A term which, naturally, someone has already quoted 
Hereās an actual pic (compressed a bit for the sake of Jonās storage bill) that I just took of my actual reader
Is it possible yours is bust ?
VB
I think the possibility of making a withdrawal from the savings account leads to tears and then blurred vision for Paul. It is most likely a hereditary thing.
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This is because you is old, so they donāt care about you because you donāt borrow money or go overdrawn and are, therefore, a BAD customer. They are appealing to the youngsters who live on their phones, borrow money regularly and therefore pay interest - making them a GOOD customer.
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Sadly true 
. In fact I am so old that I can remember when banks used to care about people whose accounts were in the black, because they knew how to lend that money to other people and make some more money in the process, a little of which even came back to the account holder by way of interest !
But then I can remember when there were supersonic passenger aircraft and rockets to the moon (OK, not for everyone) and university education paid for by the state and UK-based manufacturing and a super-fast 100% reliable payment system based on promisory notes signed by the Chief Cashier of the Bank of England ā¦
VB
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me too and they did stop.
that was before banks discovered that inventing money in a computer and lending it out, then selling that debt, betting on whether it would be paid back or not, then betting on whether that bet was good or not would make them OOOODLES more money
funnily enough, i remember some of the good stuff too.
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I suspect that the real difference is that you can make a heap of money too big to see over either way. But the first way is dull, requiring traits such as trustworthiness, caution and a capacity for hard work and attention to detail. On the upside it delivers a system which is relatively stable and, once youāve got the basic mistakes out of the way, not prone to losing control of its bowels without warning. The second way is more like a combination of video gaming and parkour. Itās about strutting and display and getting away with it. It requires nerve and speed of reaction and, in a sense, creativity to wriggle out of the grown-upsā control. Its practitioners are not disadvantaged by ADHD or sociopathy. Its successes are inherently unstable and short-lived. But the poor (in both senses of the word) citizens will always be there with a clean disposable nappy.
VB
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Imposter - no alcohol
Ah, good point
Rong. Bottle of Champagne on the table behind the photographer (Narelle) 
We have 2 both the same, my own account is First Direct which has a better reader, way better. Also since it uses finger print reader on devices once I have the digital token install it takes second to set up a payee on the iPad, bought summat at Kegworth and seller couldnāt believe how fast I did it
Unless vinyl is involved 
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Iām struggling to understand what can be āway betterā than āperfectly legibleā. It never fails. The one thing that would make a difference would be if it had a back-light option. Then I could sit at the computer and still be able to key in the code in utter darkness. Oh, hang on ā¦
I guess that one day small-scale retailing will be fully electronic. I try to take the Ampregen payments that way. But for spontaneous purchases I still reckon I could beat someone whoās tapping at his phone with my fist full of twenty-pound notes .
VB
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wtf, yet strangely Iām intrigued and I donāt know why.
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