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[Bobw1951]

You're welcome!

The 30W won't be of any advantage for me unless it's a really good price and puts out the right power! The 50W would be a big advantage with battery life and it's not too wide. Again, I'd only get one if the price is good and the output true.

I don't understand the part that states pre-order though. As far as I could see, there's no release date either.

I think that is for the wholesale, so with a bit of luck the usual suspects will get them first then we will see what the true price is, then about a month later FT will get them in for about $10 less hopefully.

 

[Bobw1951]

Right, time for me to shoot off.

Night all.

Nighty Night

 

[Pictor]

We'll have a collection for you Trisha

one each should do it!

It's great when you find a bargain like that
Sounds tempting. Guess I've been put off coffee machines in the past, cos I couldn't really justify the costs for the amount of use it would get.

I usually find those deals when they've sold out! Was well worth it for the price ..even the £39 one is a good buy and still under half the price of a lot of places.

The oldest bike I've been a passenger on, was an old Norton. The guy had rebuilt it himself, done a fantastic job too. But my backside was numb by the time I got off it

I loved the Goldstar &Thunderbird, and a few times was on a Bonneville.

It looks like a non rebuildable to be honest.

It's not really a deal breaker if a tank overlaps, all my tanks do overlap on the 20 watt. Most of my tanks are 22 or 23mm, but if I did go for something smaller I'd lose capacity.

22 & 23mm won't overlap according to the diagram.
I see someone mention Jan 25th, but the rumour mill is what it is ...believe them when I see them

Shop by us sell the proper good old jobbies.
If you ask for custard slices they get a bit offended.They insist they are vanilla.
No whipped up crap there.

Ooh! I'll bet it's an independent bakery! They sound good

 

[Brynglas]

Do you find it worse since you stopped smoking?
I've been absent minded with odd things for years, but the past 8-9 months have been dreadful ..very noticeable that my concentration and focus are shot. I'm fine with memory - just not working with my usual motivation. I desperately need to get it back for my works sake.

I've read plenty of articles and incidences of people of varying ages having the same problem since they stopped smoking: writers, musicians, artists, and more.
I do know one musician and he's very low because of it ..to be honest, I'm not feeling too bright about my own work!

Since i gave up the stinkies,i seem to be dragging myself around,constantly tired.
The other day i stood in the kitchen in a state of confusion.Didn't even know what i was doing in there.

 

[Bobw1951]

Do you find it worse since you stopped smoking?
I've been absent minded with odd things for years, but the past 8-9 months have been dreadful ..very noticeable that my concentration and focus are shot. I'm fine with memory - just not working with my usual motivation. I desperately need to get it back for my works sake.

I've read plenty of articles and incidences of people of varying ages having the same problem since they stopped smoking: writers, musicians, artists, and more.
I do know one musician and he's very low because of it ..to be honest, I'm not feeling too bright about my own work!

No, mine started about 5 years ago, think it may be related to my meds - seem to remember seeing something somewhere, possibly the beta blocker, as I said it's not so much as loss of memory, it's getting to the part of the brain where it is, finding it and unlocking the door. Things like I'll hear a song, know who the singer is but can't for the life of me remember the name, then have to go through the Alphabet until the right letter reminds me (which so far I can usually do it right, problem is it takes me some time).

A couple of years back I was in Sainsburys and walked past a lady who was asking an assistant about the Dyson hoovers and he couldn't remember the word Hepa filter, so I spoke up, as I've walked away thinking I know her, took me the rest of the day until all of a sudden Luton Airport came to mind then I knew it was Lorraine Chase.

The Melo is shown here - looks expensive and looks to be another sub-ohm one! https://originvape.com/product/eleaf-melo/

The new iSticks are listed on Ali*aba.com for wholesale.

The Melo was on the eLeaf site as well under atomizers and yes it is a sub-ohm 0.5 the same as the Aspire Atlantis (which I quite like with the Goose Juice in)

 

[Bobw1951]

I loved the Goldstar &Thunderbird, and a few times was on a Bonneville.

Yesss, I used to like going on the back with my step-brother on his Goldie, Bonneville or Road Rocket (whichever he had at the time)

 

[Bobw1951]

Since i gave up the stinkies,i seem to be dragging myself around,constantly tired.
The other day i stood in the kitchen in a state of confusion.Didn't even know what i was doing in there.

Hmmmm, I thought that was down to my age & meds, which are supposed to cause drowsiness but didn't for the first 5 of the 10 years I have been on them, wondering if it may have been something in the cigarettes that was blocking that, so now that I have given up, the meds are affecting me more.

 

[Pictor]

Since i gave up the stinkies, i seem to be dragging myself around, constantly tired.
The other day i stood in the kitchen in a state of confusion. Didn't even know what i was doing in there.

I do know I'm not sleeping properly at all - wide awake until 4am yet can't wake up at 10 - I get BPPV type vertigo, and I think that's contributed to the poor sleep in the past four months, but I think I'm not tiring my brain with work in the way I'm used to with intense concentration, so stay wide awake.
Husband gets me up each morning at 10am because I'm dizzy as soon as I sit upright, so can't get up myself.
I used to work until around 2am, so have been used to 7-8 hours sleep.
I keep falling asleep, particularly after our evening meal - I literally fall asleep while using the computer or, in the past few months, mid brush-stroke! I've had a number of times I had to wipe streaks off the canvas or get paint out of my hair!
Actually thinking together a composition of what, where and the size, colours etc. used to be done in a fairly short time and I'd begin working on it, and continue painting up to 12 hours each day until done, and then begin another!
I could paint 4 each month working like that, but recent ones have taken a month each because my mind just wanders off in another direction while I'm trying to work.

No, mine started about 5 years ago, think it may be related to my meds - seem to remember seeing something somewhere, possibly the beta blocker, as I said it's not so much as loss of memory, it's getting to the part of the brain where it is, finding it and unlocking the door. Things like I'll hear a song, know who the singer is but can't for the life of me remember the name, then have to go through the Alphabet until the right letter reminds me (which so far I can usually do it right, problem is it takes me some time).
A couple of years back I was in Sainsburys and walked past a lady who was asking an assistant about the Dyson hoovers and he couldn't remember the word Hepa filter, so I spoke up, as I've walked away thinking I know her, took me the rest of the day until all of a sudden Luton Airport came to mind then I knew it was Lorraine Chase.

I've been like that with the names of things for some years now - I remember a few times talking to the licensing agent and could never remember the name of primroses - always said 'those little yellow flowers'. I was 47 then and he said he was exactly the same with the names of things. ..and I was once in a café opposite the side door of Harrods - I saw a lady with short grey hair wearing a navy cape coming across the road and I knew who she was ..just not her name until some hours later! (Judi Dench)
I was given Beta Blockers and I thought they were finishing me off! Turns out 10mg is the maximum I can take - and it brings my BP down!
I only take them if I know my BP is up though - I absolutely hate pharmaceutical drugs, especially long term.

Statins definitely affected my husbands cognitive function - improved back to normal some weeks after he stopped taking them thankfully.

With tobacco being a brain stimulant and me having had my first cigarette around 47 years ago, everything I am or have become has happened under the influence of cigarettes, and whatever the component in them is that is responsible for it, taking it away has made a mess of my work ethic! One way or another, I must find the answer to putting things right.
Thankfully, this doesn't happen to everyone, and probably, the length of time and amount smoked contributes to it.

The Melo was on the eLeaf site as well under atomizers and yes it is a sub-ohm 0.5 the same as the Aspire Atlantis (which I quite like with the Goose Juice in)

Sub-ohm is no good for me though.

Yesss, I used to like going on the back with my step-brother on his Goldie, Bonneville or Road Rocket (whichever he had at the time)

Lovely things then! Went on the back of our eldest sons Japanese one around 10 years ago and was absolutely terrified! It took off far too fast and there was no rear stop on the seat, so I almost slid off. Once it got going it was worse because it was a very lightweight bike.
With bikes, I can honestly say 'they don't make em like they used to!'

 

[Brynglas]

Hmmmm, I thought that was down to my age & meds, which are supposed to cause drowsiness but didn't for the first 5 of the 10 years I have been on them, wondering if it may have been something in the cigarettes that was blocking that, so now that I have given up, the meds are affecting me more.

I don't know Bob,it wouldn't surprise me'tho.
One thing since i have given up stinkies has become very apparent to me and it has shocked me.
It's just how bad a grip those things had on me.One comforting thought is,that now i realise how bad it was i mustn't/cannot go back there.
It really, really helps that i am enjoying my vaping,it's almost become like a hobby with the rebuilding,learning how it all works etc.

 

[terry w]

Lovely things then! Went on the back of our eldest sons Japanese one around 10 years ago and was absolutely terrified! It took off far too fast and there was no rear stop on the seat, so I almost slid off. Once it got going it was worse because it was a very lightweight bike.
With bikes, I can honestly say 'they don't make em like they used to!'

Sorry, shouldn`t laugh, i can just pictor it

 

[Pictor]

Hmmmm, I thought that was down to my age & meds, which are supposed to cause drowsiness but didn't for the first 5 of the 10 years I have been on them, wondering if it may have been something in the cigarettes that was blocking that, so now that I have given up, the meds are affecting me more.

For any of us that have smoked for a long time, the very fact that they are a brain stimulant has to have an effect if it's taken away - some people who notice it find it goes after a few months, but some don't - and mine definitely hasn't, nor has it got any better.

My brain was literally steaming ahead most of the day, and ready for 8 hours sleep once in bed - not any more.
If I could work 12 hours each day and always meet my commitments/deadlines, then something has to have happened in the past year to have changed that. I noticed it after a couple of months - which would be late March - but after a while longer, it became quite alarming because I just wasn't working properly, and as a result not only did the gallery need to put my exhibition back by 6 weeks, I was between 5 and 7 pieces short of what I'd normally send for a solo exhibition. This was the 15th solo, and I've never had to change the date and always had the right number of pieces completed, even if I had to work over 14 hours per day for the past month beforehand.

Once a painting had the whole first layer in, I'd find myself thinking about the next one, and would always know what next ...no sitting for hours hoping a composition would suddenly present itself!

I think perhaps I may try to see if I can find a professional that knows about the effects of tobacco smoking on the brain, and what to do once that effect is removed. I'd envisaged falling off my perch with brush in hand ...not sat worrying about getting one painting a month done!

 

[terry w]

It really, really helps that i am enjoying my vaping,it's almost become like a hobby with the rebuilding,learning how it all works etc.

I am exactly the same now george, and treat vaping as a most enjoyable hobby.

 

[Bobw1951]

Ooopppsss, just set the fire alarm off, was trying out the Kingslayer in my Doge 0.26ohm dual coil, and what a lovely vape, clouds galore, took a look at the coils and they were well gunked up from the previous juice, so tried to dry the cotton out and it caught light, our fire alarm is connected to the council (because of the missus) so it automatically calls them on a speaker thingy - had to tell them it was a false alarm

 

[Brynglas]

For any of us that have smoked for a long time, the very fact that they are a brain stimulant has to have an effect if it's taken away - some people who notice it find it goes after a few months, but some don't - and mine definitely hasn't, nor has it got any better.

My brain was literally steaming ahead most of the day, and ready for 8 hours sleep once in bed - not any more.
If I could work 12 hours each day and always meet my commitments/deadlines, then something has to have happened in the past year to have changed that. I noticed it after a couple of months - which would be late March - but after a while longer, it became quite alarming because I just wasn't working properly, and as a result not only did the gallery need to put my exhibition back by 6 weeks, I was between 5 and 7 pieces short of what I'd normally send for a solo exhibition. This was the 15th solo, and I've never had to change the date and always had the right number of pieces completed, even if I had to work over 14 hours per day for the past month beforehand.

Once a painting had the whole first layer in, I'd find myself thinking about the next one, and would always know what next ...no sitting for hours hoping a composition would suddenly present itself!

I think perhaps I may try to see if I can find a professional that knows about the effects of tobacco smoking on the brain, and what to do once that effect is removed. I'd envisaged falling off my perch with brush in hand ...not sat worrying about getting one painting a month done!

I think it's something we will all get through Trish,only time.
Just hope it is sooner rather than later.I remember when my Father gave up stinkies,cold turkey,he said it took him about a year before he felt right.

 

[Brynglas]

was trying out the Kingslayer in my Doge 0.26ohm dual coil, and what a lovely vape, clouds galore,

Are you listening to this Terry.
Thankyou Bob.

 

[terry w]

Ooopppsss, just set the fire alarm off, was trying out the Kingslayer in my Doge 0.26ohm dual coil, and what a lovely vape, clouds galore, took a look at the coils and they were well gunked up from the previous juice, so tried to dry the cotton out and it caught light, our fire alarm is connected to the council (because of the missus) so it automatically calls them on a speaker thingy - had to tell them it was a false alarm

Gawd, does it ever end

 

[Pictor]

I don't know Bob,it wouldn't surprise me'tho.
One thing since i have given up stinkies has become very apparent to me and it has shocked me.
It's just how bad a grip those things had on me.One comforting thought is,that now i realise how bad it was i mustn't/cannot go back there.
It really, really helps that i am enjoying my vaping,it's almost become like a hobby with the rebuilding,learning how it all works etc.

My life revolved around cigarettes - if I couldn't smoke, I wouldn't go ..full stop! First thing I did when I got up: cup of tea and a cigarette.

I do not miss the smell of them in the house, the dirty nicotine they left on things, the smell of them in my hair or clothes, the emptying of ashtrays, crawling on the floor under my desk to make sure there's no hot ash, making sure I have a drawer full of cigarettes, the chesty cough I sometimes got.

But! and there are a few buts for me - I could do without the breathing difficulties I get with PG and some flavours, the congestion with VG, and the sore nose I also get! Having to use Ventolin and theophylline is ridiculous - but that's where I'm at with it.
Still, I keep saying I'm determined to carry on, but I don't know how long I can keep this up ...if I'm short of breath with the PG, I can't move around very much and that's darn ridiculous because I'm still quite fit & well.

I may have to eventually look into getting some VG cartridges and small batteries again - I do have some Nucig ones but they aren't brilliant - The GreenSmoke and V2's were great (what I stopped smoking with) but they're made with PG, so no good for me. I'd probably still be using them or stopped altogether if it hadn't been for my problem with PG.
I'll have to try and get some Blu from the US - they do VG cartridges and it's a two piece system rather than the three piece which are a pain!

Sorry, shouldn`t laugh, i can just pictor it

I should have known you'd laugh! 'pictor it'! ....tell you what, my husband took one look at me on the back of it as he took off and flatly refused to get on it when he brought me back!
I never felt unsafe on the back of a bike before - but as I said, they were a heavier build and hung onto the roads beautifully.

By the way, do you know what Pictor is? ...it's Latin: Painter.

 

[terry w]

Are you listening to this Terry.
Thankyou Bob.

Yes mate, after wiping the laughter tears from my eyes i did realize

 

[terry w]

I should have known you'd laugh! 'pictor it'! ....tell you what, my husband took one look at me on the back of it as he took off and flatly refused to get on it when he brought me back!
I never felt unsafe on the back of a bike before - but as I said, they were a heavier build and hung onto the roads beautifully.

By the way, do you know what Pictor is? ...it's Latin: Painter.

I am still chuckling at the vision trish, and then with bobs post about the smoke alarm I just associated pictor with picture, so i wasn`t far out

 

[Bobw1951]

Sorry, shouldn`t laugh, i can just pictor it