NotCigs refugee thread

[El Dee]

Happy New Year Everyone !!!

Got some heat rolling in the shop and the delivery for Unk done....Got all that done in time to watch my Raiders lose one more....Head coach jack Del Rio was fired after the game....I'm good with that..Roasted oysters at Sis' for the New Year....Discussed the current family situation and I find out I'm not the only one experiencing grief...Seems the more you do for people the more they expect....With that I'm putting family issues to rest as I've got better sheet to occupy my mind.....Plans tomorrow are to check out a black Dodge dually with the graphite and grey suede interior....Pics look sweet but I'm not getting my hopes up just yet....

 

[FranC]

Happy New Year -12 this morning.

 

[908Tracy]

Happy New Year everyone!

I’m off to get some coffee in me then starting my annual New Year’s Day pork and kraut in the crock pot. Yummm!

I hope 2018 is good to us all! Cheers!

 

[kgj]

Happy New Year, all.

 

[Bovinia]

You got us beat by quite a bit, Fran. 5 here right now.

 

[markfm]

Airport showed -13 early today, but where we're at it's +8 now - Spring is just around the corner!

 

[El Dee]

Dang old 17* here and I'm frozen solid......

 

[Bovinia]

I've spent probably a total of about 10 minutes outside over the last 3 days

 

[Wharf Rat]

Happy New Years to all !!!...

I feel yáll.. We almost hit 39º last night .... Kia is on her way up this evening for 4 days

Hey Dee I'd trade Del Rio for Gruden anytime. Gruden is great with QB's though he does burn out teams after 5-6 years.... We were very lucky to get Jimmy G. Who knows how good he can become, but he has jumped out of the gate roaring so far

I hope 2018 is going to be a great year for all !!!!

 

[FranC]

Had Christmas with my girls today. It was delayed by a snow storm. Froze just from house to truck and truck to house trips. We're at -4 and looking for -12 again. Haven't bought wood in at all. Hubs got 3 armfuls yesterday. I have to get out there and do it tomorrow. High is supposed to be 12 which is warmer than it's been in a week.

 

[Wharf Rat]

I'm glad you were finally able have you Girls for Christmas <3

 

[FranC]

Me too,Wharf Always good to see them

 

[Wharf Rat]

Hey Mark and Dee and....

Drip Factory Labs has a batch of Vapcell 20700 3200mAh 30A. According to Battery Mooch, these are re-wrapped Sanyo NCR20700A batteries.

 

[El Dee]

Thanks for the battery info....Gruden is calling the play by play at the KC game this weekend....Word is after that it's "The return of Chucky".....Fingers crossed....

Whole day wasted again on the truck search....I saw a kazillion Tacomas back when before finally pulling the trigger....Looks like deja vu......This truck could be nice if I were to spend the time and money required....Thing is I could just spend that cash up front and save a Hella lotta headaches and maybe fish instead of work....$590 documentation fee today.....Whee !!!!! That's the highest doc fee I've ever heard....

 

[markfm]

I'm a low power wimp, run the 20700b [emoji5]
Panasonic/Sanyo NCR20700B 4000mAh 15A 20700 Flat Top Battery - Genuine - Wholesale Discount

(Love the true 4000mAh)

 

[Wharf Rat]

That's all I've been using too Mark. But I have a couple builds that I think could use a bit more power.

 

[Bovinia]

Glad you got your Xmas with your girls, Fran! Hope you at least get some sun and no wind in this brutal cold so you can get some wood in.

And YAY for 4 days with Kia, Wharf

Looks like we're going to be dodging this snow storm moving up the east coast on our way to SC tomorrow. Hoping to get a little more than halfway tomorrow, stop for the night, then roll on the rest of the way Thursday.

 

[FranC]

Safe trip,Bov Got above 0,that's a plus.

 

[markfm]

That's all I've been using too Mark. But I have a couple builds that I think could use a bit more power.

Picking up an Oceanus took care of that for me -- it comes with a pair of the Ampking batteries that also test well

VandyVape is sending a replacement Pulse BF for my original gray one, after it had a strange shorting failure. I had checked with Tony B, he's only heard of a couple failures of the power path. I'll give VV credit for being quick on this one, positive outcome.

On the low cost 20700 squonker front, I just ordered a Hugo Vapor Squeezer BF. $28 including a shipping upgrade, comes with a spare squonk bottle plus a 30ml 510 refill bottle. Oh M G and TVP out of the UK both had positive reviews, it looks like the only mod I'll do is add a tiny piece of garage door rubber weatherstrip behind the negative contact, to beef it up (so it doeesn't loosen with time). A pure mech, sounds like it has very little internal resistance.

Bov -- safe trip and don't forget to let me have your new address, gotta keep my coffee notes up to date

 

[Bovinia]

Thank you Fran and Mark

We decided to be safe and avoid I-95 since it hugs closer to the coast and this winter storm. We'll go I-81 that runs further west. It adds close to an extra 100 miles, but it has the advantage of skirting well to the west of all the big cities.