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Old Nov 22, 2010 | 7:14 pm
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Originally Posted by transpac
You're new to FT so you probably don't realize we mostly behave more like a community rather than self-interested individuals. We support each other even though UA/MP's reductions in benefits might not affect us personally. We have gained quite a few benefits and turned back a large number of UA/MP's mistakes and attempted changes over the past ~ 12 years by acting as a community. I understand that UA/MP might not like this; they'd probably prefer we adopted your attitude.
I actually thought I was the selfless one, saying that I did not mind "sharing" some of those CR1s that were being wasted on me...


Originally Posted by transpac
Thanks to FT efforts (I think, I honestly forget how this benefit came about) you can extend one of those SWU's to April 30, 2011 and then use one of your otherwise 'useless' CR-1's.
Now, this would be a nice thing to know how to accomplish! Is there official info anywhere on how I could breathe life back into expiring SWUs by "trading in" CR1s? ^ That would be way too cool!
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