Poor Linda

[Huggett]

I see a gap in the market here...

And on that day 'E-Cig Training Ltd' was established

 

[GrumpyOldWoman]

It really is safer for some people to smoke, you know?

"My upstairs is gutted."

You haven't got anything upstairs, love.

Choking fit on me Vamp Vape! Roflmao

 

[steffijade]

Talk about dashed hopes.

I saw this thread title and for a few seconds had a glimmer of hope that McAvan had fell down an open manhole cover or other such karma based incident.

Instead it's just yet another tale of woe from an uneducated newish vaper.

If the authorities took the initiative and launched a public information drive to educate people on the safe use of batteries/chargers, we'd have fewer instances of hyped 'steamy stick go bang' stories.

The more cynical amongst us might think that the authorities didn't want the public educated or something.

 

[fay69]

Is it just me or should there be a standard IQ test for some ecig users.

It's just natural selection in all its glory

 

[scrumpox]

If the authorities took the initiative and launched a public information drive to educate people on the safe use of batteries/chargers, we'd have fewer instances of hyped 'steamy stick go bang' stories.

The more cynical amongst us might think that the authorities didn't want the public educated or something.

When you think about the millions of rechargeable battery devices out there ... phones, tablets, laptops, toothbrushes, vibrators, torches, toys, kitchen tools, RC Zeppelins, the Sky box zapper, etc ... the mind boggles.
I know from my own household that overnight, unattended charging takes place EVERY night, often left by bedsides too. Though we all use the correct chargers I wouldn't put it past one of my sons to use anything that fits.
But this is a home where the adults are university educated (not bragging, just saying, we're just as dumb as the next bloke really though we tend to read instructions with our glasses on) so I think there is a central responsibility too ... public information about recharging batteries safely, not specifically ecigs ... god knows what they'd come up with though.
Does ROSPA still exist?

 

[geewiz]

Anyone who has ever worked in retail and, especially returns & enquiries, will know that human stupidity knows no bounds, has no natural predator and follows no set path. It has the ability to surprise, impress, dumbfound and horrify you all at the same time.

 

[Bobw1951]

When you think about the millions of rechargeable battery devices out there ... phones, tablets, laptops, toothbrushes, vibrators, torches, toys, kitchen tools, RC Zeppelins, the Sky box zapper, etc ... the mind boggles.
I know from my own household that overnight, unattended charging takes place EVERY night, often left by bedsides too. Though we all use the correct chargers I wouldn't put it past one of my sons to use anything that fits.
But this is a home where the adults are university educated (not bragging, just saying, we're just as dumb as the next bloke really though we tend to read instructions with our glasses on) so I think there is a central responsibility too ... public information about recharging batteries safely, not specifically ecigs ... god knows what they'd come up with though.
Does ROSPA still exist?

Accident Prevention Advice & Information and Health & Safety Training Courses from RoSPA - I've just sent them a query on whether they can do anything

 

[MarcDJay]

Anyone who has ever worked in retail

Or tech support. I understand not everyone knows about technology, hence why we're there, but sometimes people produce a whole range of stupid that boggles the mind.

On topic though, you'd think with all the bad press vaping is getting and the (presumed) pot of cash they're sitting on, the ECITA would step up and try to raise awareness about safer vaping.

 

[Bobw1951]

Is it just me or should there be a standard IQ test for some ecig users.

That's a problem, I used to work in the railway industry, we had a chap turn up one day, had degrees in this that and the other, passed all the paper IQ type tests to get a job as a railway guard, when it came to the actual practical part of the job, he was a waste of space, so they thought oh, we'll give him a job as a ticket inspector, failed the first practical test, failed the second one worse than the first, so they eventually had to let him go.

There is a difference between knowing how to do something and actually doing it.

 

[gary68]

South Wales Fire and Rescue Service confirmed they attended the blaze at the semi-detached house.
Investigators were unable to conclude what was behind it.


The service attended two fires this year sparked by e-cigs or their chargers.


“If this was caused by an e-cigarette, it will be the one that has caused the most damage,” the spokesman said.

No Mention Of How Many House Fires Caused By smoking Fags