Taking Pets on the Road

[Ansley]

Originally Posted by pyramider

Bring on the goats.

But then you would get all flustered.

[MrGiz]

Originally Posted by WTF

. . .
The thread was about pets on the road....it has turned into roadkill.

[NinaBrooke]

Originally Posted by MrGiz

ooooooh as usual. I noticed on other board that there is a so called "flame/fight section" or something similar, maybe we would be better off to have such a thing here on eccie too? So we can keep the threads on their "original note" ?

Because, i do find the original topic very interesting indeed.

[NinaBrooke]

Originally Posted by ZarahAdams

Wow. Well I would like to stick to the subject. You know.. traveling with pets. Yeah about that......

exactly. It is interesting topic. When my "first cat" died, i got myself a burmese for exactly the reason that they are better off when travelling and do not freak out so easily.
I frequently take my burmese with me on my "private" vacations or moves to other countries for a few months, but haven`t taken them yet on bookings with clients, because it would be way too much for me , the client and the cat. Usually i get booked within europe (not in the same city) and sometimes also USA, but mostly weekends or week frames. To a cat flying somewhere for just a weekend is torture. So unless you plan to stay there for a month or so, i wold not do it. If i "tour" switzerland, i could take my cat with me, since i am in private apartments, but i still would feel uneasy to do so. I am a very caring catmother and i would probably be too much distracted caring about my cat and the clients would feel jealous :-))). So,
what i do is taking a catsitter or asking my roommate to take care of the baby :-)

Btw: i get a new second cat to give my 5 year old one company, that might be a good idea too. (she would not adapt to other pets when her "partner" died, so i give it a shot now, a few years later)

[NinaBrooke]

Originally Posted by WTF

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"We are so civil over here."

well with only 10 posters that all know each other from back in the day and all agree on the same topics and have similar writing styles, no biggie, i`d say ;-). Plus, it seems when someone wants to stirr a fight they come here and do so. Aka "we all know who"...male version.

I mean, sorry but if i made a board and only invite my girlfriends then all would be civil as well. (but booooring too.)
And to the thing with advertising money: If you put up "SELECTED" girls banners its called advertising too. Call me a Marketing Specialist.

Eccie is a bit more diverse with different styles and different people. So, its a little harder to always be civil.

But, i would vote for a "flame" section to have fights.

[NinaBrooke]

Originally Posted by Ansley

It is a privately owned board that doesn't accept any type of advertising money. So they don't have to really answer to anybody. Just like this board, I don't call any shots on the other board.

If a board puts up "SELECTED" girls on their page who they care to invite, then it is called advertising, and i`d say it`s a type of money too. Because someone must benefit from it - let`s assume it`s the girls whose banners are selected for being up there, and since it`s not all the providers and courtesans out there, i call that advertising, because you clearly make a distinction between one product and the other products. If that were not the case also ladies who are not on the board would be put up there, right?

Plus, If a board is "privately owned" and does not "accept any type of advertising money" why does it have to be out in the open for anyone to see? Including posts? So , it`s exactly the same type of advertising going on as anywhere else. People want their stories to be read for some reason.

As to your suggestion to "sign up there": As far as i heard people get invited and written to. So, since everyone knows me, i rather wait for an invite ;-)

:-) just saying. Other than that i agree with what you say about the competition and stuff. You make a good point. Peace ;-)

[NinaBrooke]

btw: banner and links exchange is a form of "advertising money" - if not the biggest. Given its with special providers, who knows what else is exchanged as well. We are not in Mickey Mouse School anymore, so these explanations might be suitable for naive kiddos with no experience in life and the business world, but it certainly does not fly with me ;-)

[Ansley]

Originally Posted by ninasastri

Can`t remember anyone invited me to courtesan cooties.

Originally Posted by ninasastri

well with only 10 posters that all know each other from back in the day and all agree on the same topics and have similar writing styles, no biggie, i`d say ;-).
I mean, sorry but if i made a board and only invite my girlfriends then all would be civil as well. (but booooring too.)

But, i would vote for a "flame" section to have fights.

Originally Posted by ninasastri

As to your suggestion to "sign up there": As far as i heard people get invited and written to. So, since everyone knows me, i rather wait for an invite ;-)

You are correct, invites were sent out to people. Now people are joining after stumbling upon the sight in one way or another. The invitations were sent to people that we thought would enjoy the site and liked what it had to offer. It's pretty clear from what you have written that the other site isn't up to par for you and isn't something you would enjoy.

[Ansley]

Originally Posted by ninasastri

btw: banner and links exchange is a form of "advertising money" - if not the biggest.

You are correct. I meant the site doesn't take money from women to place advertising banners all around the site and there isn't any type of paid membership by the men. The site isn't looking for the mass appeal.

The other board is left public so people can see it and if they choose to, they can join. A private board is too isolating and has potential to become very stagnate.

[NinaBrooke]

Originally Posted by Ansley

You are correct, invites were sent out to people. Now people are joining after stumbling upon the sight in one way or another. The invitations were sent to people that we thought would enjoy the site and liked what it had to offer. It's pretty clear from what you have written that the other site isn't up to par for you and isn't something you would enjoy.

Ansley, no offense, but you`re presented point of view here seems a bit naive on quite a few things. First of all let me introduce you to a little "internet" structure and how the world wide web and its dynamics works: Any publicly available site, no matter how it is "designed" to be , gets a life of it`s own after a while. I doubt anyone of the producers of eccie wanted the dynamic - or to be precise - has foreseen the dynamic - it has taken.
So,
If you want only special people to sign up at that site - which is pretty clear, because no one sent me an invite "because i would not enjoy"

(I have eyes and ears and i heard what you guys thing about me... i just don`t give a flying F*ck that is all....You just can`t handle someone that is completely different from your style and questions your ideas, that is all. Me - on the other hand is perfectly capable of having my ideas questioned, because that is what i am here for.
If i want to have - what i call - "masturbatory discussions", where everyone flatters me, i would sit in front of a wall and talk to myself rather than bothering some internet. )

So i suggest a little more honesty and transparency, that is the least i expect from a woman your age. You are not some naive 20 something that gets away with playing games anymore (That does not mean that i consider all 20 somethings naive, cave !! ). Neither am I. So ,considering that, your words are insulting my intelligence ;-).
You lacked to lay open the rather badly disguised fact that "you (plural) would not enjoy my company" there, because none of you can obviously handle different personas and justified criticism and is not interested in real discussions anyway, which is - again - perfectly obvious by this response here you give to me.

So, anyways, what i am going to say is that sooner or later any site turns out like eccie and co. There has already been someone going over here and complaining about your lack of integrity concerning politics . So, It does not matter what approach you take you will never be able to "have it all civil" in the long run, except you have a fascist and totalitarian approach to "silence" all critical voices by either banning them or not letting them sign up.

Fights are human, we all have different opinions. You might want to look a little beyond the world you live in and work on your people skills. Because believe it or not, in my private life i can handle people of very different opinions and approaches without constantly pissing anyone off. It seems some people just don`t have wide varieties. But who cares?

If the other board is so cool, why are you back? If you don`t mind giving me a honest answer to a honest question. You should have been so glad to have nothing to do with "The coven" like me and others anymore. Are you a masochist or is it a business decision :-) ?
ps: Oh and since i am so welcome over there, i might sign up in a week or two .... :-)) I am sure i get a very warm welcome and a few hugs, right ;-).... Well, i will see

[NinaBrooke]

Originally Posted by Ansley

You are correct. I meant the site doesn't take money from women to place advertising banners all around the site and there isn't any type of paid membership by the men. The site isn't looking for the mass appeal.

The other board is left public so people can see it and if they choose to, they can join. A private board is too isolating and has potential to become very stagnate.

that is a contradiction. The site is not looking for mass appeal , yet it is open for anyone that might want to join, and it`s visible to anyone as well?. Can you explain the logic the marketing guy over there has? They might want to hire me instead :-).

Placing advertisement banners IS a form of exchanging money. That`s the point of doing it in the first place, to increase traffic. Or do you guys that have an elitist approach and don`t want to appeal to the masses have a completely caritative measurement and put ladies banners up there for no reason at all? I doubt it.
There is always an exchange in something in capitalistic society.

Another question: what kind of people outside the general masses do you want to appeal? What is considered mass and what is considered appropriate? I took a look at your banners and it is mindboggling. At one point you don`t want to appeal to the ordinary masses, but there are women on there with homepages and photos that make my toes curl and are totally "mass product" that you find on any page. On the other hand you have some really fabulous ladies on there as well, with lovely internet presence and what not.
So, it would enlight me to hear the answers ;-)

[Guest020312-2]

Well, I would just like to say I have been considering getting a pug to keep me company. I decided that if I was to get a dog I would always get suites that had two rooms and would leave the dog in the other room during appointments. I don't consider having a pet with you tacky unless it is causing a disruption to your date aka smells, barking, etc.

[MrGiz]

Originally Posted by ninasastri

. . . I doubt anyone of the producers of eccie wanted the dynamic - or to be precise - has foreseen the dynamic - it has taken. . .
+1
. . . You might want to look a little beyond the world you live in and work on your people skills. Because believe it or not, in my private life i can handle people of very different opinions and approaches without constantly pissing anyone off...
-1

. . . You should have been so glad to have nothing to do with "The coven" like me and others anymore. . . .
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Add 'em up... and what have you got? ... ZERO! *

Originally Posted by TabooTanner

Well, I would just like to say I have been considering getting a pug to keep me company. I decided that if I was to get a dog I would always get suites that had two rooms and would leave the dog in the other room during appointments. I don't consider having a pet with you tacky unless it is causing a disruption to your date aka smells, barking, etc.

+1 . . . You're ahead

[Ansley]

Originally Posted by ninasastri

At one point you don`t want to appeal to the ordinary masses, but there are women on there with homepages and photos that make my toes curl and are totally "mass product" that you find on any page. On the other hand you have some really fabulous ladies on there as well, with lovely internet presence and what not.
So, it would enlight me to hear the answers ;-)

We aren't there to judge photos or the business model of the women that post. If men and women would like a site that is safe, civil, and kind, that is what is offered. Most people enjoy the excitement and all the different types of personalities here on eccie.

Why wouldn't I want to visit eccie occasionally? I've been a member pretty much since it was started and I still keep in contact with people here. Plus it does help my business.

I answered your questions in earlier posts. I don't see me changing my posting style, so there really isn't anything I can do if you don't care for the way I answered them.

[Naomi4u]

Originally Posted by ninasastri

But, i would vote for a "flame" section to have fights.

It already exists love, the spider hole.