Be Careful About Those Checks!

A check is merely an IOU, and IOUs can be written on anything. Someone once wrote a $15 check on an eggshell. The recipient took the eggshell to a bank in Canada, where it was cashed like any other check.

Family Begs For $1 Million Dollars?

Here is an interesting article that caught my eye! It is about a family that wants $1 Million Dollars so that they can afford an apartment in New York City.

I have seen a lot of "cyberbegging" sites online and even though this wasn't a cyber-begging website it was placed as an ad in a New York magazine. Now I'm not totally surprised by this because I have seen a lot of sites where people are asking (or even begging) for money.

Although I seriously doubt it I wouldn't be too surprised if this family actually got what they were asking for.

I do have some problems with it though. I realize that sometimes once someone becomes used to living a certain lifestyle it is hard to give it up and they will resort to almost anything in order to maintain that lifestyle.

The article is not specifically clear about their situation although it does say that they want the apartment that's in their neighborhood. Where are they living now?

Another "ironic" thing is that the family says that it does have some money and I'm wondering why they are "working" with that money to secure a place.

But you can read the article and decide for yourself.