Seebs

Sorry for the double post, but it seems I can't edit my previous post. Well... I just took two drags of the V2 and loved it!!!! Almost passed out though; two weeks without nicotine and the cartridges I got were full strength so the "rush" was quite strong. I gotta say... They have made a believer out of me. It's gonna be lower nicotine for me from now on; and I'll eventually phase it out to the 0% stuff... I may never put away the puffer, but at least I won't be taking in any more tar and arsenic when I puff.

Thanks Bill.... I've been doing a lot of browsing and watching videos on all the different "kits"... The whole "modding" thing to me is a big plus; I'm a very big fan of tinkering with stuff myself (If you were to look at my desk right now you'd find no less than three protoboards, a few arduino boards in varied flavors and enough resistors/wires/jumpers to stock a Radio Shack or two... So I'm sure I'll find myself making something of my own for the e-cigs... I just gotta do some research first. As far as what I like... I looked at the Volcano units and though the Lavatube units look sexy as hell; they're just too big for my taste... I think I'm more partial to the "normal" looking units that look/feel like a real cig, but who knows; that may all change in the future... All I know is that I do want to try at least two of the "good" units so I'll be asking for suggestions/recommendations at a later date (gotta get my feet wet with the V2 that just arrived today)... Going by looks only; and in the very little research I've done so far; I'm liking the Inferno and the Joye Tech 510... Very slick and compact. Who knows; I've always been of the mentality that if something is worth doing; it's also worth overdoing... So I'm sure there will be a number of units making it to my house in the coming months...

Thanks for the warm welcome guys/girls... All I can say is I haven't even had my 1st drag of an e-Cig and I'm already eyeing some of the more sophisticated setups out there. What I'm noticing is that there seem to be a ton of choices out there; so it looks like I'm in for a lot of research/reading. One thing I do know for sure is I like compact/small units over the larger ones. And now I'm off to looking at more mods.

Ohh... I think I like your style. I've only just given up the little cancer sticks ten days ago... Still haven't done the e-Cig thing yet (just ordered my first starter kit tonight), but I can guarantee you that if I ever get the comment about the gum or the patches; my reply will be something along the lines of "Do you get up every morning and the first thing you do is turn the coffee pot on?... Yes?... So you're like me and can't go on with your day if you haven't had your caffeine fix!.... Ok... This is what I want you to do... Tomorrow morning, instead of turning the coffee pot on; simply grab one of the grind pouches and chew on it... you can even chew on some sugar and creamer if you want... You know; for taste. And that will be the way you get your caffeine fix from now on... no brewing coffee, no tasty Starbucks grande lattes, none of that nonsense... From now on you take your drug by chewing on it just like you want me to take mine."

Seebs has been a smoker for the past 20 years... In years past; I always made the obligatory "New Year's resolution" to quit the habit, but you know how those things go. Until this past December... I don't remember what show it was, or who it was that was asked the question... All I know is it was an interview show on PBS (Did I mention I LOVE Public Television?)... Maybe Charlie Rose, maybe Tavis Smiley... not sure. The interviewer asked the guest about new years resolutions and the guy answered: NONE! That got a "What do you mean none?" follow up question. And the guest went on to say "Resolutions are for people that delude themselves into believing that wishing for something will make it come true"... He then said: "Don't make resolutions; instead, establish goals and objectives... And then work on meeting those on a day by day basis". I liked that and it stuck in my mind for days. Come Dec 30th... I'm outside my apartment at about 3 AM, smoking my last "cowboy killer" of the night; it's as cold as it will get down here in SoFla (About 55 F) and I'm freezing my butt off (20 years of So Fla living will make your blood thin and you won't tolerate lower temperatures as well as someone from Wisconsin for example)... That one cigarette was the last one in the pack and I made a conscious decision to not go to the store and pick up a new pack that night. Did the same thing the following day... And just kept on telling myself that I would not go to the store "TODAY". Kind of like the whole "set up a plan and work on it on a day by day thing" the guy being interviewed mentioned. Fast forward to tonight and it's been ten (10) days of free tobacco living for me. I don't believe in "destiny" stuff, but about two weeks ago; I had my BP checked (139/91)... Not blatantly high, but very close to being "bad". Again; fast forward until today... I went in a got it checked again. Needless to say I, and the doctor, were pleasantly surprised with the new numbers (128/82)... Very happy camper here to say the least... Now for the "not so good" part... The nicotine part is almost a non-issue for me... I rode the "withdrawals" for a week "cold turkey" and got through that on my own, but the "routine" of going outside and "puffing" is something I still miss a lot; not to mention the fact that I've been "replacing" the "smoking" times with candy, chocolate bars, etc. I had heard about e-Cigs before, but always dismissed them as "gimmicky", but a couple days ago I bumped into an old friend and he had one of them things so I asked him about it and he said they had helped him get off the "cowboy killers" when every other method had failed. Long story short... I just ordered me a V2 starter pack to see what the fuzz is about and to try and stop my "candy" intake before high BP turns into diabetes. I guess it's all going to go down like all my other hobbies. I start with the "cheap" starter pack and then end up getting into it hard and that's when the "custom" stuff starts getting delivered to my doorstep. It happened to me with computers (Have enough computer parts here to run my own data center if I wanted) and I'm sure it will happen with "Vaping" too. I've already seen a couple of super good looking wood carving "mods" that have me looking at my wallet with bad intentions. So that's it for my introduction... I'm Seebs and I used to be a smoker!