Australian who lived in the US here. It used to make me laugh when Americans would describe Australia as 'like the US 10 years ago'. Then I would write them a

Australian who lived in the US here. It used to make me laugh when Americans would describe Australia as 'like the US 10 years ago'. Then I would write them a check. Then I would try and send a text message that wouldn't go across networks as had always worked in Australia for years... In Australia leaving in the 1990s I had never written a check because even then B-Pay was around and people did direct deposit for rent and things. But Australia probably has about as many banks as California, so we have a much smaller problem.