[Nfbwv-talk] Have raised line checks gone the way of the typewriter?

[Debbi Williamson]

David, I can still order raised line checks from my bank.  I did 
several months ago.  Like you, I don't use them often, but I do 
still use them.  Mostly, though, I use the checks that I can put 
in the printer.  I use Talking Checkbook and, in their manual, 
they give the contact information for a check printing company 
and I usually order from them.  The raised line checks I carry in 
my purse for those situations when I need a check and I am not 
near my printer.

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Allen via Nfbwv-talk <nfbwv-talk at nfbnet.org
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Date sent: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 17:13:08 +1200
Subject: [Nfbwv-talk] Have raised line checks gone the way of the 
typewriter?

Hi all!

I guess it ultimately doesn't matter, in a way, because after 
all, if you
could even find a typewriter now, finding a ribbon for it would 
be a harder
accomplishment to achieve.

I can easily add more payees each rare time that I do need to 
send out a
check, but still, old habits die harder than more convenience can 
be
adopted.

While I'm not in danger of running out of checks since I rarely 
use them
here, I am now using the final book that was part of a batch that 
I bought
probably 12 or 13 years ago.  Told you, I don't use them real 
often here.

Anyway, I phoned the bank a few days ago to try to order new ones 
and struck
a birk wall if not pure ignorance.

Having come from an era now largely unfamiliar today, I use 
raised line
checks.  Some complained back when because they're larger than 
the bank's
typical check, but as all of us oldies know, putting them into a 
typewriter
was pretty much the independence key of our day, before plastic 
money was
widely adopted by the industry, so it was the way we always paid 
our bills.

Anyway, the nice gal at the bank sounded very intreagued by my 
description
of this legendary product she'd never heard of.  I spose the poor 
gal thought
where did this marcian come from, and probably was relieved when 
I let her
know that I appreciated her willingness to want to be helpful 
even if I had
sent her down a road she'd never travelled.  *lol.


This experience certainly shocked me, so I wondered am I as a 
valley girl
might say "like the last person on earth)  that still used raised 
line
checks? Heck, they even call them "cheques"  over here, so I 
don't know but
I kind of hope I'm not, but I (hope) we still have a typewriter 
in a closet.
You just never know...

Cheers,
Dave
David Allen, Director
Blind-Sight Limited
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