I throw rocks at Philly cab drivers ([info]tntoxfox) wrote in [info]lab_gripes,
@ 2003-07-25 19:13:00
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The Liquid Nitrogen Ballerina
You know how they tell you not to wear open-toed shoes in lab, and how no one really ever listens? *g* Anyway, I had to bring cells out of the liquid nitrogen tank today, not even thinking that I had worn sandals. Never mind too that the tank was also refilled.

So I lifted our sleeve of cells out of the tank and the liquid nitrogen of course is spilling everywhere, worst of all, on my toes. I was dancing around, striking stupid poses like I do in ballet and skating to avoid the stuff. I'm sure I looked pretty silly.

Hey, it's a Friday. Been a long, strange week, it has.


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[info]ramothhe
2003-07-25 04:49 pm UTC (link)
owwie! I froze part of my thumb a bit when I was freezing pigment samples for HPLC in liq nitrogen once..i sympathize ^^;;

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[info]queersolitude
2003-07-25 06:14 pm UTC (link)
ah yes i have experience in liquid nitrogen ballet dancing.

{sigh}

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[info]jsbillings
2003-07-25 09:12 pm UTC (link)
I once poured silver nitrate on my feet when wearing sandals. Not pretty.

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[info]radionuclide
2003-07-25 09:29 pm UTC (link)
Hehe I know the feeling I would have my organic chemistry lab in the mornings where we the only time we weren't allowed to be in lab and wear safety goggles was when we were walking to our drawer containing the goggles (even when we were making molecules from plastic models!) and then I would go home and change and go to my research in shorts and sandals. It was a solid state lab and we would do a primary test of our chips by dipping them in a styrofoam cup filled with LN2, which in order to fill up, I would hold the cup between my feet and pour away! Funny eh? Never got burned though, it was a bit scary the first time I spilled though!

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[info]redsouffle
2003-07-25 10:57 pm UTC (link)
Y'know, I know someone who drank liquid nitrogen. Apparently it's terribly, terribly painful. Amazingly, he lived.

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