Availability of fizzy drinks threatened by a shortage of .....CO2!
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On top of that, the BBC red button calls it CO. So much for the technical expertise of our media reporters.
OT: Oh the irony!
Jun 20, 2018
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Information here may be outdated?
Especially the association with a *red* button: excessive CO would make your blood *very* red - that's a primitive test, if venous blood is as red as arterial blood normally is, suspect CO poisoning.
Lots of shiny Sparklets bulbs dumped on street corners near here but received wisdom tells me they are likely to contain N2O. Any use?
You're having a laugh, right? ;-)
There were loads dumped on a route I cycle a couple of years ago. I presumed they were used, but I didn't actually pick any up to inspect. Not much of a laugh going over them on a bicycle either. Still see the odd one there sometimes.
Used to play with the used Sparklets bulbs as a child. If you stamped on them and just caught with the edge of your shoe, they would go shooting off and were left spinning on their end for a while.
I went to the Epsom Derby a couple of years ago, crowds of youngsters were buying N2O, which was dispensed into balloons for them to inhale from, hence lots of discarded bulbs all over the downs.
We have a box of full N2O ones.
I can't see the need of them at Epsom. Lords perhaps ;-)
Is that for recreational use, or just in case you need to deliver a baby.
What do you use them for, if not having a laugh?
(Actually, I think 'laughing gas' is something of a misnomer. It only affects a few people that way, otherwise a visit to the dentist decades ago would have been hilarious for everyone)
You get a device that allows you to smoke your marijuana through the nitrous oxide
I think the /intended/ use is for squirty cream ...
My son is a chef (well, doing other stuff right now but he is well qualified, has been head chef at two restaurants, and likes to keep his hand in).
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Well, at least you got it! :-)
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