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    Afternoon mixers. I got the lawn mowed since we finally got a break from rain all week. I also helped rip out a ground cover bush that was about dead.

    My wife and daughter want to go shopping and my wife guilted next into going since it’s only a couple weeks until my daughter goes back to college.
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    vaper1960

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    When you were a kid at the soda fountain, did you ever put a little bit of every soda flavor in the cup? Try that, but with your DIY flavors. Just go nuts.
    When I played baseball in "Little League" we got free sodas at the end of the game (fountain sodas) Everyone liked what we called "suicides"... all three mixed together (thanks for that memory) I think it was cola, 7-up and orange soda.
     

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    Seems to me if your kid loved the dog so much he would have the dog.

    To be fair to the kid AND my mother, I was extremely, well, I'm not going to call me psycho, well the word fits, why not, I was coming off a med that made me super manic and I let the kid (to be fair tot he kid he was like 6) talk me into adopting this silly little dog who the kid fell for online (the big dog was with my husband back east.)

    I knew the dog's history, found wandering in the desert 2 years old and this adoption society had neutered him and whatnot, but dogs weren't really my animals and I was like "I AM CERTAIN an older dog will be easier to deal with than a younger one...." Hahahahah. Unhousetrainable. DID adore the child, so tried to bite once, then it was over, ate SO MANY of my shoes I was finally like, 'This dog needs to be outside, man, I mean if he eats another pair of my shoes I will beat him to death with them." He loves outside, and my mom and kid are in CO, and my mom doesn't really have any indoor area that is not carpeted where he can be contained I don't think, and she's in a condo. He is not the easiest dog to have.

    I did not think about all these issues, and since my husband is home he can have the dog kind of tag along and notice if he needed to go out, but he's NOT the kind of dog you can leave inside for ANY period of time without pee and poop everywhere. I think the kid would like NOTHING more than to have the dog (he owns another one he takes EXCELLENT care of but she's housetrained.)

    I am a little miffed at my mother for not SUGGESTING it since my son IS home and something could be jerry rigged, I mean, we are talking a few months, but I think her fear is if she allows it, well, she will never get the dog OUT and my son will have to go to work at some point. So....

    I just REALLY don't even want to put the dog in a kennel, honestly, but I am just going to pray very hard that something comes UP for us. I mean, kenneling that dog he would be miserable. As would my husband. They are bonded now.

    It's probably my OWN fault for like, adopting that crazy little creature, but you know in some ways.... My husband's stepdad was extremely violent with dogs it was how they were trained (at least by this guy) back then, and when we got the big dog I had NO CLUE the husband would employ those methods. He only stopped when I told him I would take the dog to the pound if he ever hit her again and death would be kinder....

    The husband has been able to train the dog a fair amount just by spending so much time with him, and it's been kind of awesome to watch him truly fall for this tiny, ridiculous looking creature and treat him very, very gently. I have never heard him raise his voice to the dog and they love each other. The dog is like mostly Jack Russell but he's tiny but just... tough and he and Igor like wander around interacting. It's fun to watch. So, it's my fault really I HAD NO CLUE but I adopted the dog over the strenuous objections of EVERY adult nearby. LOL. So, eh.

    I am OVER IT WE have gone through EVERYTHING now consolidation begins. I'm just stressed. I have no house, I have no doc really , I have things I have to do that I don't know how to DO and yeah, my pdoc can't dump me but my PCP sure can. Sigh. But yeah, spraying, especially with another female dog (my kid's dog is a chick) that's like, you can't train that out. We tried everything.

    Anna
     

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    HIC's (@HeadInClouds) flavor notes:

    FA Cocoa and FA Chocolate: If you’re familiar with cocoa manufacturing, think of FA Chocolate as chocolate liquor before the cocoa butter is added, and think of FA Cocoa as cocoa powder. The two flavorings are often used together as the beginning of a complete chocolate flavor. FA Chocolate can taste like Hershey’s syrup or chocolate liqueur, depending on the other flavorings you use with it. If you have chocolate extract in your kitchen, notice FA Chocolate smells just the same. When chocolate extract is used in cooking, it’s often used with cocoa powder - which is the flavor of FA Cocoa. When using Cocoa and Chocolate together, more Cocoa than Chocolate gives you darker chocolate flavor. For milk chocolate use more Chocolate and less Cocoa. The two together are still not a candy bar flavor - you’ll have to add milky/sweet/caramel notes with other flavorings. Acetyl pyrazine is a secret weapon for chocolate vapes, but it doesn’t have to be used in pure form. Bakery type flavors like FA Cookie or TFA Cheesecake Graham can serve the same purpose while adding bakery or creamy notes. Many tobacco flavorings and most nut flavors contain acetyl pyrazine, if you’re interested in experimenting. Like many other dark-colored flavorings, too much Cocoa can clog your wick/coil fairly quickly, and too much power will give you a burnt flavor. If you’re sub-ohming, beware. If you’re using more basic hardware, you’re in luck, because Cocoa is one amazing flavor when vaped at higher resistance. The higher quality your nicotine base is, the better Cocoa and Chocolate will taste. That’s true of most flavors, but the difference with these two can be drastic. If you’re not sure of your nic quality, try vaping Cocoa (or a recipe containing it) with your usual nic base versus 0 mg, using identical hardware. If the difference is stunning, your nic is interfering with your flavors."
    Thank you so much! Good tips and it all sounds like what I have experienced. Gave me a few ideas too.
     

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    Durn it. I tried my mostly @FranC mix and then the coil didn't read. THEN well, so I haven't tasted it but I dropped a vape and now it's all "resistance too low" at me .LOL. It feels like, "resistance is futile" at the moment but MAINLY because I have to go do two weeks med boxes at MINIMUM and it will be COMPLICATED and I don't want to DO them but I should really DO them because they NEED to be done.

    I am also going to start packing up some more of the kitchen but perhaps after yoga IDK. Or sometime. I am just in no mood. It has cannoli filling in it (not in the FranC aka MOM recipie, which is what I wound up calling it I had to change so much; it wasn't fair to blame FranC for it.

    I WILL BLAME HER FOR CHEESCAKE. .... that is a LONG way off. Gotta figure out how to transport my flavors. Probably in a big bin or something.

    Stuff is necessary. Stuff is a curse. The WORST thing about stored stuff (some of it out in the shed) is how it can SMELL.

    They DEFINITELY changed like, women's sizes I found all these clothes from in my early 20s and they still fit, and they were a normal 1 or 2 not a junior 1 or 2. They better CONTINUE to fit because they are also from an era which MOST suited my body type. I really hate skinny leg stuff I am a hippie all the way so that era, slightly wider than bootcut but not by much, well, that's my deal.

    I also kept most of my fat clothes, but in bins. You never know. The last thing I want is to buy fat clothes TWICE the first time was traumatic enough. At one point I weight 195 lbs, but it was the Depakote. I got on this freak diet and lost the weight but lithium (unlike some folks) does not make me fat.

    Anna

    Damn it gonna do my med boxes ANY second. LOL.
     

    FranC

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    Durn it. I tried my mostly @FranC mix and then the coil didn't read. THEN well, so I haven't tasted it but I dropped a vape and now it's all "resistance too low" at me .LOL. It feels like, "resistance is futile" at the moment but MAINLY because I have to go do two weeks med boxes at MINIMUM and it will be COMPLICATED and I don't want to DO them but I should really DO them because they NEED to be done.

    I am also going to start packing up some more of the kitchen but perhaps after yoga IDK. Or sometime. I am just in no mood. It has cannoli filling in it (not in the FranC aka MOM recipie, which is what I wound up calling it I had to change so much; it wasn't fair to blame FranC for it.

    I WILL BLAME HER FOR CHEESCAKE. .... that is a LONG way off. Gotta figure out how to transport my flavors. Probably in a big bin or something.

    Stuff is necessary. Stuff is a curse. The WORST thing about stored stuff (some of it out in the shed) is how it can SMELL.

    They DEFINITELY changed like, women's sizes I found all these clothes from in my early 20s and they still fit, and they were a normal 1 or 2 not a junior 1 or 2. They better CONTINUE to fit because they are also from an era which MOST suited my body type. I really hate skinny leg stuff I am a hippie all the way so that era, slightly wider than bootcut but not by much, well, that's my deal.

    I also kept most of my fat clothes, but in bins. You never know. The last thing I want is to buy fat clothes TWICE the first time was traumatic enough. At one point I weight 195 lbs, but it was the Depakote. I got on this freak diet and lost the weight but lithium (unlike some folks) does not make me fat.

    Anna

    Damn it gonna do my med boxes ANY second. LOL.
    Feel free to blame me for the cheesecake. I love the stuff.
     

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    Marshmellow and also Chef's Choice Devon Cream to make a creamy black licorice.
    No big deal (everyone does it) but it's called Marshmallow (with an a) In the old days, it was made from the roots of the Marsh Mallow plant. History lesson over... (same with black licorice... was once made with actual licorice root but now it's just anise) I was very into herbs years ago... teas, extracts, tincture, ect) BTW, you can still get licorice tea (very soothing for your throat if you like the flavor) I'm going to try a vape juice with that flavor. Oh yea, then there's rootbeer that was like sassafras... OK, I'll stop ;)
     

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    I am so loving this creamy kiwi/strawberry juice I've been vaping. Instead of mixing them, I just vape half the tank, top off with the other, and then next time top off with the other (the best is when I taste both equally but it's interesting going through the transitions too.
     

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    I am very happy with my tobacco mix (just needed some more vanilla... mine seems kind of weak) Also going to dilute it some more (will post final % tomorrow... I know I confused everyone with my unusual technique for doing this... won't bother explaining again but it worked great actually) I ended up with 35 ml so am set for awhile.
     

    FranC

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    I do too! Haven't tried many fruits yet because I just love boysenberry with it. Waiting to order Acai (BTW, my cheesecake has steeped 2 month now ;) ) Yummy.
    I have cheesecake base steeped so when I mix I have a very short steep.
     

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    Good morning mixers. I have cocoa but never tried it in a recipe. I bought it when I was going nuts buying cheap flavors from gremlin.

    I have cocoa but never really found a good use for it.

    I used FA cocoa and chocolate with my creamy coffees and sometimes tobaccos. I liked my tobaccos with a touch of vanilla or cocoa/chocolate mix. But that was a long time ago when I first started experimenting with DIY.

    I don't do sweet dessert vapes, but HIC has creates a bunch of great recipes for chocolate/caramel/cookie dessert vapes. The guy has a sweet tooth. His recipes from this and the other forum can be found online.
     

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