Have they given up?

[Ken Diehl]

On Mon, 17 Apr 2000 07:50:29 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:

>    Meanwhile I, next table over, open my Palm, start PocketQuicken, hit
>accounts.  Hmmm, bank account won't handle it, Visa is cutting it close, new
>Mastercard is looking good.  Look at the bill, flip over to the calculator,
>figure tip into the bill, flip back to PocketQuicken, place card in the little
>holder for the Kelly Bundy clone of a Waitress to take back to the register,
>fill in the info, get slip, sign it, enter transaction, turn off Palm and
>laugh at you on my way out as your first card is declined.
>

I must admit that I have a lot of admiration for you if you keep up
with *every* credit transaction such that you could rely on such a
device.  You must not be married.  :)


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