Oh yes.

And I keep dating motions "1994" when I wasn't even considering law school.

More trivia - I went to get an envelope, and discovered that they have ALL sealed themselves due to summer humidity. Argh.

No. I hardly ever write cheques these days but my bank helpfully provides cheques which have "2____" for the year part of the date.

DarkForest, I went to get an envelope yesterday and found that all the glue on them had dried out and they wouldn't stick.

I write two or three checks a year at the most. Our current box of check books will probably last us a decade.

Yes. Also, a few months ago someone asked me how old I was and without thinking I said "27". I'm 34.

Last time I wrote a check the year did start with a 1.

OK, I'm an anachronism. I just don't really trust online bill paying...

Not me- I don't think I had a checking account until almost 2000 (she bragged saucily). I do write 2-3 checks a month.

do you still sometimes start writing the year with a 1?
...And I keep dating motions "1994"

I just write 994.

I just write 994.

Maybe I should just write 404 - Money not found.

Wow, you're like two years early.

Maybe I should just write 404 - Money not found.

*wipes tears of laughter from eyes*
It's funny 'cause it's true.

I don't think I've written a cheque this millenium.

I've written one personal cheque, ever - well, two because I got it wrong the first time!

a few months ago someone asked me how old I was and without thinking I said "27"

Yes, this. I was 23 until I was 27, and now I'm 31 and the years are floatin on byyyy~~~~ but my first response when asked is 27, until I correct myself. I wondered the other day if this is due to growing up with the mythos of the legendary dead 27-year-olds - Janis, Jimi, Jim, Kurt, - but quickly realised I'm just in denial. I'm gonna die an old rock star!

I'm with pompomtom - but then we live in a country whose financial services belong in this century, so we have no need for cheques. Well, that and the government makes you pay extra tax if you have a bank account with a cheque facility, but I'm sure that's just a coincidence.

that and the government makes you pay extra tax if you have a bank account with a cheque facility

I think they stopped doing that when they introduced GST.

I still write cheques occasionally and slightly less occasionally I receive them. Government departments (ATO, health depts, schools) still pay invoices by cheque, many of them needing 2 signatures so I guess that's an extra level of perceived security over credit cards or electronic banking. The cheque facility tax no longer exists, but the bank gouges you when write or deposit a cheque and the fuckers still take a week to clear the funds.

Now I'm wondering where my cheque book is. I'm sure I'll need it one day and I have no idea where it is.