On 1/3/2016 2:51 PM, graham wrote:
> On 03/01/2016 12:47 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>> On 1/1/2016 11:50 AM, Gregory Morrow wrote:
>>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>>>> You too, Leo, best wishes for 2016.
>>>>
>>>> Got to start practicing writing the new year on checks, not that
>>>> I write many any more thanks to online banking.
>>>
>>>
>>> Was in the grocery line the other day, and someone was actually
>>> writing a *check*!
>> > They were middle - aged, not "old" ;-) Something I hadn't seen for
>> ages,
>>
>> Just once in a while, you see that check come out. For some reason it's
>> usually when there's been some other holdup that makes you even
>> take note how someone's paying.
>>
> I've noticed that a large % of the elderly now pay by card.

I generally don't notice, so odds are they're paying by card here,
too. It took me a while, but I finally convinced my mother to
carry a credit card in case she gets into a jam. She still doesn't
use it. I haven't asked her how she pays for groceries.

nancy