[THURSDAY] aint no sleep for the wicked

[Kalil]

Started using cheques for the first time in about a decade when I moved to Nepal.

[Tools]

Most of what cheques are for is done by just transferring funds directly with online banking. Hell even your tax return can just be transferred directly to your account these days.

[Sponk]

is there any place in the world besides the US where people still use checks?

Simple answer is yes. You do know what their function is right?

No, because I've only used a check twice in my life, and I don't see the point.

[Dartzap]

I can't remember the last time I used a cheque. Must have been the last time I had pocketmoney

[Stoffl]

Cheques ? Really ?
Those ancient unreliable IOU papers noone accepts anymore ?
People still use those ? o.O

[AmaNutin]

Cheques ? Really ?
Those ancient unreliable IOU papers noone accepts anymore ?
People still use those ? o.O

Strange thing called cash is used as well. Problem is it keeps going through the laundry and other folks give me ones that have silly drawings all over.

[Jason Marshall]

Cheques ? Really ?
Those ancient unreliable IOU papers noone accepts anymore ?
People still use those ? o.O

Who even uses Cash much anymore?

Other than a 50 folded up behind one of the photos in my wallet all I use is debit.
ib4 one of you mugs me on the street, then gets mad when I try and tell you I dont have any cash.


Rolling this over from yesterday's daythread.

God, fuck eBay. Not that it's screwed me over or anything (recently) but that I'm trying to decide what the hell I should buy from the List of Many Wonderful Things I've gradually constructed for myself. Too many choices.

When I was a little kid, I'd usually not have any specific goal, I'd just tend to save my pocket money to some arbitrary amount (basically whenever my patience finally ran out) then go browse the toy aisles at the local mall. While my parents spent their time doing the weekly shopping, I'd be by myself and browsing the toy aisles the entire time, trying to decide what I wanted.

Now with the Internet, it's entirely too easy to spend even more time just browsing the almost infinite variety of desirable objects.



On a semi-related note, I've found a few chill things for the next FHC Secret Santa, depending on who I get as my next victim beneficiary. That's right, after the panic I induced in myself last time I'm already hunting shit out six months in advance.

What did you end up doing with the panties?

[Stoffl]

Shops around here literally stopped accepting cheques over a decade ago..

[Tools]

You don't use cheques for shopping. You use them to pay tradies who pissed you off.

[Stoffl]

Well you also can't get them from your bank anymore..

[Sparq]

What did you end up doing with the panties?

I think they're stuffed into the back of my desk drawer.

Alternative explanations considered:

Somewhere there is a very happy member of FHC and my wallet thanks them.
Somewhere there is a very happy Japanese businessman and my wallet thanks them.
I'm wearing them, duh.
DrBoomtown never got laid, that smile was just from opening his mail.

[Me]

Cheques ? Really ?
Those ancient unreliable IOU papers noone accepts anymore ?
People still use those ? o.O

Who even uses Cash much anymore?

Other than a 50 folded up behind one of the photos in my wallet all I use is debit.

I prefer cash for shopping, I find it much easiser to remember how much I have in the bank since I'm only getting out money a few times a week and the cash can be easily counted. Plus spending cash feels more "real" than sticking it on the card.

ib4 one of you mugs me on the street, then gets mad when I try and tell you I dont have any cash.

That's just going to get you stabbed/shot/beatup.

[Violated]

... when I moved to Nepal.

Elaborate. Nepal, not usually someone's first choice when moving.

[shoki]

working when i'd rather be home playing zombies.
also am chronically sleep deprived
will prolly have to hit myself with vitamin b bomb to keep me through the day

[shoki]

... when I moved to Nepal.

Elaborate. Nepal, not usually someone's first choice when moving.

no extradition agreement?

[Kalil]

Employment in an international aid organisation of sorts, prefer not to elaborate in detail but has its benefits. Ive mentioned my work and so on now and again here and on SHC but prefer to keep this separate. Been here a year, well away from Kathmandu but the missus has been based there for a while so go to visit. Definitely low down on my top countries to live in list.

[Sparq]

Employment in an international aid organisation of sorts, prefer not to elaborate in detail but has its benefits. Ive mentioned my work and so on now and again here and on SHC but prefer to keep this separate. Been here a year, well away from Kathmandu but the missus has been based there for a while so go to visit. Definitely low down on my top countries to live in list.

hey, at least the spiders are small, right?

[Rodj Blake]

Cheques ? Really ?
Those ancient unreliable IOU papers noone accepts anymore ?
People still use those ? o.O

Who even uses Cash much anymore?

Other than a 50 folded up behind one of the photos in my wallet all I use is debit.

I prefer cash for shopping, I find it much easiser to remember how much I have in the bank since I'm only getting out money a few times a week and the cash can be easily counted. Plus spending cash feels more "real" than sticking it on the card.

Yep, it's far easier to know how much money you have to last until pay day if you use cash. I tend to get a set amount out once a week and that's what gets used for food/beer/petrol etc.

Also, using cash means that it's harder for them to keep track of what you're up to.

[Kalil]

Employment in an international aid organisation of sorts, prefer not to elaborate in detail but has its benefits. Ive mentioned my work and so on now and again here and on SHC but prefer to keep this separate. Been here a year, well away from Kathmandu but the missus has been based there for a while so go to visit. Definitely low down on my top countries to live in list.

hey, at least the spiders are small, right?

The ones I see are....

[Lana Torrin]

Cheques ? Really ?
Those ancient unreliable IOU papers noone accepts anymore ?
People still use those ? o.O

Strange thing called cash is used as well. Problem is it keeps going through the laundry and other folks give me ones that have silly drawings all over.

You need to convince your government to switch to plastic notes like most of the rest of the world.. Wash them as much as you want.