The Tale of Jamie and the Sweat Tank

Part 3 of 5 from the Duke's Opus:

The day before the race, Jamie received a GChat from Duke.  

Duke: So our sweat suits wound up being $17

  not too bad

 Jamie: not at all

  so the ticket for the nutcracker was $33

 

11:13 AM Jamie: so....if you want to write me a check for $16 it would be much appreciated.Duke: I shall write you a check now and bring it to you tonight

 

 Jamie: you should fax it to me. I can deposit checks via picture on my phone. I wonder if it would accept a faxed check....

 Duke: we shall find out.

 Jamie: you will have to fax both the front and the back.

11:15 AM this will be awesome if it works

 Duke: ok. it will come in two separate faxes

 Jamie: right

 me: be ready in 5 minutes for some fax action!

8 minutes of fax action later

11:23 AM Jamie: not gonna work

  it came through super dark and illegible

 Duke: damn

11:24 AM I'll cancel sending side two

  I blame this on my super old fax machine

11:25 AM Jamie: that would be pretty awesome if it had worked. Use a combination of a really old technology and a really new one to deposit a check. The past would have met the future. I'm sad now

  I think they would have liked each other had they gotten the opportunity

11:26 AM Duke: yeah

  I feel the check itself is the bridge between both the past and the future

11:27 AM checks were around when faxes were the rage

  and while they are used far less now, they are still around when you can deposit them by sending a picture to your bank with your phone

  it could have been poetic.

It COULD have been poetic.  But somehow Jamie was going to need to pick up the shattered pieces of that dream lost and focus on the race.  

Written by: The Duke

Posted: CC - Wednesday, 5:53pm - December 11, 2013 - Day 11 of 30