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occasional crankiness and poor taste of some folks notwithstanding

 

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Yup.

 

And I'm not immune, m'self.

 

You mean you're not perfect?

 

No, in spite of how hard I try. I do try not to let crankiness emerge, and especially bad taste (how many posts have I written and deleted without posting? Lots), but I know I've written a few apology posts and PMs after being snippy.

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The Google ads used to help pay for things, but Google didn't like our That's It girlie threads and they removed their ad banners. Those threads have been removed so at some point we'll probably be able to reinstate the ads, but for now, we admins pay for this.

 

Is there a way we can send in a little donation? It's the least I can do for everything you've given us. And thank you very much for that, btw.

I'll throw in five bucks

 

Yeah...me and TOG would totally go sober for a week to toss some extra dough into the machine!! ;)

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The Google ads used to help pay for things, but Google didn't like our That's It girlie threads and they removed their ad banners. Those threads have been removed so at some point we'll probably be able to reinstate the ads, but for now, we admins pay for this.

 

Is there a way we can send in a little donation? It's the least I can do for everything you've given us. And thank you very much for that, btw.

 

We've always been hesitant to provide a "Donate" button. It's hard to explain why we feel that way, but it just seems, I don't know...not right.

 

Honestly, it would be totally right. You wouldn't have to be obvious with it, just that little button down the bottom of the main page. You would get at least hits which may generate some extra $$$ flow.

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The Google ads used to help pay for things, but Google didn't like our That's It girlie threads and they removed their ad banners. Those threads have been removed so at some point we'll probably be able to reinstate the ads, but for now, we admins pay for this.

 

Is there a way we can send in a little donation? It's the least I can do for everything you've given us. And thank you very much for that, btw.

 

We've always been hesitant to provide a "Donate" button. It's hard to explain why we feel that way, but it just seems, I don't know...not right.

 

Honestly, it would be totally right. You wouldn't have to be obvious with it, just that little button down the bottom of the main page. You would get at least hits which may generate some extra $$$ flow.

 

the truth is, hosting a site like this 15 years ago used to be quite a project/expense

 

in 2015, you can run an entire forum like this on a $35 Raspberry Pi

 

now, I have no insight into how the admins here have this site hosted/configured specifically, but it's (probably) very efficient and it would seem 'I don't know... not right' to take donations ;)

 

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The Google ads used to help pay for things, but Google didn't like our That's It girlie threads and they removed their ad banners. Those threads have been removed so at some point we'll probably be able to reinstate the ads, but for now, we admins pay for this.

 

Is there a way we can send in a little donation? It's the least I can do for everything you've given us. And thank you very much for that, btw.

 

We've always been hesitant to provide a "Donate" button. It's hard to explain why we feel that way, but it just seems, I don't know...not right.

 

 

You guys make Mother Teresa look like, well, Mother Teresa.

 

 

I would gladly donate if there was a Paypal button or similar. But, I think you're right not to accept them. It only takes one wanker, "HEY, I PAY FOR THE UPDATE OF THIS GODDAMN FORUM......"

 

Escalation guaranteed.

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The Google ads used to help pay for things, but Google didn't like our That's It girlie threads and they removed their ad banners. Those threads have been removed so at some point we'll probably be able to reinstate the ads, but for now, we admins pay for this.

 

Is there a way we can send in a little donation? It's the least I can do for everything you've given us. And thank you very much for that, btw.

 

We've always been hesitant to provide a "Donate" button. It's hard to explain why we feel that way, but it just seems, I don't know...not right.

 

Honestly, it would be totally right. You wouldn't have to be obvious with it, just that little button down the bottom of the main page. You would get at least hits which may generate some extra $$$ flow.

 

the truth is, hosting a site like this 15 years ago used to be quite a project/expense

 

in 2015, you can run an entire forum like this on a $35 Raspberry Pi

 

now, I have no insight into how the admins here have this site hosted/configured specifically, but it's (probably) very efficient and it would seem 'I don't know... not right' to take donations ;)

 

Just for that nice post, TRF is going to send you a pair of pants. :)

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Some of the forum ladies offer themselves up on a Friday Night for the street punters and donate the proceeds to 73. He's been driving a pink fur-lined Cadillac since 2004.

 

I've seen him over at my neighbors. That's quite the car!! :cool: I know it must be him on account of the three bobble heads in the rear window. Every time he leaves, Alex, Geddy and Neil bob their goodbyes to me.

 

Why is that Springsteen song running through my mind?

 

Was it Barbie pink? :LOL:

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The Google ads used to help pay for things, but Google didn't like our That's It girlie threads and they removed their ad banners. Those threads have been removed so at some point we'll probably be able to reinstate the ads, but for now, we admins pay for this.

Then I'm partially to blame for that so apologies. The funny thing is you can basically Google so much worse than anything we ever did so there is a bit of irony there. Hopefully you can get them back.

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Some of the forum ladies offer themselves up on a Friday Night for the street punters and donate the proceeds to 73. He's been driving a pink fur-lined Cadillac since 2004.

 

I've seen him over at my neighbors. That's quite the car!! :cool: I know it must be him on account of the three bobble heads in the rear window. Every time he leaves, Alex, Geddy and Neil bob their goodbyes to me.

 

Why is that Springsteen song running through my mind?

 

Was it Barbie pink? :LOL:

 

:LOL: Remember that car? Barbie and Ken driving off into the sunset waving away!

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The Google ads used to help pay for things, but Google didn't like our That's It girlie threads and they removed their ad banners. Those threads have been removed so at some point we'll probably be able to reinstate the ads, but for now, we admins pay for this.

Then I'm partially to blame for that so apologies. The funny thing is you can basically Google so much worse than anything we ever did so there is a bit of irony there. Hopefully you can get them back.

 

No, you're not to blame at all. You and most others knew where the line of good taste was drawn (because me and Digi had spelled it out several times), but there was this one member who knew where the line was, crossed it on several occasions, was reprimanded about it directly, but chose to ignore us and kept posting pics that were practically soft porn. Goodbye Google ads.

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The Google ads used to help pay for things, but Google didn't like our That's It girlie threads and they removed their ad banners. Those threads have been removed so at some point we'll probably be able to reinstate the ads, but for now, we admins pay for this.

 

Is there a way we can send in a little donation? It's the least I can do for everything you've given us. And thank you very much for that, btw.

 

We've always been hesitant to provide a "Donate" button. It's hard to explain why we feel that way, but it just seems, I don't know...not right.

 

 

You guys make Mother Teresa look like, well, Mother Teresa.

 

 

I would gladly donate if there was a Paypal button or similar. But, I think you're right not to accept them. It only takes one wanker, "HEY, I PAY FOR THE UPDATE OF THIS GODDAMN FORUM......"

 

Escalation guaranteed.

 

Exactly.

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The Google ads used to help pay for things, but Google didn't like our That's It girlie threads and they removed their ad banners. Those threads have been removed so at some point we'll probably be able to reinstate the ads, but for now, we admins pay for this.

 

Is there a way we can send in a little donation? It's the least I can do for everything you've given us. And thank you very much for that, btw.

 

We've always been hesitant to provide a "Donate" button. It's hard to explain why we feel that way, but it just seems, I don't know...not right.

 

 

You guys make Mother Teresa look like, well, Mother Teresa.

 

 

I would gladly donate if there was a Paypal button or similar. But, I think you're right not to accept them. It only takes one wanker, "HEY, I PAY FOR THE UPDATE OF THIS GODDAMN FORUM......"

 

Escalation guaranteed.

 

Exactly.

Can we contribute pelts of small furry animals? Like this?

baf6a2f0a9d7370f98202e7e58a588ff.jpg

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The Google ads used to help pay for things, but Google didn't like our That's It girlie threads and they removed their ad banners. Those threads have been removed so at some point we'll probably be able to reinstate the ads, but for now, we admins pay for this.

So someone from Google search through the site till they found one thread they didn't like and then shitcanned the whole site? Nice job Google who just happen to be the secret porn kings of the western world!

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The Google ads used to help pay for things, but Google didn't like our That's It girlie threads and they removed their ad banners. Those threads have been removed so at some point we'll probably be able to reinstate the ads, but for now, we admins pay for this.

 

Is there a way we can send in a little donation? It's the least I can do for everything you've given us. And thank you very much for that, btw.

 

We've always been hesitant to provide a "Donate" button. It's hard to explain why we feel that way, but it just seems, I don't know...not right.

 

 

You guys make Mother Teresa look like, well, Mother Teresa.

 

 

I would gladly donate if there was a Paypal button or similar. But, I think you're right not to accept them. It only takes one wanker, "HEY, I PAY FOR THE UPDATE OF THIS GODDAMN FORUM......"

 

Escalation guaranteed.

 

Exactly.

Can we contribute pelts of small furry animals? Like this?

baf6a2f0a9d7370f98202e7e58a588ff.jpg

 

We can never have too many HYF-era Geddy heads.

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The Google ads used to help pay for things, but Google didn't like our That's It girlie threads and they removed their ad banners. Those threads have been removed so at some point we'll probably be able to reinstate the ads, but for now, we admins pay for this.

 

Is there a way we can send in a little donation? It's the least I can do for everything you've given us. And thank you very much for that, btw.

 

We've always been hesitant to provide a "Donate" button. It's hard to explain why we feel that way, but it just seems, I don't know...not right.

 

 

You guys make Mother Teresa look like, well, Mother Teresa.

 

 

I would gladly donate if there was a Paypal button or similar. But, I think you're right not to accept them. It only takes one wanker, "HEY, I PAY FOR THE UPDATE OF THIS GODDAMN FORUM......"

 

Escalation guaranteed.

 

Exactly.

Can we contribute pelts of small furry animals? Like this?

baf6a2f0a9d7370f98202e7e58a588ff.jpg

 

We can never have too many HYF-era Geddy heads.

Here in Goatnut, TN we've got loads of these

http://www.fessparker.com/assets/images/DavyCrockettLOGO16704.jpg

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The Google ads used to help pay for things, but Google didn't like our That's It girlie threads and they removed their ad banners. Those threads have been removed so at some point we'll probably be able to reinstate the ads, but for now, we admins pay for this.

 

Is there a way we can send in a little donation? It's the least I can do for everything you've given us. And thank you very much for that, btw.

 

We've always been hesitant to provide a "Donate" button. It's hard to explain why we feel that way, but it just seems, I don't know...not right.

 

It's a common problem with sites like this, that are run by 1 guy or a small team. I don't know that there's an easy way to do it.

 

But thnk you for making this what it is. It's a fine site,and looks like a good crowd.

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The Google ads used to help pay for things, but Google didn't like our That's It girlie threads and they removed their ad banners. Those threads have been removed so at some point we'll probably be able to reinstate the ads, but for now, we admins pay for this.

 

Is there a way we can send in a little donation? It's the least I can do for everything you've given us. And thank you very much for that, btw.

 

We've always been hesitant to provide a "Donate" button. It's hard to explain why we feel that way, but it just seems, I don't know...not right.

 

 

You guys make Mother Teresa look like, well, Mother Teresa.

 

 

I would gladly donate if there was a Paypal button or similar. But, I think you're right not to accept them. It only takes one wanker, "HEY, I PAY FOR THE UPDATE OF THIS GODDAMN FORUM......"

 

Escalation guaranteed.

 

Exactly.

Can we contribute pelts of small furry animals? Like this?

baf6a2f0a9d7370f98202e7e58a588ff.jpg

 

We can never have too many HYF-era Geddy heads.

Such style

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The Google ads used to help pay for things, but Google didn't like our That's It girlie threads and they removed their ad banners. Those threads have been removed so at some point we'll probably be able to reinstate the ads, but for now, we admins pay for this.

 

Is there a way we can send in a little donation? It's the least I can do for everything you've given us. And thank you very much for that, btw.

 

We've always been hesitant to provide a "Donate" button. It's hard to explain why we feel that way, but it just seems, I don't know...not right.

 

Honestly, it would be totally right. You wouldn't have to be obvious with it, just that little button down the bottom of the main page. You would get at least hits which may generate some extra $$$ flow.

 

the truth is, hosting a site like this 15 years ago used to be quite a project/expense

 

in 2015, you can run an entire forum like this on a $35 Raspberry Pi

 

now, I have no insight into how the admins here have this site hosted/configured specifically*, but it's (probably) very efficient and it would seem 'I don't know... not right' to take donations ;)

 

*update: actually I do

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Jelly of the month club subscribers foot the bill.

 

This post is brought to you by Raspberry.

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