You know, I just... I woke up, and I looked in the mirror, and I thought, hey, what's with all the sin? I need to change. I'm... I'm dirty. I'm, I'm bad with the... sex and the envy and that, that loud music us kids listen to nowadays.

Buffy ,'Lessons'


Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


erikaj - Jan 29, 2024 1:53:22 pm PST #28335 of 30000
I'm a fucking amazing catch!--Fiona Gallagher, Shameless(US)

I'd *think* you could open their e-mail and blink.


Calli - Jan 30, 2024 3:58:03 am PST #28336 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

they want me to send a check

I pay my rent by check. I also have 80+ year old landlords who have only raised the rent $100 in 17 years, so I find the expense of a stamp totally worth it.


Laura - Jan 30, 2024 5:16:17 am PST #28337 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Most of my doctors pay by check, some handwritten checks and envelopes, which is nuts. I pay some things by check, but via bill pay where my bank writes the actual check.


sj - Jan 30, 2024 6:21:22 am PST #28338 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

ltc probably has an ear infection. So, no school again today. She’s being seen by her pediatrician this afternoon.


Jesse - Jan 30, 2024 7:09:20 am PST #28339 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Aw, poor ltc, and poor you!

I pay my rent by check, and also my massage therapist and cleaning people -- it saves them the fees from paying with Venmo or whatever. Bring back checks!


Susan W. - Jan 30, 2024 8:44:12 am PST #28340 of 30000
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

I think the only checks we've written in the past 12 months have all been to the contractor who basically redid our yard. Everything else is online.

As for mortgages, we bought this house in 2010, and I think we're on our 5th or 6th bank holding the loan now? And the last two have had needlessly cutesy names that I think they think sound more friendly and approachable, but I'm sorry, your calling yourself Mr. Cooper doesn't make you think you're some nice guy helping me get a house, and NewRez makes me think of the problems surrounding Indian reservations and Native American legal issues in general, not my house.

Of course, it's possible I just have a weird brain.


meara - Jan 30, 2024 8:53:16 am PST #28341 of 30000

NewRez is a super weird name for that Susan, totally agree!!

I pay almost all my bills by bank electronic bill pay, a few I Venmo or Zelle (the cleaners, my dog daycare), I think only the one place I go for electrolysis only takes cash or check, so is the only place I’ve been using checks in forever!


Laura - Jan 30, 2024 8:56:20 am PST #28342 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

{{ltc}} ear infections suck.


-t - Jan 30, 2024 9:01:22 am PST #28343 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Susan, I make my mortgage payments to Shellpoint but they sometimes refer to themselves as NewRez and I'm so curious about both those names!

Last time I had to pay for something with a check it was easier to go to the post office and get a money order.


JenP - Jan 30, 2024 9:04:28 am PST #28344 of 30000

I like auto-pay and bill pay for the "won't miss it or forget" aspect, but I always liked writing checks. Whenever I have to find my checkbook now, though, it usually takes a minute.

Lunch break from team meeting, which is a good meeting. Last night we went to a fab Mexican dinner and super fun escape room thing. I'd never done one before, SO MUCH FUN. It was my first. Now I'm going to plan one with my peeps at home.