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PJReid

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Can you please elaborate on the part of nicotine being impossible to ban? How else is nicotine used outside of vaping? This confuses me because of the stockpiling of nicotine that vapers are doing. Thanks.

It looks like @NolaMel covered what I had in mind. For the record, I do have a large nic supply in my freezer back in Virginia and plan to get more once I am home. I am buying only 120mls at a time while I am in Washington but there are no pending laws to ban online nic sales either here or in Virgina that I am aware of. Stocking up is definitely the thing to do. PG, VG, and flavors should not be a problem ever.
 

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Not so hard to pull off when vendors start refusing to ship to your State.

Has that happened yet? I know of one vendor - one that I never heard of before but found through Google - that will not ship to four states - Arkansas, Maine, South Dakota, and Utah.
 

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    Has that happened yet? I know of one vendor - one that I never heard of before but found through Google - that will not ship to four states - Arkansas, Maine, South Dakota, and Utah.
    Not yet. It's too soon.
     

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    I had only three-and-a-half hours of sleep last night, so I was very surprised to find myself mixing today. The potential for disaster was high, but it went off without a hitch. I love, love, love the squeeze bottle I put my base in. Not only is it nice and soft, but it stops instantly when one ceases to squeeze. No stray drips at all. I was impressed.

    I wasn't very adventurous: mixed 50mls of Vaperol Spritz (I know I like this) and 15mls each of Berry Berry Good, Lemondowskii, @NolaMel's Fig Cheesecake, and a revised version of my Arroz con Leche. Oh, and three sfts, too.

    Kind of dumb that I mixed anything, really. I've been trying to hold off till I vape through the commercial juice I have left. With my own mixes available, the temptation will be strong to turn to them rather than the commercial stuff, none of which I like very much.

    When I was cleaning up, I complimented the cats for behaving so well and then got sad, remembering the picture of Abby on top of a high cupboard looking as though she were going to drop down onto @AngeNZ's mixing table at any moment. It's one week today, I think. Poor dear girl.
     

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    Kind of dumb that I mixed anything, really. I've been trying to hold off till I vape through the commercial juice I have left. With my own mixes available, the temptation will be strong to turn to them rather than the commercial stuff, none of which I like very much
    I'm having a similar problem.. I've had 15mls left of some commercial juice, and I really need to finish it off.. But finding it very difficult when I've got my own (better) juices available. I hate wasting money though, especially on expensive juice.
     

    NGAHaze

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    It’s used as a pesticide. But, the nic that’s produced for agriculture, to my knowledge, isn’t suitable for vaping.

    It may still be used as a pesticide in some countries but it hasn't been available for commercial use in the US since 2014. It has also been banned in the EU since 2009. It's availability to us could easily evaporate in the blink of an eye and unfortunately, we would have little to no recourse.

    I'm not bringing this up to alarm anyone, I just think it's wise to be cognizant of the fact that we could easily lose access to it and not be able to do anything about it ... at least not legally.
     

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    It may still be used as a pesticide in some countries but it hasn't been available for commercial use in the US since 2014. It has also been banned in the EU since 2009. It's availability to us could easily evaporate in the blink of an eye and unfortunately, we would have little to no recourse.

    I'm not bringing this up to alarm anyone, I just think it's wise to be cognizant of the fact that we could easily lose access to it and not be able to do anything about it ... at least not legally.
    I agree and that scared me so when I got the next to last payment on my car I ordered another litre. Since I'm 71 I probably had enough but now I feel good about having enough.That counts for a lot in my book.
     

    NolaMel

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    Next chance I get I'm going to buy a gallon of nic salt base.. which should last me about 8-10 years. If I have a really good fall with fishing, I'm thinking about getting enough nic salt base to last me the rest of my life.
    Be glad you’re not down here. They’ve opened the spillway for a second time this year from the Mississippi to get the level down from flood. All that fresh water in the lakes and marsh has put the crabbers, oystermen and shrimpers out for the season. The fish have all moved way back out into the Gulf. Lots of scrambling and scraping to make the bills.

    I haven’t had time to mix, but need something new to take with me to the lake this weekend. I have a strawberries and cream,lmp, and blueberry milkshake. I want to use some presteeped cheesecake base with a fruit other than those three . Raspberry? Forest fruit? Harvest berry? Ideas? I’m pooped. I’ve been precooking all the meals for the July trip when all twelve will be there, so I can leave them in the freezer this trip. It’s left me more brain dead than normal
     

    FranC

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    Coincidentally, I just found out that VaporDNA won't ship to Maine.
    There have been several folks on this forum that have posted no one will ship to them.I couldn't tell you the states cause I really wasn't paying attention at the time.
     

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    Be glad you’re not down here. They’ve opened the spillway for a second time this year from the Mississippi to get the level down from flood. All that fresh water in the lakes and marsh has put the crabbers, oystermen and shrimpers out for the season. The fish have all moved way back out into the Gulf. Lots of scrambling and scraping to make the bills.

    I haven’t had time to mix, but need something new to take with me to the lake this weekend. I have a strawberries and cream,lmp, and blueberry milkshake. I want to use some presteeped cheesecake base with a fruit other than those three . Raspberry? Forest fruit? Harvest berry? Ideas? I’m pooped. I’ve been precooking all the meals for the July trip when all twelve will be there, so I can leave them in the freezer this trip. It’s left me more brain dead than normal
    I am thankful and grateful the fishery up here is intact and pretty healthy. That is really heart breaking to hear, and I've heard and read quite a bit that the fisheries in the gulf in general are in very bad shape due to several factors. I can relate though in the fact that my livelihood depends on what I catch.. if i don't catch anything, I don't get paid.. but to lose out on an entire season.. that is soul crushing!
     

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    For anyone with an Innokin Zlide or thinking of getting one, the screws on the top cap is not to remove the cap. The cap twists off. The screws need to be removed when you need to replace the silicon slide. As far as what type of screwdriver, it is a torque T-2 — who would have guessed.
     

    Zazie

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    Well that's not good news at all.
    It was shock. Several things were on clearance that I wanted, and with 20% off on top of the already low price, it would have been a really good deal. I was disappointed and very surprised. It's the first time it's happened to me.
     

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    It was shock. Several things were on clearance that I wanted, and with 20% off on top of the already low price, it would have been a really good deal. I was disappointed and very surprised. It's the first time it's happened to me.
    I'm afraid it's only going to get worse.
     

    NotSoMini

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    I had only three-and-a-half hours of sleep last night, so I was very surprised to find myself mixing today. The potential for disaster was high, but it went off without a hitch. I love, love, love the squeeze bottle I put my base in. Not only is it nice and soft, but it stops instantly when one ceases to squeeze. No stray drips at all. I was impressed.

    I wasn't very adventurous: mixed 50mls of Vaperol Spritz (I know I like this) and 15mls each of Berry Berry Good, Lemondowskii, @NolaMel's Fig Cheesecake, and a revised version of my Arroz con Leche. Oh, and three sfts, too.

    Kind of dumb that I mixed anything, really. I've been trying to hold off till I vape through the commercial juice I have left. With my own mixes available, the temptation will be strong to turn to them rather than the commercial stuff, none of which I like very much.

    When I was cleaning up, I complimented the cats for behaving so well and then got sad, remembering the picture of Abby on top of a high cupboard looking as though she were going to drop down onto @AngeNZ's mixing table at any moment. It's one week today, I think. Poor dear girl.

    It has been a while however I can no longer tolerate commercial juice. Vape up fast before you get to that point.
     

    FranC

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    For anyone with an Innokin Zlide or thinking of getting one, the screws on the top cap is not to remove the cap. The cap twists off. The screws need to be removed when you need to replace the silicon slide. As far as what type of screwdriver, it is a torque T-2 — who would have guessed.
    The good news is I happen to have one of those.
     

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