If you are going to accept a check in pounds, you might check with your bank first to see what they will charge you in conversion and other fees.
Take jobs as they come -- and we'll never be under the heel of nobody ever again. No matter how long the arm of the Alliance might get, we'll just get ourselves a little further.
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
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.
Typo Boy - Oct 01, 2012 12:26:08 pm PDT #24105 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.
Nora Deirdre - Oct 01, 2012 12:40:44 pm PDT #24106 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Picturing my tiny local bank dealing with international currency, heh.
I do have a Cap1 account (for a variety of fundraising reasons) and they happily converted pound notes into dollars. (Tom's dad gave us cash to help with the funeral expenses while we were over there.)
Sheryl - Oct 01, 2012 1:06:18 pm PDT #24107 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Great news, Scrappy!
-t - Oct 01, 2012 1:15:37 pm PDT #24108 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I bet Cap1 can help you, Nora. I think they've sent me information about making international transfers easier recently, though it was not immediately relevant to me so I didn't retain anything.
shrift - Oct 01, 2012 1:24:47 pm PDT #24109 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Localistas, they're closing the Michigan Ave onramp to LSD at Oak Street today until mid-November: [link]
billytea - Oct 01, 2012 1:25:35 pm PDT #24110 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
While I was in the US, I received money from Australia on occasion, both as direct transfers and as cheques in Australian dollars. The only problem I had with it was that in Australia, double-crossing a cheque means "not negotiable", i.e. can't be cashed, must be deposited; while in the US it means "cancelled". The city branch refused even to try presenting the cheques; I had to deposit them at the branch near our home (who had no problem with any of it). I don't recall if there was any kind of currency conversion fee.
brenda m - Oct 01, 2012 1:55:13 pm PDT #24111 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Localistas, they're closing the Michigan Ave onramp to LSD at Oak Street today until mid-November: [link]
Oh man. Oh man. I'm so glad I don't go that way anymore.
lisah - Oct 01, 2012 1:58:36 pm PDT #24112 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
Wow, so Bob's place has been on the market for a week and there was already an offer on it. Kind of ridiculously low, but still when it was on the market before (2009/2010) it didn't get a single offer. I hope this is not a fluke!
Theodosia - Oct 01, 2012 2:10:50 pm PDT #24113 of 30001
'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 glad to hear Scrappy's Mom's news -- needed something good today. Found out that my contract job ends Nov 1st-ish, instead of another 3 month extension due to budgetary cutbacks, et cetera.
It's not like I wanted this for a Forever Job (not that they have those any more) but it would have been nice to avoid the stress of job-searching and the uncertainty thereof for a couple more months right now. So I'm a bit situationally depressed much more than I would otherwise have been, I guess.
Sparky1 - Oct 01, 2012 2:11:12 pm PDT #24114 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
Yay for Mom of Scrappy!
lisah, probably not a fluke since mortgage rates are so incredibly low. It's why we're buying a new house and why we expect to have this one sold in less than two weeks.