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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.

Use your mind !!!!!!

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During a recent police investigation, Chief Inspector Stone was interviewing five local villains to try and identify who stole Mrs Archer's cake from the mid-summers fayre. Below is a summary of their statements:

Arnold: it wasn't Edward
it was Brian

Brian: it wasn't Charlie
it wasn't Edward

Charlie: it was Edward
it wasn't Arnold

Derek: it was Charlie
it was Brian

Edward: it was Derek
it wasn't Arnold

It was well known that each suspect told exactly one lie. Can you determine who stole the cake?
 
BamaGecko said:
It was Derek!
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sorry!!!!!!!!!!!! nope !!!!!!!!!!


Arnold: it wasn't Edward
it was Brian

Brian: it wasn't Charlie (both of brians answers would be lies if it was derek)
it wasn't Edward

Charlie: it was Edward
it wasn't Arnold

Derek: it was Charlie
it was Brian

Edward: it was Derek
it wasn't Arnold
 
Bonnie Lo is the winner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
You will really impress me if you get this one !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Santa always leaves plans for his elves to determine the order in which the reindeer will pull his sleigh. This year, for the European leg of his journey, his elves are working to the following schedule, that will form a single line of nine reindeer:

Comet behind Rudolph, Prancer and Cupid. Blitzen behind Cupid and in front of Donder, Vixen and Dancer. Cupid in front of Comet, Blitzen and Vixen. Donder behind Vixen, Dasher and Prancer. Rudolph behind Prancer and in front of Donder, Dancer and Dasher. Vixen in front of Dancer and Comet. Dancer behind Donder, Rudolph and Blitzen. Prancer in front of Cupid, Donder and Blitzen. Dasher behind Prancer and in front of Vixen, Dancer and Blitzen. Donder behind Comet and Cupid. Cupid in front of Rudolph and Dancer. Vixen behind Rudolph, Prancer and Dasher.

Can you help the elves work out the order of the reindeer?
 
I think this is it. I kept getting Prancer mixed up with Dancer(sometimes I wish my I was never forced to learn to rhyme). That is very difficult puzzle there. Throwing all those names around like that.

Front of the line

1)Prancer
2)Cupid
3)Rudolph
4)Dasher
5)Blitzen
6)Vixen
7)Comet
8)Donder
9)Dancer

Back of the line
 
Junkyard said:
I think this is it. I kept getting Prancer mixed up with Dancer(sometimes I wish my I was never forced to learn to rhyme). That is very difficult puzzle there. Throwing all those names around like that.

Front of the line

1)Prancer
2)Cupid
3)Rudolph
4)Dasher
5)Blitzen
6)Vixen
7)Comet
8)Donder
9)Dancer

Back of the line
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allright, Who helped you solve that puzzle?????????????
 
If you like when I get home tonight from work tonight I can copy my paperwork scribblings. It took me well over an hour to get it.
 
95% of people can not figure that puzzle out!!!!!! you are in the top 5%
 
Anafram

An anagram is a word or words formed from another by transposing the letters...in other words..rescramble them:) Give these anagrams a try! The words given are hints to their answers.



Time yourself ! - Are you faster than your friends?


1. I CRY THAT I SIN

2. STOP AN INGRESS

3. BOLD HEARTS FOUGHT IN KENT

4. FLIT ON CHEERING ANGEL
 
By the way...this one took me 14 minutes!!!!


#3 is the hardest


clues given in a little while!!!!
 
nicolai said:
By the way...this one took me 14 minutes!!!!


#3 is the hardest


clues given in a little while!!!!
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#1 is one word!!!!!!!
 
I started on this yesterday, then a package was dropped off, and then all hell broke lose, so I only got as far as # 1 = Christanity. Later today I will work on the other three.
 
Junkyard said:
I started on this yesterday, then a package was dropped off, and then all hell broke lose, so I only got as far as # 1 = Christanity. Later today I will work on the other three.
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#1 is correct
 
1) Christianity
2) No Tresspassing
3) Knights of the Round Table(this was the easiest for me)
4) Florence Knightingale(I am not sure if this one is right)
 
all right, you got lucky with that one, how about a tough one!!!

Impress me!!!!!!!!


Five patients, all potential blood donors, are waiting in the doctor's surgery and are sitting on the bench from left to right. Can you determine the position of each patient along with their blood group, age, height and weight? Their ages are 5, 9, 30, 46 and 60. Their heights are 40, 48, 60, 65 and 74. Their weights are 40, 75, 96, 125 and 165.

The person on the far right is 37 years older than Jason, and is 60 inches tall.
Jason weighs 56 pounds more than his height.
Alan weighs 75 pounds and is 74 inches tall.
John is type AB and weighs 56 pounds less than Jason.
The person in the centre is 9 years old, is blood type AO and weighs 96 pounds.
Adam, who is the first, is 65 inches tall, and weighs 100 pounds more than his height.
The person who is blood type O, is 25 years older than the person to the left of them.
Kevin is 60 years old.
The person who is blood type A, is 55 years younger than Kevin and is not next to the person who is type AO.
The person who is next to the 9 year old but not next to the person who is 65 inches tall, is blood type B, and weighs 125 pounds.
 
You know what, I have wasted some 15 sheets of paper trying to figure these out. The seventh line threw me off completely. So this works if you are looking straight on at all of them and the person(Adam) is sitting on Alan's right. Thus Adam is seated to to our left.

Left to right:

Adam____Alan______Jason_____Kevin____John
5________30________9________60______46_____Age
65_______74_______40________48______60____Height
165______75_______96________125_____40_____Weight
A________O________AO _______B_______AB_____Blood Type
 
Yep, your answer is correct!!!!!!!!!!!


# Name Type Age Height Weight
1 Adam A 5 65 165
2 Alan O 30 74 75
3 Jason AO 9 40 96
4 Kevin B 60 48 125
5 John AB 46 60 40
 
This one isnt as hard as that last one, and no cheating this time!!!!!!!!!!


By changing the second letter of each word below, you can make another valid word. Can you change each word such that the second letters will reveal an eleven letter word when read downwards. Therefore, what now reads VOKAHLIUPPW will be a real word.

OVAL
POST
SKIN
MALT
WHEN
SLAB
MISS
FUND
APED
SPED
SWAY
 
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