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Post by smudge on Feb 11, 2013 12:51:59 GMT
Definitely very contagious And bad luck with the Bailey's, raid - we live and learn I guess. I think you'll love the cheesecake mixes Ellen - it really does taste like it smells and absolutely delicious. Think that's what threw me a bit with the waffle flavour - smells like good old-fashioned waffles, but doesn't really taste like it smells. Let me know how you get on with the fruit flavourings in your cheesecake - I found it quite hard to balance them. Happy mixing to all
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Post by smudge on Feb 11, 2013 11:32:59 GMT
Don't worry, I won't be posting anything until the tweakage is complete and I'm happy with them - I have been noting everything down, it's all on the back of an envelope which is on this mess of a desk of mine......somewhere
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Post by smudge on Feb 11, 2013 11:16:31 GMT
Thanks Jess Was pretty happy with them overall. Got plenty more flavours to try out and will tweak a bit with the first ones. Great lark is this mixing, not to mention the savings
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Post by smudge on Feb 11, 2013 10:46:51 GMT
Hi and welcome Rich
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Post by smudge on Feb 11, 2013 10:41:02 GMT
Well done smudge......I mixed my first batch yesterday & just keep staring at it with itchy fingers.......... Yeah, that's the hardest bit of all.......the waiting. Surprised myself at being good enough to let them steep properly
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Post by smudge on Feb 11, 2013 10:33:19 GMT
After my first attempt in the world of mixology, I'm going to give myself a partial thumbs up. The good news is I've vaped every last drop, so I'm doing something right. The less than good news is that neither mix was quite what I was expecting, but obviously perfectly acceptable. I tried 2 mixes - 1st was raspberry cheesecake using capella flavourings. The New York cheescake flavour is absolutely spot on, the difficulty I had was getting enough raspberry in to be able to taste it, but not smother it. Didn't quite get there, but will adjust amounts next time and see how I go. 2nd was blueberry waffle again using the capellas. The aroma from the bottle with the waffle flavouring is unbelievably amazing - the flavour just didn't quite come through for me though. Again I was trying to avoid overdoing the fruit flavour and to be fair, the blueberry was just about right - lovely flavour without being overpowering. The waffle just wasn't quite what I was expecting from the smell - perfectly OK, just not quite right. Quite probable it's just my taste buds at fault though. Have since mixed some of Perps VC which is delicious and now getting very low - so I best get my mixing mitts on again and see how it goes this time All in all enjoying this mixing business - just going to take time and patience (neither of which I ever seem to have )
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Post by smudge on Feb 11, 2013 9:51:50 GMT
Saw the piece this morning and thought it fairly even-handed - well other than that ill-informed BMA woman > The most positive thing I could see is that we have the leader of the tobacco advisory group for the RCP in our corner. Hopefully that might count for something.
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Post by smudge on Feb 4, 2013 23:14:23 GMT
I started on a cig-a-like but realised after a couple of months that it wasn't going to keep me off smoking forever. Then I found this place and it's all been great from there. The Riva 1100 did the trick for me and I even got a vamo after another couple of months - now feel confident that I'll never go back to smoking! So thank you all at AAEC
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Post by smudge on Feb 1, 2013 23:09:34 GMT
Decision made then. I'm still waiting almost 3 years on Smudge . . . . . Arrrrgghhhhh
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Post by smudge on Feb 1, 2013 23:05:49 GMT
I have to admit, my finger is a-hovering over the buy button But a-hovering it shall remain! It's the 1st of the flipping month and I've already spent more than I should have I swear, one fine day I will actually see the rewards of not sending £7 a day up in smoke, although quite when that day might come is anyone's guess!
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Post by smudge on Feb 1, 2013 22:57:38 GMT
That does look very nice and like Perps I think the air control idea is interesting. My only criticism of the IGO-L I've got is that it can be very "airy". Not that big a deal for me tbh, but wouldn't suit everyone.
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Post by smudge on Jan 30, 2013 16:15:58 GMT
Feel like I've wandered into an episode of Jeeves and Wooster
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Post by smudge on Jan 29, 2013 21:12:24 GMT
Aussie Miracle 3 minute treatment stuff, smells good enough to Vape too +1 for Aussie 3 minute miracle - and if someone comes up with a juice that smells like it, I'll definitely buy some
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Post by smudge on Jan 29, 2013 21:05:31 GMT
Excellent post Dizzi and spot on with the points you've raised. Assuming the growth of e-cigs carries on apace, it's difficult to see (EU bans aside) how the outcome will be much different from what you're suggesting. It's all too easy to say now that we'll carry on supporting our preferred vendors regardless - but when push comes to shove and money is tight, we'll all go for what our pockets can tolerate - sometimes we just can't afford to be altruistic, no matter how much we might want to be.
I think there will be a tipping point where the supermarkets will get in on the act. I get Raffles' point about there being very little return on selling cigs - but lets face it, how many of us when we smoked would choose to buy our cigs locally, when we could pick up a weeks worth at considerable saving with our weekly shop at the out of town supermarket?
I'd love it to be different, but my (sometimes overly) cynical self says that the big boys don't really worry too much about how much profit they can make on these items, but how quickly they can force the little guys out of business thereby increasing their own profits by default. In the current economic climate the little guys are struggling to stay afloat at all - it doesn't take much to push them under and the supermarkets know it.
Interesting times ahead indeed.
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Post by smudge on Jan 28, 2013 0:01:26 GMT
Oh my.... Neil Young and Pearl Jam, my favouritest tune ever! Thanks
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