# the largest check i wrote, i wrote 2 minutes ago

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 29, 2004, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-largest-check-i-wrote-i-wrote-2-minutes-ago/247677 "2004-05-29T13:55:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-largest-check-i-wrote-i-wrote-2-minutes-ago/247677/21 "2004-06-01T04:50:25Z")

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During each of my three annual trimesters, I have to write checks for about 3400$. This is what isn’t covered by my loans and must be paid out of pocket. not my favorite part of the college experience.

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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-largest-check-i-wrote-i-wrote-2-minutes-ago/247677/22 "2004-06-01T05:05:51Z")

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The biggest single check I’ve had to write out was for about $198,XXX.[sup]xx[/sup]. That was a hand written check and it was hard to fit it all in.

That was for my business. The biggest personal check I recall was for $85K to my stockbroker. Heh, I wonder what that nest egg’s worth now.

Anyway, 'grats on retiring the student loans. I’m another who never took them, but I have plenty of friends who did.

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**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-largest-check-i-wrote-i-wrote-2-minutes-ago/247677/23 "2004-06-03T17:57:51Z")

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> [@friedo](#):
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> So, does your employer know what happened to their half billion dollars yet?
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> 🙂

Well, my employer is the Gummint of Canada, so judging by current and past front page news stories, probably not! 😃

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**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-largest-check-i-wrote-i-wrote-2-minutes-ago/247677/24 "2004-06-03T20:53:12Z")

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Why just 2 weeks ago I wrote my largest check ever, $9148.33 for a 2000 Dodge Grand Caravan, out the door. I love paying cash for cars! 🙂

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