Thanks. It's getting less cockalicious. (Nalo pauses, fascinated, to consider the possible, er, ramifications of that word.) Ahem.

The cheque finally showed up. The bank had promised not to put a hold on it -- they have verification that it's a valid cheque -- but they're holding it nevertheless, until they receive confirmation from the U.S. bank that issued it that it's okay. That -should- only hold up my access to my money for another few days. One by one, we're knocking the road blocks down.