Older Folks and Vaping Front Porch - Part Three

[Debadoo]

derrrrr pay no attn to the woman behind the monitor.....my brain is jelly today.

 

[garyoa1]

Yeah it checks and filters. Automatically removes spam. But if you only have one email address... meh. I have 11 so I'd go nutz widout it.

 

[FlamingoTutu]

r77r7r , are you kidding me? You’ve been here since ’11 and 6,000 posts later you’re making your way onto the porch for the first time? I’m happy to give you the whole welcome to the porch spiel, be careful of Iffy trying to put a whoopee cushion under you as you sit down and think twice when someone offers you a rocket instead of a rocker but I swear you’ve been here before. Then again, my memory’s shot to hell.

 

[garyoa1]

Whoopee cushion? That's not too bad. Itz the pin cushions that annoy.

 

[clnire]

I can see and send gifs in yahoo mail. Some people I send them to can't see them I guess because of the email program they are using.

r77r7r, I have seen you around the forum. Welcome! Great people here, lots of help and support. Come on over to the back porch for the conversation, music and fun!

 

[misswish1]

Welcome, r77r7r! Glad you found us. We are pretty friendly and full of advice, and we'll even help you spend your vape budget!

 

[Ken_A]

OK, downloaded Mailwasher and had a good laugh- you guys are fun!

Welcome to the porch!!

 

[FlamingoTutu]

Got a CTA from CASSA today for California. It says in part (bold mine):

AB 768 (the tobacco Free Baseball Act), introduced by Assemblyman Tony Thurmond and co-sponsored by Senator Mark Leno, would include “an electronic device that delivers nicotine or other substances...“ in its definition of “tobacco products.” While, on the surface, prohibiting athletes from using a personal vaporizer on the field or on the bench might seem superfluous and even silly, the larger issue here is the tobacco product definition. Defining vapor products as “tobacco products” anywhere in California’s statutes will likely expose these products to taxes and other inappropriate tobacco regulations.

Among all the other BS in there, how do they even try to get away with calling something that has no nicotine or anything else derived from a tobacco plant labeled as a tobacco product? It would almost be fun fun if they passed this and then got their panties sued off but just wish they'd do it in someone else's state.


FDA is up to their usual tricks. http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...cid=48ad374110&mc_eid=0ecaa07ada#post15535396

 

[MikeE3]

OK, downloaded Mailwasher and had a good laugh- you guys are fun!

Welcome to the porch. Always nice to have more folks join the crowd.

 

[Kenna]

That's just a FB page with a link to the WSJ, which I cannot read without subscribing. The article itself is not on the FB page. I'm pretty sure it must be because I've already read as many WSJ articles as they allow someone to read before requiring a subscription. I've read a bunch over the past several months.

EDIT, EDIT!
Stupid me. I found out I could read the whole WSJ article by ignoring the subscription pop-up. When I moved the slider on the right side of the page, the pop-up disappeared. I'm an idiot. (I can say that about myself but YOU may NOT say that about me! And that goes for YOU too. I see ya tryin' ta sneak around the corner over there!)

At least I stuck with it until I figured it out. My idiocy is counterbalanced with perseverance.

I had no pop up from the link on that FB page, I'm not a subscriber, either, but I could read the whole thing. Maybe Skyline is a subscriber?

 

[Kenna]

Very nice!!! Kat is great for doing stuff like this!!! She's a good compiler.

Nice new toys uman!!!

Great news about WA state kickin that tax to the curb. Waitin to see what Tx does. The senate already passed the deal about having to sign for net purchases of e cig related stuff, so ya have to be home and pay an EXTRA 6.00 for it on top of shipping. Hope the House kicks it out. Been responding to all the CTAs.

Me, too. I'm soooo tired of this crap sneaking into TX via Austin. I still say we need to build a wall around that place & throw food over occasionally. Make that seldom. In fact, make 'em beg for it. Then tell them we took a vote I they don't get any food today.

 

[Ken_A]

but, but... what about "Austin City Limits"? great music on that show....
every dump in the world has some value. You just have to look for it.

 

[Kenna]

I can send and receive gif images in emails with my gmail email account. I am not referring to linked images, I am referring to sending and receiving actual self-contained files which display in the body of the email.

This is also not an April Fools joke, but those of us who subscribe to MFS emails got one from them today.

The Drone deliveries? That was hilarious!

 

[Kenna]

Hi r77! Welcome to the Porches!

 

[bigbells]

I had no pop up from the link on that FB page, I'm not a subscriber, either, but I could read the whole thing. Maybe Skyline is a subscriber?

Doesn't matter if Skyline is a subscriber. They're simply providing a link to a WSJ page. Neither you nor I is recognized as Skyline when we go to the WSJ website. The fact that I get the pop-up no matter how I get to the WSJ page, including via the Skyline link, is likely due to my browser and operating system. It's virtually certain that WSJ knows how many times any individual computer or smart device has visited their website. It's quite possible that at some point they started adding the subscription pop-up after I made a certain number of visits within a certain amount of time.

I know for a fact that the NY Times website requires a subscription after a certain number of "free" visits but I don't know if the WSJ does that too. Technology is wonderful but it's also scary. Just about any website you visit keeps track of how many times you've visited. My browser allows me to open an incognito window but I rarely use that feature. Some websites do not function correctly if you block the cookie that identifies the unique Internet address that every computer has, and incognito windows block that cookie.

 

[Ken_A]

except, I got the abbreviated one on every link EXCEPT the one from FB... so I'm thinking it recognizes where a link came from

Here is that link broken so you can see how it reads:
http: // l.facebook. com/l .php?u= http% 3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj. com%2Farticles%2Fmichael-b-siegel-the-misbegotten-crusade-against-e-cigarettes-1424821708&h=-AQF3eNryAQEolrXhenLgr9MKJXuaexGRIk4CXf7IAXtK1Q&enc=AZPu5ChRBBRu64KKPZRQ0075xJ1oZBf5ULdSjpalKdb8arsjRtrJZ4SLiwyhI50jkJk07XYloKOUJkKF8FP-v1Pr3dIEw5WBIZu8-7Zw6kd5UMHCyMbrJ4byfbkOVMOpUdzm6CrnQik9RzqD9lO_ndR5ISqvcHf-163sUxUPFJij4A&s=1

 

[Semiretired]

except, I got the abbreviated one on every link EXCEPT the one from FB... so I'm thinking it recognizes where a link came from

Yes, it makes a difference on where the link came from - they have agreements with many websites - such as FB, Yahoo News, and others.

 

[bigbells]

Yes, referrals happen whenever a link is posted in an ECF Forum also, just as they do from Facebook. In your browser address window, you can watch as the URL contorts from the referral URL to the destination URL. The final web destination for the person who follows the link does NOT change. The WSJ article appears at exactly the same URL, and has exactly the same appearance to any individual user, regardless of the twists and turns that precede delivering the user to that single URL.

 

[2legsshrt]

Here is Washington states latest attempt to screw us over.
Send a Message
I guess the 95% didn't fly so maybe only 60% give me a break.

 

[DavidOck]

Here is Washington states latest attempt to screw us over.
Send a Message
I guess the 95% didn't fly so maybe only 60% give me a break.

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