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Old Aug 13, 2010 | 11:38 PM
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Nitrous mishap

Well it all started out when I removed the "used" bottle from the car, I started to unscrew the burst valve line and noticed the fitting was unscrewing from the valve, so I was glad that I caught it.

When it was fully removed from the car, I proceeded to tighten up the burst valve fitting on a nearby cart.

I only gave it a 1/4 turn before the bottle started spinning off the cart & out of control. the bottle was spinning like a top on the ground, while I tried to step on it and try to contain it. I finally got it under control but the nitrous spray blew my pant leg up and sprayed my left meg w/ liquid nitrous, leading to this (hopefully) little burn on my leg.

see you bishes tomarrow.
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Old Aug 14, 2010 | 01:04 AM
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could have ended alot worse, glad your Ok. now go have a couple beers and chill....
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Old Aug 14, 2010 | 01:29 AM
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Ouch.. Well now u got that pimp limp youve always wanted...
Hope ya feel better
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Old Aug 14, 2010 | 02:08 AM
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oh fun!
so what do you think caused the bottle to freak out like that?
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Old Aug 14, 2010 | 02:54 AM
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you gotta love battle wounds! on a side note how do you get your socks so white? haha....
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Old Aug 14, 2010 | 09:40 AM
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walk it off!
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Old Aug 14, 2010 | 10:35 AM
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Ouch!
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Old Aug 14, 2010 | 11:34 AM
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Re: Nitrous mishap

I have the shop on surveillance, maybe I can retrieve it & post it.

Thats was some crazy, unexpected ****. My new shiny bottle is all scratched up.

As for my socks, they were black until the got sprayed, haha.
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Old Aug 15, 2010 | 02:56 AM
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Dang Marc, good thing is that you are ok, I would have said f- the bottle and watched it go with a beer in hand
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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 11:01 AM
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Wow you would not expect to get burned like that from NOS
Marc get back out to the track soon.
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Old Aug 18, 2010 | 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by STEWARDORNG
Wow you would not expect to get burned like that from NOS
Marc get back out to the track soon.
Its frostbite & turns out its mild 2nd-3rd degree burns. Kaiser says it looks like a common motorcycle exhaust burn.
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Old Aug 18, 2010 | 10:55 PM
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Looks cool man! prolly hurts a tad but will make a good story for the grandkids someday when they want to play with nitrous...haha
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Old Aug 19, 2010 | 09:56 AM
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On behalf of all of us here at TGO that cares,




I hope victory red is your color
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Old Aug 19, 2010 | 11:28 AM
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Geez, at least get me a hot rod'd one. Damn whiper snapper
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Old Aug 19, 2010 | 02:54 PM
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Is that a scooter tach?

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Old Aug 19, 2010 | 10:14 PM
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voltmeter for the gogojuice!
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Old Aug 19, 2010 | 10:19 PM
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scooter fixed.
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Old Aug 19, 2010 | 11:46 PM
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Originally Posted by TraviZ
scooter fixed.
Laugh all you want, my scooter will be faster than anything you got.
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