Paying it Forward - A New Direction

[Vitolo]

Back in the saddle.
In the old days I had a constant flow of patients with Vapes that required parts and "brainstorming".
These days I am better equipped to teach, help, demonstrate, and above all give vaporizers to the right
patient for a perfect fit.
My eyes are a bit worse, and my grip a bit less steady.
So many Vapor aficionados have taken a liking to the new heavy hitting portables.
This has been a time of testing, repairing, and adjusting.
Last night I had a repair that kept me awake until 7 a.m. today
My house is still a disaster area, with parts and cords/plugs piled... Bit by bit I put things in order.
I have a patient that I got an SSV for a dozen years ago. Like all patients with the old school desktops, maintenance and replacement parts
is ongoing.
This one SSV owner has had an issue with it for a couple of years now, but I had no way to help her.
I have had this vape for 10 days, trying to figure it out.
With all of the clutter here, I could not dedicate enough time to focus on that one unit.
I decided that at 10 pm I would call everything off and work until this was solved.
So many things at once.
Raising the ceramic.
Handheld Wand and Standard HC were not matching up as they should.
Both of these pieces had been replaced a few times in the years gone by, and never bought as a set.
These two would not work together.
I did clean a caked on screen, and domed the screen up as is tradition.
Why the heck did this take all night?
I had 4 HCs, and 3 wands. Each wand had to be tested with all 4 HCs.
After taking notes and labeling things, In order to move on to the next HC, I had to shut the unit, and then wait for the HC to get completely
cool to the touch. It's better to not twist hot glass.
The very last combo possible was the one that worked. I was done and it was 5:30 a.m.
Needed extra time now for it to cool and put it all away.
Eyes seeing twinkles.. by the time I brushed teeth and showered it was 7:00 a.m.
At 10:30 I ran to the post office forgetting that it was Saturday hours and they were closed.
It's 4:00 P.M. now.
I think I'll sleep before I deliver this SSV.
Thanks for reading!

 

[Vitolo]

Things are shaping up around here!
I finally have found all cords and matched them with all portables.
I have checked the charge on all vapes, and done a session with each, and they all work as though the law never interrupted my journey.
A few days ago, I went through Inhalaters. INH04 lost it’s charging port about 10 years ago, however
INH05, 5S,6,& XP all still work like day 1. Each provided a full session.
Yesterday, I went through favorites and did a session with each. Left to right that is
Solo (OG), Grasshopper (OG), Tafée Bowle, Angus, Venty, Fury 2 Mighty2, and Mighty+. All perfect!

The only vaporizer, I have not begun to evaluate and charge yet is a collection of Pax 1 & 2s.
There are 6 Pax Vapes that I have not begun on yet. I like the Pax units, but they need extra time to look at.
All used already reconditioned Patients Portables still have charges and function too.
*The Vaporizer that kicked my ass and astounded me yesterday was my Solo.
It’s the original Solo I got in 2011.
In 2016 I changed the battery… ONCE. That’s it.
I got distracted from using my Solo, due to the influx of new technology.
Bad move. I love the Solo as much as I did that first week.
I learned that I have 60 rides left on a the local paramedical transit for disabled. I found out that I can give these rides to others!
Two patients come today, using “SunVan” saving me gas and from going out into the Desert heat!
I have a Tera and a Fog ready for them.
In preparation, the Tera and the Fog were my first Portable sessions of the day, after finishing my traditional SSV morning ritual.
Happy as hell to feel like Vito again.
Fully Medicated to Level 10, and it’s only 8:45 a.m.

 

[Vitolo]

This week has been a blessing in so many ways.
Letting people use a transit service with my saved tickets is wonderful for all (the patients sit ion a well air conditioned
bus). They are cooler than I am, but my blessing is I do not have to leave and walk to the car under the Fireball.
Just the right tools were here at the right time all the way around.
The first is a young fellow... 38. He started having numerous problems in his stomach, and circulatory system. He uses MMJ but I convinced him to become a patient for lower taxes and greater access to the better meds. I met him when his dad died, and he has called me "Pops" since... the name he called his dad.
A lady in his apartments gave him the money to get his MMJ Card.
This is his little girl here:

I had him over to try some vapor and he was amazed.
He received a new Aura by Flowermate, and is learning to try a different path.
I am really worried about his health. His legs have swollen up terribly, and he says his Doc has it under control
Giving him the Aura reminded me that I still had a few, and managed to share all 3 with card holders at the Senior Center.
I promise friends... no more trouble from me. I met them way over the hill from the center at the park.
All octogenarians, they were bright and full of spirit.
They were enrolled shortly before our meeting in a chair exercise group.
All 3 suffered different levels of osteoarthritis.
I related because I am also am diagnosed similarly.
I don't use the diclofenac gels. I avoid topical crap at all cause my dog will obsess on that spot!
I use Marijuana. Topically too! Orally as well!!
So do these three gals, now!
How convenient to have 3 identical units to give to 3 close friends.
They can troubleshoot together and feel a unique extra aspect to their bond.
I saw one other patient that was referred to me by my Friend Sammy (I've written about him).
He lives at the same Assisted Living Facility as Sammy, only he is ambulatory, and lives in an independent living apartment.
He has a card already, and the vape that caught his eye right away was a Firefly.
I am still unpacking and it was in a box filled with pieces, cords and cables, and I did not ever see it.
Somehow he reached way down in there and pulled out THE CORRECT CORD also!
It was fate. It took a charge fast, and I didn't have to teach him anything except what ABV was and how to enhance
his MMJ experience with it.
All in all a really wonderful week halfway through.
I mentioned in the Elecropath thread that I had only a small kitchen spot as my only power & counter space here at home.
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I have used the spot near sink for all desktop vaping and the spot opposite for all charging.
A family member from FC here among us has given me this AND a power strip to go with it.

I have vapes all around me but using this cart can set up the days vapes, with power cord and leave them until I need the space, and can unload back to their spots.
I do not have a vape room like in the older days, but now will have a Vape Cart!
Thanks for reading and letting me share my excitement of the week, and this great surprise!

 

[warren0728]

keep on doing the good work!

 

[Vitolo]

Space has always been tight, and I'm good with that.
I showed you my current vape surface, and The SSV is always on too, but the space is not
easily reached.
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Barely room for my glasses!
The space is so tight that even the items behind me here have no place to be stored,
so I treat them as functional semi furniture that can be moved.

I love my space, and I would be reluctant to ever move.
I share the pictures so you see what I mean.
That explained....
I am as excited as heck. I thought a cart would be nice, but never imagined one that could be folded.
My mind reals with the possibilities.
I could move the SSV to my new Vape Cart, only placing it near the computer again when I must fold up (wait for it...) "The Vape Cart".
It's funny that I was so busy getting re-situated, and feeling cramped I never thought of looking for a sturdy but still fold-away cart.
I'll let you know how it goes!
P.S. the Vape Cart ordered has No Assembly Required!

 

[Vitolo]

I just was reminded of a fantastic and very easy to use vaporizer that is wonderful for patients and is economical.
A patient recently returned one to me, because his family bought him a Volcano. Previously his caregiver filled the XMax for him.
The XMax V3 Pro is a marvelous choice and wonderful weight/form factor for almost any patient's use.
I tested it out and cleaned it up and gave it to a woman this morning.
I am impressed by the way the top slides on, with no glass for those uneasy with glass.
I am impressed by the level of vapor and the ease of maintenance.
GREAT job @XMAXVAPORIZER Color me impressed!

 

[XMAXVAPORIZER]

I just was reminded of a fantastic and very easy to use vaporizer that is wonderful for patients and is economical.
A patient recently returned one to me, because his family bought him a Volcano. Previously his caregiver filled the XMax for him.
The XMax V3 Pro is a marvelous choice and wonderful weight/form factor for almost any patient's use.
I tested it out and cleaned it up and gave it to a woman this morning.
I am impressed by the way the top slides on, with no glass for those uneasy with glass.
I am impressed by the level of vapor and the ease of maintenance.
GREAT job @XMAXVAPORIZER Color me impressed!

Thank you Vito! Your feedback is still very considered by us, I'm sad to know you didn't received one at release, I thought you was in our book, I'll push to get your name added. Stay tuned for more devices from us.... not soon but by the end of August probably, just in time for harvest!

 

[Vitolo]

"The Vape Cart"

 

[Vitolo]

I would like to share my thoughts right now about how I feel about the Universe, and my path.
This was the most logical place for me to get this off my chest.
I hope it's OK with you.
Since I got off parole, I have been nodding and smiling... happy inside but sometimes I was smiling to keep everybody else's Universes intact.
I have not discussed the change that is inevitable.
That whole prison shit took a toll on my mind and body.
Sleeping on a 2" pad on a steel rack for all that time with no applicable medications for a progressive physical disorder left
it difficult to walk. We will all get there.. recovery time between an ass whipping gets longer
The Parole time after allowed me only Pharma solutions to what I have learned to live with naturally.
The pills took a toll on me. 2 years of pills, that have exacerbated complications we were all warned about.
I go in one week for renal function tests. Doctor said I need more water, but that there is something else going on.
"The Narcotics and spasticity meds you've taken can have this result"
I wanted to scream, and cry out as tears filled my eyes.
I wanted to shake an angry fist at Uncle Sam, and shout: "you did this to me".
If you read this thanks for letting me share.
Now the good side... I have my supplies back, and am back doing what I did all along.
Today is different.
I looked around, and in my space, the havoc that had lingered in the form of boxes, and vape parts that
trickled in over the last 90 days was gone. The chaos was over.
The tremble in my hands and in my spine has now re-adapted to a THC based regime.
My small space felt large to me, and I had air conditioning in the bedroom/vape area (who am I kidding everyplace is the vape area).
I looked around and felt grateful.
I wished to invite you into my home
I decided to make a video.
It's a Tour of Vito's Place!

 

[vapviking]

Thank you Vito, for sharing your journey.
Your community on FC is very broad in support and love for you, and we know you feel it. But we also feel it, coming back to us from you.

We are all teachers, good or bad, by the example we set in our behavior. You have touched many lives and elevated your fellow man.

We hope that, as your life moves into this, a more settled time, your body will adapt, move forward with you.

Love, and peace, friend.

And I should mention, Rocket Man is such a good boy ....

 

[coolbreeze]

I would like to share my feelings right now about how I feel about the Universe, and my path.
This was the most logical place for me to get this off my chest.
I hope it's OK with you.
Since I got off parole, I have been nodding and smiling... happy inside but sometimes I was smiling to keep everybody else's Universes intact.
I have not discussed the change that is inevitable.
That whole prison shit took a toll on my mind and body.
Sleeping on a 2" pad on a steel rack for all that time with no applicable medications for a progressive physical disorder left
it difficult to walk. We will all get there.. recovery time between an ass whipping gets longer
The Parole time after allowed me only Pharma solutions to what I have learned to live with naturally.
The pills took a toll on me. 2 years of pills, that have exacerbated complications we were all warned about.
I go in one week for renal function tests. Doctor said I need more water, but that there is something else going on.
"The Narcotics and spasticity meds you've taken can have this result"
I wanted to scream, and cry out as tears filled my eyes.
I wanted to shake an angry fist at Uncle Sam, and shout: "you did this to me".
If you read this thanks for letting me share.
Now the good side... I have my supplies back, and am back doing what I did all along.
Today is different.
I looked around, and in my space, the havoc that had lingered in the form of boxes, and vape parts that
trickled in over the last 90 days was gone. The chaos was over.
The tremble in my hands and in my spine has now re-adapted to a THC based regime.
My small space felt large to me, and I had air conditioning in the bedroom/vape area (who am I kidding everyplace is the vape area).
I looked around and felt grateful.
I wished to invite you into my home
I decided to make a video.
It's a Tour of Vito's Place!

That WAS fun! What gorgeous birds!

 

[warren0728]

enjoyed the tour! thanks for giving us a glimpse into your world! keep on doing the good work!

 

[Vitolo]

What an end of a long week!
I am relaxed now as Saturday Night movies on my computer are my plans... UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON!
It is a week of appointments ahead.
I was able to score an amazing box of a half dozen Flowermate "Aura" vaporizers. It was a "friend deal" that I have ample time to cover. I could not pass it up at the price.
I also have a couple of VB1 Desktops on hand.
These are all new!
I still have 9 used portables that I have not run "through the mill" yet, but tests on that last 9 will commence, and parts/repairs made accordingly if needed.
I always enjoyed figuring out vapes that functioned poorly and getting them to run like new.
The 1st Pax units gave me a run for my money!
These days, getting around to testing is a bit slower.
The repair process now is limited due to manual dexterity and vision.
When I am wearing 2 pairs of reading glasses, and still reach for my magnifying glass I stop.
I also do not take out the soldering iron any more!
The minor visual discrepancy, paired with unsteady hands, make for a couple of small brands on many recent go-arounds.
Oh I am still studying used units that I am sent, and I do often see used units that are ready to be placed in a home.
Now that I feel more in tune and normalized, my work continues.
Thanks for reading.

 

[RustyOldNail]

When I am wearing 2 pairs of reading glasses, and still reach for my magnifying glass I stop.

IMHO: Quote of the Week!!!

 

[ChooChooCharlie]

Alerting members here and @Vitolo

I will no longer be sending monthly payments to @Vitolo as I have for over a couple years

I love and respect his ambition, but I can't be his solo sponsor

 

[Vitolo]

I love and respect his ambition, but I can't be his solo sponsor

Dear @ChooChooCharlie - Thank you!
Please feel nothing but love and appreciation for the help you've given over the last couple of years, since my release from Federal Prison.
Thank you even more, for the friendship and Vaporizer discussions we have shared over the past 9 years.
As life moves on, things change. I'm good with that!
One expense that has dropped considerably is transportation.
I have not had to fill my car with gasoline for almost a month now that I am seeing patients at my home.
I had learned that I am allowed to share my Medical rides with other seniors.
I drive only to do demos for groups.
My efforts for my community will move forward as they did before my untimely detention in Federal Custody.
I will still accept older vapes that are out of favor, for relocation
My eyes have aged, and my hands are less steady, so my repair efforts have become minimal.
One thing I can say about the new wave of patients that I have met since Parole ended 5 months ago.
They are coming better equipped with ideas of what their choices are.
The family here is healthy.

Much love to all!

 

[Vitolo]

Today another miraculous change appeared.
I have been going to the same clinic for almost 6 years.
I got frustrated with them, because each month they would send me to another branch of their clinics.
That meant I never got to see the same provider/Doctor twice in a row.
Each Dr. would disagree with the adjustments made by the previous Dr., and would then change my care.
I asked for a letter of discharge, and will begin with a new Doctor.
This Doctor only has one office, and I have been assured that he will be who I see every month, and only be seen at one office, which is close to home.
He also is an advocate of Medical Marijuana.
They have seen my credentials, and have asked me if I would be willing to come to the clinic once a month on Friday afternoons to talk to Card Holding patients about dangers/risks of combustion, and the benefits of Herbal Vaporization.
I begin on Friday September 13th.
I will be allowed to demonstrate, but not with Marijuana.
I must use peppermint or other plant matter.
The clinic is close to home, and I am very excited to be invited.
Happy Labor Day weekend to all of you!

 

[Robindean]

So besides the initial first post, what are we doing here?
Am I paying it forward by offering a device I really don't use or need any more and instead of trying to get money for it, worse case pay shipping and i'll send it? (I ask because I am use to this kind of thing, even at hardForum)
i mean ill do it and kickstart something. fuck if i care, legal state ill clean it, you risk it lol

 

[Vitolo]

This is an option for those that want to help low-income... Terminally Ill and Chronically Ill MMJ Card Holding Patients, to
use their Medical Marijuana in a more productive, economical, and healthier way.
I am in constant contact with Patients in this community, keeping track of the Disabilities that are present as well as special needs,
in order to place the ideal device for each Patient.
I accept non-functional devices too.
I try my best. If I cannot repair it, I use it's components for maintenance of devices already in use by patients in the community.
I am a low income MMJ Card Holding Patient, living beyond my expected expiration date. I feel blessed with the condition of my life.
Vaporization of MMJ is not just fun and very pleasant. It has helped me and given me longevity
It has been my goal for over 10 years to help those like myself as well as those worse off that I am... to feel in their lives, as comfortable, and
happy about living as I do.
If vaporizers are failing or non functioning, I ask that the donor pay shipping if they can handle it, and I will use the parts as I described earlier.

So besides the initial first post, what are we doing here?
Am I paying it forward by offering a device I really don't use or need any more and instead of trying to get money for it...

If selling your older tools is good for you, then that is wonderful.
If it in any way makes you have a positive feeling to pass you tools on to a Medical User in a low-income situation, then I will help.

worse case pay shipping and i'll send it?

If a vaporizer functions and a potential donor just cannot afford postage, messaging me would help because I would try my hardest to find help to cover postage.
Message me, @Robindean if you have questions for me about what I do.
If it feels more comfortable, simply ask me here!
In either case, I am happy that you asked.
I also love getting parts that are no longer useful for users. Parts like tubing, glass, Heater Covers, wiring, cable, butane, and batteries for portables.
WOW! listen to me go on and on. I think you get the idea.
My life feels good, and I want everyone else's to be as good as mine... hopefully better!

 

[Robindean]

I am sending you a message. My brain is racing. So bare with me until its sent and you get it. Dude....ty.

 

[Vitolo]

Dude...

You heard him folks...
It's official.
I'm a "Dude"!

 

[coolbreeze]

You heard him folks...
It's official.
I'm a "Dude"!

 

[Robindean]

You heard him folks...
It's official.
I'm a "Dude"!

you are the honary dude playing a dude disquised as a toker.

 

[KidFated.]

You heard him folks...
It's official.
I'm a "Dude"!

Still Uncle Vito to me.. glad things are improving for you!

 

[vapviking]

It's official.
I'm a "Dude"!

And you know what Dudes do?
They abide.