They did???
They did a long time ago! But what we saw in the bank was the person wrote $32.76 (say) in the box, and then just "thirty two ---------" on the line instead of "thirty two and 76/100."
Wesley: Illyria can be...difficult. Testing her might be hard without getting someone seriously hurt. Angel: We'll make Spike do it. Wesley: Good.
'Underneath'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Mar 25, 2008 4:06:16 pm PDT #7244 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
sarameg - Mar 25, 2008 4:08:35 pm PDT #7245 of 10001
I write out six hundred and eighty-three dollars and 00/100-------.
Gets interesting when I'm writing my cc bill in a bad month (I put most everything not rent and utilities on that.) I have to start shrinking the letters 3/4 way through.
Theodosia - Mar 25, 2008 4:18:24 pm PDT #7246 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I'm so very sorry, Scrappy, and holding you and your family in my thoughts tonight.
Tom Scola - Mar 25, 2008 4:20:12 pm PDT #7247 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
My checks have (and always had) a line that says:
________________________________ dollars
I can't write "Thirty two dollars and seventy six cents", because then it would be "Thirty two dollars and seventy six cents dollars". It's "Thirty two and 76/100 dollars".
sarameg - Mar 25, 2008 4:39:36 pm PDT #7248 of 10001
Mine say the same, but I got into the other habit writing the bills for my parents one summer on checks without it (I don't know if they were teaching me a lesson or my dad was too flaky to remember it when mom was away.)
§ ita § - Mar 25, 2008 4:40:43 pm PDT #7249 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can't write "Thirty two dollars and seventy six cents", because then it would be "Thirty two dollars and seventy six cents dollars". It's "Thirty two and 76/100 dollars".
What I do is write "thirty eight dollars and 50 cents" and then trail a line through the rest of that space that kinda crosses out the printed "dollars" when need be.
I just turned my TV on to TMZ. Is that papparazzi TV? It looked like its only function. Made me not proud of my species. Must change away.
Now I embark upon cereal research. I'm going to try giving up wheat for a while, and I need to see what that will do to my breakfast. I vaguely remember a time before the internet. Very vaguely. How horrible.
Sue - Mar 25, 2008 4:59:56 pm PDT #7250 of 10001
hip deep in pie
My cheques have the /100 at the end of the written line.
I have a roll of IR film sitting in my fridge waiting to be used. I just don't have anywhere near dark enough to load and unload it.
Can you load by feel? Under the covers of your bed? Or in a closet?
bon bon - Mar 25, 2008 5:00:37 pm PDT #7251 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
So I was just roasting a steak, in a way that is supposed to cut down on the smoke produced b/c I don't have great ventilation, and I think someone called the FDNY. They came to the building but maybe didn't figure out it was me. I opened the windows and turned off the stove and now the steak is just sitting in there. But come on. It smells like steak, not smoke!
tommyrot - Mar 25, 2008 5:11:38 pm PDT #7252 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
My cat has long hair. Sometimes she gets bits of cat poo stuck in her fur by her butt. What should I do?
Amy - Mar 25, 2008 5:13:41 pm PDT #7253 of 10001
Because books.
That used to happen to our Puck, tommy, when he was sick, usually, and having really loose poops. If she can't clean, you have to, or she might start dragging her butt on the floor. It's not (or never was for us) a one-person job, though.