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Paying it Forward - A New Direction

Vitolo

Vaporist
Just know we’re thinking about you @Vitolo :love:
and I am thinking about all of you too!
The visits went great, in a record breaking 4 hours!
She will get the original "Air XS". While it has the original style quirky top with double screens, she has the best manual dexterity, and will master this unit with ease
And as I demoed it's use, and fast heat-up.... I realized how much I would miss that bad little boy of a vape. Minimal Meds... fast heat-up!
But a gift is worth more, if you part with one that you really were crazy about.
It makes it a more valuable gift!
It was a good day, and I feel better about life and about myself.
I think I will have a vape break!
 

Splat

Well-Known Member
Manufacturer
Wow, how am I only reading this now! I've been off FC for some time now and only back on to ask vitolo with some help which he did without question. Then I read whats happened. He helped me without questions even thought all this has happened. Just shows the measure of the man. I will be making a donation to your paypal account to help you out some what. I hope everything picks up for you. Keep your head up, Keep your heart strong!

R
 

MothChewMoth

Gamer Extraordinaire
@Vitolo I've been struggling pretty hard myself this last year will my own demons, both physical and mental. Still struggling, but things have improved. I admire your tenacity and will to survive, because let's be real; there are a lot of folks who might have given up by now in your shoes. I know I might have.

Thank you for continuing your struggle, and thank you for continuing your selfless effort to improve the lives of all around you. Seeing your work is truly inspiring.
 

Vitolo

Vaporist
@KidFated. ....
1st place winner- @macbill
2nd place winner- @Splat
3rd place winner- @Monk Debate

Please PM me your info and we will get your prizes sent out this week.

Before I head into work to work a shutdown and then my normal day shift, I want to give a big sincere thank you and hug to everyone that participated and the mods for making sure I had my shit together. I stopped checking out the news because I’m sick of all the negative shit going on and this has just brightened my existence helping out Vito and coming together like we did. FC is an awesome community and you should never take this place for granted, as an old mentor used to tell me, “we’re fuckin family”!

Thanks everyone.
I want to thank everyone for the assistance also, and for helping me to continue my reason for being alive!
 

mephisto

Well-Known Member
Ok FC family, I need some assistance with setting up a new pay it foward contest. Our brother @KidFated.
is on the move and I do not want to burden him with logistics. I have numerous prizes to donate, I simply need another member to help me with the actual contest. I don't do social media, and I don't want to foul this up. The goal is to send great vapes to great people, and make sure that Vito gets a double helping of
good vibes for all of the great work he does. So far the prizes look like: Vapman Station package, Walnut MiII, Timber Elite, I am sure that there will be some fine glass pieces, and maybe a Redwood Burl Enano.
I would like to get this off of the ground before the end of the week. Please contact me with your contest
structure/idea/help. So far, the drawing from a hat concept looks like a winner. Just need a bit of creative input. Thanks!
 

Vitolo

Vaporist
Feel like giving something away today. Free to a good home is a new Futo stash and a custom Mr. B
titanium Omnivap. The first person to contribute $68 to @Vitolo's pay it forward platform will receive
the gear. Please be in the conus, and I will eat the shipping. Thanks FC! and Vito!
@abracadaver ... kind and VERY special of you to think of me, at this time.
I do not post much these days... but am still at work helping patients that get sent my way.
It seems really difficult to get myself ready to make posts , through the dark fog of depression, but I am trying. I go to counseling weekly, and even participate in a group.
I built my life around what is now a ghost in my memory, but is still the subject of my dreams on a nightly basis.
Keep the faith FCers.... I am still doing what I can from rather tight quarters.
Love to all of you.
 

Vitolo

Vaporist
Sorry to have vanished around here, I’m still adjusting to new lifestyle I find myself in.The patient’s, I notice are older, closer to my own age, I realize that We are all 10 years older… a decade! It is becoming more like looking in the mirror. And many patients are older still.
I realize that I am not a young man any longer…. I retreat into a solitary place.
A miracle happened at the right moment.
I received a package of magnificent proportion. This pushes me forward!
There are several WoodScents, 2 IQ’s, electric grinder and a manual one and a few more vapes of various makes. The collections were very complete. I was in @Ed's TnT city .. in my surprised eyes as I saw exotic mouthpieces of wood of a great variety!

Truthfully this will take days to sort and see it all.
It will get me off my ass and get me motivated to "match up" patients older than I with some real tools.
@Modicum thanks friend, this was earth shattering. You have renewed my interest in getting out of my shell! I have been in touch with an amazing local Dr. as it is my renewal time. This is always when we talk about the patients that she has recently seen and I will offer new inspired assistance.
Now for this next set of patient’s I get to demo and coach to teach each exotic tool.
Trust me it lifts self esteem to have classic designer items when you first enter world of vapedom! You’re flying high with the financially more “lucky” people.
I feel a new surge of life flow through me as I am n ow pushed forward to keep this bunch of seniors getting the best vapes out there. Ill try to visit the forum more, and let you know where some of these go.. It’s hard to recount every story, but some will shine.
LOVE to you all!
 
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Vitolo

Vaporist
My life is now so shatteringly different that I am still numb. I live in 30 sq feet divided evenly into 3 areas:
  1. living room/kitchen
  2. bedroom/closet/bathroom
  3. fenced yard
Living alone in tight quarters has made me have to work hard to accommodate the exercise needs of a 95 pound Shepherd. The two of us fit ok... clothing, a a new set of tools to work with.
My dog is a monster. He was traumatized from being kept from me for just shy of 3 months. I was a protection dog trainer, and his protectiveness over me should be something I could get under control, but he is my 4th German Shepherd, and by far the most stubborn and aggressive dog I have owned.
If we are walking down the street people can't even look toward me. Maybe I phone "The dog whisperer" for advice or a visit!
Sorry to get off the track...
I sold most of my collection of vapes (it was a museum) when my time of trouble came. I needed money for starting a new life (And space to move within).
To receive such a well packed and complete set of primo conditioned items has changed me and gotten me back on track. I can use this renewed energy to forget my troubles, because many have it worse! I did not want to draw attention to @Modicum without his permission. The new need to keep things moving has become a chance for me to further thank everyone here... Thank the Universe for what I still get to do.
 
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Vitolo

Vaporist
I have been visiting patients about 3 times a week, for the past 3-4 weeks, and I have gotten out a number of Dyna-Vaps with very beautiful wooden stems by @Ed's TnT, and have passed out a couple of Furies, and a DaVinci I.Q.. Prior to the visit, I speak over the phone get assured there are no overt symptoms of Corona Virus, then I go in with an N95 mask, and surgical gloves. I disinfect thoroughly when I leave with a solution of 91% Iso and a few drops of Aloe Vera...I knew all my bottles of 91% Iso would come in handy, even though I am using less equipment personally. I am down to using Fury2, Volcano, SSV, and a Woodscents vape. Less variety, but also less parts to clean so I can devote my Iso to sanitizing.
Today, I officially am only helping the community by Skype online, and am taking no more chances of infection until the COVID 19 virus is under control.
I want everyone here to take all of the precautions recommended, and follow your state's guidelines about staying indoors, or even curfews.
This time it is not a matter that can be easily dismissed.
Uncle Vito says so, and loves this community and wants to not lose anyone.
Thanks for reading!
 

scy123

Trusted Member Don't Worry
Very inspiring. Would have loved to read the whole thread but, my attention span only goes so far. What I did read was really touching. A lot of what you mention have really hit home @Vitolo. I too am struggling with turning my life around and hope some day I can dedicate myself to helping others in need as a way for redemption.

I just might have found my path doing what I know best. Don't want to jinx it but, never have I been so sure of something that my future is looking brighter by the day.
 

Vitolo

Vaporist
With the help of a friend, I have N95 masks and latex disposable gloves.
This offered me the advantage of going to delver a really special package.
One that is not comfortable for me to send in the mail.
I met this woman through a local M.D., who helped her get her MMJ card.
We Skyped and she was a hoot!
A homebound Senior Citizen who has lost her legs to cancer.
87 years old!
She has no access to flower, because her income is the same as mine.... Low!
She has a blessing though. She has ready access to waxes and shatter from a friend of a friend.
And I do personally prefer flower.. but I no longer have steady access to flower, other that in small amounts from a dispensary.
She blushed and told me that her fantasy vaporizer would be a designated Concentrate Vape.
Not knowing I was the guy in her fantasy vape video, she wished for a Puffco Peak.
A dear friend had a while back sent me a Peak.
it is the Peak in the video she spoke of.... Her favorite "Peak" video was me!
It was delivered in person... masked and gloved.
She flipped out that I was the guy in the video, and that she was being given the actual vaporizer that
she had seen.
It was one of those moments...
She had never heard of me elsewhere but she treated me as if she were meeting a celebrity.
Now it was my turn to blush.
Under sunglasses, and inside of my mask I felt myself go red.
We each got a blush out of that one!
This was the video she saw that had her obsessing about someday
owning a Peak:
BIG thanks go out to the amigo here on FC that got me the Peak. Also big hug goes out to the friend that made it possible for me to break the "10 ft rule", by providing me with professional level safety tools to use.
Yeah... I left them anonymous.
I didn't tell them I was writing this post and I did not get their permission to give them a "shout-out".
It was 2 wonderful friends from amongst you FC Members.
I have not been making comments in many threads of late. I apologize for the input quantity.
It has been a time consuming process, learning to live in two small rooms with a 95 pound German Shepherd Dog.... But I think I am on top of it.
Just as I got on top of it, Social Distancing became an issue.
No Hospice facility will let me in during the pandemic, mask or not.
They are mostly privately owned, and are watching their P's and Q's.
We all look at the pandemic as a reality by now, I hope.
I have a few DynaVaps with Ed's fine stems still left, and some little torches topped off to full,
but those were designated for those with no access to electricity.
They get the permission to call me for refills of butane, as supplies deplete.
I had been giving cans of butane, but I have not been able to access the more pure brands.
(I think the purest is Newport right now).
I feel like a reporter out in the trenches.
Breaking' rules for the real Patients with little or no income.
Thanks for reading!
God Bless All of You.
Vito
 
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