Ditto to what the above poster says. See message.

I work on a lap top with DQS; my understanding is that actually DQS takes up little memory, but you do need to have a Windows XP computer.  Check with your local MQ tech department for specific computer requirements, but I believe all current lap tops easily fit the bill.  I have a Toshiba Satellite that works great, and there are a lot of sales going on now.

My computer has a 14-inch screen, but I still plug it into a 17-inch flat-screen at home, and also use an external keyboard and mouse (I have never been able to type on a lap top keyboard).  I sure like being able to throw it into a car and going when I want.  :). 

I'm so sorry Katrina has caused such problems for you.  I hope you get your life back together soon.

• LAPTOP COMPUTER - MQ2
  • I use a laptop too - agj
  • I work from a laptop on DQS - mtttee
    • Ditto to what the above poster says. See message. - Quisted Sister
      • laptop is the only way to go s/m - hm
        • Laptop - Another MT
          • My Dell - hm

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You have been in my thoughts and prayers all week, also.  I remember that you said, "Uh oh, too late" and that it was too late to leave.  You probably don't have access to this board yet, but when you finally do, just want to say that I hope you and your family are doing OK!!!

My mom called to complain all the time, too, and finally I just told her.  I have problems, too.  Hearing about your problems constantly doesn't make me feel any better.  It got to the point where I started hiding in my own house.  One day about 2 weeks ago, we were buying flowers at a greenhouse.  She began asking me about the mulch my husband had put around her trees last fall.  We had extra and offered it to her and even took the time to spread it for her.  So at the greenhouse, she starts with "Well, I don't even know what that stuff was Nate put all around the trees.  He just threw it on there."  That was the final straw.  I waited until we got in the car to go home and point blank asked her, "Do you not like me?  You complain about everything we do for you."  At first she just looked at me, and then she started to get defensive and say that I was the one always snapping at her.  I gave her some examples of the way she was treating me, and she ended up apologizing.  She admitted that she actually was jealous of how well we were doing, the way I dressed and fixed myself up, the way I decorated my house, and the life I had with my husband (my parents fight a lot). 

We patched things up and things have been better since then.  We try to be a little more careful of how we say things to one another, but she still doesn't get the whole working at home thing.  I can tell you that I feel better, having gotten that off my chest.  I let her know how hurtful it was and I think she finally heard me.  Life won't always be perfect, but I can work on it.

Good luck!

I guess that is a small pleasure for those of you who have lowered your expectations for the company you work for. 

Bet you're married to a fat bald guy too. 

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I really do find some of it interesting, and I like to feel like I am contributing to the overall care of the patient. I have a couple of decent accounts I consistently work on, and I really cannot complain at all about them.  The people I deal with at my company are nice too. 

 I was a SAHM for 7 years before doing this and I really like working again.  The kids are still young (7,almost 4, almost 3) and it is nice to be able to flex my schedule a bit if one is home sick from daycare/school and also to attend all of those class parties blah blah blah without begging permission to work through lunch or stay late to do so. 

I don't like doing the same thing for 40 hours per week though.  I have a hard time sitting that long.  I didn't think I cared for people very much as far as dealing with them all day long as part of work, but now I do realize I would like to be around people for at least part of my job.  I am thinking about doing some volunteer work at hospice or something just to give me some variety and feel like I am touching someone's life directly. 

I love using my education to do this job though!  DH helped me pay off my student loans from college and I had been getting sick of hearing about the lousy return on investment.  I also love that I am getting paid to know the information I loved to learn.

Not long ago, in  one of my nursing (psychiatric) journals, the editorial contained the phrase "to the manner born"....and I have seen it elsewhere.  Yikes!

Also my flesh crawls when I hear "orientated" but I see that has been incorporated as an alternative spelling per my Random House dictionary.

I find myself struggling not to correct grammar or syntax in conversation.  My daughter calls me a word-snot.

Which brings me to hyphens.  Do I have the correct understanding when I use a hyphen with, for, example, washed-up career, (i.e. the washed modifies career, foul ) but incorrectly when (and there seems to me to be an overuse of hyphens) if I write foul-smelling socks...because the foul modifies smelling per se?

And how about the frequent "I am anxious to attend the Rolling Stones concert" rather than the "I am eager to attend the Rolling......"

Thanks for your input.

Alexa in Washington State

The average middle class American worker is always the one who gets screwed!   It irritates the he** out of me that our government already freely gives handouts to freeloaders who are too sorry to work , and don't even deserve to be called a citizen of this country, and on top of that, illegal aliens break our laws to come here - but they're not punished for breaking our laws - yet they expect "free" medical care, "free" government benefits, "free" government write-offs - for the most part at the expense of the middle class.  Very ironic that so many people come here for our way of life - we do more for them than their own country - yet many of them hate America and what it stands for, and would not hesitate to spit on us and our flag, and some of these idiots in politics just let them do it.   Personally I think it's a collaborative effort to bleed the coffers dry, but what do I know,  I'm just a working stiff.   When is somebody in Washington going to speak up for us?