I have a Debit Card with my bank. It works exactly like a credit card - but
runs off a savings account, so it is more like writing a cheque (the sort
the Bank honours [usually!])( we spell check/cheque differently - the
English way!)
The best part of having a debit card is that the bank pays m
On Mar 26, 2005, at 0:29, Joy Beeson wrote:
My jaw hit the floor the first time I heard someone complaining about
"high interest rates" on credit cards. Credit cards don't charge
interest because you aren't borrowing money! They assess penalties
for late payment.
Sorry, but that's no longer tr
Grammar warning: I'm using two different (but related) words spelled "check".
One refers to the slip of paper on which a waiter records the food you have
eaten, the other "check" is a slip of paper ordering your bank to pay money to
a third party. Unfortunately, I don't know any alternate ter
Hi lacers,
I realize that most of the folks on arachne are
bobbin and needle lacers, but I know there are a few
tatters amongst the crowd. So, for the interested, the
web pages are up and running now with a working
order form:
http://www.gagechek.com/slb/tcbook/tcbook.html
Since I only post
On Mar 25, 2005, at 15:24, Steph Peters wrote:
However I don't borrow from them, paying the entire balance every
month.
Me too, except when I forget... :( Got my March (payment due April 12)
statement today, with $39 f(lat fee) late payment, and $5.70 in
interest (funny how, when the bank borrow
On Mar 25, 2005, at 3:59, sealacehaven (Nicky) wrote:
Talking of badges, I have just been mounting my small but growing
collection of lace group/guild badges. Do any of you have a badge for
your lace group/guild that I could add to my collection? I will
happily post you a lace bobbin or two in e
Hi everyone!
Once again it is time for the Lace@arachne.com Commemoratives! Every year we
have bobbins, shuttles and other items made up to commemorate the anniversary
of Lace@arachne.com coming on to the web.
This year the vendor who is supplying us with really lovely stuff is
Roseground. Here
Another reason for having more than one credit card is that the card company
has a tendency to panic when it sees charges from different countries on the
same day and then it quietly, without making any attempt to inform you,
stops accepting the charges. This often happens while you are on va
On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 20:24:05 -0500, Tamara wrote:
>on your many credit cards (though why anyone would want to have more
>than one...).
I always have at least two, and on occasions have had three. In UK the
credit card companies change their terms and conditions frequently. Some
cards have annu
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"Hello?"
"Hi honey, this is Daddy, Is Mommy near the phone?"
"No Daddy, She's upstairs in the bedroom with Uncle Paul "
After a brief pause, Daddy says, "But honey, you haven't got an Uncle Paul "
"Oh yes I do, and he's upstairs in the room with Mommy, right now"
Bri
Hi Liz
Saw your posting about the Lacemakers Circle AGM. My DH and I are planning
to be there too, be nice to meet up with you. Will wear my arachne badge and
amber spider brooch.
Talking of badges, I have just been mounting my small but growing collection
of lace group/guild badges. Do any of
Helene wrote:
> I wonder how many people owe banks more than several years of full pay
> in credit
> cards without really having noticedOne day, there is going to be a
> nasty
> reckoning,
and Tamara wrote:
I was reading in one of our over-50s magazines about one reason for having
several
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