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daniele25

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I used to live in a loft just like the the juke joint in that video. It was so sweet! It was an 80+ year old pharmacy with a wrap around balcony, glass showcase windows, intricate design tiled floors and the whole bit. I ended up getting into it with my roommate cause he owed me $4000+ for rent (and waaay too much partying, though I had a lot to do with that), so I sued him on Judge Mathis for the money. I am so not joking! Hey, I was not proud of doing that TV court thing, but I got my money (from the show, not from him.)

OMG Seriously!!?! Hahahah! I was JUST having a conversation about the TV Court shows the other day...so they ARE real cases & real people then? (that was the basis of the discussion)
 

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OMG Seriously!!?! Hahahah! I was JUST having a conversation about the TV Court shows the other day...so they ARE real cases & real people then? (that was the basis of the discussion)

As I vape some Smooth Criminal (on topic ;)), they are in fact real cases. BUT, the "court" is nothing but show. The cases are real cause you have to show them that you have filed (I guess so they can claim authenticity), but the "verdict" don't (sorry Lisa) mean squat. The whole notion of this person having to pay that person is a load -- the show sends you a check.

p.s. The limit of what the show can pay is, I think, $5,000 (which is the small claims limit). Why people fly out to Chicago (on the show's dime) and go through that nonsense for $200 is beyond me.

A+ juice news: Berry Blues is smelling really creamy over here. What will this juice become? I used to baulk at the idea of steeping, but now (thanks to the persistence of some;)), I have realized that it is quite fun! Steeping is a virtue.
 

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I used to live in a loft just like the the juke joint in that video. It was so sweet! It was an 80+ year old pharmacy with a wrap around balcony, glass showcase windows, intricate design tiled floors and the whole bit. I ended up getting into it with my roommate cause he owed me $4000+ for rent (and waaay too much partying, though I had a lot to do with that), so I sued him on Judge Mathis for the money. I am so not joking! Hey, I was not proud of doing that TV court thing, but I got my money (from the show, not from him.)

Oh, that is too funny! I have to see that episode!!! :)
 

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Oh crap! I gotta add Hula!!

Dear Mr. Wlad,

I know, it's yet ANOTHER email from me again...Hula needs a juice...

Please send her a nice tropical punch mixed with coconut for the exhale. Yes, I know that's very NORMAL for me..but she did create the ECF Ahlusion thread and she's how you and Alley now have me as your number one Pink Label fan...:) Oh..and if you guys have any possums there, can you send her one of those. That way she will know it's from me. :2cool:

Would there be anything left in that little black bag for me.......:( - feeling so left out....!
 

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Tez,

I think there is another factor - equipment. Having the right PV and "delivery system" makes a world of difference. Then you need to learn how to use them correctly. In only 6 months of this I have made major leaps forward in this arena. Heck, I started out with smoke store stuff, then Blu, now I have all this other stuff that works a heck of a lot better!

I still don't know anyone IRL that vapes except for the one person at work that I got started on it. So everything I learn is either from the forum or trial and error. What worked great 2 months ago does not work for me anymore (like tanks and cartomizers). I figure many other people are in the same position. Vaping is not like analogs, you cannot just pick it up and it works right. Even then, it is a matter of convenience and taste. Even my new Legacy is a learning curve - it is really persnickety. - sometimes it works, sometimes not. When it does work it's great. If you don't know what an e-liquid is supposed to taste like, how do you know if you have things working right?

I still don't drip much, it has never worked for me - always burning or flooding or yuk. Now I use the Vivi's (mostly with cotton wicks) and the Phoenix clone RBA and I am in my happy place. I have thought about trying dripping again and thinking about bottom feeders but that will be down the road.

Anyway, I think some people use either sub-par equipment and we all know that will change even the best juice out there. While there have been a lot of advances in e-cigarettes lately it is still, IMHO, a very new an not very advanced art. We live in a society where we expect things to just work. That is not the case with these. It takes care and feeding to get it right. You have to learn how to do it.

BTW, I don't think Wald likes Vivi's. In a recent email he said "dreaded vivi's". However he did as me about the RBA I use since he is thinking about stocking RBA's.

Of course taste is subjective, blah, blah, blah, but I wonder if some people might still be feeling the damaging effects of fumigating their sensory organs with smoke on a daily basis for X-years. When I started out, I used to love some juices that I wouldn't vape with someone else's lips at this point!
 
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Dear Mr. Wlad,

Please make the following juices for my compadres on ECF...

Mr. Mann...he needs some champagne with a shot of cognac and a hint of tobacco.

Eleanor...she needs all of your teas blended into ONE super tea

Tez...he needs a chocolate of all chocolates. Add EXTRA chocolate

Daniele... she needs some Proseco..No sir, I don't know what the heck that is, just change the Mimosa Label to Proseco and she'll be fine.

Mouiex..he needs a manly wine flavored juice..preferably one that burns off his remaining nostril hairs..yeah, just used the boxed stuff they sell on the bottom shelf for $2.99. He's going to LOVE that!

Biziou...make her a passion fruit flavored creamsicle juice. Don't crook the label though..you KNOW how she gets. :)

Axolotly...make him some boiled peanut juice..why yes, you can include the shells..it might speed up the steeping.

LisaL...make her a nice Red Velvet cake juice. I don't know why I think she will like it, but for the love of St. Pete, no roleplaying while you are making it....she sees EVERYTHING!!

newkid...He wants a the juice of all juices...just close your eyes or blend it blindfolded and we will see what we get.

This concludes my lil buddies Christmas list.

Oh..and Pink Label for the monkey! :)

Sincerely,

The Pink Label Vaping, SVC loving, Bleary eyed A.M. BVC breakfast for survivaling

Cinnamonkey

What a sweetheart! I am actually exchanging emails with Wald on some strawberry watermelon :)

But you did peg me. I really don't know what I want. Funny, Mr.Mann and I first chatted when I was searching for a good vape. I know it will shock everyone, but he was very kind and helpful. Getting closer though.
 

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I want to get back to this whole price drop thing. We (my husband and I ) I have spent more than $250. Should I be seeing our price drop soon do you think?

I am certain it will happen. I was the goof ball that put an amount on it, but nobody really knows what the mark is.


p.s. Your samples will be to you this week.

I have spent approximately $400 since August and haven't seen a price drop (with the exception of once using a coupon).

PM sent.
 
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As I vape some Smooth Criminal (on topic ;)), they are in fact real cases. BUT, the "court" is nothing but show. The cases are real cause you have to show them that you have filed (I guess so they can claim authenticity), but the "verdict" don't (sorry Lisa) mean squat. The whole notion of this person having to pay that person is a load -- the show sends you a check.

p.s. The limit of what the show can pay is, I think, $5,000 (which is the small claims limit). Why people fly out to Chicago (on the show's dime) and go through that nonsense for $200 is beyond me.

A+ juice news: Berry Blues is smelling really creamy over here. What will this juice become? I used to baulk at the idea of steeping, but now (thanks to the persistence of some;)), I have realized that it is quite fun! Steeping is a virtue.

I have seriously been dying to know how that worked for a couple months now ever since I ended up watching an episode. Too funny!
 

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I am certain it will happen. I was the goof ball that put an amount on it, but nobody really knows what the mark is.


p.s. Your samples will be to you this week.



PM sent.

BTW - I think in part that the price drops provided you give feedback on juices that one has ordered. I could be wrong about that, but I believe that is required to get the discount coupon on your next order. Is this correct?

No problem here, though - I'm just happy that these wonderful juices are available!
 

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I have seriously been dying to know how that worked for a couple months now ever since I ended up watching an episode. Too funny!

I don't know if anyone has ever seen Judge Jeanine Pirro on tv but I worked for with her when she was a judge (before she became the County District Attorney (I am in law enforcement) and I have to say that she acts exactly on her show as she did in her courtroom. I used to think a lot of those Court shows were acts (like Judge Judy) but based on Jeanine Pirro's show, I think what you see (personality-wise) is what you get!!
 

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Damn this Blue Grass Burley is awesome, its so much more mellow than Devil Dog but i like it ALOT more than that. Too bad its only 6mg of Nic when normally i vape 24mg. I ordered the wrong nic strength on it. I fired off an email to Wlad to tell him of my mistake and he said he would fix it but i guess he never got around to it, so the liquid is kind of useless to me i guess. I dont know if i should e-mail them or not. I mean it was my mistake for ordering the wrong strength but also he said he would fix it. What do you guys think? Im not upset or anything but kind of sucks to have the wrong nic strength. I needs mah throat hit!
 

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Tez,

I think there is another factor - equipment. Having the right PV and "delivery system" makes a world of difference. Then you need to learn how to use them correctly. In only 6 months of this I have made major leaps forward in this arena. Heck, I started out with smoke store stuff, then Blu, now I have all this other stuff that works a heck of a lot better!

I still don't know anyone IRL that vapes except for the one person at work that I got started on it. So everything I learn is either from the forum or trial and error. What worked great 2 months ago does not work for me anymore (like tanks and cartomizers). I figure many other people are in the same position. Vaping is not like analogs, you cannot just pick it up and it works right. Even then, it is a matter of convenience and taste. Even my new Legacy is a learning curve - it is really persnickety. - sometimes it works, sometimes not. When it does work it's great. If you don't know what an e-liquid is supposed to taste like, how do you know if you have things working right?

I still don't drip much, it has never worked for me - always burning or flooding or yuk. Now I use the Vivi's (mostly with cotton wicks) and the Phoenix clone RBA and I am in my happy place. I have thought about trying dripping again and thinking about bottom feeders but that will be down the road.

Anyway, I think some people use either sub-par equipment and we all know that will change even the best juice out there. While there have been a lot of advances in e-cigarettes lately it is still, IMHO, a very new an not very advanced art. We live in a society where we expect things to just work. That is not the case with these. It takes care and feeding to get it right. You have to learn how to do it.

BTW, I don't the Wald likes Vivi's. In a recent email he said "dreaded vivi's". However he did as me about the RBA I use since he is thinking about stocking RBA's.

Excellent point, new kid! Most of us don't start out with the best, and there's still a huuuuge learning curve with this stuff. Inferior equipment effects flavor big-time! I guess if I look back at my different epochs of vaping, I've made major changes in juice vendor preference every time I've had a major equipment upgrade. Each time I upgraded, my flavor perception increased drastically. I suppose my senses were healing as well, so it's probably a combination.

On the topic of the equipment learning curve and its pitfalls, I always wonder what the number of vapers is versus the number of smokers who tried vaping and gave up on it. I don't think we get a very clear image of that here on the forum.

Funny, Mr.Mann and I first chatted when I was searching for a good vape. I know it will shock everyone, but he was very kind and helpful.

That guy?! Kind and helpful??!! Are we thinking of the same person here? :laugh: Seriously though, who else can you think of that spends so much time and effort helping people find their vaping groove? Good people, that Mr. Mann!

Damn this Blue Grass Burley is awesome, its so much more mellow than Devil Dog but i like it ALOT more than that. Too bad its only 6mg of Nic when normally i vape 24mg. I ordered the wrong nic strength on it. I fired off an email to Wlad to tell him of my mistake and he said he would fix it but i guess he never got around to it, so the liquid is kind of useless to me i guess. I dont know if i should e-mail them or not. I mean it was my mistake for ordering the wrong strength but also he said he would fix it. What do you guys think? Im not upset or anything but kind of sucks to have the wrong nic strength. I needs mah throat hit!

Yeeeaaaaah, good stuff, isn't it? I vape 12, and I still find the throat hit pretty impressive. It must be explosive at 24! I have a hard time picking a favorite between DD and BGB, but they're both phenomenal! Bummer about the nic-strength issue. I suppose you could get some pure nic and bump it up, but I'm sure that would be a pain. Or maybe someone here would be willing to take it off your hands? Alternatively, I like a lower-nic nighttime vape, and you might like to keep it on-hand for that reason. Higher nic keeps me from sleeping, otherwise I stay up posting all night. Clearly I haven't been vaping my lower nic tonight!
 

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Hi Hula,

I have a son in Honolulu. Can you give us an update on what is happening there? I hope all are safe on Oahu. Mahalo!!

Edit: As of 11:23pm HNL time, nothing big has transpired per text with my son. Glad to hear all are safe. Maybe we'll all get some sleep tonight, and can start worrying about our east coast friends come morning.
 
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