It's 10 p.m. and 84 degrees here in Florida.
Posted By: hot, hot, hot. on 2005-07-20
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Blasted cold out today. It was 104 degrees last week, but it's 40 degrees today with rain.
However, I do like cozy days like today when I don't have to go anywhere. I'm done working, the house is clean, there's chili on the stove for dinner already, and I'm just putzing around. I think I'll go bake some jalapeno cheese bread to go with the chili.
degrees
They don't seem to be all that worth it. I was going to school for a psych degree but got discouraged. Started buying the Sunday paper just to see jobs out there in my chosen field, social work/clinical psychology. The average pay is 14-15 an hour, and that is for graduate/master's degree. So they want all those dedicated years of studying, money for college, to get out and earn less than what i'm making as an MT, with two years of college significantly less.
With those two degrees, why don't
you build career in a more solid profession? MT isn't very stable, IMHO, and making money at it can be a crap shot. Some of us have gotten lucky but most haven't. I don't mean to sound negative, but if I had a degree in something, I'd be outta this profession! (and I'm one of the fortunate transcriptionists with my own clients and am making decent money)
zero degrees
Geez! Where do you live if you don't mind my asking? That is just too cold for me!! I would not go out at all. It was in the 20s here last night (Mississippi) and I thought THAT was cold.
Not me! It's 103 degrees out there!
70 degrees day and night
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It is 94 degrees here at 8:21 p.m. in Lincoln, NE--thank God for AC! NT
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What are your kids' degrees in?
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35 degrees is above freezing.
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going digital in degrees
Hello,
A hand-held digital recorder (I have a Uher DH-10 but there are many, seems to be a lot of DSS files out there - Olympus) and an image mate if the computer can't accommodate a variety of media or flash cards.
How to move files:
FTP site - commercialy maintained and/or your own with a static IP address through a web hoster - Apache servers are the best
FTP software is out there for free - Core FTP using SSL
CryptoHeaven
HyperSend
DropChute (expensive) Lite (free)
X-Drive
I-Drive (I had a run in with them, not too happy)
Hyperterminal (part of windows)
PC Anywhere and a static IP address that would allow computer-to-computer file transfers pick up dictation, drop off documents
MEP or PGP encryption and just move those babies through the e-mail - there are a bajillion encryption software PGP is free and MEP is commercial for sale. These make self-extracting files all you have to do is use the right password and you're good. There are others, though.
I guess it depends on what the office personnel are willing to do in the way of faciltating the transfers or loading the dictation onto a computer or a FTP site or e-mailing to you.
Having DSL or cable (I have DSL - its never down, ever) is a must because wav files can be large sometimes if the recorder doesn't utilize some sort of compression
and PC Anywhere on a phone line is too slow to download digital files from wav or DSS the phone line can only go about 23 which makes a 56K modem overkill
I have used PCAnywhere without a static IP, you do a start/run ipconfig command (that was for win 98 I can never remember the one for XP)and it gives you the address of that log on - you just put that in the remote PCanywhere set up to dial in - this is kind of a garage sale version but it works
There are also TASPs out there to buy for a penny a line or 10 cents a minute with 800# all set up for you. Sometimes they charge to add doctors a little set up fee
:) Has this helped at all?
If you do go PCAnywhere and set up a host computer at the doc's office or load PCAnywhere on one of theirs, it doesn't HAVE to be an XP comp. And if it does have XP for an OS you MUST use version 10.5 or higher - only one compatible with XP
I know for a fact that version 9 does horrible things to XP ;) Not compatible is not compatible, I thought I could download a patch or an upgrade. ha ha.
winzip is a free software to make many files one nice little package for to be encrypted and then attached to an e-mail
Sunny and 46 degrees
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At 9:03pm it is 81 degrees in VA (near Richmond) - nm
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A billion degrees, but it's a dry heat.
Wichita Kansas 820 pm 93 degrees!
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111 degrees in Mojave Desert
111 degrees in the Mojave Desert..Supposed to have a thunder storm but I doubt it.
Had over 20 days over 100 degrees here. Its simply
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How come you 2 with journalism degrees aren't
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We paid for 2 bachelor's degrees and
that was it. If they want to further their education their employers each pay to do that (government jobs).
I say send your son to a school where he lives in a dorm and then in an apartment. It's time.
You're both adults getting on each other's noives at this point.
You'll be surprised how much they grow up after they move out and live away at school.
whoops - I meant 98 Degrees...LOL..NM
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(giggling). do you even KNOW how many masters degrees are
There are people with huge degrees, disillusiond with their field, their pay, the politics. And they are sitting on their duffs doing medical transcription because the pay is better, the work conditions are better, the people are better. There were some posts in the past month about this very subject. There are a LOT of overeducated people out there, who choose to transcribe.
addendum: chilly = 10 degrees at 7 a.m.
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There are a lot of mentally ill people out there. No joke. Just different degrees.
Seriously, did you ever talk to someone who you just think might be one step out of reality but not enough to be considered full-blown crazy. Lots of my friends fall into that category. Sorry but its true.
Heck yeah! DH and both kids have their degrees,
I'm 47 and am studying Psychology at the University of Massachusetts!
Pacific Time, still sunny and 72 degrees :-) (nm)
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Sorry! Wrists at 180 degrees in same flat plane as
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Perfect here - Lake Stevens (just outside of Seattle) 72 degrees. NM
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40 degrees in August? Where do you live? Even Alaska is warm now.
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Lots of people think that degrees open many doors.
Degrees close many doors, too. People won't hire you at all because you're overqualified or they think you'll jump ship the moment you find something better. A large percentage of this country is underemployed, and that number gets greater every day. Wages have plummeted because the young 20-somethings will work for peanuts. Why should businesses pay more for older workers when they can get a fresh college grad for next to nothing?
I woke up to -18 degrees this morning - it hurt to breathe outside! nm
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Cold, 28 degrees, a little snow on the ground, overcast.
Boring winter day. Not enough snow to do anything fun, just enough to make us all miserable.
Would you walk three blocks in 110 degrees at 3 p.m. in Arizona - no trees, no breeze, no wet SM
except for sweat. It's brutal.
Now is 110 and supposed to get hotter. Yesterday was 113 in the shade
Only 90 degrees? It was 112 in Phoenix yesterday, supposed to be hotter today.
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It is about 10 degrees, snowed all day. Snug in front of the fireplace tonight. sm
I used to live in a large city and I HATED WINTER and the cold. Now I live in a very small town, can walk to everywhere and I love the winter, snug and nice in the house and working...I love it.
I nearly suffered heat stroke taking a bike ride in 105 degrees.
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and how many liberal arts and science bachelors degrees & beyond are held on this board?
LOL
It they can't type a grammatically correct sentence, it doesn't matter how many degrees they h
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Florida
Tampa General Hospital took somewhere around 60 patients this weekend, Pasco county has opened homes and a woman who runs a homeless shelter in Spring Hill has made 2 trips to NO to bring back people, all of whom have eventually been placed in homes. Not to change the subject but I have seen a lot of complaints on the board in the past about Wal Mart - I just read in the paper some of the things they have done for the victims - a 20 million dollar cash donation, they had 45 truckloads of food ready to disperse before Katrina even hit landfall, plus numerous other things, sending 150 internet ready computers to the shelters for the evacuees to find their lost ones.
MDI in Florida
Just changing back to radiology from oncology and I am looking into companies. MDI Florida is hiring radiology transcriptionists. Any information would be helpful. I know they have a web site but I would like to hear from the people. Do they have good benefits? How about scheduling and accounts? Do they pay or help out with the long distance phone calls? Good management?
MQ in Florida
Does anyone know what Medquist offices are still operational in Florida?
Florida
I'm not sure about most nationals but I can speak from experience about my company that I work for, I moved to Florida and my pay did not increase. One good thing about Florida is that you do not have to pay state tax, so you get that extra amount on your check every month. Housing (especially buying) has skyrocketed in Florida in the last year or so. As for the schools, I can only speak for the district I was in but I think you can go to fldoe.org and look for information on that. Sorry I couldnt help with any more. Good luck!
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MDI-Florida does
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Also in Florida
Guess the wildfires and possible evacuations are good practice for the upcoming hurricane season! 
Why not Florida?
This was a fantasy. I personally don't have anything against Florida, but I seem to recall reading a help wanted ad for a company located in Florida which indicated that it would only hire MTs that lived in certain states, for whatever reason, good or bad. For the other three states that I mentioned, I included those because of bad experiences with companies in those states.
Should be E Florida above
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Bonuses at MDI Florida?
I have read that MDI Florida gives bonuses for employees that go the extra mile. I have been there over two years and work hard but have not seen a bonus yet. Do they given them out often or at all? They forgot us for transcription week and do not so anything for birthdays so it would be nice to get something out of it all.
what part of Florida are you in
because it shouldn't really affect your work, if you have a working computer and electricity, you should be able to get work.
South Florida, been there
eight years, IC until this May, now Employee
Which MDI? Maryland or Florida nm
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OSi does Mayo in Florida. NM
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