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[Bigbob2322]

Here you go.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51RezvxrFYL.jpg

https://www.amazon.com/Graham-Cellucotton-Beauty-Rayon-Fibers/dp/B00PBGJT5A

 

[Rangertrix]

Morning shinies

Need some help with cotton. Do I go for the budget stuff or the native wicks?

Gonna get rayon once I find a site that ships to nz. Until then here's my options ($NZ pricing):

Native Wicks Platinum Blend Cotton

Koh Gen Do Organic Cotton - 10 Sheets

I use Koh Gen Do personally.
I tried some of the fancy wick options and didn't find any benefit.
Have you tried Amazon? Some on there ship internationally.
I purchased about 4 times as much Koh Gen Do for about $6 USD.

 

[AngeNZ]

Here you go.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51RezvxrFYL.jpg

https://www.amazon.com/Graham-Cellucotton-Beauty-Rayon-Fibers/dp/B00PBGJT5A

Thanks

I'll name my first doggy after you

 

[Rangertrix]

Try TradeMe.co.nz
Also ShopUSA is a service that allows you to have packages shipped to their USA address and then they ship them to you.
I have used them when overseas.
I had an item that was going to cost me about $175 USD to have shipped to me internationally, and ShopUSA shipped it to me for about $35.

Edit: They are surprisingly fast too and have full tracking.

 

[Rangertrix]

Do they still have that 'special tax' in NZ for items purchased off of Amazon?

 

[chanelvaps]

I use Koh Gen Do personally.
I tried some of the fancy wick options and didn't find any benefit.
Have you tried Amazon? Some on there ship internationally.
I purchased about 4 times as much Koh Gen Do for about $6 USD.

KGD here too. buy the box. At Ulta and Sephora if you are out and about and prefer not online. Box last forever and you can waste it and not feel bad. (clean dogs ears)

 

[chanelvaps]

KGD here too. buy the box. At Ulta and Sephora if you are out and about and prefer not online. Box last forever and you can waste it and not feel bad. (clean dogs ears)

Oh just realized the person asking the question is in NZ.

 

[Rangertrix]

Oh just realized the person asking the question is in NZ.

Happens to me all the time, lol.

 

[AngeNZ]

Yeah the joys of living on the .... of the world

Thanks for the help tho

 

[Rangertrix]

I worked at Hopkins Methadone clinic when I was about 25. I was the only white group therapist .They hazed me to hell and back, but I don't play fair. When I was trying to find out some dude's name he told me I could call him "Pimp daddy." Straight faced, I immediately responded, "Well, you sound like someone with a PO, I can certainly get your name from your individual therapist, and let your PO know you are trying to pimp a therapist out."

Ironically, he name was John, so I snorted and said, "Well, sounds like if anything, I'd be taking your money, not mine." LOL.

They finally gave up after two folks wanted to have a "fight" in my group. LOL there were guards armed with tasers but they were far away. I was fond of both those gentlemen and if they fought, they would have been expelled from the program and I knew they were just having a moment. So, like a wack-a-mole, I jumped between them waving my arms in air, yelling, "Yeah, you want to hit someone? You'll have to go through ME, and that's an automatic legal charge, you want to go back to jail? DO IT! I don't give a (many curse words). "

LOL, the two gentlemen backed away from the crazy white chick in pigtails, but I never had a moments trouble after that. I kind of miss that job, but the husband demanded I quit for the kid, after an actual college student got murdered. I left reluctantly..

But, most places I wander around, well, if you just act like you aren't scared, (and I generally am impulsive enough not to be) and aren't scared, 99.9% of the predators around just aren't really that interested, they want a les vocal, more biddable type of person. Don't know how that works for a dude, but I read a great book called, "The gift of Fear" and it taught me a lot about self sufficiency.

Also, I don't play fair, obviously. LOL.

Anna

I've had to stay in some sketchy places (like La Habra, lol), it isn't being scared. It's having to keep anything valuable in my temp. office, and having to be hyper vigilant 24/7. It's really draining and taxing.

I love therapists! One actually requested a retrain to a different MOS after a few sessions with me, lol.
Apparently I should have been required reading for them in class.
Gotta love the new psych health mandates.

 

[Rangertrix]

Yeah the joys of living on the .... of the world

Thanks for the help tho

Gorgeous place though.

 

[Rangertrix]

Anyone have the Pico 21700?
I recall someone said they did.
If so, any quirks or issues I should be concerned about? How's the TC performance (not that I'll use it much)?

 

[Hightech Redneck]

Anyone done any research on the rage squonk?
Hearing good things still on operation etc....
I only ask because I thought about the metal version.
I say metal cause that's where I am confused. Some sites say brass and some say brushed stainless.
The one I am considering looks like brushed ss, is this the same as brass?
Metal mods typically endure better so.....

 

[Rangertrix]

Anyone done any research on the rage squonk?
Hearing good things still on operation etc....
I only ask because I thought about the metal version.
I say metal cause that's where I am confused. Some sites say brass and some say brushed stainless.
The one I am considering looks like brushed ss, is this the same as brass?
Metal mods typically endure better so.....

They are a Zinc Alloy. Those are only finishes.
They seem to be a pretty good device aside from the initial bottle blunder, which I didn't really see as a blunder.
They are definitely HEFTY, but fit well in the hand.

 

[TrollDragon]

I think I got my pink one at FT a few years ago... It will turn up somewhere someday. I went in search after seeing yours and yeah, no longer at FT. Did find some here:
Dmod Styled Colored Aluminum + Acrylic Hybrid 510 Drip Tip

I saw those but they have an o-ring and not the nice friction fit.
That place only ships within Canada which is fine for me, but they want $20 to ship a half dozen drip tips...

 

[Rangertrix]

@Hightech Redneck
Supposedly there aren't any with the bottle issue still out in the wild, but if you do get one, you fix it yourself, send pics showing you did and they will send you some free extra squonk bottles.
Plus, if you order directly from the ohm boy oc / Grimm Green website right now they will throw in a free Recoil Rebel RDA.

 

[Mowgli]

Good day Shinyholics
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[Hightech Redneck]

@Hightech Redneck
Supposedly there aren't any with the bottle issue still out in the wild, but if you do get one, you fix it yourself, send pics showing you did and they will send you some free extra squonk bottles.
Plus, if you order directly from the ohm boy oc / Grimm Green website right now they will throw in a free Recoil Rebel RDA.

Gonna try one while I get 25 off I think.
75 ain't too bad, I don't think.

 

[Rangertrix]

Gonna try one while I get 25 off I think.
75 ain't bad, I don't think.

Nope, especially when they are getting harder to find.
It's definitely not a pocket mod unless you wear a belt.
If you get one with dual o-rings on the bottle tube, be sure and send them pics and get your free bottles.
I personally didn't think it was too hard to get the bottle out, so we didn't bother to remove the upper one on my brother's.

 

[Hightech Redneck]

Local shop has ultem purge hangerman? mod with engraved brass door.
Nice mod but I'm not big on ultem.
It's number 59 so low serial.
Just can't justify 350 for it.

Also tried to sell me a rig tube and Turk rda for 130. That's a good price but I wouldn't use it enough.