I loved my Selectric!!! still miss those days...
Posted By: fg on 2005-08-10
In Reply to: IBM Selectric - gh
don't notice things have improved much - less human contact - what's the big deal about speed? Are we in a race?
I would go back to those days in a heartbeat - it just seemed like we laughed more, had more time for each other.
Is that my imagination?
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I started out on a selectric & sometimes miss it!! nm
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I dunno. I sure do miss my Selectric and those onion-skin copies. nm
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It was in Indiana. Loved the job. Even miss
it sometimes. But not meant to be, I suppose.
I loved 5.1 with Smart Type and miss it, but I make more now sm
I don't think it is the platform (Extext) or the work (now acute, but 5.1 time was with clinic), I think it is me being better able to do the job and a more steady flow of work.
I miss The Practice! Loved that show. Now watch Boston Legal and Conviction. nm
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miss the old days
I, for one, miss the old days when an MT could work at their local hospital and make a very nice hourly wage with benefits, not to mention all the on-the-job learning on a daily basis, having doctors sometimes within ear-shot that you can ask a question. I have not made decent money since our hospital outsourced. It's a shame that the transcription department and its employees are a thing of the past.
Yes he is, and boy, do I miss days of Transquick.
It was not perfect.. but man.. we had a good time and they treated us well (not that we would have known it then by the bitching we did.. but man oh man.. I miss us).
Boy do I miss the days I rode
Gas was $2.72/gal this morning and people were complaining to the radio station. When I went to fill up at 330pm, one station had just changed to $3.07 and the one I ended up at was $2.97 - that is for regular gas. Plus, it was raining sideways while I filled up so I got completely soaked. Maybe I should have just bent over to complete the deal, huh!
How many days can a high-school kid miss
before they can no longer attend school? Isn't there some sort of limit? Just curious because my neighbor is 17 and misses a couple of days a week. Yup, that should be none of my business but I enjoy the peace when he is not home. Plus when he misses a day that usually means he is up later the night before and LOUD. Makes me feel like I live in a dorm with all the whooping and hollering and profane language. HIs mom knows he skips school but doesn't enforce any rules obviously. She is one of those who claims to be so concerned but is so busy doing her own loud partying to notice.
IBM Selectric
That is what I learned on, IBM Selectric and boy we thought we were fortunate when you could save a sentence or two and hit a key and it would print it out on subsequent reports, LOL. When I made I mistake, I had to use white out for the original and then put a piece of paper between each carbon copy and erase the mistake and correct the first carbon copy, then take the piece of paper out and correct the second, so on and so forth, cause we used to make about four to five copies. If the report looked too *crappy*, I would rip up the papers and do it over. However, it was a great and wonderful time being trained and all that kind of stuff, ya know? Then in 1984, I was trained on my first computer at a hospital I worked at. I remember those days with fondness.
YES. We had an IBM selectric with mag card
and we thought it was great! HAHAHAHA
Typewriters - and we had to share the Selectric so SM
we wouldn't fuss.
I used a Selectric for my first job and on the subject of whiteout, we used forms that were three
different colors, so each time you made an error, you had to white out on your carbons with all of the matching colors and this doc hated errors and would point out that you had to use the whiteout. Glad those days are over!
I worked on an IBM Selectric and used carbon paper
if the doctor changed something where you couldn't just use white out or correction tape on a few letters, you had to START OVER.
I taped a little paper duck on my selectric ball and sm
had fun watching it go back and forth while I typed. I was so happy when Selectrics came out, as those huge carriages always knocked over my cup of tea and anything else that was in its path on my desk!
30 hours divided by four days equals seven-hour days. Most of us have to work pretty much every day
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Working 6/hour days, 5 days/week I make
$42,000.00, but the work is there to make more if I want to. I'm in the southeast.
2000 low days, 4000 busy days
Did 43,000 lines last month. 6 doctors.
You can "make a living" if you work 16-hr days, 7 days
and if you rarely buy anything but food and the barest essentials in clothing. My balancing act is so precarious that all it'll take is one of life's little disasters (rent increase, sick pet, major car repair) to pull the rug out from under me. Not a good feeling at all.
550-650 lph on average. Some days more, some days less. It all depends. nm
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How? By working 12-hr days 7 days/week?
;LKJ
And I bet you miss Dan Rather
how'd I miss that one? nm
Yes, we certainly are going to miss
him here in KY
I will miss them too!
I don't know if I can wait until next summer for it to start up again!
In the same both, I miss my WP5.1 ..nm
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Um - did I miss something while I wuz gone??
I take a weekend off from the boards and now I'm gay??? The GOOD threads are always deleted whenever I don't visit! Shoot - what ELSE wuz said about me so I can hear the gossip too! No fair!
PS: I'm not gay but my best friend from hi school is - guilt by association? LOL
definitely don't miss that! nm
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can't miss em
CSI, law and order, numb3rs, desperate housewives, nashville star, lost
can't miss...sm
Survivor, Amazing Race, American Idol, Medium, and Grey's Anatomy
Hit or Miss?
Ok, from what I am gathering is that it is pretty much a "hit or miss" when it comes to taking MT courses, no matter who they are.
I have never heard anyone say anything negative about Andrews or M-Tec. Is it possible that ALL of their students are 100% satisfied?
What I miss and what I don't
What I miss from in-house - being able to talk to the doctors and techs about problem reports, being able to ask for clarification and get an immediate answer, very easy QA, very easy dictations, the easy wardrobe (we wore scrubs), the security and perks, knowing if I had a low production day or took vacation my check wouldn't suffer, and the friends I made there.
What I don't miss - Getting paid the same (or less) than than slackers, having to rotate weekends, constant interruptions, constant demands (fax this, drop what you're doing and find my report, boring staff meetings while the work piles up, shop/cook for this potluck), little kids screaming in the hall, politics and getting along with difficult people.
But I'd say - go for it, if you'll make more money at a job that close, its a chance in a lifetime.
Did I miss something?!
Why do people insist I am not listening, researching, and typing?! I am so stressed out to the max to try and impress people for what?! Pennies per line! No feedback anyone gives me is going to change the fact that the blind leads the blind at the service?! Do it this way, no do it that way?! No "listening" is going to make an ESL talk any better, slower, or clearer! Wow! I came here for support, from people who understand, not to get a "keep trying, you'll never know everything!" I NEVER said ANYTHING about not wanting feedback or about my ability! None of this has to do with what was originally posted! Please, only reply with what pertains to the actual post! Thanks!
did I miss something? what does this message mean?
 Just wonderin' , BTW!
Dont miss it at all......
Been without it for a year now. I have a greater appreciation for PBS!! And, I find that since I have the television on less, I am much more productive. My kids are out of the house now, I currently live alone, so did not need cable.
I do get my fix of viewing when I spend the week-ends at my fiances place tho.
MQLOVER I miss you too
Are you with Frankie Boy. Heard he got banned. May be you guys are out. It is Friday night.
Did Zipper go with you?
I miss Janelle!
Darn Maggie and Yvette! Janelle deserved to win Big Brother 6, IMHO. She was the best. Hate what's left of the "Nerd Herd."
I love BB6 and I miss
Janelle, too! I don't want either Ivette or Maggie to win! They are disgusting.
Oh, it's Miss I Have the Last Word!
Okay, here's my reply. Go ahead and post yours now.
Control freaks always want to home school. I should have known.
LOL
So predictable.
Okay, honey, go ahead and post. I know you're itchin' to!
I miss the hospitals too.
But things are so different there now that the online companies exist. It changed the way transcription is handled in most places. When I went back to working for a hospital last year, the supervisor wanted a certain amount of lines per day versus minutes per day like the old days. It was an outrageous number and with no Expander or medical speller or anything.
I miss dancing
Haven't gone out dancing since about 1990.
I told my 24-year-old I want to go before I die and she said she would take me to a club with drag queens who perform on stage. I can't wait!!!
did I miss anything good?
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you miss the point entirely...sm
the posting is very specific as to what information to provide to apply for the job. No one is telling anyone WHEN or HOW to do any work. We are not even there yet. And I am well aware of what the IRS definition is of a contractor - you forget that one of the requirements is that the IC is supposed to provide THEIR OWN equipment to get the work done.
As far as buying software to work for you that they probably wouldn't be able to use elsewhere-- they don't have to. I never said they had to. I just said if they wanted THIS JOB, they had to. I specifically gave the example of a C-phone. I hardly consider a C-phone to be equipment you can't use anywhere else. And if they are aren't willing to buy the C-phone...fine. But then don't apply for a job posting where you are told it is required!!!
For the attachments, I didn't say it was a big deal. I know how to delete. The point is: Hello? can you follow directions? Can you read?
"Most other companies either do payroll deductions or provide software at no charge with the explicit language in the contract that software is to be deleted upon termination." And tell me how many of those companies are willing to hire and train a newbie fresh out of MT school? I'll give you a hint, starts with Z for zero.
If you can't afford the equipment that is listed in the job as a requirement for the job, then don't apply. That's all. I just don't get why they are applying when they aren't willing to fulfill their end of the proposal?
Miss all the action too. Not like it used to be.
Used to work for an old country GP. Had a guy stagger in with the tip of his finger hanging from a close encounter with a table saw. Blood everywhere. We gave him a roll of paper towels and went to fetch "the mop" out of the garage. It was 20 below out and the mop was frozen solid so we ran it under hot water in the kitchen sink and cleaned up the blood spills. No gloves. No worries.
Many stories from that place. My favorite was the patient in the waiting room with a paper bag full of baby chickens that he had to bring in because it was too hot in the car and he had to stop in on his way home for his weekly BP check.
I sometimes miss the noise of the sm
keyboard. I really liked the sound of the IBM wheelwriter. My kids use to say it sounded like shooting a gun when I would be in my office typing.
I reply to either because I don't want to miss a
possible good opportunity. It doesn't matter to me if the pay rate is listed or not.
L'il Miss know it all
I think someone should chase you around with a pitchfork. I am surprised that anyone would even hire you with your nasty attitude. The world does not revolve around you, although you seem to want to make it so.
Yes, my friend and I miss her :-(
What a small world! 
You miss the point. sm
You're talking about a level of knowledge versus our discussing skill.
The SKILLS are the same for QA and voice recognition editing. Reviewing word-for-word, 100% attentive, etc.
Level of knowledge may be different between new MTs and QA but not always, lol. I have seen plenty of QA who can be outdone by nonmedical persons.
I LOVED IT. . . .
And had to forward it to all my "crabby" friends.
I loved my cat too and still do
I had to put my 18-plus year old cat to sleep 2 months ago. She was with me since she was born. She had end-stage renal failure and for a year I had to give her three times weekly infusions of Ringer's. She was actually really healthy right up until the end though and used to boss the other 2 youngsters around. I miss her every day. She went with me back and forth across the country. I know exactgly how you feel.
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