Doing the "Pat Down"

[yknotagain]

I haven't had an analog since May 18th of last year, but still carry an old (now very stale) pack in my car everywhere I go. I carried a lighter for the first 3-4 months until I decided I had almost lit my PV too many times.

Old habits truly die hard.

 

[Quexos]

9 months later and Im still feeling for my lighter.

Me too. Every night around bed time I "pat down" my right front pocket to remove the phantom lighter and put it on it's spot on my desk. I swear I can feel it in my pocket throughout the day (but it is not there)!

 

[Badfish20]

Sometimes when I am done eating dinner, I will head for the porch, before I remember that I can vape right in front of the computer now.

 

[BelindaFL]

I smoked my last analog over two weeks ago. I didn't plan on it being my last one. I thought I'd just see how long I could go without buying a pack. One day turned to two, three, etc. A couple of days ago, I was cleaning out my car, getting rid of all the stray ashes covering everything and found an unopened pack that had falled down under the seat. For one split second, I thought "oh maybe I should keep this just in case". Then I thought, "No, don't need to" and into the trash bag it went. I think it was that moment that I realized that I really don't want to smoke regular cigarettes anymore. It was a very good feeling.

 

[Uncle JaR]

I still practice the pat down. Everytime I am getting ready to leave the house or car, I check my right front pocket. Now that is where I keep my tornado, used to be where I kept my smokes. This habit has changed somewhat over the last few weeks though, I have to check my right hip too, since that is where I have to keep my juice and tweezers. I still find myself reaching for my nonexistent lighter when someone asks for one though.

 

[andrea0121]

I haven't had an analog since May 18th of last year, but still carry an old (now very stale) pack in my car everywhere I go. I carried a lighter for the first 3-4 months until I decided I had almost lit my PV too many times.

Old habits truly die hard.

Hey there, neighbor!!! I'm out in Kenosha County! Just read your sig line, holy congrats!!

/OT

 

[Cynnamin]

My goodies haven't arrived yet for me to make the switch but I have already started the purge of smoking accessories. It does aggravate me that I just bought an awesome cigarette case a couple months ago and I won't have a use for it. I'm hoping maybe the cartomizers will fit in it and I can still use. It does make me chuckle every time I see it. It's got a painting of a pretty woman and it says "My inner child is a mean little .......". Too awesome.

 

[Kent C]

Has anybody else found themselves absent-mindedly reaching for their non-existent smokes while reading and writing in this forum?

I still do (although less frequently) after 10 months.

 

[Caellach]

I still try and ash my Vape (It's only been a week for me since my last analog) but I find I vape more when I'm on this forum. Kind of like watching a movie, and someone lights a cigarette always made me want to light up...
I can't throw away my lighters though. I feel like I'm betraying a good friend...

 

[VaporingQueen]

LMAO, I do some of these things too.

 

[lookin2quit]

Never really did the "pat down", mostly because my analogs were always either on my desk or in my purse. But I'm still finding myself trying to flick the ashes, and one time I almost lit the end of my PV (note to self: time to get rid of the lighter!)

 

[Chazzman]

Well, stupid me had my 510 in my mouth yesterday and I picked up my lighter and went to light it. Actually held it under the blue light for a few seconds!
Yikes!

The battery still works, surprised.

 

[Skyler]

I did that at the beginning but after a while you pretty much figure it all out.

 

[DC2]

I was downtown, early, 20 minutes to kill before an appointment so I decided to clear my car of all lighters. I couldn't believe how many were stashed in there. Glovebox, the box between the seats (I don't know what that's called), under the seats, in the truck. Nearby was some poor homeless dude with a hat on the sidewalk. He was scrounging in the gutter for butts to empty into a zigzag. I dumped all the lighters into his hat. He looked at me like I'd just given him a month's stay in the royal suite at the Empress Hotel.

Just got back from a week vacation in Vancouver.
Spent a day in Victoria and had High Tea at the Empress.

Beautiful up there, maybe even moreso than San Diego, my hometown.


Have you been to the Victoria Bug Zoo?
Gotta check it out if you haven't.

 

[Poeia]

My goodies haven't arrived yet for me to make the switch but I have already started the purge of smoking accessories. It does aggravate me that I just bought an awesome cigarette case a couple months ago and I won't have a use for it. I'm hoping maybe the cartomizers will fit in it and I can still use. It does make me chuckle every time I see it. It's got a painting of a pretty woman and it says "My inner child is a mean little .......". Too awesome.

Depending on how deep it is, you can carry cartos and bottles of liquid in it.

A couple of weeks ago I was at some office building and had about half an hour to kill. It was a gorgeous day so I went outside to vape. A couple of young women came out on their cig break and one asked me for a match. I said "I'm sorry, but I don't smoke any more." It was the best feeling ever!

 

[Bluerooster]

I keep my "puffer" in my shirt pocket. so at "pat-down" I just grab it an' take a couple of pulls.
I'm good to go from there.

Worst time was when I went to light the grill, and couldn't find a lighter.

 

[erinj_murphy]

After going about 8 hours w/out an analog. I decided after dinner i really needed one. So I went out to the garage sat in my smoking spot. Stuck the analog in my mouth and inhaled....

I forgot to light it!

 

[Seabrook]

Sometimes when I am done eating dinner, I will head for the porch, before I remember that I can Vape right in front of the computer now.

Yes, yes, yes, isn't it wonderful!!!

 

[aphlaque_duck]

hehe when I quit smoking for a couple years (the "meh" years) I became lax in my pat-down and would often drive across town without my phone or my wallet.

After I briefly took up smoking again, then quickly switched to vaping (yeah!) the pat down became a thorough affair, as before. I don't leave home without the essentials!

 

[Jaka]

I had to throw all of my lighters out after I grabbed one one morning and started to light my 510 - lol.

I have nightmares about this.