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Perhaps Cimm & Swamper have been right all these years. Not moderating the forums is one thing, but letting one head case totally monopolize the forum boards? Am I missing something?

One of the reasons is that he doesn't care about the forums. He's always said it was more trouble than it's worth.

He keeps it as one of the "features" of his site. Just like he keeps his friend tck aka the tushy boy, because he promotes it all of the time.

Read tck's 90210 profile and you'll see that it reads like an advertisement (the satisfied user).

As far as your comment in another thread about tck being taken care of by his daddy.. well his daddy must be kind of cheap.. because if you've ever seen tck on his $10.00 Walmart cam, you can see that he lives in a dump. Both his living space and the fact that he mentioned that he bought the cam at Walmart for the quoted sum, would indicate that he doesn't have much money.

Hey, Captain. You were apparently missed last month when you and Mostie were offline.

In your absense, you were part of a discussion in the topic thread.... " Teek is not 36! I know this for a fact ! "

Interesting, indeed! *l*

One last comment Captain.

<-- See all of these ads? And the links down below

This is something known as Google Ad Words, being used in what is called a "targeted ad word campaign". The owner of this site hosts those ads for other dating sites and gets paid money, every time someone clicks on one of those ads. Anywhere from 1/2 a cent to as much as 25 cents a click. If he can get a 1000 clicks a week that's some good money.

And he has them on every page of this site.. and on other sites that he's developed. He's making money off of this, with minimal amount of effort.

The forums are just a fragment of this site and why should he care?

Although his traffic over the last 3 months has dropped 14%.

There was huge spike in the first week of August.. then, when tck went off on this binge, it dropped and then there was another spike (but not like in August) that took place around the time Mel started her thread "tci is not 36" Then it fell off again to not much.

Hey HW!

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nice try.

lmao...next chapter.

Be afraid Cimm... he wants to BE YOU...hahahahah

"I will start doing what Cimmaron does to threads, very soon. Be prepared."

Maybe he's a stock market guy, and he's panicking and acting out- hahaha

uhhmmm, I've worked in the Sales and Marketing field for almost 15 years. Whatever Mr Mingles' reason for not attending to the forums, there is nothing quite like chaos to bore people right away from your product. What I do know is that I do not see any newcomers posting to the forums. I thought that this was the whole point...to "take over the forum feature" so that newcomers *could* post. The other important thing to note is that I actually see more and more *classic minglers* adding their comments to the forums. This proves that somewhere, in the past, Mingles was providing a high enough quality product that has somehow managed to retain our interest.

Good luck to the plethora of site members and visitors who are clicking on the ads. What? are they thick?!

Maybe TiCK clicks on all the ads. Maybe THAT'S why Mr. Mingles allows him to do whatever he wants in the forums. He's making him money. I can hear the conversation...'as long as you click on X amount of ads in there per day, you can do whatever you want'...

Hell, if that's the case, I'd be happy to click on a ton of ads in a day, if it means getting rid of the BS. We can call it the 'click it or TiCK it' campaign!!

Understand my point?

I understand you figured out how Cim does it. Should we be impressed now?

I don't know about you birthday'girl, but he literally underwhelms me, lol!

thats it???? one post every 3 to 5 seconds.

I don't think he understands how to get the job done cimm....lmao

I felt he needed a standard to live up to by the time the sun comes up. After all, what else is there after a rousing night in the chat room?

;-)

I thought for sure that the owner would teach him a little bit more on programming.. I can change the program to go over 8 per second, but then the browser crashes.

Yep, Cap. you are so right. Nothing beats a night of video chat, watching other people sit motionless, staring at their computer monitors. Although.. one night I came in and I got to watch someone almost fall off of his chair as he fell asleep.

He reminds me of the kid who learns how to do the artificial fart under the arm in the second grade, and is still pulling the same act 30 years later when the rest of the "kids" are doing other things, like, I don't know...supporting families, raising kids, getting higher degrees, voting for presidents. You know, things like that, lol.

maybe he's not changing his age on his profile on purpose...... maybe it's a mingles' filter that starts to lower it automatically to adjust for his maturity level, LOL!

it's all good....... GAAAAAAA!

way to stick it to him captain, he really gets mad when ya delete his nonsence

Have you noticed that he hasn't hardly been in this weekend, yet he's here all week long, every second?

I think the hospital is giving him weekend passes now-

HA!

can we talk about something else? like, what to do if we leave the hampster in the washing machine. you know how they get if not moussed and blown dry. messy lil boogers they are. lol

after reading my last posting, i think i should not drink so much coffee.

no mostie - he serves weekend jail time and gets out on sunday night for the work-release program

Oh, he's been here Mostie, he's just not posting..

And it's amazing to see the boards looking normal and quiet again, because of it!

what's that perrito - you say something??

i cant hear him cris, what he say?

must not have been very important.

couldn't have been, lol

ole'

*****"can we talk about something else? like, what to do if we leave the hampster in the washing machine."***

Nothing, they actually enjoy the spin cycle. Feed them just before dumping them in there, and watch as they burn those carbs in no time. I call it "Sweatin' to the moldies."

So.....what happened to the "Chat Now" button on the profile pages? It's gone.

Being a shy introvert, I never used the feature. But, it was nice to know it was there. *l*

I never knew it was there, so I never missed it when it disappeared.......lol

Now one HAS to go into one of the chat rooms to chat or IM.

hmmnnn...so why the change?

I'm pretty sure that the person claiming responsibility for having clearwater removed used her magic powers to remove this chat function as well

(but then again, I'm sedated and ill today from eating Keebler's "Austin" brand Peanut Butter Crackers)

Oh, my! Seriously?

About the Peanut Butter?

HECK'ya.....

fortunately since I'm young and healthy (not to mention charming with boy'ish good looks) I just got a "fever" last night and a quick trip to the doctor to confirm

today I'm just suffering a few "side effects" but then again, it's 0 degrees out, so I wasn't going anywhere anyway

I see.

This appears serious, as those "side effects" appear to involve hallucinations regarding youth and boy'ish good looks.

Sending sincere good wishes to your speedy recovery.

Sorry to hear it Cristo........thoughts and prayers going south......

Kellogg pulls crackers over salmonella concerns

By KATE BRUMBACK 2 hours ago

ATLANTA (AP) Concerns over consumer exposure to salmonella intensified Thursday, a day after Kellogg Co. asked stores to stop selling its peanut butter sandwich crackers until the food maker can figure out if the peanut paste is contaminated.

The national salmonella outbreak has sickened more than 430 people in 43 states and may have contributed to five deaths.

Kellogg gets at least some of its paste from Lynchburg, Va.-based Peanut Corp. of America, which has recalled 21 lots of peanut butter made since July 1 at its plant in Blakely, Ga., because of possible contamination from the bacteria. While not going so far as issuing a recall, Kellogg asked stores nationwide to remove the crackers sold under its Austin and Keebler brands and urged consumers not to eat those products until regulators have completed an investigation into Peanut Corp.

Kellogg, based in Battle Creek, Mich., said it hasn't found problems or received complaints about those products.

"We are taking these voluntary actions out of an abundance of caution," Kellogg CEO David Mackay said in a news release.

The products being removed include Austin and Keebler toasted peanut butter sandwich crackers, peanut butter and jelly sandwich crackers, cheese and peanut butter sandwich crackers, and peanut butter-chocolate sandwich crackers.

Peanut Corp. also sells bulk supplies to institutions including schools, nursing homes and hospitals.

Health officials in Minnesota and Virginia have linked two deaths each to the outbreak and Idaho has reported one.

All five were adults who had salmonella when they died, though their causes of death haven't been determined. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the outbreak may have contributed.

There are about 2,000 types of salmonella, the nation's leading cause of food poisoning. About 40,000 cases are reported each year.

CDC officials say the bacteria in this outbreak has been genetically fingerprinted as the typhimurium type, which is among the most common sources of salmonella food poisoning. Salmonella typhimurium is considered a year-round problem because it's found in meat and eggs, unlike some other types associated with vegetables that causes illnesses more seasonally.

Peanut Corp. of America said none of the peanut butter being recalled is sold through retail stores, but is made for distribution to institutions, food service industries and private label food companies. The peanut butter is sold under the brand name Parnell's Pride and by the King Nut Co. as King Nut.

FDA compliance officer Sandra Williams said Kellogg's move is known as a stop-sale order and isn't as serious as a recall. Neither Williams nor a Kellogg spokesman could say how many units would be pulled, but Williams said, "It's a very large volume."

Kellogg spokeswoman Kris Charles said Thursday morning that the company is not concerned about any other products, like cookies that contain peanut butter or peanut paste, because they do not use products from Peanut Corp. or America in their production and do not make them at the same plant.

Nationally, all the illnesses began between Sept. 3 and Dec. 29, but most were sickened after Oct. 1. Most people develop diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps 12 to 72 hours after infection. The illness usually lasts four to seven days, and most people recover without treatment.

The peanut butter contamination comes almost two years after ConAgra recalled its Peter Pan brand peanut butter, which was eventually linked to at least 625 salmonella cases in 47 states.

Geeez first the IM went missing and now emails too LOL Is it just me or are the contact links i.e. emails, winks, etc gone??? LOL Well thats ONE way of dealing with problematic contacts!

You'll know momentarily......

It's just you, Mlady. I still see the following "little" links on profiles:

remove fav | friend invite | email | wink | block | fake

Sheesh! You never write. *l*

I discovered my missing links when I went to write YOU today! Well, I can only reply now

Salmonella is a very common thing as you said Robbie.

Weird co-incidence to run into this forum coz I logged on to check a penney stock I've been watching regarding the ISS and congressional investment.

I'm not hyping the co. but "spacehab" has a fully functioning lab onboard the ISS and just got new funding.

When the stock frist went IPO, it was 45 bucks , its now down to 35 cents. But the CEO was really enthusiatic that the research done in space to develop a vaccination is paramount.

Apparently, crystals form differently in near zero G, I dont know much more BUT, theres a congressional hearing on C-span with the CEO Mr Pickins, who I believe is related to T Boone.

Other than that, I do hope youre feeling better sooner rather than later Chris.

Hey suess Cristo! All that talk about peanut butter in the other forums.. and you didn't pay attention to its evils???? j/k Hope you are feeling tip top in no time.

oh yeah, been feeling much better all day - like I said, when you're young (or younger than HW) it's only a tad annoying

LOL Cristo... and in the words of Robbi, "you, you, you... youngin!"

He's just jealous, because I can hide my own Easter eggs.

YES dammit - plus you get to meet new people EVERY day!!!

That's true. Pleased to meet you!

still lol-ing @ click-it or ticket thanks frck