HC,

I totally agree about the 'sitting at the kids table' feeling.. I felt the same way.. (Still awaiting Raye) This room used to be hopping. People all interacted, jokes were posted and we had loads of fun.. Then a few people were promoted.... All promised to come back and 'hang' but no one ever did.. :-) It's been that way since before Brent had the forum..

There is no chat room for the agents upfront.. I kinda wish there was.. I wonder if I made an appeal to the agents if they'd want to join us all in a chat room at a website hosting place?? .. (Skype, MSN, Yahoo??)

Responding to an upfront post is one of my pet peeves.. My argument is probably the same as yours.. Why would people want to post a response 'here' and then await me to move it (which could be hours or overnight if I'm sleeping) instead of writing to the agent who made the post in the first place.. ?? It doesn't make sense.. The only 'perk' is that from here they get name recognition.. as in CGI's HotCoffee etc..

I'm paid by an ad on the front page.. (Not much and even less when they take out taxes) Hobie used to have the pop up ad, then switched that to a different one .. I'm not sure what the mix-up was/is but the pay from that one has lapsed for a few months..

I have two other part time, Remote (online) jobs that pay the bills.. RMN usually buys groceries (sometimes).. At any given time I have 6 to 8 tabs running on my browser.. From 5 PM to about 9 or 10 PM .. I turn it all off, then check before bedtime to move posts..

Hobie mentioned wanting to run a fund raiser for me some time back.. When adsense dumped us, I worked for RMN for 6 months with no pay.. Then a few other crappy ad companies who paid out peanuts.. The ad company that I have now is not great, but dependable and steady.. Once, I was two house payments behind but I knew it was changing for the better with my new remote job so I said, 'No, thanks'.. I don't particularly like fund raisers. It's a personal thing for me. :-))

Hobies medical bills were outstanding.. He was in the hospital for weeks and convalescing at home for many more weeks. He is also supporting his brother at home.

I'm all for a chat room for us.. Anyone have any ideas?? I'd be happy to invite RMN agents, too..

Sus

: Hey Sus, porque no talking space for GGI?

: That's a great idea.

: Things are a little stale. No offense meant Sus.

: And it's a pain in the butt to respond to posts on the font
: page.

: It's kinda like sitting at the kiddie table in the other room.
: However that's the room where you get to have fun.

: A lets talk room would be great.

: Also Sus where's your payday pot like Hobie's. You're working
: too!