Older Folks and Vaping Front Porch - Part 5

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:censored: you guys and spending other people's money. :grr: I'll get back to that.

hehehe I do luv ya bunches. I didn't realize how bad it was. I'm so sorry darlin! I'm glad it's getting some better. You've been through just so much and I just hate that for you. So wish I could make it better.

Wow, I've never heard of a charger like that not coming with a wall plug. the lil joyetech ones for ego sticks yeah, but i'd be madder than a hornet if I ordered a $40.00 charger and couldn't plug it in without buyin sumpthin else.

I haven't been through nearly as much as many people here have. This thing was a real doozy though. They left me hanging for several weeks telling me I probably had brain cancer.

No one close to me has ever had cancer, though I've known people who had it. No matter how heartfelt my sympathies were to them, it always sounded hollow to me since cancer was never in my reality, so to speak. I prefer to be grateful that I now have that insight.

I really did not believe I would live, let alone fully recover. How can you be that sick and recover? For all the times I thought I was going to die on a fire, the only thing you had time to think about was, literally, "This is how I'm going to die." I have no explanation for why I/we are still alive and it amazes me more and more as time goes on.

But, thinking you are going to die from disease is an entirely different animal that I'd never met before. It's absolutely terrifying. At least on the fireline you go down fighting and never surrender. With disease, you are at the mercy of BP and fallible, sometimes arrogant doctors. I am very grateful to fully understand that fear, uncertainty and hopelessness.

Now I've explained it to everyone here and to myself. We're not talking about it again. I'm fighting with a vengeance to fully recover and gaining a little bit of ground every day. :thumb: It's been a hell of a journey and the educational value almost makes it worth it. If I weren't so bloody stubborn, I'm sure there would have been an easier way to get from point A to point B. :oops:

It came with an ac adapter, car adapter, and usb cord. The ac adapter did get pretty warm so if you have/get one of these, keep an eye on it. Took about 9 hrs to charge 4 x 18650 x 2600 mAh batteries, (new), that were completely empty.

I did almost buy one without the ac adapter but at the last moment I realized it didn't have one, so I kept looking.

Pretty cool display. Large size and pretty easy to read even for my tired old eyes.

Yes, I really like the display on them. Actually, I wouldn't buy one without it again. Next time I won't assume it's the same without fully reading the description but who the heck sells something like that without a plug?

I used head band magnifiers for years, but then I got this:

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Oooooo, she's purdy. The girl of my dreams! :wub: I want one like that with a glass magnifier. We'll have to move in the next year or two and am waiting until after that. They aren't cheap but they're worth it.


And here's where I get mad at you guys for spending my money. :grr:

Bea, I have one like this only it sat on the table.

https://www.amazon.com/COWEEN-Magni...&keywords=magnifying+glass+lighted+with+stand

I really like it and so does my husband who thinks using a magnifier is akin to stopping and asking for directions. I looked back through 5 years of my Amazon purchases and couldn't find it. Couldn't find it searching the site either. The closest I could find was this https://www.amazon.com/XYK-Inch-Mag...rds=magnifying+glass+lighted+with+stand&psc=1

And then I saw this :wub:

https://www.amazon.com/Spectrum-Day...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=72C5CPJPANV5P4XEQAZ3

It's now mine, all mine. :wub: Comes with a clamp and base. Unfortunately it has a cord and the switch is on the cord, not terribly conducive to my desk but we all have our faults. In the Q&A section people said the cord was "short." :grr: No mention of how short though.

Hope this helps.

Just smoke a stinky on your vaporversary. Den ya can have 'nother 'first' every year!

:facepalm:

I got an email today that my second istick 60 TC has FINALLY shipped. I placed the order in early August and shortly after FT rmailed me that they were out of stock. Took them until now to get them in. My only compaint is that their website should not have shown them as in stock if they were out.

I ordered something from them that said it'd ship in two days. They wrote and said it had been discontinued and I'd have better luck with my orders if I didn't order discontinued stock. :blink: The site doesn't let you order discontinued items. :pervy: Other than that, considering the prices, FT has always been good to me that I remember.
 

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:censored: you guys and spending other people's money. :grr: I'll get back to that.



I haven't been through nearly as much as many people here have. This thing was a real doozy though. They left me hanging for several weeks telling me I probably had brain cancer.

No one close to me has ever had cancer, though I've known people who had it. No matter how heartfelt my sympathies were to them, it always sounded hollow to me since cancer was never in my reality, so to speak. I prefer to be grateful that I now have that insight.

I really did not believe I would live, let alone fully recover. How can you be that sick and recover? For all the times I thought I was going to die on a fire, the only thing you had time to think about was, literally, "This is how I'm going to die." I have no explanation for why I/we are still alive and it amazes me more and more as time goes on.

But, thinking you are going to die from disease is an entirely different animal that I'd never met before. It's absolutely terrifying. At least on the fireline you go down fighting and never surrender. With disease, you are at the mercy of BP and fallible, sometimes arrogant doctors. I am very grateful to fully understand that fear, uncertainty and hopelessness.

Now I've explained it to everyone here and to myself. We're not talking about it again. I'm fighting with a vengeance to fully recover and gaining a little bit of ground every day. :thumb: It's been a hell of a journey and the educational value almost makes it worth it. If I weren't so bloody stubborn, I'm sure there would have been an easier way to get from point A to point B. :oops:



Yes, I really like the display on them. Actually, I wouldn't buy one without it again. Next time I won't assume it's the same without fully reading the description but who the heck sells something like that without a plug?



Oooooo, she's purdy. The girl of my dreams! :wub: I want one like that with a glass magnifier. We'll have to move in the next year or two and am waiting until after that. They aren't cheap but they're worth it.



And here's where I get mad at you guys for spending my money. :grr:

Bea, I have one like this only it sat on the table.

https://www.amazon.com/COWEEN-Magni...&keywords=magnifying+glass+lighted+with+stand

I really like it and so does my husband who thinks using a magnifier is akin to stopping and asking for directions. I looked back through 5 years of my Amazon purchases and couldn't find it. Couldn't find it searching the site either. The closest I could find was this https://www.amazon.com/XYK-Inch-Mag...rds=magnifying+glass+lighted+with+stand&psc=1

And then I saw this :wub:

https://www.amazon.com/Spectrum-Day...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=72C5CPJPANV5P4XEQAZ3

It's now mine, all mine. :wub: Comes with a clamp and base. Unfortunately it has a cord and the switch is on the cord, not terribly conducive to my desk but we all have our faults. In the Q&A section people said the cord was "short." :grr: No mention of how short though.

Hope this helps.



:facepalm:



I ordered something from them that said it'd ship in two days. They wrote and said it had been discontinued and I'd have better luck with my orders if I didn't order discontinued stock. :blink: The site doesn't let you order discontinued items. :pervy: Other than that, considering the prices, FT has always been good to me that I remember.
I'm so sorry you've been so ill, Tutu! You are recovering ok tho? Must be, since you are aware we made you spend monies!

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I'm so sorry you've been so ill, Tutu! You are recovering ok tho? Must be, since you are aware we made you spend monies!

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Oh yes! Seriously, two weeks ago I wasn't capable of spending money. I'm well enough to be impatient be recovering faster than I'd ever would have thought possible. Had to give up the nic but back to 5mg, Baby! :thumbs:
 

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Oh yes! Seriously, two weeks ago I wasn't capable of spending money. I'm well enough to be impatient be recovering faster than I'd ever would have thought possible. Had to give up the nic but back to 5mg, Baby! :thumbs:
Wooohooooo! Breaking rules & running with scissors!

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welp, finally did my first FT order. Says everything should ship within a few days. Thanks for all y'alls help. I got some vapity stuffs, and some non vapity stuffs. One thing that did annoy the crap outta me is, I found this
https://www.fasttech.com/products/8385500

really wanted it! Got to checkout, and it said shipping was anywhere from 20.00 to 40.00 :shock: Went back through the items and that was the only thing that didn't say free shipping, so I took it off, then my shipping was free. Grrrrrrrrrrr Oh well. I did buy a bed tray, but the legs don't lock, so it tends to want to buckle on me at times, so was gonna get the ft one and take back the one I bought that 15.00
 

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welp, finally did my first FT order. Says everything should ship within a few days. Thanks for all y'alls help. I got some vapity stuffs, and some non vapity stuffs. One thing that did annoy the crap outta me is, I found this
https://www.fasttech.com/products/8385500

really wanted it! Got to checkout, and it said shipping was anywhere from 20.00 to 40.00 :shock: Went back through the items and that was the only thing that didn't say free shipping, so I took it off, then my shipping was free. Grrrrrrrrrrr Oh well. I did buy a bed tray, but the legs don't lock, so it tends to want to buckle on me at times, so was gonna get the ft one and take back the one I bought that 15.00
 

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:censored: you guys and spending other people's money. :grr: I'll get back to that.



I haven't been through nearly as much as many people here have. This thing was a real doozy though. They left me hanging for several weeks telling me I probably had brain cancer.

No one close to me has ever had cancer, though I've known people who had it. No matter how heartfelt my sympathies were to them, it always sounded hollow to me since cancer was never in my reality, so to speak. I prefer to be grateful that I now have that insight.

I really did not believe I would live, let alone fully recover. How can you be that sick and recover? For all the times I thought I was going to die on a fire, the only thing you had time to think about was, literally, "This is how I'm going to die." I have no explanation for why I/we are still alive and it amazes me more and more as time goes on.

But, thinking you are going to die from disease is an entirely different animal that I'd never met before. It's absolutely terrifying. At least on the fireline you go down fighting and never surrender. With disease, you are at the mercy of BP and fallible, sometimes arrogant doctors. I am very grateful to fully understand that fear, uncertainty and hopelessness.

Now I've explained it to everyone here and to myself. We're not talking about it again. I'm fighting with a vengeance to fully recover and gaining a little bit of ground every day. :thumb: It's been a hell of a journey and the educational value almost makes it worth it. If I weren't so bloody stubborn, I'm sure there would have been an easier way to get from point A to point B. :oops:



Yes, I really like the display on them. Actually, I wouldn't buy one without it again. Next time I won't assume it's the same without fully reading the description but who the heck sells something like that without a plug?



Oooooo, she's purdy. The girl of my dreams! :wub: I want one like that with a glass magnifier. We'll have to move in the next year or two and am waiting until after that. They aren't cheap but they're worth it.



And here's where I get mad at you guys for spending my money. :grr:

Bea, I have one like this only it sat on the table.

https://www.amazon.com/COWEEN-Magni...&keywords=magnifying+glass+lighted+with+stand

I really like it and so does my husband who thinks using a magnifier is akin to stopping and asking for directions. I looked back through 5 years of my Amazon purchases and couldn't find it. Couldn't find it searching the site either. The closest I could find was this https://www.amazon.com/XYK-Inch-Mag...rds=magnifying+glass+lighted+with+stand&psc=1

And then I saw this :wub:

https://www.amazon.com/Spectrum-Day...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=72C5CPJPANV5P4XEQAZ3

It's now mine, all mine. :wub: Comes with a clamp and base. Unfortunately it has a cord and the switch is on the cord, not terribly conducive to my desk but we all have our faults. In the Q&A section people said the cord was "short." :grr: No mention of how short though.

Hope this helps.



:facepalm:



I ordered something from them that said it'd ship in two days. They wrote and said it had been discontinued and I'd have better luck with my orders if I didn't order discontinued stock. :blink: The site doesn't let you order discontinued items. :pervy: Other than that, considering the prices, FT has always been good to me that I remember.
The "C" word scares the crap out of me…I've watched a couple of people close to me fight that disease. It's awful, devastating, painful. If I'm reading your post correctly you don't have it and I'm so relieved and happy for you that you're getting better. We missed you aroubd here.
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Link gor the bottles?

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FT has them too. $3.26 Empty Long Dropper Bottles for E-liquids (5-Pack) 5-pack - 100ml / PE / white + red at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping

If you go to "model" on the right side of the page, there is a dropdown menu with various sizes. Very handy little bottles. :)

welp, finally did my first FT order. Says everything should ship within a few days. Thanks for all y'alls help. I got some vapity stuffs, and some non vapity stuffs. One thing that did annoy the crap outta me is, I found this
$5.21 Aluminum Alloy Folding Notebook Laptop Table Desk Bed Tray - 60kg load bearing / wear-resistant at FastTech - Great Gadgets, Great Prices

really wanted it! Got to checkout, and it said shipping was anywhere from 20.00 to 40.00 :shock: Went back through the items and that was the only thing that didn't say free shipping, so I took it off, then my shipping was free. Grrrrrrrrrrr Oh well. I did buy a bed tray, but the legs don't lock, so it tends to want to buckle on me at times, so was gonna get the ft one and take back the one I bought that 15.00

Now sit back and forget you ordered anything. It will be just like Christmas when it finally gets to you. :thumb:

The "C" word scares the crap out of me…I've watched a couple of people close to me fight that disease. It's awful, devastating, painful. If I'm reading your post correctly you don't have it and I'm so relieved and happy for you that you're getting better. We missed you aroubd here.
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Yes, they found two spots on my brain with a CT scan they suspected of being brain cancer. If my husband hadn't intervened and demanded they get me in sooner for the MRI, I'd still be waiting for the test. And then another two weeks for the results.

The spots on the brain are from the mini strokes I suffered 4 years ago from a stent being put in that the super specialist vascular surgeon insisted were not happening. :grr: Recent tests showed the stent is in surprisingly good shape with no blockage so one of my worst fears, having to have it replaced by that :censored: won't be happening for a long time, if ever. :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Woke up today with noticeably better stability on my feet and an appreciable improvement in my vision. I'm not only going to be fine, I'm going to appreciate life more and with a deeper under understanding of what others go through that was completely foreign to me before. Win/win.

The support I've received here and on the BP brought me to tears. You have no idea. I'm deeply indebted, humble thousand thank yous. :nun:

The only leaker (minor) is an N2...It's currently in the Bull Pen...Reserve status...
T18's / T22's / TopTank Mini...9 in total...Haven't had a single one of them leak yet...

Pulled out a new tank to celebrate improving health. Gurgled and flooded. Turned up the volts and that seemed to fix it, sort of. Got tired of it and left it on my desk. Leaked all 3ml of juice out during the night. Left it in a corner to sulk until a dig out some new gaskets. :grr: Guess the good news is I'm sure I know what's wrong with it.

BTW, I don't think I was around when you joined the porch so a hearty welcome to you!
 

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FT has them too. $3.26 Empty Long Dropper Bottles for E-liquids (5-Pack) 5-pack - 100ml / PE / white + red at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping

If you go to "model" on the right side of the page, there is a dropdown menu with various sizes. Very handy little bottles. :)



Now sit back and forget you ordered anything. It will be just like Christmas when it finally gets to you. :thumb:



Yes, they found two spots on my brain with a CT scan they suspected of being brain cancer. If my husband hadn't intervened and demanded they get me in sooner for the MRI, I'd still be waiting for the test. And then another two weeks for the results.

The spots on the brain are from the mini strokes I suffered 4 years ago from a stent being put in that the super specialist vascular surgeon insisted were not happening. :grr: Recent tests showed the stent is in surprisingly good shape with no blockage so one of my worst fears, having to have it replaced by that :censored: won't be happening for a long time, if ever. :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Woke up today with noticeably better stability on my feet and an appreciable improvement in my vision. I'm not only going to be fine, I'm going to appreciate life more and with a deeper under understanding of what others go through that was completely foreign to me before. Win/win.

The support I've received here and on the BP brought me to tears. You have no idea. I'm deeply indebted, humble thousand thank yous. :nun:



Pulled out a new tank to celebrate improving health. Gurgled and flooded. Turned up the volts and that seemed to fix it, sort of. Got tired of it and left it on my desk. Leaked all 3ml of juice out during the night. Left it in a corner to sulk until a dig out some new gaskets. :grr: Guess the good news is I'm sure I know what's wrong with it.

BTW, I don't think I was around when you joined the porch so a hearty welcome to you!
Pleased to make your acquaintance...Glad you're doing better...I've learned early on for FT to order only what I want...Not what I need :D...What Tank Was That You Used ???...Trig
 

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Woke up today with noticeably better stability on my feet and an appreciable improvement in my vision. I'm not only going to be fine, I'm going to appreciate life more and with a deeper under understanding of what others go through that was completely foreign to me before. Win/win.

The support I've received here and on the BP brought me to tears. You have no idea. I'm deeply indebted, humble thousand thank yous. :nun:

Oh my what a grand update! Dis ol' mangy hound is soooo pleased to hear of your welfare and attitude!!!
 

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FT has them too. $3.26 Empty Long Dropper Bottles for E-liquids (5-Pack) 5-pack - 100ml / PE / white + red at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping

If you go to "model" on the right side of the page, there is a dropdown menu with various sizes. Very handy little bottles. :)



Now sit back and forget you ordered anything. It will be just like Christmas when it finally gets to you. :thumb:



Yes, they found two spots on my brain with a CT scan they suspected of being brain cancer. If my husband hadn't intervened and demanded they get me in sooner for the MRI, I'd still be waiting for the test. And then another two weeks for the results.

The spots on the brain are from the mini strokes I suffered 4 years ago from a stent being put in that the super specialist vascular surgeon insisted were not happening. :grr: Recent tests showed the stent is in surprisingly good shape with no blockage so one of my worst fears, having to have it replaced by that :censored: won't be happening for a long time, if ever. :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Woke up today with noticeably better stability on my feet and an appreciable improvement in my vision. I'm not only going to be fine, I'm going to appreciate life more and with a deeper under understanding of what others go through that was completely foreign to me before. Win/win.

The support I've received here and on the BP brought me to tears. You have no idea. I'm deeply indebted, humble thousand thank yous. :nun:



Pulled out a new tank to celebrate improving health. Gurgled and flooded. Turned up the volts and that seemed to fix it, sort of. Got tired of it and left it on my desk. Leaked all 3ml of juice out during the night. Left it in a corner to sulk until a dig out some new gaskets. :grr: Guess the good news is I'm sure I know what's wrong with it.

BTW, I don't think I was around when you joined the porch so a hearty welcome to you!
We love you Tutu!

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