Random DIY mixing and More

[newyork13]

I get the largest (120) size in all things I use a lot. (TFA Vanilla Swirl, CAP Vanilla Custard etc) I get the medium size (60ml) in all things I use often (CAP Sugar Cookie, INW Biscuit and TFA and FLV Peanut Butters etc.) If it is not something I use often but have several recipes for I get the 30ml (except with FLV) If it is something I am ordering for one time I get the 10ml but really hate those small bottles

I've got the CAP Sugar Cookie on my buy list.
Do you use it solo or mixed with other flavors?

 

[newyork13]

1/27/2020-purchased oxva origin
10/20/2020-trashed oxva origin
As soon as I put the battery in, it would fire by itself. I thought a mod with an external battery would last longer than that. If memory serves it was about $45.
Due to the fact that I have 10 coils for the oxva, I ordered the oxva x, $31 with internal 1600 mah battery. I hope to have better luck with this one.

The Origin is one I've been using since early summer, though not heavily. Working well and nice flavor. Hope mine lasts longer!

 

[FranC]

1) I was a teenager.

2) Brian Eno made that band. Unforgettable Fire is an unappreciated gem, and it is due to his mixing intervention. Then Joshua Tree he made Bono get singing lessons and that was the apex. He still can't sing at all. But, he does it more gracefully, sorta.

3)The thing I like about U2 is actually these are four Catholic dudes who grew up together and like, they genuinely gel well together. Bono was NOT the best singer for that band, but he could not learn the guitar and if you ever listen to the Edge's solo stuff, well, you kinda wonder how he COPED with Bono, because he is such a poor lyricist. Really if you ever want to see something funny watch Bono "play the guitar" (he learned) and try to sing at the same time (he cannot walk and chew gum at the same time and I still think he knows like five chords.

BUT the great Johnny Cash himself was like, not the WORLD'S greatest musician of all time either.

So you'd think the Edge would be all fuming but no, he was like, "Fine I will play guitar and back Bono up on the high notes because NO he can't sing but if he tried to play the guitar, well, we would have NO band ever."

There is really a beauty to some of the songwriting and mixing. I mean "Where the streets have no name.... that intro goes on forever, it is the SAME DANG CHORD deconstructed, over and over again, but it builds and it is beautiful and it takes you someplace.

IDK. Why do we like what we like? PERSONAL TASTE.

I am in love with My Chemical Romance BUT ONLY THE BLACK PARADE ALBUM.

It's basically about the lead singer watching his abusive veteran dad die of cancer and I swear, his dad came down and blessed that album with his regret, because it is not only beautiful in single mode, it is ROCK OPERA (not no longer so popular but they exist) about his dad. It's truly one of my favorite albums of this decade.

IDK I think often we don't go outside our comfort zones and listen to something truly foreign.

I feel that way about Nirvana. When Kurt Cobain died, like, I cried.... because I hated their damn music SO MUCH and now it was gonna be like Christmas music, there would be no more NEW crap, only OLD crap, played SO OFTEN and in mourning and like, I was like "There will be Nirvana Elevator music" which is why we should force (or let our kids force us) into new genres. The kid was all rappy so I never let him know when he went all moody into his room I LIKED It. LOL.

It's going through a rough patch lately. Seems like everything is but yeah the stuff he sends has been SUCKING.

It is entirely subjective. You just know when a song is singing for you/to you, etc. SO be judciious. I will often wander the house singing "So happy together" and like my husband wanted to know why I knew it so well. Ahem, that was the EXIT song into a marriage where I KNEW before hand I should probably not do it, so it became kind of "not happy" but I still love it. So instead of answering, I just said, "You ,know we will both be happier if I do not tell you. Bless my husband's hear he was like, "Okay, works for me."

LOL I would have been "Deep dark therapy secret TELL ME NOW! I get gestapo-like in those moments, I mean not in therapy everyone has a right to privacy you know!! JUST NOT MY HUSBAND HE IS SPESUHUL or I AM or WHATEVER.

Anna

I do believe we have very different taste in music.

 

[FranC]

That's a BIG bottle.
I'd love to know what flavors folks like enough to order that big a bottle. That would be useful feedback.

If I bought big bottles it would be INW Biscuit and rhubarb, TFA Acia, Graham clear, Cheesecake with graham. Cap NY Cheesecake and Graham cracker. There are others also.

 

[Redbird11]

I’ve never liked U2. I just didn’t get them. Just like everyone thinks Tool is fantastic, I can’t stomach many of their songs.

Never was a big fan of Tool, but a lot of my friends are. I can't listen to U2. Not because they make bad music, because they actually have some good songs. It's because I want to punch Bono right in his pretentious face.

 

[Koolkiz]

One of my favorite covers (Dolly approves) is Jack Whites version.

 

[Redbird11]

One of my favorite covers (Dolly approves) is Jack Whites version.

As long as Dolly approves.

 

[Redbird11]

So folks, I just finalized my Bull City order a few minutes ago. 22 new flavors added (well 21, plus rebuy). Many of these flavors are ones that seemed to be used quite a bit by you fine people. I can't wait to try mixing some killer new recipes!

 

[smacuser]

Nite y'all.

 

[Skeebo]

That's a BIG bottle.
I'd love to know what flavors folks like enough to order that big a bottle. That would be useful feedback.

Butterscotch Ripple FW, Hazelnut FW, Toasted Almond TFA, Vanilla Bean Ice Cream TFA, CAP, and LB, and Cookie FA, and Cookie Dough FLV.

I really like Butterscotch Ripple a lot. Hazelnut FW is a versatile flavor and if used at 1% or lower in a mix strangely adds a creaminess without the Hazelnut coming through.. Toasted Almond because it was on clearance at River Supply. All the ice creams because I use them a lot in various mixes. Cookie FA adds body to a mix and I like the flavor, which is the same reason I like Cookie Dough... I also have to add that those are probably the flavors I am most familiar with at the moment.. I have a lot of 2oz bottles that if I don't grow tired of them I may order in 4oz bottles in the future. Butterscotch Ripple won't last long, but the rest will probably last me a year or two.

 

[uthinkofsomething]

I’ve never liked U2. I just didn’t get them. Just like everyone thinks Tool is fantastic, I can’t stomach many of their songs.

So I'm 41, and Tool was just getting famous when I was in my early teen years, so naturally I loved them, along with bands like Alice in Chains, Primus (everybody should listen to SOME Primus), alternative, metal, and any older rock. I was an MTV kid bigtime, and they had a great video early on. But after a few years I was totally not a fan, they just seemed too full of themselves and the music was not really creative enough even though it was supposed to be amazing stuff. And now I just can't even listen to it, it's like made for teen angst, and I am beyond that, mostly lol.
I still listen to plenty of music I discovered when a teen or younger, but a lot of it has been left to the wayside. I actually try to find newer music, random stuff on youtube mostly. I listen to anything from techno to classic rock to death metal (don't judge me poorly, I'm a good guy), and electronic stuff. And 80's music.

U2's In the Name of Love and Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For have to be my favorites by them, but I haven't listened to them much for a long time. I'm not a Bono fan. Just me, I never criticize someone else's musical taste, I like all kinds of stuff others do not.

Sorry, music talk brings out the chatter in me, I guess.

 

[uthinkofsomething]

That's a BIG bottle.
I'd love to know what flavors folks like enough to order that big a bottle. That would be useful feedback.

Every month and a half or so I make a friend a 500ml bottle of Rainbow Candy FW mixed at 10%. That's 50mls of flavoring per bottle. I order that 4oz at a time. So far that's the only one.

 

[uthinkofsomething]

Every month and a half or so I make a friend a 500ml bottle of Rainbow Candy FW mixed at 10%. That's 50mls of flavoring per bottle. I order that 4oz at a time. So far that's the only one.

I could and probably should order some other flavors in 4 ouncers, I do go through enough of them.
New York Cheesecake CAP v1 and v2
Sugarloaf VTA
Pineapple RF SC
I'm sure there are others. I don't go through them real fast, but I make large bottles for myself. Right now I have a 500ml bottle of "Cheesecake Base" in a closet that I pour into smaller bottles and add a fruit flavor to.

 

[Skeebo]

Speaking of Music, check out who Spin has ranked as the #4 greatest guitarist:

100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time | SPIN - Page 9

Am I missing something?

 

[DLKnives]

Speaking of Music, check out who Spin has ranked as the #4 greatest guitarist:

100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time | SPIN - Page 9

Am I missing something?

I am missing something there also.

 

[Katya]

Today's the day I go for my eye procedure. I'm not looking forward to that. I hope they give me lots of good drugs first.

Good luck with your procedure!

 

[hittman]

I haven’t bought any 4oz bottles in a long time but do have some. I used to use a lot of ry4 double, cheesecake with graham, sweet and tart, EM, and tfa lemon. There might be a couple others. I’d have to check my bulk box.

 

[chanelvaps]

That's a BIG bottle.
I'd love to know what flavors folks like enough to order that big a bottle. That would be useful feedback.

There are two things I make a lot. Graham Father and Pistachio RY4. I always have these on hand to save me from buying store juice. If I do not feel like mixing I can revert to these two. So I have all the fixings to make these in 120ml size.
I also have the mainstays that I use a lot. I am not organized enough to have all my flavors in the local site we all use so mine are on a word doc that I update anytime the postman has brought new flavors my way. I went to that to check what I have on hand in 120ml

CAP
Sugar Cookie, Lemon Meringue Pie, Graham Cracker, Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
TFA
Vanilla Swirl, Dairy Milk, Bavarian Cream, Cheesecake Graham Crust, Pistachio, RY4 dbl
FW
Graham Cracker, Hazelnut, Butterscotch Ripple and Butter Pecan
INW
Biscuit
FA, Fresh Cream, Meringue, Vienna Cream, Coconut, Zeppola and Cookie
I have 30ml (what I consider large size) in Flavorah in:
Cream, Vanilla Pudding, Coconut, Rich Cinnamon, Pound Cake Peanut Butter, Butterscotch, Caramel
I also have a 120ml bottle of Holy Vanilla but only because it was the only size I could buy at the time.

 

[chanelvaps]

I've got the CAP Sugar Cookie on my buy list.
Do you use it solo or mixed with other flavors?

I use it to make a lot of Cookie recipes, something I crave, Pistachio RY4 and Pistachio Cookie
I am also developing a liking to Pur Cookie

 

[chanelvaps]

So I'm 41, and Tool was just getting famous when I was in my early teen years, so naturally I loved them, along with bands like Alice in Chains, Primus (everybody should listen to SOME Primus), alternative, metal, and any older rock. I was an MTV kid bigtime, and they had a great video early on. But after a few years I was totally not a fan, they just seemed too full of themselves and the music was not really creative enough even though it was supposed to be amazing stuff. And now I just can't even listen to it, it's like made for teen angst, and I am beyond that, mostly lol.
I still listen to plenty of music I discovered when a teen or younger, but a lot of it has been left to the wayside. I actually try to find newer music, random stuff on youtube mostly. I listen to anything from techno to classic rock to death metal (don't judge me poorly, I'm a good guy), and electronic stuff. And 80's music.

U2's In the Name of Love and Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For have to be my favorites by them, but I haven't listened to them much for a long time. I'm not a Bono fan. Just me, I never criticize someone else's musical taste, I like all kinds of stuff others do not.

Sorry, music talk brings out the chatter in me, I guess.

I am surprised some in here do not like U2, they seem so easy to listen to (to me) I like older rock such as Traffic, Steely Dan and a few others, I like REM. I also like some newer things and all things Red Hot Chili Peppers. I walk a lot and use Pandora and tune it to RHCP station.