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   Flick ?? (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 06:15:43 JST Flick ??

   • Lady Bexington

   @Ladyfat I don’t do cash, but had thought for a while I should have a stash, so when I sold the old car I just tucked it away. So: all of the above!

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     Caffosaurus☕?:mayo: (fullycaffeinated@spinster.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 06:15:41 JST Caffosaurus☕?:mayo:

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     @Flick @HebrideanHecate @Ladyfat I always have some cash on me because my bank doesn't need to know every damn thing I do. I also find it easier to keep on top of spending when you have to physically remove cash from your wallet instead of just tapping the card.
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     Flick ?? (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 06:15:42 JST Flick ??

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     • Lady Bexington

     @HebrideanHecate @Ladyfat It worries me how much the Dog Treats keep in the house: Mrs goes to his bank and gets a couple of grand out at a time, which he then gradually pays over to her for shared expenses and, presumably, she then uses for things like shopping.

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     Caffosaurus☕?:mayo: (fullycaffeinated@spinster.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 06:15:42 JST Caffosaurus☕?:mayo:

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     • Lady Bexington
     @Flick @HebrideanHecate @Ladyfat My grandmother would do that. Paid her rent in cash with exact change so "the landlord won't know that I have more money and raise the rent". She paid bills that had to be mailed by check, but otherwise only cash.
     
     I found out when I went to run errands for her one winter and she asked me to cash her pension check. The bank wouldn't let me and would only deposit it (understandable since they had no way of knowing who I was and that I would hand her the cash). The teller told me that it was quite common for her generation to leave the bank with a lot of cash and that there were a few customers that they really worried about.
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     Flick ?? (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 06:15:42 JST Flick ??

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     • Lady Bexington

     @Fullycaffeinated @HebrideanHecate @Ladyfat These days there are a few things that she physically can’t do with cash or a cheque any more, so Mr’s nephew does it online with his card and she then gives him cash.

     The only actual day-to-day cash I use is when I buy her something from the shops and she gives me cash back, which I then use for either sewing group subs or, if it’s building up in my purse, a bottle of wine and other bits from the cafe mid-shopping-week.

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     HebrideanHecate (hebrideanhecate@spinster.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 06:15:43 JST HebrideanHecate

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     @Flick @Ladyfat She keeps it up her knicker leg in a regency pocket.

     The most we have in is whatever I might have in my purse, never very much, and what himself has in wallet, usually about 60 quid.

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     Lady Bexington (ladyfat@spinster.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 06:15:53 JST Lady Bexington

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     @Fullycaffeinated @Flick @HebrideanHecate I deliberately use cash more nowadays because

     1. When we went on holiday the hotel, theme park and restaurant were all cashless!

     2. Friend had a ‘Universal Credit’ (uk benefit for (mainly) in work people with low incomes) review and they were incredibly intrusive and it shocked me. Asking things like “why did you withdraw £200 from outside Plymouth Aldi on the 5th of May”, and “why did you receive £20 from JoeBloggs on September 6th”

     As you say the bank and everybody else certainly doesn’t need to know everything I do.

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     Caffosaurus☕?:mayo: (fullycaffeinated@spinster.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 06:15:59 JST Caffosaurus☕?:mayo:

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     @Ladyfat @Flick @HebrideanHecate I think what did it for me was the government tracking down donors to the truckers' protest during covid. I don't like the idea of anyone other than myself being able to track every penny I spend.
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     ӀɑվӀɑ ɑӀҽ×ɑղժɾօѵղɑ ? (laylaalexandrovna@spinster.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 06:16:00 JST ӀɑվӀɑ ɑӀҽ×ɑղժɾօѵղɑ ?

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     @Fullycaffeinated @Ladyfat @Flick @HebrideanHecate I just commented on that!
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     KeepTakingTheSoma (keeptakingthesoma@spinster.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 06:18:26 JST KeepTakingTheSoma

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     • Lady Bexington
     @Ladyfat @Fullycaffeinated @Flick @HebrideanHecate And yet our politicians appear to have a *net worth* way in excess of their income and discourage us from asking where their money comes from. If they don't want to say where it comes from and what they spend it on then I want the same for me.
     So the cash is the answer.