[geeks] timesheet and invoicing software

[Michael Parson]

On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 11:16:28AM -0500, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> Thu, 23 Feb 2006 @ 14:46 -0600, Michael Parson said:
>
>> So I headed over to snopes and found this:
>>
>> http://www.snopes.com/business/bank/zero.asp
>>
>> Unknown origins of story, not enough details to debunk or verify.
>
> The story is a mix of many stories, most likely, because zero dollar
> bills are fairly frequent events.
>
> I'd be surprised if none of you has ever seen a zero dollar bill. I've
> gotten at a few myself, though I've never had to send payment to fix it.
> Sometimes while on the phone with a clerk, they'll even warn me that
> their system will send a bill, and for me to ignore it.

I've never gotten a bill for $0, but I do get a periodic statement from
a bank for $0.00.  When I bought my last car, I went to a credit union
for a competitive bid on the loan.  Turned out, they couldn't beat the
dealership, the manufacturer was trying to move cars and they gave
me a great rate.  It seems the credit union opened an account in my
name during the process, but there is no money in it, yet I still get
a statement from them.  One of these days, I'll call them up and see
what I need to do about clearing that out, lest it do something with my
credit rating.

-- 
Michael Parson
mparson at bl.org