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  1. Mud Pie

    Ever have people try to re-recruit you?

    I've had various comments from smokers, from a snort and wave of the hand followed with "They're toys. They don't work, I've tried them." (to which my coworker answers for me "Really ? He hasn't smoked since February !") and I just smile and exhale vapor, to the clerk at "my" store holding up...
  2. Mud Pie

    God does have a sense of humor

    As my friends say: "Either your life was really jacked up or you tell it in the best possible way !!" A little of both, I believe.... The best part is when my lifelong friends (I'm still really close friends with my grade school friends, and I'm 52) hear me tell my "new" friends these stories...
  3. Mud Pie

    Heard a New one Today !

    I've heard so many different opinions from others about the "dangers of vaping" that I've come to take it with a grain of salt or even finishing their "facts" for them (that annoys 'em). Today I heard a new one.... "Did you know that those electronic cigarettes make you heart bleed ?" I said...
  4. Mud Pie

    Here we go - VAPING ZITS - arggg!

    I never had zits as a kid or an adult (and my 4 sisters HATED me for that..), but on month 2 of vaping, I noticed I had several little bumps on my shoulders. They felt like zits, but were never red, etc., they were little bumps. Now that i'm coming up on month 4 of no cigs, just vaping, I've...
  5. Mud Pie

    God does have a sense of humor

    Actually, I was quite the opposite....when I enlisted I was 5' 6" and weighed 124 lbs.. I was put on "double rats" in the chow hall !! Now, for those that do not know the lingo, "double rats" means double rations. Which means twice the amount of food everyone else was eating. No biggie...
  6. Mud Pie

    God does have a sense of humor

    When I was in Marine boot, we had to do War Game training. This was before the Corps became PC and renamed everything; hand to hand combat is now Marine Martial Arts, War Game is now The Crucible, etc... But I digress... As I scored pretty well in phase testing, so in our War Games, I was...
  7. Mud Pie

    Can't/ Won't/ Shouldn't Vape at Work?

    I'm a contractor that works in several large commercial office biuldings in downtown Houston. Up until real recently, most buildings had a pretty lax smoking policy. Smoking in public areas were pretty much a no-no, but if it was a single tenant floor; it was up to the tenant as to whether you...
  8. Mud Pie

    God does have a sense of humor

    My Horse Story... Like I said previously, I'm a Long Island boy that now lives in Texas. I sailed boats on L.I., I never did the "cowboy thing". Shortly after moving here after discharge (in 1984, time flies when you're getting old...). I became friends with two sisters from Puerto Rico...
  9. Mud Pie

    God does have a sense of humor

    We saw it from time to time, but after we adopted Momma, it seemed that cat knew to stay away. We called it Smokey because it was this light gray color. Even after all these years, I'm not too well versed on Cat Culture...I think our cats are Tabbys, and I swear their colors are green with...
  10. Mud Pie

    God does have a sense of humor

    BTDT, Semper Fi, brother ! Graduate of the University of Parris Island, Class of 1979, Plt. 2048
  11. Mud Pie

    God does have a sense of humor

    I have always been a "dog person". Got my first dog from my grandmother for my 5th birthday and have always had one since. He lived for 18 years. Then I got a German Shepherd, he lived for 10 (heartworms). Then I got a Chihuahua and adopted a Min Pin. They lived for 20 and 18 years...
  12. Mud Pie

    God does have a sense of humor

    When I first got out of the military and moved to Texas (born and bred Long Island boy), I got a job as a Security Officer. The building to which I was assigned was on the edge of a large wooded area. Various animals were always on property. The property had a walking/jogging trail for the...
  13. Mud Pie

    God does have a sense of humor

    Late one night while tooling down a dark country road on my motorcycle, I ran over an already-dead and bloated dog. It's, um, "essence", if you will, was splattered on my front disk, engine, exhaust, my riding boots and shins. You wanna talk rank ?? Permanently stained my pipes and engine...
  14. Mud Pie

    God does have a sense of humor

    Ya notice the Bible left out the part where Abe went to his buddy's house and said, "Hey, I need you to do me a favor.....", because you know he didn't circumcise himself !! That's where the phrase, "DO WHAT !?!?!" came from. Little known fact.
  15. Mud Pie

    Anyone else think Blu is overrated?

    I, too, use a cig-alike, a GreenSmoke kit. I'm like your buddy; I don't want to supposedly "upgrade". I don't want to drip. I don't want to carry around a huge light-saber-looking mod. I don't want to carry around vials of different juices. My cig-alike is performing great for me, thank...
  16. Mud Pie

    Is vaping catching on where you live??

    I've seen quite a few vapers in downtown Houston (where I work; not live), but I've equated that to when you buy a new car. When you buy a new car, you see your model everywhere, but is that because everyone else bought the same time you did, or do you notice them more now that you own one ?
  17. Mud Pie

    X,XXX cigarettes avoided..wow

    Last Friday at work while waiting for an elevator, I took out my cell phone and launched the calculator. I turned to my co-worker and said, "Do you realize that today I would've been on my 93rd pack of smokes ?!" It's amazing how fast those numbers grow (and how much cash that, quite...
  18. Mud Pie

    I don't think I have saved any money.

    Remember: Not all savings can be counted in coins. Being able to run up a couple flights of stairs without getting winded; taking deep breaths that are not followed by a cough; not having that ever-lasting stink on everything I own... Worth every dime I spent on vaping.
  19. Mud Pie

    Why is this called the "General E-Smoking Discussion"

    I never even heard of the word "vape" or "vaping" until I found this site on the 'net. I was looking for info on "electronic cigarettes", something ALL newbies call them. Personal Vaporizer meant absolutely nothing to me. "Mod", to me, then, was 60's slang for Modern. Now I know SO much...
  20. Mud Pie

    What's the best e cig?

    Highly subjective question... If you asked me what is the best analog cigarette, I'd have to say Marlboro red 100's...in a box (soft packs suck), nothing else is better. Now, others would disagree with me and say what is/was their best. As many choices of cigarettes there are, that's how many...