Cool internet hobby. Give it a try!
Posted By: See msg on 2005-10-11
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Download Google Earth and you will have a blast. You can basically fly anywhere on earth that you want via satellite pictures and then zoom in from above. If you fiddle with the controls at the bottom you can actually tilt the view so that you actually feel like you're flying over at a low altitude. You can type in the address of your childhood home and fly right over. Also, check out some of the wonders of the world. Flying over Rome and the ruins is pretty good. The only problem is that if you're flying over a really green area or if the ground colors are a certain hue, it's blurry. I actually found a backyard swimming pool in Karachi, Pakistan. Whodathunk? I saw mention of it in an online newspaper and it's really fun.
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Please! I do not give out personal information to strangers on the Internet!!
You need a HOBBY...
something to capture your interests, and I can assure you that being an MT is not a hobby. What do you like to do?
do you have a good hobby???
I love stained glass work.....You set aside a certain number of hours to transcribe each day, knowing then you will have time to do something creative and fun and also knowing that your transcription $$ is going to pay for your hobby. But, as I have stated before, after about 30 years of transcribing, I burned out absolutely completely and totally; took a two year hiatus; but now am back full throttle!! 
Get him involved in either a hobby, or doing
volunteer work. Let him do for those less fortunate and maybe his life will seem pretty good. If he feels needed that may change his whole attitude and everything else with just fall into place.
He might also need some adjustments in his meds. It s/l there is some depression involved, but it could just be situational and the counseling will help with that. Meds could possibly diminish his libido and it would be worth talking to his doctor to see if that could be the case in his situation.
Maybe you could make him a list of little things to do to help out, or plan the meals and have recipes on index cards so that he can actually prepare the meal. If he is home all day he needs to at least be doing the daily chores.
Nana needs a hobby
Wow, you sure waste a lot of time getting your anger out at someone who is within her rights to comment on the quality or lack of quality of MTs. Maybe you Nana are a decent MT and they certainly are out there. Can a QA person vent or do you have such a problem with that that you have to write an editorial about it. Get working and get over yourself.
Make my own. Cooking's a hobby.
I'd almost like to be a caterer or chef, but I don't like working evenings or weekends. LOL
MT is profession, not a sloppy hobby. sm
Well said. And that is why I am fed up with the whining. It reflects badly on us all. If someone interested in MT comes on and reads the posts, they are going to think MT is full of whiners who are at the mercy of the companies. They will read posts with simple typos and think you don't have to be precise and professional to do this job. That is not how I want my profession to be viewed, especially when I think of all the hard work I put into this job. So take you typos and whining to a blog, where just those of you with no pride in your profession and no ambition will have to be witness to it.
Glad I'm not the only one. I guess it is a hobby too.
Kind of addicted to looking these days. At least it keeps me off e bay. LOL.
question for all you hobby loving gals
I'm making all my x-mas gifts this year, and I bought some plastic bottles and to decorate them I would like to make them look "frosted" because I just think it looks better. I have looked high and low on how to do this, i'm making scented lotion and I could not find anything on the net. Would you guys know how to do this? Hope I get some answers, thanks!
Absolutely! Wonderful hobby and your skills will only improve.
I started knitting, quit for a year when I got discouraged because I couldn't fix my mistakes easily, then went back, determined to learn the craft. For me, what was wonderful was when I automatically could recognize what was right and wrong, and fix it easily. Now, I have more yarn than I could ever use, and more projects started than I'll ever finish. It's a lifetime hobby. There'll never be enough yarn.
Mine say "Thergonomic hand aids". I bought them at Hobby Lobby sm
because I can't find Hand-Eze at my local OfficeMax (live in a small town) any more. These are fingerless gloves made of something like spandex.
I don't know about a website, but Hobby Lobby is a craft store.
I can't type comfortably any more without them - kind of like being uncomfortable in a car without a seatbelt.
Internet based transcription - need advice on how to go internet
Can anyone offer any help/advice on how go about becoming internet based from a call in system, or how to keep the call in system for the docs and put transcriptionists on the internet? Not sure where to start to get information on how to go about doing this. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.
If you want to work on the internet from home, take an internet course
But only from Andrews School or M-TEC. Many companies will waive the 2-years' experience requirement and will test and hire you if you go to either of those schools. Do NOT bother with At Home Professions, Penn Foster, US Career Institute, or ESPECIALLY Trans-Am, which is also known as Trans-SCAM and is a total ripoff. You will have a VERY difficult time getting hired without experience unless you choose Andrews School or M-TEC. Yes, they cost more, but that's because they are excellent training programs, not "correspondence courses."
The girl was 13, the rapist a distant relative they took in. Give money, give food and your time, b
you don't put your family at risk by taking in strangers. That's just plain foolish. There were over 3300 registered sex offenders in NO. Where are they now. In your community? Perhaps in your house? Good luck.
oh our lovely government does give illegals medicaid, foodstamps, and housing so in term we give tha
i have been through some rough times lately and had to apply for some help. there are signs, big signs, all over our offices saying "YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE LEGAL TO GET HELP". so we and our government do give them our benefits whether they are legal here or not. now that is messed up. i am helping to support them so they can take away my jobs and i can't even support my kids and yes i get benefits, wow $75 a month in food stamps which lasts not even a week in a household of 6. don't get me wrong, i am thankful for any help at the moment, but i get penalized for trying to work my tail off and still can't survive.
there was recently an article in our local newspaper where one of our local school districts tried to charge $1000 a year for each illegal student enrolled. it was bulked and the illegals got a lawyer to sue for discrimination. the school district merely stated that they had to HIRE extra teachers that could speak the foreign language just to teach these children and were trying to offset some of the expenses. ridicilous!! so again our taxpayers money is paying to educate illegals as well.
Aw come one give her a break. She said she was sorry and is willing to refund. Give her a chance to
do what is right. If she fails to do what is right, then go about this in an adult way and not act like such a child. "you suck" That is so immature.
She is responding to you and you are eating her alive. Why would she put herself out there to be treated like this if she didnt mean it.
I am really astonished at how people can act on here. Would you treat people like this in person? If you do, I cant imagine you having very many friends.
Remember we are all "HUMAN."
A simple google search will give you your answer...I'd give you the answer,
but how would that help you learn to research on your own...and I'm in a rush to get to the next post.
Tell him you'll give him your macros if he'll give you his Lexus, his ski cabin, and (nm)
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Hey, cool.
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very cool, thanks a lot.
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That's not cool, however,
we always leave one of us home to pass out candy. I don't feel right taking my kids out to get candy from all the neighbors when I've closed my house up and didn't pass any out to their kids.
Cool, thanks!
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Cool, I might do the same (sm)
It is something I love to do and never have time. The animals at my house like to paint too.
Wow, that is cool!
I wish MY middle name was Lennon, LOL! Yeah, "imagine" what John would have to say about the current state of affairs - I have a feeling he would NOT think 2 kindly of Mr. Bush or the war - remember War Is Over (If U Want It) he and Yoko put on billboards all across the world to end the war in Vietnam? I don't think he'd be 2 popular with the Republicans, LOL!
Really COOL!
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very cool, Thank you so much!!!
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THAT IS WAY COOL!
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WOW! That's cool!
I always wondered how that works, and how one winds up in Judge Judy's court room? Do they know beforehand or is it like a surprise when they show up at court??? :)
It WAS cool!! (sm)
He filed a claim in Small Claims Court in the state where he was living. Apparently the staff of these shows watch the dockets and pick ones they think will make a good show because he got a call from Judge Joe Brown's staff who wanted him to be on that show and the next day got a call from Judge Judy's staff who wanted him to be on her show. He chose Judge Judy because he would not have to travel as far to go to her show. It was all very interesting. He did not think so at the time he was going through it - it was very stressful for him - but in the end he was happy with the outcome and glad he did it.
The point of it is that the show is "arbitration", it is not an actual court of law. He had to sign papers saying that he accepted the "arbitration" and if he did not like the outcome he gave up his right to recourse in a court of law. He chose that route because he felt that if he took it to court, though he probably would get a judgment against the defendant, he would still have to collect. But with JJ, the show paid the judgment and he got a check for the whole amount, tax free, plus $500 for showing up on the show, within 7 to 10 days.
WOW! Now that's really really cool! lol
One more question, does the defendant then have to pay the court??? I just find this so interesting :)
Way cool, Boo. Way cool!
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It's Cool.
Not the best, not the worst. Very easy to set up and use. You may need to fiddle with the settings for speeding up and slowing down dictation, but that's not hard to do. I'm available if you need help! I used it all through school and did just fine with it.
Good luck!
Too cool
I think I will really think about this before vacation this year. Kids watch DVD in vehicle anyway!
That is very cool! Thanks!
Ha, that's too cool-Think
I'll try it this summer some beach somewhere! LOL! Thanks so much for the info!
Cool!
Thanks MIMT for the info. I will be working for a company that used to be called Michiana Transcribers, Inc. out of Osceola, Indiana. They have merged with MD-IT. My place of employment where I worked as the in-house supervisor for their transcription department terminated all four transcriptionists' positions, including mine, and are outsourcing to MD-IT (Michiana Transcribers, Inc.). They have hired all of us to be at-home transcriptionists, transcribing for the same physicians/therapists we have all these years. We are a little aprehensive to say the least. Any information on this company would be greatly appreciated.
this is so cool..
thank you thank you thank you
I was looking at keyboards with touch pads, but wasn't too thrilled on the results.
how cool!
I'm running to Radio Shack tomorrow! I cannot wait to hear what I have been missing. Maybe they will give me a raise now for not sending to many QA submissions. LOL!
too cool
thanks. you can never have enough websites
Cool!
Your information helps a lot. Thank you!
Too cool!!!
That is so cool. Thanks for sharing this. I would never had known about this otherwise.
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