we wish to announce MistressNomad as our newest SA and head of our Research & Developement...

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vaporgalinfla

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Good news ab, she should be arriving momentarily! You lucky dog!

Well, at least there's a lot there to love. She's warm in the winter and sweats like a lumberjack in the summer. Oh, and ab, when you take her out to feed her, take all your credit cards. Welcome to the family buddy. Can't wait to take you up to the Coffee Shop and introduce you!

Perhaps we should start making wedding plans. :laugh:
 

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Sorry Ab,,,not that simple. Now ya know that Mrs. TT is agonna help her momma find ya. You should have never sent her flowers. U are just beside yournself cause I invited Mr.&Mrs. TT for a visit. And here I wasa trying to hep ya by offerin some medicine to sooth yourn headache cause you claimed all the SA's were whooping on yourn head. jeez...:facepalm:

We like to whoop on his head. :laugh: What else are big brothers for?
 

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Aww, I love you too. :wub:

Now if only the other SA's would take their meds... :facepalm:

Hey MN, don't lump me in with them! lol I still have a little sanity left! :D

Me too! I'm very sane - promise. :) Free is too! The only one that needs meds is ab. We're trying to warn you. :) Hopefully, with this small font, he won't notice that I'm trying to give you a heads up. Be careful with him. Otherwise, he'll get Mrs. T. to come visit you. She'll vape all of your applewood.
 

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Hey MN, don't lump me in with them! lol I still have a little sanity left! :D

And because she does have a little sanity left, we look at her as the Leader!

Its clear that Denrock, ab, wv-bound, ab, Free, vaporgainfla and all those others need help.

Fortunately, I have retained complete sanity and am in control of all my senses. Oh, and ab, good luck on your marriage. The nice thing about marrying someone from East Texas is that I've been married three times and still have the same in-laws.
 

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Of course not, Don. :) I still plan to do tutorials and keep up my blog, with David's blessing. I may also do some stuff for their site. I'm already planning some stuff.

My blog info has been re-written to reflect working for FSUSA and I put up a post about it yesterday, as well as on my ECF blog.

I'll always try to put out stuff for newbies. That's what I like about this community, and the fact that so many newbies order from FSUSA is one of the reasons I wanted the job.
 

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On second thought, yeah, you're right. It's mostly Ab. And TexasT. Why has someone left their cage unlocked!?

You'll soon realize that TexasT is very, very smart. He wants to get rid of his wife because she's making lots of $ working at the lube place. Plus, she keeps hitting him over the head and he sleeps outside looking up at the stars. So, he keeps trying to set up ab; that's why Mrs. T. went to Chicago to look for ab. It wasn't pleasant when she found him. :ohmy:

Really, we just need to keep ab caged. He's delusional and thinks that he's hiding in one of Cheney's old offices. He's really sitting in his bedroom closet with 1000 ml. of applewood. Don't tell him that I told you.
 

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First I'd like to offer a hearty congratulations to MN on your new job - you said you'd been working hard on something recently, now we know what it was!! Congrats to FSUSA for making a bold step in a transparent direction.

I'm not quite clear about a few things. One, when you say you will testing ALL suppliers are you referring to wholesale suppliers of e-liquid and flavoring or to the vendors that pre-mix liquid and have retail storefronts like yourselves, or both? Two, Chr1s234 has a good point; in that how far will the testing go? Does it end at the chemical analysis of the liquid alone? And lastly, what exactly will be the interaction with the FDA? I know most of our community doesn't trust the FDA to really represent our best interests - many see them as a lobbyist's tool. Will you be working in concert with FDA at all or just presenting your findings?

I hope you don't see this as an attack of any kind becasue it's not meant to be, I'm just curious to understand what exactly will be happening. Additionally, when I said 'will the testing end with the liquid alone' I am not trying to imply it's not enough. I realize this is a big expense and I applaud you for taking the steps to better your product. Too many companies in general are willing to let anything slip by as long as a consumer is willing to pay. The bottom line is not the only thing that makes a company profitable (metaphorically speaking of course :)).

Two comments and Two questions...

Comment One: Congratulations to MN. You are a talented young lady with a bright future.

The Questions:

1) Is this testing being done in a Federal Lab? If so, Which One?

2a) If the answer to question one is Yes, how do you expect to get this done for 30K?
2b) If the answer is NO, why bother... the FDA won't even look at the results. Are you doing this to post your Federally certified findings to the FDA? If so, it is imperative to use a lab from which they are willing to accept the results. Anything less might be misconstrued as having a hidden agenda.

Comment 2: You seem to be making a big deal out of passing an OSHA inspection... The Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspections must be passed by EVERY legitimate business, or fines will be levied. Passing an inspection means they won't be shutting you down for work-site safety related issues, nothing more. It is hardly cause for celebration and hoopla, unless of course, you were worried that you might not pass. If you wish to impress, get yourself an ISO rating including Six Sigma.

I mean to imply absolutely no disrespect in asking these questions, or making these comments.

I work in the general business space of the Federal scientific community, and have the utmost respect for any company with a sincere objective to making advancements in their area of interest. As you can well imagine, there are thousands upon thousands of studies performed at GREAT expense to those funding the research, and the research is being done to support claims which in many cases will be used as marketing tools. Yes, it is Scientific Research, or Science for Hire, but these results can often be far from credible. These marketing claims are found on everything from Orange Juice bottles to OTC dietary supplements, and even though the tests were performed in a "lab", it doesn't mean the findings will bear any weight whatsoever with the FDA or any other Government Agency for that matter. Federal Labs have credibility. "Accredited Labs " or "Certified Labs" in most cases, are commercial endeavors... and bear little if any real weight on a Federal level.

I posted this on another thread in your sub-forum David but want to make sure you see my questions.

I am curious...

- What is the name of the lab doing the testing? <---This is a BIGGIE for me!
- When will testing begin?
- Are the samples "blind" samples chosen from random batches?
- Is the lab a third party entity or do they have direct interest in FSUSA, (e.g. paid by FSUSA to do the testing)?

Thanks David!




I know everyone is really excited to congratulate you MN, as I am too, but it would be great to see answers to some of the great questions posed by some of the members. Can you help us out here?

I know some of the questions have been answered, but I think it would help to see the answers all in one place :blush:
 
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:thumbs:I shouldn't be surprised. I know that David and Pamela are people of good judgment.

But does this mean no more of your tutorial videos?!:(

Hey Don,

I've been missing my pal lately. Great to see you here.:toast: Not to mention I have one ECF Junkie's wife out to kill me.:confused:

I had planned to PM you. MY Buzz had to be RMA'ed after a week or so.:(
 
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