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General : Check your checks....  
     
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From: The Gryphon  (Original Message)Sent: 12/11/2008 4:48 PM
Am I the only person around that got severely paranoid when I learned that the signature line on our checks (the ones we write to pay our bills) is not actually a line, but micro-printing?   The other lines, the ones for date, pay to, pay amount, and memo - are actual lines, but the signature "line" isn't really a line, but micro-printing so tiny I couldn't read it with my magnifying glass. 
 
I got paranoid thinking that a check is a form of a contract, right?  And I couldn't read the "fine print" I was signing!!!! 
 
I tried scanning it (now that my stupid scanner is working on occasion,) and enlarging the image in Photo Shop, but the background pattern prevents clear observation. 
 
So, before I tell you what it says, I'll let ya'll have a go at it.....   
 
 
 
 


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From: MSN NicknameneverCominHomeSent: 12/11/2008 4:51 PM
Wow...that's a Rod Blegowhatever move if I've ever seen one huh?

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From: MSN Nickname_XerSent: 12/11/2008 9:01 PM
This is totally news to me. .. What does it say, Gryphon?

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From: The GryphonSent: 12/11/2008 11:29 PM
The "fine print" of micro-printing of the signature line on most checks reads "Authorized Signature".    Apparently, it's a security device like those included in currency..... 
 
I'm surprised that I'm not the only one left in the dark about this....  For some reason, I thought I was the last on the Planet to learn this "secret." 

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From: MSN Nickname_XerSent: 12/12/2008 9:06 AM
Gee, I'm glad that's all it said. You were giving me Faustian nightmares here of unwitting pacts made with Mr. Scratch!

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From: MSN NicknamePikesPeak14110Sent: 12/13/2008 2:48 AM
Oh good. Now we can forge more authentic looking cheques. Thanks Gryphon.
 
When I sent mine cheque to the gas company, I still write it out to Politburo Natural Gas (Peoples). They never squawk, and cash them, thus verifying for me, their old Soviet tendency.

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