The blue belts? OMG! sm

• Odd question from an MT - slightly perplexed
  • Cphone is Dictaphone - Jamie
    • C-phone - GoGranny
  • It's an OLD antiquated way of getting your work sm - shipaddict
    • C-phone for sound quality is better thead and neck Lanier.. - anon
      • better than Lanier - darn short-cuts! NM - anon
    • Interesting opinion, Ship... sm - I Must Be An OLD MT
      • Heck, I still remember the old vinyl belts -- I am a REALLY OLD MT!! LOL sm - LTMT
        • The blue belts? OMG! sm - I Must Be An Old MT
          • Not to mention wheelwriters. sm - Anon
            • carbon paper... sm - I Must Be an OLD MT
              • LOL .. I'll bet you are write. UGH on the carbon paper ... sm - LTMT
                • Yikes .. right, not write. nm - LTMT
    • Our hospital still uses them and they can't be that antiguated as our system was purchased 2 year - OldieButGoodie
    • Worked on C-phone for 10 years with 1 phone line - and using a 800 number. Made lots of $. :) nm
      • Me too. Miss C-phone. Sound quality MUCH better. nm - Anon
        • Me 3, made good money with less cpl than now. nm - MT51
    • Cphone is fine - Jamie

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Omigosh!!!  I thought I was the only one old enough to remember those!  Reminds me of another MT story.  Remember how we erased those old belts with the foot pedal?  Weelllll once upon a time I accidentally erased one that I hadn't transcribed...wouldn't you know it was the doc who was the grouchiest surgeon who ever walked the halls of a hospital!!  Yep.....I got to tell him myself and received a horrible lecture about how he had more important things to do than redictate his reports.  Made me feel like I could walk under an earth worm with a top hat on!!!  Lesson learned......PAY ATTENTION. hahaha

You are so right....life is too short.  The year before I went to work for TT I had 6 or maybe 7 jobs which was 3, or was it 4? years ago.... I forget.....all promised MT heaven, all delivered MT hell, at least as far as I was concerned.  Some people want one thing and some want another.  As for me, all I want is give me work and leave me alone to do it, I'll make the money I want regardless of how I'm paid or what I'm called upon to type.  I say, if anyone, myself included, is unhappy for any reason, don't waste time moaning on the boards, get off thy butt and find some place that suits you.  They exist but sometimes you gotta kiss a lot of toads to find a prince.  Personally I guess unless something unforeseen happens I'll stick with TT until I hang up my keyboard for good but I've always made it a habit to know where my next lilly pad was and even now I have a standing job offer (unsolicited), said I was happy where I am and was told that any time I wanted to go to work just to give them a call...no test necessary.  They call me periodically to ask are you ready (and yes, they offered more money but as I said before, money isn't important to me at this point in my life).  That's called networking...I know a lot of MTs and there's usually a referral bonus for good MTs.

Can you say that my line count SUCKS today. HAHAHA  And no wonder; it's rainy, gloomy, I'm bored and spending time reading and doing useless posting on the boards.  But....tomorrow's another day.

I actually prefer the wav files to the C-phone for the convenience factor.  I hope to have my laptop set up so I can work a little when I travel, and it would be nice not to have to lug the C-phone around too.  However, I never had any sound quailty issues with the C-phone -- not sure what the other poster is talking about.  Looking at the days of the vinyl belts, endless loops, and cassette tapes that broke, I think we have come a long way. 

Have you ever been called out of the blue by a company which you did NOT submit an ap or resume to be offered a job?  Happened to me last night and I was a bit shocked.  It was what you would call a cold call, I guess.  Seemed odd...has anyone had a similar experience?

Do you always have to post something negative and childish after every one of Gourdpainter's posts?  I'd say you were using Mommie's PC but the kids are back in school now, so methinks this is one of the vindictive TT management trolls, angry over the fact that even though they sued her for $294.50 for defamation of character, she had the NERVE to keep posting, not properly chastised and slinking away quietly.  So, I suggest YOU GO!  You are really making a fool out of yourself. 

Keep up the good fight, GP!! 

in upper right hand, I think the numbers might be line count, what is the other one in the blue box? 

Not sure about the pre-existing conditions clause -- might be a 3 or 6 month waiting period.   I have a $25 co-pay for office visits (5 per year), but $1000 deductible.  If you're relatively healthy and just need well visit checks, it is ideal, but not sure about your situation. 

I did find a site:  www.healthinsurancesort.com that might help you.

Good luck!