On 2008-06-20 02:09:03 +0100, John Rumm said:

Andy Hall wrote:

Cheques are a deprecated means of payment that should have been dropped
20 years ago. There's certainly no reason for cheques to be used at all

Probably true...

in the 21st century. Last year I wrote one cheque. This year I am
aiming not to write any. In general anybody expecting payment by
cheque does not get repeat business from me.

Still they have the occasional use - quite handy for paying the milkman
I find....

I thought that they were normally paid in kind ;-)