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    Hopefully going for a run, if I can get up the motivation. I don't mind running in the cold so much. And maybe planting some garlic. I planted mine, but a friend gave me some of hers to try. I don't usually plant it this late, but she said she does and it's fine. So will give it a try.
    Given the weather lately I’d be afraid it would freeze.
     

    Iron Molly

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    Given the weather lately I’d be afraid it would freeze.

    As long as I can dig deep enough to get it in the ground, it should be OK. I will still plant some flower bulbs this week. They should be half price by now. They maybe aren't quite as successful as ones planted earlier, but they usually do OK.
     

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    I had a few tulips at my home and always intended to plant more bulbs but never did.

    It's hard to remember! And then I don't remember what I planted where. ;) I am famous for planting some perennial and then pulling it up thinking it's a weed.
     
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    Good morning. Where did the weekend go? Not looking forward to another week of work. We get off for thanksgiving but have to work the day after. I argued with my boss for years that we should have it off but he doesn’t think so. It doesn’t make sense to me. Business is slow that day and he has some of the guys clean. I do my regular work and he always lets us go early.
     

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    Good morning. Where did the weekend go? Not looking forward to another week of work. We get off for thanksgiving but have to work the day after. I argued with my boss for years that we should have it off but he doesn’t think so. It doesn’t make sense to me. Business is slow that day and he has some of the guys clean. I do my regular work and he always lets us go early.

    I always kind of liked working the day after Thanksgiving. Phones don't ring, no one does much, go home early. I sure wasn't using a vacation day in exchange for that!
     

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    Good morning. Where did the weekend go? Not looking forward to another week of work. We get off for thanksgiving but have to work the day after. I argued with my boss for years that we should have it off but he doesn’t think so. It doesn’t make sense to me. Business is slow that day and he has some of the guys clean. I do my regular work and he always lets us go early.
    If you get paid for the whole day that’s not a bad deal.
     

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    More testing notes. For the root beer float, I do like the recipe using FW better than the one using TFA, but the TFA one is not bad either. Tried the Quince Jelly (WF) SFT. I expected it to be sweeter than the straight Quince (TFA), but it's not, to me. It seems to have more of a bitter edge to it. Like the tang you get from marmalade. It's also a bit perfumey. I think I prefer the TFA Quince, but I'm going to try diluting it further and let it steep longer.
     

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    My battery charger is getting dusty from non-use. Between the 2 double barrels and 1 Solo that I use on a daily basis, my charger is getting lonely. With mechs, battery charging was a daily affair.. 12+ days of battery life on each DB, and pretty much indefinite at the moment on the Solo. I pretty much just use that briefly on the boat, which has been really infrequent lately.
     

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    More testing notes. For the root beer float, I do like the recipe using FW better than the one using TFA, but the TFA one is not bad either. Tried the Quince Jelly (WF) SFT. I expected it to be sweeter than the straight Quince (TFA), but it's not, to me. It seems to have more of a bitter edge to it. Like the tang you get from marmalade. It's also a bit perfumey. I think I prefer the TFA Quince, but I'm going to try diluting it further and let it steep longer.
    I don’t mind a bitter edge.It can be useful to tame down a too sweet flavor. However if it has apple in it,I can’t taste that.
     
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    I don’t mind a bitter edge.It can be useful to tame down a too sweet flavor. However if it has apple in it,I can’t taste that.

    Well, it's not exactly apple. Really hard to describe if you haven't tasted quince IRL. It isn't sweet at all IRL, and needs cooking to make it palatable. It's very fragrant, and cross between apple and pear is sort of close, but doesn't really quite get it. It's drier than both. Maybe it's worth a try for you if it's on sale? It is an oddball flavor, for sure.
     

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    Well, it's not exactly apple. Really hard to describe if you haven't tasted quince IRL. It isn't sweet at all IRL, and needs cooking to make it palatable. It's very fragrant, and cross between apple and pear is sort of close, but doesn't really quite get it. It's drier than both. Maybe it's worth a try for you if it's on sale? It is an oddball flavor, for sure.
    It might be. I’ll stick it on my wishlist for future consideration :lol:
     

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    The hardest part, for me, was getting the legs of the coils through the holes. The rest was a breeze! I used a premade coil: $1.72 Pre-Coiled Welded Wires - NR-R-NR (50-Pack) 50-pack - 32 AWG / 1.5ohm / 30*30mm at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping Vapes well at 1.5 ohms.
    I've seen those little packs of 50 but avoided them because I have no earthly idea what that designation is I don't know if it's the same for all of them but what in the world is NR R NR. It would be kind of nice to have a 50 pack of little fiddly wires for when I don't feel like making one especially since right now I wouldn't want to mess with 30 gauge though I think I would be successful at 28
     

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    I got my Nic all bottled up and put two of them in the freezer I guess just to make sure that they're going to be okay in there even though I know they will I'm a little worried about how much Headroom I need to put in them. Like it's in PG it's not going to freeze solid right so no expansion? so I only need to leave enough to be able to shake it right? From the top of the bottle down to where the liquid starts I left about an inch maybe a little bit more. Put some tape loosely around the top for now and will tighten it down as long as everything works out okay in my little experiment. Does anyone have any other suggestions that I need to take into account for securing the top? Most of them have cone caps but I do have one large borosilicate but doesn't have a cone cap but it does have a ridge on the inside that meets with the plastic ring on the bottle itself and creates a seal the are designed to keep hazardous chemicals from off-gassing or from gases getting in so I figured that would be an acceptable replacement
     

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    I am trying the black cherry net I got from Pappa. I don't necessarily pick up that much on the cherry flavor but it seems a bit sweeter than the other three I've tried. It's not too sweet but sweeter than I'd expect from a NET. I will keep using it and see if it changes as the coil gets a little wear on it.
     

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    Good morning. Where did the weekend go? Not looking forward to another week of work. We get off for thanksgiving but have to work the day after. I argued with my boss for years that we should have it off but he doesn’t think so. It doesn’t make sense to me. Business is slow that day and he has some of the guys clean. I do my regular work and he always lets us go early.
    Unless it's a retail establishment that has a Black Friday sale or something along that line I bet that Friday is going to be the least productive day of the entire working year LOL
     

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    I got my Nic all bottled up and put two of them in the freezer I guess just to make sure that they're going to be okay in there even though I know they will I'm a little worried about how much Headroom I need to put in them. Like it's in PG it's not going to freeze solid right so no expansion? so I only need to leave enough to be able to shake it right? From the top of the bottle down to where the liquid starts I left about an inch maybe a little bit more. Put some tape loosely around the top for now and will tighten it down as long as everything works out okay in my little experiment. Does anyone have any other suggestions that I need to take into account for securing the top? Most of them have cone caps but I do have one large borosilicate but doesn't have a cone cap but it does have a ridge on the inside that meets with the plastic ring on the bottle itself and creates a seal the are designed to keep hazardous chemicals from off-gassing or from gases getting in so I figured that would be an acceptable replacement
    Sounds like you have it right. I filled mine to the bottom of the neck. Haven't had any issues. Just cinch up the cap and stretch a layer of tape around it and you're done.
     

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    I've seen those little packs of 50 but avoided them because I have no earthly idea what that designation is I don't know if it's the same for all of them but what in the world is NR R NR. It would be kind of nice to have a 50 pack of little fiddly wires for when I don't feel like making one especially since right now I wouldn't want to mess with 30 gauge though I think I would be successful at 28

    NR-R-NR means the wire has no resistance on the legs and resistance in the middle. The NR part doesn't heat up. In the minifit, it eliminates the possibility that the legs will heat up and melt the plastic. Not sure if that would happen or not, but better safe than sorry.
     

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    NR-R-NR means the wire has no resistance on the legs and resistance in the middle. The NR part doesn't heat up. In the minifit, it eliminates the possibility that the legs will heat up and melt the plastic. Not sure if that would happen or not, but better safe than sorry.
    Oh! Thank you
     

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