Oh, and one more thing

Oh, and one more thing, positive rather than negative (see blog item from yesterday):

As those of you who have (or will now) read my commentary on Chip 'n' Pin "technology" will know, I'm not at all fond of it. Actually I see only one reason for the banks making it mandatory for us consumers to use it and that is so the banks can further distance themselves from any responsibility for the fraudulent use of our cards by vandals. 

One would think, that if the "technology" was so wonderful as the banking industry claims, the Overfed Felines of the US banking industry would be using it also. But guess what, they're not. In the US your signature is all that's needed to use your credit and debit cards.What a pleasure it was.