The ProVarinati Saloon, V3

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Kn0ttYFive

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In other news.....

Went down to the post office. Manager said they'll send the postman right back to my apartment immediately.

1 hour passed. Called up the post officer, and they said he got held up and another person will pick it up and bring it to me. (He was 10mins from my place)

Another 1 hour has passed. Still waiting. Meh.

I wouldn't care if it was other vape mail.

But. The mod vapemail is the most sacred of all!


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Dern USPS.....booooooo
 

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In other news.....

Went down to the post office. Manager said they'll send the postman right back to my apartment immediately.

1 hour passed. Called up the post officer, and they said he got held up and another person will pick it up and bring it to me. (He was 10mins from my place)

Another 1 hour has passed. Still waiting. Meh.

I wouldn't care if it was other vape mail.

But. The mod vapemail is the most sacred of all!


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That's just wrong dude, props to you, though for keeping your cool. One misdelivery fine, two broken promises not so much.
Tell them you're working on an enhanced weapons system that can seek out an individualized heat signature of a postal truck.
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That sounds like a great idea. Now I can put those vials you sent me to use!

I think I'll split my grape into 3, keep one as it is, dilute the other one into half, and add some drops into the last. I should be able to figure out if the weirdly muted taste is from over or under flavoring.

The RY4D turned out to be a little strong. Gonna split that into 2, and keep one as it is and dilute the other by 50%. Gonna steep and see how it goes. I did add 10 drops of caramel alrdy tho. Dang.

I'm sure I'll get over the initial frustration soon enough. I feel like if I could just get ONE good juice, it'll be a HUGE confidence boost.

My juices from NT have been disappointing so far. Creme brûlée has a weird spice note to it. Traded off my h1n1. Not a fan of GCD unless I mix Frenilla in. Wakonda is good. This makes me even more resolved to get DIY down and make some juice I'll like.

Also question: folks in the DIY forum have been suggesting that I use cotton candy for my mixes. While I personally don't know how cotton candy is supposed to taste like, some folks say that the flavoring is actually just an enhancer. True/false?


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It works just like the ethyl maltotol sweetener. So adds sweetness and I think a little body but not sure about the body. I have not used mine yet.
 

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Hmm. I already have a bottle of TFA sweetener. Any clue if that's sucralose or EM? Are both interchangeable?



Ah. Thanks!! Not sure what mouth feel is. But I guess I'll pick up a bottle of EM next time I order more flavors.



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With the EM you can purchase the TFA 2 ways.
1. Get a 10ml bottle premixed.
2. Get a 10ml bottle of the ethyl maltol crystals and mix 10% crystals in a 10ml bottle with pg and shake, shake, shake. Much cheaper but requires more work to dissolve the crystals. I have both (I am lazy).
 

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I've never used cotton candy but I do add honey to most of my juices with that have cream and brown sugar to most that have baked goods. It's part of the way my brain associates sweet and savory. If something would be savory as an actual edible but I'm not putting sweet I add a few drops of honey. If sweet but no savory a few drops of brown sugar.
I know it's weird which is why I haven't said anything till now. But no one has ever accused me of being normal

Brown sugar is great with the caramels and creams and tobaccos. So is English Toffee. Probably would work in some coffee concoctions too.
 

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Well, I don't claim to be an expert or anything, but have heard that leaving your juice bottles uncapped and open will cause your flavor and nicotine to escape if left open, from what I've read you should only leave it uncapped for a couple of hours at most, but like I said, I'm no expert.[emoji3]

I agree. The data on this topic are all over the map. I was taking the cap off instruction was to let the alcohol evaporate. Then they say it is to let air in (which would be a very brief cap off). May be lots of variables as to the rightness of cap off. Shrugs.
 

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lolol! That's a good analogy!! The process was the same in July, the charge was removed after it posted and after I called :(
BoA must have a different process than Capital One


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Capital One should be calling you. I sounded the alarm a week or so ago because I got hit with the 49.95 charge and the bank picked up on it immediately. They cancelled the card and sent a new one within 5 working days. It's not really the vendors; it's the clearing house for the card. I haven't bought anything at all on line in over a month, yet some smart....with a "war-room dialer" finally hit my number.
 

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Capital One should be calling you. I sounded the alarm a week or so ago because I got hit with the 49.95 charge and the bank picked up on it immediately. They cancelled the card and sent a new one within 5 working days. It's not really the vendors; it's the clearing house for the card. I haven't bought anything at all on line in over a month, yet some smart....with a "war-room dialer" finally hit my number.

On your statement, what or who does the charge state its from or for what its for?

ETA-reading this back, I don't make any sense but hopefully you kno what I mean
 

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Got my mother's milk(ish) recipe figures out.
For the record this is Blythe a clone nor attempt to make a clone. The only juice my fiance vapes is mother's milk. I personally don't care for it but at a bottle a week I wanted something close to try and dissuade some of the cost. And I think Im close.
All Tfa flavors
1 percent Bavarian Cream
1 percent strawberries
0.5 percent cheesecake
0.25 percent banana
0.25 percent brown sugar
0.25 percent honey
Granted it's only been steeping for a day and a half so far it seems to be workable.
 

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I buy everything I can online. I rarely go to a store anymore. Practically the only place I go to is the gas station as I can't buy gas online and to the U-Haul for propane. Never had a problem using my CC for other things online except vaping stuff.

I agree on the processing center theory--but there are reasonable safe and secure processors out there. With this one--both cards that I use have been hit, so I will now go to the trouble of purchasing a prepaid card to use for vaping.

I do shop on line often for other things and have not had this problem. I think it may be 'cutting corners' on the processing companies. We have a CC terminal for our business, and there are some 'shady' groups out there.
 

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I have to agree with Ocey on this one. Maybe it's because I could care less about a bikini contest.

I don't know...she seems to think Hermosa Beach is better than Huntington Beach...

Pssh...stupid Hermosa won't even let 95.5 KLOS host a bikini contest this year...
 
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