Loading with the shakes is the worst! I always do it over my black moleskin journal, just in case! Can never be to sure! Haha Out of curiosity who loads through the stem/why or the top hole/why? I always go for the top cause I feel like i end up eating some dust on inhales otherwise, >.< was wondering what everyone else thought??
I do it either way based on if i have a propane torch on hand. If I have already precrushed my shards (I like to do that so i can take keybumps and also easier for backloading into a rig) then its easier to just load the pipe by sticking the stem into the baggie itself and pushing some powder/small chunks into the stem (while its still inside the baggy so nothing can fall out either way) and then holding the pipe so the bubble is pointing like 45 degree downward with the stem up and kinda "tapping" the shards/powder so it all falls into the bubble (all while putting your finger over the hole of the bubble of course). With some wet gear it seems that some might "stick" to the insides of the stem while its being tapped down into the bubble, I like to use a straw of some sort if theres alot sticking to just push everything down before i melt it down just because when you take a hit sometimes the powder stuck to the inside of the stem will be sucked up along with the smoke and I dont like the taste at all.
If I am smoking with one of my buddys he has taught me a good way to pack thru the hole in the bubble, you basically take a torch and a fresh pipe and heat up the top of the bubble where the hole is and when its slightly cooled just kind of push in the pyrex all around the hole in the bubble so theres a sort of concave indentation. That way you can just d ump powder into that concave crevice so to speak and then just push all the powder inside. I prefer the way of loading thru the stem by putting the stem inside the baggy just cause Im used to doing so with shots (I used to shoot regularly now just smoking but I would always backload in this way, basically crush all shards up to a fine p owder while theyre still inside a bag (or double bagged if youre worried abt the bag ripping while youre crushing them, I usually use a lighter or also another good thing is a weed grinder) and then basically scoop up powder into the back of the syringe same way that you would scoop up powder into your pipe. Then you put the plunger back in and depress it all the way (while there is still no water in the rig, dont worry none of the powder will get stuck in thne tip of the needle even if you push it all the way down). Then I like to have a kettle running usually and I pour some in a cup before I making tea and draw up some boiling water into the syringe (make sure you draw up some air too to leave room for the dope to expand good dope will increase the waters volume)
Hope that helps!
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Also to add to ketaman's comments recently, man you gotta slow it down I am literally all the way across the world and you've got me worried sick about you. Just slow it down dude, you dont need to be on a crazy rush all the time just switch to smoking and take a few tokes every couple of hours, youre gonna kill yourself otherwise man. If that's your intent to inadvertendly off yourself through this self destructive abuse patterns of many pts IV per day along with downers, then so be it but honestly its not gonna kill you anytime soon just gonna give you gnarly health problems that youre gonna have to live with rest of your life (Im taking cardiovascular type stuff). If you alaready have health problems like hep C, hiv remember these are treatable illnesses man its not a death sentence. Just be good to yourself and if you really cant stop the self-abuse you need to check yourself into some kind of place where they will stabilize you with a high dose of dexedrine, benzos, etc and have a therapist help you. Also remember i'm NOT judging you, i accept your behavior 100% itsj ust ive seen so many people go down the road you are on right now and not only have i seen people go thru premature deaths but I myself now have cardiovascular issues as well as HCV because of unsafe drug practices. We all love you dude and all the best. Keep us updated and hope you are alright. Feel free to PM me if there is anything you want to talk about. We're here for you bro!
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To expand on my previous postings about quality of meth etc in my area (I live in California in USA) the stuff is straight koota (as you guys like to say) out here. Like seriously just uncut stuff or barely stepped on with msm, you can tell from how it smokes in the pipe. Good stuff will barely burn if at all even if you torch the shit out of it. And lasts for ages. I smoked maybe 0.15 at most around 32 hours ago and still charged up (Even after a 8 hour nap I still feel high, and you can obviously tell from the stream of consciousness hypomanic style ranting of my post lol)
Much love to everyone and wish you all the best! Anyone have questions about the scene in California feel free to ask me anything, I love comparing and contrasting different scenes across the world. I heard the scene in Czech republic/Greece is relaly wild, havent found any info about it yet but tbh havent been looking into it that deeply, i feel that the people from over there have forums where they communicate in their own language.
Man I am lit up as christmas tree! And this is without IV. To be honest IVing turns me into a striaght werewolf psychopath nowadays, everyone i know irl doesnt care or even notice im different at all after a few puffs but aftera big fat shot (i like to do 3-4 pts at once for the rush) I literally get so paranoid i cant go into public for days. Not to mention the sweating... and the masturbation sessions lasting for days. Yeah I think I'll stick to smoking. Good for me that I finally feel content about everything, off the buprenorphine, I've been taking a few 10mg blues every couple of days whenever i run into a buddy that trades me for ice.
