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Re: The HELL With IHOP!

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From: Rick Willis
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 00:00
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antryg@pobox.com, in article <4O4Y3.643$P4.105486@den-news1.rmi.net> 
from antryg@pobox.com on Tue, 16 Nov 1999 04:09:36 GMT, took a mighty 
swig of Jack Daniels, deeply inhaled a lung-busting hit of chronic, 
coughed profusely and then uttered...
> In co.general Chris McConnell <spastic@frii.com> wrote:
> : melissa I feel it my duty to infom you that checks are a dead
> : technology. Credit card are and have been the wave of the future for a
> : very long time. Hurry get with the program in 5 years no one will take
> : checks. I'm sorry to have to be the one to tell you.
> 
> Hmmph! As far as I'm concerned, they can take my check or they can take my
> cash. If they won't take either, they clearly do not want my business.
> 
> The credit card is one of the worst inventions ever devised, IMHO.
> 
> Antryg
> 
> 

Has no one (especially those in larger cities) ever heard of a check 
card?  They can be used anywhere that accepts credit cards, but unlike 
cc's, will only allow you to "charge" up to the maximum amount in one's 
checking account.  
-- 
Have a hardcore day...

Rick
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From: willis@email.com (Rick Willis)
Subject: Re: The HELL With IHOP!
Date: 1999/11/15
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