What's Boiling Your Pi$$ Today?

chas

Legendary Knight
Just to add to Chas’s sage advice, I found a menthol flavouring in vape juice gave me the throat hit I needed to mimic smoking a rolly enough to make the switch, and saving about £150 a month !!
I also started on 28mg when it was available - I was a very heavy smoker!! now on 18’s and that’s fine
I think the throat hit is an important thing to mimic. All I vape is unflavoured 18mg nic shots, 50/50 vg/pg as it's 'harsher' than 70/30.

The other good thing about a 'High nic, low power/cloud' setup is you can discretely vape on long haul flights. Which prevents me stabbing people. All round win.
 

chas

Legendary Knight
In an ideal world (for a smoker)
Baccy that can be purchased in Belgium at less than 25% of the UK price. Wouldn't be £25 here!
Even if it was £15 I wouldn't have bothered with running the gauntlet of going from N'pton to Belgium.

What used to really pi$$ me off was. Although the law stated we could bring back what we liked if it was for personal use.
Customs at Dover used to act like the Gestapo.
I got pulled in once & they threatened to take my vehicle & everything in it. I was forced to roll a ciggie & smoke it in front of them.
They still continued with the intimidation & bully boy tactics.

Right up until I emptied a small bag containing 100's of the tear-off paper security seals from Belgian baccy pouches onto the desk of the interrogation room.
And added..."Ok guys, if that baccy isn't for my personal use. And I'm a smuggler? Explain how I have all these paper seals ya pricks!"...

I was then allowed on my way. After I'd made them carry all the bags back to my car & arrange them neatly in the boot. I even sparked up another ciggie in their office (interrogation room) & was told I was in a "No smoking area"

Which was met with..."F#CK OFF! It wasn't 20 minutes ago!"...😉
I never had a problem and I've done the run countless times.

I don't look like a dodgy cunt tho.
 

Old Nick

Legendary Knight
In an ideal world (for a smoker)
Baccy that can be purchased in Belgium at less than 25% of the UK price. Wouldn't be £25 here!
Even if it was £15 I wouldn't have bothered with running the gauntlet of going from N'pton to Belgium.

What used to really pi$$ me off was. Although the law stated we could bring back what we liked if it was for personal use.
Customs at Dover used to act like the Gestapo.
I got pulled in once & they threatened to take my vehicle & everything in it. I was forced to roll a ciggie & smoke it in front of them.
They still continued with the intimidation & bully boy tactics.

Right up until I emptied a small bag containing 100's of the tear-off paper security seals from Belgian baccy pouches onto the desk of the interrogation room.
And added..."Ok guys, if that baccy isn't for my personal use. And I'm a smuggler? Explain how I have all these paper seals ya pricks!"...

I was then allowed on my way. After I'd made them carry all the bags back to my car & arrange them neatly in the boot. I even sparked up another ciggie in their office (interrogation room) & was told I was in a "No smoking area"

Which was met with..."F#CK OFF! It wasn't 20 minutes ago!"...😉
They used to get quite tetchy about smuggling I doubt if a single newsagent/supermarket/baccy shop in Kent/Sussex sold any ‘official’ rolling tobacco!!!
 

Old Nick

Legendary Knight
I think the throat hit is an important thing to mimic. All I vape is unflavoured 18mg nic shots, 50/50 vg/pg as it's 'harsher' than 70/30.

The other good thing about a 'High nic, low power/cloud' setup is you can discretely vape on long haul flights. Which prevents me stabbing people. All round win.
And on trains, train platforms, theatres, and anywhere else we used to smoke and can’t now :p

by the way Chas which bit of Kent are you in? I was brought up in Maidstone and spent a few years living just outside Ashford

Does the Halfway Cafe mean anything to you?
 

chas

Legendary Knight
And on trains, train platforms, theatres, and anywhere else we used to smoke and can’t now :p

by the way Chas which bit of Kent are you in? I was brought up in Maidstone and spent a few years living just outside Ashford

Does the Halfway Cafe mean anything to you?
Kent Custom Bike Show :D The annual HA money launder? I am familiar.

My misspent youth was Bethersden/Biddenden with many forays to the marsh but if we drank in Ashford it'd be the Castle where you could tell how good the band was by how far Prof stripped down dancing on the table.

I get the feeling we may have punched eachother in the past :D
 

DD67

The Peace Keeper
Staff member
That’s 50 boxes:oops:
240 pouches lasted myself & Mrs DD roughly 13-14 months.
I used to go to Belgium once per year before we ran out.
The only time I didn't get some form of hassle from UK customs. Was when I went with a mate who makes me look like a vicar.
He's a MASSIVE bloke, 1% biker & has tattoos on his face & neck.
A genuinely lovely bloke but he looks like he'd eat your favourite pet if you looked at him the wrong way.
On that occasion we got waved straight through customs 🤔
 

Old Nick

Legendary Knight
Kent Custom Bike Show :D The annual HA money launder? I am familiar.

My misspent youth was Bethersden/Biddenden with many forays to the marsh but if we drank in Ashford it'd be the Castle where you could tell how good the band was by how far Prof stripped down dancing on the table.

I get the feeling we may have punched eachother in the past :D
I very much think we did me old mate - Bethersden was where I was - Royal Standard bands night???

Kent Bike show I think I missed the first couple, made all the others though, Harrietsham residents must have hated us :p Weekend of complete lawlessness - they were great days(y)
 

DD67

The Peace Keeper
Staff member
Kent Custom Bike Show :D The annual HA money launder? I am familiar.

My misspent youth was Bethersden/Biddenden with many forays to the marsh but if we drank in Ashford it'd be the Castle where you could tell how good the band was by how far Prof stripped down dancing on the table.

I get the feeling we may have punched eachother in the past :D
I was a regular visitor to Angel Farm in Rochester (always thought it came under Dymchurch?) before the land was sold at an enormous profit to a property developer.
 

Old Nick

Legendary Knight
240 pouches lasted myself & Mrs DD roughly 13-14 months.
I used to go to Belgium once per year before we ran out.
The only time I didn't get some form of hassle from UK customs. Was when I went with a mate who makes me look like a vicar.
He's a MASSIVE bloke, 1% biker & has tattoos on his face & neck.
A genuinely lovely bloke but he looks like he'd eat your favourite pet if you looked at him the wrong way.
On that occasion we got waved straight through customs 🤔
Once again I doff my cap Sir, I don’t know anyone who got away with 50 boxes for personal use - good one

Also proves the old adage it’s good to have big ugly mates :)
 

chas

Legendary Knight
I used to get concs on the tunnel due to a mate (Westy @Don the Don ) so could get a crossing at five pm for 15 quid. Factor in a tank of Diesel (at half GB price) for the old Audi 80 we were running and it's a free trip. Once a month grab the kids from school and do Cite Europe and Adinkereke.

It's tough darn Sarf ;)
 

Old Nick

Legendary Knight
I was a regular visitor to Angel Farm in Rochester (always thought it came under Dymchurch?) before the land was sold at an enormous profit to a property developer.
Was that when they moved to the show ground in Sellinge???
 

chas

Legendary Knight
I very much think we did me old mate - Bethersden was where I was - Royal Standard bands night???

Kent Bike show I think I missed the first couple, made all the others though, Harrietsham residents must have hated us :p Weekend of complete lawlessness - they were great days(y)
I remember Dr Feelgood being booked one year at Kent Custom and not being arsed to go over to the 'caff' for a look. Was busy in the camp field doing something or other' :D
 

chas

Legendary Knight
I was a regular visitor to Angel Farm in Rochester (always thought it came under Dymchurch?) before the land was sold at an enormous profit to a property developer.
I never went to the Marsh events. Your geography is bollocks btw. Kent HA HQ was always Medway but the show moved from the halfway to the marsh

IIRC (variable)
 

DD67

The Peace Keeper
Staff member
I never went to the Marsh events. Your geography is bollocks btw. Kent HA HQ was always Medway but the show moved from the halfway to the marsh

IIRC (variable)
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Or is this their new "address" in Kent?
Also, how's the (interaction) with the Vikings panning out? 😳
 
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