I responded earlier to this poster
Posted By: FT MT on 2006-06-30
In Reply to: Several things: - JoV
I am also an IC for a company I started with in March and confused as to why I would need a credit card for business purchases, etc.
and that I am not to worry about paying quartly? My accountant told me to do this and that was it.
I have only been taking 20% out of my pay and sending it in to the U.S. Treasury. Is that wrong? It sounds like I should be doing a lot more. A little confused and nervous.
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Earlier Poster with Keyboard Lag Problem (sm)
I've been thinking about your problem and recommended some possible answers, but something else has been nagging at the back of my mind. There is also the possibility of a keystroke logger that is intercepting your Keystrokes before passing them along to the screen.
A keystroke logger can be a physical device placed between your keyboard and your computer, or it can be even be installed inside the keyboard. It can also be a bit of software that intercepts and records keystrokes. Sometimes this is a commercial application (like parents use to watch what their kids are doing online), but it can also come surreptitiously in the form of malware called a "rootkit" - which you can think of as a "supervirus" on your computer.
I suppose it's also possible that a spybot (another form of malware) could also be doing this.
Bottom line: Be sure you're using good antivirus and antispyware software, keep them updated, open NOTHING that comes in your email that you don't specifically recognize, and don't follow links that come in emails you don't trust, no matter how "official" they appear to be (like, from your bank or credit card company).
I was joking, cause the poster I responded to made a HUGE typo in a tiny sentence!
would like to believe, MYSELF included! Lighten up!
Yeah, Dano, the poster I responded to was sure deserving of "kid gloves". Give me a break.
Everyone hates editors, everyone hates QA - it makes no sense, but that's the way it is. Period. If you are sweet to them and helpful, they stab you behind the back and freak when they get called in their errors. If you are calm and blunt, they freak. If you are abrupt and to the point, they freak. If you send the masses emails saying Howdy, they stab you behind the back and diss you. Yet, we won't mention that they write us sweetly back!! And if we don't send them Howdy emails, they stab us behind our backs and complain that we don't write them. We do write them, per their own wish, and they complain that we're harassing them. NOT. The intelligent MT is the one who recognizes we all make errors, recognizes that editors are to catch errors and that it is our JOB to point said errors out to them - not a personal power trip. As I said, intelligent MTs recognize such - however, on this board there are not many who will fall into the above category. You'll see more in a second - flaming away!! And the same nasty MTs wonder why they never get anywhere? Why they always get the crap dictators? Why they never get raises? I wonder.
someone earlier was referring
to the TV show, The Apprentice, with Donald Trump. That's the only postI've seen on here regarding apprentice.
there's and earlier post about that below...nm
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Question about earlier
post. I see that one of you would not give your son's SS# to the high school. How would this work if you were registering your child for Kindergarten? They told me it was the law that they had to have it. Is that not true?
They were there earlier this morning.
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Somewhere on this board earlier in the
past 1 to 2 weeks someone wrote that they had gotten the Antivirus 2009/2008 on their computer and that McAfee now has a service where they will dial in on your computer and repair it for $40 to $80 for viruses, spyware, hijackers, etc.; which is a lot cheaper than taking it in to a repair shop and dropping it off. I am not sure if you have to have a subscription or now to McAfee for them to do this, but would be worth checking out.
It went up to $2.29 yesterday, was $2.16 earlier this week...
I'm glad I work at home!
If it worked earlier in the document SM
the paintbrush on the toolbar - highlight a paragraph (including the paragraph mark itself) that DOES work, click painter, then click in the paragraph you want to reformat and it should add that tab (as well as any other embedded formatting in the paragraph you copied from).
thanks, you're right and right -- what's getting up three minutes earlier? (nm)
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Hmm, my earlier post, which was quite polite, is gone now.
We'll be having DEER STEAK kabobs for dinner tonight, though!!!!! MMMMM, Bambi on a skewer dripping with BBQ sauce. 
Could you start 1-1/2 earlier so you'll be done for the
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like I said earlier...birds of a feather
geez! You call it reality. I call it rude and obnoxious. and if you think that's great, then you are one of her birds and I feel sorry for you.
Okay...um, earlier when you said you had accounts from Haiti.
I thought you meant you actually had clients from Haiti, like in the country Haiti. Boy am I feeling really dumb right now! LOL!
sorry.."an" earlier post...nm
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I had the same problem for a short while earlier in the day
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Me, too. I was going to post earlier, but didn't
have the energy. I had the twitching thumb first about a year ago, now aches and pains every week that move or migrate all over, too. Numb legs, butt that kills me - seriously, I nearly cry when I sit down or stand up. Then it moves to my neck, or shoulders, and then back to legs. It is horrible pain, and I'm getting really worried that I'm not going to hold up for this job much longer. Its so pathetic - sitting in a chair and falling apart. I was wondering if it could be fibromyalgia-type symptoms. Horrible. You are not alone! I have also bought so many ergonomic things - chair, keyboard, mouse "platform", and forget it. Oh yes, even lighting, and I still am in pain all over the second I sit down in this chair. 
Had issues earlier this morning,
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Autocorrect question earlier
I meant AutoText. How do you transfer all that to a disk?
Many, many! But at some point, your earlier ones start to
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Read earlier answers...
Sorry, didn't see this was already asked earlier but thanks:)
QA Help: Earlier I transcribed a report where
the doctor used a really offensive curse phrase. He was actually quoting what the patient said (ER report). He said place this in quotes. It was a really ugly thing to say (mother F word). Even though it's in quotes as what the patient apparently said, I felt uncomfortable actually transcribing it. And believe me I'm no prude. I've heard it all (and said some of it). However, it just seemed really unprofessional and not appropriate in a medical document. It's not like it was a psych report. In fact, it really had no relevance whatsoever, in my opinion, but I could be wrong I guess. So, I left a blank. But now I'm thinking, was that really not my call? Should I have just transcribed it? What would any of you out there have done? QA? What do you advise in cases like this? It's happened before but never as filthy as this. 
I wondered that as soon as I opened it earlier, LOL.nm
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Good one. An anonymous poster blows another anonymous poster's head off. Great win for MQ?
 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.
to see if anyone has responded to her
 Just ignore her - maybe she'll go away. Just wants our attention.
Thanks everyone who responded...
Just wanted to thank each and every one of you who took the time to respond and share your experience. Some of you really made me feel calmer about things! Those of you with negative experiences, I still appreciate your input. Again, thanks. I'm going to try it, and we shall see, shall we not? Have a great day everyone. Becky
Thanks to all who responded!
I was glad to hear from everyone on their experiences. You can read and read on something, but there's nothing like hearing from people about their experience with it. It gives me a lot to think about and I'm gonna proceed slowly before doing anything. I'm really hoping something with be found locally, but so far no luck. Again thanks to everyone and HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Thanks to all who responded..
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everyone else has responded,
publicly or privately, very nicely and informatively. Only YOU chose to be rude. Now that's what I call S A D.
I'm not the *nm* U just responded to.....SM
I'm not the person you just responded to, I didn't type about you should lighten up. But to defend myself, I didn't call you a name. I asked you a question which was R U an ageist? It was a question with an LOL - I was joking. LOL=laugh out loud. Had I been serious and not joking, no LOL would have appeared.
Again, sorry if I offended you. Wasn't my intent. 
thanks to all who responded
 Good info!
Thanks, all who responded - sm
I just had no idea how this all works, although I was told I had to bring my films with me to the onc's office. I've been waffling between "it's probably nothing" and worst case scenario. Will keep you posted
Thank you to all who responded...
I appreciate all the great responses I received. Each one of you have made me feel like this is something that is definitely not out of my reach and have now given so much inspiration to prove to myself that I can do this. I guess, it is true, you can teach an old dog new tricks, ha?!
Also, how many of you are going to school part-time and how long did or will it take you? I have to work so will be going part-time, plus I have a 3-year-old at home and will need to be here for him, too.
That was me you responded to....sm
I could see, Babe, where all that would give you AND ME a splitting headache and is why I use the CPA. My private docs made me sign a contract started a couple of years ago. I don't think they want me as an employee and until the state of Florida tells them differently, I'm praying nothing changes for me on this issue.
Thanks again for your responses and EXPLANATIONS - I do so appreciate all you typed. I will be speaking to my CPA next week due to this issue you brought up and thanks for bringing it to my attention!!!
Thanks to both who responded
Yes, I did weigh all those factors and actually have accepted the job - was just wondering how hard I should fight/how much I should worry about the pay issue. I already feel I have gained much in regard to opportunity, benefits, etc. - is just very big change going from working at home to going back to work in an office setting and so many family/friends seem to think the only thing to make that worthwhile would be more money. I agree that the opportunity is worth more - as you said and I agree, the MT world is changing a great deal right now - at 40 I feel I still have many years of work ahead of me and I don't want to be left behind. Besides, I'm looking forward to the new challenges of learning this "other side" of transcription. However, I did think it would pay a little more (a dollar or two). BUT, as I said, I did weigh all other aspects of the job and felt the benefits outweighed any pay issues questions I had.
Thanks again for your advice and input.
just responded
Sorry I broke another rule....so I guesss I will be not allowed to use MT Stars again tomorrow......just responding to a comment that was made...
Thanks everyone who responded..please sm
Thanks for all of the tips! One more question...this dictator has extremely incorrect grammar - should I be typing verbatim or put in punctuation to correct run-on sentences and adding endings to words so they are the correct tense, etc?? Just don't know what the rule is on that for testing.
Thanks
To those who responded
Thanks so much for your input.
I think I am on the right track. I guess it is just a process. Today I noticed I was making new ones (for ones I already have) in a different way that flowed better when typing. I guess it's like most products, there is always a new and improved to be made.
To the one who said your expansions come up in a list. Can you see these somewhere when you are typing? I have to use short-cut keys to get to my list. It is still helpful but would be awesome to have them visible while typing! :)
Thanks everyone who responded!
I appreciate all your comments and it looks like a few of you have very little work and many of you have more than you know what to do with. How very strange. I just wonder what's really going on.
In answer to a couple of your questions, yes, I do acute care-the "Big 4" and with some other stuff thrown in once in a while. It's a huge account that usually doesn't lack work and we have 2 FT MTs "who are no longer with us" (as the boss puts it) within the last couple weeks but despite their loss that has made absolutely no difference in the amount of work. It still continues to spiral downward. Again, this is just on the account I work on, but the boss says it's the same with all the accounts with this company and "in the industry as a whole right now" which, judging by some of your posts, aint true at all.
No, the company I work for isn't Spheris. It begins with a P.
I guess I'll give it a couple more weeks and see what happens. Either they'll tell us what's really going on or things will improve, right?!! I may be pounding the pavement again before too long. Sigh.
Anyway, thanks again for your support. Egads! I sound like a politician now!
Thanks to all who responded...
Both on the board here and privately. I really appreciate all the points of view, encouragement, advice, and even those calling out for me to "Beware!" Thanks to all of you. I'll move forward with hope, but with appropriate caution as well.
Thanks to all who responded ...
After reading your posts I have definitely made up my mind and I am NOT going to take it. I was really thinking about taking it more for personal reasons than professional. The most that I have seen a company offer for a CMT is about .05 cpl more than a non-CMT so I knew it wasn't really worth the money. However, I am NOT giving anyone my money or my time that supports offshoring. When I changed jobs recently I tried to be extremely careful, researching companies that were interested in me and if I even thought that they were or may consider offshoring, I would turn them away in a hurry!! As someone in an earlier post said, we have been turned on and I am not going to help them in any way.
Thank you all so much for your posts, they are greatly appreciated!!!! Have a wonderful day.
I responded to you...sm
earlier, in agreement, but apparently my post was removed for some reason. Go figure
Bankruptcy is not that bad- filed earlier this year and
bought a truck 2 months ago and I am currently working with Lending Tree to buy a house and hope to close in the next month. So there is life after bankruptcy.
Also, if you can switch the hours you work, get up earlier,
and work after he goes to bed. Make the time for him while he's young. In about 3-5 years he'll be less worried about you working and wanting to spend time with you, so enjoy him while he's young cuz it doesn't last long. :)
The one I listed earlier does. Link inside....
http://www.upinregistry.com/provider_form.asp
Towards the bottom there is a pull down to pick speciality, and chiropractor is one of them.
I tend to agree with this. I was thinking this earlier--sm
when I read the OP, but everyone seemed to conclude that it was none of her business what the other employee did. However, in my opinion, if the MTSO found out about it from another source, and believe me, she would eventually, it could come back on the other MT as having known about it and said nothing. Everything in this world, these days, is a cover your butt situation. If you knew about it and said nothing, then you are just as much to blame as the one who was doing it....against the contract with the MTSO. Protect your own interests first, and do not worry about the one who is doing wrong. silence is condoning her wrong doing and that makes you (the other MT who knows about it) just as guilty. JMO. So, I guess I am on the side of the MTSO. Sorry.
I posted earlier about small print
Well, got that fixed and I be darned if now the screen seems to be flickering between pink and white. It is not just my eyes- driving me crazy and trying to work, almost impossible. i had tried several things including going into properties and trying to reset the font size. Can anyone else give assistance? I am not enjoying today. Thanks!
oops - never mind earlier question!
just read your answer!!
You responded to her post. What else would anyone think?
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Thank you to everyone who responded to my post.
I may have not responded to everyone individually but really appreciate all of the responses, advice, and personal experiences.
Very encouraging messages from all of you.
TY
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