Re: Two Thousand and Eight

In article <Xns9A9FB48E48882opusthepenguinnettax@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Opus the Penguin  <opusthepenguin+usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Blinky the Shark (no.spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:
> 
> > Jeff Wisnia wrote:
> > 
> >> General Specific wrote:
> >>> At the turn of the century there was much speculation as to how
> >>> we would reference the years.  My 9-Year-Old son just said two
> >>> thousand and seven referring to last year.
> >>> 
> >>> Is that it?  Did we miss the op****tunity to say "aught-five"?
> >> 
> >> The only new year's resolution I've (almost completely) kept is
> >> to stop wasting time inserting an unnecessary "and" when I'm
> >> writing checks. 
> >> 
> >> In thge past, when writing a check for say $187.43, I'd write
> >> "One hundred and eighty seven & 43/100" Now I just write "One
> >> hundred eighty seven & 43/100".
> > 
> > I write "one eighty seven & 43/100".
> 
> I keyboard 187.43 and hit Enter.

For places like credit cards where I make frequent charges, I round the
"your current balance" amount up to the next whole dollar and type (in
this case) "188<enter>".  Yeah, on average I carry a -$0.50 balance.  I
think I can afford the lost interest on that.

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