• 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.

random questions for random people.

Baja Blue Rock lizard.
No - I don't have one.

Place you'd like to visit?
 
FunkyRes said:
Baja Blue Rock lizard.
No - I don't have one.

Place you'd like to visit?
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Galapagos Islands.

What is your favorite book?
 
My mom, she was a single mom and I don't know how she did it.

What is your favorite meal?
 
Well, since no one has replied, I will again and get it at the top again.

My favorite meal would have to be a good, mid rare steak. mmm. with some of those skin on garlic mashed potatoes, and maybe some broccoli or something.

great. now I am hungry. THANKS MATT! ha ha



Growing up, most children have an idea as to what they want to be when they "grow up"

What did you want to be. Are you ? if not. why..
 
Alright, I'm game.
I always wanted to be a scientist...what am I? A scientist
Although, it's not as lucrative as one might think.

Where would you like to go on your next vacation?
 
AncientDNA said:
Alright, I'm game.
I always wanted to be a scientist...what am I? A scientist
Although, it's not as lucrative as one might think.

Where would you like to go on your next vacation?
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That'll teach me not to read the previous posts...FunkyRes already asked where you'd like to visit...

So I'll ask another.
What's your favorite alcoholic beverage?
 
AncientDNA said:
That'll teach me not to read the previous posts...FunkyRes already asked where you'd like to visit...

So I'll ask another.
What's your favorite alcoholic beverage?
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Vodka Sours!!!



Whos your favorite Artist, and why? ( today or from the past *Picasso,Monet,Van Gogh, Michelangelo...* )
 
Mooing Tricycle said:
Whos your favorite Artist, and why? ( today or from the past *Picasso,Monet,Van Gogh, Michelangelo...* )
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I like the work of Andy Warhol...

I guess it's my turn...

What's your favorite movie/tv show???
 
IloveSnakes1234 said:
I like the work of Andy Warhol...

I guess it's my turn...

What's your favorite movie/tv show???
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Favorite Show... Deadliest Catch - Favorite Movie ... umm it would hafta be Apocalypto



um ok.. lets see.

Would you rather fall down a flight of stairs, or trip goin up stairs?? Either way people are going too see and laugh at you.
 
I would rather trip going up stairs. Might be less painful.

How would you prefer to die? Would you like it to be something memorable or prefer it to be quiet and non eventful?
 
That depends on when it happens. If I am unlucky enough to grow old, I want to die quietly in my sleep. If it is to be what MOST would consider an "untimely death", I want it to be sudden & certain - which usually amounts to going out in a blaze of glory...with something for the first responders to shake their heads in awe about, lol

(I was going to make my question "on topic", but I am trying to demonstrate a positive, happy outlook, lol)

What was the first curse you uttered in front of your parents? (first real one - the accidental mispronunciations don't count)
 
hhmoore said:
That depends on when it happens. If I am unlucky enough to grow old, I want to die quietly in my sleep. If it is to be what MOST would consider an "untimely death", I want it to be sudden & certain - which usually amounts to going out in a blaze of glory...with something for the first responders to shake their heads in awe about, lol

(I was going to make my question "on topic", but I am trying to demonstrate a positive, happy outlook, lol)

What was the first curse you uttered in front of your parents? (first real one - the accidental mispronunciations don't count)
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I said S*** when my mom almost cut of my finger with the cars window.
It hurt!!!
I already asked so I'll let someone else ask a question.
 
The day after my fourth birthday.
I got in trouble because I used a pen and wrote the number 4 all over the house.
The babysitter watching me was never used again either.

What's your favorite dessert?
 
FunkyRes said:
What's your favorite dessert?
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Cheese cake with caramel, strawberries, or blueberry topping.


Q: If you could live forever and never grow old, but the price was another person's life, would you do it?
 
No, another person's life is not worth it.
If you could choose the sex of your child, would you?
 
techgirl said:
No, another person's life is not worth it.
If you could choose the sex of your child, would you?
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Actually... If I could I would want a boy. So yeah I would.

If you could, what celebrity would you like to meet??
 
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