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  1. Mud Pie

    Trying an analog after vaping for 7+ months?

    While at one of our customers buildings, I went to plug in my laptop power supply and noticed in the outlet was a charger with a cig-a-like battery being charged. I asked, "Who's vaping ?", and an engineer I used to smoke with says, "That's mine, why ?" and pulls two bottles of e-liquid from...
  2. Mud Pie

    Has anyone tried having a cigarette lately?

    A couple of days ago after work we decided to grab a beer on our way home. In Cypress, where I live, smoking in bars is allowed. We stop in a pub that I've been to many times in the past, but have not been in in quite a while. I open the door and the smell of cigarettes, old and new, hits me...
  3. Mud Pie

    Has anyone tried having a cigarette lately?

    Must be something in the air.... Last week, for no valid reason, I decided to buy a pack. Bought my old buddies; a box of Marlboro Red 100's. Realized I didn't have a lighter (instinctively did the "tap-tap" of all my pockets then chuckled). Bought a lighter. On my way back to my car it...
  4. Mud Pie

    Deadliest catch goes digital!!

    I bet they'll end up using whatever sponsor pays them to use, regardless of quality, ease, etc.... Remember when the Time Bandit brothers were always drinking coffee from GEICO mugs ? Yep, they were making GEICO commercials at the time.... Money rules.
  5. Mud Pie

    4 pack a day smoker, 2 months on ecigs.

    She could try what I did. I decided to not buy a pack of cigs and just vape "to see" if I could do it. Hit the vape all day. At the end of the day, I realized I didn't smoke all day. The test for me was the next morning; I always had one with my morning coffee. No biggie, if I really needed...
  6. Mud Pie

    Quitting vaping? A step ahead of quitting smoking? I think not!

    While vaping can be used as a quitting device, non-smokers think it IS a quitting device. I constantly get the "Oh, you're still on those ?" comments. Yes, I do plan on quitting altogether, but I have no schedule. When it happens, it happens.
  7. Mud Pie

    I want something that looks and feel like a cigarette!

    I've been using a Greensmoke cig-a-like kit since February. I use the long battery and typically work 10-12 hour days. One cartridge lasts me the entire day into the next morning. Depending on how much I hit it, I usually swap batteries near days end. When at home, I put them on charge and...
  8. Mud Pie

    Do you just vape in establishments, or ask first?

    I do find it humorous that some view stealth vaping as some form of cowardice....:laugh:
  9. Mud Pie

    Lowering the nicotine levels?

    I've had a "fear", if you will, that if I go too low on the nic, I'll end up swinging into the nearest store to buy a pack of my ol' buddies; Marlboro red 100's. I didn't want that to happen as I've been stinky free since the git-go. I started at 18's and I've been on them since February with...
  10. Mud Pie

    Do you just vape in establishments, or ask first?

    I've learned that quite a few people can not tell the difference between smoke and vapor. Some highly educated people still believe I'm exhaling smoke. I try to explain by asking, "When you boil water, is the rising steam smoke or vapor ?" Amazingly, quite a few said, "smoke". I think it's...
  11. Mud Pie

    Do you just vape in establishments, or ask first?

    I've vaped in stores/restaurants/common areas at work. But I stealth vape. I just hold it in longer than normal then exhale with force downward toward the ground. That puts the vapor to a nearly invisible state. I don't see the need to do a "look at MEEEEEE !!" nuclear plume cloud toward the...
  12. Mud Pie

    Card Fraud

    I've noticed a lot of fraud, also. It's almost like the vaping community should have a new motto: "Vape on !! Feel Better !! Get To Know Your Bank's Employees on a First Name Basis !!" This fraud has gone way beyond ridiculous.
  13. Mud Pie

    How easy was it for you to change from analogues to vaping?

    When I switched (in February this year), I was amazed how effortless it was ! In the past I tried the pills, the patches, the gum. All the while screaming inside, "I WANT A CIGARETTE !!!". When I switched, I never looked back (except for The Test that I posted previously). But as odd as this...
  14. Mud Pie

    One thing I dislike about vaping is how much of my attention it occupies

    It does take up considerable time... With tobacco, when you "run low", you can "restock" in just about every store/gas station you can find. Vaping is different; especially those of us that do not have a B&M nearby. You have to "restock" way ahead of time before you "run low" to allow for the...
  15. Mud Pie

    Help-started smoking again! E-cig not doing it for me!

    It appears to me the OP is finding reasons not to vape and reasons to smoke tobacco. As my Dad used to say, "You can justify anything YOU want to do, right or wrong.". It's easy to find faults with vaping...if deep inside you really don't want to do it. If you do not want to vape, any...
  16. Mud Pie

    Why do ppl say you have to drink more water when you vape

    I, luckily, have always drank a lot of water. I typically have a bottle going 24/7. I remember back in boot camp, each morning before P.T., the Drill Instructor would give each of us two salt tabs to swallow. Then afterward, we had to walk in a large circle to "cool down" and drink two...
  17. Mud Pie

    Converting Mom

    Good on you for helping save your Mom. My Dad passed quite a few years ago from smoking 2-3 packs a day of unfiltered Lucky Strikes. I've always wondered if I/he knew of e-cigs back then if he'd even try them. He was the typical stubborn Irishman and started on Luckies when he was around 7...
  18. Mud Pie

    Can I bum a vape?

    On my way home from work, almost every day I pass the same bum (yes, I still use that word) standing at an intersection looking for handouts. I've never given him cash, but every now and then I'd give him whatever cigs I had remaining in my open pack. Sometimes only 3, sometimes half a pack...
  19. Mud Pie

    I tried "The Test".

    Now don't get me wrong... I didn't like it enough to go buy a pack, far from it. I enjoy vaping and all the benefits of doing so (I can run up 4 flights of stairs and not be winded in the least. Haven't done that in YEARS). I just wanted to see if staying off the stinkies had the same effect...
  20. Mud Pie

    I tried "The Test".

    I haven't had an analog since I switched to vaping this past February. I've read several times about how others have tried an analog after vaping for a while had how nasty they tasted, disgusting, etc... Last Friday while standing outside with a smoker, I decided to try The Test. He gave me...