Mordacai

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Also was thinking @charlie1465 about m.2 flash drives. They're seeming to be much cheaper and faster than SSD's.

@TrollDragon, sounds perfect for GTA San Andreas and FFVII on the PC. 1080p is the max resolution, but there's some nice tweaks and mods that you can use to polish San Andreas a little.

Reminds me that there's some good mods and tweaks for Oblivion.
 

DeloresRose

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Heads up, so depressing but knew it was coming.
House panel to take up $10B vaping tax Wednesday
I’m so tired of living in the upside down.

They legalize drugs, then vaping is blamed for the illnesses and deaths, so they start banning vape stuff, which will leave, likely, only the crap the kids want to vape while blaming the ban on kids who vape, and the drugs.

Not that the tax surprises me, but what is there even going to be left to put a tax on?


I hope this all comes back to bite them in the pants.
 

Letitia

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I’m so tired of living in the upside down.

They legalize drugs, then vaping is blamed for the illnesses and deaths, so they start banning vape stuff, which will leave, likely, only the crap the kids want to vape while blaming the ban on kids who vape, and the drugs.

Not that the tax surprises me, but what is there even going to be left to put a tax on?


I hope this all comes back to bite them in the pants.
It is a serious blow to diyers. Many simply can't invest in a lifetime supply of nic up front. Hell I can't afford to round out my stash until next month and that will come with a steep financial sacrifice with winter around the corner. I'm beyond just plain mad at this point.
 

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Heads up, so depressing but knew it was coming.
House panel to take up $10B vaping tax Wednesday

The bill is still in committee along with a bunch of other health related ones. There is zero guarantee it will make it out to the House, and then be passed by the Senate.

Given all that is happening in Washington right now, new taxes isn’t going to be a big priority when the government may well be shut down when Trump refuses to sign the appropriations extension and shut down government the end of November. Making sure Congress stays in business is probably a bigger focus than small tax bills (yes, it might a lot to us) but $10 Billion dollars is a rounding error in the federal budget.
 
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Yay!
 

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Mine came too. Nice hand feel but dislike the ledge. Fast fire and seems an all around good device. Worthy purchase for the stash, happy camper overall.

It’s a fingerprint magnet. And bigger than I expected. It’s about as heavy as the Lustro. Mine came set to Hard and I didn’t notice. Toasted my cotton so I have to re wick my gear. Nice hand feel though. Screen is super easy to use.
 

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    Morning shinies ;)

    Sorry for the delay @AngeNZ , Just for you here's the Little Riviera Review:p

    The deck is pretty much the same as the Haku Venna(easy build) except for two big bloody holes in the deck to poke some wick through, which is too easy to do and another little hole to fill.
    Flavour is Almost as good as Venna, almost! Then we get to the a/f, it's only a 4mm *3mm hole on each side roughly but it has way too much airflow for a nice restricted dl. This is one RDTA I would not recommend for your Vapebuds:D

    Awesome review :wub: I can't wait to try it now - the airflow has me intrigued. My fave RDA is the hussar v1 which is airier than the Venna by a fair bit :cool:
     

    Blitzdonlife

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    Heads up, so depressing but knew it was coming.
    House panel to take up $10B vaping tax Wednesday
    They want to tax all nicotine EXCEPT for FDA approved NRT products. The products we use are not likely to make that list, so I guess the tax break will be tailored to protect big pharma/big tobacco NRT products. The hits keep on coming.

    "The measure would exempt from the new tax any products that the secretary of Health and Human Services certifies has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use as nicotine replacement therapy."
     

    TrollDragon

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    @TrollDragon, sounds perfect for GTA San Andreas and FFVII on the PC. 1080p is the max resolution, but there's some nice tweaks and mods that you can use to polish San Andreas a little.

    Reminds me that there's some good mods and tweaks for Oblivion.
    I put way too many hours into those games at release to ever play them again, same with Skyrim for the Switch.

    The Outer Worlds has some major potential though, written by the Fallout New Vegas studio it should be well done.
     

    Tralfaz

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    The Outer Worlds has some major potential though, written by the Fallout New Vegas studio it should be well done.
    I'm downloading that right now. Pretty excited to get my hands on a new Obsidian title when it goes live tomorrow.
     

    Letitia

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    Forgot to mention kudos to eightvape. Been seeing some complaints lately and just want to comment that I'm quite pleased with my experiences with them. Shipped out in good time and shipping cost has gone down since my last order as well. Meg has used them several times lately and has had good service as well.
     

    Zazie

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    Mine came too. Nice hand feel but dislike the ledge. Fast fire and seems an all around good device. Worthy purchase for the stash, happy camper overall.
    I like the ledge--not for its looks but because it acts as a bumper so I never overshoot the fire button.
    It’s a fingerprint magnet. And bigger than I expected. It’s about as heavy as the Lustro. Mine came set to Hard and I didn’t notice. Toasted my cotton so I have to re wick my gear. Nice hand feel though. Screen is super easy to use.
    I figured the gunmetal would be a print magnet. It's one of the reasons my gm Colossal stays in its box.
     

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