Hi I’m new to the forum and interested in everything around vaping.
4 Likes
Welcome to the VC @Ginny.
2 Likes
Welcome to VC, @Ginny 
2 Likes
Thank you
2 Likes
Thank you
2 Likes
Thank you I’m enjoying reading the daily banter
1 Like
Ah, @Ginny Welcome to the pasture. 
Normally, @PaulyWalnuts would have rolled in here, waved his hands around, and gone off about spiced rum, those whipper-snappers who ruin everything with their flashy pod kits, or the joys and perils of building model ships on a Sunday. Since he’s somewhere tearing across the US in a cloud of diesel and questionable snacks, that duty falls to me.
Speaking of chaos — Ginny, you’re just in time. I just unleashed a blog that got more grumbles than a goat in a cactus patch. Back in the day, vaping was an adventure. Mods felt like treasure, coils were a proper science experiment, and flavors had personality. Now? Disposables everywhere, pods masquerading as innovation, and juice that tastes like someone forgot the fun. It’s enough to make a grizzled old goat like me curse under my whiskers. Hop on over to my blog page and see whats up: https://thevapeworkshop.com/blogs/
So buckle up. Stick around. Ask questions, dive into the madness, and maybe pour yourself a spiced rum while we discuss why a good coil build is more satisfying than most things in life. Welcome to the herd, Ginny. You’re officially caught in the Old Goat pen.
3 Likes
Note: It’s important to a connoisseur of spiced rum it should be Admiral Nelson’s, not that lower ranking Captain Morgans.
Literally and EXACTLY 1/2 the cost, and twice as smooth! I had no idea spiced rum could be any smoother, but when you’re on a very fixed income, you appreciate the finer things in life.
I should also be noted, The cocktail must be in a 16 oz. FREEZER GLASS with no more than 4 ice cubes. and it should be a ratio of 50/50 Spiced rum and A&W DIET root beer! NOT Mug root beer. Maybe you like that better than A&W, but when mixed with this awesome blend from an Admiral Nelson’s rum and spice, A&W is a must.
The amount of vanilla in both the rum and root beer blend perfectly.
Consider these facts: Spiced rums have cinnamon, vanilla, cloves, nutmeg, allspice, ginger, peppercorns, and star anise.
The primary flavor components of root beer are: sassafras and sarsaparilla, wintergreen, vanilla, licorice root, ginger, and anise.
Personally I’ve long wondered why root beer requires both licorice root and anise. Both own the flavor of licorice, though when cooking I prefer Star Anise.
Diet soda typically uses aspartame as its primary sweetener. * Zero sugar soda may use a combination of sweeteners, such as aspartame and acesulfame potassium.
A&W is zero sugar, NOT “diet”! This subtle difference is directly proportionate to the sweetness of the spiced rum.
As zero sugar root beer employs acesulfame potassium, which has a subtle, yet distinct difference to “diet” soda’s, It blends more perfectly with the (slightly) sweeter Admiral Nelson.
The freezer glass is of great import, due to the fact that the ice melts slower, thus the drink is diluted at a much slower rate! I generally make two cocktails/freezer glass, rinse and put the 1st glass back into the freezer, grab another glass, and I have 4 glasses with which to rotate.
Depending on the rate at which you consume this fantastic beverage and the temperature of your freezer, you may be able to go back to the first glass to continue.
Another thing worth noting, is that the US Federal Serve Safe guide lines recommend a freezer be set to zero degrees. Kinda like winters in Michigan, from when I haled.
The temperature of most freezers can be adjusted, hence lowering the temperature will speed the rate at which you have the ability to consume more of these lovely cocktails/evening.
Lastly, but not least by a long shot, to be a true retiree you must sleep in to at least 11;00 am, have 5 glasses of, at a minimum, 18-year-old single malt scotch for breakfast.
For lunch is it recommended you consume at least 5 Bloody Mary’s.
For dinner, we of course consume the amazing cocktail as described above (Not without considerable passion).
Ah, but again, it’s worth mentioning, especially the tomato juice in a Bloody Mary is just enough to sustain life. No need to waste good taste buds on junk food like Burger King, or Pizza Hut.
This means that YOU, like ME, will lose weight! I am missing 60 pounds since new years. I keep losing a little at a time. I mean, I’ve looked all over, for it, but it’s just gone. Like a missing person.
@OldGoat @whthek Note that before this note to y’all, there were 539 words!
THAT is a proper number of words for a blog. See how much information you can share without me having to get my CPAP machine?
2 Likes
Good lord, Pauly — that’s not a note, that’s a doctoral thesis in rumology. 
But you’ve got me curious, I’ll give you that. Admiral Nelson’s and A&W Zero Sugar — noted. I’ll have to run a comparative test once I find a freezer glass worthy of your standards. (Though knowing you, I’m guessing it’s the size of a pint glass and forged in the same furnace as your CPAP.)
Also, 539 words? Respectable count, but you’re still 300 short of a proper Old Goat’s Grumble. https://thevapeworkshop.com/blogs/🐐-the-anti-vape-playbook-unpacking-the-flaws-behind-sensational-public-health-claims/
You focus on the rum; I’ll handle the ranting. Together we’ll keep the internet educated and mildly concerned.
3 Likes
Safe travels, Bri. (Crazy man) 
2 Likes
Thank you, it is great to have so much information in one place. Really enjoying delving into all the areas.
3 Likes
That should be rumanology. The art, the science, and the fond memories of the last day I worked.
Now let’s talk about those 800 word blogs… Two words. BULL SHIT! None of them have less that 2,500 words. Fully, 10 % of which I swear you invented.
I’ll be home Saturday. Sunday through (Around) Wednesday, you should be prepared for MANY EGO blog worthy posts about the trip. The good, the bad and my rants!
@whthek If you want, I can break them down into a couple hundred 500 word short stories. Like a proper blog.
2 Likes
You’ve surely heard the phrase, “you only pick on the people you like”? Just busting your chops, Bri!
UNLESS, of course, you’re suggesting that I don’t have the attention span to read more than 500 words at a time?! Then, I’d have to call you a weisenheimer! 
2 Likes
Unless of course you remember I have a doctorate from the University of assholes.
2 Likes