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My husband  - now ex - has been in trucking for over 25 years and all of our friends have and are and were.  It has changed a lot and also depends on whether you own your own or drive for someone else.  Kind of like IC versus employee.  Also a lot have also been outsourced as there are a lot of foreigners driving the trucks now a days.   There is such a similarity between the two (MT and trucking) but this started with trucking sooner.   Just like MT you do not make money unless you are moving and when that truck has to pay two salaries it is hard.  But like you said, your dad raised four kids but in this day and age it would be hard to do.   If you are cross country it is so hard watching expenses, etc.  Again just like MT it was a good career and if you have been in it for years it is still decent pay but to start out in it, would not do that.  Just like MT as I have very good accounts, make very good money but when someone talks to me about starting out in it, I do shudder a little as I read such horror stories on this board and I know it is not as easy to do as it was when I started 20+ years ago.  I do still yearn for the open road sometimes though.  It is a way to see the US.   Drove through 42 of the 48 states here and Canada.  Anyway that is my thoughts for what they are worth.

Thanks for the tips.  I just recompiled my Instant Text glossaries and then went into the Importer and created abcz glossaries.  I hope this helps.  I really need to be making 300 to 500 lph because my huby was just laid off and no one is hiring.

Thanks again!!!! 

Just went into my acct for a clinic in which I am an IC being paid 12 cpl in MS Word.  I have not worked for a week.  Today, I notice the margins are changed.  Does this change what constitutes a line (isn't it 65 characters per line)???  I go into their system and type on their MS Word via HSI. 

I am dumbfounded.

since the beginning of time. It's not just the 'religious fanatics' who have changed. The human race has evolved in their beliefs since Adam and Eve. Christians don't follow the rules of the Old Testament per se, because Jesus fulfilled the laws. There aren't too many religions who still make animal sacrifices. A woman who is having her period is no longer considered unclean. Pork is not considered taboo in the Christian faith, and Catholics aren't limited to eating only fish on Fridays. There were religions who believed in human sacrifice, but I doubt that goes on very much any more.

People have evolved in that we no longer believe the world is flat. We don't believe you are going to get AIDS by touching someone who has it. We no longer believe that a woman who is having her period can't go swimming.

Who believes the same things they believed when they were six? How different are your beliefs than your parents? Not just about religion, but about anything.

I would have used a comma in that situation.  But, I had no idea that the rules of English grammar had formally changed.  This is a revelation; most of my grammar education happened before 1972. 

I know a lot of people think that they cannot work nights and I used to think the same thing.  I wish I would have done it a long time ago.

I cannot say that I am not sleep deprived at times BUT it has been great.  I work a Sun.-Thurs shift starting at 9 p.m. when my daughter is out of school.  I get off at 4 a.m. if I take no breaks.  This allows me to get 4 or 5 hours of sleep before she gets up and then I lay down for a couple of hours when hubby gets home. 

Working a split shift might help you, too.

over the years.  The program is very comprehensive, and you will indeed be able to work as an MT immediately after you complete the program (some even begin working before finishing).  Like the other poster mentioned, it is a very difficult program, but it definitely prepares one to do MT.

I believe the program currently is about $3200.  I finished in 15 months, and that was with working at another job during that time.  Extensions are $75 a month, but you have to be at a certain point in the program to qualify for the extra time.

All that being said, now that M-Tec is owned by Webmedx, no doubt some things will change.  Already they are charging for the RMT/CMT prep classes, when in the past there was no cost.  Personally, I don't value the RMT or CMT so called "credential" anyway, but I find it interesting that there is now a charge when there was none in the past.  This is a sign of things to come, I fear.

Also, one of the former owners, Kathy Kropko, has retired.  That leaves only Susan Francis, and she, not being an owner now, has less say in what will transpire. 

So, overall I still believe M-TEC's program is good, but I also wonder where it is headed.

You might also want to consider Andrews.  It is also a top-notch program.

Good luck!  

that behavior would be very dangerous today.  Even just 10, 20 years ago, the world was much safer than it is now.  There's no way my daughter would go off alone like that.  I don't blame Natalee's parents, though.  The only person or persons to blame is the one or ones who took this girl and saw fit to destroy her. It's their fault, no one elses.  In a perfect world, we could let our children go and not worry about them, but unfortunately, ours is not perfect.  It's just sad that so many sick people are free to roam among us in society, be it in our country or somewhere else.  We should just pray for the family and for Natalee, and for the people responsible for this horrible tragedy.  Pray that God will put it in their heart to tell the truth, tell where she is at, so her family can move on. That's what we all need to be doing right now!

VR is putting out some of the sloppiest work I've ever seen.  In fact, we've actually been told not to over-edit.  In other words, not to "pretty it up", just make sure it's correct.  So if we come across Down's syndrome, like you mentioned, we're supposed to leave it because it doesn't change the meaning.  We were told if we come across something like "a 3.5 centimeter p u s s y wound", the only change we make is to insert the comma between centimeter and p u s s y (purulent), because if you don't it definitely does change the meaning.  Now if that doesn't look absolutely unprofessional I don't know what does.  Yet if this was straight typing instead of VR, it would be the fault of the MT for not changing it.

You're right when you say that compared to 30 years ago language and quality are changing, but it doesn't mean it's changing for the better.  It's changing to accommodate a financial benefit instead of quality.

...sharing the information was the only way I could live with having it, if that makes sense.

We are expected to accept so much in our world/society (violence, pain, suffering) these days, and in our hearts I believe we know some of these things are not 'right'; yet, our voices have become smaller and smaller, for some reason, and when someone does speak out they are labeled one thing or another, or dismissed, or worse. 

In my opinion, I think some of it is fear...it seems to harden us, as you mentioned. 

This is a terrific board...very 'colorful,' and by that I mean a lot of different points of view, which I find thought-provoking. 

MTStars does a great job and service, in my opinion.

My vision used to be horrible--I was legally blind and then some.  Not anymore.  I see 20/20, and I'm now 42 years old.  It was the BEST thing I ever did for myself.  I NEVER take it for granted, and I ALWAYS feel grateful and thankful.

Make SURE that you really discuss the whole procedure with the doctor and staff.  Find about the equipment they're using.  How old is it?  How does it work?  The latests machines take zillions of pictures of your eye every second, and if ANYTHING looks wrong, they immediately shut down on their own.  All that means is that you'll have to come back in a few weeks to have the procedure done, but it won't hurt you.  The latest machines also perform constant internal checks every second.  If anything looks wrong, they immediately shut down on their own.

Make sure you go to a reputable place.  DON'T skimp--this is your vision we're talking about!!  But oh........ you will LOVE it when it's done!!

otherwise a mammogram is a mammogram is a mammogram.

contract was up.  Download speed is not dependable - it can be fast or as slow as dial-up.  Uploads are usually faster as they are usually are text files, which are much smaller than a voice file.   If you have trees that may have branches that will blow in front of the dish during windy weather you may lose service.  If it is raining hard of snowing hard you can and probably will lose service.   I had service with DirecWay and their customer service stinks.  

Can you get cable internet? 

A lot of hospitals have their med rec dept MTs (or MTSO) do ERs, as well.  Those reports are usually sort of a combination H&P, OP (minor procedures) and/or DS--more detailed than clinic SOAPs.