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Reply to Electronic Cigarettes in Blogging JoeUser Forums

[quote who="davidshane" reply="10" id="3099031"]An electronic cigarette has almost the same length and width as that of a regular cigarette. These are designed to present authentic smoking sensations to users. It is supposed to be less harmful to your health than regular cigarettes. Personally I feel electronic cigarette are best because they don't have all the other harmful chemicals than usual tobacco cigarettes. With electronic cigarette there's No cancer since you a

Reply to A Non Hillbilly Corncob Pipe in Blogging JoeUser Forums

[quote who="notronaj" reply="1" id="3097787"]Wow I am just now catching up with you Nice looking pipe if you must smoke. I know you will enjoy it. How many do you have now? Must be quite a few. Take it easy out there. [/quote] Thanks. I haven't counted recently but I know I have over 60 pipes now. It may be closer to 80, I'm not sure. Hope you're doing well.

One Cool New Ice Cream Sandwich Feature in Gadgets & Electronics JoeUser Forums

Last night I upgraded my Asus Transformer Android tablet to the latest Android release, Ice Cream Sandwich. It runs a bit snappier than it did before, and has a really nice new look. I've been playing around with it and found a new camera feature, panoramic photos. It works pretty well.

A Non Hillbilly Corncob Pipe in Blogging JoeUser Forums

A fellow who goes by the handle Smoking Dragon has started making a line of custom corn cob pipes. I saw a few photos of his work and asked him to make one for me. We consulted on materials and color ideas and then I left the design to him. I received it last week and have to say I am not at all disappointed. I think it's a great looking pipe. I haven't yet smoked it as I think I'll save it for St Paddy's Day. The bowl is a Missouri Meerschaum Country Gentleman

Reply to They've Moved From Africa To Asia in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Anyone stupid enough to fall for this crap deserves what they get, but then I am also opposed to putting instruction on shampoo bottles. If you need instructions printed on a bottle of shampoo maybe dirty hair isn't your biggest problem.

Reply to Truck Stop Pipe in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Thanks. While I willingly give up the sticks I refuse to give up my pipes. Don't inhale when smoking a pipe ya know.

They've Moved From Africa To Asia in Blogging JoeUser Forums

It seems the scammers have been chased out of Africa. Got this in an email box today. Greetings, I am Dr. Tien, A Taiwanese and also the Managing director of Taiwan Business Bank (TBB) I write briefly to request your cooperation in a lucrative mutual business involving a $25 Million USD, If interested reply me now with your FULL NAMES & TEL NUMBER to my email below as I shall discuss further logistic about this business cooperation b

Truck Stop Pipe in Blogging JoeUser Forums

This past Thursday marked one month since I stopped smoking cigarettes. I had promised myself when that time came I would buy myself a new pipe, but wasn't around any pipe shops on that day. On Saturday I stopped at Truck World in Hubbard, Ohio. They have a small tobacco shop inside the truck stop so I looked around a bit in there. I spotted a Dr Grabow Big Pipe and since that is one Dr Grabow model I didn't yet own I bought it. Not a fancy, high end celebratory pipe, but I li

Windows 7 Slow To Resume From Hibernate? in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

While I use Linux as my primary operating system, I do need to use Windows for some work specific software. Lately I have noticed it was taking a really, really long time for my computer to start up from hibernation. After digging around a bit I finally figured out that the hibernation file itself was likely the culprit. I went into the command line as Administrator and turned off hibernation "powercfg /hiberation off" and rebooted the machine. I then turned hibernation back on "power

Reply to Asus Transformer Tablet in Blogging Stardock Forums

Well, I've been a Linux user for quite a few years and it is my OS of choice, so I would love a tablet that could run a full blown Linux distro.

Asus Transformer Tablet in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I've had an iPad tablet for some time now and, while I really like it I have often found it limiting in some ways. I decided to give an Android tablet a try so yesterday I picked up an Asus TF101 Transformer tablet. First off, it's quite a bit less expensive than the iPad. $399 for a 32GB tablet. It is currently running Honeycomb (3.2.1) but the Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0) upgrade should be any time now. It's a little bigger than the iPad, and slightly heavier.

You See Some Interesting Folks On Google+ in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I've been on Google+ for a little while now. It's very interesting the people you can find on there. A good many authors, scientists, and the like are on there. I am following many of them now, and the one that really surprised me was Jeri Ryan is on Google+. Wow. If you're not a Star Trek fan you are probably thinking "Jeri Who?" If you are a Star Trek fan you know exactly who she is. She has some interesting and sometimes amusing posts and it's kind of cool t

Reply to Back In Wisconsin And Fracking Freezing in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Thanks, Judy. I decided to be lazy and take another day off. I'll go over and chain down the load this afternoon and hit the road early tomorrow morning. I just can't get too motivated about going to Baltimore :LOL:

Back In Wisconsin And Fracking Freezing in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Wow, I don't know what the deal is, but I have been doing some serious sleeping of late. Wednesday night I went to bed at my usual time, 10:00PM and didn't wake until 8:00AM. I normally wake, without an alarm precisely at 6:00AM. Last night I went to bed again at 10:00PM and didn't wake until 9:30AM. That's just ridiculous. I about shit when I looked at the clock and saw the time. I never, ever sleep that long. I am just guessing that for whatever reason my body w

Reply to Shouldn't Science Writers Know Something About Science? in Science & Tech JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Jafo" reply="15" id="3076803"]Note to self....stop imagining there is any REALITY on the Net.[/quote] Ah, Grasshopper, you progress well.

Reply to Shouldn't Science Writers Know Something About Science? in Science & Tech JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Jafo" reply="10" id="3076776"] Quoting MasonM, reply 9Surely you're not implying that isn't the case??!! Heck no.....afterall tables have 4 legs simply because the earth is flat....[/quote] Ah good, I knew you were a reasonable person.

Reply to Shouldn't Science Writers Know Something About Science? in Science & Tech JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Jafo" reply="8" id="3076683"] Oh, come now...everyone knows the Sun revolves around the Earth....heck I'm sure there's a bunch of people in that God vs Science thread that will swear that's the case.[/quote] Surely you're not implying that isn't the case??!! :LOL:

Reply to Shouldn't Science Writers Know Something About Science? in Science & Tech Stardock Forums

Well, I am a fan of comedy...

Reply to California in Blogging JoeUser Forums

[quote who="ellieblue2" reply="1" id="3076426"]Glad to hear you are getting a chance to thaw out in California . I had to chuckle at a banner ad above your latest blog. A company was looking for refrigerated truck drivers. I guess they want someone who is nearly frozen. .[/quote] :LOL: Thanks.

Shouldn't Science Writers Know Something About Science? in Science & Tech JoeUser Forums

I think the author of this article should go back to grade school and retake some basic science classes. http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-cetera/scientists-find-super-earth-2012025/

California in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I hauled an over-weight military truck from Wisconsin to Long Beach, California and delivered it on Friday. The trip wasn't without issues. I had high winds across Wyoming and a snowstorm in Utah. My trailer developed electrical problems in California but I managed to get the load delivered before putting it in a shop to be repaired. Once the trailer was repaired in Carson I made my way up to Ontario, CA to the truck stop. It was only a 46 mile ride but thanks to LA traffic it too

Reply to Serenity in Blogging JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Dr Guy" reply="3" id="3075837"]Tell them to route you east. It seems we escaped winter this year. Temps are in the 50s to low 60s (with a 70 thrown in every now and then). Good luck with the hip! (and I agree about hip-hop - what happened to good old soul?)[/quote] It isn't too bad here in California. Pretty nice actually.

Reply to I Failed My D.O.T. Physical Today in Blogging JoeUser Forums

[quote who="notronaj" reply="7" id="3073735"]Sea salt is good. Quitting smoking is GREAT!. A doc is good too. Lots of good ideas![/quote] Yeah I am working on all of the above. It's tough some days. The pipes really, really help. I reward myself for eating right with a nice relaxing bowl of one of my more expensive imported blends.

Reply to Serenity in Blogging JoeUser Forums

[quote who="notronaj" reply="1" id="3071507"]WOW. I can sure recognize a bad day when I see it. KTQ would remove a lot of that crap. As far as the hip, I am VERY sorry about that. Pain is not fun. I know from personal experience! Hang tough! [/quote] Thanks, and you're right I was having a bad day. Like they say, tomorrow is another day.