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On 09/24/2018 11:48 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
The ATMs here allow you to stuff a great wad of notes into the machine and it will count them and put them in your bank account. Much more convenient than going into the physical bank now. Ours don't count afaik. You put the cash in a deposit envelope and slide it in and it's processed later. I haven't done that since my employer finally figured out direct deposit. Just because we develop software for a living doesn't mean the elves upstairs are computer literate. |
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On 09/24/2018 01:54 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:54:40 +0100, rbowman wrote: On 09/23/2018 09:23 PM, Rod Speed wrote: Debit cards work fine for that here. No credit rating needed to get one. No credit rating to get a credit card here either, just a statement of your income etc. They do check if you have defaults, but there is no problem if you don't have any defaults. They would work here too I guess. My ATM card is technically a debit card. I used to use it for gas purchases. It worked fine until I got out of the bank's territory. It took me a while to figure out why the pump wasn't authorizing. After that I switched to another card that I use almost exclusively when traveling. Decades ago we had a problem with Access (now Mastercard) and Visa credit cards, some worked in some places, some in others. Now everything works everywhere. Cash cards were the same, two concurrent incompatible systems, but now work together. I simply have one card. It's a cash card and a debit card in one. I can use it to withdraw cash at any ATM anywhere in the world, make an online payment anywhere in the world, and buy from a shop or gas station anywhere in the world. It's got a Visa logo on it. And pay a fee at any ATM in the world... |
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On 09/24/2018 01:57 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Mon, 24 Sep 2018 11:51:52 +0100, devnull wrote: On 09/23/2018 05:52 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote: 50% of most people's outgoings are their mortgage. Land is too damn expensive, because we're vastly overpopulated. We're not actually buying anything real, just the right to use a bit of land. . Property taxes are collected from working taxpayer citizens so the democrats can give it to their lazy constituents. Most of my taxes pay for things I don't use, like schools, libraries, hospitals, etc. All those things should be pay per use. We have mill levy initiatives on the ballot. I vote no on the schools and yes for the library and Parks and Recreation. I must not be the only curmudgeon in town. The library and parks items always pass, the schools don't. You can try again in six months so the school funding comes up every six months and gets shot down every six months. They're like the kids they are supposedly teaching; ask enough times and eventually Mom will screw up and say yes. |
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On 09/24/2018 02:00 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
I assume you mean when paying by cash. I've never seen a cash pump in the UK. I use a debit card, I put it in first, then it charges me for however much gas I take. This was the first one I've seen that takes cash and it was at a station that just opened this summer. |
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On 09/24/2018 02:01 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Mon, 24 Sep 2018 04:16:14 +0100, rbowman wrote: On 09/23/2018 03:52 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote: On Sun, 23 Sep 2018 21:27:35 +0100, rbowman wrote: On 09/23/2018 01:45 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote: On Sun, 23 Sep 2018 20:06:46 +0100, rbowman wrote: On 09/23/2018 09:13 AM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote: His kid inherited a taste for Bonnevilles which he couldn't start to afford. He was always one paycheck away from destitution. Isn't everyone? Er, no. Most are. 5% of the population have 95% of the money, or some figures close to that. Many are ****ing idiots that are living beyond their means. 50% of most people's outgoings are their mortgage. Land is too damn expensive, because we're vastly overpopulated. We're not actually buying anything real, just the right to use a bit of land. Did anyone have a gun at their head to force them to buy a house they can't afford? Hardly anybody starts out life with enough money to buy a house. Almost everyone has to borrow. I'd never have kids unless I could buy them at least a small house outright. Yes, but not everyone has to buy a house. I know the argument about 'real estate always goes up. Eventually.' but I've had several friends that were stuck trying to unload a house in a soft market. I see them as rather expensive ball and chains. |
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On 09/24/2018 02:04 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sun, 23 Sep 2018 23:52:22 +0100, soup wrote: On 16/09/2018 20:17, Rod Speed wrote: Because even deserts get rain. https://www.ancient-origins.es/sites...ustralia-1.jpg Some deserts even get snow. https://www.universetoday.com/27064/...sert-on-earth/ "a desert is a region that is simply very dry because its receives little to no water" "deserts are characterized by little to no moisture" Snow is frozen water. It has loads. So the example in the photo is not a desert. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf0kQsnpYMo |
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rbowman wrote
Rod Speed wrote The ATMs here allow you to stuff a great wad of notes into the machine and it will count them and put them in your bank account. Much more convenient than going into the physical bank now. Ours don't count afaik. You put the cash in a deposit envelope and slide it in and it's processed later. Ours have always done that. This other automatic scanning and counting is a new feature that not all of the ATMs have. It also rejects notes it doesn't like and it rejected one with very small folded corner. Apparently it will accept those if you unfold the corner and try again, but I only found out about that after I put that one back in my wallet. Our notes are all plastic now, we gave up on paper ones years ago now. I haven't done that since my employer finally figured out direct deposit. Ours all did that before ATMs showed up. Just because we develop software for a living doesn't mean the elves upstairs are computer literate. Yeah, it did take a while before everyone allowed you to pay for stuff like the newspaper delivery service electronically. And the dinosaur operation that I get the swamp cooler pads from wouldn't even accept any cards at all the last time I got new pads. Cash or check was all they would accept. I used to keep a single blank check in the wallet for that situation and it was pretty battered by the time I needed to use it to pay for those. He was a bid dubious about it, but it worked fine. I no longer have any accounts with check books although I could get a book if I wanted. |
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"rbowman" wrote in message ... On 09/24/2018 01:54 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote: On Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:54:40 +0100, rbowman wrote: On 09/23/2018 09:23 PM, Rod Speed wrote: Debit cards work fine for that here. No credit rating needed to get one. No credit rating to get a credit card here either, just a statement of your income etc. They do check if you have defaults, but there is no problem if you don't have any defaults. They would work here too I guess. My ATM card is technically a debit card. I used to use it for gas purchases. It worked fine until I got out of the bank's territory. It took me a while to figure out why the pump wasn't authorizing. After that I switched to another card that I use almost exclusively when traveling. Decades ago we had a problem with Access (now Mastercard) and Visa credit cards, some worked in some places, some in others. Now everything works everywhere. Cash cards were the same, two concurrent incompatible systems, but now work together. I simply have one card. It's a cash card and a debit card in one. I can use it to withdraw cash at any ATM anywhere in the world, make an online payment anywhere in the world, and buy from a shop or gas station anywhere in the world. It's got a Visa logo on it. And pay a fee at any ATM in the world... Some of ours rebate that fee, with an ATM anywhere in the world. |
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"rbowman" wrote in message ... On 09/24/2018 02:01 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote: On Mon, 24 Sep 2018 04:16:14 +0100, rbowman wrote: On 09/23/2018 03:52 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote: On Sun, 23 Sep 2018 21:27:35 +0100, rbowman wrote: On 09/23/2018 01:45 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote: On Sun, 23 Sep 2018 20:06:46 +0100, rbowman wrote: On 09/23/2018 09:13 AM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote: His kid inherited a taste for Bonnevilles which he couldn't start to afford. He was always one paycheck away from destitution. Isn't everyone? Er, no. Most are. 5% of the population have 95% of the money, or some figures close to that. Many are ****ing idiots that are living beyond their means. 50% of most people's outgoings are their mortgage. Land is too damn expensive, because we're vastly overpopulated. We're not actually buying anything real, just the right to use a bit of land. Did anyone have a gun at their head to force them to buy a house they can't afford? Hardly anybody starts out life with enough money to buy a house. Almost everyone has to borrow. I'd never have kids unless I could buy them at least a small house outright. Yes, but not everyone has to buy a house. I know the argument about 'real estate always goes up. Eventually.' but I've had several friends that were stuck trying to unload a house in a soft market. I see them as rather expensive ball and chains. Does give you a lot more freedom tho. The rental market in my town is currently very tight indeed and some get stuck with very undesirable places to rent. And ours now have regular inspections by the real estate, every 3 or 6 months which would be a complete pain the arse for someone like me. I never had anything like that when I was still renting, more than 45 years ago, which was just as well given how I choose to live. And if you have pets it can be impossible to find anywhere that will allow them. |
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"rbowman" wrote in message ... On 09/24/2018 02:04 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote: On Sun, 23 Sep 2018 23:52:22 +0100, soup wrote: On 16/09/2018 20:17, Rod Speed wrote: Because even deserts get rain. https://www.ancient-origins.es/sites...ustralia-1.jpg Some deserts even get snow. https://www.universetoday.com/27064/...sert-on-earth/ "a desert is a region that is simply very dry because its receives little to no water" "deserts are characterized by little to no moisture" Snow is frozen water. It has loads. So the example in the photo is not a desert. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf0kQsnpYMo ****, you're ugly. |
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