Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Seven

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pwmeek

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Tube mods are the worst. They tend to roll up against things or roll up underneath the edge of a plate where it's invisible.

You can get or make foam or soft plastic hexagonal collars to fit. Stops the rolling every time. Even a bit of tape with an "ear" sticking out (fold the end over to cover the sticky side) will work to reduce the chance of having your mod roll away into limbo.
 

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With tools, it has been my experience that when replacing a "lost" tool (really just a tool that I have misplaced), when I go to put the new tool away, I frequently discover that this is where I misplaced the original tool. Oddly, I can't pretend to put away a phantom new tool; I must really have a new, physical replacement in my hand. Sometimes this doesn't work. I confess that there are some tools that I have had to replace as many as three times before this method discloses where one of the originals has hidden itself.

Likewise! Living in a cats' house (we are NOT their keepers, but their attendants!), I have 4 or 5 screen spline tools now... :lol:
 

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Twix my cataract surgeries and new HL assemblies, I can now actually see and target da bicyclists dat fail to follow da same road rules as I...
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but you don't get as many points when you can actually see them! :sneaky:

I seriously just lost one of my mods. I had it in my hand yesterday. I've searched everywhere. I'm so mad I just ordered a new one. Does this qualify as "older folks" stuff? No doubt the second the new one comes I'll find it. So, if you see me selling a Pico, you know why o_O:mad::confused:
that stinks you lost it. Hoping you have something else to vape on til the new one comes in. Everyone beat me to it, but yeah, don't sell it when you find the new one unless circumstances force you to it.

I didn't realize it wasn't in my purse for about 1/2 hour and by then somebody walked off with it. Didn't even turn it into the Lost and Found.
oh that stinks. Just a tip for everyone.....if you lose something at a big place like walmart, check a few times over a few days at the lost and found. Sometimes folks just give it to any employee and they may not turn it in right away. Then you have lazy folks that don't really wanna look and just say it's not there. For it to disappear that quick makes me wonder (hope actually) that the person who took it actually knew what it was and vaped. some folks will take anything.

When Desert Storm broke out my was in the area. Needless to say my stress limit was peaked. I lost the coffee pot one morning. I had one cup of coffee but wanted another. I looked all over for that darn thing. Had to stop and get a cup from the local donut shop. Of course, I had to pick up a couple dozen donuts for my troops at work. I finally found the darn thing in the freezer when I got home. Stress can do strange things.
I'm sure you will find your mod, probably right after you get a replacement. :facepalm:
lmao........you win! I've lost my coffee cup a zillion or so times (usually find it in the microwave) but have never lost the actual pot. But yeah, when a loved one is deployed, anything is possible.
 

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@Debadoo oh that stinks. Just a tip for everyone.....if you lose something at a big place like walmart, check a few times over a few days at the lost and found. Sometimes folks just give it to any employee and they may not turn it in right away. Then you have lazy folks that don't really wanna look and just say it's not there. For it to disappear that quick makes me wonder (hope actually) that the person who took it actually knew what it was and vaped. some folks will take anything.

Yes, I did check back for the next 2 days, but then we had to catch the plane back home. That's a good tip though.
 

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I seriously just lost one of my mods. I had it in my hand yesterday. I've searched everywhere. I'm so mad I just ordered a new one. Does this qualify as "older folks" stuff? No doubt the second the new one comes I'll find it. So, if you see me selling a Pico, you know why o_O:mad::confused:
Did you check the fridge, freezer, the TOP of the fridge, food cupboards, clothes drawers and silverware drawer?

Over the years I've only truly lost 1 and unfortunately it was a ProVari. I was being very careful in the ladies room and put it on the toilet paper dispenser to make sure I didn't drop it anywhere and ended up walking out without it!!
I had thought that you weren't able to figure out where the Provari went... when you were out west without Mike... was it Montana?
 

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Did you check the fridge, freezer, the TOP of the fridge, food cupboards, clothes drawers and silverware drawer?

I had thought that you weren't able to figure out where the Provari went... when you were out west without Mike... was it Montana?
LOL I'm 5'2". It's not going to be on top of the fridge [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

But yes. Checked everywhere else. 2 days and still nothing. Grrrr!

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I seriously just lost one of my mods. I had it in my hand yesterday. I've searched everywhere. I'm so mad I just ordered a new one. Does this qualify as "older folks" stuff? No doubt the second the new one comes I'll find it. So, if you see me selling a Pico, you know why o_O:mad::confused:
I do that and sometimes it's right there in front of me. It's crazy.
 

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I had thought that you weren't able to figure out where the Provari went... when you were out west without Mike... was it Montana?

Yep. That's the one. After thinking on it for awhile I'm pretty sure I left it in the ladies room. The lodge had my information to contact me if it got turned in, but never heard from them. I'm thinking someone knew what it was and is enjoying the heck out of it although they wouldn't know what kind of juice was in it.

And no, I wasn't with Mike. If I was he'd probably still be there looking for it. I was with a lady friend. Her husband didn't want to make the trip during tourist season so I went with her to keep her company.
 

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Have you checked the medicine cabinet? Linen closet? Undersink cabinet? Coat pockets? UNDER the refrigerator?.... just testing to see if you've really stopped looking.
My medicine cabinet IS my vape cabinet lol. And yeah... All those other places [emoji51][emoji23][emoji22]

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You KNOW I'm going to be letting y'all know when I find it and where it was haha

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There are times that I have found things that I spent an afternoon looking for that there would be no way I would repeat in public where I found it...

How does that old saying go - If it had been a snake it would have bit me - several times over...
 

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I lose things all the time. My favorite method is to go to another room looking for a tool or essential part, but I will be carrying some other tool or essential part while I go searching. You guessed it; when I get back with whatever I was looking for, I discover that I have set down whatever I was carrying in some immediately forgotten location, and probably covered it up while digging around for whatever I was looking for. I can repeat this for an entire afternoon, especially since I am easily distracted by the totally unrelated things I find while looking for something else.
 
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