He's got "noss" man

PKRWUD · 09-27-2001, 08:15 AM

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That was pretty good. I haven't seen F&F yet, and really have a hard time associating anything nitrous with rice. But, it was still funny the first time I heard nitrous referred to as "noss". I spent years hanging out and racing at the street races in L.A.'s San Fernando Valley. Nitrous was part of everybodies daily vocabulary. It was usually referred to as nitrous or N-O-S, and nitrous oxide by the newbies. It wasn't until I moved north to Ventura County, which is 1/10th the size of L.A., that I heard it referred to as "noss". It just sounded funny, like someone who didn't know what NOS stood for, and was treating it as an acronym out of ignorance. Oddly enough, it's the only acronym (or abbreviation) I can think of that wasn't acceptable. The street racers up here called it N-O-S or nitrous, but the wannabe's up here all called it "noss". This was 15 years ago, but to this day I still don't know any racers who call it "noss". I don't mean any disrespect to anyone who calls it "noss", it just sounds funny to me.

Take care
~Chris

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PKRWUD Junior Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Ventura, California Posts: 8,981	Unit- That was pretty good. I haven't seen F&F yet, and really have a hard time associating anything nitrous with rice. But, it was still funny the first time I heard nitrous referred to as "noss". I spent years hanging out and racing at the street races in L.A.'s San Fernando Valley. Nitrous was part of everybodies daily vocabulary. It was usually referred to as nitrous or N-O-S, and nitrous oxide by the newbies. It wasn't until I moved north to Ventura County, which is 1/10th the size of L.A., that I heard it referred to as "noss". It just sounded funny, like someone who didn't know what NOS stood for, and was treating it as an acronym out of ignorance. Oddly enough, it's the only acronym (or abbreviation) I can think of that wasn't acceptable. The street racers up here called it N-O-S or nitrous, but the wannabe's up here all called it "noss". This was 15 years ago, but to this day I still don't know any racers who call it "noss". I don't mean any disrespect to anyone who calls it "noss", it just sounds funny to me. Take care ~Chris P.S. You want to discuss our Super Bowl picks again? ------------------ Retired Moderator MustangNet My site: JimPorterRacing RACECAR spelled backwards is RACECAR HEY !!! Are you ASE Certified ??? If you are, ask me about iATN. The best tool you'll ever have, and it's free !!!