hello from Colorado

[newconvert]

hello all, nice to be here.....finally! i've been debating the whole vape thing for a while now. after years of trying to quit smoking, using all the patch's, lozenges, gums, hypnotism...... seems my habit was so hard since i began smoking at the old age of 12, 45 years later here i am an cig free man! happy days! i did some research, thanks to google my good friend, i purchased an Omega from Altsmoke, and after i got the idea and preped my first vape i am now smoke free 3+ weeks now.

i am so happy, the cigs were starting to make their mark health wise, but now i can feel the reversal of the effects of the horrible habit. smell, taste returning, now i can smell my nasty furniture soaked in cig residue. and the cost i will save in my future will far outweigh my daily cost of $7+ a day for my american spirit cigs.

i dont want to begin my time here rambling.

so thanks for being here guys and gals

 

[middleborn]

Congrats on quitting and you will get lots of good info here

 

[newconvert]

so far i am, but after much searching i see this site needs a dictionary thread, common terms, it is all too often i am reading and the people writing speak in vapespeak? so some of the article is lost to me.

 

[VapHer]

Hello, and welcome

 

[dash]

Hello and welcome from a fellow CO vaper!

 

[newconvert]

thanks vapher, dash, very nice to be here

 

[Bob Chill]

Greetings! I lived in summit county from 92-99 and worked for a ski area. I loved CO. I miss it more often than I would like to admit to myself.

One thing that helped me with acronyms and abbreviations is the built in pop-up if you hover over anything in a post that has a light dotted line below it. Very useful function on the site.

 

[KatyLoo]

so far i am, but after much searching i see this site needs a dictionary thread, common terms, it is all too often i am reading and the people writing speak in vapespeak? so some of the article is lost to me.

Congratulations, and just so you know, quite a few vapespeak abbreviations in this forum will be linked to their meanings. For example, if you see ANTZ - see how it's highlighted? Just hover your mouse over it for the translation.

 

[newconvert]

katyloo, bobchill, thank you both. i will keep these doodads in mind, sooo much to learn, but its all worth knowing

 

[ColoKaren]

Hiya, newconvert! Fellow Colorado (newb) vaper here too! 50 days since I kicked that (censored) monkey off my back...

 

[roffles18963]

CO REPRESENT! Grats on making the switch! And pretty much what everyone else has been saying, pay attention to the underlined words (I use Chrome, so they're underlined with a dashed light grey line). Few examples:

APV
PG
VG
BT
FDA

 

[newconvert]

hello Karen, congrats on the 50 days, i'm at 22 but feeling very good about it

 

[Bill's Magic Vapor]

yes, welcome and glad to have you here as well. Congrats again. and, yes, the most expensive part of quitting is the furniture replacement, is it not? Most on the forum think it's the gear, no way. Anyway, vape on!

 

[snork]

Hot today, eh?

 

[newconvert]

Snork,
hot? soo hot i cant stop sweating, i usually ride on these days but i'm staying indoors until i aclimate, my jeep told me 99 at around 5:00

hey not mantis, maybe well hook up and see what you have!

hey Bill beck, not just the furniture, wash all the clothes, the car, carpet....... you really dont know until you quit!

hey roffles, yeah im catching on, see! you can teach an old dog new tricks

 

[ColoKaren]

But it's a dry heat, so it's all good... BWAHAHAHAHA. :::: thud ::::

 

[newconvert]

dry indeed my friend! i just got back from helping my son drive back from the east coast. he ETA'd from the army 2 weeks ago, and we spent a week on the east coast, i prefer dry and hot to damp and hot any day!

But it's a dry heat, so it's all good... BWAHAHAHAHA. :::: thud ::::

 

[analogaddict]

Colorado for the win! Been here my whole life. Quit smoking analogs about a week ago. I guess I shouldn't say quit. I still need a cigarette every now and then... I've tried quitting with ecigs 3 times now and with an inferno it's gotten much easier. Forget cig style ecigs, the batteries are horrible haha

 

[newconvert]

thats why i went with the american spirits batt life is much longet, in hindsight thats would be a big negative as well.
as far as still needing the cig every now and than i do too, but i just say no and suckle at the Omega, red hots all day long! you know, in the right state of mind i find my vaping to be so similar that since i am still so new to vaping, and cigs still in my rear view mirror, that after a good vape i might get up, or even something as simple as get back to what i was doing before vaping and my mind tells me to put my cig out? now thats habit!

Colorado for the win! Been here my whole life. Quit smoking analogs about a week ago. I guess I shouldn't say quit. I still need a cigarette every now and then... I've tried quitting with ecigs 3 times now and with an inferno it's gotten much easier. Forget cig style ecigs, the batteries are horrible haha

 

[ColoKaren]

My kid returned from Afghanistan last summer, newconvert, and has been at Arlington since last Fall! 2.5 years to go there, then praying no more combat deployments again, ever. Congrats to your boy, and please thank him for his service, and to you for raising a soldier!