<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKama vile nilivyofanya hapo awali, niliamua kuwa ni muda mfupi sana, na kwa hivyo siku nane kabla ya malipo, kulingana na hali ya soko la fedha, nilianza kununua cheki.  <response>: and and i and over and over the course of a year i i figured out how long it took them to clear that check and the and the shortest period of time was eight days so generally about eight days before payday depending on what the currency markets were doing i would go up and start buying id id start cashing in my checks for pounds 