I have a tendency to frequent Chinese online stores and see what I can get on the cheap. One day I saw an electronic cigarette that looked exactly like a real cigarette on one of the Chinese sites for just under $10. I hadn't heard of e-cigs, had no knowledge of what was in it or how it worked, but it was $10 so I decided it might be something cool to try. Over a month went by and I forgot I had even placed the order. The e-cig showed up, I charged the battery and put the three pieces together, after trying to understand the stereotypical Chinese-English instruction book. I tried it out and, although it tasted a bit like burnt graham crackers, I liked it. I was smoking but I wasn't smoking. I decided that there were so many problems with the e-cig in my hand that there had to be a better kind of electronic cigarette. I googled it and found ECF. I immediately began to immerse myself in these handy devices that seem to be the only thing that makes me NOT want a cigarette. Before I knew it, I had three different PVs, the chinese cigarette look-a-like was retired, and I was regularly stalking the mailman waiting for my repeated shipments of juice and blue aquarium foam (still use the blue foam in old style cartridges just for old times sake). Looking back that Chinese cig look-a-like may have been one of the worst devices ever made, but that cheap $10 piece of crap has saved me hundreds of dollars (eventually) from not buying smokes and probably has saved my life.
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