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Nature's "carburetor". Apropos to the point, one often draws in air over hot Japanese tea that one might be drinking to help cool the tea or, cool hot ramen noodles as they are being eaten. The concept has been around for millenia. I've combusted with air paths almost as short and never had a...

The mouth piece issue doesn't seem to be a tolerance issue as the internal pathway makes a definite diameter change at the point at which the mouth piece won't pass through and, the glassware from my first Ascent fit my second without issue. Anything's possible though. No biggy in any event...

I've been away for quite a while but have had quite a bit of varied experience with my Ascent over that period of time as well. Consider this sort of like a review covering a longer period of time rather than a "first impressions" or a soon thereafter "now that I've gotten used to it" type...

By way of political background, I vote for whomever I believe is most likely to do the things they say they will and, in a way that I agree with. Party lines don't matter to me. That said, on the face of it this doesn't make sense coming from Ted Cruz. I know it may be expected but still, it...

May you rest in peace Gemma Moss. The situation for the children is tragic enough without the stigma the authorities are now attaching to the already tragic situation. What a lovely young lady. It's so sad. :(

This is rather off-topic from what is usually discussed in this forum but I have a feeling that it may become very on-topic for the people who frequent this forum. Naming names, if you like this idea, thank Pakalolo as he is the one who thought such a thread might have merit when I asked. If...

What type of glass have you or will you mate your Ascent to? Or, have you already posted images of it? I'm still trying to catch up from not having been around a while so I have some work to do,

Thank you! One thing I haven't mentioned is that I've been vaping various materials including various types of pipe tobacco (Ole Shenandoah Barrel No. 76), cigar tobacco (Cohiba), green tea (Chiba Prefecture Japan) and, other, ahem, adequately dried plant materials. I was a smoker in the past...

You are making me homesick for the canned iced coffee vending machines I left behind in Japan. What was available was surprisingly good not only for what one could get in a can but even more so a vending machine at that. One could always tell when the "official" changing of the seasons...

Because my aim from the start was to be able to load using as little as possible, I started out with my Ascent at the lowest amount and worked my way up in quantity until I became satisfied with the duration, i.e. number inhales, the flavor and the vapor content and although I wasn't chasing...

Ah ha! I see ulterior motives afoot! :D

It's been a while since I've been around, about a month it seems. Other than being busy with life, I was getting to know my Ascent that I got as a Christmas present for myself. To sum up my experience, if it came down to a choice between my Ascent and someone's life, I'd volunteer the life of...

Many probably won't like my "fix" but what I did was to roll up a very small pipe screen so that it would slide easily into the lower glass section far enough so that it extends down into the area where the glass expands out near the bottom. Even with a gunked up tube, I can easily push it out...

Don't ya hate it when that happens? I know I do. :lol: I'm glad you are liking your new toy although calling it a toy isn't really fair. It can be a friggin' workhorse under the right conditions! Right conditions seemingly dependent primarily on the type and condition of the material being...

You and I should go driving sometime I might convince you that we already do. ;-) I definitely agree though, if I have an option, a middle of the pack position is what I try for.

Thank you VERY much Nigel! I'm out of material at the moment for practice and technique development but as soon as I get some, I see I have some 'sperimentin' to do! :) I've got a trimmed-to-fit metal screen in the bottom of my oven, easily enough removed though, so I think I'll try it the way...

Got a dog? Maybe you can reclaim some "Labrador"?

The last thing anyone who knows me personally would say about me is that I'm "kind" and, I consider "compliments" bullshit and a waste of one's breath and time, I just call's 'em as I see's 'em. All things considered that is an especially apropos question! Although I've been an e-cig vaper...

I wasn't aware of that but it stands to reason. I've worked for a number of electronic and electrical manufacturers and before working in the field for a while, I thought I knew how to tell the difference between a good solder joint and a bad one but I learned I didn't know squat after having...

I'm pretty much the same way now. It's not that I don't enjoy going fast but definitely not as much as I used to. About the only time I put the spurs to the horses since I moved to the US is when my car needs an "Italian Tuneup", which is basically running close to red-line revs under load...