ITGITC Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 Do you have an occasional beer/wine/mixed drink after work or on the weekends to loosen up? If so, you may want to read about the next big thing ...it is set to make its debut in New York City Friday night. Alcohol+Oxygen inhalers being installed in bars. Is There Gas In The Car? "Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent." - Victor Hugo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip OKeefe Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 There's already talk of trying to get it banned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITGITC Posted August 19, 2004 Author Share Posted August 19, 2004 Originally posted by Philip O'Keefe: There's already talk of trying to get it banned.I read that, Phil. We must hurry and try it out before it's too late! "Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent." - Victor Hugo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wewus432 Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 I'll bet you could get the same effect by putting alcohol into a nebulizer , and for about $2900.00 less. You wouldn't have the oxygen added but that's probably a neglible part of what that device does, which is vaporize a liquid, the same as a nebulizer. Hmmmm, I just happen to have a nebulizer around here somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip OKeefe Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 One of the benfits they're claiming is that it's hangover free... my guess is that is due to the oxygen. The absolute best cure for a hangover that I have ever seen is a couple of quick pulls from an oxygen mask. Really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wewus432 Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 Don't try to stop me! I'm looking for the nebulizer right now. Damn I don't have any liquor because I drank it all! Damn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITGITC Posted August 19, 2004 Author Share Posted August 19, 2004 I just received this email from a friend who lives in NYC: Well, apparently it's going to be at the Trust Lounge tomorrow night (never heard of it, but there's only 10,000 bars in the city). This thing is apparently causing a huge uproar! Since you dont have alcohol on your breath, you can pass a breathalyzer with no problem, and doctors are saying that inhaling alcoholic vapors could possibly cause brain damage (well, what doesn't?). Definitely sounds interesting... "Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent." - Victor Hugo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip OKeefe Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 I don't see how it would allow you to pass a breathalizer test... alcohol is still in your system, and part of the metabolic process is the elimination of it via respiration - if it is in your bloodstream it WILL be detectable in your breath. As far as brain damage, it's the same thing - it's in your system, just like drinking it. The only difference is that it hits the bloodstream faster via this method of administration than it would if you drink it. Drinking can and does cause brain damage... IOW, kills brain cells. I don't see how this would change anything in that regard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wewus432 Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 From what I've read, casual drinking does NOT kill brain cells. Long term alcohol abuse can cause a shrinking of the cerebral cortex, which is probably where the idea that every drink kills brain cells comes from. I could make that 3 grand AWOL device for about two hundred bucks. It's just a nebulizer with an oxygen tank attached to the intake, very easy to accomplish, in fact somebody probably already makes one. I think the thing that is going to kill this industry is...... smoking. Some dumb ass will, despite all the warnings, try to light up a cigarette while using the device, and KABOOM...... Oxygen is highly flammable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mats Olsson. Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 I see one potential danger: if you are not using pure alcohol. Gin for example contains a lot of water and small amounts of other substances that you definitely don't want to enter your lungs. Don't mess with that stuff on your own. http://www.lexam.net/peter/carnut/man.gif What do we want? Procrastination! When do we want it? Later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botch. Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 Originally posted by Philip O'Keefe: The absolute best cure for a hangover that I have ever seen is a couple of quick pulls from an oxygen mask. Really.True Dat. Back when I worked construction our welder would always show up for work and snort pure oxygen out of the welder before he started work; that cleared his head apparently. I'm not really sure if it killed any brains cells, he didn't start with too many... Botch "Eccentric language often is symptomatic of peculiar thinking" - George Will www.puddlestone.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alndln Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 Originally posted by Philip O'Keefe: I don't see how it would allow you to pass a breathalizer test... alcohol is still in your system, and part of the metabolic process is the elimination of it via respiration - if it is in your bloodstream it WILL be detectable in your breath.According to the news report,Austrailia has already banned it because of non-detection in breathalizer tests.Anyway,I'll try anything once http://www.awolmachine.com/awolflorida-307.jpg "A Robot Playing Trumpet Blows" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 Looks either like a convention of asthmatics, or a parody of a bunch of middle eastern folks smoking a hookah. I'm sorry, I like to sip a Captain Morgan and Coke, or a beer. My lungs have taken enough abuse. However...something does arouse my curiosity. Could something similar be used for treatment of lung ailments, like infectious pneumonia? Alcohol kills bacteria. "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super 8 Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 Why don't they just legalize this stuff??? http://www.cannabis.net/articles/cannabis.jpg Super 8 Hear my stuff here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alndln Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 Originally posted by Tedster: Looks either like a convention of asthmatics, or a parody of a bunch of middle eastern folks smoking a hookah.Now that I'm looking at it,I wonder if each new customer get's his own mouthpeice for the obvious reasons. However...something does arouse my curiosity. Could something similar be used for treatment of lung ailments, like infectious pneumonia? Alcohol kills bacteria.Primatene Mist and other Asthma inhalers contain alchohol,but I'm not sure of the effect on bacteria in the lungs.Interesting point. "A Robot Playing Trumpet Blows" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITGITC Posted August 21, 2004 Author Share Posted August 21, 2004 The bar opened last night. You can read the UPDATE HERE. It takes 20 minutes to consume 1 shot. It'll be interesting to see how long this fad lasts. "Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent." - Victor Hugo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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