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For you guys looking for torches there are some really cheap ones at Harbor Freight. I tend to despise that place being a life long SnapOn Tools user but I have both of the torches linked below and they have lasted as long as my expensive tool truck torches. You will need to pick up a can of butane, available at Walmart and some grocery stores for lighter refills.

http://www.harborfreight.com/micro-torch-42099.html

http://www.harborfreight.com/pencil-torch-94185.html

oooh, good prices!
 

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Most days I rotate with 5 or 6 tanks. So, to keep myself organized, I made a "holder" of sorts. Actually like a 2x4 with holes the size of the bottle and another hole in front to hold the tank. When its not on MVP, it gets parked in front of the corresponding bottle. Does that make sense to everyone ?? Maybe a pic would describe it better then I can.

Anyway.......this morning I pick up the tank sitting in front of the Yellow Cake Bottle. It is a mystery to me what is actually in this Tank. It's got a "cardboard" taste to it.....not at all like cake. It was born on 10/10. Do the flavors sometimes just evaporate ??? Never had it happen before

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Most days I rotate with 5 or 6 Tanks. So, to keep myself organized, I made a "holder" of sorts. Actually like a 2x4 with holes the size of the bottle and another hole in front to hold the tank. When its not on MVP, it gets parked in front of the corresponding bottle. Does that make sense to everyone ?? Maybe a pic would describe it better then I can.

Anyway.......this morning I pick up the tank sitting in front of the Yellow Cake Bottle. It is a mystery to me what is actually in this Tank. It's got a "cardboard" taste to it.....not at all like cake. It was born on 10/10. Do the flavors sometimes just evaporate ??? Never had it happen before

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you sure it's the tank and not your taste buds?
 

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Shaping up to be one of *those* days. Still haven't figured out what the problem was, but as long as they're working now, I don't care all that much, either. :vapor:

I'm having one of those days - for the last couple. To top it off, I've apparently lost my ability to stealth vape today. With the same gear and juices I usually use.

Here's hoping no one notices the slow stream of vapor ghosting its way above my monitors.
 

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im still trying to figure out why my one reo's juice keeps tasting weird. no matter waht juice i put in. lol its probably just me. even tho dr said sinus infection, im not snotty. so juice why don't you taste right!

Sinus infections can mess with your sense of taste and smell with or without snot. :) I spent about ten years of my life with what the doc called "silent" sinus infections... only way the doc could see them was via x-ray, and the only way I knew I had one was a splitting headache and the fact that they randomly made everything taste weird. So, most likely, this too shall pass. And if not, you can do what I did to my tanks this morning and loudly threaten to take the offending reo out behind the woodshed. I firmly believe in the power of scaring objects into submission. :D

sorry to hear you're having such a rough morning Seanchai. glad you got your equipment working again!

Thanks, Sam. I figure maybe I got my sturm und drang for the day out of the way all at once. ;)
 

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Most days I rotate with 5 or 6 Tanks. So, to keep myself organized, I made a "holder" of sorts. Actually like a 2x4 with holes the size of the bottle and another hole in front to hold the tank. When its not on MVP, it gets parked in front of the corresponding bottle. Does that make sense to everyone ?? Maybe a pic would describe it better then I can.

Anyway.......this morning I pick up the tank sitting in front of the Yellow Cake Bottle. It is a mystery to me what is actually in this Tank. It's got a "cardboard" taste to it.....not at all like cake. It was born on 10/10. Do the flavors sometimes just evaporate ??? Never had it happen before

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Sounds like the time I ended up with a tank of something I would swear was root beer.

Except that I don't *have* any root beer juice.
 

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Sinus infections can mess with your sense of taste and smell with or without snot. :) I spent about ten years of my life with what the doc called "silent" sinus infections... only way the doc could see them was via x-ray, and the only way I knew I had one was a splitting headache and the fact that they randomly made everything taste weird. So, most likely, this too shall pass. And if not, you can do what I did to my tanks this morning and loudly threaten to take the offending reo out behind the woodshed. I firmly believe in the power of scaring objects into submission. :D



Thanks, Sam. I figure maybe I got my sturm und drang for the day out of the way all at once. ;)

LOL. yeah i cleaned them all out nice. its just the new one that tastes off. lol. dunno why. its BRAND new.
i do have a splitting headache as well.. ><
 

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Sinus infections can mess with your sense of taste and smell with or without snot. :) I spent about ten years of my life with what the doc called "silent" sinus infections... only way the doc could see them was via x-ray, and the only way I knew I had one was a splitting headache and the fact that they randomly made everything taste weird. So, most likely, this too shall pass. And if not, you can do what I did to my tanks this morning and loudly threaten to take the offending reo out behind the woodshed. I firmly believe in the power of scaring objects into submission. :D

:laugh: I have been known to explain politely to servers that I have both a bathtub and a toaster.

Regularly enough that "have you reminded it you have a toaster?" has become a completely normal question around these parts.

Fortunately, as we've been upgrading hardware and operating systems, I don't have to offer to introduce them to each other very often any more...

On topic: somehow I ended up with coffee and caramel coffee this morning. I don't remember filling either of these.
 

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I have had anywhere from 2 to 4 video cards running in SLI in the computer at home for the last 7 or 8 years. I would join the ECF team but that would destroy the Team EVGA stats I have :(

Folding@Home consider it a a contribution for the greater good you ca do while away from your computer. The only cost to it is the extra electricity to run the computer all day.
 

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morning all - today's bad tooth out day.. yippie! Teeth that have root canal's are not supposed to hurt.. this tooth did not get the memo..so bye bye! Doubled my motrin (all I can take for pain.. allergic to opiates and synth opiates), got a mother's little helper to go with and will be out the door in half an hour
Taking with me, two clearos of my highest nic juices on my two auto batteries, 18mg ea, jonhhy chimpo and.. um... I think pumpkin spice though might be pumpkin cookie. I think in 18mg, an extra shot might have been ok

morning friends. woke up with a headache. still not feeling great. gotta get my antibiotics today. my juice tastes back to normal-ish today though which is nice.

sorry to hear about the crud.. and the necessity for antibiotics.. did you give that garlic soup a few pages back a shot? When I get any crud.. I start with vitamin C.. progress through garlic/herb/tumeric soups - extra raw veg juice and colloidal silver before going the antibiotic route.

Sean *raises coffee cup* to a better rest of the day for your gear.. morning is NOT the time for gear malfunctions.

well.. that little yellow friend is starting to do it's work.. so time to brush the toothies and motivate myself to the car

y'all have a spectacular day!
 

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thanks guys. im trying to. i even took off work last night and i NEVER take off work.

im still trying to figure out why my one reo's juice keeps tasting weird. no matter waht juice i put in. lol its probably just me. even tho dr said sinus infection, im not snotty. so juice why don't you taste right!

It's only one? I wonder if it's some left over flavor from another liquid?
 

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morning all - today's bad tooth out day.. yippie! Teeth that have root canal's are not supposed to hurt.. this tooth did not get the memo..so bye bye! Doubled my motrin (all I can take for pain.. allergic to opiates and synth opiates), got a mother's little helper to go with and will be out the door in half an hour
Taking with me, two clearos of my highest nic juices on my two auto batteries, 18mg ea, jonhhy chimpo and.. um... I think pumpkin spice though might be pumpkin cookie. I think in 18mg, an extra shot might have been ok



sorry to hear about the crud.. and the necessity for antibiotics.. did you give that garlic soup a few pages back a shot? When I get any crud.. I start with vitamin C.. progress through garlic/herb/tumeric soups - extra raw veg juice and colloidal silver before going the antibiotic route.

Sean *raises coffee cup* to a better rest of the day for your gear.. morning is NOT the time for gear malfunctions.

well.. that little yellow friend is starting to do it's work.. so time to brush the toothies and motivate myself to the car

y'all have a spectacular day!


The thing they do not tell you about the expensive root canal when they tell you that they can "save the tooth" that is hurting you is that the bone will degrade around the tooth that is killed in the root canal process. When the bone recedes enough that you have a void underneath the roots infection will fill the void and the pain will come back....

I had 4 in a row from an accident some years ago that caused some teeth to shatter. If I had know then what I know now I would have upped the money on 4 root canals and 4 crowns to 4 implants/crowns and been done with it.

Today is MBV Cinnamon Roll Day - YUM
 

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For you guys looking for torches there are some really cheap ones at Harbor Freight. I tend to despise that place being a life long SnapOn Tools user but I have both of the torches linked below and they have lasted as long as my expensive tool truck torches. You will need to pick up a can of butane, available at Walmart and some grocery stores for lighter refills.

http://www.harborfreight.com/micro-torch-42099.html

http://www.harborfreight.com/pencil-torch-94185.html

I have discovered that creating a microcoil is as simple as doing the wraps, installing the coil in the head. Attaching the head to the PV, Heating up the coils and then squeezing with a pair of tweezers on the cool-down. thus negating the necessity of using a torch. :p
 

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hi everybody. weather report. 2 above. -23 wind chill. ffs.

hope those of you not feeling well get better soon, and those feeling ok continue to do so. :)

i will now go try to start my car. it will probably balk. i don't blame it.

oooh, that's cold! good luck with the car AND trying to stay warm!
 

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:laugh: I have been known to explain politely to servers that I have both a bathtub and a toaster.

Regularly enough that "have you reminded it you have a toaster?" has become a completely normal question around these parts.

:lol: My best friend works in IT - I try not to bother him too often with my computer woes, partly because everyone within a three state radius is constantly asking him for free labor, and partly cause I'm pretty good at troubleshooting and repairs myself and hate to admit defeat... so whenever I call him up with a reluctant, "G, my computer is misbehaving," his standard rejoinder is, "Have you hit it with a hammer yet?" To which I reply, "Nope, you'll have to bring yours," referring to the comically oversized hammer he keeps in his office, specifically to "keep his servers good and scared." His co-workers think we're both a little nuts.

On topic: somehow I ended up with coffee and caramel coffee this morning. I don't remember filling either of these.

I've got some kind of caramel coffee loaded up too, and I'm equally unsure as to how it got there. The vapor gremlins must be busy today.

Good luck at the dentist, opal!
 
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