Vaping Time - Milestones Reached - Good News!

Room Fogger said:
Ok, decided to do a quick looksee as I am sure mine is near. Here is the invoice that started my journey as a smoke free vaper.:D
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And then I realized something, I bought my Pico the evening of 5 June 2017 and set it up and started the next morning, 6 June 2017, making today my FIRST ANNIVERSARY AS A NON-SMOKER and the transition to vaping. Cannot believe it and without vaping it would never have happened. @Gizmo , you and your brand and your guys started it, you have me as a client for life.

So it started with a Pico and now I have so many toys that I am unbelievable thankful for. Thanks for the support to all on the site, without your assistance and motivation I could never have done it.
RF
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Congrats man!

My first purchase was through Vapeking too. It was an iJust S. If I recall back, I struggled with it bec I went straight from a crap MTL twisp to it - much coughing and spluttering til I got it right. Now I cannot go back to an MTL device ever.

There are days when I struggle with my Zeus bec compared to it, the iJust S tank airflow is much more restricted. Just an helluva lot more airflow on the Zeus and closing it off a bit causes it to whistle on the draw. Wtf lol.
 
Viper_SA said:
Not really a non-smoking milestone, but so far this week I have had less than 15 smokes since Monday, and tody is Friday. From killing two packs a day to that number, I feel proud of myself.
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That's good news considering you've been knocked down and just getting back up again... Keep at it
 
Room Fogger said:
Ok, decided to do a quick looksee as I am sure mine is near. Here is the invoice that started my journey as a smoke free vaper.:D
View attachment 134604
And then I realized something, I bought my Pico the evening of 5 June 2017 and set it up and started the next morning, 6 June 2017, making today my FIRST ANNIVERSARY AS A NON-SMOKER and the transition to vaping. Cannot believe it and without vaping it would never have happened. @Gizmo , you and your brand and your guys started it, you have me as a client for life.

So it started with a Pico and now I have so many toys that I am unbelievable thankful for. Thanks for the support to all on the site, without your assistance and motivation I could never have done it.
RF
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congrats Meneer, only see this now, but what an accomplishment !!!

here's to many more !!
 
So today is a HUGE day for me. Not a personal milestone for myself, but rather the start of a journey for my daughter.

Last year I bought a Minikin Reborn Splash (the orange one) which was confiscated by my daughter a few days later. This morning I received this WhatsApp message from her.


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RenaldoRheeder said:
So today is a HUGE day for me. Not a personal milestone for myself, but rather the start of a journey for my daughter.

Last year I bought a Minikin Reborn Splash (the orange one) which was confiscated by my daughter a few days later. This morning I received this WhatsApp message from her.


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I imagine that must be such awesome news to hear coming from one of your kids!
 
RenaldoRheeder said:
So today is a HUGE day for me. Not a personal milestone for myself, but rather the start of a journey for my daughter.

Last year I bought a Minikin Reborn Splash (the orange one) which was confiscated by my daughter a few days later. This morning I received this WhatsApp message from her.


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Winner winner chicken dinner right there !!!
 
Congrats on the milestones @BATMAN , @crack2483 and to you @RenaldoRheeder for your daughter's commencement of her journey.

So great to see these milestones

Many cumulative smoking years being eradicated!!
Epic
 
Room Fogger said:
Ok, decided to do a quick looksee as I am sure mine is near. Here is the invoice that started my journey as a smoke free vaper.:D
View attachment 134604
And then I realized something, I bought my Pico the evening of 5 June 2017 and set it up and started the next morning, 6 June 2017, making today my FIRST ANNIVERSARY AS A NON-SMOKER and the transition to vaping. Cannot believe it and without vaping it would never have happened. @Gizmo , you and your brand and your guys started it, you have me as a client for life.

So it started with a Pico and now I have so many toys that I am unbelievable thankful for. Thanks for the support to all on the site, without your assistance and motivation I could never have done it.
RF
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@Room Fogger A great achievement indeed! Well done!
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Looking at the calendar and it dawned upon me that it's beena whole two and a half years since I quit cigarettes! I gave up on December 11th 2015 and found ecigssa shortly after that and it's been a helluva journey.
I shudder to think how I was happily puffing on cancer sticks with reckless abandon for the negative effects it had on my health. Thankfully that is behind me and I've made some great friends here and in the vaping community on the whole.

Out of curiosity I thought I'd calculate how much I have saved since quitting. By the time I was ready to quit I was down to about a pack every 2 days.
Using R50 as a base price for a pack of 20s I came up with the following:

R50 x (365/2) over 2.5 years = R22812.50 saved since I quit smoking. We wont calculate how much I have spent on vape gear vs the saving, I rather not depress myself :lipssealed::giggle:
 
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Greyz said:
Looking at the calendar and it dawned upon me that it's beena whole two and a half years since I quit cigarettes! I gave up on December 11th 2015 and found ecigssa shortly after that and it's been a helluva journey.
I shudder to think how I was happily puffing on cancer sticks without reckless abandon for the negative effects it had on my health. Thankfully that is behind me and I've made some great friends here and in the vaping community on the whole.

Out of curiosity I thought I'd calculate how much I have saved since quitting. By the time I was ready to quit I was down to about a pack every 2 days.
Using R50 as a base price for a pack of 20s I came up with the following:

R50 x (365/2) over 2.5 years = R22812.50 saved since I quit smoking. We wont calculate how much I have spent on vape gear vs the saving, I rather not depress myself :lipssealed::giggle:
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Well done @Greyz
 
Congrats @Greyz - great achievement!

Love your calculation of how much you saved - and then the omission of how much spent on vaping - hehe

But seriously, it doesnt matter how much one spends on vaping, its a small price to pay for the health improvement in the long term - in my opinion. Vaping expenses are also dwarfed by the potential costs if one gets a smoking related illness
 
Anyone keeping track of the potential replacement cost of all the BIC lighters lost and lent to people? :rofl::rofl::rofl:
 
39 hours and counting.... Officially the longest I have been without a stinky since August 2015.
 
Viper_SA said:
39 hours and counting.... Officially the longest I have been without a stinky since August 2015.
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Great news meneer, congratulations on being a quitter like the rest of us!:campeon:. Just take it one hour at a time, then one day/week/month. You are over the hump.:D
 
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