On Mon, May 15, 2000 at 11:34:17PM -0500, Christopher Browne wrote:
> > Surprise, you are using a double-entry ledger system :) That is, unless
> > you are leaving all of your 'transfer from' fields blanks, all of your
> > entries in checking account have a matching entry in an expense, income,
> > etc. account.
> >
> > I suppose we could make the meaning of 'debit' and 'credit' configurable.
> > It's really unfortunate that the informal meanings of the terms are exactly
> > opposite the accouting meanings.
>
> Blame the evil bankers.
>
> They report things from their perspective that is exactly opposite
> to yours.
I just noticed that they (the banks) do this even in the little check
registers they give you for your checkbook. This is guaranteed to
confuse people.
--Dylan Thurston
