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intenze -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (7/28/2009 8:03:14 PM)
methane ethane butane propane

beargonewild -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (7/28/2009 8:08:36 PM)
By products to refining crude oil?

intenze -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (7/28/2009 8:15:51 PM)
not exactly what I was looking for Bear, sorry.

ThatDamnedPanda -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (7/28/2009 11:48:45 PM)
Those are all alkanes. This group of compounds, made up only of carbon and hydrogen, includes pentane, hexane, heptane, octane, decane, and another "ane" I ain't remembering at the moment. The first syllable denotes the number of carbon atoms - pentane has 5 carbon atoms, hexane has 6, heptane would have 7, octane would have 8, etc; so methane must have... 1 carbon atom, I think, ethane 2, propane 3, and butane 4. I think. Maybe. So those must be the first 4 alkanes?

intenze -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (7/29/2009 7:45:41 AM)
bingo( i gotta stop using my fallback when I get stuck lol)

dcnovice -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (7/29/2009 8:31:18 AM)
Your turn to post, Panda!

ThatDamnedPanda -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (7/29/2009 9:06:04 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: intenze bingo( i gotta stop using my fallback when I get stuck lol) No, no, that was a great one! It's just that my ex had a Ph.D in chemistry, and she loved to talk shop. And about 6 or 7 years ago, I did an article on refineries, and spent an afternoon interviewing a chemical engineer. For some reason, I was fascinated by his explanation of alkanes (or paraffins) and how they are refined. What stuck out for me was that those 4 are the only ones light enough to be gaseous at room temperature, whichI suppose would have been another answer to the question. OK, then. Let's take it in this direction.... GM Citigroup AIG Honeywell

intenze -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (7/29/2009 9:34:53 AM)
Honeywell is the only one not to file bankruptcy?

ThatDamnedPanda -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (7/29/2009 9:59:27 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: intenze Honeywell is the only one not to file bankruptcy? No, silly! That wouldn't be something in common!

dcnovice -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (7/29/2009 11:49:50 AM)
Did they all get government bailouts?

dcnovice -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (7/29/2009 11:51:53 AM)
They were all dumped from the Dow Jones Industrial Average?

ThatDamnedPanda -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (7/29/2009 11:54:16 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: dcnovice They were all dumped from the Dow Jones Industrial Average? Damn! I really thought this one was going to be tougher than that! You got it; these companies are all formerly listed on the Dow, but were removed over the last couple of years because they were no long considered accurate indicators.

dcnovice -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (7/29/2009 12:01:26 PM)
Good one, Panda! NEW QUARTET: Peter Smart's Confessions Great Granny Webster Shadows on Our Skin Quartet in Autumn

fluffypet61 -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (7/29/2009 12:49:37 PM)
Booker Prize 1977 shortlist.

dcnovice -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (7/29/2009 12:51:01 PM)
Yep. They were all runners-up. Your turn, fluffy!

fluffypet61 -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (7/29/2009 12:53:31 PM)
2 3 5 7

Aylee -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (7/29/2009 1:03:27 PM)
They are not divisable by anything except themselves and 1.

fluffypet61 -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (7/29/2009 1:04:40 PM)
That's correct, Aylee. They are all prime numbers. Your turn.

Aylee -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (7/29/2009 1:57:07 PM)
Piano Electric Piano Hammond Organ Synthesizers

ThatDamnedPanda -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (7/29/2009 7:52:17 PM)
Keyboard instruments?

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