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

Tue Jul 12 22:45:44 UTC 2016

Hi, Dave,
I have a rather old lazer printer but I don't know that you'd 
have to use a lazer printer.  The checks are think parts that 
take up the whol of an 8 in.-1/2 by 11 in.  page.  I think I had 
to send a sample check so they'd know what to do about the header 
information.  I can't say I remember what they cost because I 
haven't bought in awhile.  But, they are here when I need them; 
and the program can do a lot of things.  The only thing I use it 
for, though, is to write my checks.  OK, I'm going to make a 
public statement here.  I do not balance my checkbook! But, if I 
did, I could with this program.  Also, at year's end, one can use 
it to gather all of the information to create to eports for 
taxes.  I could have more than one account and could really do a 
lot of things.  I just don't.  All I care about is writing the 
few checks I have to write.  You can download the program from 
the website which, of course, I cannot name right here because I 
can't remember it.  But, Google will get you to the Talking 
Checkbook program.  If I can tell you anything else, just let me 
know.

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Subject: Re: [Nfbwv-talk] Have raised line checks gone the way of 
thetypewriter?

Hi Debbi!

That sounds perfect for me to follow up.

Guess Google will show me where to get the program, so I'm only 
curious
about one little detail, if you could give me a bit more related 
info.  What
kind of printer do you use for them?

Don't like having to schedule eyes when it can be avoided, so if 
I can
regain that much freedom again, it would be worth investigating.

Glad I brought the subject here.

Thanks again.

Cheers,
Dave

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

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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