Older Folks and Vaping Front Porch - Part 5

[bigbells]

TV comments:
Synchronization of picture and audio: I re-recorded Into The Woods (free On Demand with DirecTv) and this one is in sync, which makes a huge difference in viewing enjoyment.

Commercials: As someone who watches way too much TV, I have a lot of opinions about various advertisements.

Particularly despicable are the ads for:
Deal Dash, because penny auctions are obscenely crooked. When I am King, they won't be legal.

Charmin. 4 times less? As a mathematical concept that makes zero sense. So if I use 10 sheets of another brand, that means I'd use ten, minus 4 times ten, sheets of Charmin.. a negative number.

Liberty Mutual Auto insurance. Just like with every other insurance company, total replacement is OPTIONAL, at greater cost, but Liberty Mutual tries to make you think it's something unique to them. Allstate pulls the same garbage regarding Accident Forgiveness.

Luxury car ads in general. Ads for non-luxury cars are 4 times less stupid than ads for Cadillac, Mercedes, Lexus, Range Rover and Audi.

Ads for so-called "top shelf" vodka.

 

[FlamingoTutu]

The Rookie, 2002. Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Jay Hernandez, and the kid from 2.5 Men. Excellent.

The New Surgeon General’s Report Suggests E-Cigarettes Might Be the Best Addiction to Have

Bells, nice video, got a chuckle out of your moves at the end. Like the other video also. Good thing you don't live in Calif. where it's illegal to fly a drone out of your line of sight.

Mu TV at the time had no such function. I haven't looked for it on my present TV because there have been no problems. Besides, if one channel has problems, you set it for that, then switch channels, you have to reset it. I just looked, and the only similar adjustment is automatic leveling of sound if one channel is louder, or ads are too loud.

I suppose the person I talked to was trying to shift the blame.

With Carrie Fisher's passing ( ), I'm watching Star Wars. It's a full screen disc. We now have a wide screen TV. Chewbacca looks like a hairy garden gnome and everyone else looks like hamsters in costume.

Oh, and I'm chain vaping waiting to see if they'll successfully blow up the Death Star.

 

[bigbells]

Good thing you don't live in Calif. where it's illegal to fly a drone out of your line of sight.

That's a nation-wide rule, established by the FAA a little over a year ago. I agreed to abide by it when I got my drone pilot registration from the FAA. I have no clarifying comment on the matter.

Moving right along, I have a neighbor who, at the end of November every year, gifts small potted poinsettias to each of his 8 neighbors. In my hands, the plant is lucky to survive for a week and has never before survived for 2 weeks. This year, though, mine is still alive and kicking after more than 4 weeks. Due to this picture being taken from above the plant, the dimensions are distorted, with the upper leaves looking larger than they actually are.

 

[Diver9543]

With Carrie Fisher's passing ( ), I'm watching Star Wars. It's a full screen disc. We now have a wide screen TV. Chewbacca looks like a hairy garden gnome and everyone else looks like hamsters in costume.
Oh, and I'm chain vaping waiting to see if they'll successfully blow up the Death Star.

I went to bed and took an hour and a half nap, I am now wide awake . I decided since I was up, I would watch Star Wars.
I have a batch of juice steeping in a warm water bath and it will remain there for at least 24 hours. When I have 100ml, 2 bottles, of my ADV left on the shelf I make another 100ml batch. After I bottle the juice, it sets for about a week. It isn't a shake and bake but 7 - 10 days sitting on the shelf makes it nice and smooth.

 

[cigatron]

Commercials: As someone who watches way too much TV, I have a lot of opinions about various advertisements.

Particularly despicable are the ads for:
Deal Dash, because penny auctions are obscenely crooked. When I am King, they won't be legal.

Charmin. 4 times less? As a mathematical concept that makes zero sense. So if I use 10 sheets of another brand, that means I'd use ten, minus 4 times ten, sheets of Charmin.. a negative number.

Liberty Mutual Auto Insurance. Just like with every other insurance company, total replacement is OPTIONAL, at greater cost, but Liberty Mutual tries to make you think it's something unique to them. Allstate pulls the same garbage regarding Accident Forgiveness.

Luxury car ads in general. Ads for non-luxury cars are 4 times less stupid than ads for Cadillac, Mercedes, Lexus, Range Rover and Audi.

Ads for so-called "top shelf" vodka.

Lol, You and I have the same "issues", as my Wife would call them. The false advertising in tv adds today makes me so nauseous that the text on the Mute button of all my tv remotes is wore off.
It sucks to be pedant...

 

[Bea-FL]

Oh well, I still have my snuff. Its a heck cheaper too. Grandfather used it all his life and died of natural old age causes. He was also a pipe smoker and never touched the cancer sticks. He died age 94.

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But so many people die of mouth cance because of snuff.

I dont care what that report says, I don't plan to stop vaping. I'm afraid I might go back to cigs and that would be so much worse.

 

[Bea-FL]

TV comments:
Synchronization of picture and audio: I re-recorded Into The Woods (free On Demand with DirecTv) and this one is in sync, which makes a huge difference in viewing enjoyment.

Commercials: As someone who watches way too much TV, I have a lot of opinions about various advertisements.

Particularly despicable are the ads for:
Deal Dash, because penny auctions are obscenely crooked. When I am King, they won't be legal.

Charmin. 4 times less? As a mathematical concept that makes zero sense. So if I use 10 sheets of another brand, that means I'd use ten, minus 4 times ten, sheets of Charmin.. a negative number.

Liberty Mutual Auto Insurance. Just like with every other insurance company, total replacement is OPTIONAL, at greater cost, but Liberty Mutual tries to make you think it's something unique to them. Allstate pulls the same garbage regarding Accident Forgiveness.

Luxury car ads in general. Ads for non-luxury cars are 4 times less stupid than ads for Cadillac, Mercedes, Lexus, Range Rover and Audi.

Ads for so-called "top shelf" vodka.

You are a man after my own heart.

Whaaat, you dont believe the perfume commercials that show you how, if you wear that perfume, you'll go horse-back riding with a gorgeous woman on the beach, or you'll turn into a beautiful bride living in a palace, or …?

 

[Kenna]

From 1001AM until 2126PM th porch was quiet. It didn't show up in the New Posts... Anyway, I hope the last couple of days have been good.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, FF!

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[Kenna]

The Rookie, 2002. Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Jay Hernandez, and the kid from 2.5 Men. Excellent.

The New Surgeon General’s Report Suggests E-Cigarettes Might Be the Best Addiction to Have

Thanks for the video & the link, Bells!

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[Debadoo]

I don't see how that could possibly matter,

ok, so I did leave out an important word. That should have read "I" set it to record. Totally my fault, but you should be getting pretty good by now at reading what I meant to type

Apparently, the author of the article, despite having become less anti-vaping, still feels that some flavoring names are deliberately designed to appeal to children.

yabbut overall I liked the article

Hi there how do u wick your rdta box? Do u bring the coton all the way down?

Hiya rcalvy! Welcome to the porch!! Grab a lounger and beverage of your choice and tell us bout yourself. We love stories!

I'm thinking he'd say the same about you.

Most likely. I've been told I have an accent, but of course I don't believe. Don't really matter, it's not glass which is my preference. (the one thing that does bug me about the Reo, but all it's other lovelies manage to outweigh that drawback)

No idea and not about to dismantle it to find out. I am sure there are youtube reviews about it somewhere have not bothered to look.


Rofl nope I am not a translator of accents I had no problem understanding him. One just has to listen carefully. The presenters command of the English language was commendable compared to some of the English I have heard spoken in English speaking countries. I give the presenter top marks for the doco. Just watch it a few times, it takes patience to understand accented English

Jup have checked out a few vids......no one else seems to care what it's made of either.

It's completely me. He does speak English very well, but the thing in a brain that processes thick asian Indian accents is missing in mine. I just have a very hard time understanding them. They're pretty to listen to, almost like music sometimes, I just can't understand more than a couple words most times.

So this afternoon I spent some time reading through the recent Surgeon General's report about e-cigs. About the only positive thing I found in it was that e-liquid "generally contains fewer toxicants than combustible tobacco products."

well poo. I did feel he was being overly optimistic, but really really had hoped she'd come to her senses......Christmas miracle or something to that effect.

Now I am trying to figure out what to use to color it to match the mod.

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what's it made of? Delrin? plastic? God only knows what? Decent chance alcohol inks will work. Tim Holtz® Alcohol Inks | Ranger Ink and Innovative Craft Products

I have a neighbor who, at the end of November every year, gifts small potted poinsettias to each of his 8 neighbors

oh I love poinsettias! They had some gorgeous ones at Sam's this year. Good on ya for keeping it alive.

One great thing about multiquoting. I can get a lotta vape related things interspersed amongst my non vape related replies Jup, that was a gentle reminder

 

[Kenna]

I'm thinking he'd say the same about you. [emoji38]

I think I told you about how when my sister came to visit, I had to play interpreter so that she could understand my neighbors.

That's hilarious! To those who have been in the Hang out with us, are we Texans that hard to understand?

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[DavidOck]

Lol, You and I have the same "issues", as my Wife would call them. The false advertising in tv adds today makes me so nauseous that the text on the Mute button of all my tv remotes is wore off.
It sucks to be pedant...

Body memory helps with that, Cig

One of my biggest peeves are the (now several) ones that tout "real people, not actors." Uh, actors are real people, unless you're talking about Max Headroom. And the so called not actors are, no doubt, being paid to act in said commercials anyway.... so doesn't that make them actors??

 

[Kenna]

That was really nice!

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[Kenna]

Just to be a bit non confomist lol. How's this for a drip tip [emoji4]

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I have a black pipe stem DT that I use when the RA is acting up in my wrist. It's not that long but thr slight curve & length help.

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[Kenna]

TV comments:
Synchronization of picture and audio: I re-recorded Into The Woods (free On Demand with DirecTv) and this one is in sync, which makes a huge difference in viewing enjoyment.

Commercials: As someone who watches way too much TV, I have a lot of opinions about various advertisements.

Particularly despicable are the ads for:
Deal Dash, because penny auctions are obscenely crooked. When I am King, they won't be legal.

Charmin. 4 times less? As a mathematical concept that makes zero sense. So if I use 10 sheets of another brand, that means I'd use ten, minus 4 times ten, sheets of Charmin.. a negative number.

Liberty Mutual Auto Insurance. Just like with every other insurance company, total replacement is OPTIONAL, at greater cost, but Liberty Mutual tries to make you think it's something unique to them. Allstate pulls the same garbage regarding Accident Forgiveness.

Luxury car ads in general. Ads for non-luxury cars are 4 times less stupid than ads for Cadillac, Mercedes, Lexus, Range Rover and Audi.

Ads for so-called "top shelf" vodka.

I agree. I like funny commercials. Some of the serious ripoff ones are so stupid they are funny. Others are just disgustingly obvious. Like Deal Dash.

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[Kenna]

That's a nation-wide rule, established by the FAA a little over a year ago. I agreed to abide by it when I got my drone pilot registration from the FAA. I have no clarifying comment on the matter. [emoji38]

Moving right along, I have a neighbor who, at the end of November every year, gifts small potted poinsettias to each of his 8 neighbors. In my hands, the plant is lucky to survive for a week and has never before survived for 2 weeks. This year, though, mine is still alive and kicking after more than 4 weeks. Due to this picture being taken from above the plant, the dimensions are distorted, with the upper leaves looking larger than they actually are.

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It just needs a LITTLE water. Not soaked, just damp. And let it get a LITTLE dryer between waterings. See how long you can keep it going.

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[Kenna]

Lol, You and I have the same "issues", as my Wife would call them. The false advertising in tv adds today makes me so nauseous that the text on the Mute button of all my tv remotes is wore off.
It sucks to be pedant...[emoji38]

There were some a couple of years ago that I had to mute. The Gieco pig & his annoying weeeeeee!!! And the phone commercial for some phone with great screen resolution. The one where the woman sees a pic of a spider & shrieks much too loudly & way too long. Mute. Mute. Mute.

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[Kenna]

You are a man after my own heart.

Whaaat, you dont believe the perfume commercials that show you how, if you wear that perfume, you'll go horse-back riding with a gorgeous woman on the beach, or you'll turn into a beautiful bride living in a palace, or …?

No palace? Damit.

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[Kenna]

Hi there how do u wick your rdta box? Do u bring the coton all the way down?

Totally missed welcoming you! Welcome to The Porches!

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[BreSha6869]

You are a man after my own heart.

Whaaat, you dont believe the perfume commercials that show you how, if you wear that perfume, you'll go horse-back riding with a gorgeous woman on the beach, or you'll turn into a beautiful bride living in a palace, or …?

So I don't get the super model, horse and beach house? Damn. I just wasted $9.99 on a pint of Lectric Shave! Maybe if I buy Stetson or Brut?