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Enjoyed reading your live reports.

The drive in bank thing made me smile. 15 years ago I was staying with a friend who lived in Missouri at the time, and on our way out to St Louis one day she said that she had to call at the bank. We pulled into a small local shopping area and drove round the back of the bank passing loads of empty parking spaces, which I thought was strange as parking in one of those was nearer to the front door of the bank. I was absolutely gobsmacked when we pulled up at a window (picture McDees drive thru), where a member of the bank staff conducted the transaction through the window. I thought how much easier that would have made my life at home, as I had a cash business at the time and had to park up in a busy town, then walk to the bank carrying substantial amounts of cash, three or four times a week. And how typical of the Americans to find an easier way of doing it. Maybe in another 20 years we will catch up!

Hope the trip home isn't too depressing