On 1/4/2016 11:30 AM, el mismo de siempre wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
>> On 1/3/2016 11:29 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> "dsi1" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On Sunday, January 3, 2016 at 11:29:56 AM UTC-10, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> I was surprised to see a small notice on the door of a local market
>>>> chain
>>>> saying they would no longer accept checks in 2016. OTOH, I don't see
>>>> any
>>>> horse and buggy's in their parking lot either so I guess it
>>>> shouldn't be
>>>> too surprising.
>>>>
>>>> Personally, I like payments in check because I don't have to pay the
>>>> processing fees. Then again, I don't have lines of people in a hurry to
>>>> fork over some dough and get the hell out.
>>>
>>> The supermarkets I use don't take checks either. I can't remember the
>>> last
>>> one I wrote out. I always use my debit card.
>>>
>>
>> What I'd rather do is they give me the total and I blink my eyeball
>> twice and the amount get credited to their account in .005 microseconds.
>> That would be cool. In fact, I'd rather just fill my cart and walk out
>> the door without interacting with any humans at all. This can be done
>> with carts with built-in RFID scanners and NFC capabilities. Hopefully,
>> we'll get that before I die.
>
> Man, you have a heckuva bucket list!

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