Yeah, what tommyrot said; because you use the "and" for cents. I'm sure nobody cares, but I was taught to do it that way and now it's habit.
Willow: That's a work ethic! Buffy, you're developing a work ethic! Buffy: Do they make an ointment for that?
'Beneath You'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Strega - Jan 07, 2011 8:51:40 am PST #15352 of 30001
tommyrot - Jan 07, 2011 8:56:00 am PST #15353 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yeah, what tommyrot said; because you use the "and" for cents. I'm sure nobody cares, but I was taught to do it that way and now it's habit.
Yeah, I think I was taught that in a high-school accounting class.
eta: Also, you only use a dash to separate the tens digit from the ones digit, right? Like "Four hundred twenty-seven and 6/100"....
sumi - Jan 07, 2011 8:56:43 am PST #15354 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
That's how I was taught to write checks too.
sumi - Jan 07, 2011 8:56:43 am PST #15355 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
-t - Jan 07, 2011 9:00:17 am PST #15356 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I had a fifth or sixth grade teacher that was really adamant about not sticking "and" into numbers. It wasn't because "one hundred and one" would mean something different, though, just that the "and" was unnecessary and to be avoided.
Eta: I write checks like tommyrot, as taught by my mom, who probably learned in a high school accounting class. And if it's for a even dollar amount, something like "One hundred one dollars only".
Consuela - Jan 07, 2011 9:06:05 am PST #15357 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
And if it's for a even dollar amount, something like "One hundred one dollars only".
or "One hundred one dollars and 0/100ths", which is how I was taught to do it. And then draw a line through the rest of the space to keep anyone from changing it after the fact.
... this is another of those things our kids will never need to know, isn't it?
tommyrot - Jan 07, 2011 9:08:03 am PST #15358 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
... this is another of those things our kids will never need to know, isn't it?
Yep. I ran out of checks a year and a half ago, and have relied on online bill paying since then.
Kathy A - Jan 07, 2011 9:09:13 am PST #15359 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I was taught by my mom to write checks that way, too.
A quick correction:
the Kennedy is 53 minutes from O'Hare to the Hubbard tunnel
It's the "Hubbard Cave," not the "Hubbard Tunnel"--bad Chicagoan! I knew something was wrong there, but didn't place it until just now.
Kathy A - Jan 07, 2011 9:10:25 am PST #15360 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I still have to have checks for my rent, but that's the only thing I still use them for. If they had on-line payment, I'd be able to get rid of them completely, but no such luck.
Typo Boy - Jan 07, 2011 9:10:37 am PST #15361 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
My (and Plei's) Alma Mater may have the nation's worst school song:
Go, Geoducks go,
Through the mud and the sand,
let's go.
Siphon high, squirt it out,
swivel all about,
let it all hang out.
Go, Geoducks go,
Stretch your necks when the tide
is low
Siphon high, squirt it out,
swivel all about,
let it all hang out.