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WCDT Strips 3466 to 3470 (24th to 28th April 2017)
Case:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 24 Apr 2017, 07:30 ---That's simply what in the UK we call a "current account" - an account used for "current" transactions, rather than one used specifically for saving or credit.
The government is trying to end the use of cheques, but has had to delay the end date because of resistance. We can no longer use a cheque guarantee card, though.
http://www.bankaccountadvice.co.uk/cheques-being-phased-out.html
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Wiki sez. the enormous reduction in cheques written in Germany (by volume: 986 Billion € in 2000 / 0.15 Billion € in 2015) was mostly due to the cancellation of the Eurocheque-guarantee in 2001, so maybe that'll go similarly in the UK?
IDK how representative this is for the EU/Eurozone - the French are said to still love using cheques.
jheartney:
--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 24 Apr 2017, 01:59 ---
--- Quote from: jheartney on 23 Apr 2017, 18:49 ---They were probably already past the occupancy limit with just Pintsize and Claire. Depending on local ordinances, more than three unrelated adults in a household may well be prohibited.
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In my area it depends on zoning, and most apartment buildings, especially because of the nearby major college, are zoned multifamily because it is expected students are living there.
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There's a difference between zoning a building as multifamily, and allowable numbers of unrelated people in a unit. Ordinances will often limit the latter in an effort to prevent overfilling the housing, even in the context of a multifamily building of indefinite size.
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 24 Apr 2017, 07:30 ---That's simply what in the UK we call a "current account" - an account used for "current" transactions, rather than one used specifically for saving or credit.
The government is trying to end the use of cheques, but has had to delay the end date because of resistance. We can no longer use a cheque guarantee card, though.
http://www.bankaccountadvice.co.uk/cheques-being-phased-out.html
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Pretty much how its going on here, phasing out cheques though the deadline has been moved a couple of times.
Skewbrow:
--- Quote from: Skewbrow on 24 Apr 2017, 06:25 ---
--- Quote from: cesium133 on 23 Apr 2017, 18:56 ---I do, because it's the only form of payment my apartment building's management accepts.
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I feel sorry for you. I haven't had a checking account since ... since I left the US in '90. You have really advanced as a nation since. :evil:
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That was a cheap shot. I apologize, and I take it back. A) It is likely that if we tried, you would find something in the way we do things strange or even intolerably complicated (but for lack of experience I just shrug at them), B) I only lived in the US as a grad student, and I was still in the process of becoming a financially independent adult. Consequently I only needed a limited subset of all available financial services. C) The scale of things. In a small nation with 4 nationwide chains of banks, it was undoubtedly a lot easier for them to agree on a system enabling us to pay utility bills, rents, grocery bills whatnot without the need for mailing bills and checks back and forth (EU-wide SEPA didn't give us anything new).
Endellion:
Ohmigod Claire in panel 2 hgghllhghgllllgghhl :psyduck:
Ahem, sorry.
Her hair is being to grow on me a little, still prefer it long but I don't hate it now.
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