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Nah, this is me:
I too, am a dorK.
Safety being what it is, I think I might just say: "vaping rather than smoking is improving my quality of life."
After all if it where about safety we'd never; cross the street or drive too fast or have sex with people that are essentially strangers (dating).
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Safe is boring,,,,
As a guy that smoked a 1.5 to 2 packs a day since I was 15 (33+ years, I still cringe) I read these studies with their charts and math with passive curiosity all the way up to complete skepticism...I just go with how I feel...I've been vaping for almost 2 years now and I feel orders of magnitude better than when I smoked...I figured that if I kept smoking I was going to start significantly diminishing my enjoyment of life...it was already happening (being a smoker at 30 is way different than being a smoker at 45...it takes a long, steady toll)...and when I discovered this thread, the ill effects of my vaping about vanished (say what you want about how safe silica is, even though I still occasionally use it, my 98% switch to organics has been yet another major improvement to how I feel)...I think anyone that comes out with some study that states that vaping is "safe" is either a fanboy or a vendor (either/or are still ok with me but...)...vaping is about harm reduction. Vaping will never be as safe as living in a hermetically sealed biosphere, peeps just have to let it go...until the manufacturers of nicotine containing e-liquid pay as much tax and produce under the same level of scrutiny as big tobacco, there can be studies till the 2nd coming of christ stating that vaping is as safe as a bunny in bubblewrap...vaping will never gain any traction politically...that's what lobbyists are paid to do...
Nothing wrong with counting your chemical intake reduction, but tell me waking up in the morning without feeling like a truck parked on your chest all night isn't just as positive
Hey Quig, long time no see. I couldn't have said it better and I was a two pack plus cigars for over 50 years, My morning coughing spells were probably twice as long and painful. Today I am much healthier at 70 than I as at 65. Even got off blood pressure medicine that I had to take for 25 years. Still have to use ...... but that is an age thing....
Actually now that I think of it ...... was actually invented to reduce blood preasure and that is why my pressure stabilized.
There could be a study that said that particular hobby has the same mathematical risk as Russian roulette..., doubt you'd see peeps lighting their hair on fire over that
Hey Quig, long time no see. I couldn't have said it better and I was a two pack plus cigars for over 50 years, My morning coughing spells were probably twice as long and painful. Today I am much healthier at 70 than I as at 65. Even got off blood pressure medicine that I had to take for 25 years. Still have to use ...... but that is an age thing....
Got a new job that's eating me alive, becoming more a lurker than anything, I jump in when I can...miss you guys...
Hey Quigs, (and Beege and TC)
Nice to see you again. I read that you got the new Job, and really hope it's working out well for you!!!
I cannot add much to everything you've already said, except to add my own improvements. My blood pressure is down, too, BJ, but I'm not on ......, so I think it's mostly due to E-Cigs, and fairly pure E-Liquids. Cyrus put me on to some that are even better.
I had quit smoking (about 1.5 packs per day) for 16 years. I was in a relationship, and after we broke up, I went out drinking beer one night, and picked it up again. Was Off and On with smoking, and this last go 'round, had only been smoking for about 4 months, but I had developed a persistent cough that was bothering me. I decided to try E-Cigs, bc my sister uses one, so I bought a gasoline-station brand to try it. My cough went away immediately!!! I moved up to the eGo-T, and then the eVic when that destroyed itself, and there's been no looking back.
Yeah, it's about Harm Reduction, but even my Doctors have applauded my switch - All of them. And I feel a lot better, too!!
Really nice to see you again!!!
Just putting this out there...
TC, I finally heard back from an ECF Moderator I wrote to, and she said that using Google Drive would be an authorized way to do it. So....
To the Advanced Safe vs Dangerous people, like Quigs, BJ, TC, Cyrus, BlueGrass, Cool, and the many others who's names I can't recall (those who have been at this for a long time), I've been thinking about Consolidating this thread and posting it for easy reference. By using Google Drive, I could also give the Advanced people access to it as well, so they could easily makes changes and updates to it. With a fairly accurate Consolidation, it is my hope that when someone new subscribes to the thread, and starts asking questions, then whoever sees it first, and is aware of the Consolidation post, can simply say, Please see THIS part of THAT post (if it's already covered).
Anyone of you guys who is interested in having an input, or even shared access to it, are welcome to PM me. I'm totally open to suggestions about how to do it. I've hesitated to contact you guys via PM, so I'm putting it out there this way. My thought is to try to Consolidate as much good, useful info as WE can, on each type of Natural Fiber (and composition of it), and hopefully also include, THIS Fiber works best in THIS Tank/Atomizer (whatever), and THIS is Why. And maybe even include things like BJ has, in saying, and I used it with 28g Kanthal at so many Watts, and THIS is Why. I'm thinking about putting together a questionnaire to send to those who are interested in giving their input. Then, it is my thought that it might best be placed in a totally new Thread that might even become the Sticky (because of Brevity) that has been hoped for for so long. But again, I'm open to suggestions about every detail of doing it.
Does anyone want to play?
TC, I finally heard back from an ECF Moderator I wrote to, and she said that using Google Drive would be an authorized way to do it. So....
To the Advanced Safe vs Dangerous people, like Quigs, BJ, TC, Cyrus, BlueGrass, Cool, and the many others who's names I can't recall (those who have been at this for a long time), I've been thinking about Consolidating this thread and posting it for easy reference. By using Google Drive, I could also give the Advanced people access to it as well, so they could easily makes changes and updates to it. With a fairly accurate Consolidation, it is my hope that when someone new subscribes to the thread, and starts asking questions, then whoever sees it first, and is aware of the Consolidation post, can simply say, Please see THIS part of THAT post (if it's already covered).
Anyone of you guys who is interested in having an input, or even shared access to it, are welcome to PM me. I'm totally open to suggestions about how to do it. I've hesitated to contact you guys via PM, so I'm putting it out there this way. My thought is to try to Consolidate as much good, useful info as WE can, on each type of Natural Fiber (and composition of it), and hopefully also include, THIS Fiber works best in THIS Tank/Atomizer (whatever), and THIS is Why. And maybe even include things like BJ has, in saying, and I used it with 28g Kanthal at so many Watts, and THIS is Why. I'm thinking about putting together a questionnaire to send to those who are interested in giving their input. Then, it is my thought that it might best be placed in a totally new Thread that might even become the Sticky (because of Brevity) that has been hoped for for so long. But again, I'm open to suggestions about every detail of doing it.
Does anyone want to play?
Hey VG. Just remembered Cool_Breeze started a 'Wick Materials' thread (http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...systems/372228-wick-matreials-properties.html), you might want to touch base with him and compare notes.
Hey VG. Just remembered Cool_Breeze started a 'Wick Materials' thread (http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...systems/372228-wick-matreials-properties.html), you might want to touch base with him and compare notes.
Hi TC, (And Everyone!!!)
Cool did his, unfortunately, posted directly into T1. He was locked out of editing it in a very short time, and it would have required the intervention of a Moderator to edit it every time after that. I spoke with Mods about it (on his behalf), when Cool replied in his thread that he was locked out of T1. I was told about all the reasons that posts become locked (had already read that), but that the Mods could and would make changes, so I told him how he could make changes if he wanted to.
It was on his behalf that I started looking for better ways to do it, and asked Mods about it twice, but never got an answer, back then. I had learned you could do that (ask a Mod from a particular post with the Triangle Exclamation Point in the lower-left - or in other ways) because of a thread I started which I was locked out of, too. When I started thinking more seriously about Consolidation here, I contacted that same Mod, via PM, and she checked into it for me with oldsoldier. It took her a little while to get the answer for me, but she did. They get busy, you know, and she was a real Sweetheart for checking it out for me. Maybe part of what took so long, could have been that she even resarched it for me, to recommend How to do it. She said the same thing you did, TC, and I don't think I mentioned that particular way to her in my question.
But it's Game On if we want to do this!!!
Another thought... Having more than one person with access to the Google Drive documents would be highly desirable, for several reasons, but especially in the unlikely event that something happened to me, and I was no longer able to access it, then someone else could take over and maintain it. I think it might be a good thing to create another ECF account for this too, and post it under that account. I thought about the name of NFWU United, where NFWU stands for Natural Fiber Wick Users, and United, since this would be a Team Effort. But Googling NFWU, it's already taken, and I don't want to be confused with something else. We can come up with something good!!! The Fellows could share the Login and Password to that ECF user account, too. This is, in part, because I invite the help, but also to point out that, I'm not doing this for the glory (if any). You guys deserve ALL the Credit!!! I'm doing it to try to be Helpful, in appreciation of ALL of you.
Just so you know... a "Like" will probably not get my attention. I am quite active in 2 other threads through the day, and we "Like" each other all day and night, so "Likes" in my Profile go greatly unnoticed. If you want my attention, then you should send me a PM. Just sayin'.
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Just putting this out there...
TC, I finally heard back from an ECF Moderator I wrote to, and she said that using Google Drive would be an authorized way to do it. So....
To the Advanced Safe vs Dangerous people, like Quigs, BJ, TC, Cyrus, BlueGrass, Cool, and the many others who's names I can't recall (those who have been at this for a long time), I've been thinking about Consolidating this thread and posting it for easy reference. By using Google Drive, I could also give the Advanced people access to it as well, so they could easily makes changes and updates to it. With a fairly accurate Consolidation, it is my hope that when someone new subscribes to the thread, and starts asking questions, then whoever sees it first, and is aware of the Consolidation post, can simply say, Please see THIS part of THAT post (if it's already covered).
Anyone of you guys who is interested in having an input, or even shared access to it, are welcome to PM me. I'm totally open to suggestions about how to do it. I've hesitated to contact you guys via PM, so I'm putting it out there this way. My thought is to try to Consolidate as much good, useful info as WE can, on each type of Natural Fiber (and composition of it), and hopefully also include, THIS Fiber works best in THIS Tank/Atomizer (whatever), and THIS is Why. And maybe even include things like BJ has, in saying, and I used it with 28g Kanthal at so many Watts, and THIS is Why. I'm thinking about putting together a questionnaire to send to those who are interested in giving their input. Then, it is my thought that it might best be placed in a totally new Thread that might even become the Sticky (because of Brevity) that has been hoped for for so long. But again, I'm open to suggestions about every detail of doing it.
Does anyone want to play?
ECF needs a wicki (aka wiki).
Hi Blue,
IDK anything at all about that. Is this something we could create and submit to ECF? If not, then do you have any suggestions about how to initiate getting it started?
I saw that a new eVic sub-forum was created out of user interest/request (demand). Maybe something like that? But then again, someone needs to Consolidate all the info in this thread, and if we want it Accurate, and to be able to Change it when necessary, and Update it as things progress (as it's been suggested they well may), I think a Colaborative effort between us would be best. So maybe we could be instrumental in getting this Wiki started.
Just a thought......... Anyway...
Good to see you again, Blue!!!. You inspired me into a design for a Passthrough I built. Knowing what a Wizard you are, I went to your Profile Page to look for Threads you started, and saw the one you made in an eGo Charger. My Passthrough uses a bad eGo-T 1100 mAh Battery, with the Circuit Board and Battery removed. The USB Cable passes through the Switch Button hole, and is connected to the 510 (+) via a 30W Push-Button Switch in the Bottom (a Bottom-Button design), and then back up to the 510 (+), with the (-) soldered inside the 510. I used lots of Heat Shrink on the Solder Joints. It all fit back together nicely, and it works great!!! I can run it from USB 5V, but I like it better when connected to a Computer Power Supply at 3.3V. This Power Supply is stand-alone (not connected to a PC) and is jumpered On with a Power Supply Tester. I spliced a USB Cable into 3.3V, and I'm getting 3.38V at about 6.347W, on my 1.8Ω Coil, in my Vivi Nova.
You guys have helped soooooooooo many people, and inspired others in ways you'll never know!!!
I agree. Other forums I've seen have a section for wikis. It's great for storing reference material.
I'm not sure if a wiki is something that is built into the forum software or something that would need to be added separately. XDA-Developers has a wiki for example XDA-Developers
Here is the definition of a wiki Wiki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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