Best night at the races....2009...Gone in under 11 seconds.

My best run of the season....guess I just got lucky, LMAO. Poor Ford Lightning, poor baby, yes I spanked your ass and YES I was spraying a 125 shot....opps don't screw with me or MY Chrysler 300C.

My car ran under 11 seconds and that was my goal, so there it is, I did IT!!!!!

Tuesday night race results

My best night ever.....three runs and my third run was crap but still faster than the car ever ran. The car just didn't hook on that run, there was a nasty wreck and I don't think they got the oil completely off the track because everyone was sliding around after the crash.

I am still happy with the first two runs....a 4200 LB luxury car that ran:

First pass:

60 FT: 1.891
Trap Speed: 110.40 @ 12.695

Second Pass:

60 FT: 1.874
Trap Speed: 109.78 @ 12.684

Third Pass:

60 FT: 2.294 (That Sucked)
Trap Speed: 108.32 @ (YUCK) 13.569


The new drag radials cut times by around a second, funny thing is the wheels are for a Cobra R.....yup I had to put Ford wheels on my 300C to make it go faster, LOL

A couple 'stangs down the shitter

Smoked then both:



The first pass was a 108 MPH Pass.




The second was a 106 MPH pass.


I drove Mustang GTs for years and they are fast but my 300C is faster, just watch.....LMAO

Cannot sleep.....Good music

Good tunes, one of Carol's favorites.....enjoy

I should have been a Cowboy!!!!!!

I should have been a Cowboy, instead I am an Outlaw and Dragracer....go figure I do like doing the quarter mile in 11 seconds, if I get any faster I will need a roll cage which just isn't going to happen.

I am starting to HATE Gateway International Raceway

Last night races blew for the street tire class. It seems the Slick car class and the bikes get whatever they want.... the street class just waits while the faster cars and bikes run twice while we wait.

I only got in three runs and I waited almost 2 HOURS between my second and third run, I finally said "Screw it" and left the track at 10 PM. Gateway needs to get their head out of their ass and pay attention to the class that pays the bills.

I may start going to the track at Pevely...the problem is the distance from where I live.

Tuesday night racing

Test and Tune night at the track.....Car ran OK....not great but spanked a Bullet Mustang, an old El Camino ,a 6.0 powered GTO (That is a Corvette powered Pontiac) LOL and I spanked his ass too.....then there was the Neon SRT-4 Turbo and the Red Mustang with a supercharger...Opps the 300C kicked your ass!!!

Dead Bullet!!!!.......Fords are SLOW!!!!



A Chevy eaten Alive........he gave me a run though!!!



Now a Dodge Neon SRT-4 Turbo car.....these cars are "supposed" to be NASTY fast....the video proves otherwise....... I KILLED him......



A late model Goat.....What a joke!!!!!
A 'Vette 6.0 powered Pontiac GTO gets spanked by a 4200 LB luxury 4 door car




Last kill of the night.....a Red Mustang with a Supercharger....and I killed it...opps another Ford bites the big one!!!!



I kicked some ASS and took names, I love my 300C.....it runs faster than I thought it ever would.

Hey Ted, I like the way you think!!!!!

Tell us what you really think Ted!!! I love this guy because he is correct.




Our government treats criminals as victims when innocent citizens protect their property, families and themselves and kill violent criminals commiting crimes against them. The law abidding citizens are not allowed to use deadly force against the SCUMBAGS because as Ted says..."maybe they had a bad childhood". That is some MAJOR BULLSHIT,

SHAME on the Federal, State and local lawmakers, law enforcement and penal systems for giving scum sucking pigs MORE rights than those of us who work hard and give child molesters, robbers, thieves and murderers shorter sentences, early paroles and (GASP) pardons when we should KILL UM and reduce taxes. We could save on housing and feeding these social parasites.

Let's stop building prisons and start making more coffins for cockroaches that refuse to work. They sell our kids dope and DIE....steal or carjack our cars and DIE, molest our children and DIE (after we cut off your nutsack). Break into our homes and with some luck you will DIE while you are trying to steal the wrong persons stuff to buy Crack.

I am right there with you Ted Nugent.....

Midnight Madness........

Last night was "Midnight Madness" from 9 PM to 2 AM at the Drag strip and I made three passes and won all three races. I think I have created a Monster.....this car is SCARY FAST!!!! These are clips from the 330' mark.....the first pass I ran against a Ford Lightning and blew his doors off.




My second pass was against a Nissan 300Z and he was quick and I had traction problems when I launched (you can hear my tires spinning) but I still beat the rice rocket. Here is a clip of that run.




Back to the staging lanes after picking up my time slip.




Music I play in the staging lanes to get me pumped and ready to race.....



I will practice on Tuesday nights until mid-September when I will compete against other late model Hemi powered Chrysler built cars at Monster Mopar Weekend. I love the rush of hitting the traps at 107 to 110 MPH.

Hot Rods ROCK!!!!!!!

FAST CARS ROCK.......







And some music to go with the FAST CARS.....

I forgot how much fun drag racing is.

I have started drag racing my beast at Gateway International Raceway on Tuesday nights preparing for Monster Mopar Weekend in September.

Considering the weather I am pleased with my time slips. Last week the track was in great shape so my car was hooking great but the air sucked so everyone was running slower times. I made four passes, two on the motor and two on "Juice" (NO2 for you non-racing types). I beat a Mustang GT and a Z-28 Camaro but got beat by a Dodge Magnum and a 67 Barracuda. The Magnum was an SRT8 and he barely beat me and has a 6.1 Liter vs my 5.7, so I didn't feel bad losing by 2 tenths of a second. The 'Cuda was a 10 second race car, so I didn't stand a chance.

For a car that weighs almost 4300 LBS I am pleased with runs under 13 seconds at 108-109 MPH thru the traps on street tires. Once I get a set of Mickey Thompson ET Drag Radials, the car will hook much better and I hope to get my runs into the high 11s and low 12s before running for cash in September.

I forgot how much of a rush drag racing is, now I have the fever again.

The Beast:

What a waste........Rednecks will do anything!!!!!

The Wall.....I think I hit it!!!!!!

This car is scary fast now!!!!!

Over 425 HP at the rear wheels and it wants to go 85 MPH all the time......not bad for a car that weighs almost 5000 lbs....what will it do on the bottle?

New Fun!!!!

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Nitrous oxide



IUPAC name [show]
Dinitrogen monoxide
Other names Laughing gas
Identifiers
CAS number [10024-97-2]
PubChem 948
UN number 1070 (compressed)
2201 (liquid)
ChEBI 17045
RTECS number QX1350000
ATC code N01AX13
InChI [show]
InChI=1/N2O/c1-2-3
ChemSpider ID 923
Properties
Molecular formula N2O
Molar mass 44.013 g/mol
Appearance colorless gas
Density 1.977 g/L (gas)
Melting point −90.86 °C (182.29 K)

Boiling point −88.48 °C (184.67 K)

Solubility in water 0.15 g/100 ml (15 °C)
Solubility soluble in alcohol, ether, sulfuric acid
log P 0.35
Vapor pressure 5150 kPa (20 °C)
Refractive index (nD) 1.330
Structure
Molecular shape linear, C∞v
Dipole moment 0.166 D
Thermochemistry
Std enthalpy of
formation ΔfHo298 +82.05 kJ/mol
Standard molar
entropy So298 219.96 J K−1 mol−1
Pharmacology
Routes of
administration Inhalation
Metabolism 0.004%
Elimination
half-life 5 minutes
Excretion Respiratory
Hazards
MSDS ICSC 0067
EU Index Not listed
NFPA 704 020OX
Flash point Non-flammable
Related compounds
Related nitrogen oxides Nitric oxide
Dinitrogen trioxide
Nitrogen dioxide
Dinitrogen tetroxide
Dinitrogen pentoxide

Related compounds Ammonium nitrate
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for
materials in their standard state
(at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
Infobox references
Nitrous oxide, commonly known as happy gas or laughing gas, is a chemical compound with the chemical formula N2O. At room temperature, it is a colorless non-flammable gas, with a pleasant, slightly sweet odor and taste. It is used in surgery and dentistry for its anesthetic and analgesic effects. It is known as "laughing gas" due to the euphoric effects of inhaling it, a property that has led to its recreational use as an inhalant drug. It is also used as an oxidizer in rocketry and in motor racing to increase the power output of engines. It is often created in bushfires[citation needed].

Nitrous oxide reacts with ozone and is the main naturally occurring regulator of stratospheric ozone. Nitrous oxide is also a major greenhouse gas. Considered over a 100 year period, it has 298 times more impact per unit weight than carbon dioxide.[1]

Contents [hide]
1 Manufacture
1.1 Other routes
2 Uses
2.1 Rocket motors
2.2 Internal combustion engine
2.3 Aerosol propellant
2.4 In medicine
2.5 Recreational use
3 Neuropharmacology
4 Safety
4.1 Chemical/physical
4.2 Biological
5 Legality
6 History
7 See also
8 References
9 External links



[edit] Manufacture
Nitrous oxide is most commonly prepared by careful heating of ammonium nitrate, which decomposes into nitrous oxide and water vapor.[2] The addition of various phosphates favors formation of a purer gas at slightly lower temperatures. One of the earliest commercial producers was George Poe in Trenton, New Jersey.[3]

NH4NO3 (s) → 2 H2O (g) + N2O (g)
This reaction occurs between 170 - 240°C, temperatures where ammonium nitrate is a moderately sensitive explosive and a very powerful oxidizer. Above 240 °C the exothermic reaction may accelerate to the point of detonation, so the mixture must be cooled to avoid such a disaster. Superheated steam is used to reach reaction temperature in some turnkey production plants.[4]

Downstream, the hot, corrosive mixture of gases must be cooled to condense the steam, and filtered to remove higher oxides of nitrogen. Ammonium nitrate smoke, as an extremely persistent colloid, will also have to be removed. The cleanup is often done in a train of 3 gas washes; namely base, acid and base again. Any significant amounts of nitric oxide (NO) may not necessarily be absorbed directly by the base (sodium hydroxide) washes.

The nitric oxide impurity is sometimes chelated out with ferrous sulfate, reduced with iron metal, or oxidised and absorbed in base as a higher oxide. The first base wash may (or may not) react out much of the ammonium nitrate smoke, however this reaction generates ammonia gas, which may have to be absorbed in the acid wash.


[edit] Other routes
The direct oxidation of ammonia may someday rival the ammonium nitrate pyrolysis synthesis of nitrous oxide mentioned above. This capital-intensive process, which originates in Japan, uses a manganese dioxide-bismuth oxide catalyst:[5]

2 NH3 + 2 O2 → N2O + 3 H2O
Higher oxides of nitrogen are formed as impurities. In comparison, uncatalyzed ammonia oxidation (i.e. combustion or explosion) goes primarily to N2 and H2O.

Nitrous oxide can be made by heating a solution of sulfamic acid and nitric acid. Many gases are made this way in Bulgaria.[citation needed][6]

HNO3 + NH2SO3H → N2O + H2SO4 + H2O
There is no explosive hazard in this reaction if the mixing rate is controlled. However, as usual, toxic higher oxides of nitrogen form.

Nitrous oxide is produced in large volumes as a by-product in the synthesis of adipic acid; one of the two reactants used in nylon manufacture.[7][8] This might become a major commercial source, but will require the removal of higher oxides of nitrogen and organic impurities. Currently much of the gas is decomposed before release for environmental protection. Greener processes may prevail that substitute hydrogen peroxide for nitric acid oxidation; hence no generation of oxide of nitrogen by-products.

Hydroxylammonium chloride can react with sodium nitrite to produce N2O as well:

NH3OH+Cl− + NaNO2 → N2O + NaCl + 2 H2O
If the nitrite is added to the hydroxylamine solution, the only remaining byproduct is salt water. However, if the hydroxylamine solution is added to the nitrite solution (nitrite is in excess), then toxic higher oxides of nitrogen are also formed.


[edit] Uses

[edit] Rocket motors
Nitrous oxide can be used as an oxidizer in a rocket motor. This has the advantages over other oxidizers that it is non-toxic and, due to its stability at room temperature, easy to store and relatively safe to carry on a flight. As a secondary benefit it can be readily decomposed to form breathing air. Its high density and low storage pressure enable it to be highly competitive with stored high-pressure gas systems.

In a 1914 patent, American rocket pioneer Robert Goddard suggested nitrous oxide and gasoline as possible propellants for a liquid-fueled rocket. Nitrous oxide has been the oxidizer of choice in several hybrid rocket designs (using solid fuel with a liquid or gaseous oxidizer). The combination of nitrous oxide with hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene fuel has been used by SpaceShipOne and others. It is also notably used in amateur and high power rocketry with various plastics as the fuel.

Nitrous oxide can also be used in a monopropellant rocket. In the presence of a heated catalyst, N2O will decompose exothermically into nitrogen and oxygen, at a temperature of approximately 1300 °C. Because of the large heat release the catalytic action rapidly becomes secondary as thermal autodecomposition becomes dominant. In a vacuum thruster, this can provide a monopropellant specific impulse (Isp) of as much as 180s. While noticeably less than the Isp available from hydrazine thrusters (monopropellant or bipropellant with nitrogen tetroxide), the decreased toxicity makes nitrous oxide an option worth investigating. Because of its release of very high temperature oxygen as a monopropellant the addition of even small amounts of a fuel such as hydrogen rapidly increases the specific impulse and the high oxygen temperatures simplify ignition of the fuel. Isp greater than 340 seconds can be readily achieved. Its low freezing point also eases thermal management as compared to hydrazine—a valuable property on a spacecraft which may contain quantities of cryogenic propellant.


[edit] Internal combustion engine
Main article: Nitrous
In vehicle racing, nitrous oxide (often referred to as just "nitrous" in this context to differ from the acronym NOS which is the brand Nitrous Oxide Systems) allows the engine to burn more fuel and air, resulting in a more powerful combustion. The gas itself is not flammable, but it delivers more oxygen than atmospheric air by breaking down at elevated temperatures.

Nitrous oxide is stored as a compressed liquid; the evaporation and expansion of liquid nitrous oxide in the intake manifold causes a large drop in intake charge temperature, resulting in a denser charge, further allowing more air/fuel mixture to enter the cylinder. Nitrous oxide is sometimes injected into (or prior to) the intake manifold, whereas other systems directly inject right before the cylinder (direct port injection) to increase power.

The technique was used during World War II by Luftwaffe aircraft with the GM-1 system to boost the power output of aircraft engines. Originally meant to provide the Luftwaffe standard aircraft with superior high-altitude performance, technological considerations limited its use to extremely high altitudes. Accordingly, it was only used by specialized planes like high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, high-speed bombers and high-altitude interceptor aircraft.

One of the major problems of using nitrous oxide in a reciprocating engine is that it can produce enough power to damage or destroy the engine. Very large power increases are possible, and if the mechanical structure of the engine is not properly reinforced, the engine may be severely damaged or destroyed during this kind of operation. It is very important with nitrous oxide augmentation of internal combustion engines to maintain proper operating temperatures and fuel levels to prevent "preignition", or "detonation" (sometimes referred to as "knocking" or "pinging"). Most problems that are associated with nitrous do not come from mechanical failure due to the power increases. Since nitrous allows a much denser charge into the cylinder it dramatically increases cylinder pressures. The increased pressure results in heat, and heat will cause many problems from melting the piston, cylinder head or valves, to predetonation.


[edit] Aerosol propellant

An 8g canister of nitrous oxide intended for use as a whipped cream aerating agentThe gas is approved for use as a food additive (also known as E942), specifically as an aerosol spray propellant. Its most common uses in this context are in aerosol whipped cream canisters, cooking sprays, and as an inert gas used to displace bacteria-inducing oxygen when filling packages of potato chips and other similar snack foods.

The gas is extremely soluble in fatty compounds. In aerosol whipped cream, it is dissolved in the fatty cream until it leaves the can, when it becomes gaseous and thus creates foam. Used in this way, it produces whipped cream four times the volume of the liquid, whereas whipping air into cream only produces twice the volume. If air were used as a propellant, oxygen would accelerate rancidification of the butterfat; nitrous oxide inhibits such degradation. Carbon dioxide cannot be used for whipped cream because it is acidic in water, which would curdle the cream and give it a seltzer-like 'sparkling' sensation.

However, the whipped cream produced with nitrous oxide is unstable, and will return to a more or less liquid state within half an hour to one hour. Thus, the method is not suitable for decorating food that will not be immediately served. Similarly, cooking spray, which is made from various types of oils combined with lecithin (an emulsifier), may use nitrous oxide as a propellant; other propellants used in cooking spray include food-grade alcohol and propane.

Users of nitrous oxide often obtain it from whipped cream dispensers that use nitrous oxide as a propellant (see above section), for recreational use as a euphoria-inducing inhalant drug. It is non-harmful in small doses, but risks due to lack of oxygen do exist (see Recreational use below).


[edit] In medicine
Nitrous oxide has been used for anesthesia in dentistry since the 1800s. The most common use is as a 50:50 mix with oxygen, commonly known as Entonox or Nitronox delivered through a demand valve, and frequently used to relieve pain associated with childbirth, trauma and heart attacks.

Professional use can involve constant supply flowmeters which allow the proportion of nitrous oxide and the combined gas flow rate to be individually adjusted. Nitrous oxide is typically administered by dentists through a demand-valve inhaler over the nose that only releases gas when the patient inhales through the nose.

Because nitrous oxide is minimally metabolized, it retains its potency when exhaled into the room by the patient and can pose an intoxicating and prolonged-exposure hazard to the clinic staff if the room is poorly ventilated. Where nitrous oxide is administered, a continuous-flow fresh-air ventilation system or nitrous-scavenging system is used to prevent waste gas buildup.

Nitrous oxide is a weak general anesthetic, and so is generally not used alone in general anesthesia. In general anesthesia it is used as a carrier gas in a 2:1 ratio with oxygen for more powerful general anesthetic agents such as sevoflurane or desflurane. It has a MAC (minimum alveolar concentration) of 105% and a blood:gas partition coefficient of 0.46. Less than 0.004% is metabolised in humans.


[edit] Recreational use
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Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a dissociative drug that can cause analgesia, depersonalization, derealization, dizziness, euphoria, and some sound distortion.[9]

Since the earliest uses of nitrous oxide for medical or dental purposes, it has also been used recreationally as an inhalant, because it causes euphoria and slight hallucinations. Only a small number of recreational users (such as dental office workers or medical gas technicians) have legal access to pure nitrous oxide canisters that are intended for medical or dental use. Most recreational users obtain nitrous oxide from compressed gas containers which use nitrous oxide as a propellant for whipped cream or from automotive nitrous systems. Automotive nitrous available to the public sometimes has ~100 ppm sulfur dioxide and/or elemental sulfur added to prevent recreational use/abuse[citation needed]; (not hydrogen sulfide as suggested by[10]). Inhalation of such a mixture is nearly impossible after one breath due to gagging and sooner or later, involuntary clamping off of the trachea; (some with "sulfite" allergies could even die due to allergic reaction)[citation needed].

Users typically inflate a balloon or a plastic bag with nitrous oxide from a tank or a one-use 'charger' (often referred to as a cracker, as it 'cracks' open the nitrous canister), and then inhale the gas for its effects. Highly compressed liquid expelled from a tank or canister is extremely cold, and should not be inhaled directly, thus for medical and recreational use it is decompressed into something else, such as a balloon, first. Mis-cracked canisters can cause skin damage due to freezing temperatures.

Recreational users typically do not mix it with air or oxygen and thus may risk injury or death from anoxia if they tie plastic bags around their heads or otherwise obstruct their breathing.

Nitrous oxide can be habit-forming because of its short-lived effect (generally from 0.1 – 1 minutes in recreational doses). Long-term use in excessive quantities has been associated with vitamin B12 deficiency anemia due to reduced hemopoiesis, neuropathy, tinnitus, and numbness in extremities, unless vitamin B12 supplements are taken to counteract this. Pregnant women should not use nitrous oxide as chronic use is teratogenic and foetotoxic. One study in rats found that long term exposure to high doses of nitrous oxide may lead to Olney's lesions that may become persistent.[11]


[edit] Neuropharmacology

Medical grade nitrous oxide tanks used in dentistryNitrous oxide shares many pharmacological similarities with other inhaled anesthetics, but there are a number of differences. Nitrous oxide is relatively non-polar, has a low molecular weight, and high lipid solubility. As a result it can quickly diffuse into phospholipid cell membranes.

Like many classical anesthetics, the exact mechanism of action is still open to some conjecture. It antagonizes the NMDA receptor at partial pressures similar to those used in general anaesthesia. The evidence on the effect of N2O on GABA-A currently is mixed, but tends to show a lower potency potentiation.[12] N2O, like other volatile anesthetics, activates twin-pore potassium channels, albeit weakly. These channels are largely responsible for keeping neurons at the resting (unexcited) potential.[13] Unlike many anesthetics, however, N2O does not seem to affect calcium channels.[12]

Unlike most general anesthetics, N2O appears to affect the GABA receptor. In many behavioral tests of anxiety, a low dose of N2O is a successful anxiolytic. This anti-anxiety effect is partially reversed by benzodiazepine receptor antagonists. Mirroring this, animals which have developed tolerance to the anxiolytic effects of benzodiazepines are partially tolerant to nitrous oxide.[14] Indeed, in humans given 30% N2O, benzodiazepine receptor antagonists reduced the subjective reports of feeling “high”, but did not alter psycho-motor performance.[15]

The effects of N2O seem linked to the interaction between the endogenous opioid system and the descending noradrenergic system. When animals are given morphine chronically they develop tolerance to its analgesic (pain killing) effects; this also renders the animals tolerant to the analgesic effects of N2O.[16] Administration of antibodies which bind and block the activity of some endogenous opioids (not beta-endorphin), also block the antinociceptive effects of N2O.[17] Drugs which inhibit the breakdown of endogenous opioids also potentiate the antinociceptive effects of N2O.[17] Several experiments have shown that opioid receptor antagonists applied directly to the brain block the antinociceptive effects of N2O, but these drugs have no effect when injected into the spinal cord.

Conversely, alpha-adrenoreceptor antagonists block the antinociceptive effects of N2O when given directly to the spinal cord, but not when applied directly to the brain.[18] Indeed, alpha2B-adrenoreceptor knockout mice or animals depleted in noradrenaline are nearly completely resistant to the antinociceptive effects of N2O.[19] It seems N2O-induced release of endogenous opioids causes disinhibition of brain stem noradrenergic neurons, which release norepinephrine into the spinal cord and inhibit pain signaling (Maze, M. and M. Fujinaga, 2000). Exactly how N2O causes the release of opioids is still uncertain.


[edit] Safety
The major safety hazards of nitrous oxide come from the fact that it is a compressed liquefied gas, an asphyxiation risk, and a dissociative anaesthetic. Exposure to nitrous oxide causes short-term decreases in mental performance, audiovisual ability, and manual dexterity.[20]

A study of workers[21] and several experimental animal studies[22][23][24][25] indicate that adverse reproductive effects for pregnant females may also result from chronic exposure to nitrous oxide.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health recommends that workers' exposure to nitrous oxide should be controlled during the administration of anesthetic gas in medical, dental, and veterinary operatories.[26]


[edit] Chemical/physical
At room temperature (20°C) the saturated vapour pressure is 58.5 bar, rising up to 72.45 bar at 36.4°C — the critical temperature. The pressure curve is thus unusually sensitive to temperature.[27] Liquid nitrous oxide acts as a good solvent for many organic compounds; liquid mixtures may form shock sensitive explosives.[citation needed]

As with many strong oxidisers, contamination of parts with fuels have been implicated in rocketry accidents, where small quantities of nitrous / fuel mixtures explode due to 'water hammer' like effects (sometimes called 'dieseling' — heating due to adiabatic compression of gases can reach decomposition temperatures).[28] Some common building materials such as stainless steel and aluminum can act as fuels with strong oxidisers such as nitrous oxide, as can contaminants, which can ignite due to adiabatic compression.[29]

There have also been accidents where nitrous oxide decomposition in plumbing has led to the explosion of large tanks.[30]


[edit] Biological
Nitrous oxide inactivates the cobalamin form of vitamin B12 by oxidation. Symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency, including sensory neuropathy, myelopathy, and encephalopathy, can occur within days or weeks of exposure to nitrous oxide anesthesia in people with subclinical vitamin B12 deficiency.[citation needed] Symptoms are treated with high doses of vitamin B12, but recovery can be slow and incomplete.[31] People with normal vitamin B12 levels have stores to make the effects of nitrous oxide insignificant, unless exposure is repeated and prolonged (nitrous oxide abuse).[citation needed] Vitamin B12 levels should be checked in people with risk factors for vitamin B12 deficiency prior to using nitrous oxide anesthesia.

Nitrous oxide has also been shown to induce early stages of Olney's lesions in the brains of rats. However none of the lesions found were irreversible.[11]

Nitrous oxide is also a green house gas. According to 2006 data from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, industrial sources make up only about 20% of all anthropogenic sources, and include the production of nylon, and the burning of fossil fuel in internal combustion engines. Human activity is thought to account for 30%; tropical soils and oceanic release account for 70%.[32] However, a 2008 study by Nobel Laureatte Paul Crutzen suggests that the amount of nitrous oxide release attributable to agricultural nitrate fertilizers has been seriously underestimated, most of which would presumably come under soil and oceanic release in the Environmental Protection Agency data.[33]


[edit] Legality
In the United States, possession of nitrous oxide is legal under federal law and is not subject to DEA purview.[34] It is, however, regulated by the Food and Drug Administration under the Food Drug and Cosmetics Act; prosecution is possible under its "misbranding" clauses, prohibiting the sale or distribution of nitrous oxide for the purpose of human consumption.

Many states have laws regulating the possession, sale, and distribution of nitrous oxide. Such laws usually ban distribution to minors or limit the amount of nitrous oxide that may be sold without special license.[citation needed] In most jurisdictions, such as at the federal level, sale or distribution for the purpose of recreational consumption is illegal.[34]

In some countries, it is illegal to have nitrous oxide systems plumbed into an engine's intake manifold. These laws are ostensibly used to prevent street racing and meet emission standards.

Nitrous oxide is entirely legal to possess and inhale in the United Kingdom, although supplying it to others to inhale, especially minors, is more likely to end up with a prosecution under the Medicines act.

In New Zealand, the Ministry of Health has warned that nitrous oxide is a prescription medicine, and its sale or possession without a prescription is an offense under the Medicines Act.[35] This statement would seemingly prohibit all non-medicinal uses of the chemical, though it is implied that only recreational use will be legally targeted.

In India, for general anaesthesia purposes, nitrous oxide is available as Nitrous Oxide IP. India's gas cylinder rules (1985) permit the transfer of gas from one cylinder to another for breathing purposes. This law benefits remote hospitals, which would otherwise suffer as a result of India's geographic immensity. Nitrous Oxide IP is transferred from bulk cylinders (17,000 liters capacity gas) to smaller pin-indexed valve cylinders (1,800 liters of gas), which are then connected to the yoke assembly of Boyle's machines. Because India's Food & Drug Authority (FDA-India) rules state that transferring a drug from one container to another (refilling) is equivalent to manufacturing, anyone found doing so must possess a drug manufacturing license.


[edit] History
The gas was first synthesized by English chemist and natural philosopher Joseph Priestley in 1775 [2], who called it phlogisticated nitrous air (see phlogiston). Priestley describes the preparation of "nitrous air diminished" by heating iron filings dampened with nitric acid in Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air (1775). Priestley was delighted with his discovery: "I have now discovered an air five or six times as good as common air... nothing I ever did has surprised me more, or is more satisfactory."[36]

Humphry Davy in the 1790s tested the gas on himself and some of his friends, including the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. They realized that nitrous oxide considerably dulled the sensation of pain, even if the inhaler were still semi-conscious. After it was publicized extensively by Gardner Quincy Colton in the United States in the 1840s, it came into use as an anaesthetic, particularly by dentists, who do not typically have access to the services of an anesthesiologist and who may benefit from a patient who can respond to verbal commands.


[edit] See also
Whipped-cream charger

[edit] References
^ 2007 IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) by Working Group 1 (WG1), Chapter 2 "Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing" which contains information on global warming potential (GWP) of greenhouse gases.
^ Holleman, A. F.; Wiberg, E. (2001). Inorganic Chemistry. San Diego: Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-352651-5.
^ "George Poe is Dead". Washington Post. February 3, 1914. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/243050292.html?dids=243050292:243050292&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=FEB+03%2C+1914&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=GEORGE+POE+IS+DEAD&pqatl=google. Retrieved on 2007-12-29. "Cousin of Famous Poet and Noted as a Scientist. Inventor of the Respirator. Also First to Liquefy Nitrous Oxide. Cadet at Virginia Military Institute at Time of Battle of Newmarket. Mentioned for the Nobel Prize for Scientific Attainment in Chemistry. Prof. George Poe, a cousin of the poet Edgar Allan Poe, a noted scientist and inventor, who had been mentioned for the Nobel prize for scientific attainment, a former resident of Washington, died in Norfolk, Virginia, yesterday of general paralysis. Prof. Poe was in his sixty-eighth year."
^ "Nitrous oxide plant". Sanghi Organization. http://www.sanghioverseas.com/nitrous_oxide_gas_plants/nitrous_oxide_gas_plants.htm.
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^ Brozadzhiew & Rettos, 1975.
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^ vaseline triggered explosion of hybrid rocket
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Occupational Safety and Health Guideline for Nitrous Oxide
Paul Crutzen Interview Freeview video of Paul Crutzen Nobel Laureate for his work on decomposition of ozone talking to Harry Kroto Nobel Laureate by the Vega Science Trust.
National Pollutant Inventory - Oxide of nitrogen fact sheet
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - Nitrous Oxide
Erowid article on Nitrous Oxide
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Charter BLOWS!!!!

My service has been out for hours and these deadheads could care less. "We are sorry for the outage" just doesnt't work for me. I had to call these Boneheads on my cell because my home number was dead, they finally fixed there crapy assed servive but still you pay for something and you get SHIT.....Charter SUCKS!!!!!

WHAT IF MY FUCKIN' house was on fire? I guess my cell would save my ass......did I say CHARTER SUCKS?

170 MPH.....that is nasty!!!!!!

A funny song!!!!!

Kick ass car!!!!!!

Kick Ass helicopter!!!!!

Faster than a ZO6 Corvette!!!!!!!!

Luxury and a Corvette Killer too.....I owned a 1990 Corvette Rag top and it was extremely fast but nothing even close to my 300C.



Oh and just a quick sidenote to an Ahole that owns a 'Vette, yes my 300C will walk all over your POS, and yes I am into faster cars and as you say it into "Myself", so just BITE me you little bald headed pervert. Your 'Vett isn't even a ZO6, so even a "stang" could take you, LMAO.

These are wicked cars!!!!!

Mine is putting out around 400 HP at the rear wheels thanks to some upgrades which include a Diablo programmer......makes for a nasty Mustang, Corvette killer....it puts out more power than my 1969 Charger R/T ........What a ride!!!!!

Why I closed my blog for the last week.

This post will not apply to the majority of the people that read my blog on a regular basis, but I shut it down because of a few people that were and are interfering in my life. For those few scumbags, go ahead and read.......I have logged your IPs, page views and time spent reading my blog, get a fucking life already!!!!

For the GOOD people, please continue to read and post, as I do to your blogs.

I refuse to let these few spoil my blogging, so if you don't like my blog, DON'T read it and find something better than stabbing people in the back......at least IF I stab you, I will stab you in the heart as I look you in the eye, you "Few" SUCK!!!!!

PISSED doesn't even come close to how I feel about your behavior.

I am opening my blog, so read every effing word, just don't leave any comments because I don't give three flying FUCKS what you "few" think, but I want the good people to understand this has nothing to do with you.

For the few (and you know who you are) don't start shit you can't finish, I think Mickey has something to say to you pigs.

Some ZZ Top

Anyone that knows me, knows that I have.........

I have been told that my whole life, so there must be something to it.

What most of world can do!

Notice the word comes from the Germans, and I am German.....so I say it proudly.




So if you don't like it FUCK YOU too

Hood is finished and looks awesome!!!!

A few pics since it is finished......








AND the snow tires are off the car and the SRT wheels and tires are back on for the season. Guess once a gearhead, always a gearhead.....I just like fast cars, always have and always will.

My Hood is on the car.....not painted but it fits perfect!!!!

In the body shop.....it fits perfect just needs some paint.

Muscle cars, Camaro wins and I know someone who wants one!!!!

KICK SOME ASS AND TAKE NAMES.......



and another review of this KICKASS car.....

More of my youth......I love music

Some KICKASS music since I cannot sleep, HOLY SHIT I need to get up in a few hours....oh well, another day tired......



Part 2.......

New Hood is here!!!

Adds another 15 HP and looks really cool too, should be on the car in the next week or so. Adding a Diabo programmer, and jumping to 93 octane fuel, it should run 11 seconds at the track. It will already run 140 on cheap gas and it rides like a dream, thanks to German engineering.

I love this thing.

Dyno results

I put my 300C on the dyno yesterday and it puts out 304 HP at the wheels on 87 octane fuel. I am adding a Ramair hood and Diablo preditor progammer which should run the power up to around 450 HP at the rear wheels. That is over 600 HP at the crank.

The downside is I will need to run 93 octane fuel but the car should go 170 MPH, it already will run 140 MPH, not bad for a luxury car. 5.7 Hemis ROCK. I hope it will run around 11 seconds at the track in October.

Another bunch of idiots in the dumper: HSBC Holdings PLC HBC:NYSE

This is another bank that BLOWS CHUNKS....I just kicked them to the curb.

I am amazed that as the banking toilet flushes, these banks treat good customers like garbage. Once again, I voted with my money and told these morons to SHOVE IT.

I will LMAO when HBC is trading as low as Bank of America, you idiots are well on your way. I am not alone, the markets must agree....other investers agree it appears:

HSBC Holdings PLC HBC:NYSE Education help is ON
Sector: Financial Industry: Regional Banks
25.50 -1.12 -4.21% 6,036,705
26.62
Previous Close
26.48
Day High
24.92
Day Low

1.21 Beta (5yr)

88.15/5/2/08 52wk High/Date
24.92/3/6/09 52wk Low/Date
61.9 Billion
Market Capitalization
2.4 Billion
Shares Outstanding
75.70
Volatility Avg (20 day)

7.0 Million
Avg Vol (10 day)
10.8x
P/E Ratio
2.35
EPS (TTM)

0.50 (5/6/09)
Declared QRTR Div

Declared Dividend
12.55%
Yield
3/18/2009

I cannot wait to see you right there with Bank of America trading around $3.00/share, and your moronic workers out of work. HSBC YOU SUCK too.

Have we bottomed out?

Can it go lower?

Dow Jones Industrial Average
6,726.02 -37.27 / -0.55%

Mar 3 4:02pm ET †
Open: 6,764.81
High (day): 6,855.29
Low (day): 6,705.63
YTD%Change: -23.36%
Volume: 445,283,252.00
Prev. Close: 6,726.02
52-Week Range (Low - High): 6,705.63 - 13,136.69

I think the market is close to the bottom, I am watching it closely looking for signs that it is getting ready to rebound. When it looks like it is ready, I will jump back in.

I dumped when the DOW was around 13000 and my investment guy begged me to stay and he doesn't call lately....gee I wonder why? Some people think the DOW could drop another 3000, so who really knows what could happen but I remain hopeful. Watching with a hopeful eye.

One of favorite RC planes

This is one kick ass plane

For Jennifer

Bank of America is officially in the shitter!

I said months ago that Bank of America was sucking wind when they were trading at an all time low of just over $10.00 per share and I was right on.....today this crappy bank is trading under $4.00/share. Good luck you POS of a comapany.

Your stats speak volumes:

BAC quote (NYSE Exchange)3.95 unch
After Hours: 3.89 -0.06 / -1.52% Vol. 387,115
Previous Close 3.95 Bid 3.84
fyi Open 4.25 Bid Size 1,000
Day's High 4.89 Ask 3.89
Day's Low 3.95 Ask Size 1,000
Volume 4,700 52 Week High 43.46
Avg. Daily Vol. (13 wk.) 268.55 Mil 52 Week Low 2.53
BAC Intraday Chart5d 1m 3m 1y 3y 5y 10y Beta 1.77
fyi Dividend & Yield 0.04 (1.01%)
Earnings/Share 0.62
Forward P/E 2.22
Market Cap. 25.25 Bil
P/E 7.18
Return on Equity 1.81
Total Shares Out. 6.39 Bil

I said you sucked at 10 bucks a share, now at under 4 bucks you blow chunks!!!! I am thinking my piggy bank is worth more than your sorry ass company.

Bad Dreams........

Yes I am having bad dreams, so I am wide awake and this is the song that comes to mind at the moment......and why I sleep with a 9MM and a Doberman Pincher on duty, but I have good reasons for that too...the relatives from HELL, go figure Just great.



Hope you are having a better night, sweet dreams!!!!

There is nothing I can do about now......

I have always loved Willie and lately this song has been in heart....so to those who feel hurt this is for you...

Boys and their toys......What can I say?

I just bought my newest Helicopter(s), one for outdoor fun and one for indoor (and cold weather) My new ourdoor toy......




My new indoor toy........




And my first heli..............



There are my heli toys......but I cannot wait to fly this bad boy......



OK, so I am just a kid at heart....is that a problem?

Bank of America REALLY does suck pond water!!!!

I have been bad mouthing Bank of America for a while now, for personal reasons mind you. Apparently, Wall Street doesn't like them much either. Their stock is trading near it's lowest in a very long time OFF 70.3% in the last 12 months.



When you treat customers like dirt, they vote with their dollars and Bank of America should note that America has voted you out, why, because your company SUCKS. I should have "sold short" about 50,000 shares before your stock got flushed down the toilet. You have no one to blame, you did it to yourselves and you deserve your place in the stock market, which is at the bottom of the pond. HA HA

Stock Activity
Last Price 10.65
52 Week High 45.08
52 Week Low 10.01
Volume 242.95 Mil
Average Daily Volume (13wk) 112.33 Mil
50 Day Moving Average 15.71
200 Day Moving Average 27.33
Volatility (beta) 1.20


Stock Price History
Change Relative Strength
Last 3 Months -49.9% 12
Last 6 Months -43.3% 41
Last 12 Months -70.3% 24
As they say "That's gunna leave a mark", LMAO at you fools.

"Wild" and fun week.

What a great week!!!!. Jennifer and her crew just left (UGH) but we had a great week and New Year celebration. One of the funniest moments happened in my car, Jennifer was playing with my satellite radio stations and a song I had never heard came on and the chorus from the back seat came on......"TURN THAT UP!!!!!!!!". Next thing you know the mirrors are vibrating and the car is shaking, I laughed until my tummy hurt......here is the song they were "shaking" the car to.

For M & B:




It really was funny, and they will torture their older brother (18) soon with this utube video. He is into heavy metal and will be rolling his eyes and telling them they are stupid. GO M & B, torture J, LMAO.

Fun things we did:

----- Went Bowling
----- Saw "Marley and Me", followed by Applebee's for dinner.
----- Shared dinner with my mother, Honey Baked Ham with Jennifer's potato casserole, corn, green beans, desserts.....YUMMY!!!!!!!!
----- Played "King's Corners"
----- Played "Uno Attack"...M's Christmas gift from me.
----- Played "Uno Flash"....B's Christmas gift from me.
----- Played "Uno"
----- Played "Jenga"
----- Played "Go Fish"
----- Played "Old Maid"
----- Kids played with their Play Station games.
----- Kids and me flew "indoor" helicopters, they have "Air Hogs" and I have a "Blade CX2" and a "Blade MCX" micro heli.....DROVE Jennifer insane.


----- I grilled chicken and steaks, not bragging but those guys are pigs......they eat MORE than I can!!!!!!
----- We ate "Runts" while playing card games.
----- We ate chips and dip whenever we felt like it, LOL.
----- Jennifer texted her brother that I said the Vikings BLOW, LOL, Sorry M but they are losing as I write this, BUT I am (well, kinda sorta rooting for your team) even though I would never tell you that.


The rest is history, we are engaged after a year long courtship (well almost) but still we will get married in 09', just not sure when.

So this is for you Jennifer........



Love you Sweetie,

Ron