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Subject:	Re: is Octan a real brand?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general
Date:	Tue, 26 Jun 2001 16:00:53 GMT
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I don't know about an actual oil company, but, Octan is an actual hydrocarbon with the following formula (all numbers subscript) C8 H18 http://www.biosite.dk/staabi/alkaner.htm http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ipcsngrm/ngrm0933.html There is an electronica band from Switzerland called Octan. http://www.octan.ch There was a British video game for the ZX-Spectrum system from 1987 called Octan. http://www.atd.co.uk/html/history/archive_octan.htm http://www.8bit.heroes.org.pl/download/zxspectrum/games/o/ Octan is a medical term that means "recurring every eigth day" http://www.med.auth.gr/db/dictionary1/gr/searchresult.asp?search1=octan There is a star seen in the southern hemisphere called Sigma Octan (also known as Polaris Australis) http://www.tcaep.co.uk/astro/constell/21000056.htm The Association for promoting astronomy in the area of Montbrison (Loire, France) is called OCTAN.

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		Re: is Octan a real brand?
"Robert Graff" <mrgraff@tvi.cc.nm.us.no.spam> wrote in message news:GFJoHH.KHq@lugnet.com... (...) <snipped lot's of octan references> But this particular one has the same logo, colours and is also fuel... -Frank (24 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.general)

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		is Octan a real brand?
Hi, I received a mail from someone in Portugal who commented on my description of Octan in the LEGO Lexicon: (URL) pointed out that in Portugal there is a real company with gas stations over the country branded 'Octan' and it uses the exact same (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.general)

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