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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 09:36 AM Original message |
What does co-op mean to you? |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
1. when I was a kid, the only co-op nearby was sort of a customer-run discount health food store |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 09:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Exactly... |
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BoWanZi (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 12:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
46. I remember that. My mom was a member of the Food Coop in Westhaven , ct |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Wow, that had to be an interesting experience. |
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BoWanZi (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #50 |
73. I wish I had a better experience but mine was tainted due to issues at bedtime |
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mysuzuki2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
2. I thought it was a place you kept chickens. |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 09:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. lol... |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 09:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. LOL - really. Very funny. nt |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
5. To me Coop stands for - |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 09:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Very cool about your great-grandmother... |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
8. To me, "employee-owned, for-profit companies" have a much different connotation. |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 10:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I think the "hippies" thing is part of it, but why that turns DUers off is beyond me... |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
9. 2012 - International Year of the Co-op |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 10:01 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Yes, I just mentioned that upthread, I think... |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
10. we have a local organic veggies co-op run by moms nt |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 10:32 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. That's the most common and successful type of co-op... |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
11. For example, a cooperative alternative to HuffPo and Patch.com... |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
14. I'm attempting to do something akin to a co-op |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. That's very much what I'm talking about! |
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janet118 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Excellent ideas . . . community-building is the answer |
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Justina For Justice (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
52. Great Ideas, We Need to Cooperate in Everything! |
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99th_Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Wow, government subsidies for cooperatives, not Mega-Corporate Frankensteins. what a concept. nt |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. Exactly. There are Community Development Funds.... |
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99th_Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 07:02 PM Response to Reply #60 |
75. I love this stuff. |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Well then, you're a wealth of information! |
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99th_Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 12:06 AM Response to Reply #76 |
79. I couldn't agree more ... |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 06:08 AM Response to Reply #79 |
80. Wow, may I use that description? |
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99th_Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 05:09 PM Response to Reply #80 |
91. Sure. I don't have it copyrighted, so have at it. I feel honored to have you ask. nt |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Ooooh, I'd love for you to join in ongoing discussion about this! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #52 |
90. "wi-fi coops" = great idea. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
55. Dear LeTazHot, you inadvertently point to an experience I"ve had with co-ops. They often involve the |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. That's a shame. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 08:53 AM Response to Reply #55 |
86. That may end up being the case, but |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
17. I use co-op when I'm talking about DIRECT worker |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. It's most viable on a truly grassroots local level, imho... |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. But my dream is to implement local grassroots cooperative ventures... |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. RE: your last sentence, yes, it's common sense, but |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I agree.... |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Well, I've studied and read a lot of Leon Trotsky |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. ... |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
21. Sharing the work/investment on/in any consensually agreed upon (identifiable) objective/mission. |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #21 |
35. Yes, thank you. :) n/t |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. ! OneGrassRoot . . . |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
44. Implemented by means of mutually agreed upon tools for accountability and planning. nt |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #44 |
53. a la Paulo Freire! |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. via W. Edwards Deming |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
22. I think about food co-ops. |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #22 |
36. Yes, I'm trying to expand the possibilities as it concerns co-ops.... |
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janet118 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
23. Two come to mind . . . |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #23 |
37. I couldn't agree more.... |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
28. An honest answer -- It's not the kind of subject that ever gets much response on DU |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I hear you.... |
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PotatoChip (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
66. No you are not- |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 04:48 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. Here are two good links: |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Also, here's an online newspaper of sorts where I'm gathering info... |
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PotatoChip (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 05:02 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. I have yet to check out the 2nd link |
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KitSileya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
29. One of the largest grocery chains in Norway |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. So many ways this could be beneficial, to so many. Thanks. :) n/t |
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KitSileya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Yeah, in Norway, grocery shops are concentrated in very few chains |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Interesting. I think neighborhood grocery co-ops, especially.... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
30. Worker-run businesses, they are common in my neck of the woods. |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Yep, my searches often turn up Minnesota and Wisconsin.... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Thanks! |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
33. I once lived in a Co-op building |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Awesome. Cooperation. So much could be done with more of it. n/t |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
39. Sharing costs to the common good of those involved in an enterprise. I have direct |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
41. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN EXPLORING THIS FURTHER..... |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. FB'd. nt |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Gracias! :) |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
47. I am most familiar with co-ops as seen in Iowa. The old electric co-ops |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 01:22 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. You raise excellent points. |
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99th_Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
57. I think of Mondragon Spain |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. That's the Holy Grail of examples. They "mentored" Evergreen... |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
62. I managed a co-op for a number of years |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 07:10 PM Response to Reply #62 |
77. Thanks for sharing your experience, canetoad... |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
63. I'm glad to see this and the responses. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
64. I belonged to a co-op for a short time in the 80s. It was grocery store where members |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
65. Sounds great to me! |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #65 |
78. Awesome! I shall add you to the list of those interested in exploring this more. :) |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
67. A Co-operative, that is strength in numbers |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
68. I would love to start an IT Co-operative |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
71. You guys have NO IDEA how happy this thread has made me... |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 06:22 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. Please do bug us. :) |
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divvy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
81. Co-op means extraordinarily high prices. |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 08:03 AM Response to Reply #81 |
83. Where and what type of co-op, may I ask? n/t |
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divvy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 08:42 AM Response to Reply #83 |
84. It is a health / natural food co-op |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 08:44 AM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Any type of venture can be a failure if not done right... |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
82. The Google LOVES DU. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
87. In Florida we were members of a rural electric co-op |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 09:54 AM Response to Reply #87 |
88. I don't have personal experience with utility co-ops... |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. Pretty much like a regular utility company with the exception that the profits |
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