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Colliwobbles, I'll deal with you later

It's so long since I had a cold, I didn't realise the best cure was mixing cocktails!! Thanks for all the recipes. If anyone wants to know what I look like, I'm the woman with the red nose, covered in manuka honey and smelling like a small distillery, with a hint of lemsip.

Did I mention the bit about being a miserable git?

Well, I said this before, and lo, it has come to pass...

As a smoker, I obviously didn't have a lot going for me in the health department, but one thing that seemed to happen was that I rarely got a cold. I haven't had one for a good couple of years.

Until today. Headachey, sniffly, shivery and generally on the verge of a cold.

You have all been warned. I HATE colds. I know it's hardly anything as far as illnesses go, and I shouldn't complain, but a cold is (in my book, anyway) one of the worst things going because you know there's absolutely nothing you can do to stop it, make it go away or get rid of it any faster.

So I'm going to be a miserable git for the next week, at least. Just so you know.

On the plus side, it's cold enough down south at the moment that the meat and two veg is no more visible than a chipolata and a couple of peas....

I have no objection to people stacking the shelves whilst I shop, and my youngest was incredibly grateful to have a holiday job last Christmas, stacking shelves overnight in one of our local Sainsburys.
Where we live, it's perfectly logical for some of the supermarkets to be open 24 hours, as many, many people are working shifts at Heathrow airport, so they appreciate being able to shop at different times.

What I find difficult is having to negotiate all the other people who are trying to fill shelves, empty shelves and generally use the aisles of Tesco's as a meeting place when I'm trying to do my shopping. In an ideal world I would be able to have the entire place closed whilst I did the weekly shop, but as I'm not a member of the Royal Family, Parliament or any other elite group, it's not going to happen.

And if I ever get face to face with the clown who keeps thinking it's a great idea to get Peter-sodding-Andre to come to our local Tesco to sign his latest book/DVD just at the exact time I've rolled up to do my shop, then I'll let you know whether or not they allow vaping gear in Holloway. It's no fun having to weave in and out of a queue of orange women-of-a-certain-age in low cut tops, impossible stilletos and leggings, hoping to be wife number however-many....


Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand breathe.

I wish that the answer were as simple as tilting the clearo or getting a sudden nicotine hit, but as I am a habitual "tilter" and I'm vaping zero nic, I'm afraid it doesn't seem to be either of the above. I don't take particularly long draws. In fact, sometimes when I am watching video demos of different kit, I marvel at the length of draws other people take. If I even tried to do that, I'd turn purple and explode!

This is a little bit like what happens when you are having computer or car problems and you've done all the obvious stuff but when you phone the helpline they ask you to check that you have petrol or whether your laptop is plugged in.

Mary, no need to apologise..I was referring to the thread in general, not your post in particular.

So evidently you get a get a dry burn from a container (whatever type) that isn't even close to empty, and seconds after getting a normal draw. And from a battery that hasn't been adjusted since the draw you took a minute or so earlier. At least, that's what I'm reading into the comments that have been made. Fine, just as long as I know.