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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.

Why is it so hard?

Because most of the time happiness is expected, not created.
 
Yep Your right,Just going through some tough times right now.wish I could create happiness for a certain person god knows Ive tried!!!
 
Come on, spill. What's going on?
 
Yep Your right,Just going through some tough times right now.wish I could create happiness for a certain person god knows Ive tried!!!

You can't create happiness for the person, they have to create it for themselves. You can just accompany them on their journey to happiness, and make it more pleasurable for them.

Hope things turn out for the better for you though! :)
 
Nick Diamonds dont work. You give somebody your soul & materially everything that should keep them happy spoil them & they drift away anyway.
 
Nick Diamonds dont work. You give somebody your soul & materially everything that should keep them happy spoil them & they drift away anyway.

I'm sorry Greg. I think that was a bad joke that may have been "too soon." You know the saying, "if you love something, set it free..." I hope it works out.

Best of luck.
 
Damn!

Hope things go better for you. I've been there a long time myself.

Sending hugs!!
 
I remembered this article that I had come across some time ago. I hope it helps in some small way.

A Reason, A Season, A Lifetime

People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. When you figure out which it is, you know exactly what to do.

© BRIAN ANDREW "DREW" CHALKER

When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed outwardly or inwardly. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend, and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrong -doing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up or out and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled; their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and it is now time to move on.

When people come into your life for a SEASON, it is because your turn has come to share, grow, or learn. They may bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it! It is real! But only for a season.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons; those things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person/people (anyway); and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.

© BRIAN ANDREW "DREW" CHALKER

Paraphrased>>>>>>

My Hope for you:
May today there be peace within you.
May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of hope.
May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you.
May you be content knowing that you are a child of the Universe.
Let peace settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, and to bask in the sun.
It is there for each and every one of you.
 
To be happy sometimes?

your not alone, not that thats any real help to the way your feeling... i too have been going thru probably the most difficult time of my life what with losing the best job i ever had in 2007 followed by having a heart attack in aug 09 and then breaking up with the love of my life of 15 years in jul 10. the ups and downs are like a bad rollercoaster ride that you just cant seem to get off. somedays life doesnt seem so bad and others you wish it would just all be over. im still struggling with finding i reason to want to continue and if i had known when i was laying there having my attack what i know now i probably never would have called my girlfriend to come get me. the funny thing is, what was going thru my mind the most as i was contemplating what to do was what was going to happen to my snakes if i died lol

may sound strange but i had been away from this forum for a few years and coming back and seeing all the beautiful ball pythons that people have breed and posted pics of is helping me in some small way in wanting to try to get back on my feet and keep going, and i hope you are able to find that insperation somewhere if not here. good luck greg!
 
talking helps I know Im not the only one vended at my local show & found out a friend sold his large collection & is out because of a nasty divorce very sad,what happens when ur life gets turned upside down! I sold as much as I could & then wholesaled the rest off my 2010s.Thanks for the support nice to know people are there even if they are strangers.
 
talking helps I know Im not the only one vended at my local show & found out a friend sold his large collection & is out because of a nasty divorce very sad,what happens when ur life gets turned upside down! I sold as much as I could & then wholesaled the rest off my 2010s.Thanks for the support nice to know people are there even if they are strangers.

I'm sorry, Greg. Stick around, things can go no where but up from this point?
 
It's been my experience that you can't go over or under a bad time, you got to face it and deal with it and go through it, and mourn for what was. After you do that, it seems like after some time passes, you can once again build a future. My heartfelt wishes are that you find happiness again soon.
 
:) I still got some to clean,just no motovation to do anything. having a hard time working all I want to do is sleep!
 
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