Public service announcement: Starting tomorrow, write 2014 on your checks!

[jmowreader]

[LiberalArkie]

1. Question: What are checks?

[jmowreader]

9. They're things I don't write either

The bank account I have, I established in 2010. When I got it, they gave me the option to not get any checks, so I didn't. So far they haven't proven necessary.

[customerserviceguy]

13. Good question

I started paying my bills online, after my mother (who is 80 right now) shamed me into doing it, like she's been doing it for years. Mom has an iPad that she uses all the time, too!

I was darned lucky that she and Dad (RIP) adopted me.

[LisaLynne]

14. Ha! That's kind of awesome.

Your mom is cool.

[customerserviceguy]

16. Yep, she really is

And Dad, too. One of my earliest memories is them getting me to say "Kennedy!" at the age of four. We were pretty excited about that election, and equally deflated at his assassination.

My folks were liberal when it wasn't necessarily cool.

[MANative]

2. What's a check? ;)

Since online banking arrived over ten years ago, I haven't written more than five checks a year! LOL That being true, however, your reminder is probably that much more important, so I thank you heartily and profusely!

[elfin]

3. Same here, but January quarterly income coming up.

Thanks for the reminder, OP.

[Warren Stupidity]

4. What is this thing "check"?

[onehandle]

5. I wrote a check recently. From a five year old checkbook.

Old address and state printed on checks. I don't bother getting new ones printed.

[temporary311]

6. I haven't written a check in around 10 years, if not longer.

[Le Taz Hot]

7. Just a reminder that

when you pay by credit card or ATM, your purchases are tracked. Much more difficult to do when you write a check. Online banking is fine but there are lots of situations in which checks are preferable. One of those is that it takes a check 2 or 3 days to clear whereas credit charges and ATM withdrawals are immediate.

[WillowTree]

10. You can't count on that 2-3 day float time anymore.

It's amazing what the banks do with those new fangled computer thingys.

[Le Taz Hot]

18. Don't be insulting.

Your ageism doesn't make you clever, it makes you a bigot.

[WillowTree]

23. First of all, it was meant as a joke, not a poke.

Secondly, considering the fact that I'm probably older than you, the "ageism" comment amuses me. Thanks for the smile.

[Kaleva]

24. Your are right. It used to be a pretty sure thing, the float time,...

but now one doesn't want to take a chance lest you get hit with a $30 overdraw fee.

[Buns_of_Fire]

19. All my recurring bills accept online payment -- I still write checks.

Writing checks means I have to mail them. When I use a stamp, the USPS gets a little money. It's worth it to me to support them a little.

[Le Taz Hot]

20. I use ATM, online banking

and I write a few checks. When my husband was still paying child support, those cancelled checks came in REAL handy when ex-wife claimed he wasn't paying. Brought the cancelled checks into court, presented them to the judge and ex-wife got HAMMERED by the judge for wasting the court's time. It was a beautiful thing.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Checks?

I hardly ever use them any more - I do my bill paying on line.

[notadmblnd]

11. Do people really still write checks?

I really can't remember the last time I actually had to write a check.

[LisaLynne]

15. My doctor's office won't take cards.

Philistines! So, I have to write a check when I go there, for the copay. But yeah, other than that...

[Jamaal510]

25. I always write checks

when paying the rent, just because I don't know how to set up the online thing with Wells Fargo.

[Skittles]

27. go to the bank itself

they'll show you themselves and actually help you set it up

[MannyGoldstein]

12. Last time I wrote the date on a Czech I was arrested

I'm still a little confused about what happened.

I only use keyboards now, it keeps me on the right side of the law.

[BootinUp]

17. Banks give you 30 days to catch up

a little thing I learned years ago.

[piratefish08]

21. what are these 'checks' of which you speak?

[MattBaggins]

22. Are checks those pieces of paper we used to use as money?

I had forgotten about those.

[maced666]

26. Join your lonely checkbook support group today.

Provided - dust rags for covers, therapy for loneliness and scissors for credit card assaults!

[malaise]

28. Every January 1st hubby and I write in the New Year for our

first ten check leaves. It works like a charm.

[darkangel218]

29. Off topic, but

Good riddance to 2013!

What a fuct up year.. for me at least.