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   From: genew@telus.net   
      
   On Sat, 03 Aug 2013 23:53:19 -0600, Greg Goss  wrote:   
      
   >"J. Clarke"  wrote:   
   >   
   >>Many of the banks around here have three lanes, two served by a human   
   >>teller and the third by an ATM.  The lane closest to the building has a   
   >>security drawer, the next one out has the pneumatic tube, and the one   
   >>beyond that has the ATM.   
   >   
   >Interesting.  In Canada, I've never seen one, and the American one   
   >that I saw was in the early eighties.   
   >   
   >Since the introduction of interbank ATM surcharges and the resulting   
   >streamlining of internetwork ATM operations, I haven't seen anything   
   >other than ATMs at drive-throughs since probably 1986.   
      
        When I was living in Bellingham, WA in 2005-2006, my bank had two   
   drive-through lanes (and I think an ATM elsewhere).  The far lane had   
   a pneumatic tube.  The drive-through lanes were open one-half hour   
   later so occasionally I used them walk-through to do my banking.   
      
        Where I bank in Kamloops, BC has a drive-up lane with the   
   controls on the side away from the credit union.  As far as I can see   
   (I have never used it), it is an ATM.   
      
   Sincerely,   
      
   Gene Wirchenko   
      
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