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  1. nanovapr

    May 18 2021 was 10 years without a cig

    I keep posting the same old thing, every year. Adjust to suit! It has been 10 years recently, since my last cigarette. I haven't been posting in recent months/years, I have been keeping up on the treadmill of life. For the last couple of years, I have been pasting this exact same thing on my...
  2. nanovapr

    8 years today, without a cig.

    I keep posting the same old thing, every year. Adjust to suit! It has been 8 years today, since my last cigarette. I haven't been posting in recent months, I have been keeping up on the treadmill of life. For the last couple of years, I have been pasting this exact same thing on my anniversary...
  3. nanovapr

    Six Years

    since my last cigarette. I haven't been posting in recent months, I have been keeping up on the treadmill of life. For the last couple of years, I have been pasting this exact same thing on my anniversary. I think it still works. Thanks to ECF for being here, to the mods for keeping it sane...
  4. nanovapr

    Four years

    since my last cigarette. I haven't been posting in recent months, I have been keeping up on the treadmill of life. Thanks to ECF for being here, to the mods for keeping it sane, CASAA for working so that we can have a future, and all of you for helping each other and yourselves! Like most of...
  5. nanovapr

    Two years, and 13 hours

    since my last cigarette. I haven't been posting in recent months, I have been keeping up on the treadmill of life. EDIT: My counter is flaky, but it was two years and 13 hours at the time of posting... Thanks to ECF for being here, to the mods for keeping it sane, CASAA for working so that we...
  6. nanovapr

    Solar/USB charger for camping?

    I am going to be completely away from AC for about a 9 day camping trip. Does anyone have experience with those solar/battery/USB charger things? You can get them much cheaper than that link, but the carabiner loop, and optional second panel could be helpful. I will have two PVs, both that can...
  7. nanovapr

    At what point did you realize "I could actually quit smoking"?

    I was an accidental quitter, tired of decades of wear and tear on myself. I am fortunate to have 'good health genes', but I was spending a lot of money and time slowly killing myself. The $$$ I was spending was making me unhappy (especially when 80% or so is just a 'sin tax'). The standing...
  8. nanovapr

    Tell me about bicycling

    I"ve been not smoking for a year, feel lots better, and have become a beginning biker. I am trying to equip the spousal unit and myself for very casual trail riding, we will never be on pavement. I'm fortunate that I live a few minutes from a nice rail-trail. All the extra paraphernalia times 2...
  9. nanovapr

    Should I promote vaping at a stop smoking seminar?

    This is not directly Provari-related, but help me out with my dilemma. My workplace is having a no smoking seminar, and I wonder if I should sign up to promote vaping. Of course it doesn't take expensive devices to quit smoking, but if you bought a high-end device, you are serious about not...
  10. nanovapr

    My workplace is having a 'stop smoking' seminar, and promoting NRT. Should I attend to promote vaping?

    I work at a place that is vaguely smoker friendly. Our CEO is a smoker, and provides an indoor air conditioned/heated smoking room (that really, really smells bad, despite exhaust). Out of 1500 employees, there is perhaps less than a hundred smokers at our company. I have been vaping for 11...
  11. nanovapr

    Hospital gives cig-addicted stroke patient nic patches

    This may not be real news, but this is in a ferocious no-smoking city. I went to the hospital yesterday to visit an old friend that had a stroke. It was sad because he was a great guitar player, and likely won't play again. He was a seriously addicted cig smoker for probably 40 years...
  12. nanovapr

    Hospital gives cig-addicted stroke patient nic patches

    This may not be real news, but this is in a ferocious no-smoking city. I went to the hospital yesterday to visit an old friend that had a stroke. It was sad because he was a great guitar player, and likely won't play again. He was a seriously addicted cig smoker for probably 40 years. What...
  13. nanovapr

    HDPE for short to medium term nic storage?

    I know that true long-term Vaping Armageddon storage probably involves your subterranean geothermal-powered freezer, inch-thick hermetically sealed amber glass containers, an oxygen-depleted and nitrogen-rich atmosphere. And probably three ziplocks... What about us hobby-level mixers, that mix...
  14. nanovapr

    How much per month did you spend smoking, and what do you spend it on now?

    This has been bandied about from time to time in several subforums, thought I would ask again here.
  15. nanovapr

    What is your biggest spill?

    Your biggest DIY spill, that is. I don't mean dumping over your bottle of Boba's Bounty while refilling your carto. Not even your biggest one, but your most discouraging one. Did you back your car into the 50-gallon drum of 100% nic in your garage and have to bulldoze your house? (mods...
  16. nanovapr

    Safe Way to Clean Used Lab Glassware

    I am awaiting shipment of DIY materials, I have not started yet. On a local Craigslist listing, I saw lab glassware listed. It was a guy that buys pallets of it at auction, then parts it out. I got several burettes, pipettes, bottles and graduated cylinders for USD$30. Some of it is obviously...
  17. nanovapr

    Have you had USPS open your package?

    I recently bought some juice from a popular vender, and the box arrived with the tape sliced open. It was very cleanly cut along the seams, and not taped back. This was not gallon jugs or anything unusual, just a couple of 30 ml bottles. I have purchases shipped to my work. I have not talked to...
  18. nanovapr

    Easy Battery Charge Level Reminder

    I searched and searched for all the various methods of labeling, and indicating which is what. I am a newbie, and have been keeping several batts in charging rotation. At first, a simple Sharpie numbering on the bottom worked. It worked for about a week, as the batts are all stainless, and it...
  19. nanovapr

    Hi, I'm Scott, and I am a nicotine addict.

    But of course, most of us here are. I had been smoking for 35 years, I have been vaping for 28 days, and kicking the habit pretty easily. I tried the patches, but they are so hard to keep lit, and they taste awful.........