>> Well, we're talking about a check handed to a mobile car mechanic. I 
>> don't know about you, but whenever *I* go into a bank and hand them a 
>> cheque, they always process it by hand. I doubt a guy who gets 12 
>> cheques per week is much different.
> 
> What's a cheque?
> 
> Seriously, who uses cheques anymore?  I think I have only used 1 in my 
> life. Do many people actually have a chequebook anymore?  I know I don't 
> for any of my accounts.

I used to get sent a new chequebook ever year. Until the bank figured 
out that I write, like, 6 cheques per year. :-P

The only real reason I write cheques is to transfer large sums of money 
to other people. If you buy something in a "shop", they'll take plastic. 
But if you want to give Adam £400 for letting you borrow his skiis, a 
cheque is the simplest way. (I can't withdraw that much money in cash 
from an ATM. Not in a single 24-hour period anyway...)

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