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Post by calnorth on May 9, 2016 14:41:29 GMT
Whats those non essentials deserved of high taxation(s) + VAT:
Petrol
Diesel
Heating Oil ?
Beer
Wine
Spirits
Tobacco
Others almost unmentionable?
4 of them there shout out for the big hit... and Nic alone has to be next. Perhaps only when its mixed with Glycs?
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Post by calnorth on May 9, 2016 12:36:41 GMT
OK - i'm a bloke in his late 40's, and this has bugged me for almost 30 years! A colleague noticed that i hadn't shaved for a few days, and innocently asked "When did you decide to grow a beard?" This has always struck me as a dumb question - I never had a choice - it happens all by itself! Tease-smiley "When did you decide to stop shaving?" is more like it! Folk talk about the oil companies buying up all the alternative fuel inventions and such conspiracies - what about Gillette and Wilkinson Sword/Schick buying up all the alternatives to shaving? If there were a viable depilatory cream available to men - how many would actually choose to shave instead? It would make the necessity for the latest vibrating 5 blade razor obsolete - at over a tenner for replacement blades  As for the convenience of Electric shavers - a good one being in excess of £100 - same applies. A cream should last 3 days plus at least - doesn't require replacement parts, electricity or more than some warm water to rinse it off. Is it possible that it is beyond the realm of invention - or just more likely - that there's just not enough money it it by comparison? If i didn't have to shave - i wouldn't - a goatee is my compromise - but in the 30 degree heat over here - no beard is definitely an advantage. At the college the water supply can be 'intermittent' - sometimes we have running water and sometimes not - with the result that somedays i have more of a beard than others - having more of an option to have 3+ days without it mattering much would certainly get my vote  Would a Navy type set work? I attached one of those in the M. East having dumped the lunacy of filing my face down in the RAF. A Trimmer/Shaver thing is all it needs. I use similar here by Wahl about £20: www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4435657.htmIf no elect..trim with blade shaver. Bin it when required...next! |
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Post by calnorth on May 9, 2016 11:19:20 GMT
eBay trawl?
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Post by calnorth on May 9, 2016 9:07:20 GMT
You/ the public will be able to openly purchase nicotine base up till the end of the sell off period - May 2017 After May 2017 you will still be able to purchase unflavoured nicotine base but the TPD will restricted all sales to the public of "nicotine containing liquids" to bottles no larger than 10ml and no stronger than 20mg* *chances are it will be 18mg I fully expect the prices are going to jump in the interval on the way to full compliance. At that point additional packaging and handling costs emerge including costs for leaflets etc and transfer of costs for notifications to the UK prohibition authority. The EU gets in there somewhere I suspect? Leaflets/Packets will have warnings on and eventually packaging may have to be big enough to get pics of gummed up lungs on I expect. A recent case in point is smoked salmon with a warning that the product contains fish. Anyway, its all done in the best possible taste.....allegedly? |
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Post by calnorth on May 8, 2016 19:43:30 GMT
Its a chemistry question and I'm sure at the molecular level stuff is going to change in contact with air. Whats in that air is something else. Simply observe what happens to metals. Everything relates to time and its the time taken to degrade.
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Post by calnorth on May 8, 2016 18:58:50 GMT
As regards the original question I believe Perpetua has Nic at about 4 years under ice conditions. Room type temps are going to change most fluids I would think...if not just shrink them? |
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Post by calnorth on May 8, 2016 18:48:41 GMT
I was under the impression we have another 6 mths to clear stock. Hmm made my last lot of juice @ 1mg but only got 4ltrs in the freezer may have to get another couple  I understand the interval thing before compliance..What bothers me is what happens to prices in that interval? |
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Post by calnorth on May 8, 2016 18:46:08 GMT
What do you mean calnorth? The last sentence! So i guess i should be thinking about buying extra now then. Im down to 2-3mg now so it lasts a while but its best i have a fair bit. I don't trust anybody around things like this...so get in there I'd say. Certain plants in this world produce Nicotine to fight off/dispel insects that eat their leaves. Can't quite remember their names, but a scan of Google will reveal. I once did similar with tobacco seed in my green house...the Virginia plant. Worked well as regards growing but failed on drying them out...fungus! I was also wondering if the Nicotine we use is synthetic or au naturel (from plants) |
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Post by calnorth on May 8, 2016 18:33:56 GMT
When is the cut off for buying nic as we do now? 20 May as far as I know.. now the EU have holed us below the Nic line. In fact I classed it as today as my lorry load order went into Darkstar. Just trying to remind myself of what UK plants produce Nic...as a defence. I'll wring/pulp the things if ultimately necessary |
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Post by calnorth on May 7, 2016 10:19:28 GMT
I am not a scientist, but read THIS article which got me thinking. We all know that smoking makes us age faster, or at least promote wrinkles in many of us. Glycerine has been found to switch back on some cells, reversing the aging process. We consume loads of glycerine as we vape. So if I continue to vape, it looks like I'll be getting loads of cards from Her and His Majesty's. 
Glycine...which I never heard of. No surprise. The aging process is influenced by too many variables IMO...I defo got all the wrong ones I think? |
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Post by calnorth on May 6, 2016 16:38:49 GMT
Its been discussed in the Hol already. Viscount Ridley and a few. Its on Parliament Ch vid this year I think? However, the headbangers swamped it I suspect. Ridley is also a climate denier (whatever). Funny, sort of... how all the sh*te can be grouped together.
Hitler Directive No 16 ...Operation Sea Lion aka invade and take UK. Directives....!!
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Post by calnorth on May 6, 2016 16:16:46 GMT
Is this a game?
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Post by calnorth on May 6, 2016 9:16:49 GMT
oh dear:
Can I use any brand of smoke fluid in my smoke machine?
Smoke generators are designed around a specific mixture of chemicals, with specific boiling ranges. Using a smoke fluid that, for example, is based on propylene glycol and water, which has a relatively low boiling range, through a generator set for glycerine / water (with a much higher boiling range) potentially can crack the chemical, forming unpleasant and potentially toxic compounds (acroleins, aldehydes etc). Even changing the amount of water in a mixture can have an effect.
All the major UK manufacturers agree about the potential dangers of mixing and matching smoke chemicals, and stress that so called 'generic smoke fluids' simply could not be relied upon to produce a consistent and safe smoke in every generator. The use of generic fluids or the wrong fluid in the machine regrettably keeps our service and spare parts department busy.
Safe smoke that is non-toxic to breathe in is your responsibility!
The use of generic smoke chemical in place of the manufacturer's recommended fluid leaves you wide open to all sorts of legal recourse relating to health & safety, reliability of your machine and servicing costs. It simply isn't worth the risk.
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Post by calnorth on May 5, 2016 8:23:07 GMT
Is this right then:
I can import as much tobacco product as I like...providing I pay for it all. But, if I import an e-cig thing or two the EU via HMRC are going put me on the street?
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