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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.

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he does not cooperate when taking pictures sorry its a bit blurry
 
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Wow what a guy!!!
 
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Robin you know, like in sand, lol.......
 
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i dont photograph em doing that... ... i let em have their peace
plus little cowboy is a sneaky ... ya hear him but ya never see him
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do you know . . .

. . . that kids read these posts, esp in the leo forum?

What are you thinking?

Get your minds out of the gutter. Keep it to your love forelorn forum - where you can do your inuendos there.

It's a sad day when i can't let my 11 year old read a leo forum, ...
 
hey if your barkin at me your barkin up the wrong tree.... you just need to chill..... you are so angry or bitter lately
 
hey jeremy his mate is a tang het bell i figure they will throw some nice tang babies
 
or you know what monte... just let it rip... give it all to me maybe it will make you feel better
 
I should clarify . . .

. . . I didn't appreciate the dropping of the f bomb by Lucille. she should know better. That, coupled with all the other sexual innuendos on another thread and I'm thinking to myself, now I have to monitor what my son reads on the LEO forum, of ALL things. If you don't believe me - witness the ages of some of those in the other thread - where 69 and other things are dropped and 14 year olds are laughing along with adults. Not good decorum at all.

Yes I am a prude I guess . . . and to be sure, I have not been perfect and have said some dumb things myself. But this seems to go on and on.

And you're right - I'm probably tired of some of the crap I read - probably time to move "underground" for awhile and keep my mouth shut.

Too much of a hormone show up here for me, I guess - LOL.

Adios . . .
 
i kindof agree with monte. (ducks) maybe you guys who posted those specific things that monte mentioned in his previous post would cowboy up and edit your posts?
 
I lied . . .

. . . one last post on this forum for awhile (again). I am NOT trying to be some sort of morality police and I'm sorry if I come across that way. It's just that this stuff drives me nuts, when I see 14 year olds posting on these topics. We have enough problems in our society, without emboldening them when they hang out with adults.

Anyway - I'm certainly not perfect - I just don't like it.

But like some of you said, if you don't like it - feel free to leave. Right? And that's a legit sentiment, I guess. . . :cool:
 
i never said if you dont like it leave, what i said was to take it out on me and maybe you will feel better
 
I didnt really find any of this funny. Im 16, not to much older the 14. If the conversations were in real life and not on a forum i prollyw ouldve gotten a chuckle or two out. But Montes rights, this is a lizard forum, not a centerfold or juice bar. I can see where some adults would find it to be uncomfortable with younger guys like myself contribuiting to the adult humor. But, one or more people getting pissed off at this isnt really guna change they way people act on a forum. So, if you dont like it, basically dont come here. (No offense to anyone, just sayin)
 
Monte! have you been hanging around with those fainting goats up in the hills lately?
 
who needs to see geckos mating.
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LOL Monte you'll get a kick out of this..I was really close to getting a tattoo of two leopard geckos mating on my shoulder. Steve talked me out of it though, he said it would look trashy. He's probably right. It made perfect sense to me though, you know, I am a leopard gecko breeder and all. LOL. We have now agreed that I will be getting some sort of leopard gecko tattoo (haven't decided on a design yet) but no hemipenal/cloacal action involved.

BTW Robin, Cowboy is a very cute leo.
 
little cowboy even though he isnt so little anymore is my hero!!! i love him and just watching him makes me giggle and smile
 
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