Ok, like everyone else here I use to smoke cigarettes a pack, to a pack and a half of Non-filtered Camels to be semi-precise. I also, over the years, have tried to quit smoking cold-turkey( Bad temper + fender-bender, not my fault...the cop was nice enough to bum me a smoke), , the nicotine inhaler( I was better off licking an ashtray), the gum( before flavors, Yeck), the patch(I think I can fit another one on my ....) with Welbutrin(Not on Submarines Mister), the accupressure thing in your ear(I don't wanna talk about how that ended, but handcuffs were involved again), the rubber band on your wrist( the big ones Can leave welts, but no cop that time) ...nothing worked for very long.
This is my story of how I got on the E-cigs and literally forgot to smoke...
I'd like to say it's a short story, but it's not...
I'm a 44 year old middle-management monkey. The company I work for has a strict no smoking policy. No smoking in company vehicles, offices or in view of customers. Everyone who works with me knows that I may not like the policy, but I follow it and expect them as adults(and I use that term loosely) to do the same.
So, there I was about four months ago, while I'm about to start a morning safety briefing, one of my guys comes rolling into the office puffing on what appeared to be, a plastic cigarette. He sayes he's not smoking he's "vaping". He then, tells me everything he knows about it, which ain't much.
$140.00 for a starter kit? Good lord that's a lot of money! But, the refills are a lot cheaper than a carton of cigs. Pffft, I'm smarter than that, let's go to the all-knowing Google. Mail-order has got to cheaper, even with shipping charges. Ha! I've found E- cig websites....Um...a cubic-....-ton of them. What the heck is a "mod"? PG...VG...miligrams of nicotine...do I need a chemistry degree to quit with these things?
Let's just say patience is not my forte'. Gas station disposable E-cig for $20.00 eh. Oh yeah, a try it before you sink a bunch of cash into this buying E-cig stuff. Let's see, Menthol or regular flavors. 11 mg of nic, 2 carts and a battery. How bad could it be...Coughing like a first-timer and <Bleck>, that's sweat-sock in a ashtray nasty!(but not as bad as the inhaler thingie) Negative reinforcement! that's the quitin' ticket...as long as I can get higher nic level, cuz this ain't gonna cut it. Gotta order something better tonight. Back to the Camels...
Ok, making an order for a starter kit. We get a charger, 2 batteries(manual and automatic)Hmm Kr808's and a 10 pack of sampler flavored carts which(according to the website) is like 10 packs of smokes! and even with express shipping I'm only out...carry a 1 for flightless waterfowl...a little over half my cigarette budget. Purchase confirmation, Sweet! I'm so smart!
<2 days later>
Six hours to charge...Sonofa... "Clouds of Vapor", "One cartomizer lasts as long as a pack of cigarettes" my hairy .......
Puff, puff, Oh, baby where have you been all my life!?! This honey flavor freakin' rocks! And Strawberry and Chocolate WOOT! I'll never smoke again! I'M A VAPIN' CONVERT!
Puff, Puff...what's burning?
Puff...puff...What the...
Puff, puff, oh my GAWD, where'd that awful taste come from?
Two words...
Burnt cartomizer.
Pfft, ya know the little tops come off the cartomizers and you could replace the cotton or whatever and put in the flavored nic stuff and save even more money. Note to self, get a syringe and needle, blunt end down and look for flavor vendors...
<1 week later>
Atomizers...direct dripping, better flavor and "throat hit". Shoot, overlooked that...and the battery life is only about 3 hours...VG that veggie stuff has gotta be better for ya...100 percent VG base, oh and a portable charger or, "VPP" and another starter kit ordered. I'm so smart!
This damn thing is tiny, but the automatic batteries charge faster...All right we got coffee and more chocolate...
Puff, puff... maybe I didn't inhale right.
Puff, suuuuuuuuuuuuuccccccckkkkkk....Where's the flavor...? like suckin' through a straw, but a bunch of vapor..Cool. Five second automatic battery cutoff!?! That's unamerican! Takes me 8 seconds to get a good vape and I'm a lightweight compared to the guys on Utube...
Puff, sssuuuuuuuuccccccGACK!!!! *Cough* found the flavor*Cough*, but I really don't think it's good for my lips and gums...
Wait for it...
Just a second...
Hmmm, make bigger hole in plastic juice holder, pull out holder, drip juice onto the atomizer and avoid lickin' chewy plastic... Cuz me not smart.
Starter kits..this keeps up, I'll slap a couple of double A's together in a Radio shack housing and make my own E-cig. It'll look like a pack of cigarettes with a straw comming out the top and a flip switch on the side. This could be a million dollar idea, I'm an ex-Navy electronics expert, I could make it work...wait, no...might look too much like an explosives detonator. The cops will never buy, "This is my homemade nicotine vaporizer". "Sure it is mister, tell it to Homeland Security..."
Maybe if I put it in a metal tube...wait, no....then, it would look like a pipe bomb and again explaining to the cops/ATF/FBI.
There has got to be... Flavor vendors have starter kits?...Oh look there is 6, 15ml sample flavors, dripping bottles and a syringe with needle... *Faceroll on keyboard*
Ya know these cartomizers have possibilities...I could drill a little hole by the bottom, they're already threaded for the battery, get a couple of rubber "O" rings, so it would be water tight and a thick plastic tube(cuz you'd want to see the fluid level) like 1/8 of an inch wider than the cart, cap the top with like a baby bottle nipple...Hmmm I wonder...
Electronic Cigarette Forum That's what I've been lookin' for! Let's see...
Oh, it's called a cleartomizer *Faceroll on keyboard*
...So that's what a "box mod" is...*Faceroll on keyboard*
...and there's one called ...a detonator *Bang head on keyboard*
And there's one called...a pipebomb. *Double facepalm on keyboard*
Me not smart!*Faceroll on Keyboard*
"Dude, the mail lady is married." "Hey, I'm not 'stalking' her, there really IS a package for me..."
. These guys and gals rock with info, advice and sheer goodwill to us newbs!
I haven't smoked since Veteran's day and I had to really think about it, to remember the last time I smoked. I gave 2 starter kits to people I work with. I now own a Joye-T, a Joye Ego "B" tank, three mods a a torpedo, a rough stack, and a VV box. Various atomizers cleartomizers, a dual coil tank and lots of juices.
If you laughed at least once, then I'm not sorry for the long post and I blame the mad cow disease for eating my brain.
NcCougar
This is my story of how I got on the E-cigs and literally forgot to smoke...
I'd like to say it's a short story, but it's not...
I'm a 44 year old middle-management monkey. The company I work for has a strict no smoking policy. No smoking in company vehicles, offices or in view of customers. Everyone who works with me knows that I may not like the policy, but I follow it and expect them as adults(and I use that term loosely) to do the same.
So, there I was about four months ago, while I'm about to start a morning safety briefing, one of my guys comes rolling into the office puffing on what appeared to be, a plastic cigarette. He sayes he's not smoking he's "vaping". He then, tells me everything he knows about it, which ain't much.
$140.00 for a starter kit? Good lord that's a lot of money! But, the refills are a lot cheaper than a carton of cigs. Pffft, I'm smarter than that, let's go to the all-knowing Google. Mail-order has got to cheaper, even with shipping charges. Ha! I've found E- cig websites....Um...a cubic-....-ton of them. What the heck is a "mod"? PG...VG...miligrams of nicotine...do I need a chemistry degree to quit with these things?
Let's just say patience is not my forte'. Gas station disposable E-cig for $20.00 eh. Oh yeah, a try it before you sink a bunch of cash into this buying E-cig stuff. Let's see, Menthol or regular flavors. 11 mg of nic, 2 carts and a battery. How bad could it be...Coughing like a first-timer and <Bleck>, that's sweat-sock in a ashtray nasty!(but not as bad as the inhaler thingie) Negative reinforcement! that's the quitin' ticket...as long as I can get higher nic level, cuz this ain't gonna cut it. Gotta order something better tonight. Back to the Camels...
Ok, making an order for a starter kit. We get a charger, 2 batteries(manual and automatic)Hmm Kr808's and a 10 pack of sampler flavored carts which(according to the website) is like 10 packs of smokes! and even with express shipping I'm only out...carry a 1 for flightless waterfowl...a little over half my cigarette budget. Purchase confirmation, Sweet! I'm so smart!
<2 days later>
Six hours to charge...Sonofa... "Clouds of Vapor", "One cartomizer lasts as long as a pack of cigarettes" my hairy .......
Puff, puff, Oh, baby where have you been all my life!?! This honey flavor freakin' rocks! And Strawberry and Chocolate WOOT! I'll never smoke again! I'M A VAPIN' CONVERT!
Puff, Puff...what's burning?
Puff...puff...What the...
Puff, puff, oh my GAWD, where'd that awful taste come from?
Two words...
Burnt cartomizer.
Pfft, ya know the little tops come off the cartomizers and you could replace the cotton or whatever and put in the flavored nic stuff and save even more money. Note to self, get a syringe and needle, blunt end down and look for flavor vendors...
<1 week later>
Atomizers...direct dripping, better flavor and "throat hit". Shoot, overlooked that...and the battery life is only about 3 hours...VG that veggie stuff has gotta be better for ya...100 percent VG base, oh and a portable charger or, "VPP" and another starter kit ordered. I'm so smart!
This damn thing is tiny, but the automatic batteries charge faster...All right we got coffee and more chocolate...
Puff, puff... maybe I didn't inhale right.
Puff, suuuuuuuuuuuuuccccccckkkkkk....Where's the flavor...? like suckin' through a straw, but a bunch of vapor..Cool. Five second automatic battery cutoff!?! That's unamerican! Takes me 8 seconds to get a good vape and I'm a lightweight compared to the guys on Utube...
Puff, sssuuuuuuuuccccccGACK!!!! *Cough* found the flavor*Cough*, but I really don't think it's good for my lips and gums...
Wait for it...
Just a second...
Hmmm, make bigger hole in plastic juice holder, pull out holder, drip juice onto the atomizer and avoid lickin' chewy plastic... Cuz me not smart.
Starter kits..this keeps up, I'll slap a couple of double A's together in a Radio shack housing and make my own E-cig. It'll look like a pack of cigarettes with a straw comming out the top and a flip switch on the side. This could be a million dollar idea, I'm an ex-Navy electronics expert, I could make it work...wait, no...might look too much like an explosives detonator. The cops will never buy, "This is my homemade nicotine vaporizer". "Sure it is mister, tell it to Homeland Security..."
Maybe if I put it in a metal tube...wait, no....then, it would look like a pipe bomb and again explaining to the cops/ATF/FBI.
There has got to be... Flavor vendors have starter kits?...Oh look there is 6, 15ml sample flavors, dripping bottles and a syringe with needle... *Faceroll on keyboard*
Ya know these cartomizers have possibilities...I could drill a little hole by the bottom, they're already threaded for the battery, get a couple of rubber "O" rings, so it would be water tight and a thick plastic tube(cuz you'd want to see the fluid level) like 1/8 of an inch wider than the cart, cap the top with like a baby bottle nipple...Hmmm I wonder...
Electronic Cigarette Forum That's what I've been lookin' for! Let's see...
Oh, it's called a cleartomizer *Faceroll on keyboard*
...So that's what a "box mod" is...*Faceroll on keyboard*
...and there's one called ...a detonator *Bang head on keyboard*
And there's one called...a pipebomb. *Double facepalm on keyboard*
Me not smart!*Faceroll on Keyboard*
"Dude, the mail lady is married." "Hey, I'm not 'stalking' her, there really IS a package for me..."
. These guys and gals rock with info, advice and sheer goodwill to us newbs!
I haven't smoked since Veteran's day and I had to really think about it, to remember the last time I smoked. I gave 2 starter kits to people I work with. I now own a Joye-T, a Joye Ego "B" tank, three mods a a torpedo, a rough stack, and a VV box. Various atomizers cleartomizers, a dual coil tank and lots of juices.
If you laughed at least once, then I'm not sorry for the long post and I blame the mad cow disease for eating my brain.
NcCougar