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On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:38:26 +0100, St. wrote:
> "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote in message
> news:489a02ec$1@news.povray.org...
>
>> The thing that bugs me about those cheques the most, of course, is they
>> sit in my mailbox. Nothing like having blank cheques sitting someplace
>> where someone can come by and steal them - great way to "prevent"
>> fraud, innit?
>
> After following this thread Jim, I've had quite a hard time
> comprehending
> that they, (the bank(s)), "send you a cheque". I mean, I've always
> understood that you can even *draw* a cheque on the side of some live
> beef stock if you want, and as long as it's accepted by the recipient,
> the bank will accept it as a genuine cheque. But they're sending blank
> cheques through email??
Not via e-mail.... ;-)
But of course, you're using a different meaning for "cheque" than I am -
from the OED, though:
"Cheque is a differentiated spelling of check, which is also in use,
especially in U.S."
:-)
Jim
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