I am afraid one of my electric hookah-doodles may have perished. Can it be resuscitated?

[lolady]

IT LIVES AGAIN!

First of all, words cannot express how grateful I am to all the kind people who honored me by sharing wisdom, offering treatment plans, resuscitation strategies, and words of comfort, as well as those who just read and telepathically sent me good thoughts and their kind hearts to lean on.

You all helped me tremendously, but try as I might, my inner head-lambs of outrage would not be silenced.

I've just started. I'm still learning to puff. Even the things that receive near-constant use have only been being used nearly constantly for a bit over a month.

Something just wasn't right about this.

Finally, with nothing to lose, and emboldened by the spirit of WWAPD,** I gently poked the teensiest nerd-driver in the little plastic box from the dollar store down into the hole, and gently pulled it out - covered with something dark and brown and wet!

Emitting an appropriately delicate "ew," I wiped it off, poked again, and the same thing happened: dark, brown, wet.

ew.

So I just sat there and kept doing it until it came back at least not shiny wet, and I had to wipe it vigorously to obtain a stain.

Then I plugged it in, put a cartomizer on its head, and now here I sit, joyously puffing my resurrected vaguely orchidious electric hookah-doodle!

I'm not sorry I'd already sent off for new ones, though. Having backups is just common sense.

Would I really want to be caught without a spare electric hookah-doodle or two in the case of an unscheduled Zombie Attack?

Now, I'm ready. And I've braved new frontiers, learned the valuable skill of committing acts of hookah-doodle hygiene.

I'm a force to be reckoned with. Zombies, take note.


** What Would AttyPops Do?

(I have cross-posted this to the Confused Old Lady thread due to the unique nature of the circumstances, I look just as askance upon this questionable practice as the rest of polite society and certainly have no intention of making a habit of it, so please do not be alarmed).

 

[tearose50]

 

[slumdog]

jeez...now I remember why I havent been here in a month...redonkuless!!!!!!! glad your snicker ...... finally worked but wtf...are you a drama major?

 

[AttyPops]

Wow. Just Wow. I am elated that your beloved hooka-doodle was either resuscitated or resurrected. I was worried, because the usual cultural traditions for disposing of hooka-doodles are rather unseemly (thus, I was attempting to start a new trend with the service).

I realize that the WWAPD reference was in the most positive sense, however, there are those in our society that may misinterpret that comment on a couple of different levels. Therefore, I remind them that YOU, dear lady, are the one that resurrected the Lazarus PT. Also, I would have them know that I sink most of the way when I go swimming... to nose level in fact, even during storms. Although I am flattered, WWLLD seems more appropriate! On an entirely different level, I would not stick a nerd-driver in a center hole that had dark, brown, wet gunk in it (particularly if it had electrical connections in there too) and am rather surprised that you would think so. Besides, the nerd-driver I have is too big for those holes.

Of course, if you're really good (and I have every reason to think that you are quite ingenious), you'll figure out how to keep those cartos from leaking on your beloved hooka-doodle to begin with. Hint: That center post you were digging into should probably be sealed on a standard 510 manual-button PT. There should be slots/groves for air flow on the outer ring of the connector, so IDK why it isn't sealed. Unless it is actually sealed, and digging into the center post pried it up a bit (see post #3, paragraph 2, sub section d, substituting small dollar store "nerd-driver" screwdriver for the aforementioned paper clip), in which case the gunk is irrelevant.

I mention this for the sake of the entire quickly expanding hooka-doodle family that you so lovingly care for, and not just Lazarus H.D. It could happen to the others too.

P.S. Glad that you are prepared for the zombie apocalypse, should it ever occur. There are many that have stocked up on 2 years worth of e-juice and atomizers/cartos for just such an occasion. It may also have had to do with their expectation of a FDA ban on e-cigs. Neither of these things are likely IMHO, but as mentioned.... it's good to have spare stuff around.

Congratulations to you and the entire hooka-doodle family.

 

[Katya]

[It's a good idea to keep all connections clean--I use a Q-tip or an old, soft toothbrush, dipped in Isopropyl alcohol, to clean all threads, inside and out (batteries, chargers, adapters). Once or twice a month is enough.]

 

[lolady]

... I would not stick a nerd-driver in a center hole that had dark, brown, wet gunk in it (particularly if it had electrical connections in there too) and am rather surprised that you would think so. ...

I thought that is what you and even other people had suggested I do with the paper clip, I read (or maybe saw in a video?) something also about a sewing needle.

I didn't have those, at least not at a set of known and immediately accessible coordinates, but I do have the little box of nerddrivers.

It was only when I pulled the nerddriver OUT that I became aware of the presence of the gunk.

Even with all the magnifying equipment, I'm not able to make out much about the details of the little silver saucer, much less see inside the hole, so I don't know what all scientific machinery it keeps in there.

... That center post you were digging into should probably be sealed on a standard 510 manual-button PT. ...

Mine is a KR808d-1 flavor, not a 510 one, though, so maybe that's why it doesn't have things like that, or the gasket, etc you were talking about. Or maybe it has spiritual ones. I have a hard time thinking of it as a post because it's recessed, more like a little saucer.

... you'll figure out how to keep those cartos from leaking on your beloved hooka-doodle to begin with. Hint: There should be slots/groves for air flow on the outer ring of the connector, so IDK why it isn't sealed. Unless it is actually sealed, and digging into the center post pried it up a bit (see post #3, paragraph 2, sub section d, substituting small dollar store "nerd-driver" screwdriver for the aforementioned paper clip), in which case the gunk is irrelevant. ...

I saw a little picture on the vape journey blog, I don't think the silver part is exactly like mine, I did blow it up but still can't be sure. The color is similar, though, at least on my monitor, which I took as a Sign, and I could tell there was a piece of diaper pin, which invoked your spirit and emboldened me. (because it's a sharp thing, not the diaper pin part)

I only know about sitting the cartomizers on a kleenex and whistling into them after I fill them up, and wiping off the silver part that sat in juice, but obviously I don't yet know the secret of preventing that inelegant substance from becoming present down in the little hole. That is the next thing I hope to learn!

I was able to see what I think may be the air holes on the sides, and I touched at them very gently with the nerddriver, but no brown goo showed on the Kleenex from them.

...It's a good idea to keep all connections clean--I use a Q-tip or an old, soft toothbrush, dipped in Isopropyl alcohol, to clean all threads, inside and out (batteries, chargers, adapters). Once or twice a month is enough.]

If it were just a little bigger, I could wipe it out with a pointy Q-tip. Or maybe the industry will one day provide us with tinier pointy Q-tips that will fit, because that would be more efficient than a nerddriver or a sewing needle.

Thank You for the delightful fireworks and the toothbrush suggestion. I have a nice pink one that is ready for retirement, I think it will enjoy having a new career.

... there are those in our society that may misinterpret that comment on a couple of different levels. ...

Oh, I had to release that whole comment interpretation thing, for health reasons.

There are always some people in every society that are going to live their whole lives interpreting comments, even when it's plain as the nose on their face that the commentor in question is biochemically incapable of making a comment that is the least bit interpretable. All we can do is advise, counsel and warn.

... zombie apocalypse...FDA ban on e-cigs ...

Semantics are purely ornamental in my philosophy. You say automobile, I say car, the sign at the gas station still says Exact change only after 11 PM.

 

[r77r7r]

Studio 35.Dual-Tip Cosmetic Applicators | Walgreens

Bob

 

[lolady]

Studio 35.Dual-Tip Cosmetic Applicators | Walgreens

I have those! Well, mine are from CVS but they are that very thing!

Because the little hole in the KR808d-1 kind has a diameter that is much smaller than the tip of the pointy Q-tip, they are great for wiping off the outside parts, and we can hope that one day there will be one that is a smaller size so it can go into the little hole.

Meanwhile, the pointy Q-tips are also very good for applying eye makeup, and much less expensive than the hundred dollar brushes sold by the MAC company for the same purpose!