Doesn't seem that way does it? I catch up on the weekends, so 4 or 5 hours a night during the week does me fine. I think I sleep more when I'm working, the sweet life of a crane operator lol
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Doesn't seem that way does it? I catch up on the weekends, so 4 or 5 hours a night during the week does me fine. I think I sleep more when I'm working, the sweet life of a crane operator lol
Sleep... that reminds me...
I've got a few things to do before I go to bed.
Sweat dreams, y'all.
Good night Katya, thanks for the help, for about the 100th time
If I were the Vendor I'd send a freebie to make up for the hassle.
Yeah and I'd prolly be filing for BK within the year LOLLL.
You're such a nice person, Vapoor!
Yeah and I'd prolly be filing for BK within the year LOLLL.
Doesn't seem that way does it? I catch up on the weekends, so 4 or 5 hours a night during the week does me fine. I think I sleep more when I'm working, the sweet life of a crane operator lol
Cool...you guyz are amazing the way you handle stuff...always have been impressed with crane operators and have never met one I didn't like.
Nite, Nite all.
Oh I've met a couple that would change your mind lol. I like machining just as much, but operating is twice the money so machining is my hobby now, and about to start brewing mead too. Anywho, goodnight Vapoor and thanks again for all your help
Actually, at that point I was being silly. But your answer is interesting. I'm keeping my Blu cartos to (hopefully) reuse them at least some to save money and definitely to come up with some idea what I'm spending. What's interesting that falls out of the above article is that I'm using an average of 3 cartos a day. At a 3 to 5 equivalence, that's only 9 to 15 cigs per day. Which doesn't match my pack rate at all. And I'm not supplementing much at all with regular cigs. Today, I had one. That's it. And that was because the ever so flaky Blu batteries were both charging at the same time (I hope that pass through gets here tomorrow).
Now, I smoked lighter cigs (as I got older, "full flavor" irritated my throat). But the biggest thing that occurs to me is sheer waste. I had a very bad habit of lighting one, getting a drag or two, getting distracted by what I was working on at the computer, and the cig burning down to the .... before I reached for it again.
Leading to the question did I actually have a pack a day habit and was wasting half my money. Oh. Goodie.
On the other hand, that hints at the idea that if I boost the nicotine level (Blu's version of "high" isn't) and do my own refills, I could save a truckload.
Huh.
What I was thinking was something I saw on a YouTube where a guy had a 223 ammo rack and 510 cartos fit it fine. A "line 'em up, load 'em up" scenario is something I'd probably do. Filling them one or two at a time just strikes me as annoying.
Especially if three or four a day is going to be normal for me. You know, load up a week's worth or something along those lines?
Heh, oh yeah. Lived in LA about a decade. Spent plenty of time around the Hollywood set. CA's weird is just more interesting. One thing I will always love about LA is you don't have to travel the world, the world comes to you. The place is a cultural free for all. Did a contract at one of Citibank's development centers and just my little hallway there were six languages spoken. One of the funniest moments when I came back to Texas (I forget for what, family visit or something) was how everybody seemed to look alike. It was a very Stepford moment.
It's a weird veneer of cultural conformity layered on top of some absolute crazy. That's breaking up fast now which is, I think, why the state has gone so reactionary. You can't have a world class economy if you're hell bent on living in the 50s. So in among the right wing, reactionary stuff everybody hears about, you see things like Houston being the first major metro in the US to elect an openly gay mayor. We never get credit for that. First state to elect a lesbian mayor in their largest city (and fourth largest in the US). And she ran openly as lesbian and it was no big thing.
State is seriously schizo.
I'd love to visit Cali one day. I absolutely love Hollywood beach in Florida, have been a few times and think it is the cat's ... (especially since it is usually -30 Celsius when I go lol). Met a friend in Florida from Cali, we chat quite a bit and am going to visit in the next couple years. My pa worked in the states a lot, and most of the guys he worked with were from Texas, some pretty crazy stories from those boys. One day I may go there, but it's not too high on my list
I have an order coming from Canvape. Less than 2 days from Barrie, ON to Moncton, NB.
The package arrived in Moncton at 13:50 Friday afternoon. I live across a fairly small river from Moncton. It is now 16:50 Monday afternoon. I haven't received it yet and probably won't today.
Great job Canada Post. 2 days to travel half way across the country and another two days to travel a mile across a river.
Yes, I am grumpy.
I feel your pain, Ang!
Perhaps tomorrow???
Oh, don't let the crazies scare you off, the land is... awesome. I could show folks some really breathtaking spots. Like where I grew up in East Texas, the Big Thicket? Massive pine forest. I didn't know what a "horizon" looked like until I was around 24. Seriously, first time I drove out to CA, when you hit the panhandle area and into New Mexico, I was actually edgy and creeped out for a while. Not having all those towering pines around, making that canopy overhead, it was like I expected something to swoop down and eat me or something.
And it's so freakishly big, it's like half a dozen states stitched together. There's no one Texas, there's a bunch. That said, I'd put California first myself.
Lived in LA about a decade and still didn't have time to explore everything I wanted to. If I were half my age, I'd move back. I was raised rural, real rural, but love cities. But you know how you get older and life falls into a routine of going to work and paying bills and going to the grocery store and all the mundane stuff, city life felt more "tedious" than exciting. Had a billion things "to do" all around me, didn't do much. Get to the weekend and after commuting, didn't wanna go anywhere. If I saw the car, I wanted to kick it.
That's one thing about New Orleans (pre-Katrina) that made it the place I planned to be my last move. Small, compact, more "European" style city. Street cars or you could walk. If you had to put up with a work commute, least on the weekends you could just park the damn car and still get around.
But, yes, go. California is nothing short of spectacular. For one, you cannot beat the weather. It almost makes up for anything and everything else.
And absolutely stunning areas. Like driving Pacific Coast Highway (PCH... highway 1)... I always wanted to take a trip of literally just driving the whole thing. One end to the other. The stretch north of LA up to Santa Barbara is gorgeous. Just gorgeous. If I were rich, that's where I'd pick the whole family up--mom, brother, sis-in-law, dogs, cats, and all--and move to.Me, I still haven't made it up there. Really should at least once. Well, my checking account says no. In fact, it laughs if I talk about just going around the corner. But my maternal grandpa (who half raised me and mom always remarks I'm a lot like him) was from Winnipeg. So, 'course, I joke with my Canadian online friends I'm, "a quarter Canadian".
But lived in the southern part of the US all my life except a very few years when I was very young. And even then, no further north than St. Louis. I don't do "cold". Snow is pretty to look at in pictures but keep it in the pictures thank you.
Heh, just checked the weather online for Regina. Yikes! A "high" should have more than one digit! Anything below about 15 C to me is OHMIGAWD COLD!
Then again, you'd probably run screaming from our summers. Like the last summer heatwave. Over 100 F for... was it two months? City got up to 105, 107 some days (around 40 to 42 C).
Have a friend that lives in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Our summers boggle her and her husband's minds. I can't resist making comments like, "Ah, 105 isn't that bad long as the humidity's low".
Though that's not "normal" at all. That was record breaking. Though summers in the 90s (what's that, 32 C and a bit, around there?) was normal when I was growing up. And 80 or so (F) are "nice days". Anyway.
Yeah, you get the chance to visit California, grab it. I love that state. Didn't even mind how once in a while, the ground decides to turn into an amusement park ride.
Heh, the Hector Mine quake was CA's "going away" present for me. That was one wild ride. Not destructive being it was centered way out in the desert but, wow, the long rolling waves made for quite a... <cough> entertaining time in the city...
The Utah bill just failed in the house.
YAY! Wish there was a super like button for this
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Oh, don't let the crazies scare you off, the land is... awesome. I could show folks some really breathtaking spots. Like where I grew up in East Texas, the Big Thicket? Massive pine forest. I didn't know what a "horizon" looked like until I was around 24. Seriously, first time I drove out to CA, when you hit the panhandle area and into New Mexico, I was actually edgy and creeped out for a while. Not having all those towering pines around, making that canopy overhead, it was like I expected something to swoop down and eat me or something.
And it's so freakishly big, it's like half a dozen states stitched together. There's no one Texas, there's a bunch. That said, I'd put California first myself.
Lived in LA about a decade and still didn't have time to explore everything I wanted to. If I were half my age, I'd move back. I was raised rural, real rural, but love cities. But you know how you get older and life falls into a routine of going to work and paying bills and going to the grocery store and all the mundane stuff, city life felt more "tedious" than exciting. Had a billion things "to do" all around me, didn't do much. Get to the weekend and after commuting, didn't wanna go anywhere. If I saw the car, I wanted to kick it.
That's one thing about New Orleans (pre-Katrina) that made it the place I planned to be my last move. Small, compact, more "European" style city. Street cars or you could walk. If you had to put up with a work commute, least on the weekends you could just park the damn car and still get around.
But, yes, go. California is nothing short of spectacular. For one, you cannot beat the weather. It almost makes up for anything and everything else.
Me, I still haven't made it up there. Really should at least once. Well, my checking account says no. In fact, it laughs if I talk about just going around the corner. But my maternal grandpa (who half raised me and mom always remarks I'm a lot like him) was from Winnipeg. So, 'course, I joke with my Canadian online friends I'm, "a quarter Canadian".
But lived in the southern part of the US all my life except a very few years when I was very young. And even then, no further north than St. Louis. I don't do "cold". Snow is pretty to look at in pictures but keep it in the pictures thank you.
Heh, just checked the weather online for Regina. Yikes! A "high" should have more than one digit! Anything below about 15 C to me is OHMIGAWD COLD!
Then again, you'd probably run screaming from our summers. Like the last summer heatwave. Over 100 F for... was it two months? City got up to 105, 107 some days (around 40 to 42 C).
Have a friend that lives in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Our summers boggle her and her husband's minds. I can't resist making comments like, "Ah, 105 isn't that bad long as the humidity's low".
Anyway.
Yeah, you get the chance to visit California, grab it. I love that state. Didn't even mind how once in a while, the ground decides to turn into an amusement park ride.
I don't think Saskatchewan and Texas are too different in some respects. Our's is a pretty big province, I live in the prairie part, but there is also Cypress Hills which kind of resembles the rolling hills in Ireland, and the north is real thick and reminds me a bit of the black hills. We also have brutal summers sometimes, hasn't been too bad the last couples years but we do have the most drastic climate change out of anywhere in North America. We can go from -50 in the winter to +40 in the summer lol. I've heard stories of Texas "rednecks", think they would get along fine with some of the ones we have up here. I would like to get there one day, but Cali is definitely first and there are many other countries on my list before I get there (Greece, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Ireland, and many more lol) . Sometimes I'm ashamed of the way Canadians talk about America, I love it there and a lot of the people. There is also a lot of ignorance towards our country, couldn't believe last year how North Dakota was blaming my province for the flooding and it looks like it's going to be the same again this year
Can't fix stupid though, not legally lol 
Their tracking says it was delivered at 9:40 this morning. I may have to leave work early.I feel your pain, Ang!
Perhaps tomorrow???
The first part of the journey was about 1000 miles in 46 hours, 47 minutes.
The last part is less than 5 miles in 43 hours, 50 minutes.
Canada Post should be proud.
The Utah bill just failed in the house.
That's fantastic news and thank you. I think they're trying to pass something in OK but it's not as harsh as the Utah Bill.
Apparently most of y'all's are. I look at the map and they tend to cover a heck of a lotta territory!
Ooof. That's a hell of a swing. And, yeah, you are in one of the areas that's warming awful fast. My Michigan friend is experiencing faster warming than we are. Winter has shortened dramatically since she was a child. Our heat wave back in 2011. It was record breaking but 100+ (F) heatwaves weren't ever uncommon in Texas. They seem to be trending toward lasting longer when they happen. And this one dried the state out so bad, we had the worst wildfire season in our history (including the most destructive in state history that ripped past within three miles of my house... my neighborhood *barely* escaped being a pile of ashes). But then last summer was pretty average. The weird thing about it was it started early and ended late. Like it annexed parts of spring and fall.
Yeah. Having bounced around a bit between California, Texas, and Louisiana, I started to realize we don't have any kind of monopoly on "hicks". Oh so liberal California has redneck, reactionary counties in droves. The state of Pennsylvania is often described as a couple of liberal urban centers with Alabama in the middle.
Heh, better hurry, I hear Europe is being closed for repairs.
Well, we bring a lot of it on ourselves. We have a really bad thing about "we're number one" without paying any real attention to being something that could be called "number one". And I always ask why do we need to be "number one" in the first place? Do we win prizes or something?
No country's perfect and every country has plenty worth paying attention and learning from. Having a "self-esteem" bubble you just get lazy and stupid and arrogant about it.
There is also a lot of ignorance towards our country, couldn't believe last year how North Dakota was blaming my province for the flooding and it looks like it's going to be the same again this year
Wait... blaming you all for flooding? What'd they think? You left the lawn sprinklers on too long?
My EVOD did arrive, finally.
Not overly impressed with it. I left my comments in this EVOD review thread.
Not overly impressed with it. I left my comments in this EVOD review thread.
This might be a stupid question, you've been warned. Right after I fill my carto, it feels rather harsh on the back of my throat and then get's considerably smoother after 20 or 30 draws. Am I over filling or something? I know the two flavors I've been vaping are supposed to have a huge throat hit, the flavor does not decrease after a bit but the tickle I get goes away.....
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