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I'm sitting here in my room in Baghdad, Iraq tonight really missing my wife and 6yr old son. I've been in country since March 23rd and although its only been a little over 2 months it feels like a lifetime. A lot has happened over the past 2 months. I've taken two helo flights to Basra (a butt numbing 3 1/2 hour flight from the Baghdad Green Zone) The second trip was pretty exciting as I had to escort my VIP to election polling sites for Iraq's first solo primary elections. Although the elections went down without a problem, violence is now spreading due to the results. Truth be told I'm just ecstatic that none of our teams were targeted. A few weeks ago I had the rare but dangerous opportunity to visit a flooded area in the town Abu Gharib which is just a few km's away from Fallujah (twice, as if once was not enough). Al Qaida is currently fighting the Gov't forces and has full control of Fallujah, Ramadi and most of Abu Gharib. Al Qaida blew up a dam and everything within a 15-20km radius is mostly under water. On a lighter note I just successfully completed my 10 day weapons and fitness re-qualification for the year. It was fun but the heat at times was almost unbearable, 104-110 degrees. My fitness level (thanks to vaping) has really increased in the past 2 months. I have completed a 1/2 marathon (sorry treadmill, too dangerous to run outdoors) in under 2 hours and am now working on getting my 10km run under 45 min (currently at 48 min). It's great to feel healthy again. My countdown to reuniting with my family has begun. On June 14th I get to leave for a quick but much needed 7 day break to meet up with my family in Europe who will be on vacation. I'm not too worried about it being short because come August 1st I plan on traveling back to the US to meet them there for a nice long 1 month break. I'm so looking forward to that time off. Anyways I just thought that I would share my recent experiences. Just so you all know I'm not in the military but work as a Dignitary Protection Officer for the United Nations. My military and police days are long past, but my sense of service is still very strong within me (I guess for many of us it's just all we know). Everything I've mentioned above has been made public via the United Nations. Take care and have a great day. DragonGunner

Thanks for the replies everyone. Coming here to the forum is like my therapy. It gives me peace of mind that I can talk about certain aspects of my job, because I can't really tell my wife some of the dangerous things and places that I go. That's just a no no and would just cause her more unnecessary stress. All of you are awesome.

Thanks for all you are doing for our country Dragongunner. My dad is a retired Lt. Col in the Army. 32 years of service so I respect you guys so very much. I have a plenty stock up of juices so if you ever are in need because you cannot get any juice let me know and I will send you some. Do they allow you to get this type of stuff over there where you are? Thanks again for all you do.

Looks like the one on the left has more batter so Josh can have that one.

Josh can take one of the beaters and I'll take the other. If Crush comes over to kill this nasty little flying dust bucket of a miller I'll let him have the bowl.

Stay safe over there I spent 2 years in that litter box was in Ramadi, Fallujah, Baghdad, and Haditha from 2003-2004 then 2005-2006

So good to "see" you again! I'm glad to hear you're safe despite the places you've been. Hope you enjoy the much deserved time with your family and congrats on the improving fitness.

Been slackin off since my trainee released into his own truck. Well, I'm sitting in Murphreesboro,TN tonite. Gonna get unloaded in the morning and then off to who knows where. Not much to report here. Just enjoying a nice nite and doing a couple builds and replacing cotton in all my RDAs.

Wasn't hating on you Nash. If I were, I'd be far less subtle.

What, you let a lil fence like that stop you!? lol

I like pie. Oh yeah and Welcome!

Congrats! It is different, but I think you put it well, accept that it's different and that's a huge step to move forward. Welcome to tha sand box!

I'm about 40 days in, so happy to be off analogs! I'm better off vaping anyway Welcome to Vapor Talk! Jazz

4 more Aero Bases for the rest of my KPT 2s box of 50 1.8ohm KPT coils

Welcome to the forum.... 16 days is awesome! Congrats!

welcome to VT............ my 40th day off analogs

Hey there and welcome

Welcome to VT!

I'm not THAT mean. lol It's a mixed fruit and cream juice. But the main fruit flavor is dragon fruit. I have a thing for dragon fruit.

I'm jealous Josh! My Magma is at home but my wife will have to bring it to me during our European vacation. Hopefully my Copper Viggo will get in as well (not to mention 500mg of juice and the recently released black edition Kayfun v3). I can't wait to try the magma out on the Viggo. Ahhhh the wait is killing me. You all think vape mail is slow.....try ordering something and not being able to get it for months....uhhh well I guess there is fasttech or slowtech whatever everyone is calling it these days

Just stay safe and Thank You for your dedicated service! Enjoy your Family time it is, as I'm sure you know, the most important thing in life.

He was after Tam, and apple.spice cake..

Giant Vapes has all the Suicide Bunny stuff in stock almost all the time and their shipping is stupid fast. I ordered on a friday morning and it was shipped by noon and at my door monday morning.

what did I miss....lol. still working on the black and mild.

I think I read somewhere that those are "royal" colors

I thought I saw a flash in the western sky

i dont use tanks but i do re wick my RDA when i feel it needs it. then i may clean the coil by pulse firing it til it glows nice and bright from the center out. let it cool to the touch and rewick, juice up and let her rip.

*puts on fire suit.

Take your pick...

Then how did you get to try some no more trying or there won't be any left..

Yeah, they just supply vendors. I get mine from a local B&M because it's reasonable.... I alternate between Mothers Milk and Derailed because they are so freakin delicious....

Same here, and could become habitual can't have that.. totally unacceptable

I paid over $100 more than two years ago for a cigalike kit with charger/case two batteries and about 10 or 20 cartridges. Didn't make it through three cartridges. It was that bad. Like it was already mentioned, about the only advantage of the look alike was it's small size and look of an analog. That would be good if you were trying to make peoplke think you were smoking a real cigarette, imo. Don't know why anyone would want to do that. As for me I LIKE walking about town with my eGo. I'm sure I'll like it with my spinner too. Not sure I'll be lugging around the ZMAX lol. I want people to come up to me and ask me what I have. What is that? What does it do? You mean it's not tobacco? Where does that smoke come from (ah, glad you asked ma'am, but that isn't smoke it's vapor).

Ya think? Lol...

I did set it up "properly" and also updated it correctly (as well as spelling "corectly" correctly), thank you very much. And it's still an over priced paper weight. Why is it that in every post you make you're pushing the hell out of this ijust by eleaf mod? I think I smell a spammer...

Ok. So, I finally got my hands on a Magma last week. Gotta say, I friggin love this thing! The only drawback I can see at this point, is the airflow limitation. I'd like a little more airflow, but the vertical holes in the deck are positioned so close to the inside edge, that I feel I'd just wind up ruining the dam thing by trying to drill em bigger. But all in all, it's a kickazz little dripper! I can fill it up and vape away for quite a good while before needing to reapply. I recommend this atty to anyone wanting an easy to use RDA but doesn't wanna have to redrip every 3rd or 4th pull.

Fadora vapor apple cider...."the snozzberries really taste like snozzberries"....lol

Don't know how true it is but from what I've heard from a few ppl. Two people set of to develop a new tank system had a spilt and thus the 91 and kf was born. Same sh** different name. Some say the 91 was the original. Personally both damn good systems

I took my favorite juice canister out of it's hiding spot, so I'm vaping Fadora Watermelon because I ordered a bunch more over the weekend, so I'm not as scared to use it all up now. Have been saving the last few ML while I vaped Grape and Strawberry Fadora and some watermelon i had from EC blends. I use the EC blends for new hardware and new builds when theres a chance it might run down the drain or something. I'd never risk Fadora juice for testing o-rings and such.

Its mostly just different terminology, when I got started not that long ago it was all e-cigs and the cigarette look-a-like devices were called cigalikes. IMO, stick with something like the Ego style devices like this to start with if you want something really cheap http://www.fadoravapor.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=31_32&products_id=52 I paid about $30 for a similar device locally, which was only half as much as I spent on a stupid blue starter kit a year before that's collecting dust somewhere. I quickly moved up to an MVP 2.0 that i paid about $40 for and it was way nicer, but starting out with a box mod isn't for everyone, which is why I recommend the Ego-T type batteries and clearomizers.

A quote from my father: "Stay safe. And if you can't, let them see hell in your eyes, with no prayer on their lips".

I agree with the above. iv tried the blu...not a fan

I tried the e-cig route... hated it... The batteries don't have much capacity, nor do the cartomizers... the vapor production (and taste) dropped off to nothing, quickly... and the price for disposables was costing me more than actual smoking! The rechargeables were just not cutting it too (prices were outrageous compared to an eGo-style kit), and lack of "flavor" offerings is soooo limited for e-cigs, compared to vaping. The only advantage to e-cig for me was they were small and don't draw the attention my larger eGo battery and clearomizer do in public places.

I'm still relatively new to the whole vaping process, but I wouldn't wait until you have a very strong burning flavor to stop. Once you start to sense that "burning" taste, then yeah I would replace it. Sometimes the readers can be off though, so use your best judgment Jazz

Good to hear from you dragonG. Be safe and best wishes

Stay safe, congrats on requalification and the marathon. Have a great time w your family.

Good tips guys, thanks! I purposely used a 1.8 in one and a 2.2 in another last night and the only difference was the voltage setting to crank out the vape. Saving battery one tank at a time now!

Sorry that this has happened to you. But there is a geat new kit that came out about 2 month ago called IJust by Eleaf. I have been using it for a month now and i dont use any of my other mods or atties now. it works great and has amazing flavor. The kit is 100$ but well worth it.

Sorry had to