Yes I still Smoke Cigarettes and I am addicted to the smoking habit - support and chat thread.

[Yakone]

Hi there Karen N Daytona. That is quite alright. There is so much to see on this site. Things are easily missed. I keep missing things too.
Thank you for the warm welcome and the wishes for my success. I enjoy visiting this forum. I have learned so much already. I never knew there was so much to learn about e-cigs when I first ventured out a month ago. It is somewhat overwhelming. I am finding everyone's words of encouragement so helpful. I really appreciate this. Delores you say? OK. Thanks for dropping in and saying Hello Karen N Daytona. Cheers.

 

[alisa1970]

Oh! Hello there alisa1970. Thank you so much for the welcome and the invite. I am still trying navigate through the site. I seem to be bouncing every which way @ the moment. Not sure exactly how to 'just hang out' yet. Tips?

I always click on "Settings" on the upper right side of the page when I'm done in a thread. Every thread you posted in will display there when there are new posts. That's actually where I hang out most of the time, on my "Settings" page. I just refresh the page every few minutes, or if I've stepped away from the computer for a while. When no new posts show up, then I'll go to the other places in the forum.

 

[Karen N Daytona]

a small gift from me to al that would appreciate!

 

[alisa1970]

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a small gift from me to al that would appreciate!

lol.......what is he doing with that wrench???

 

[Thayamax]

Welcome Yakone! You'll find your way around eventually. When I first started I stuck mostly to the New Members, General Ecig Discussion and Eliquid forums. I learned a lot from there.

Just make sure you keep us in your favorites so you can find us and stop by a lot! Congrats on how well you're doing so far.

 

[Yakone]

Hello thayamax. Thank you for the welcome! I seem to be sticking around these areas the most. I was wondering just that! How do I keep track of the people I am meeting? How do I find them again without writing them down. The simplest tips rock sometimes. I'll do that now.
Until next time...thanks for dropping by. Cheers!

 

[Karen N Daytona]

If you look att he top of the page, then go down about 3 inches you will see the words view first unread link back finally thread tools, if you click on thread tools you can subscribe to the thread once you do that you will always be able to find it.

We are a very relaxed group so if you are in the mood to chat about anything go ahead, I do it all the time! LOL we are here to support you in everything, We have become a close group and we welcome new people all the time! As for other threads in the ECF forum there are so many, if you find some you like you can subscribe to them as well.

Oh and Delores is in this thread almost everyday. So, if you wait a little while, I am sure she will be around, if not tomorrow, She will be happy to help you in any way she can!

Hi there Karen N Daytona. That is quite alright. There is so much to see on this site. Things are easily missed. I keep missing things too.
Thank you for the warm welcome and the wishes for my success. I enjoy visiting this forum. I have learned so much already. I never knew there was so much to learn about e-cigs when I first ventured out a month ago. It is somewhat overwhelming. I am finding everyone's words of encouragement so helpful. I really appreciate this. Delores you say? OK. Thanks for dropping in and saying Hello Karen N Daytona. Cheers.

 

[Karen N Daytona]

Yakone, i also want to let you know you can make friends with individuals too, at the top of the page your name, profile and settings you will find ways to make Friends, find you subscribed threads change your profile, avatar, signature etc...

 

[mdw3258calif]

I enjoy visiting this forum. I have learned so much already. I never knew there was so much to learn about e-cigs when I first ventured out a month ago. It is somewhat overwhelming. I am finding everyone's words of encouragement so helpful. I really appreciate this.

Greetings, Yakone, and I too am glad you found us. I feel the same way as you do, when I found this forum, and particularly this thread, two months ago. There IS so much to learn, and the people right here are wonderful.

The whole forum is full of excellent information and resources, but the folks right here are amazing and special.

Tonight I had some extra time and checked out some of the other threads that I've subscribed to, such as the '55 and older' folks. I know I'm up weirdly late, but I ended up answering a few stimulating posts over there. Then I realized that over the course of an hour or so, I was the only one posting. YEEEEP! Like 6 consecutive posts by lowly me, and that was because I was posting in response as I read to catch up.

That does NOT happen here. There are almost always folks awake and willing to chat! Very nice when we have those needy moments

 

[ShariR]

lol.......what is he doing with that wrench???

Who cares?

Could have used him the other night.

The insurance adjuster is supposed to come out and look over the damage this Tuesday afternoon. We are leaving some of the mess and not cutting out ceilings and walls so that the damage is very visable. The insurance co asked DH this morning to keep the pipe that burst so the adjuster can see it. It was a fairly long span of copper pipe and the original plumber who installed it did not use one piece of pipe but two pieces and joined them. That is where it burst. We have the pipe. The new plumber used one long span of pipe (about 6-8ft or so).

What is your take Lox? Should it be one piece or 2. We have no clue what is the right way for it to be done or if it even matters. My gut thought is that one piece would give less possible weak areas to leak. Am I right about this? Anyone know? The kitchen island is more damaged than I thought and the hardwood is starting to buckle up over quite a big area. I thought we mopped up the water pretty quick but guess not quick enough.

 

[mdw3258calif]

OK and p.s. ... here is the downside to having so many helpful people here:

it occurred to me that I am having a problem testing my e-liquids, because I have ordered and received quite a few, and I barely understand "steeping," and I am unsure with each flavor from each vendor how long to "wait."

So I've learned the hard way that sometimes I load up a tank with a 'new' flavor, only to find that it's not ready, tastes not good, and now I've wasted some of that precious juice by having to dump it out and just wait longer. Or, there may be other juices that are ready to vape, and I'm afraid to waste them, so I'm letting them sit when I could be happily vaping them.

So, having read a lot around this forum, I realized that there's this thing called "dripping," and that it is a way to vape very little juice at one time, and allow to change to another juice easily. And also generally on the internet, in reviews, I see people using "drippers" to test new juices for reviews. I asked here in this thread for some information about dripping, and how to find equipment that will allow me to do that, without costing me too much, as I am a poor person. The more vaping stuff I order, the more economical I need to be on food! (that is NOT a bad idea for a diet! wooohooo!) Immediately, many people answered my questions!

ANYWAY, after asking these questions earlier tonight, I already have used the information and have managed to find and order the (I think!) perfect additions to my gear, and pretty soon I will be able to DRIP!

This is a wonderful place to "hang out" - I am not smoking cigarettes right now, and this thread is for people who may or may not be both smoking and vaping. That is part of why the people who post here are SO cool. You get a lot of love here no matter what stage of smoking/not smoking/vaping-however-much you are doing!

 

[ShariR]

I went to the local vape meet tonight in Nashville. Had a ball. It was their 1 year anniversary and my 6 month anniversary so there was quite a crowd. Lots of people walking around with mechs and cartotanks and kayfuns. I met two other ECF members that I run into on other threads and we put our ECF names on our nametags and we found each other. So fun to meet people you talk to here.

LDS taught me how to build a coil for my evod and protank. I arrived armed with my reading glasses AND a lighted magnifying glass that hangs like a necklace. That was the beginning and ending of my evod coil building career. Never again. Everything is way, way too tiny. My fingernails were too long to manipulate the tiny pieces easily and I could not wrap the coil freehand, I did have to use a drill bit. The coil was wrapped with 30ga 7 or 8 wraps and the Peaches & Cream yarn used as a wick. The thing read out at over 3ohms. It fired on my Spinner, I would not put it on my Provari. Lost flavor shortly after and removed flavor wicks. Tried it on Provari to read ohms. No go, was unreadable. So scratch that up to I will buy the coils.

I traded some juice with him and he gave me an RBA dripper clone. Looks like a beehive. He did not know what it was (possible Octopus clone) but thought he got it from Fasttech. The deck and posts look similar to the kayfun with the screws and all and it is bigger than the evod heads so I will practice on it. I need to figure out what gauge wire to get my hands on. I will use cotton balls as wicks. I want to be around 1.8 to 2.2 ohms. Give myself wiggle room.

Lots of fun. Got to talk to several people that are on ECF but not real active. People who watch Pbusardo and Grimmgreen an Todd. Saw a couple of VTRs and a couple of other provari users. Met one of the ladies that I talk to on the Provari threads. So a real good night.

 

[Karen N Daytona]

It sounds like a great evening! I'm glad you had fun and got to meet people from ECF.

I don't know if I could do the little coils and get them into a protank head. I do think with the right RBA and the right RDA I could rebuild. it would have to be a larger surface area to work within

if not, honestly, I can use CE4's or better. I like the cheapo drippers, I like anything to vape with! LOL

 

[Yakone]

I gotcha! Thanks alisa1970. I'm starting to catching on

 

[Jman8]

They are passing regulations that vapor is smoke with the intended purpose of adding regs and moritoriums on no more new vape shops and letting them "die" out.

I know we don't usually discuss politics in this thread, but as it was brought up here, I do wish to vent a bit. As I said on that thread that you mentioned, this is taking things to another level.

What I didn't exactly say on that thread, but am saying here is this would be like encountering someone in person when vaping and them saying, "hey you can't smoke here." And then you reply with "it's not smoke, it's vapor." And then go on to explain, in a cordial, friendly, informative tone that vapor is not smoke. After you do this, they say, "that means its smoke to me. End of discussion." IMO, it is that gross of an error that we are all of the sudden up against, with the law!

And as I did say on that thread, I think it behooves the entire vaping community to challenge this, if for no other reason than to win, the rather simple argument, that vapor is not smoke, while hopefully educating the general public via a very public challenge on this one issue.

I'm not necessarily seeking discussion here on this thread, but really feel like venting as it takes things to another level. Think how many vapers loathe smoking. Then think how many non-vapers loathe smoking. Now take all that loathsome attitude toward smoking and realize we may soon live in a world where vapor = smoking, by definition of the law. If that is the case, game over. Turn in your devices now, as we simply do not stand a chance with that sort of mass deception at work.

 

[Yakone]

I am subscribed. I appreciate your help in leading me through the tangled jungle. I SEE CAMP!! Yes, Oh My Gosh, there are so many threads in this forum. My 2nd observation about this thread was how laid back folks are. My first observation...very helpful and kind. 3rd. Fun! Thanks again Karen. Cheers.

 

[Yakone]

Cheers!

 

[ShariR]

Karen, you would have laughed at/with me. I was a rocking old lady. I had my reading glasses on and a magnifying glass with an led light on it. I had several of the rebuilder young guys ask me where I got it; they wanted one! It was a gift so I have no idea.

Those evod/protank heads are very tiny. Once you take it apart you have a whole little pile of stuff not much larger than glitter. And I am going to have to cut off my fingernails. Oh, the unjustness of it all! My fingers had a hard time manipulating such tiny parts. The nails would not matter. I need something with a larger deck and not such tiny pieces. But I think I can do it. I have to use a drill bit. I can not wrap freehand at all.

It sounds like a great evening! I'm glad you had fun and got to meet people from ECF.

I don't know if I could do the little coils and get them into a protank head. I do think with the right RBA and the right RDA I could rebuild. it would have to be a larger surface area to work within

if not, honestly, I can use CE4's or better. I like the cheapo drippers, I like anything to vape with! LOL

 

[Karen N Daytona]

Karen, you would have laughed at/with me. I was a rocking old lady. I had my reading glasses on and a magnifying glass with an led light on it. I had several of the rebuilder young guys ask me where I got it; they wanted one! It was a gift so I have no idea.

Those evod/protank heads are very tiny. Once you take it apart you have a whole little pile of stuff not much larger than glitter. And I am going to have to cut off my fingernails. Oh, the unjustness of it all! My fingers had a hard time manipulating such tiny parts. The nails would not matter. I need something with a larger deck and not such tiny pieces. But I think I can do it. I have to use a drill bit. I can not wrap freehand at all.

actually I bought this for the future of my building, not ready yet can't afford the rest of what I need.

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[Karen N Daytona]

Cheers!