I also think one of the most incredibly rude and classless things to do is to talk on a cell phone while dealing with a bank teller, or buying a cup of coffee or making a purchase in a retail shop. I mean put the fricking phone down for five minutes while you're dealing with a live person, you stupid sack of shite.

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Posted by GumboPot

Member since Mar 2009

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Posted on 3/6/14 at 11:32 pm to SpidermanTUba

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If I owned a nice place I would jam them in the dining rooms and keep it a secret

There's a paint for that: LINK

Interesting , from the article active cell signal jamming is illegal whereas passive cell signal jamming is legal. Cell signal jamming paint would be legal.

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Posted by SpidermanTUba

my house

Member since May 2004

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Posted on 3/6/14 at 11:34 pm to GumboPot

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Using this system, a theater owner could allow cellphone signals before the show or during an intermission, but completely block them during the movie. At the same time, that theater owner could still allow emergency radio communications to get through.

Sweet.

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Posted by RogerTheShrubber

Juneau, AK

Member since Jan 2009

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Posted on 3/7/14 at 12:22 am to SpidermanTUba

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Nothing like sitting down to some fine dining just as the patron at the table next to you starts blaring some crap from youtube or some stupid arse song at top volume. I frickin hate that shite. Cell phones make people classless. If I owned a nice place I would jam them in the dining rooms and keep it a secret "I apologize sir, but cell phones do not get reception in our dining room. We have no idea why. If you need to place a call we have a free phone at the bar."

I think cell phones have made some people socially inept. They could pretend otherwise before.

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Posted by SpidermanTUba

my house

Member since May 2004

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Posted on 3/7/14 at 12:37 am to RogerTheShrubber

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I think cell phones have made some people socially inept. They could pretend otherwise before.

And stupid.

I saw a doorman at a bar I was going to use his cell phone to figure out how to subtract $24 from $100 to make change. I wanted to hit him.

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Posted by CaptainBrannigan

Good Ole Rocky Top Tennessee

Member since Jan 2010

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Posted on 3/7/14 at 7:34 am to Bestbank Tiger

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There is no secondhand smoke from e-cigs. It's water vapor.

Bull shite. That liquid gets burned, thus there are some carcinogens in that "water vapor"

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Posted by HubbaBubba

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Member since Oct 2010

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Posted on 3/7/14 at 7:55 am to SpidermanTUba

I agree about people who use cellphones for talking in a restaurant, but I pay for expensive business dinners and use the phone (a Galaxy Note 3) to bring in content from the cloud to share with clients or to quickly look up data that the client needs.

Also, for you holier-than-thou phone blockers, how many have never had someone arrive before you and then text you or call you to tell you where to locate them?

If a restaurant were blocking phone service, I'd never visit again, plus would use social media to negatively affect its business. When I spend hundreds or even the occasional thousands of dollars at a restaurant, they should respect the business aspect of the technology and the convenience factor.

At the same time, patrons, even myself, should be aware of the nuisance they create when speaking on a phone in a restaurant. If a call comes in to me from someone I really need to talk to, I always excuse myself and talk outside.

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Posted by LSUGrrrl

Frisco, TX

Member since Jul 2007

32950 posts

Posted on 3/7/14 at 8:11 am to CaptainBrannigan

The ecigarette I use allows me to run a batch report on every cartridge I buy so that I'm aware of what is in each. I ran a report just now to share and the results are below. Excuse formatting issues, I had to copy & paste from a PDF on my iPad:

Test Item
Result (%, w/w)

1. Propylene glycol Test Result 70.4

2. Nicotine Test Result 1.17

3. Diethylene glycol Test Result N.D.

4. Nitrosamines Test Result N.D.

5. Phthalates(CPSIA 2008 Sec. 108)
Dibutyl phthalate ( DBP ) None Detected

Benzyl butyl phthalate ( BBP ) None Detected
Diethyl hexyl phthalate ( DEHP ) None Detected
Di-n-octyl phthalate ( DnOP ) None Detected
Di-iso-nonyl phthalate ( DiNP ) None Detected
Di-iso-decyl phthalate ( DiDP ). None Detected

6. Phthalates

1 Dimethyl phthalate (DMP) None Detected
2 Diethyl phthalate (DEP). None Detected
3 Diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP). None Detected
4 Dibutyl phthalate (DBP). None Detected
5 Bis (2-methoxyethyl) phthalate (DMEP). None Detected
6 Bis (4-methyl-2-pentyl) phthalate (BMPP). None Detected
7 Bis (2-ethoxyethyl) phthalate (DEEP). None Detected
8 Dipentyl phthalate (DPP). None Detected
9 Dihexyl phthalate (DHXP). None Detected
10 Benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP). None Detected
11 Bis (2-n-butoxyethyl) phthalate (DBEP). None Detected
12 Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP). None Detected
13 Di-cyclohexyl-phthalate (DCHP). None Detected
14 Di-n-octyl phthalate (DNOP). None Detected
15 Dinonyl phthalate (DNP). None Detected
16 Diphenyl phthalate. None Detected
17 Diisononyl phthalate ( DINP ). None Detected

7. Total Lead(CPSIA 2008 Sec. 101)

Total Lead ( Pb ). None Detected

8. Toxic Elements(ASTM F963-08)

Soluble Lead ( Pb ) None Detected
Soluble Antimony ( Sb ) None Detected
Soluble Arsenic ( As ) None Detected
Soluble Barium ( Ba ) None Detected
Soluble Cadmium ( Cd ) None Detected
Soluble Chromium ( Cr ) None Detected
Soluble Mercury ( Hg ) None Detected
Soluble Selenium ( Se ). None Detected

This post was edited on 3/7/14 at 8:12 am

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Posted by Vols&Shaft83

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Member since Dec 2012

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Posted on 3/7/14 at 8:22 am to LSUGrrrl

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Propylene glycol Test Result 70.4

2. Nicotine Test Result 1.17

First one is harmless

The Nicotine is the only thing these guys could have a beef with. No tar, no lingering smoke, no rat poison, no ricin, no yellow cake uranium, just nicotine. Which is, as another poster pointed out, a lower amount than they would be exposed to if they ate a potato.

But they look like cigarettes, kinda, sorta, so they gotta go. Won't someone please think of the fricking children, please.

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Posted by TheDoc

doc is no more

Member since Dec 2005

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Posted on 3/7/14 at 8:28 am to Vols&Shaft83

it's hilarious that the government has no trouble at all taxing cigarettes

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Posted by LSUGrrrl

Frisco, TX

Member since Jul 2007

32950 posts

Posted on 3/7/14 at 8:39 am to TheDoc

Not all ecigarette companies run or release batch test results. If the government has issues, they should just tax & regulate it so that all must meet the same standards. You can't this type of info from a cigarette pack but they are still sold & taxed.

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