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On Perceived Perceptions Imperceptibly Received

Posted by hifistud , 26 September 2010 - * * * * * · 123 views

They have it all...

The conversation has been had many times. I've had it, you've had, they've had it. And it's never really been settled one way or the other. But they were banking on it.

We have to face it, the majority of current e-smokers saw e-cigs as a way to pack in the fags, to quit smoking.

To me, that's...



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Getting started and making it work

Posted by hifistud , 24 September 2010 - - - - - - · 127 views

When I were a lad....

It seems a million years since my first e-cig arrived on the doormat, garbed in its bubble wrap envelope, together with its cartridges that claimed 12 cigarettes' worth of use.

These days, the choice, although much more vast on the surface, actually isn't. Where does the newbie, tyro, beginner actually need to start? Well,...



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On increasing awareness...

Posted by hifistud , 17 September 2010 - - - - - - · 84 views

Facebook may have its uses after all..

Being a creature of habit, my daily ritual involves checking for messages on a number of different online services, one of which happens to be Facebook - and the odd hand of poker doesn't go amiss, either.

So, today, I was pleasantly surprised to note that two of the three paid-for adverts adorning the right hand...



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Trog would be SO proud

Posted by hifistud , 13 September 2010 - - - - - - · 138 views

Thou shalt have no other e-cig than thy Screwdriver...

It's not my fault. I couldn't resist. That TECC sale must have raised squillions in readies. So, when it hit the 70% stage, I had to have one last look. You know how it is.

At this stage, I must point out that I have had a similar feeling to what I suspect I'd have had I been unfaithful to...



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On the need for being observant

Posted by hifistud , 13 September 2010 - - - - - - · 75 views

You could blow me down with a feather...

My day to day life revolves around detail. I'm the kind of bloke that notices that the X Factor is still using autotune, and had been using it last year, too. I notice if a guitar has one string ever so slightly out of tune. I notice incorrect usage of the English Language like somebody's smacked me across...



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On the FDA and its new born quins

Posted by hifistud , 10 September 2010 - * * * * * · 68 views

They wouldn't listen, would they?

The news has broken - the FDA has gone after five businesses all e-cig vendors of one type or another. The common factor? Each had either directly or indirectly claimed that their products had an intended purpose of smoking cessation.

One had also been daft enough to try to retail...



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V is for Vendors - and Vapefest, and Visit

Posted by hifistud , 10 September 2010 - - - - - - · 40 views

They wouldn't stay away, would they?

Forgive a modicum of excitement, should you notice it flirting around this post, but there aren't many sleeps until Vapefest will be upon us. In my mind's eye, I have a picture of a beautiful hall, fragrant with the heady flavours of myriad e-juices being trialled as their...



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On the Souring of the spring

Posted by hifistud , 04 August 2010 - - - - - - · 93 views

Nothing to do with e-cigs, of course...

Imagine the situation... For ages you've had a lucrative market pretty much to yourself. Even internationally, other dealerships could not sell into your home market, and wholesalers could not sell to dealers in your territory...

And then it ends, either by the contract running out, or because you and your...



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On the triumvirate of tornegoiva by the sea...

Posted by hifistud , 03 August 2010 - - - - - - · 100 views

...black and tan?

You know the drill. The time is set, the meeting point pinpointed on Google Maps (look, this is the 21st century) and the lady has stretched the definition of "o'clock" to include "five past".

A party of seven and two halfs enters the chish and fips restaurant, orders sundry whale tails and half a stone of...



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Weighing Up The Options...

Posted by hifistud , 25 July 2010 - - - - - - · 40 views

It's a weighty question...

Somewhat unexpectedly, She Who Must Be Obeyed and I shall be taking a holiday shortly. In her case, it is well-earned. In mine well needed. In both cases, there will be e-smoking supplies.

And the planning of the trip has proved difficult. Not the flights and accommodation, although it has to be said that booking the flights...



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