On 1/9/2016 7:04 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

> I don't balance my checkbook. Monthly I look online at
> the statement, ensure that nothing mysterious was posted,
> and assume that computers can do basic addition and subtraction.

Exactly. I used to balance my checkbook to the penny, or die
trying, a result of having been a bank teller and also
living on the edge. That was to save me from bounced checks,
not to prove the computer made a calculation error.

> I don't even keep a check register. I write perhaps three checks
> a year and make weekly ATM withdrawals. Everything else is paid
> electronically.

I try to write down what checks are handwritten, but it's a bit
of a losing cause. I just keep a cushion in my checking account
to cover my day to day expenses and any other bills that come in.

nancy