Letitia

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Good afternoon all! Some medical issues with my daughter so not much time. She's doing OK and I'm vaping a lot. Good thing I broke down and cleaned a bunch of tanks up.
Hugs and good vibes for you both Eskie.
 

lupinehorror

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Take my money! I mean I love my minikin but that dam swipe down does give me some serious frustration. The menu is great, once I get it open.
I'll admit to not being thrilled by the touchscreen on my asmodus ultroner EOS. it isn't terribly responsive... at least with my massive thumbs. do like the board though. hits quickly and is kind to batteries.
 

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Weird thing happened with my Ark today. Popped it in the handbag and went to the grocery store. Vaped on the way there and back. Grabbed it out of the bag when I got home and went to hit it, and it was turned up to 200w. Now, yeah, I’ve had mods turn up or down in a bag or pocket before, and a couple even fired. But from 30 to 200? That’s crazy. And never in this bag (which is why I’m using this bag, big sturdy mod pockets).

But then I really enjoy this mod so I figure, I’ll just have to remember to shut it off when I bring it. Nope, it doesn’t shut off. Five clicks locks it though. I mean how did I miss that? Lol been using it almost 2 months.
 

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    It's working well for both my nic bases without having to adjust wicks between the two. KGD was spitting with the PEG400 if I didn't change wicks after using max vg/dw. Guess I'll join the rayonites? rayoniti? club. Do still love my KGD but it let me down a bit in this instance.
    Welcome to the fold Letitia, now you will taste real flavor. :)
     

    Letitia

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    Weird thing happened with my Ark today. Popped it in the handbag and went to the grocery store. Vaped on the way there and back. Grabbed it out of the bag when I got home and went to hit it, and it was turned up to 200w. Now, yeah, I’ve had mods turn up or down in a bag or pocket before, and a couple even fired. But from 30 to 200? That’s crazy. And never in this bag (which is why I’m using this bag, big sturdy mod pockets).

    But then I really enjoy this mod so I figure, I’ll just have to remember to shut it off when I bring it. Nope, it doesn’t shut off. Five clicks locks it though. I mean how did I miss that? Lol been using it almost 2 months.
    The Ark scrolls ridiculously fast. My one annoyance with it.
     

    TrollDragon

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    Take my money! I mean I love my minikin but that dam swipe down does give me some serious frustration. The menu is great, once I get it open.
    A long slow swipe works perfectly. Have you updated the firmware on the Minikin so you can see the lock icon on the screen to know when it is unlocked? That firmware also has the option to switch the swipe to three taps instead. I don't like the three taps as it can get out of sync with the three click firing lock. When that happens you just have to unlock it twice and use only one method to lock the fire button.
     

    Letitia

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    Welcome to the fold Letitia, now you will taste real flavor. :)
    I've been using rayon several days and notice zero flavor difference. About the only difference I have noticed it is more consistent when switching vg/pg to vg/dw so I don't have to change wicks.
     

    DeloresRose

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    A long slow swipe works perfectly. Have you updated the firmware on the Minikin so you can see the lock icon on the screen to know when it is unlocked? That firmware also has the option to switch the swipe to three taps instead. I don't like the three taps as it can get out of sync with the three click firing lock. When that happens you just have to unlock it twice and use only one method to lock the fire button.
    I haven’t updated it, but I can see the lock/unlock. Doesn’t matter if I swipe slow or fast. It takes 29 times either way lol. But that’s me with any electronics. I can’t even wear a watch.
     

    Bigbob2322

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    I've been using rayon several days and notice zero flavor difference. About the only difference I have noticed it is more consistent when switching vg/pg to vg/dw so I don't have to change wicks.
    Remember to thin your tails for faster absorption and better flavor, also you will notice that your wicks last much longer before needing to be changed out.
     

    TrollDragon

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    That Doc tip with a dual vertical build. :thumbs:
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    Letitia

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    Remember to thin your tails for faster absorption and better flavor, also you will notice that your wicks last much longer before needing to be changed out.
    Thanks for the tip. I've used rayon before, just wasn't any noticeable benefit at the time. Tails are thinned. I don't know yet about longer usage. The one I have changed was for a flavor change. There are a couple with KGD in them, may open them all and compare just for the hell of it.

    How did the bb muffin turn out?
     

    DaveP

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    I'm not sure if they have a PayPal option, I've used it on unsure sites and its guaranteed.
    I also use a credit card versus debit, then paid the card. Most cc have protections.
    Had my debit cloned last year so I dont use it online anymore. If a cc is stolen I still have money to pay bills, debit not so much.:2c:

    One day all vendors and our computers, phones, and notebooks will use thumbprint identification for CC approval. That'll stop 'em.

    Nah, they'll figure out a way to thwart that, too.
     

    DaveP

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    It's working well for both my nic bases without having to adjust wicks between the two. KGD was spitting with the PEG400 if I didn't change wicks after using max vg/dw. Guess I'll join the rayonites? rayoniti? club. Do still love my KGD but it let me down a bit in this instance.

    I was a staunch KGD fan for years who tried rayon several times and went back and forth before I got it right. Once I experienced the longer life of a rayon wick I was hooked. I could reuse the wick after dry burning, but why not chunk it while it's out and install a new one? When the coil is gunked, the rayon wick still looks almost new in my experience. Break in time is very short compared to KGD.

    Flavor is noticeably better for me without the background cotton taste. It's longevity that won me over, along with quicker break-in for flavor to appear. Rayon just sheds the gunk instead of accumulating it, in my experience.
     
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    Letitia

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    I was a staunch KGD fan for years and tried rayon several times and went back and forth before I got it right. Once I experienced the longer life of a rayon wick I was hooked. I could reuse the wick after dry burning, but why not chunk it and install a new one? When the coil is gunked, the rayon wick still looks almost new in my experience. Break in time is very short compared to KGD.

    Flavor is noticeably better for me without the background cotton taste. It's longevity that won me over, along with quicker break in for flavor to appear. Rayon just sheds the gunk instead of accumulating it, in my experience.
    I get no break in taste from either but then I juice and pulse my wicks after installing. I forget what reviewer mentioned it when I was learning to build but the tip has served me well. I can tell a difference when I forget or am in a hurry.
     

    Mark Spivey

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    I get no break in taste from either but then I juice and pulse my wicks after installing. I forget what reviewer mentioned it when I was learning to build but the tip has served me well. I can tell a difference when I forget or am in a hurry.

    Another truck I learned was to fire a new wick job that's thoroughly saturated, light it with a lighter, let it burn while firing for a few seconds, release and blow out flame.


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    stols001

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    Glad I only bought the kid stuff, no shiny stuff.

    My day one could have only gone worse if someone had died. And well, I wasn't sure if batteries would explode in the trunk of my car (they didn't but I gotta rewick everything my juice cooked ON my wicks.

    Oh god, can't go into another blow by blow (and probably shouldn't LOL) but my day ended and the rest of my life began after wandering aimlessly through Bits of Jail and standing on concrete for 4 hours because Sheriff who wouldn't SHUT UP told me every aimless longwinded knowledge I already knew like don't give them your address or pictures of your you know favorite kid or whatnot And he just KNEW they all turned horrible on entry because THAT is what happens. "Even if they are just some poor kid here on bumped up charges, because they turn manipulative THEY HAVE TO."

    They DO sheriff, "News to me," I did not say, "It actually turned mine UNmanipulative because he is you know smart, and didn't want to be there. SO there was a lot of instruction and Tall Tale telling by sheriff an I was already pissy because everyone else came at 9 a.m. .they were somehow instructed otherwise than me, but I found out my clearance thing by sheriff's department was TOTALLY fictional by clinical lady and it was at that point my dismay turned to a dull ROAR because I had LITERALLY turned down like 10 jobs based on her word. So, after I'd been there from to oh 7--1 p.m/ having ...... and drank something ONCE (Lol they do cancel each other out apparently but ALSO, like dude, after a really LONG lecture about how fat prisoners get commissary removed because they abuse it or are diabetic and Hence a Problem they decided to forge on ahead and like do without lunch and diabetic staff lady she needed a break to EAT (I needed a break to pee, although SNUS works, tested under the harshest conditions," I got a bit defiant and thought, "F you lot" and went to get my non contraband satchel off the unit because I WANTED it badly.. Also such a load of complete disorganization I have never seen and a metal health nurse kept repeatedly referring to her charges as the "crayzees" until I politely stated, I don't have a problem with your use of that word, mentally or even NOWHERE out of earshot of me, because there is TONS of MI in my family and honestly, I bet even society in general is okay with that word and I am sometimes but not so much in the clinical context, if you wouldn't mind?" And then everyone well, they took the diabetic chick to Go get a snickers or whatever, it was apparently less of an issue than their self appointed schedule and I was like, "I don't care I got here at 7 and I am going to PEE, and well then, like I found out that there was a message regarding my hair test and it was NOT CLEARED.

    Well, I left then, mainly because I was like, "I guess I could be okay here if the alternative is a supermax, but it wasn't it was CARETAKING a sweet and adorable 2 year old."

    Plus, I ran home to take care of it they need all my scrips and MMJ card and whatnot from like, ME I guess (even though I had TOTALLY provided it.) The husband took over and has been at it for 2 hours and I keep carefully not saying "You know the best is the enemy of the good," since I have only so long of a time period but he just gave me my stuff and etc. Hopefully it's all good since I am NOT EVEN contacting that agency until I talk to my sister about a) lawyering up b) lawyering up and c) I WANT TO HURT THEM.

    I also don't quite see how trust could be rebuilt after what happened to me, so I just left, saying nothing, and will SAY nothing to anyone at ALL until I find out what's WHAT. I could NOT have been more upfront with that agency from the very beginning.

    Kind of makes me feel like a felon (and I also do NOT want to say that I am, even though I stole a clipboard and it was ACCIDENTALLY but JEEZ after that day, I need to lie down for some weeks and avoid ANY new applications to ANYTHING I think. LOL.

    It sucked, but snus is apparently UP TO MAJOR tasks because I didn't smoke after I came home even.

    F that lot, I guess it is indeed true that prisoners makes PRISONERS even on STAFF because I like want to lawyer up in the worst way.

    I know they're new to the Joy of Pima county but holy crud, for an agency that "only deals with jails," well they aren't very good at it.

    I might rather be homeless than work there and not by a wide margin but STILL.

    LOL, still holding out for pedes that would be nice. Etc.

    Anna
     

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