tasman1 wrote:

Darkstar2 wrote:

tasman1 wrote: My earning in last 10 day is crashing on grand scale here

Maybe it is time I join Valerie on dark side and go fishing

Bollocks You had these cycles before and you came out of them in no time, I've been in the deep end of the sewers for 2 bloody years here before things picked up a little this year, so a few bad days or a bad month or two is nothing to worry about, you'll be back up before you know it and post those 2 digit success stories

Yeah , it happen to me every year for 1 month , think for rest of Jun will go to another site first from next week

ahahahah 1 month, see I told you, nothing to worry about, in my case my bad spells here extend to YEARS not months.. They are continually tinkering in their integrations here, which is different for each country, this is really bad that when they make those back end changes, people who were doing good, are doing bad, it really sucks, and is unacceptable.
Not everyone is as loyal though some people leave and leave for good.

We are now in the weekend so not expecting much, fortunately I can complete my checklist today with 2 x 1 cent offers

tasman1 wrote: Lattes News

Monkeypox is 'out of the box' and has Europe on edge

EU building 1000s new ZOO to accommodate new EU population , spreading so fast that in 2023 most population will live in ZOO

It would be quite ironic innit - we evolved from monkeys and not we return as monkeys ?

No but seriously, the World Horror Organisation is spreading propaganda and bullshit, as it is its tradition - saying that there is no evidence that the monkeypox mutated - YET some real studies have shown that in fact it HAS mutated, why the hell else would it spread like that ? And once again what is a virus' best friend ? TRAVEL. Once again the same bloody WHO that is trying to downplay a virus and telling people not to worry just like they did with COVID19, well the good news is that monkeypox is not as highly transmissible as COVID unless you are at close "contact", so I don't think this will require lockdowns and sanitary measures other than not touching people, not hugging, no kiss, no other stuff oh yeah as to travel well they barely did anything for COVID so I dunno. Normal ponkeymox mortality is low and it heals on its own of course if you don't mind have eruptions all over your skin and possibly scars........ BUT one of the mutations has a 10% mortality - and now BA12.1.2 or whatever is gaining grounds in Europe, so the world could eventually face a pandemic of both monkeypox and new highly contagious COVID variants as vaccine and normal immunity wanes off. The IDIOTS of politicians had 5 years of warning and signs of a return of monkeypox and did F*** all, yet again.

With COVID19 fortunately most cases are mild - now imagine a population infected with monkeypox, not a pleasant site

Here's the really really bad news - the vaccine - it's not a traditional vaccine where they poke a small needle - no, the monkeypox vaccine leaves a permanent scar on the entry site and more complications and side effects. It's a 2 prong metal rod they put a drop of the vaccine on the entry site and then "POKE" you with the 2 prong metal - It's probably equivalent to being bitten by a venomous spider, only worse.

It seems to spreading mostly to non endemic countries - so they say - this is likely the story of someone traveller from a non endemic country travelling to an endemic country. again as per WHO, talk about odds though, it so happens he/she was in contact with a person who had it and brought it back, and now it is travelling along with travellers.

leticiacosta8410 wrote: Quick Note You have no survey invites right now. Try the Routers below or check later for new survey invitations.
Does anyone know why this message appears?

Since when do you see this message, have you always seen this message ? I see that you joined a few days ago, the message itself is self explanatory, there is no surveys available based on your demographics. Surveys invites target specific countries / demographics, and unfortunately the reality is that some countries may receive little to no surveys, it all comes down to market research companies and their clients to decide. by "invites" it means individual surveys you get invited to and display under the Surveys area. The routers are the boxes displayed below the survey list, again, you may or may not have any routers available to click, depending on country - what the routers do is route you to (look for surveys) for you and redirect to them, IF any are available based on your router's internal profile.

Have you filled some profile data here ? When you scroll at the bottom, in the Surveys area, you should see an area that says "Your Survey Profile - earn 2 cents for every 10 questions", fill in as much information there with accurate and consistent data, this may or may not help, again it depends on what surveys are available for your country.

If there are other people from the same country receiving surveys here, then once your profile info is filled, and you refresh the surveys page, if no surveys appear for a while or no routers, then try checking with support to see if it is not an account issue.

$27 here, yes unlike you, I do not have time or energy to work on 25 sites I am already a member of a very old GPT that operates sine 2002, ySense and another site I joined in 2020, that's enough for me - One of the site I am on has basically all the routers you can imagine. Don't worry you will catch up, I'm fairly certain, say 60% odds

tasman1 wrote: You are right , It looks much better today for me so far , you earned so far 0 , I earned so far 1 cent

REQUIREMENTS
Surveys 2 surveys required $0.00
Offers 1 offer 1 more $0.01
Total earned: $0.01
EXTRA BONUSES
Addon Completed
Streak 1 day more

That's strange, how many surveys did you attempt or did you not bother much ? For me month so far is good, first day $11, second day almost $8, third day, almost $7, month so far $26. It would be nice if it was like that most days, but I learned my lesson - it's called fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me

tasman1 wrote: My earning in last 10 day is crashing on grand scale here

Maybe it is time I join Valerie on dark side and go fishing

Bollocks You had these cycles before and you came out of them in no time, I've been in the deep end of the sewers for 2 bloody years here before things picked up a little this year, so a few bad days or a bad month or two is nothing to worry about, you'll be back up before you know it and post those 2 digit success stories

tasman1 wrote: Darkstar, you told me I will earn 10 buck today ....... nope , you lost bet , I win bet but I will be more happy if you won bet and I earned that 10 bucks today

Month $7.69...............................horror earning so far in Jun but still hope to earn 10 bucks in Jun , maybe
Last Month $147.14

Current best offer here
22 min Your opinion counts 3 cent

Oh I should know better, I should have said instead, you will PROBABLY I was wrong about my $2, because I earned nearly $8. This place is almost like the Voodoo dolls of surveys - when Australia is doing good, Canada is down the dumps, when Canada is doing well, Australia is doing bad - or is it just coincidence ?

I bet you that today you will PROBABLY earn around $6
So far it's $0 for me, so good odds for Australia

Buffalo shooter, then came the Texas shooter, and until recently as if this wasn't enough shooting, the Tulsa shooter who was an UNHAPPY patient at a hospital, so he decided to kill his doctor and a few select people....... Wow, is this how people settle their scores now, customer is unhappy, goes to buy an automatic and shoots, when you see news like that you really don't want to be on someone's bad side now - it SUCKS now to run any business, because you don't know if a disgruntled employee or customer will come back and put a bullet in your heat - this is how society has become now, road rage, shootings, unrly passengers, etc. Now just imagine if everyone who is wronged follows this example, hey I ordered thin crust and you sent me traditional crust, POW ! what the hell !?

Putting on my Trump wig and activating Trump mode: "Let's build that big wall..........yes that big big wall, ......." wow, I actually sound like Trump Yeah OK whatever, you gotta take care of the terrorists inside first Mr. Trump
P.S. I do not condone the buying of firearms for acts of violence, vengeance or criminal activity.

DISCLAIMER: The opinions / statements in this topic reflect those of their respective author(s).

valerie wrote: No, I disagree with you on the desperation end. Not everyone here is desperate. I was not and am not desperate for money. If I was desperate for money, I would launch my own online business (of which I had many over the years).

Well, when you have people completing half a cent tasks or 6 cents surveys, that's desperation in my books, Rod calls them Penny Bangers, and guess he's right on that one, desperation has levels, I mean we all want extra money, who doesn't - it's just frustrating when you spend hours on looking for stuff and there is nothing - are people desperate for money or just desperate to complete something, like an addiction to heroin and not really about money ? WELL, there are people here clearly desperate for money, and people here for Nostalgia I guess.

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Some people that take surveys simply do it more of a hobby. It's a 'take it or leave it'.

A hobby huh Interesting - The whole point of sites like these is to earn money, I wonder how many people are here for a hobby, it's true that it is a take it or leave it, however, you would agree that the low rate of payment of these surveys is unacceptable - no site should have to put up with this, sites like these would not make good money if all surveys were paid this low - because it's not Prodege that is the problem, it is the suppliers - you can't run a business and cover your expenses if all your surveys were low paid, fortunately it is not the case here, but many members are receiving MOSTLY the low paid stuff whilst others are getting all the good surveys and routers, THIS is the part that is wrong, it doesn't matter the take it or leave it. Yes personally I do not bother with the low rate surveys at all, unless it is a quick poll or quick survey, but 6 cents, nope, I haven't sunk that low yet, yesterday I did a survey about health and supplements on PL for $4.66, that same survey I found elsewhere for 9 cents - that's what I do on a daily basis, take or leave it, and if this site cannot provide me with earnings that day, I do the survey on another site that you know of and can generally snag a few $$$ in minutes - if not for Peanut Labs here, I wouldn't bother anymore, the rest is JUNK.

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Some people are retired and take surveys as a supplement to their retirement income. Not desperate for the earnings, just a supplement as to a why not attitude for additional funds.

Can a retired person in 2022 find 25 cents a day earnings useful on a given site ? Is it ok when the companies running those surveys make 2 digits per complete whilst the survey panelists get cents ? These low paid surveys are everywhere not just here, but the difference is that on site #2 we are on, we have a large choice, it's easy to ignore the crap, here unfortunately the low paid stuff is in abundance - fortunately here we have Peanut Labs, I earned $11 yesterday, on 3 surveys with Peanut Labs - imagine some of the members who do not have the higher paid surveys and have to put up with the 6 cent crap - I mean personally I made a choice I won't do those low paid surveys - if people do them, they are part of the problem - if suppliers see that survey completion are within schedule or exceed schedule, why the hell would they increase the rates, it makes sense for them to exploit the lower bidders. Everything is a take it or leave it, but one can share discontent, I guess you did share discontent with the situation here, and so did I, which is why I joined another site in January 2020, and for a while did all my surveys there, then since months ago came back here to do most surveys here, and when the situation is really bad here, I go elsewhere, it is sad to see the state of this site and what it has become, and whilst I am not surprised to see 3 and 6 cents surveys on offer walls, I am surprised to see them in the regular invites, that's disgusting ...... sure we have a choice not to do them, but we can express discontent.

Let's see now earn extra money to buy stuff as you say, when things go up 30-40% and when our survey rates go down 60%, the math doesn't add up

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There's that ** that I withdraw to my PayPal and transfer over to one of my bank accounts. I use that money when I go out to eat.

Exactly that site you mention, with their $1 minimum withdraw, that site where US members are earning 4 figures, sure, they keep adding new routers on a regular basis - it's GPT heaven for US members, for other countries of course less opportunities, but still far better choice.

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As for here, I have not bothered doing much here at all since the surveys are so horrible and all the errors they have. It's no fun and not worth my time. I'm not saying it isn't worth it for others, I am just saying not for me.

Even ** I have not did anything over there in a couple of weeks. I've been busy offline and I do tend to be a lot busier in the summer months offline.

Same I have not done a survey on that other site in a while, I did a few weeks ago to take advantage of their 35% bonus promotion on all BitLabs surveys - the amount of 5-8 minutes $2-$4 surveys available on that router was great, one has to be a smart consumer and snag the deals, like shopping - some routers are SNEAKY - they will have promotions and raise the survey rates - but then after the promotion you see suddenly that their survey rates go down big time (that's how they claw back whatever money they have given), whenever I see bonuses and deals on routers I jump on it, I know for a fact now that surveys are published on multiple platforms at different rates, this is why I always go for the top paid router and top paid surveys first and go down from there - some people have different strategies like do all the low paid ones and it adds up to a big amount - that is fine, if you don't have the higher paid ones to try first, otherwise, doing the higher ones first maximises your earnings, it's possible to do this on site #2, not here unfortunately, all that is left here that is OK, is Peanut Labs. On CS we had the SSI stand alone router and for some time we had the dynamic invites, even on ySense we had the dynamic invites, 4 a day, 84 cents....... that is gone, some people stopped getting toluna invites, some people stopped getting invites, etc, it's a mess, as you well know, I never shut doors shut, but I know that pretty soon if things don't really change for the better I might decided to do all my surveys on one other site, for now I am doing what I can here and making the best of it, but cannot help but see how suppliers and publishers are exploiting the crowd.

It's even to Prodege's advantage if they were to use more opportunities that pay more.....

When everything costs 30% more, inflation up 50%, the whole earning extra cash gets a new meaning - it's funny how prices go up on consumption, but for service and work rendered, they go down - there is no reason for survey rates to go down AT ALL - it's all about exploitation and GREED from the suppliers providing the surveys - NOT the GPT sites themselves.

valerie wrote: Well I dunno much about how it is going with the covid strains now. I don't really keep tabs on that. Generally covid is more rampant in large cities, large populations such as Chicago, New York, trains, planes, subways, etc. Also much colder climate areas.

It's amazing how politicians downplay the pandemic to suit political agendas - it's funny how we don't hear about Dr. Faucci anymore, it's funny how we don't hear from Biden anymore about COVID, yet it's far from over, I mean sure cases are down considerably in most states, BUT there are still TOO many cases and TOO many deaths occurring day to day, so we are still in a pandemic - and the logical thing to happen since it seems everyone threw the towel, is for the pandemic to transition to an endemic stage like other viruses, like the Flu, by infecting the entire population over time, creating immunity, but with the virus mutating seasonally, requiring shots like the Flu, but only problem is that with COVID it is far more transmissible, so now the system will have to deal with both the Flu and Covid, but we are not even in an endemic stage. But now with all those vaccines waning off and even people's own natural immunity waning off, it will be a good opportunity for new variants or sub-variants this fall or winter to strike hard - there is no way to eradicate this anymore, we'll have to live with it, they will have to build massive covid hospitals, who knows. You cannot end this virus thing without completely banning ALL travel in and out, and KILL the entire tourism industry - now that's not gonna happen.

and now........monkeypox the unlikely virus turning into a pandemic when it shouldn't be, it looks like someone's been playing with viruses in a lab again - it's funny because there are papers coming out showing that 2 entities were researching the monkeypox in a lab long before the outbreak started - what is this, another leak of a virus ? Mutated monkeypox ? The research mainly towards weaponising viruses, I mean monkeypox was eradicated in the 80's right ?
and then you have China now LYING (one of its talents) about researching monkeypox in the Wuhan lab on the pretext that they do not have available samples of the monkeypox virus, which is complete and utter nonsense, if they want samples they can go at the source and get some.........but China was not the only country researching the virus in a lab, interesting - let's see now, which country would share its viruses with China, I wonder we can't think too hard now.

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place I went to, and the waiting room is large and there was only two people waiting. Same as when I go to the dentist, large waiting room. Most places don't even require a mask any more. The dental place does which is rather odd because you have to take it off for them to look in your mouth. Most medical places such as hospital probably still require a mask. The hearing place doesn't.

Yeah it's hard to wear a mask during a dental procedure BUT hopefully your dentist is wearing a mask and the equipment is sanitised. Here the dentist I go to wears a hazmat suit, mask, and has this machine in the room, it is a very high suction machine that basically sucks all the particles in the air, so I feel very safe at the dentist, even though I hate dentists Not forcing masks to the general public is one thing, but it is very irresponsible to not require mask for certain workers in specific industries - I mean here it is still required to wear masks in hospitals, clinics and slaughter homes.

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I talk with people and close proximity to people and I don't wear a mask. I had an outdoor party over Memorial Day weekend and none of us wore a mask.

With original virus, you had to be exposed to someone for 15 minutes or more at close proximity. Now with Omicron it is so much more transmissible, and you don't require as much virus load, so even a very brief encounter is enough to get you infected. That vaccine does not protect you against getting infected, it is so weak, but it should protect you against severity, although now truth is coming out that even very mild cases of COVID19 can lead to long COVID, either long term or permanent crippling effects post COVID. Pfizer and Moderna should have released an Omicron booster candidate, they decided it's better to be greedy and have this pandemic trail on and on and make $$$$, they get my 2 middle fingers, there is no way I am getting another booster unless it is a new vaccine made for existing strains.

You are not gonna take a Flu shot from a vaccine done 20 years ago right ? You will get a new shot which is designed on a year to year basis based on estimates of what the strains will be. An Omicron specific vaccine would give us very high protection against current strain and high protection against sub-variants of Omicron. Vaccine my arse.

3 bloody doses of vaccine in 1 year, enough is enough.

tasman1 wrote: Cool , super earning
Here continuation of bad earning that started 7 or 8 day ago..... hope to earn 10 bucks in Jun

Surveys 5 surveys $2.84
Offers 2 offers $0.02
Total earned: $2.86
EXTRA BONUSES
Addon Completed +2%
Streak Completed +2%
Congrats! The checklist is completed!
16%
Your bonus is currently standing at: $0.46

We just switched places, tomorrow you will earn $10 and I will earn that $2 [/quote]

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Not sure about that , Do you remember me talking for last 6 month that I earned over 90% from PL ?
That time is sadly gone , Pl earning for me is now under 40% , rest mostly from CPX and ReVu

Yes I remember - PL was a TOP earner for me last year when I was doing most of my surveys on another site, unfortunately this year I too notice a drop in per formance from PL - BUT............it still remains a good earner for me here, not as good as last year but still good - without PL my earnings for HERE today would be bloody $0.

This site should add routers, good ones, I've been told be a respectable person in the industry that a very large volume of new surveys get continuously added - this site is not taping into the full potential, it seems like it is getting the low quality inventory - despite your lower results with PL you still maintained a consistent monthly earning, I struggle to earn 3 figures now when it used to be easy and effortless, I'm telling you ever since Appen left, it's as if they made changes to the code and all the quality invites stopped coming - and all the rubbish instead, but only to specific members and/or countries.

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Maybe they will send me to geriatric home very soon to join Biden there

No way Jose, he has enough money to afford proper home health care and dignity, unlike the majority of senior citizens in America who are treated like crap - and yet they are sending billions of $ to help other countries who are not helping themselves and who share part of the blame into their unrest - it makes me SICK and ANGRY - so much people can be helped with that money !

tasman1 wrote: Cool , super earning
Here continuation of bad earning that started 7 or 8 day ago..... hope to earn 10 bucks in Jun

Surveys 5 surveys $2.84
Offers 2 offers $0.02
Total earned: $2.86
EXTRA BONUSES
Addon Completed +2%
Streak Completed +2%
Congrats! The checklist is completed!
16%
Your bonus is currently standing at: $0.46

We just switched places, tomorrow you will earn $10 and I will earn that $2

Slow day, NO, I wish This is the story of my life, 1 good day 29 bad days, but let's focus on 1 day, earnings for 1st of June were decent, I just have to thank Peanut Labs for this, because without PL we are stuck with all the JUNK invites here, same closed survey not being removed from list, same BS off quota, not being removed, unpaid surveys, DQ in the middle or end, etc. Peanut Labs is a saving grace on this site, too bad the amount of higher paid surveys are not consistent for most days to be like this.

Results for 1st of June:
REQUIREMENTS
Surveys 3 surveys $9.75
Offers Optional $0.00
Total earned: $9.75
EXTRA BONUSES
Addon Completed +2%
Streak Completed +2%
Congrats! The checklist is completed!
16%
Your bonus is currently standing at: $1.56
Total Earned: $1,952.06

Total $ 11.31

3 surveys from Peanut Labs - One of those surveys was a short one about vitamins and supplements, that SAME survey is found for 6 and 9 cents on wall routers and regular invites, LOVELY

NOW I am expecting the rest of the month to be rubbish, it's the story of my life, we'll see

valerie wrote: Don't take offense ape man. You are ape, not monkey.

I still wear a mask. You never know what they will come out with next. Must protect ourselves. Next thing you know we will have to protect ourselves from giraffe syndrome. No one wants to go around with a long neck and a monkey butt.

How is the situation with COVID in America ? I hear you have new Omicron sub-variants, BA5 or BA12.1 something, it's not so bad NOW, but it WILL get ugly in autumn and winter with whatever variant will be out, most likely an Omicron sub-variant, most like a very steep increase followed by a drop - the good news is that those big increases drop proportionately - fast on the way up fast on the way down, PROBLEM is more hospitalisations and deaths, and watch out for those vaccines and boosters waning off, unlike MonkeyPox, COVID can cause a lot of long term damage, even mild cases of COVID can result in long covid, besides, for monkeypox, you would need the smallpox vaccine for cross immunity, and have you seen how smallpox vaccines are given ? it is a metal object with 2 prongs, like a wrench, they dip it in the vaccine and POKE your skin with the 2 pointy ends, like inserting a skewer into meat - No way, no thanks, not this time

Fortunately monkeypox is not as infectious as COVID, you really need close contact and for the nymphomaniacs out there, no, condoms won't protect you, unless you wear a full on hazmat suit during sex

valerie wrote: To address a couple of points made in this topic:

Locking of Topics: The reason I locked topics is because I answered them. Those are the main topics that were locked by me. The forums were very busy years ago and I was the only active moderator for the English forums. A lot of wrong replies were submitted in topics to members that needed help. Once I replied to a topic, I locked it. As a moderator, I had to view every new post. That should go without saying. That's what moderators do. Moderate. It was very time consuming.

Not uncommon for most forums to lock topics especially the topics that are support related and when a proper answer was given. I've seen how many forums are run, and most of the time these topics get locked. If it is a general topic or discussion topic, then yes, it might be frustrating when the topic gets locked without an explanation as to why. BUT, if you look at a site like the one that starts with N.......(PTC) they lock ALL forum topics, I mean 100% there is no room for a discussion there. There was a time when there was some tension on CS and some topics, I remember a group of members doing a specific task disliked you very much for locking their topics, so much that they all left, about 11, 20, of them or whatever, they even asked me to join their FB group, I was reluctant, but there was no way I was leaving the forum as I thought their reasoning was silly, I mean sure I must say there are topics that should not have been locked, BUT comparatively to many forums, we had it great at the time, biggest mistake was for me to join their group, because the organiser of the group was two faced and did a piss poor job at moderating her own FB Group, allowing for members to throw insults, berate and flame one another, whilst being afraid to confront them and ask them to stop or remove them, which I found extremely hypocritical - the thing is I have helped so many in that group and they would not be where they are and earning like they are if not for my help and references, and I got betrayed big time - they disliked you big time BUT none of them could moderate for shit let alone run a forum, the idea of the FB Group was a good one, allowing more free discussions BUT it lacked moderation - I've seen that ugly side of things when you are in a group or forum that lacks proper moderation - nobody wants to be on that side - so yeah I must say good damn riddance, the forum still survived many years later without them here and a few of those turned out to be quite rotten ......

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Being Paid: Moderators ARE Paid. Not a stipend but a year end bonus, so to speak. I was paid $500 at year end.

You don't go far with that today To be fair, however, moderators knew that the position was voluntary and not an salaried position. EXPECTING to be paid is another thing - How many GPTs have forums ? How many GPTs that have forums pay their mods ? You are more likely to find a paid position working for a company that uses a forum as an OFFICIAL support channel.

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When ySense came along, they kept up the tradition, except they did make a mistake on my end at $400 instead of $500 but I never said anything about it.

You should have, if you never ask you never receive, what's the worst that can happen ? Did they only make a mistake with YOUR payment or others too ? You should have said something about it, it's nice to see that they kept up with traditions, too bad they didn't keep up with many other traditions

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There was a guy here that became moderator and insulted everyone continuously. He was fired from being moderator here. He got mad at me because I Unlocked a topic that he had locked. He then harassed me and made a fool of himself in these forums. He even went so far as to start a Facebook group about me. I mean, seriously, who does that? Well he did. And why? All because I unlocked a post made by an Indian that he did not like and not because the post deserved being locked.

I remember vaguely but I missed a lot of those Jerry Springer forum moments at that time as I was recruited by one of the suppliers of tasks to work for them directly, I had become inactive on forum and on CS for a while, I think a lot of the fights between mods occurred during that time, I did happen to catch a few dramas. As far as the Indian poster, was that the guy who made a poem including explicit text wishing that someone gets rammed by a car ??? If that sort of thing was said here and now, it would be deleted / removed and person banned or reported to authorities, I believe that member was banned from posting and rightfully so. There was another guy in a rape topic who justified rape and said some inappropriate stuff like "no wonder" and stuff, dunno if you remember that user name "_online" that was his post that finally made Jim realise that now was a right time to hit the ban button, were you talking about one of the French mods at the time ? Yeah it was quite entertaining to read his intense sarcasm and some of the fights were what you expect to see on shows like Jerry Springer, I had missed most of it though as I was away for a while earning 4 figures a month

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Desperation: I don't think I understand what is meant by that. I am desperate for what? To moderate? If I was desperate to moderate I would not have quit. I don't need money so that can't be what you are referring to.

I think he meant forum wise - as a member - I'd have to see each and every one of us here are desperate to some capacity, either to earn money or earn extra money and put up with the 5-10 cent surveys and lack of thereof - or people can learn their lessons the hard way like I did, working 4+ damn years for a rotten company only to be betrayed in the end whilst they keep cheaters and scammers and get rid of their top talents over silly disagreements and retribution for reporting inappropriate behaviour of one of their official staff. Some people here do not like your topics or style of topics, to each their own- I do not think there is anything wrong with eccentric or weird topics, it adds some entertainment, as silly as some topics may be we are all in the same nut house so to speak, not in a bad way necessarily, the whole world is nuts

valerie wrote: HeeHeeHaHa!

No, I have not won the lottery and not sure what I would do with the money if I did win. I know what I wouldn't do:

That's what everyone says or most people say, and you know what you say to someone who says "I dunno what I'm gonna do with all that money?" Mind you in America, winnings are taxed, you pay around 35% of your winnings to Uncle Sam, so he can use that money to help others first and leave his own people starving and poor - the whole lottery thing is a scam, your odds of winning are so tiny, and then you give most of it back to the government. Also in the US your winning is paid as an annuity OR you can decide to take a lump sum of a much smaller amount, which most people do, so again, government is the winner.

Current Kentucky state power ball jackpot: $168 millions, paid in annuity, meaning you get tiny tiny amounts yearly until you croak - OR paid $98 million lump sum - 35% to the IRS, so you are left with not much, barely covers your living expenses and food

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Sail Around the World: NO! I am not that fond of water and I am very poor swimmer.

That's why it's called sailing and not swimming around the world. Can't blame you though, now is not a good time to sail or go on cruises - too many cruise ship accidents, and with COVID and all, besides, cruise ships are a lab of breeding bacteria and viruses with subpar to mediocre food that gives 1 star restaurants a good name

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Travel by Plane Around the World: NO! Are you kidding me! I'll go for a flight when I really need to but with my luck, the plane would crash into the ocean! Double whammy and Triple whammy if a shark eats me!!!

Actually you are wrong on this one - right now flying by plane is the safest method of transportation out of all of them. Statistically the incidents of crashes are extremely rare - your odds of getting into a car accident or getting hit by a car as you cross the street are shockingly HIGH. If you understand some basics on the laws of aerodynamics, you would see why planes are much safer, because they don't just CRASH and plummet to the ground. Most crashes occur during takeoff and landing, this is where the plane is most vulnerable, otherwise once a plane is in the air at cruising speed and altitude, it glides, it's unlikely that both engines on a plane will fail, planes can safely land with one engine, and what about both engines, they still can, it's called gliding, and in theory experienced pilots should be trained for this scenario. Look up the Hudson river event - that plane lost both its engines. One of the valid reasons you would NOT want to fly is because of bad service, bad food and unruly passengers which has skyrocketed since the pandemic - nobody wants to spend a few hours in a can of sardines packed with other idiots around you!

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Build a Mansion: NO! What the heck would I do with a mansion! Wonder around from room to room to see if the cleaning lady did a good job at dusting!

Sure why not Besides what are you gonna do with all that money right ? at least with a mansion that money will be spent quicker, upkeep, repairs, property tax, insurance, etc, you will however need more than the KY lotto for that, you will need a continuous stream of high income. What can a person living alone benefit from a mansion ? WELL they can get a change of environment - they make each room unique, so that every day they stay in a different room for a change of view.

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Buy Vehicles, Cars, Trucks, Motorcycles: NO! Besides, gasoline is too high and they'd all need to be electric. What would I do with them! Be like Jay Leno and keep them in a big building!

Electric is one big scam - at least for now, your still need to pay to charge those batteries, your phone charger won't cut it Also electric car batteries are pricey $$$, you would never want to run into a problem and have to change them, they cost a fortune - and they are more polluting than gasoline to some extent, as car batteries are not magically built out of thin air - they may be less toxic to the nearby environment. Besides it's likely all cars will be replaced by electric, but what happens to the oil industry ? They will want a cut of the $$$$, so watch what will happen next, electric cars will skyrocket in price, and recharging will cost a lot more than it does, in the end, you will find out that that electric car will cost you more than the gas, in the long run.

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Build a new house: NO! I've already don't that in my life time and have no desire to do it again.

Gotta love auto correct, I guess you meant to say "I've already done that" Actually you might want to rethink - What does a person your age would want to do with all that money ? I mean not that you are really old by today's standards, but I'll tell you what you can do - and I would tell all people nearing that golden age the same thing - live with dignity and prepare for the future - A lot of people do the big mistake of going into nursing homes or senior homes, which are essentially human slaughter houses. If a person has enough money they should invest in adapting their home and getting help at home and paying for proper care, so you can live the rest of your life in DIGNITY and not have to rely on someone to give you a shower every other week or month or leave you dying alone in your diapers soiled with 3 weeks of bowel movements - now this is no joke, this stuff happens here in Canada in some provinces, it does also happen in America - so you buy your comfort and dignity, you don't need to live in expensive mansions for that, you can live very comfortably and still have a lot of money to spare, you either give it to family, friends or to good charities or to Uncle Sam

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So what would I do with millions of dollars won thru a lottery:

Trust Funds: Yes. Open trust funds for my grand children and great grandchildren with stipulations attached.

I like the "with stipulations attached" part

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Take a Few International Trips: Yes. There are several places I would like to see. Egypt being at the top of my list. I would love to see the Sphinx and Great Pyramid in person. Africa, India, Greece, and a few other countries.

Sure if you can handle the scorching hot weather - watch out for the snakes and scorpions and flying spiders in Egypt
Be careful in Egypt it's not what it used to be, there is LOTS of poverty, as to pyramids, you are not allowed anywhere near them, you cannot go inside them nor climb them, no fun - and watch out for those camels

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Donate: Yes. I'm not sure I would donate directly to a charity but in some way I would donate funds directly.

Smart - because most charities actually give 1-10% for the cause and the rest in their pockets. Here the laws state that to be a legit charity you need to use at least 1% for the cause. Directly helping is the proper way, but watch out there are still scams there.

If I had the money that Elon Musk has I would start a new industry and completely revamp the schooling system. I would build a large facility which would allow for remote learning and never having to attend a physical class ever again and deal with the garbage, unrest, bullying, shootings, etc. If it were up to me ALL learning would be done at home, through videoconferencing - you would still be required to attend school as you normally do, that would not change, but at home under monitored channels - you would be able to learn, take exams, graduate, receive your diploma, etc, and any in person attendance or extra activities would be fully optional - after the success of this idea, more establishment would open and offer the same.

It's not about making America BETTER again, it's about making America SAFER again - I would first start this idea in America, then extend it to Canada - I also think this would really work in Europe - I'm pretty sure teachers will be happy about that, they won't have to deal with guns, knives, spit and unruly students - all these online conferences would be fully recorded too, you would still get your work graded, everything would be the same, but virtually.
I wouldn't spend a ******mned dime on buying social media, I mean $42 billion for Twitter what in the HELL was he thinking ?

valerie wrote: I passed a lady in Walmart today. She was wearing a mask. I was wearing a mask. As we passed each other, we gave a thumbs up. It was kind of funny. Hardly anyone wears them at all around here.

Well I am wearing a mask. I don't want monkey butt.

ahahahaha your mask is mainly to protect others against COVID - you have nothing to worry about monkeypox, fortunately, it's not as transmissible as COVID, it takes really close contact with someone infected, news media is reporting that it is mainly homosexuals - but remember they said the same thing about aids, this is the same bullshit all over again to downplay an issue - I don't know if there is truth to that, but I think that straight people have sex too, so yes you can catch this on skin to skin contact, regardless of sexual orientation - unlike COVID, monkeypox is rather easy to "NOT CATCH" UNLESS it has mutated into a variant that transmit like COVID, that would be bad, there is one reported death from it. It killed millions before it was eradicated for sure this has mutated, either way we will learn the truth soon, when monkeypox combined with covid and mutates, what would you call this variant ? I call it MonkeyCron

Your mask will not protect you from monkeypox - I don't know if the simple act of shaking soneone's hand or even kissing on the cheeks (the ones on the face ) is enough to catch the virus - to be safe, 1) Don't hug 2) Don't kiss 3) don't touch, 4) Don't make eye contact 5) Wear mask and gloves at all times.....6) Stay at least 10 metres apart, and this way you will be safe from most viruses

tasman1 wrote:
Welcome back Your Majesty
Forum was boring without you here
Ahhh yes , just now it comes back some nice memory
Do you still remember big war here , Valerie V Ape , it was all about .........tasman1 signature ,,, ha ha that was nice battle , fun for months , it was nice to come daily to forum for fun ................ now forum is boring , hope you stay here

Yeah who can ever forget the signature war that was probably the SILLIEST moment of this forum, not as silly as using your name in topic titles though Think there is more to the story than we know, she is probably running for politics and has little time - she learned that Dr. Oz (the alleged QUACK) is running for Senator, so she wants to join too - or she won the Kentucky state lotto, OR she found out the truth about something,

valerie wrote: It became a fun topic, no?



I said I'd come back to visit.

You said very unlikely too But then I still won my bet against Tasman1, still waiting for the payment though .... So let's see there is so much you missed here that you must catch up to, all the surveys, routers and new stuff it's overwhelming

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Well folks, all I can tell you is, to each his/her own but I did enjoy reading this thread, the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Y'all take care.

Rumour has it that you won the Kentucky state lotto, is that true ? They say money is not everything, but I disagree, I'd still visit forum and do a few surveys from time to time just for nostalgia - P.S. Apparently they will start the draft soon, hint: China vs. Taiwan. Let's see now, your President may be breaking world records there - covid, inflation, 2 wars, recession, he hit the jackpot

It's disgusting around here, full of screenouts, off quota, junk surveys, fortunately can complete some Peanut Labs but even that is becoming more and more difficult, more and more low pay. Site is doing nothing about it unfortunately.