It's funny, Vic. I went ahead and clicked on the links in your above post, and it was a trip down memory lane. I honestly don't usually recall all that well the work and effort that went into WTA development, isolation, and the testing program, but after re-reading those posts after nearly a year, I clearly recall 1) how much work and effort it was, and 2) how ...... off my wife (fiancee at the time) was while putting up with the extended period of my obsessive geeking that resulted in the finished WTA used for the testing!
It's kind of a shame that today, nearly a year later, commercial WTA still is not a reality. But I'm finding myself pleased by the practical results of the whole ordeal. The notion had been that ecigs are missing "something", and there was a parallel, but not particularly associated notion among snus aficionados that there was something to the stuff. WTA tied it all together in and we finally understood (cue Darth Vader voice) "the power of the dark-side".
If I achieve nothing more, I am deeply gratified that I've been able to make what is perhaps a life-changing and life-saving contribution to others who might have fallen back to smoking after finding that vaping just wasn't enough for them. With or without my input, the snus threads are lively and purposeful in their own right.
It was a hell of a collaboration. I'm thankful to the testers and all who took an interest in the whole pursuit. I'm particularly thankful to Vaporer, whose constant enthusiasm kept me enthusiastic. Also to Exogenesis for his capable behind-the-scenes peer review of my work, and his willingness to listen to my theories, both well-founded and hair-brained. Vic for demonstrating (perhaps more than anybody) how a thoroughly effed-up individual (by his own reckoning) could come back to life without having to kill himself with cigarettes to do it. Bob for being Bob, a tireless crusader, and Kin for his perspective which, at times, ...... me off enough to make me determined to prove myself right and him wrong, but mostly ended up proving that we both had the right ideas. And anyone I've not mentioned but should have, I could probably find a good reason to be thankful to each of them. Oh yea, I'd better thank my wife, she really took one for the team.