Dear Ladies:

1. It’s called a debit card. You pay for your merchandise with it, and the purchase amount is withdrawn from your checking account. The vendor will give you a receipt which you can than use to LATER record the transaction in your little checking register.
2. They’re called check carbons. When you write a check, you have an instant copy of it in your checkbook which you can than use to LATER record the transaction in your little checking register.
3. It’s called financial software. Instead of carrying around a little check register and logging your check and then calculating your checking balance with your little calculator while in front of me at the convenience store when you have written a check for a $2.87 purchase, you can LATER record the transaction in your financial software and it will automatically do the math for you. Neat, huh?