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I heard a good analogy the other day, and it seems to fit here:
"If you have six puppies, and five of them are behaving, and playing with each other, and generally being cute, while the sixth one is chewing on your shoes, which one are you going to pay attention to?"
They're all puppies, and they're all doing normal puppy things, but the one you perceive as doing something negative is the one you're going to focus on. It's human nature. We all do it. It's the same with people expressing their opinion.
We all know opinions are like navels: everybody, save for perhaps a few unfortunates, has one. We may like some, and dislike others, but they'll still have them.
Personally, I, too, thought Oriana was being harsh at first, but then I thought about it: She may have been a little more blunt in expressing those thoughts than some of the others might have, but it's sound advice.
I came to the same realization myself: If you can afford to smoke, you can afford to vape, so which one will you choose? It was after hemming and hawing for 2-3 weeks, having heavily lurked the forums here learning all I could, that it came to me, and my self-talk wasn't nearly as polite as what Oriana said. Kinda went like this:
Me: (lighting up and realizing I'll have to pick up another pack soon) Mike, you're a @#$@% idiot if you keep this up. You've spent over 40 bucks in the past week on smokes, and you're about to spend more. Why haven't you just said, "To hell with it, I'll buy one of those eGo kits and some juice and operate at a deficit for a while?" You'll be spending the money anyway, and with vaping, if you don't buy everything you see, you'll get back into the black eventually. Why not spend the money on damage control, rather than just the damage? You're lying to yourself if you say you can't afford it. You can and will afford to smoke, even if you can't.
I went inside and placed my first order after that cigarette. It took me quite a while to work that out for myself, and I kind of wish someone would've just told it to me (possibly not in so many words) sooner.
Anyway, all tangents aside, my point was that at first glance, it's easy to perceive a negative. It's difficult to look past that and see that it's just someone expressing their (in all likelihood, valid) opinion. I've learned over many years to step back and try to understand the message, rather than how it's delivered.
I think it's largely in part due to 7 long, hellish years in telephone-based customer service listening to angry people and having to decode what they're actually saying. I know we don't all have the benefit (I use the term loosely; There's a reason I'm balding and going grey at 33.) of that type of experience, so I suppose that was kind of why I decided to step in and subject you all to this novella.
I agree with Chelly. There's a lot more good than bad on this forum. It's just that the good's the status quo, so we don't pick up on it as much.
Anyway, I think I'm making less and less sense as I go on here, so I'm going to get some sleep.
"If you have six puppies, and five of them are behaving, and playing with each other, and generally being cute, while the sixth one is chewing on your shoes, which one are you going to pay attention to?"
They're all puppies, and they're all doing normal puppy things, but the one you perceive as doing something negative is the one you're going to focus on. It's human nature. We all do it. It's the same with people expressing their opinion.
We all know opinions are like navels: everybody, save for perhaps a few unfortunates, has one. We may like some, and dislike others, but they'll still have them.
Personally, I, too, thought Oriana was being harsh at first, but then I thought about it: She may have been a little more blunt in expressing those thoughts than some of the others might have, but it's sound advice.
I came to the same realization myself: If you can afford to smoke, you can afford to vape, so which one will you choose? It was after hemming and hawing for 2-3 weeks, having heavily lurked the forums here learning all I could, that it came to me, and my self-talk wasn't nearly as polite as what Oriana said. Kinda went like this:
Me: (lighting up and realizing I'll have to pick up another pack soon) Mike, you're a @#$@% idiot if you keep this up. You've spent over 40 bucks in the past week on smokes, and you're about to spend more. Why haven't you just said, "To hell with it, I'll buy one of those eGo kits and some juice and operate at a deficit for a while?" You'll be spending the money anyway, and with vaping, if you don't buy everything you see, you'll get back into the black eventually. Why not spend the money on damage control, rather than just the damage? You're lying to yourself if you say you can't afford it. You can and will afford to smoke, even if you can't.
I went inside and placed my first order after that cigarette. It took me quite a while to work that out for myself, and I kind of wish someone would've just told it to me (possibly not in so many words) sooner.
Anyway, all tangents aside, my point was that at first glance, it's easy to perceive a negative. It's difficult to look past that and see that it's just someone expressing their (in all likelihood, valid) opinion. I've learned over many years to step back and try to understand the message, rather than how it's delivered.
I think it's largely in part due to 7 long, hellish years in telephone-based customer service listening to angry people and having to decode what they're actually saying. I know we don't all have the benefit (I use the term loosely; There's a reason I'm balding and going grey at 33.) of that type of experience, so I suppose that was kind of why I decided to step in and subject you all to this novella.
I agree with Chelly. There's a lot more good than bad on this forum. It's just that the good's the status quo, so we don't pick up on it as much.
Anyway, I think I'm making less and less sense as I go on here, so I'm going to get some sleep.
I have a couple eGo batteries, charger & some juice I can send out tomorrow. Can you PM my your mailing info please
Hey Rummy, you should check out the section on DIY. Making your own juice is a lot cheaper then getting premade.
I inboxed uI have some spare juice as well. PM me as well if you want it.
I have a Stardust & some other kind of tank or carto thingy I'm adding in with what I'm sending.
When you get all this stuff from everyone Rummy you should be well set up to get off the analogs for good.
When you get all this stuff from everyone Rummy you should be well set up to get off the analogs for good.
not sure about you Unique, but i have my fingers, toes and eyes crossed and am hoping so
Thank you guys so much...as I was saying to constantine, I can't believe how nice everyone has been....and I am so determined to do this and get off the cigs for good...it makes me feel so much better knowing I have such wonderful people for support
promise not to post so much here
yup this is a very generous community and people have reached out to help me a few times , there is an abundance of kind souls here
ARGH!!! there is that nice person thing again
I am putting this here more for me then anything else as the memory goes on us old people you know
What was sent:
~Large Happy Vapor Ego Carry Case
Inside said carry case:
~1100mah unregulated black pass through
~650mah joye ego-t branded silver pass through
~2 unopened boge low resistance extra large carts
~ego-c cone, and base
~ego-c atty (new and still sealed in the package)
~ego-c clearo (new still in the package)
~two usb cords for said pass throughs
Outside the case In the Envelope mailed out
~one usb wall wart (charger) of 500mah
~one usb car charger came with the silver pass through, i think it can be used for the black one
~four bottles of juice: MacMaurier, @12mg nic, Blueberry Tobacco @18mg nic, Butter Rum @18mg nic, Wild Canadian @18mg
(thanks goes out to cactusgirl for the recommendation)
May you be a Serial Vapist in no time
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thank you *points down to my signature* i kind of like it myself 
feel free to use it though, it is something me and vaping bunny came up with one night horsing around
the only thing you cannot have is remaining the Lavatube/Knight Rider/Lambo/??? to Dragons Breath (if you did serious vape time on those you know what i mean lol) that is solely a mine and vape bunnie thing
feel free to use it though, it is something me and vaping bunny came up with one night horsing aroundthe only thing you cannot have is remaining the Lavatube/Knight Rider/Lambo/??? to Dragons Breath (if you did serious vape time on those you know what i mean lol) that is solely a mine and vape bunnie thing
I am not scared lol i will even give you my email address...it is cactusgirl@... erm..... cactusgirl what was that email address again
all jokes aside you learn by asking questions
all jokes aside you learn by asking questions
Very sweet...however, I am closing this out...this falls under the buying & selling & trading outside of the classifieds...
There are proper channels to go through for this...
These rules are in place to protect the good heartedness of so many of our members...thank you.
There are proper channels to go through for this...
These rules are in place to protect the good heartedness of so many of our members...thank you.
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