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To: Dale Baker who wrote (7241)	12/17/2005 5:10:47 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 541580

So one hour per year, less than a full day in 20 years, I can live with that. Maybe that's the difference. It took me forever to do mine. Never ever came out right the first time. Now I don't have any bank accounts and I don't write checks so the whole thing is moot.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (7241)	12/19/2005 4:32:44 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541580

I think most people who seriously try to balance their checkbook spend more than 5 minutes a month at it. Maybe you don't write a lot of checks, or maybe you are just very good at balancing. I agree that you should normally (preferably almost always) have a good idea of how much money you have in your account. However you can have that without actually going through the practice of balancing your book. I write very few checks. I mostly using electronic payments. I can check my balance anywhere with an internet connection or if I need to at many ATMs. I don't actually balance my checkbook and make sure everything is accurate to the penny, but I think I do spend more than 5 minutes a month of my checking account. If I wrote checks for everything and I actually tried to thoroughly balance it; I think I would spend more like 5 minutes per day on the process. Tim