$2.39 for regular in Boynton Beach, FL.

• What does a gallon of gas cost in YOUR town? - yen2772
  • $2.73 here on Vancouver Island, BC Canada - KAZ
  • $2.19 in Joplin, Mo - janeblond
  • About 4 years ago, it was anywhere around 99 cents to 1.09...now it is 2.41 (could be higher today) - NYMT
    • It's $2.25 in upstate NY - NY'er
    • also heating up, utilities up, pay has not gone up...in fact - NYMT
      • I can second everything you just said. nm - INMT
  • gas - msbeanctr
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  • 2.21 here in North Georgia - GAtrans
  • $2.17 in Savannah, GA - robin
  • $2.29 in Central Maine - Mainer
  • 2.30 (but that was at Sam's Club with the membership card) (nm) - Denise
    • oops... I should have said that I am in Albuquerque, NM (nm) - Denise
  • $2.39 for regular in Boynton Beach, FL. - nm
  • $2.58 for regular in Central Valley, Calif. (NM) - Not driving far!
  • $2.09 in Tappahannock, VA, about $2.26 in Mechanicsville, VA (35 miles South) - Laura E.
  • $2.39/gallon - Philadelphia - nm
  • today it is 2.49 a gallon, NE Indiana - Hoosier MT
  • $2.38 at Shell in Lexington, Ky, but it's the wknd. - memt
  • ($2.89 No. Cal 2 days ago, San Leandro, SE of SF. NM - Margaret
    • I will never complain about $2.12 again! Yikes! - Busy MT'ing
  • It went up to $2.29 yesterday, was $2.16 earlier this week... - Marietta, Georgia
  • 2.16 to 2.19 in Alabama. nm - wannie
  • Lower NY state 2.39 and up. nm - wanderer
  • Gas - Texas
    • Gas - Mary V
    • Gas prices - Northern Arizona
  • Paid $2.69/gallon in So. Cal. today. (nm) - Poindexter
  • I haven't had to fill up in a couple of weeks. - I don't know.
  • $1.99 Wednesday, today $2.11 nm - Southern girl
    • That's what ours cost a year ago! Where in the South are you? - nm

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Audio Advantage.  Essentially it is an external sound card.  Plugs into USB port and then your headphones plug into it.  I have had one for about a year and cant live without it.  My problem is so called "secret" dictators.  A lot of my docs think their dictation is a secret or something and talk so low that I simply cannot hear them.  The Turtle Beach does wonders for them.  There are tons of options to play with that helps clear up noise too.  One warning though, it will render your speakers useless and you only have sound through your headphones unless you uninstall it.

They rented this beautiful place for a week for the wedding and the guests - a huge mansion-type place just for them.

They wore white....she wore flowing cotton white, he wore a white shirt and white shorts, they were barefoot (actually everyone was barefoot) with she wearing foot jewelry.  These are not youngsters either (in their 50s) but a first marriage for my friend (she never found Mr. Right until she found Mr. Right - so happy for her - she deserves it and more).  It was exquisite - everyone else was dressed neat-clean-casual - slacks on women, except for her sister who was Maid of Honor......but it was real casual with the finest of food and drinks :)

I think it's up to the people getting married - never let anyone dictate such a special occasion!!! 

It plugs into the back of the computer and enhances the volume as well as the quality of sound.  But I needed to get an extender from Radio Shack since it plugs in the back (but if you have any USB jacks in front, that would work too). 

http://www.turtlebeach.com/products/micro/home.aspx

http://www.radioshack.com/sm-8-ft-computer-speaker-cable-1-8-jack-to-1--pi-2102967.html

except for the biker bars (which are really kinda fun!).  Small local market in the square on Friday.  Nice beach, good restaurants, close to Daytona and St. Augustine if you are looking for more action.

A little cool for swimming IMHO, but with good weather it's nice to dig your toes in the replenished beach.

It is a USB thing that looks like a flash drive and it bypasses the sound card.  It has lots of settings to adjust to improve sound.   I got it and didn't think it made much difference, but then didn't use it for a couple of days and realized that it did make a difference.  I got mine at Best Buy for about $30.  There have 3 different levels and I think Audio Advantage is the middle one (which was the only one they had at Best Buy).  You can Google Audio Advantage by Turtle Beach and probably find their website. 

Creative is a good brand of sound card and likely it isn't the sound card that is the problem, just poor quality dictation.  The USB thing above will help, but if you don't have good dictation to work work, you can only do so much.   If you don't have them also try noise-cancelling headphones.  They are rather pricey, though can probably get a good pair for about $60 or less on sale, and they make a significant difference too. 

the author is Dr. Arthur Agatston, cardiologist here in s. florida

9.25% -- Bought some clothing yesterday and the subtotal was $159.97. The tax was $14.80. Total bill:  $174.77.

They get us in other ways.

We as MTSOs absolutely have to start the pay lower and I'll tell you why.  Hiring and training is expensive.  We are paying editors by the hour to proof new hires 100% so we actually lose money on every report a new hire does.   3 out of 5 people we hire lie about their experience and are not qualified to do the work so it requires extensive editing and in a lot of cases, total retyping.   Over half of the people hired do not do their required lines or hours per day, some are scheduled to start and just do not even show, do not contact us or anything.  I get emails from people saying they are losing their home, their children, etc., and are desperate for work and then do 100 lines a day.  It is not cheap to advertise, it is not cheap to pay man hours to test and train. So we start lower, and in the 20% of the time we get somebody who 1) does have the required experience, 2) really does want to work and does the required hours or lines, and 3) proofs their own work so it's not a total wreck when we get it, THEN we give raises, and good ones.  

You want to know where all the 10-12 cpl pay per line went?   Get out your map and look at India, Phillippines, and Pakistan.   On the 11 facilities we have, the highest paying to us is 13 cpl.  Try renting an office, keeping the equipment updated, paying employees, etc., on that amount of money.  If we try and get a raise, they talk about other companies who have already contacted them and how they can outsource and pay only 8 cpl total.   I understand now why companies are outsourcing.  We can't find qualified workers or those who even want to work so it's easier for companies to outsource and pay to have the work proofed before being sent on to the facilities.  We do not outsource at all, but we have hired so far 19 people for FOUR positions and only 2 remain.  That's how bad it is for us.

The company I work for pays 11 cents a line...so they are out there! They also do not outsource and they need good transcriptionists....contact me if you want a good company to work for.

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