Older Folks and Vaping Front Porch - Part 2

[AndriaD]

Ain't that the truth!?! I am sooo anxious for my vape mail to come! I have several small orders coming from 'all over', which will be here in the next few days, but it's the FT order that will make me crazy before it gets here! And it's got my charger in it! DOH! The batteries will be here for 2 weeks before the charger gets here. Geez! I can be such an idgit at times!

ROFLMAO!!! From everything that's been said about those slowtech orders, I think I'll give them a miss... I'm wayyyyyyyyyy too impatient to wait that long... for ANYTHING!!!

Just got my 3rd order of Virginia that I'm trying out. I finally, last night, tried out the 2nd order that arrived yesterday in the middle of all my coil-connimptions. It was a little closer than the first one I tried, the one that had that bad chemical taste/smell, but still not THE ONE. I'm guessing that MFS must make their own blend of the "Virginia" flavoring, or maybe, MAYBE, what I've been getting from MFS was already aged a bit, since they ran out? Could be, I guess. If that's true, then maybe these others will become acceptable at some point.

The DIY stuff from MFS will be here Monday, so I can start trying to figure it out. I won't be able to do it all the way "from scratch" of course, till I get some plain nicotine, but at least I can make a small start, and maybe get something vapable out of it, since it will be 50% their VG blend of Virginia. But it sure would be great if I *could* make it myself; I figured out that getting the VA flavor, and their 60ml of plain nic, would actually be less costly than the 30ml of Virginia I last ordered from them, and I REALLY like those numbers!!

Andria

 

[lulu836]

This is what I got.....

...snipped for brevity...

Dear lord........they must have heard you sending an order and then did the banana dance!

 

[Kim B.]

I'm still waiting for the Pet Rock to make a comeback ..

You might have a bit of a wait there Unc.....

I was looking at pg vg bases at Amazon the other day and was checking out some bird feeders while I was there. In the search results for the bird houses there was one of those silly "drinking birds" that everyone had on their windowsills back then, and for some insane reason I wanted to add it to the cart.......

 

[AndriaD]

Don't get me wrong, I actually like the Mini Vivi Nova's. They are 2-2.5 ml, so they look good on an ego or smaller battery, like your iTaste probably. With the eGo, you do need a beauty ring, wouldn't know about yours though.

It's just that they really blow thru some juice! It probably wouldn't be as noticeable for you, because you don't vape as much as I do. If I'm awake, I'm vapin'! Because I was a very heavy smoker before I started vaping, I'm, pretty much, a chain vaper, as in vaping all the time, not as in 'being a smokestack'. But for a plastic topper, I like the Vivi. The rest of mine are pyrex, the Davide or RG series.And I like them a lot.

At one point, before I started taking my smokes outdoors so my son wasn't missing 20+ days of school every years, I was a real chain smoker myself, 3+ pks a day. Soon as I started taking it outside, I immediately dropped to 2pks a day. Over the 15-16 yrs since then, I gradually whittled it down to 1 pk, or maybe a little more in the summer, 24-25 a day, when the weather's nice and I can sit out and read all the time. But this winter, just as soon as it started getting cold, I started whittling it down more. Before I got to this forum and got interested in vaping regularly, and maybe even quitting smoking I was smoking about 15 a day.

Now, I do seem to vape pretty much constantly, but if I get busy with something, I forget about it for a while... then of course, pretty soon those addict cells start wondering about a smoke? And then I remember, oh yeah, this thing, not a smoke! At which point my addict cells go back to sleep for a bit, perfectly content with the facsimile sensation!!

But yesterday when I was so frustrated, that cigalike eRoll REALLY got me thru -- not for the taste, obviously, but just so I could hang on to something familiar and comforting. It really helped!!

Andria

 

[therussellv]

Hmm my iclear30 can really suck up juice too.. 3 ml's a tank and it gone before u know it

Filled my hypertank up yesterday, still half full...hmm are you a "the tanks half full" person or a "the tanks half empty" person, guess I'm an optimist. ;-)

Last stinky October 15, 2013

 

[garyoa1]

But yesterday when I was so frustrated, that cigalike eRoll REALLY got me thru -- not for the taste, obviously, but just so I could hang on to something familiar and comforting. It really helped!!

Andria

THAT was my main problem. For me,, prolly 80% of the "addiction" was having that white tobacco stick between my fingers. Constantly. Always. Part of my anatomy. Thing I find odd is... don't need it with an ego. Then graduated to mods and it's not a problem. That really surprised me.

 

[Iffy]

My take on FastTech, if ya...

... want to stock up on your tested and acceptable supplies, shop FT.
... seek 'new' items while having enough on-hand equipment, shop FT.
... have more time than money, shop FT.
... can trace your lineage to Job, shop FT.
... abhor v-mail 'tracking', shop FT.

... have an 'itch' that results in a 'rash', forget FT!

I use FT occasionally, but not due to most of da above. I'm just cheap frugal and usually can't even remember what day it is...

 

[Kim B.]

Looking back, my initial purchase of a cig a like starter kit was money that could've been much more wisely spent on better gear but I do firmly believe that those little batts and carts worked because they looked, felt, and puffed like a cigarette to me.

 

[Uncle Willie]

You might have a bit of a wait there Unc.....

I was looking at pg vg bases at Amazon the other day and was checking out some bird feeders while I was there. In the search results for the bird houses there was one of those silly "drinking birds" that everyone had on their windowsills back then, and for some insane reason I wanted to add it to the cart.......

It is unfair and inhumane to not post a link to that drinking bird .. I must have one to go along with my Cat Clock with Pendulum Tail and Moving Eyes ..

 

[Uncle Willie]

Obligatory PV related update ..

The Pet Rock I would turn into a PV receptacle for use next to my computer ..

The Cat Clock I would install a bladder into with a spigot in order to dispense e-liquid directly into my tank ..

And the drinking bird .. well, anyone would know what that could be used for with a PV ..

There, I've said it ..

 

[misswish1]

Welcome Fedgunner & family! This is a wide and wonderful porch, friendly folk. Jump right in, the advice is free!
Iffy - you should be thrifty, not frugal, it rhymes better

 

[Myrany]

I hate mail that requires a signature!!! If mailmen actually rang the bell, that would be different. So, I get notice on my phone that the mailman left a notice that no one was available to sign. I should have run outside half-naked. I probably would have caught him.

But, he's out driving around. So, I can't get the package right now. If I'm lucky, later today (if he gets back to the post office before I go to work). Otherwise, Monday.

There were 4 adults in the house. SOMEONE would have heard the doorbell.

Did I mention that I HATE 'signature required' packages?! We live in an apartment with locked mailboxes. There's just no need for it!

I know the mailman doesn't want to have to wait. He's busy. But, IT IS HIS JOB! And, the notice was down on the ground. I never would have found it if I hadn't been looking for it.

@%^!)*^&!!!

Same thing happened to me when my provari was delivered. guy didn't even ring the bell and I had to wait until monday to pick it up.

 

[mmsjs5]

...snipped for brevity...

Dear lord........they must have heard you sending an order and then did the banana dance!

I admit, I have a problem. When I get something, I have to get everything that goes with that something. I have a bit of OCD.

 

[Kim B.]

It is unfair and inhumane to not post a link to that drinking bird .. I must have one to go along with my Cat Clock with Pendulum Tail and Moving Eyes ..

Well far be it from me to deprive ya of such a fine acquisition, will a picture ease the pain?.......

(Bird's beak could be rigged with a nic level tester....)


BTW, those cat clocks always kinda gave me the creeps..

 

[Myrany]

I have done half a dozen orders with fasttech. Mostly stock up stuff so not needed immediately. I have only had a problem with one item and I got a credit for it immediately. Everything else has been fine. fastest shipping 9 days and the longest was 23 days. I can live with that for the ability to stretch my vape budget.

 

[DavidOck]

Hi guys, what size coil unit do I need to get for use with my provari using the protank 2? It comes in 1.8 or 2.2, does it matter?

Does it matter? Not really. That's one of the nice things about VV / VW, you can adjust to the coil you have. VW would make the adjustment for you, VV you just need to change the voltage to taste. Of course, the P is only VV, so you're stuck with that. So in operation, just like a Spinner, put your filled topper on, start low and work up until happy

 

[Uncle Ralphie]

Ah... You don't know then.
Any time humans create an industry, a new creature is spawned in Elde.
You have been the victim of a vaping gnome.
These sly little creatures are half the size of normal gnomes, yet have the strength of 5 adult humans and the speed of a corvette!
They love to play tricks and hide vaping equipment.
You can tell the difference between these clever creatures and the normal gnome by the hat. Rather than the normal red or green felt hat that comes to a point, the vaping gnome's hat is a cylinder of metal topped with a glass drip-tip.
They will also leave little puddles of e-liquid in strange places, and sometimes, these creatures will vape your tank dry while it is in your pocket, purse or just sitting on the table next to you.

You forgot to mention, that they can appear & disappear at will little buggers !!

 

[Legolas]

Does it really taste like Bavarian Creme? I can't eat that stuff anymore, can't eat anything with a lot of eggs... including eggs! so I had to stop eating bavarian creme, and egg custard, and quiche... *sigh* I still love french vanilla ice cream, but have to eat it very sparingly. I was looking for a French Vanilla e-juice that I saw *somewhere* but now I can't find it.

Andria

Well to me none of them taste like what they say they are exactly. It just puts me in the ballpark. If someone gives me a flavored Pringle I never can tell what it is supposed to taste like till I read the can or someone tells me. Then it's like oh yeah it does taste like that. I no longer search for throat hit, I am a cloud chaser more or less. I like smooth non-harsh vapes. So my taste in vapes rarely meet other vapers taste. Fruits taste like fruits for the most part to me. To answer your question I guess it does taste something like Bavarian creme but it is a vape that I like so far.

 

[Fedgunner]

Welcome to da front porch! We have plenty of rockers fer your whole family (we don't check IDs or BCs).

How long ya been vaping? What did ya start with? We luv vaping stories!

I started vaping full time on the first of this year.
I tried about three months earlier with an eGo starter kit. I wasn't very impressed with the experience. My wife and I then went to a local BM and saw the Kamry K-1000 e-pipe. Iasked to handle it and it felt like it was something I could work with.
I came home, filled the tank and haven'looked back.
That Kamry lead the way to Pro tanks, cartos, and an Epipemods acrylic Dublin.... now looking at all the different pipe mods and plotting....so much plotting.

 

[Legolas]

Hmph. Yeah I dunno about FT. I have an order in for nearly 3 weeks and it still didn't even hit the country. But they're soooooo cheeeep! Still, have to rethink ordering from them. I end up ordering another one from here just because I need it yesterday. :/

Overstock com has nuttin on me. I'm calling myself overvaped com.

With FT I don't really want to restart my pal pay or other methods to pay them. I am also too impatient to wait the weeks to get my stuff. Even if it's only a backup piece. I'll pay a little more to get the same thing from a vendor here.