Yeah, those were the years.
Y2K was in front of us, and everyone needed date format conversion,
golden years
Hi from Thomas, the choice Kiwi
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Y2K was in front of us, and everyone needed date format conversion,
golden years
I never did work on mainframes. FIrst computer was a c=64 First IBM compatible computer was an Epson Equity III+(286/12) running DOS 3.0. It came with a SCSI 40 meg HD. Windows 3.11 came on seven 3 1/2" floppies, and I still preferred DOS. In college, I started to take computer science. When I learned that Computer science was just programming, and they just taught Pascal when everyone was learning C++, I decided to leave college all together and get a computer job loading computers for a video confrencing company. Went from there to a mom and pop place that sold video editing systems. I managed to get a+, net+ and MCSE/CCNA training, and during the last month of training, 9/11 happened, and it spelled the end of the .com businesses. Companies tightened their belts and used their Programmers for theot IT personel. IT went from having those certifications, to knowing Java and Oracle... I simply didn't have the right credentials and never managed an IT system... so.... I have been a baker for going on 10 years now.
Oddly, to bring all that to the Ecig front (this is an Ecig forum after all) The epson equity was the one that had the smoke damage.... everything got sticky. same with the mechanical keyboard,which I would pop off every key take off every spring on every key, and fully dissasemble the keyboard. Soak every part in hot dish soap and STILL had to scrub the keyboard to get the tar off. I had to remember where each key was... and when assembled, I tested to make sure the keys were in the right place. Since I've been vaping, there's no need to do that. Now my keyboard is naturally gunky with food residue my 9 year old leaves.
And, like others said, you might want to get into DIY to save some money. Many of the newer sub ohm tanks have an option where you can put your own coils in. $5 of organic cotton and $5 of Kanthal wire is enough to last you a year of coils if you change them out often.
Thanks for that, Windows 3.11..., I forgot that, even if it wasn't that long ago...
I swear.. some people are barely capable of a cave wall and a stub of charcoal!
not you... have you seen how people are with tech now? it's attached to their hips and faces and they don't even know the basics...
Hi Thomas and welcome. For a bit there I thought I was reading about me except when you mentioned Zealand and Poland that is. Otherwise I'm the same age and have smoked since I was 15, at least up until 4 weeks ago. I've tried all the different quitting methods too and vaping was the only successful one, in fact it was easy. So good on yah mate!
No, not really, in NZ things such as new inventions are extremely
slow in comming. I don't see anyone yet on the streets or in the cars
vapping. Only friends I mentioned before, and a one occasion at
Auckland International airport where I used to collect my dirt for
though times.
I heard about vapping being very popular in places like UK, and US but
in islands like here it still years before it'll happen.
NZ is known as a retro country, meaning: if you want to go back in time, just visit here, and you're back about 20 years comparing to your place.
lol, i'm not American, but I understand what you mean. then again more than 2 hours driving to replace the glass on my tank... and my hubby just helpfully, accidently broke my replacement glass, he now knows pyrex and large metal players is a bad bad thing... i'm rural, up where the great lakes are in central Canada, i'm on part of lake huron. so now I have to use the glass with the nasty chip on the inside, which it took a few talks to get him to understand(he just wants them working and hasn't been interested in the mechanics up to this point, he got an education now lol)... yeah that chip means it can go poof at anytime when the tank is hot... I get another long drive
If you don't mind me asking.. what tank does he use?
and one suggestion, get a vape band while you're out. put it around the top metal portion of the tank, and it should protect it pretty well from cracking due to drops. And if you're evil, you could get him a pink one.
it's my toptank mini, nope I don't like pink on my tanks thanks lol!
basically, yes I have been using the bands, so I am not sure how the inside of the glass got several chips midway up on the inside, not outside... could have been from factory even, and I just didn't notice for a while. the glass hadn't been removed on this tank before, and it wasn't budging.. tried hot water, using juice as lube etc, was about ready to just smash the damned thing off since it was supposed to be trashed anyhow... so I turned to his manly strength... he got the glass off and while doing so tightened the top for the top-filling tank too much. I know, I could have filled it from the bottom, but he decided to use the pliers on the glass to try and unscrew the top... so bye bye went the replacement glass just bought...and the old chipped back in.
basically, yes I have been using the bands, so I am not sure how the inside of the glass got several chips midway up on the inside, not outside... could have been from factory even, and I just didn't notice for a while. the glass hadn't been removed on this tank before, and it wasn't budging.. tried hot water, using juice as lube etc, was about ready to just smash the damned thing off since it was supposed to be trashed anyhow... so I turned to his manly strength... he got the glass off and while doing so tightened the top for the top-filling tank too much. I know, I could have filled it from the bottom, but he decided to use the pliers on the glass to try and unscrew the top... so bye bye went the replacement glass just bought...and the old chipped back in.
I've actually had something similar happen to me when I first started, and I gouged the tank trying to get it open. I since then found a scratch and glass safe way. I use a strap wrench. Unfortunately the one I have will barely undo a 22mm let alone anything smaller, but it does work. Just make sure the strap is around ONLY what you want to turn. Also, if you do, make sure you get a rubber one, not a cloth/vinyl one. Pretty much, it's a non elastic piece of rubber with a handle... as you turn it, it pulls one end of the strap while holding on to the other... works great for stubborn tanks.
Also, I highly recommend getting spare glass tubes to keep around the house for just such an emergency. once you have a replacement glass, order about 2-3 more online and get them at a good deal. I have about 15 subtank glass pieces... 10 were a mistake when I bought a griffin black tank with black glass.. the griffin needs a see through glass so you know when the juice channels are closed. The griffin and subtank use the exact same piece of glass. I *think* the toptank uses the same glass, but not sure %100. Here's one confirmed glass.. it's only $1.35USD if you buy 3.
sub and toptank are diff sized glass... I had 10 on order but fasttech screwed up... so seeing about getting more. i'm not dealing with fasttech again... not when they cancelled an order a week in, instead of splitting it like they were supposed too and all I got in response was... here let me charge you more and meh! so we screwed up... of course they did it on an order where timing was important.
Hello again community,
few days ago I celebrated my first full month of not smoking, since
changing to vapping on September 20.
I celebrated by visiting those places at domestic, and international
airport where I used to collect butts. What a erie feeling...
I was sitting at the smoking area, surrended by dozens of smokers,
many of them uniformed customs officers, and didn't have to plough
through the astrays..., wonderful.
Didn't see anyone vapping though. At last, a guy asked me about my
T18. When I told him about the recent price hike for smokes in NZ,
he almost fainted. Apparently he was for some years overseas, and
didn't have a clue about the situation in NZ.
He offered me a cigar which I politely refused, a thing of impossibility
few weeks ago.
Vapping in NZ is in it's todler age. Of course our govt + authorities
are not interested in any promotion of vapping since vapping is so far
the only serious competition against tobacco industries, and NZ govt
like other govts around the globe is mainly interested in profits, and
don't give a toss about electorate's health.
After about a century-and-a-half of making trillions of profits on taxes,
royalties, etc. governments are far from resigning from those extra
perks, and they know how addictive smoking is, so that profit was
ment to be solid like a concrete wall. Vapping is ruining their easy
profits, so I expect in some stage for governments starting a move
agains vapping in some way.
I got myself 3 Endura T18 devices just to be safe, plan to get one more,
and a T23 with more tank, and batterry capacity for home use only.
T18 is very handy outdoor, and on a move.
I'm stockpiling the juice, and the coils. T23 is apparently using same
coil as T18, so it's handy too.
Our Auckland vapping distributors are really good, and helpful.
I've seen today one guy vapping, it's still a rare sight here around.
few days ago I celebrated my first full month of not smoking, since
changing to vapping on September 20.
I celebrated by visiting those places at domestic, and international
airport where I used to collect butts. What a erie feeling...
I was sitting at the smoking area, surrended by dozens of smokers,
many of them uniformed customs officers, and didn't have to plough
through the astrays..., wonderful.
Didn't see anyone vapping though. At last, a guy asked me about my
T18. When I told him about the recent price hike for smokes in NZ,
he almost fainted. Apparently he was for some years overseas, and
didn't have a clue about the situation in NZ.
He offered me a cigar which I politely refused, a thing of impossibility
few weeks ago.
Vapping in NZ is in it's todler age. Of course our govt + authorities
are not interested in any promotion of vapping since vapping is so far
the only serious competition against tobacco industries, and NZ govt
like other govts around the globe is mainly interested in profits, and
don't give a toss about electorate's health.
After about a century-and-a-half of making trillions of profits on taxes,
royalties, etc. governments are far from resigning from those extra
perks, and they know how addictive smoking is, so that profit was
ment to be solid like a concrete wall. Vapping is ruining their easy
profits, so I expect in some stage for governments starting a move
agains vapping in some way.
I got myself 3 Endura T18 devices just to be safe, plan to get one more,
and a T23 with more tank, and batterry capacity for home use only.
T18 is very handy outdoor, and on a move.
I'm stockpiling the juice, and the coils. T23 is apparently using same
coil as T18, so it's handy too.
Our Auckland vapping distributors are really good, and helpful.
I've seen today one guy vapping, it's still a rare sight here around.
I had wondered what had happened to you, great to hear you went about and resisted temptation! maybe you'll get lucky and your kiwi gov will follow after mummy britian for how to treat vaping. we can hope! I'm Canada follows closer to britian, instead of the asinine fda.
I didn't even feel like being tempted really. Vapping is so good for me,
I almost can't belive it. I simply feel like I always had vapping, and never really smoked. Shame it doesn't work like that for many others.
That friend of my who introduced me to vapping still smokes 10-15 per day, and his mum too.
Well I must call myself lucky it seems.
I always suspected the cigs being laced with some "additions" to make
people more "loyal" to a particular brand. I remember, that when smoking a brand like marlborough or pall-mall, it didn't fell right
changing to other brands, so I always was hanging on the one brand.
Of course I'd smoke other brands too when desperate, but the choice
was always the same brand, and it was keeping like that for years.
I must learn how to make the coils, and juice, it will come handy some day, I'm sure of it.
oh and I've been tested since fri... hubby is away moose hunting hours north of me... so far they haven't gotten one yet and even after 11 years together... I miss him. his cat misses him and if he doesn't come home soon... she's gonna learn to fly in the middle of the night by accident.
And I'm divorced since 2004, separated since 2001..., and so far I don't miss a thing from the 7 years of that God forsaken marriage.
I'm taking care of my obnoxious mother for the last 7 years.
Hope to hit a jackpot in lotto next Wednesday, it'll be 32 million if no one hits the jackpot on Saturday.
Hi again,
few days ago I bought a Endura T22, the larger version of T18.
Its larger battery, and tank is good for at least 3 days for me.
I use it only at home as a stationary device, and T18 only for underway.
I'm almost done with the backups, one more T18, and one more T22.
It might sound as overkill of backups, but I don't want to give a chance
for my bad luck, and find myself stuck with no backup for one reason or other.
Next, I'll start to work on own production of coils, and juice.
I'm still re-living that awsome WOW! effect of being free of analogs.
I like that term: analogs..., instead of stinckers or so.
few days ago I bought a Endura T22, the larger version of T18.
Its larger battery, and tank is good for at least 3 days for me.
I use it only at home as a stationary device, and T18 only for underway.
I'm almost done with the backups, one more T18, and one more T22.
It might sound as overkill of backups, but I don't want to give a chance
for my bad luck, and find myself stuck with no backup for one reason or other.
Next, I'll start to work on own production of coils, and juice.
I'm still re-living that awsome WOW! effect of being free of analogs.
I like that term: analogs..., instead of stinckers or so.
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