“I grew up living paycheck to paycheck, but through hard work and perseverance, I now live direct deposit to direct deposit” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. “True you don’t live paycheck to paycheck I believe ya, but yo broke ass do live direct deposit to direct deposit” was posted on Twitter by Rod pitchblack on August 6, 2011. “Stop living paycheck to paycheck… ...and start living direct deposit to direct deposit!” was posted on Twitter by Bevraj of Choice on March 4, 2014.
“Growing up we lived paycheck to paycheck but through hard work and perseverance I now live direct deposit to direct deposit” was posted on Twitter by mark on March 5, 2016. The saying quickly went viral in 2016.
Twitter
Rod pitchblack
@R_DESINORD
True you don’t live paycheck to paycheck I believe ya, but yo broke ass do live direct deposit to direct deposit
12:36 PM - 6 Aug 2011
Twitter
Bevraj of Choice
@BevrajofChoice
Stop living paycheck to paycheck…
...and start living direct deposit to direct deposit!
10:38 PM - 4 Mar 2014
Twitter
mark
@TheCatWhisprer
Growing up we lived paycheck to paycheck but through hard work and perseverance I now live direct deposit to direct deposit.
10:30 PM - 5 Mar 2016
Twitter
scott cason
@scottcason1
I used to live paycheck to paycheck. Through hard work and perseverance I now live direct deposit to direct deposit.
7:02 AM - 18 Apr 2016
Twitter
Toby G
@itemno530
I used to live paycheck to paycheck, but through hard work and perseverance I now live direct-deposit to direct-deposit.
1:29 PM - 18 Apr 2016
Twitter
SuicideGirls
@SuicideGirls
I grew up living paycheck to paycheck. But through hard work and perseverance, I now live direct deposit to direct deposit.
6:03 AM - 1 Jun 2016
Reddit—Jokes
When I first started working this job, I was living paycheck to paycheck.
submitted September 27, 2016 by Bonanza86
No worries, though. With hard work and determination, I now live direct deposit to direct deposit. c:
Reddit—Jokes
I stopped living paycheck to paycheck…
submitted December 23, 2016 by Gatoona
...now I live direct deposit to direct deposit.
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Thanks to technology, I no longer live paycheck to paycheck. I live direct deposit to direct deposit.
submitted July 26, 2017 by KENYADIGG1T
Reddit—Jokes
I grew up living paycheck to paycheck, but through hard work and perseverance
submitted January 15, 2018 by FourWordReplies
...I now live direct deposit to direct deposit.
Reddit—Jokes
I used to live paycheck to paycheck, but now…
submitted September 1, 2018 by Jack_Mackerel
...after years of hard work and commitment, I’m living direct deposit to direct deposit.
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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