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"Apparently today is the 50th anniversary of the first UK cash machine in Enfield. It has been marked by making the one closest to the original gold.
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Blimey.  |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"Apparently today is the 50th anniversary of the first UK cash machine in Enfield. It has been marked by making the one closest to the original gold.
Blimey. "
They weren't that common when I was growing up and I didn't get a bank card that would allow me to use an ATM when I first had a bank account. Now I wonder what I would have had to do to get one.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"really - so i was 5 when they appeared - sure it was later than that - 
I thought that too as they weren't that common.
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where is that thread of useless phrases ''just goes to show you ''  |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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I saw, somewhere, that if you are being mugged at the ATM and forced to enter your pin to withdraw money you should enter your pin backwards. That will trigger the machine to present the money but leave it stuck in the machine and trigger the camera to work.
I don't know if it's true or not though.
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"I would seriously doubt that works because banks would make that common knowledge as a security measure, not just random heresay  "
That's my assumption too... and there's no way to test it without having to get your card released, if it works.
There are lots of things that people don't know that they should, though. Like dialing "55" if you dial 999 and can't speak because you might put yourself or others in danger.
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"One of our taxi companies has started to take contactless cards. Its the only one that even takes cards. Thats our progress "
Leaping from no cards to contactless with no steps inbetween... before you know it you'll have AI doing everything.
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"And the first user of said ATM?
Reg Varney of On The Buses fame who was the celebrity they got to unveil it
I astound myself the crap I keep in my head sometimes!! "
I heard that on the news piece. Reg Varney was a proper celeb back then.
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"I would seriously doubt that works because banks would make that common knowledge as a security measure, not just random heresay
That's my assumption too... and there's no way to test it without having to get your card released, if it works.
There are lots of things that people don't know that they should, though. Like dialing "55" if you dial 999 and can't speak because you might put yourself or others in danger.
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
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"And the first user of said ATM?
Reg Varney of On The Buses fame who was the celebrity they got to unveil it
I astound myself the crap I keep in my head sometimes!!
I heard that on the news piece. Reg Varney was a proper celeb back then.
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Oh I know, used to drive past his house on the way to school and would always look out for him!! |
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"And the first user of said ATM?
Reg Varney of On The Buses fame who was the celebrity they got to unveil it
I astound myself the crap I keep in my head sometimes!! "
It's been all over the telly and radio today so you may have seen or heard it that way  |
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By *emini ManMan
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"And the first user of said ATM?
Reg Varney of On The Buses fame who was the celebrity they got to unveil it
I astound myself the crap I keep in my head sometimes!!
It's been all over the telly and radio today so you may have seen or heard it that way "
*thumbs nose at the cynic from the valleys*
First I knew of its anniversary was this thread...so there!!  |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"I would seriously doubt that works because banks would make that common knowledge as a security measure, not just random heresay
That's my assumption too... and there's no way to test it without having to get your card released, if it works.
There are lots of things that people don't know that they should, though. Like dialing "55" if you dial 999 and can't speak because you might put yourself or others in danger.
I'm going to the bank tomorrow and I'll find out if this is true and report back "
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