. Heck, we have small sink holes close by, not far from the house, and likely they too are holding water now.

For that matter, it is raining right now. 0.50" so far, but it sure seems like a lot more when it is pouring down running off of the roof. Thunder off on the horizon probably means more is on the way. Oh joy...

I know the plants really need the rain and our citrus groves appreciate it, but damn..... Having swarms of mosquitoes trying to suck you dry of all of your blood when you step foot out of the house really takes all the fun out of being outside. It's not like they are going to be merciful and think "gee, I think those humans have suffered enough, so we'll leave them alone now." Lord help you if you pass out or something when outside. You would just be a dried up husk when someone stumbles on your carcass.

Thing is, wasn't more than 3 days ago when Connie and I were walking around our property and I was thinking, "gee, it sure is pleasant out here with NO mosquitoes." And that quickly, the hordes literally blew up and came out of nowhere.
 
Normally this time of year our grass has gone brown and dormant from the heat and lack of rain. This is the year of the jungle, I can't believe how wet it is!
 
They are extra bad here at the moment. They are making it more challenging (and therefore I am more reluctant) to get things done. Not only the volume, but the "gallinippers" (ciliata) have been more numerous in recent days than I can recall at any point during the previous five years. I thought some spraying vehicles came by, but if they did, the treatments gave the mosquitoes a good laugh. Today was discouragingly bad.

If somebody with the necessary talent would get to getting with regard to the production and employment of high-quality artificial dragonflies, I would be appreciative.
 
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