Why do we still call them mods?
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Yep... And that is why I kinda Snicker when I hear people today posting about a Display being .01 Ohms off. Or there being a 1/2 Millimeter Gap between their Atty and their "Mod". And their Bent over it.
They don't know How Good they've got it. And how Primitive some stuff was "Back in the Day".
LOL
I also call it my Vape! When someone calls it an e-Cig I say the Cig-A-Likes are an e-Cig this is a Personal Vaporizer or anything containing cigarette.
At one time ECF was the happening place for people making their own mods. From battery boxes bought from Radio Sack with 3 AA batteries to flashlights being modified into vaping devices. Everyone was modifying something. It just kinda stuck.
I think that is where the term mods came from, like BreSha6869 said
It became a generic name for the e-cig, PV, vapor or whatever you want...lol
Now, this is just my opinion.
I think that is where the term mods came from, like BreSha6869 said
It became a generic name for the e-cig, PV, vapor or whatever you want...lol
Now, this is just my opinion.
I must admit I'd forgotten how bad some people's devices were back then. Probably because I was very happy with my M401s & M402s. Remember the all the fuss when Trogg introduced the world to the Screwdriver? It was the best thing since sliced bread. Shame TW got involved.
In a way, it was a Magical Time.
Because Most stuff just didn't work all that well, so there were Ideas Popping Up left and Right on how to make something Better. Or to Do something Out of the Box.
Be it a Fluval or a Pyramid Tea Bag Wick, or using a BD Syringe Body on a CE2, or Filing this or Changing an O-Ring on that, It made people Think up New Ideas.
I think my local pet shop wondered what the hell I was doing with all the Fluval I bought.
Yep... Just like my Grocery Store was kinda Freaked Out when I'm down in the tea aisle measuring Tea Bags with a Vernier Caliper.
That's why I just use the term remote detonator.
If they ask, it's steam powered and they might want to move.
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Yep... Just like my Grocery Store was kinda Freaked Out when I'm down in the tea aisle measuring Tea Bags with a Vernier Caliper.
My neighbor saw me with a mech and asked what it was. I said pipe bomb, wanna see? Pressed the fire button so it puffed out a little and tossed it at him. He knew I vaped, but the look on his face for that first split second was priceless.
I started that at the entry check point at McGuire AFB when my truck was being searched. [emoji38]
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because any technical name would be a mouthful and I'm too lazy to call it a variable voltage microcontroller dc-dc inverter with dual 18650 inr battery source....or something like that. Why to brits call flashlight a torch
I've grown used to calling them vapes. It's short, easy, and to the point.
They still call them mods because the abbreviation mod no longer means modified. Just ask any young gamer and he will tell you mod does not mean modified. He'll say it means a game has been moded.
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