Folks, I have been doing this as long as dirt has been around

Posted By: Oddball on 2008-01-06
In Reply to: Toasting and coasting - HolidayMT

I get bored sometimes but I produce more now than I did say 25 years ago, I have to because if with a national the pay has dropped. I now do (VR and straight included) do at least 3000 per day whereas with straight for years and years it was about 2000 per day. When totally bored out of my skull, I usually try to redo my hours and take some time, but guess what, then I just have to make up so I work my 8 hours per day, straight through and I am not bored when I get my check.

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What do you do?? - DownNout
- It's nice to have company...lol - DownNout
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- I am productive, but I am for 15 mins/2 hours sm - Lyndia
- Here is the problem..... - C.J.
- My solution - Julie
- limit internet - jlynn
  - boredom - blondie
- White Chestnut, keeps me focussed. - Bach's flower remedies
  - What is white chestnut?...nm - DownNout
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- Toaster syndrome, LOL! - I have that too!
  - toaster syndrome - me, too
- I have found that if I sometimes think about - other things while I'm typing, it makes me type
  - Toasting and coasting - HolidayMT
    - Folks, I have been doing this as long as dirt has been around - Oddball
      - The VR is what bored me to death..sm - cat
        Try - Oddball

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But for how long, pretty greedy folks there!!! NM
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Any ho t dirt y bitc hes here!
i am on het wanna fuc k hard and deep so that my 12 inches long black rod reaches the thoroat of all the old MT bitc hes here.

It's just one more reason why MTs are treated like dirt. (nm)
:/

I like that idea of rabbit wire and dirt....
around them and using them as planters. I don't have any stumps in my yard now, but did have a property once with lots of stumps and after I moved and got a little more into gardening realized how useful they could be. Use the stump as a pedistal for potted plants such as wave petunias. Nail a few cross limbs on it and put some climbing flowering vines like clematis or cardinal climbers and make little garden beds in the rich soil around them. Scatter birdseed on top of some and use others to make birdbaths with a shallow dish. Also they make a nice place to just sit and enjoy your garden. I wish I had more stumps in my yard!

I use an alcohol prep pad to clean the dirt off &
the corner of the packet it comes in I slide between the keys all around and I get these big dust bunnies that I just pull out with my fingers. I also turn it upside down and shake it once in a while too.

Nice to see a fellow dirt-roader. :-) nm
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Just purchased Dirt Devil bagless in K-Mart for $50 and
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and besides, pc's are dirt cheap, especially to company that buys lots of them at once. nm
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I bought one of those $60 bagless Dirt Devil Breeze vacuums at
K-Mart, and I hate it. It's loud, difficult to push around, messy to empty, and causes shoulder pain. It was kind of a vacuuming emergency because we had just had new carpeting put in and my Electrolux wasn't working. It cost $29 to fix the 15-year-old Electrolux, so the Dirt Devil is just collecting dust. I love my Electrolux, but I got it for free. I won't pay an arm and a leg for a vacuum.

Definitely could be dust and dirt inside your computer. Be careful when you open it,
buy computer air cleaner at electronic store, and blow the air into all computer parts. Use a clean and static-free brush to dust all components. Be careful not to touch any parts inside with your hands to avoid static electricity whch may zap your machine. Important to unplug everything before opening up the case. If you are nervous about doing this yourself, take it to a computer tech for a good cleaning.

We've put rabbit or other small fencing around them, added dirt, and used them as planters. Takes
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I think this happens a lot. Usually, the folks
Some of you people are basketcases.

I wonder why there are so many folks
compose an email that is not riddled with misspelled and misused words? I get emails everyday from a workflow coordinator who leaves the letters 'ed' or 'd' off of almost every word that should have it...Example: "The work has -increse- in the last few days." -incomplete sentences, missisng commas, etc.

It's ridiculous. I have managers who send out poorly composed emails as well. Unbelievable!

You might want to try these folks
I don't know if you've found anything yet, but you might want to try a company called Transcription Matchmaker. They found me a job a year ago when all I had was dial up. They find out what your requirements/specialties are and then match you with a company that best fits you. I've now been with the same company they found for me 10 months ago and I am happy with my job. I hope they can help you.

So now we know, folks, why so many MTs - sm
never get so much as a response when they apply for the literally THOUSANDS of MT jobs we see online every single day.

YouTube is not only a fun and entertaining website, it is also proving to be an amazingly POWERFUL TOOL, and I think that power has only just begun to be tapped.

Now there is one way to get the word out about MT. If you have the capabilities to make YouTube video (or your kids do), the word about fraud, ID theft, & American job loss can be spread.

IC folks

Hey there all you Indepedent contractor folks. Just want to take a quick poll and see if you are happy being independent. I am thinking of the making the jump over from employee to IC. Just want to see and get a quick glance and see if you are happy or not so happy with being IC.

Welcome! I like seeing new folks here
it's great to get some fresh perspectives or see how MTs in the business are doing.

I hate Instant Text. It is expensive, long long learning
curve, and too much distraction for me.

You are so right. Our pay goes down from same folks who are charging us more when we

Right now McDonald's in our town starts employees at $8/hour and pays benefits and some school benefits.

I have worked 30 years in transcription and make less now than I did in 1985. That's 20 years ago. I know more and earn less. In fact I am a fraction above poverty level.

If you don't think MQ is getting ready to take us all below poverty level right down there with Mexico City, just hide and watch. Or rather, sit here and think you are with a "good" company. I didn't, because they are making millions in profit off your hard work and not sharing a penny of it with you.

In the old days an employer spread the wealth of the company with the employees who made it happen. This group has never heard of the concept.

Those City folks

I can really relate to your situation and wanted to tell you this story.

I live at the base of a mountain. There is an RV place out here and every winter the hunters camp and .....leave aggrevation everywhere (garbage).

Yesterday i drove the 15 miles to town to the post office where they know everyone by name. I was packaging my book to mail and was listening to this conversation: A gentleman handed a change of address form to the Postmaster. He says," You just moved in that new house on the hill last fall. Is everything okay"?

Naturally everyone looks that direction. The gentleman says " We don't like that housing developement on the hill. There is way too much snow".

Continuing with his story: My wife had the kids were in the SUV and the road was covered with snow and ice. (duh, it is all winter long). She had to stop because of the herd of Elk standing on the hill in the middle of the road. She slid back down the hill and wouldn't drive up again until I came home from work".

So i have asked my husband for a snow maker!!!!!! Maybe they will all move back to the city. At the base of this hill, a herd of Elk always graze in the field. There have been many occassions i drive the grandkids that direction to watch. The 3-year-old asks to me take him to see the funny cows.

So if anyone has a spare Snowmaker please send it to me.....I would love to drive the rest of the city folk out of there!!