Verbatim Column
Early in 2020, Cetane’s Nancy Coop started a human interest column in BPN (Butane-Propane News). Modeled after the familiar “Heard on the Street” interview, Nancy sent questions to a group of propane colleagues who replied by e-mail. The monthly questions and responses were published in BPN and appear here verbatim. It’s an uncommon insight into colleagues’ honest replies to provocative questions.

Where’s the first destination you have in mind when travel restrictions are lifted?

During the global pandemic and requirements to shelter-in-place/lockdown/quarantine, some of us have wondered what it will be like to roam from home, step out into the world, reconnect live and in person with those we have missed. Here’s an assortment of answers from our colleagues who are very well ready to “get out of town.” […]

If you could have lunch with one person (alive or dead), who would it be?

Of all the questions this year, this seems to have been the one that was harder for most responders. When you read some of the answers, you may be inspired to think of what your own answer would be. Many people like the idea of inviting someone no longer living to join them in a […]

Over the next six months, what does victory look like?

Six months is a time frame that used to seem within our reasonable grasp. Is it in today’s world? This month’s question was asked of our participants at the end of April when “shelter-in-place” orders and other restrictions were widely implemented, while in some states being extended and in other states being lifted or considering […]

How do you or your company add value in uncertain times? What will you continue to do differently based on what you’ve learned?

To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable. This month’s question was asked of our participants at the end of March when “shelter-in-place” and other restrictions were being implemented in multiple states around the nation. Can we accept the notion that the only thing certain is the uncertain? What do we learn during unprecedented times? How […]

What’s the best book you’ve read that helped you in life and business?

Is your reading list chock-full or anemic? Here’s your chance to add some new or perhaps familiar books for your future exploration. From across the country, our colleagues have shared their top choices in answer to this month’s question. Borrowed from a familiar “Heard on the Street” format, we offered our responders a chance to […]


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