i always buy petrol with cash -since some stories about garages being a popular rip-off venue. i wouldn't do internet banking for the same reason. i always feel it's wrong to use a self-service thing in a shop paying with a card in a pub is obviously wrong (i went into a bar in lancaster recently that was card only - wtf is that about? all these bank closures - scandalous-as if they can't afford to give customers a choice. i feel sad that i have never had a big wad of cash in my pocket (preferrably with plastic band) and probably won't now as i don't have enough to do it and as plastic money is just not as good whenever i go up to scotland i load up with scottish notes to spend back down south -particularly in pubs. this does give me pleasure, i just enjoy being a bit retro, luddite and awkward. i suppose being a weird old guy is my fate but as long as i've got enough cash in my pocket, that's good. somehow all this digital stuff is just one more way that the wicked capitalist system is cheating us - i just don't trust them.
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