• 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.

  • IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ!! About the Google Adsense ads being displayed

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    Posted 08/15/2025
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    Yeah, I know. They are a pain in the butt. But they pay the bills to keep my server running. Just a fact of life, I am afraid.

    Want to get rid of them? Simple. Just become a Contributor level member or above and they will be gone. -> Please click HERE."

    Is that too much for me to ask of you to keep this site running? Well, sorry about that. I too wish I could get everything for free. But alas.....

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    Addendum: 01/10/2026
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    Google Adsense ad revenue for December, 2025 was just $30 over the cost of the lease for the server running this site. So, in effect, the money providing the incentive for me to continue running this site is coming SOLELY from the paid memberships and sponsorships here. Which honestly ain't much....

Forum costs

But if I am going to try to expand the payment options here, I want to try only a very select few. Ones that would be of most use. I don't want my private information spread out on the net any more than possible.

I know Apple Pay was brought up, but I am under the impression that I might need to have an Apple device in order to utilize that option. True or false?
 
My developer has quoted me a price of $200 to code the Amazon Pay interface into this platform. I am assuming that other payment portals will cost me the same. So here is the issue. Suppose I get 3 more portals coded in, that will cost me $600. What are the chances that these three will encourage 24 people to purchase $25 memberships in order for me recoup that expenditure? Based on the low number of paid memberships lately, quite honestly I am having my doubts that this would be a wise investment for me. So, 24 people have the opportunity to tell me here that I am wrong. :hehe:

Anyone want to place any wagers that not even half that number will even reply to this thread?
 
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