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Daily Archives: March 31, 2012
It’s hard to let go…
Tweet I went to Target this morning, spent $65. I am cardless this week, so I had been sure to bring enough cash along for what I planned to buy. (Target is, of course, notorious for shopping mission creep. My … Continue reading
The Cash-hater Goes Cardless
Tweet To begin with, I had not used my atm card to take out cash in so long that I had forgotten my pin and had to have my bank send me a “reminder”. I don’t even have a bank … Continue reading
Tolls got me.
Tweet I picked my wife up from the airport, and I’m so used to zipping through the electronic tolls, I did it without even thinking. It was premeditated. I decided I would just ‘fess up here and say, –Yes it’s … Continue reading
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Seigniorage ain’t manna.
Tweet WaPo editorialized, on the dollar-bill-versus-dollar-coin debate, that “objectively, facts favor the coin.” This is a surprisingly narrow view of the issue of what form our money ought to take. There are better questions to ask about money than whether … Continue reading
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“6 Dollar Minimum? Fine, I guess I’ll just have to eat that giant cookie.”
Tweet It’s less than a day into the cashless/cardless smackdown and this competition has already cost me $3 dollars I had no intent of spending. Granted, they were $3 delicious dollars (in the form of a giant chocolate chip cookie), … Continue reading
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Cashless but accumulating cash…is this legal?
Tweet Despite paper cash not being a form of legal tender for me until this competition ends, I find myself accumulating more and more of it. First, it was a couple of bucks from a friend to compensate me for … Continue reading
And May the Odds be Ever in Your Favor
Tweet So begins the the first Fletcher Card Games! Luckily, I think we have much better odds of success than our ficticious Hunger Games counterparts. I must admit, I was near elated when I was assigned the cardless group, like winning the … Continue reading
Off to a good start!
Tweet In an attempt to do this honestly, I withdrew $140 at exactly 3:48 PM yesterday. Off to run a bunch of errands, I got lucky at the very first one. Passport photos at Davis Square, $9 for 2. Note … Continue reading
Going cardless!! I thought it would be much easier…
Tweet Day 0 – 10:30pm. To prepare myself go cardless, I needed to go to ATM to withdraw enough cash to survive my coming week. I just thought that I would just get some cash from an ATM at a … Continue reading
