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On May 22, 6:00 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

So if I read that correctly, plain water or sand blasting agents can
be called detergents?

Yes, depending on context. If you were discussing cleaning materials
to be ADDED TO water, then of course you wouldn't count the water
itself as a detergent. However, if you were comparing various
substances as cleaners, among them water, then you would count the
water as a detergent.

Robert

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On May 22, 6:00 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

So if I read that correctly, plain water or sand blasting agents can
be called detergents?

Yes, depending on context. If you were discussing cleaning materials
to be ADDED TO water, then of course you wouldn't count the water
itself as a detergent. However, if you were comparing various
substances as cleaners, among them water, then you would count the
water as a detergent.

Robert


Your 7 identical responses to the single question obviously now places you
as the expert on 'detergents', sharing the stage with none other than
basskisser.

We bow to your expertise.

Are you equally proficient on the subjects of Schnapps and concrete?

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On Tue, 22 May 2007 19:02:37 -0400, "JimH"
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On May 22, 6:00 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

So if I read that correctly, plain water or sand blasting agents can
be called detergents?

Yes, depending on context. If you were discussing cleaning materials
to be ADDED TO water, then of course you wouldn't count the water
itself as a detergent. However, if you were comparing various
substances as cleaners, among them water, then you would count the
water as a detergent.

Your 7 identical responses to the single question obviously now places you
as the expert on 'detergents', sharing the stage with none other than
basskisser.

He is posting through Google - as we all know with Uncle Timmy, Google
can and often does, odd things to posts.

Not his fault - and as I am currently anti-Google for a number of
reasons, it's their fault.

Or I could blame Canada - in fact, I will blame Canada. Just because I
can.

I'm interested in his response - I never quite looked at cleaners that
way before. In a sense, anything can be considered a detergent.

Which would mean that a different definition is in order perhaps?

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On 22 May 2007 16:37:32 -0700, wrote:

On May 22, 7:31 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

I'm interested in his response - I never quite looked at cleaners that
way before. In a sense, anything can be considered a detergent.

The term has a functional meaning, not a chemical/compositional one.
It's like "food" and carbohydrate. A food might contain carbohydrate,
might even be entirely carbohydrate. A carbohydrate might or might
not be suitable as or in food. "Food" we define by what we do with
it, "carbohydrate" by its chemical makeup.

Yep - I parsed that from your description.

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On May 22, 7:31 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 22 May 2007 19:02:37 -0400, "JimH"
wrote:







wrote in message
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On May 22, 6:00 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

So if I read that correctly, plain water or sand blasting agents can
be called detergents?

Yes, depending on context. If you were discussing cleaning materials
to be ADDED TO water, then of course you wouldn't count the water
itself as a detergent. However, if you were comparing various
substances as cleaners, among them water, then you would count the
water as a detergent.

Your 7 identical responses to the single question obviously now places you
as the expert on 'detergents', sharing the stage with none other than
basskisser.

He is posting through Google - as we all know with Uncle Timmy, Google
can and often does, odd things to posts.

Not his fault - and as I am currently anti-Google for a number of
reasons, it's their fault.

Or I could blame Canada - in fact, I will blame Canada. Just because I
can.

I'm interested in his response - I never quite looked at cleaners that
way before. In a sense, anything can be considered a detergent.

Which would mean that a different definition is in order perhaps?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yes, I think so, in fact I think you should be the one to come up with
it, we can change the name too, detergent is a stupid name and hard to
spell, and my frekin google has no splee checker ;)

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On 22 May 2007 21:23:07 -0700, wrote:

On May 22, 7:31 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 22 May 2007 19:02:37 -0400, "JimH"
wrote:







wrote in message
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On May 22, 6:00 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

So if I read that correctly, plain water or sand blasting agents can
be called detergents?

Yes, depending on context. If you were discussing cleaning materials
to be ADDED TO water, then of course you wouldn't count the water
itself as a detergent. However, if you were comparing various
substances as cleaners, among them water, then you would count the
water as a detergent.

Your 7 identical responses to the single question obviously now places you
as the expert on 'detergents', sharing the stage with none other than
basskisser.

He is posting through Google - as we all know with Uncle Timmy, Google
can and often does, odd things to posts.

Not his fault - and as I am currently anti-Google for a number of
reasons, it's their fault.

Or I could blame Canada - in fact, I will blame Canada. Just because I
can.

I'm interested in his response - I never quite looked at cleaners that
way before. In a sense, anything can be considered a detergent.

Which would mean that a different definition is in order perhaps?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yes, I think so, in fact I think you should be the one to come up with
it, we can change the name too, detergent is a stupid name and hard to
spell, and my frekin google has no splee checker ;)

1 - I'll name it after me.

2 - Get a real newsreader.

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Damn, you are a busy beaver in this thread!

--Mike

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On May 22, 6:00 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

So if I read that correctly, plain water or sand blasting agents can
be called detergents?

Yes, depending on context. If you were discussing cleaning materials
to be ADDED TO water, then of course you wouldn't count the water
itself as a detergent. However, if you were comparing various
substances as cleaners, among them water, then you would count the
water as a detergent.

Robert

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So, is schnapps whiskey a detergent, solvent, surfactant, or beverage... or
all of the above? Wait, I know it's at least a beverage 'cause bassy said
so. :-

--mike

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On Tue, 22 May 2007 19:02:37 -0400, "JimH"
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On May 22, 6:00 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

So if I read that correctly, plain water or sand blasting agents can
be called detergents?

Yes, depending on context. If you were discussing cleaning materials
to be ADDED TO water, then of course you wouldn't count the water
itself as a detergent. However, if you were comparing various
substances as cleaners, among them water, then you would count the
water as a detergent.

Your 7 identical responses to the single question obviously now places you
as the expert on 'detergents', sharing the stage with none other than
basskisser.

He is posting through Google - as we all know with Uncle Timmy, Google
can and often does, odd things to posts.

Not his fault - and as I am currently anti-Google for a number of
reasons, it's their fault.

Or I could blame Canada - in fact, I will blame Canada. Just because I
can.

I'm interested in his response - I never quite looked at cleaners that
way before. In a sense, anything can be considered a detergent.

Which would mean that a different definition is in order perhaps?

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On May 23, 6:03 am, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

2 - Get a real newsreader.

I used to, but I realized that I was Deja Googling so much anyway that
when the Free U. of Berlin started charging, I said, WTF, might as
well Google exclusively.