NOS?

[thehollowmen]

I think you do get plain NOS (in the completely blue tanks). Aren't you talking about Entonox? (O2 / NOS mix, in black/white tanks)

Hell, Entonox would be safer anyway, you could just strap an O2 mask on, and relax (Wouldn't reccommed this, prob not too good for ya) Do that with pure NOS and you won't be waking up

In the physiology department they had a problem last year... someone snuck into an office and strapped a mask on.. pure nitrous... and my friend came back from lunch and found him on the floor..

Brief stint in hospital there... he was damn lucky

[thehollowmen]

Pedant alert: Why does everybody (including the so-called 'newspapers') call the stuff NOS when it's actually NO2?????

I'm a pedant about this too
NOS is Nitrous Oxide Systems.. the company that makes it for cars... and it has been popularised in movies and media.

It is a trade name that has come into mainstream useage.. like "a harley"

[scumdog]

I'm a pedant about this too
NOS is Nitrous Oxide Systems.. the company that makes it for cars... and it has been popularised in movies and media.

It is a trade name that has come into mainstream useage.. like "a harley"

Sort of like me mates Harley Intruder??

[Deano]

I think you do get plain NOS (in the completely blue tanks). Aren't you talking about Entonox? (O2 / NOS mix, in black/white tanks)

Hell, Entonox would be safer anyway, you could just strap an O2 mask on, and relax (Wouldn't reccommed this, prob not too good for ya) Do that with pure NOS and you won't be waking up

I had NO2 when I crashed my bike years ago and had a suspected broken ankle.

I was inhaling from the bottle constantly from Paraparaumu to Porirua - it took this long for the pain to go completely, started dulling about Paekak.

[thehollowmen]

Sort of like me mates Harley Intruder??

Exactly!

(Is that the one in dunedin with the suzuki badges taken off and the harley badges stuck on it?)

[Kickaha]

Pedant alert: Why does everybody (including the so-called 'newspapers') call the stuff NOS when it's actually NO2?????

Blame the movie "Fast and Furious" untill that came out everyone I know used to call it nitrous,within weeks of that being released it was called NOS

[Motoracer]

Pedant alert: Why does everybody (including the so-called 'newspapers') call the stuff NOS when it's actually NO2?????

Tell me about it! Even the news people said NOS about a 100 times during their report about it on TV!

Bloody hell, even I was embarrassed for them.

P.S. I heard that during the 30secs of the high, what is really happening is your brain cells literally disolving. Don't know how true that is.

'NO' is OK but the hit only last for about 20-30 clicks. Ride a fast bike through some windy roads at break neck speeds and you'll be buzzing for much longer!

[Pixie]

Pedant alert: Why does everybody (including the so-called 'newspapers') call the stuff NOS when it's actually NO2?????

To be accurate maybe it should be NOX then the shops that sell it could be called NOXing shops

[Lou Girardin]

To be accurate maybe it should be NOX then the shops that sell it could be called NOXing shops

Whaddaya doin' on the 'puter, should be out riding that shiny new bike. Like down to Auck to show it off.

[Rod Steel]

What another brilliant NZ law All this will mean that stores selling it will have to ask customers a simple question to get around it.

Store clerk:"you're not going to use that to inhale are you?"
shopper:"Well,,,,uugghhhhh no,,,, of course not,,,,,,"
store clerk:"kewl, that'l be $$$$. have a nice day!"

IMO it would of been easier to slap a age restriction on it rather than make it illegal.
Not to mention that this law will technicaly cover emergancy centres that have no2 for patient use. They have to buy their no2 somewhere aswell. So Im sure the government will just "overlook" them.


*SIGH*

[Gremlin]

Not to mention that this law will technicaly cover emergancy centres that have no2 for patient use. They have to buy their no2 somewhere aswell. So Im sure the government will just "overlook" them.
*SIGH*

Anybody have a count of how many laws the esteemed government has put into law without thought then realised the fuck up, and said "Oh, well, err obviously that is excluded" or "the police can use their discretion"

The obvious one in mind was the liquor law. Made it illegal to carry it to your car. But the police could then use discretion...