And it was a CASHIER'S CHECK?? Those aren't even issued unless the bank has already RECEIVED THE CASH. That's the whole point of a cashier's check. It's like a money order that way. So incredibly wrong.
Jeez, don't get all Movie of the Week. I was just too cheap to buy you a real present.
Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Aims - Jul 07, 2011 4:50:55 pm PDT #15753 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
javachik - Jul 07, 2011 4:54:19 pm PDT #15754 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
That is SUCH UTTER BULLSHIT. I hope that guy's lawyers WIN BIG. And I hardly ever say that.
Jesse - Jul 07, 2011 4:55:56 pm PDT #15755 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Although cashier's checks are forged and stolen all the time.
Aims - Jul 07, 2011 4:57:07 pm PDT #15756 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
True that. But if it was a Chase cashier's check and he was a CHase bank, wouldn't that have been a bit easier to tell?
Jesse - Jul 07, 2011 4:59:21 pm PDT #15757 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, you'd think. Mostly I'm mind-blown by the arrest. (Not that I clicked through to the article...)
sumi - Jul 07, 2011 5:06:34 pm PDT #15758 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Me too.
Also, mindblown by that promo. That official promo.
Kat - Jul 07, 2011 5:10:31 pm PDT #15759 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Also, mindblown by that promo. That official promo.
No kidding.
Oh man. I have had such a day. I cannot unwrap myself from exhaustion. I have stuff to finish, but I just can't get to it. I'm much better as a morning person than a night one.
javachik - Jul 07, 2011 5:12:28 pm PDT #15760 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Kat, you do more in one day than lots of people do in a week.
Or, a month.
Kat - Jul 07, 2011 5:16:16 pm PDT #15761 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
That's kind, javachik, but not true. I think one issue I'm having is that I'm not sleeping well and it's mucking with my life.
I know, also, that I'm wearing Noah thin and some of his blowups are due to exhaustion. But he won't nap. Today, he was at soccer camp in 90 degree heat all morning. He came home and ate then wanted to go outside to play. Went for a walk with Grace and her nurse. Then he came home and I took him to Ikea's ballpit to play for the first time (it's the first time he's been tall enough).
He melted down and had a fit when it was time for him to leave. Cried like he was never going to be allowed to come back, like they were revoking his play privileges. Normally he doesn't do stuff like that, so I'm chalking it up to exhaustion.
Yesterday it was 4 hours of soccer camp + an hour swimming including lessons and he still wasn't tired.
Liese S. - Jul 07, 2011 5:17:32 pm PDT #15762 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh, yeah, they totally did that with us too when we were buying the house. I mean, they didn't put us in jail. But we had a personal loan check for the land purchase. The bank said, no way, that's more money than you've ever had, must be forged, give us a cashier's check. We said, that's a hassle but okay. Our (very generous and patient) lender sent a new check, in the format they wanted. Okay, they said, now we'll need to wait ten days or two weeks or the end of the month, until the check clears. Uh, we said, we're trying to close on this land. And it's what you asked for!
The lady looked us right in the eye, shook her finger at us, and said that we were probably trying to rip them off and that's why the check was going to be held.
Yeah.
I won't tell you what bank it was, although it starts with Bank of and ends with merica. But you can bet your sweet bippy we got our personal banking out of there as soon as we could, and we're still working on getting our company banking out of there. And of course, the mortgage itself was with another bank. Which maybe was why they were being so sour, but seriously, accusing me of forgery is not the best way of maintaining my business.