But isn't that to be expected anyway?

summer because all we use gas for is to heat hot water and to cook on the stovetop.  As soon as we turn on the furnace, of course it is going to increase a lot, even in normal years when the price of gas is not as high.

Same with electricity.  It's a stable amount most of the time but once we turn on the air conditioner, it jumps dramatically.

• Anyone getting socked by heating bill yet? - RadGuy
  • I'll trade you your $88 bill for my $350 bill. - HeaterGirl
    • I agree! My bill was $324.00 for gas heat. I couldn't believe my eyes! NM - Nan
  • outdoor wood boilers - cold in the U.P.
  • Rates have simply gone up. We've spent over 500 since Sept. on propane. - And winter just began. nm
  • Heating bill - BrokeMT
    • Same here - nm
  • Mine went from $19 to $138 from one bill to the next. - northerner
    • But isn't that to be expected anyway? - My bill is always really low in the sm
      • Yes, it just didn't help to be unemployed for 2 months at that time. - yes
        • Here they can't shut off your gas if the temperature - is below freezing. nm
          • Unfortunately in my area they made it so the utility companies can shut you off no matter how cold - BrokeMT
          • Goodness! I can't imagine living in a place that got below freezing! - Warm in California
          • 35 degrees is above freezing. - still cold
            • Well technically they can't turn it off here unless the - temp is forecast to be above 35 for 48 hours. nm

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I was a cryptologic linguist when I was in the Air Force. My job involved wearing headphones all day long. They tested our hearing before we started the career field and every year after because the wanted to monitor how much hearing we lost above and beyond the normal age-related stuff. Had an interesting talk with the audiologist about this. Wonder how many former MTs are getting disability for hearing loss?

I was sending him my opinion, expressing my anger concerning the jobs leaving in droves to India and other countries. 

I can't imagine the number of letters he receives in one hour let alone one day.  So, I realize I would never be answered. 

I just was stating my frustration and anger with a situation. 

As I said in my other post, I did call and I talked to one of the phone bank people or whoever answers the phones at the White House.  She was very nice and talked with me a while.  She told me he does get briefed on his mail and phone calls, he wants the good and the bad, he wants to hear how things are directly affecting us individually.  So I let him have it.  I just wanted to add my name to the list of people calling concerning offshoring. She told me many people from IBM who were just laid-off were calling in droves about the offshoring.  So, maybe many voices might at least make some kind of noise. Even if he doesn't listen or doesn't care, it felt good to get the frustration out, knowing I was talking to the actual White House.

My son keeps watching out the window now for the FBI to take me away because I always call and write to Washington. 

The handling of Katrina was a shameful disaster -- my heart goes out to anyone who went through that, and is still suffering because of it.  There was no excuse for that as far as I was concerned. 

I did send many emails and called about that, too,  Again, just wanted to voice my opinion. 

Our company has told us the company we use for VR wants to help us to edit faster, supposedly helping us to use the keys instead of the mouth. Now this seems sorta odd to me. I am wondering if the VR is not as satisfactory as was thought and perhaps the MTs are not really able to get reports out as fast as was thought and not eliminating the need for the MTs? Any thoughts on this?

Yes, I used to work in a docs office doing this as well as other things and but never had this problem.That is why I am frustrated.  My question was whether or not there was a curve for MT'ing or not.  I guess I just was not clear on exactly what editors/QA were really meant for.  I thought they were more of a saftey net for a TX company to ensure that everythign that goes out is what it should be.  But I guess I was mistaken.

Anyway, I was thinking that maybe there was something else similar in this field that would be an option for me to do.  Since I actually like this line of work, I don't see why I should give up so easily.

Lastly, its just me, but I actually think staying at home with my kids is a perfect reason to do this for a living.  I mean seeing as though I actually do want to earn a honest living doing something that I have experience doing ...why not?  It's better than relying the government for money to support my family isn't it? 

I'm paid hourly and I was told the requirement was 50 or more reports per day.  I've never worked QA per line, but I'm sure their line quota is pretty high, at least 2000 or better per day, as you get credit for every line in every report you QA.

Hope this was the answer you were looking for.