Paperless Banking? Wireless Phoning? Odorless Farting?
I took Daphne to the BECU annex at the Albertson's so she could open a savings & "checking" account. I was going to have her get checks too but the teller (?) said that a lot of people don't get checks anymore, since you can use "online billpay" and BECU will send a check on your behalf, free of charge.
Upon perusing my checkbook, I see a few instances where that wouldn't work; checks mailed that require a detailed explanation or a copy of the original invoice, such as to The Jethro Gazette (for multiple subscriptions) and the Herald (Special price, although I am not going to renew my newspaper subscription because they pulled "One Big Happy" from the comics) Or written on behalf of someone else, as for Daphne's yearbook.
Other than that, I might have abandoned the checkbook entirely.
Some people are abandoning their land telephones in favor of those horrible annoying intrusive tiny-handset tiny-button cellphones, but I will give up my land phone when they pry the handset from my cold dead fingers.
It was bad enough when we all gave up the rotary dial. I kind of liked the whirrr-clickclickclick. It gave you time to look at the next digit, and think about what you were going to say. I think I will get one on ebay.
Upon perusing my checkbook, I see a few instances where that wouldn't work; checks mailed that require a detailed explanation or a copy of the original invoice, such as to The Jethro Gazette (for multiple subscriptions) and the Herald (Special price, although I am not going to renew my newspaper subscription because they pulled "One Big Happy" from the comics) Or written on behalf of someone else, as for Daphne's yearbook.
Other than that, I might have abandoned the checkbook entirely.
Some people are abandoning their land telephones in favor of those horrible annoying intrusive tiny-handset tiny-button cellphones, but I will give up my land phone when they pry the handset from my cold dead fingers.
It was bad enough when we all gave up the rotary dial. I kind of liked the whirrr-clickclickclick. It gave you time to look at the next digit, and think about what you were going to say. I think I will get one on ebay.
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