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I'm right with you sister!! I have been vaping for over a year now and have quite a collection of bad, clogged, burnt tasting atty's. Apparently first I was just getting knock offs when I thought I had been such a diligent shopper and found the best price. OK, so then I came here and asked many questions. I probably brought a really bad attitude here with me too. So here is a "Thank You" to all who had the fortitude, temperance, and kindness to deal with me and help out. From then on, I bought only from one recommended supplier and things got better for a while. Got an ego and loved it. The attys that came with it lasted about 3 months and I am a heavy user, so I was happy with supplier and my purchases. I have only lurked here occasionally since then as my job and life keep me from being able to spend much time on the computer.
I brought him at least 3 other clients that I convinced to try vaping. I bought 3 replacement attys from him and only 2 worked and even they only lasted about 4 weeks. My partner ordered 3 new ones for me as a gift, now that should have done it for a while, but no... 2 of them tasted like I had liquefied asphalt and vaped it and the other worked for several weeks. OK, ordered 5 cartomizers, & 2 replacements and a whole new ego kit as he had lowered the price and I thought it would be good by now to get spare batteries (lower price was only $5 more than spare batteries). I have personally spent at least 5 to 6 hundred within the space of 6 months or less. Got the replacements and new ego kit and within 1 week both replacements had died I was using an atty from the kit. It tasted like burning rubber. It was so bad that I was told to leave an establishment that allows e cigs, wasn't evicted for vaping, but because the smell was so offensive. I contacted the supplier and complained. Was told to send the bad attys back an he would replace the 2 even tho they were, as he put it, out of warranty. I sent them back almost 4 weeks ago and never herd back from him. By the way, the cartomizers spit burning little balls of vape juice every time I try them. Not going there again!

See, there's my bad attitude again... But I am not giving up!!! I am trying a new supplier, as when the darn things work they are awesome, I went from 2 packs of analogs a day to 2 analogs on a bad day. The removal of the fibers from the atty works the best from what I can tell. I pulled out some old nasty tasting ones and did surgery on them and they are usable now. So, for what it is worth, from the nightmare experience of bad decisions and suppliers, keep on its going to be worth it. BTW my voice no longer sounds like my father, not even in the AM.

Yeah I'd have to agree VG mixed 50-50 or even 70-30 or straight 100% dosen't work well with cartomizers, and I never got sick off of 100% PG e-liquids maybe just a little head rush probably from to high of nic, Good luck with it tho.

Got bobas b. First thought was I didn't care much for it. Now I really like it. Kinda grew on me and will buy more.
AVE flu cured ...excellent! Also.
Havana gold.... Excellent!!!
I give all 3 five stars

(Please only post questions OR additional noobie info in here to keep this thread clean. ie: no thank you, good post, etc, posts)

This is to help you play catch up on what the veterans know.

Basic ecig Parts

A.) Cartridge - holds the ejuice and is also a mouth piece. this part can be replaced with a drip tip and is what most do
B.) Atomizer - has an element that heats up the ejuice and as you pull air threw it vapor is produced.
* sub B section - you can also use cartomizers, they are atomizers with filler to hold juice and are a tad shorter in size.
C.) battery - these will be 3.7v Lithium Ion batteries, they supply the power to the atomizer. they come in auto (activated by suction) or manual (activated by button)

Common Ecigs


What's the best ecig
This is more dependent on how you vape and your needs for vapor, throat/lung hit, battery life needs and other factors.
Most people will advise the ego/tornado/riva as they all have a nice battery life and are built good (ego being the favorite of the three)
this is the ego mega and regular batteries with manual buttons


Ecig Model Numbers
These are based on the atomizer they use
when one says 510 kit, they generally are referring to the cigarette shaped ecig. like the first picture of this post.

Why we tell you not to get cigarette shaped ecigs
A cigarette shaped battery runs $12 for a normal manual 510

9hrs at $20 (ego battery) 540mins
45mins (510 kit battery) 540 ÷ 45 = 12
12 (batteries) x $12 = $144

so for mAh (Milliamp hours), it is a lot less expensive to buy a larger battery.
this will also keep you from having to buy more batteries. explained after next set of math.

510 kit batteries needed for 9hrs
9hrs (540mins) ÷ (45min run time + 2hr charge time = 165mins) = 3.272727273 batteries needed to run 9hrs on 510 kit
3 x $12 = $36 - 1 ego battery = $20 = $16 saved. that is initial cost only!!

45min x 2 is what you have ready to go after your first needs charged (90mins).
your first battery is going to take 2hrs to charge so by the time you run out the other two the first is done charging.
so just to keep going you would need at bare minimum you want two 510 chargers, this means more $$.
why you ask? at night when you don't have a single battery to use, you will only be able to charge 1 while you sleep. it would be more ideal to have 3 or one of the larger chargers that do more than one and have no less than 10 batteries ready to go.
on top of this when you go out you will have a pocket full of batteries, making this not a very portable device to bring with you.

other than that you have to recharge more often and the more you charge the more you replace. batteries have an # of recharges before they start failing to keep their charge. now you may say by logic that you are only charging once on those small batteries in that 9hr time, so there isn't an issue on life, BUT, the smaller the battery the less times you can charge it before the failing starts. also consider that you have 3 batteries that will fail

First Order
When you get an ecig make sure that you have spares of everything.
the atomizers, cartomizers, batteries, and juice are all going to need purchased at some point again.
Your first cart should consist of NO LESS than, 5 atomizers, 2 packs of cartomizers (5 in a pack), your kit, 2 extra batteries (i would advise mega batteries), 1 extra charger, and a nice amount of juice.
the last thing you want is to have to wait on something you didn't buy enough of to come in. if one thing is missing you will go right back to smoking, nobody wants that.

Mods and Why
Mods are usually over looked or not even known to noobies of the ecig world.
these devices can be anywhere from 3.7v to 8.4v.
the point is that some people need one of two things, longer battery life with less cost and/or an aggressive throat hit.
as a newbie i wouldn't advise a mod above 3.7v that doesn't have the option to go as low as 4.2v
if it is not a variable voltage you are stuck on that till you get something lower if you don't like it.
i say 4.2v because any 3.7v battery charges UP TO 4.2v. most people love vaping that initial fresh charged battery. voltage drops after usage to as low as 2.9v

Mods will use batteries like these

these are all 3.7v batteries with a much longer charge life vs a kit ecig.
you can find almost all of these batteries from US suppliers for $5 each.
a 3.7v mod using the largest battery (18650) can last you 4+ days @ $8 for the battery.

some mods can last up to 4+ days before needing to be recharged.

I'm not going to go into mods or pictures of mods. you can do that on your own, also watch youtube videos about the mods before thinking its large.
the standard ones people use are
silver bullet
mako
tekk mod (prone to cracking at the top unless you find someone that knows how to make them correctly)
some sort of wetbox (check reviews of these missys wetbox fails quite often due to her under rated buttons and cost $15 to fix)
(there are a crazy amount of mods out there, this is just a small list of the most talked about)

Abbreviations

General

Noob - Beginner
OP - Original Post(er)
Analog - Regular Cigarette
Mod - Homemade device or a Moderator.
Pull - The act of sucking on the mouthpiece to pull the vapor into your mouth
TH - Throat Hit (The tingling sensation in the back of your throat)
Vapor - the "smoke" emitted from an e-cigarette
Vape, Vaping - The use of an e-cigarette (similar to the term "smoking" when referring to an analog)
Topping off - Adding drops of e-liquid to your current cartridge.
Dripping - Vaping by adding a few drops of e-liquid directly on the atomizer instead of using a cartridge.
Dipping - Sticking the bridge of the atomizer in e-liquid.

E-Cigarette

E-cig or E-cigarette - Electronic Cigarette
PV - Personal Vaporizer
Atty - Atomizer
Cart - Cartridge
Bat - Battery
Filler - The fiber found inside your cartridge that holds your e-liquid
PCC - Personal Charging Case
SD - ScrewDriver
JS - Janty Stick
PT - Passthrough or passthrough battery
2-piece/Disposable - 2 part e-cigarette. The Battery and a "cartomizer".
Cartomizer - An atomizer built into the cartridge, marketed as disposable (you throw it away when the e-liquid is used up).
3-piece - 3 part e-cigarette. Battery, Atomizer, and Cartridge.
Cutoff - Refers to how long the battery will activate the atomizer before shutting down (safety measure to protect the atomizer).

E-Liquid

E-juice, e-liquid, juice - the liquid nicotine that you fill your cartridges with.
DIY - Do it yourself (homemade e-liquid mixture)
PG - Propylene Glycol
VG - Vegetable Glycerin(Glycerine = glycerin = vegetable glycerin(e) = glycerol)
PEG - Polylethylene Glycol

Suppliers

VT - Vaportalk
VG - Vaporgalaxy
VB - Vaporbomb
ENS - electronicstix
JC - Johnson Creek
PS - PureSmoker
TW - Totally Wicked
EST - E-smokeytreats
JS - JantyStick
SD - ScrewDriver
GG - The GG!

Miscellaneous

FDA - Food and Drug Administration
ECA - Electronic Cigarette Association
NRT - Nicotine Replacement Therapy (patch, gum, e-cig)
PH - Public Health
BP - Big Pharmaceutical Companies
BT - Big Tobacco Companies
ALF - American Legacy Foundation
'Anti's - Anti-smoking people who do not acknowledge that vaping is a viable alternative to smoking analogs.
RYO - Roll your own (tobacco)

Universal Forum Lingo

AFAIK - As Far As I Know
BTW - By The Way
DOA - Dead On Arrival (didn't work from the moment I got it)
FWIW- For What It's Worth
FYI - For Your Information
IDK - I Don't Know
IIRC - If I Recall/Remember Correctly
IMO or IMHO - In My Opinion or In My Humble Opinion (some mean 'H' to be Honest)
IOW - In Other Words
JK or JJ - Just Kidding or Just Joking
JS - Just Saying
OMG or OMFG - Oh My God and it's adult extension
PITA - Pain In The ***
PWN - Own or "dominate"
ROTFLOL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud
ROTFLMFAO - ^ Adult Extension of above
SOL - (can't be helped or fixed)
(SP?) - Used when unsure of the spelling of the previous word
TIA - Thanks In Advance
TMI - Too Much Information (too personal)
TOS - Terms Of Service ("the rules")
TROLL - A person that posts in a forum/thread with the sole intention of provoking an argument (can sometimes also imply a "spy")
TY - Thank You
WOOT - Exclamation, as in Hooray! (Sometimes: Want One Of Those)
WTF - Same As below
WTH - What/Where/Who The Hell
YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary (your experience may differ from mine)

GOD DAMN Katherine Hiegl is HOT!!!!!

yeah i know its of course better but still could there be long term effects is what we need to find out

I wish that guy wouldn't have walked off the set. It makes him look like he couldn't back up his product. And yes, that woman is clearly an idiot. Maybe Chris should go debate with her.

Probably going to get some crazy responses on this but oh well!
I was watching the Michael Mann movie called "The Insider" starring Al Pacino and Russell Crowe, if you ain't familiar with the movie Crowe plays a scientist that leaves his job with one of the top tobacco companies in the U.S. because he disapproves with the secret ingredients they are adding to the nicotine to make it even more addictive and he blows the whistle on the issue to the character Al Pacino plays who is the top reporter for 60 minutes and it had me thinking a bunch of crazy things that BT does when they get in a tight spot when concerning losing business (MONEY), now in this movie Crowe receives death threats to him and his family and is constantly being watched, it really shows the shiesty/dark side of BT and even though this is a movie im sure this does happen in real life otherwise I don't think Micheal Mann the Director and Producer of the film would even make it. Now with the issue of e cigs being a threat to the success of BT, its got me thinking that big tobacco IMO does whatever possible to keep things going their way (corruption, pay-offs, lying to the grand jury, and possibly harming/killing innocent people) I mean we are talking a billion dollar a year business (I think its that much) so to keep what they think the pesky e cig industry out of their way it had me thinking that could it be that they have payed off one or even a few of the biggest manufactures of base or flavored e liquid suppliers in China to have a few workers add some harmful/lethal ingredients to a very large supply of e liquid. All base e liquid is from china (I think) so when U.S. suppliers get their base and make all their different flavors it could hold something that could make us vapors really sick or worse, and if there is a hundred or so reports of people getting really sick/dead due to the use of e liquid in e cigs, I think this is something BT is capable of doing to us to whipe out the e cig industry completely, let me know what you think, and if you believe this is something big tobacco could do to rid their competitors the e cig industry or am I just paranoid and something like this could never happen?

OMG! I think this could totally be what is wrong with one of my batteries! I have two Tornado/Ego batteries and the one blinks on and off sometimes while vaping, i get less vapor, but the thing is it is fully charged and starts working fine about 5 minutes later. It could be that both of my batteries are over 3 months old, but im not so sure...i guess i am still kind of a noob when it comes to this stuff.

I seem to learn new stuff all the time, like the baby bulb atty cleaning method (gotta get me a bulb!).

everyone says that cartos are disposable. but i use them all the time. they work great. to me they last the same as an attomizer. but are alot more easier to deal with than terrible attys. i LOVE LOVE LOVE cartomizers!

great stories everyone!!! I have a few, but one in particular reaaaally got me interested!!

Abouta year ago, it was 2 or 3 am, I got a text from my upstairs neighbor, JJ. It said something like "im so scared can you come up here" and I thought it was something going on between her and her boyfriend, so I went up. She answered the door and the first thing I noticed was how pale she was, and how dark the apartment was. She said she has a touch lamp that was responding to questions. I was like whaaaat, and her bf had actually caught it on video. She was standing there naked, because they had just got nasty, and she had her hands up by her face, and she was talking to this little lamp on the table. She asked "are you here to visit me?" Light turned on for a sec, then off.
A minute later she asked "are you here to see me on my birthday?" light turned on.

She asked a few more questions, and continued to get responses. After the video was over, she sat in a chair at the table where the lamp was sitting, and she continued to ask questions. She said, "Are you my family?" Lamp turned on. "Are you my aunt?" no response "Are you my grandma?" Lamp turned on. She asked, "Are you here to see me on my birthday?" again, and the lamp turned on. She continued to ask the same questions, and the lamp kept turning on and off. I remember having chills the entire time i was up there, and my arms had really visible goosebumps. Eventually the entity seemed to get annoyed with her asking the same questions, so I tried to ask a few, with no response. We tried to unplug it, checked for shorts in the wire to make sure it wasnt something happening with the mechanics, and plugged it in somewhere else. She asked it "Do you love me?" it turned on. She showed me that tapping the lamp with things did not turn it on, so it wasnt vibrations, it is turned on by heat, but the apartment was super cold.

Again, "Do you love me?" on it went

I told her, it may be a good idea to ask something different, and I dont remember what she asked but it didnt respond, so I asked "Do you want me to leave?" because I had a really creepy feeling. The lamp turned on. I started shaking, because it scared the crap out of me, the thing hadnt responded to anything else I asked, so JJ asked again, "Do you want heather to leave?" On. I said to her that she should probably spend some time trying to talk to it in case it is her grandma, and to let her know she is doing well, and left. It never happened again.

My best guess, is that her grandmother really did come to visit her! JJ told me later that she had spent a lot of time with her grandmother and that they were close when she was alive.


Oh, and when I lived with my dad in St. Helens, Oregon, I would go to sleep with my bedroom door locked with no blankets on, and wake up in the middle of the night to a warm breeze on my face, like somebody was watching me sleep, and I was tucked in with my hair pushed behind my ear, which is weird since when i sleep my hair goes everywhere. I was also woke up late one night to the feeling of someong grabbing my foot hard, and pulling, then letting go. I now have a fear of leaving my feet uncovered while I sleep, and I sleep close to the wall always so my feet never hang off the bed.



I guess I lied, one more. haha

This story was told to me by my grandma, shortly after my grandfather died of lung cancer. She was with him at his final moments, and he was looking up at her, as if he had just fell in love with her all over again, and he said "Mary, you have wings!" and fell asleep. A few hours later he passed away in his sleep, in his own bed in caldwell, ID.

A few days later, she said, he came to her while she was getting dressed down for the night and he looked young like when they met, and she cried and said her goodbyes to him, and he smiled, kissed her cheek, and walked into a fade until he was gone. She said she may have dreamed it, but I think it was him coming to tell her he loves her.


I guess I better tell this one too, it may not be a visit, but I like to think it is.

September 6th my big brother passed. He never met my husband, and I hadnt seen him in years because he always lived so far away. When I heard he had passed on I cried and cried, still do sometimes. Well, about a week or two ago I had a dream that Tommy had come to visit me here in PA, and him and EJ hit it off right away and got along. He was here, sleeping eating and using the bathroom, in my home and it felt so wonderful to me, and it was really vivid. I even remember him smiling with approval once he had sat down with us and saw us together. He smiled a lot, and made us laugh a lot. When I woke up from this dream, I felt so good. I had energy, I felt happy, and when I thought about him for that day I didnt cry. I think this was his way of coming and saying goodbye. If not, it still made me feel great, and it helped comfort me a little. So I figure, wherever he is, he's happy

I worked midnights for years in an ER and several times thought I saw a man standing outside of one of the exam rooms, it always looked like he was reflected in the glass and he was just there then image gone. This room was visible from nurses station and had a wall across from it, one night I looked up and I could clearly see a tall elderly African-American man wearing a suit standing there. He was so real looking I got up to see who he was and he just disappeared. I looked down the hall into a couple of rooms and figured I was just tired. I walk back to nurses station and the doc says what were you doing Sis, I say oh I thought I saw someone standing by room 6 but I didn't. He says an older black man wearing a suit? I nearly fell over since I never said a word about this, one of the other girls pipes up yeah I've seen him a few times. One of the old-timers walks by and says oh he won't bother you I've been seeing him for about 10 years. I think he's the same ghost that's in the back elevator, you know the little car you don't like to get in. I freaked, I always had the willies in that elevator car and at times had thought I saw a reflection of someone in there with me in the windows across the hall. I have never felt comfortable in that car and still don't. Neither do a lot of the other employees none of whom I have shared this with.

Great stories!!

@2beSmokefree.. yes! Would love to see some pics. Maybe a link to your pb?

I don't have any spook stories to share, but I do have sentimental ones.
Our place is an old homestead where the rancher raised sheep and cows. Every once in awhile we can hear the sheep baaaaaaing in the barnyard as they await their shearing. Only thing is, there hasn't been any sheep there for over 20 years or more!
Second one: I had a great mustang that loved to run, loved to race. Every once in a while we hear his hooves pounding down the dusty dirt road towards us, in greeting. He's been long gone for over 30 years. (even strangers hear him, not just us).
third one: We were sitting at the table, trying to enjoy our morning coffee when the leg of my pj depressed from the pressure of our Dobies nose as she gave us her morning greeting. She had died the day before. Hubby and I both not only felt her pressence, we witnessed it.

@ bekindtoyerbuds... great stories, I've been facinated by paranormal stuff since the age of 12 or so, (I'm 55 now) I lived in PA growing up, and lived in a house where strange things have happened... also my deceased great aunt, used to live in a historical house called "The Frary House" in Deerfield Mass, had many stories to tell me when we would visit her. The house still stands today, was built in the early 1700's, and has been a museum for many, many years. We went to visit her in 1964, she spoke of music/dancing/party sounds coming from the 2nd floor ballroom, a specter/apparition of a "Lady in white" which would manifest sometimes in the backyard in the early morning hours, that would drift towards the old water well, unexplained footsteps. We spent the night in this amazing historical house, (well, my parents did, me and my brother were forced to sleep in the station wagon outside) months later my mom confided to us that during the night, she woke up, and swore she heard what sounded like a young girl crying, from somewhere in the house, but couldn't identify the location. The bed my parents slept in was complete with the old style canopy, and had the original mattress still stuffed with horse hair!

My aunt wouldn't let me and brother sleep in the house for fear of us kids messing something up, breaking artifacts, ect. She was the care keeper for the place while the owners were off on vacation in Europe, they were gone for years. This house was amazing, 2 stories, and quite large, complete with winding staircase to the second floor, with all original furniture, original pewter dishes, cups, it was like going back in time. Part of my aunts daily routine was giving tours of the place to tourists from all over the country. The entire town of Old Deerfield is steeped in history, much if it not very good, it was the site of a terrible massacre in 1704, when Indians and the French raped and pillaged the entire town, setting many of the building on fire, and taking hostages back to Canada, in a harsh New England winter... on foot!

Anyways, I always wondered how my aunt could feel comforatable living in such a place completely alone for so long, but it didn't bother her a bit, in fact, she called the spirits "her friends" and got along with them very well... Me, my other aunt on my moms side, went to visit Deerfield just this last Spring, and took the tour of this same house, it was awesome seeing it again after 46 years.

Would anyone here be interested in seeing some photos I took? A few years ago, I bought my first digital camera, and decided to take it to the the local bar here in town to learn to use it and take some pics/vids of friends there. And that's when it started... I got some really strange things on some photos! I did some research on the place, it was built in the 1930's, many have died in the place over the years, in fact, about 5 yrs ago, a guy I knew went to the bar with a pistol, and blew his brains out in the place right next to his friends... real nice.. glad I wasn't there that night. It used to be a notorious biker bar as well, with much violence taking place. Armed with the images I've taken there, I've contacted two paranormal ghost hunting teams to do 2 seperate investigations there. I got the owner to let us have the place to ourselves all night starting at 2:00am after the patrons left. We got some interesting results... I've also sent the photos to several ghost web sites.

We went to Tombstone AZ as well, in which I have some strange "anomalies" show in some photos, also have strange photos me and my g/f have taken in the Queen Mary Ship in Long Beach CA, the Whaley House in San Diego...

Sorry so long... it's just this subject has been a big interest for me all my life, thx for reading

Does photobucket work ok here? Let me know...

Hey hows it going guys/girls


Here are a few ghost stories, some that have been told by my grandparents, parents and some that have happened to me, Enjoy!

ALL OF THE STORIES ARE TRUE!!!!!!
SORT OF LONG, BUT WORTH THE READ!!


The first story comes from my grandmother on my fathers side..........




1.
It happened sometime around the 1950's my Great Grandfather was dyeing and in the hospital (in Chicago, this was way before my time so I know little of the actual year and location).

My Grandmother had gone to visit him (her father) in the hospital which was on the 6th floor of the building, he was nearing the end so she figured she would be there to comfort him. My Grandmother had spent a few days in the hospital, as my Great Grandfather's condition deteriorated.

On this certain night my Great Grandfather was sleeping in the hospital bed as my Grandmother read a book to herself by his side. (as she says) All of a sudden she heard a tapping on the window, TAP TAP TAP, as she describes it, "it was not a "light tap" but more of a deliberate tap, as in to get someones attention". (Keep in mind that my Great Grandfathers room was on the 6th floor, with no trees anywhere near the window, according to my Grandmother).

Just as my Grandmother lifted her head, diverting her attention from her book to the window, from which the tapping came, my Great Grandfather, who was sleeping soundly, sat strait up in bed and pointed at the window, and SCREAMED! "Hes here, Hes here to take me!". My Grandmother then turned to the window and noticed that there was a black shadowy figured outside of the window, (as she puts it) "it blocked the lamps in the street, that could be seen from the window, and then vanished".

According to my grandmother, she was very frightened, not only because her Dyeing father had practically jumped from the bed, but also from the figure that she had seen out the window. My Great Grandfather died within an hour of this happening.

My Grandmother swears that it was Death (The Grimm Reaper) coming to escort his soul to the afterlife.




And here is another story told by my Mother about her Grandparents (my Great grandparents)

I don't know too many of the details of this story but I will relay what information I have, (I will talk to my mother soon to seen if she can give me anymore info)

2.
As the story goes (told to me by my mother) This story takes place sometime in the 1930's or 40's

My Great Grandparents on my mother side (not sure if they were my grandmothers parents or my grandfathers parents), once owned a table (not sure how they came about this table, I have no idea if was an err loom or something they purchased, but it definitely was not new) This table was placed in the Dining room, to be used as a place that all the family could sit at and have dinner. The children in the family would often play at the table (jacks or card games and what not).

As my mother tells it " when all of the children would put there hands on the table, it would start to dance" "not just rocking on the floor, as if the children were tipping it from side to side" "it would actually lift off of the ground, and make motions back and forth as if it were dancing". Apparently this happened numerous times, the kids in the family told there father (my great grandfather) what would happen when they put all of their hands on the table, he would say "NON SENSE!".

According to my mother he was a very stern and serious person, and did not have anytime for "fun and games". One day while the whole family was in the Dining room all of the children put their hands on the table, to show their father that what they had said was true, and the table began to dance. Apparently my Great grandfather walked over to the table saw what was happening and then gently placed his hands on the table, and the table dropped to the ground and stopped "dancing"

As my mother tells it, anytime the children would put their hands on the table it would dance, if, while it was dancing, my Great Grandfather put his hands on the table, it would stop immediately! According to my mother this happened over and over again,

I will have to ask her what ever happened to the table (it would be interesting to have now)



My next few stories involve the house that my parents live in now. Purchased new in 1990, in a nice newly developing neighborhood, near the base of a 1500ft mountain. (I'm not sure if this has anything to do with it) but the area where the house stands now, was once occupied by Indians and early settlers to California (around the 1800's)

I lived in this house from 1990 till the mid 2000's before moving into my own place (Im only 28, so I moved out when I was about 23)


(a little background info on the house) Since moving into this house we have always had strange things happen, it first started with slamming of cabinets, lights and appliances turning on and off by themselves. Most nights it would sound as if someone was walking down the hallway, as verified by my mother father and brothers.

It got to the point where if me or my brothers were sick we would not want to stay home alone, we would end up just going to school anyways because we didn't want to stay in the house alone.

I remember one night, it was raining outside with lightening and thunder, when cabinets started to slam open and shut with no one near them. (we never saw them slam, but could definitely hear them!) My brothers and I ran outside (I was 12 as was my twin, and my older brother was 15). We stood outside in the rain for about 3 hours till my parents came home, we did not want to go back inside.

This happened many many times to everyone in the family. (all 5 of us)


During the period while all of this was still happening in our house.........

3.
One Night me and my mother (I was about 17) followed my dad down stairs....

We started on the 2nd story of our house, from the main living room, where the couch and TV are. Down the hallway (20ft), down the first flight of stairs (8ft), down the second flight of stairs (8ft), down the first level hallway (10ft), down another hallway (5ft) to the house/garage door entrance and into the laundry room

Me and my mother followed my father all the way from the upstairs to the down stairs a total, of at least 41ft, if not more. Keep in mind that we were two steps behind him the whole time, all the way from the upstairs room to the laundry room (down stairs), prob about 3 ft away from him the whole time. (if I would have taken a "double step" I could have touched him in the back)

Each time my dad turned a corner, 1 sec later, me and my mother turned the corner, with my dad in sight for 98% of the journey (from upstairs to downstairs)

when we turned the corner down the last stretch of (downstairs) hallway, ending in the Laundry room, we froze.......my dad was nowhere to be found.

I paused......said "what the hell" turned to look at my mom, (she gave me a weird look) and we both started calling for my dad. Who happened to be sitting upstairs where we started the journey.

My question is, WHO THE HELL DID WE FOLLOW INTO THE LAUNDRY ROOM IF IT WASN'T MY DAD???????? WE HAD OUR EYES ON WHATEVER IT WAS THE WHOLE TIME, AS WE FOLLOWED IT DOWNSTAIRS!!!!!!!!



And this leads me to my next ghost story, this happened last year (2009), around Thanksgiving.

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I was visiting my parents for the holiday, staying in my old room I have always had, since my parents have never changed it since I left.

I was sleeping in bed and woke up around 4 in the morning and was super thirsty, I decided to go back to sleep because if I got up to get some water I would probably never get back to sleep.

I woke up a few hours later because I had gotten a phone call (it was about 7:45am according to my cell phone), I answered, but nobody replied so I hung up , by this time I REALLY needed some water, so I had to get up. I had a cup next to my bed so I grabbed it and headed toward the bathroom to fill it up (which is just across the hall from my room, about 8 ft away)

As I opened my door, I noticed my dad standing in his robe messing with the TV (which is normal, as he normally will wake up and turn the TV on so he can watch it while getting ready for work) I said "good morning" and proceeded to walk to the bathroom to fill my cup with water and head back to bed.

As I was walking to the bathroom my father followed me, and proceeded to talk to me as I was filling my cup with water.......

I was half asleep at this point, and really couldn't comprehend anything that he had said to me, it was just all "gibberish" at the time.

He kept talking to me as I was heading back to my room, when I finally got to the door of my room,

I said "DAD! I don't know what the hell your talking about , I'm going back to sleep!" Then proceeded to walk into my room.

When I woke up a few hours later I remembered that my dad was talking to me when I went to get some water, a few hours before. All I could remember was that my dad was telling me that the house was a mess and to clean it up before he came home, I also remembered that I yelled at him.

Feeling super bad for yelling at my dad, as soon as I woke up I straightened everything in the house, cleaned the dishes, vacuumed the floors, basically I did everything to make the house look "spik and span",before he came home, it was perfect!

I waited around the house till about 6pm, still feeling bad for talking that way to my dad. As soon as my dad walked in the door, I was there to meet him, I told him that I was sorry for talking that way to him early this morning.

He looked puzzled......and said what?..........what are you talking about?

So I went over what had happened early in the morning and once again told him that I was sorry.

He then said "I didn't see you this morning" I said yeah, it was at.....(looking at my phone, to check the time when the person who had called me had woken me up).....7:45am..........

My dad then proceeded to tell me that he had to leave early for work that morning because the alarm at work had gone off.

He said that he left the house sometime around 3am in the morning and was no where near the house at or around 7:45am in the morning.............





ONCE AGAIN!!!!!!!! WHO THE HELL DID I TALK TOO EARLY THAT MORNING!!!!!!!



And sorry to make this post so long, here is my last story................... (I hope they have been interesting!)


This story happened just earlier this year in Tombstone Arizona, at the Best Western hotel called Lookout Lodge.

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Me and my family took a trip to Tombstone Arizona, we stayed at the Best Western (Lookout Lodge) just outside town. (which happens to be about a half mile away from boot hill)

It was a birthday present for my twin brother who wanted to check out Tombstone so all of my family went (all 5 of us). We ended up getting to Tombstone pretty late in the night maybe around 10 pm... we checked in and them headed to our room, (I can't remember what room it was but if I saw a layout of the hotel I could tell you what room we were in).

There were five of us staying in the room all together, with only two beds, it really didn't matter, because my parents could sleep in the same bed, my two brothers in the other bed, I would sleep on the floor (I didn't mind).

As we were unpacking all of are stuff, my brother notice a dead scorpion on the floor.........well..........that was it.............I wasn't going to sleep on the floor with scorpions.

So me and my brothers had to sleep in one bed together (3 in one bed, great!) since there wasn't enough room in the bed for us to sleep the "normal" way, we ended up sleeping like the 3 stooges, one sleeping at the head of the bed, one in the middle and one at the foot of the bed. (with our heads and feet hanging off each side of the bed)

Eventually we fell asleep................

Sometime in the middle of the night I remember waking up to someone shaking me, and this wasn't just a little nudge to "wake up" kind of shake. This felt like someone was actually using the full force of there body to physically push me down into the bed and release, this happened at least 10 times in a row (as if someone were violently shaking me)............

I woke up screaming.............. nobody else woke up. Being freaked out by now I started pushing my brothers and trying to wake them up, but still nobody woke up, so I just ended up putting the covers over my head, and "sweating" myself to sleep. (I had noticed that the time on the clock when this happened was 3:16am)

A short while after this, I was still freaked out trying to fall back asleep, I heard my dad start to murmur/sort of cry in his sleep.....and I thought to myself "OH GOD! its attacking DAD!" I soon fell asleep, still scared to death!

Early the next morning, everyone was already up when I awoke, I proceeded to tell my family what had happened the night before, and how freaked out I was and that nobody would wake up.

My brothers then mentioned how they both woke up around 3 am (independently), and pulled there legs closer to their bodies (because they were hanging off the edge of the bed) after getting a creepy feeling.


Later, during breakfast (free breakfast at the hotel) my dad asked the lady behind the counter if anyone had reported anything weird happening in the hotel, and she had mentioned the a lot of people reported weird things happening in the room next to us but not in our room.

So this hotel is definitely haunted...............






SORRY FOR MAKING THE STORIES SO LONG, I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THEM

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!!!


ALL OF THESE STORIES ARE TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great review! Maybe he shoulda made it with the LED aiming directly into your eyes so you know it's on. That's too funny...

Also, if you look at how a cartomizer is made, there is a kind of a straw/tube going right down the middle of it, right to the hole in the bottom. Dripping would more than likely make a huge mess.

that is something i wouldn't even make if i had the spare parts in my house.
that's saying a lot since i was and maybe still am going to make a dilgo. (you can figure that one out)

Hi Trice,

Ohhhh...that is a good question. I am beginning week 3 of my venture into vaping and I was not a heavy smoker either (3-5 cigs a day). I quit all analogs (regular cigs) almost within a few days of vaping. It does seem I vape more than I smoke but I heard that's because you are getting far less nicotine on a vape than on a cig. 3 drops of juice on an ecig gives you about 10-15 drags which is still about 1/2 (or less) the nicotine you'd get in 10-15 drags on an analog.

But it's sooooo much more fun.

And, like you, I initially wanted an ecig that "looked" like a real cig....I got over that real fast and went right with the eGo and haven't looked back. It rocks in every way.

Jodie

Tax is a necessary evil. That is how we pay the armed forces that protect us. That is where a lot of the money for public education comes from. Unless we went back to the stone age there isn't a way around it. The figures that I heard were that a flat 10% tax across the board would float the boat nicely and even generate surplus. That means everyone, rich, poor, corps. and any and all income, period, no loopholes at all, for many of the average workers this would actually mean lower taxes because the major corporate BS would not be able to wiggle around and save billions of dollar in taxes they should be paying. That allows the sucessful to reap the rewards of thier sucess and let the rest of us have a chance at becoming sucessful as well. If we didn't pay out so much for welfare your tax base could be even lower. We need to create jobs.
For example there were no food stamps before the 1960s. Now it has become an American staple, this drives up taxes. If you could give the guy a job that would reduce his expenditure of tax money and add him to the taxpayer list, a double win. There is so much that needs to be repaired from the country I grew up in, but the huge huge .gov that we have will trip over a dollar to pick up a dime. The red tape, interagency BS and total lack of accountability has allowed this thing sprial out of control and unfortunatly downward as well. Im fearful for the futre of my children, and have no hope for my grandchildren. Guess Ill take a prozac and lay down for awhile.

Thats a great idea Thank you, I am going to have to try that one to help with the taste, one way I clean mine is spray keyboard cleaner (air) in a can into the hole with threads and put a paper towel in the other end, it really gets all the old liquid out and makes the carto dry then I just refill it with fresh liquid and its good to go, I am also cheap too, I refill my cartos 50-100 times until they are completely dead, LoL!

That thing is awesome hook up a link so we can find out where to get one, I seen BigIceDog with one of those like 8 months ago so they ain't that new, I guess 3/4 of this forum is nobodies in your opinion bcuz someone on here would have told us about it by now!

Brief summery? The FDA wants to claim it as drug device so that the big pharma can monnopolize the industry. They don't like mom and pop stores rising up everywhere and stimulating the economy. They want control.
Hopefully the next person reading will highlight the quotes and put them in their post.

GOD DAMN Katherine Hiegl is HOT!!!!!

Any time someone says something is "FREE" it should raise all kinds of red flags. There is no free ride in life, and anyone who says differently is selling snake oil.

OK, I know I just stated the obvious, so why are there people who fall for this kind of crap evey day.