It serves as a deterrent and I fully support it.

• Trying to help an acquaintance. Really, it's not for me. - opinions? totally off topic
  • There was a store where I used to live who did that. Apparenlty, it is legal for them to do. - (sm) no tact.
  • I don't blame the merchants for doing that - a deadbeat is a deadbeat
    • I have had a check bounce over a boo-boo in the check book...NOT A DEADBEAT!! - nm
    • Maybe it would work with deadbeat ex-spouses who refuse - speaking of deadbeats...
  • Bad checks - No sympathy
  • I live in a small Southern town and they have posted pictures of sm - justme
    • They do that up north to. - me
    • WhenI first got out of college and first got married, I had my very first checking acct. sm - Just me
      • we took an IC's check that worked for my DH to our bank and cashed it for them. sm - not always
  • The merchants would be within their rights - MT
    • It's an acquaintance, not a friend. - OP
    • so what if they wrote the check to feed their kids that were starving, would you buy them some groce - nm
      • Food stamps, WIC, food banks, churches, family... - Busy MT'ing
      • Um, what? I grew up very poor and made it through college and now - Just Me
    • Really? - MTMommy
      • Yes, really. It's a character issue. - MT
  • Chances are ... (sm) - Busy MT'ing
  • It serves as a deterrent and I fully support it. - sm
  • If you don't write bad checks and pay your debts on time it is a non-issue.nm - Well
    • Yeah, that's what I said in my post. Thanks for repeating it. - OP

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I appreciated your post about answers on top but this is true.

Pled: A past tense and a past participle of plead.

it's in American and British dictionaries.....

I think you need to study up on past participles.....and we do speak American English in this country last I looked, even though we did *_astardize* the King's English 200+ years ago. 

Have a nice weekend! 

you would press the program button twice (there are 3 buttons directly beneath the LED screen on your phone and the program button is the one at the far right, I believe) and then you would press the button you want to repogram (the headset button) and then press *11 and enter.

Now, don't give me a hard time if I'm wrong.   It has been years since I've had to reprogram a C-phone, but I used to have to do regularly when I worked in the hospital as a supervisor. 

there to be locked up.  The banks are scampering around if you notice.  They have written notices that they can raise your interest rate to 28% or more for just about no reason on the credit cards.  I think they have let way too much money borrowed out be on the books, and now the little man is having to pay either with money, or his financial credit. 

If you read about GOLD, gold is selling for a lot, all over the world, even in this supposed stable time.  That's a sign they say that things aren't as steady as the powers that be want you to believe.

Thank you both for writing back.  I have written the BBB, but as the parent company is in Canada, I also wrote theirs - along with the Attorney General internet fraud department (state and national), the Consumer Protection Agency, the FTC, the AAMT and their school accrediation director, and my mother.  I'm just in shock that they had the nerve to wipe out my grades!  But you're right - I also need to contact a lawyer so they can't do this to others.  The sad thing is that I'm a nice, quiet person, else I wouldn't have waited six weeks to throw a fit.  Anyway, thanks for responding - I need kind words and a nice glass of wine!!

Dianne

You know what's funny, is that every time I post I end up getting one semi-uncalled-for response, and it's always from a person by the same name!

I had one lady email me saying that I "could be arrested" for writing a check knowing I didn't have money in the account. Ummm... No. That's why I have overdraft protection, like I said in my original post. I'm okay this morning, but I was a total sobbing mess last night and I think I made that pretty clear in my post.  So someone emails me after I already said that I had overdraft protection and tells me that I could get arrested?  And it's always the same person?

Geez, lady. Way to kick someone who is already down.  (And I've never heard of anyone being arrested for using their overdraft protection!)  There's at least one jerk on every message board, though, right?

But to the rest of you... THANK YOU!

My husband used to try to deter me from doing what I am doing now, but he has seen my mood drop and my countenance become sort of bitter over the last couple of years and it really worried him.  He said if it would make me happy, to do it.  It took awhile, but he is all for it now--especially on the days when I actually bring in a couple of hundred dollars from what I am doing.  It's harder on the days when I make about 25 cents. 

Lynn

It seems there are several of us who feel this way about this. I knew I couldn't be the only one. As for the crabby posts and the hate mail I got this evening, I'm not concerned. There are always one or two in the bunch who are wound too tight. But WOW, you'd think I just shot their puppy or something, huh? What can you do. I'm just happy that it's their problem and not mine.

 Can ANYONE give me some legitimate service who goes after "deadbeat dads"????  I'm at the end of my emotional rope, and my state (Oklahoma) has not helped much in nailing down this butthead ('cuse my French)....I've talked to a few "services" which IF they get anything from him, they will probably take 60-70% of it!!!    Has anyone had any luck anywhere??  Why do these guys (and I'm sure there are gals out there too!) get away with not supporting their kids???

Sorry to vent  ...I type for a living (like you) and beating this keyboard sometimes helps me feel better!  Thanks for listening (reading ??)....

We have a newer prosecuter in one of our local county's who started a new program to go after deadbeat parents.  3 times a year, she post the pictures of the worst offenders on the front pages of the newpapers, along with how much they owe...usually has a pretty good rate of call in's to report seeing them.  She's also working extremely hard to get the state to NOT renew drivers lisc. on any of those who are over 2,000 in arrears.

My sister finally got the attention of our prosecuter when her ex got close to 30 grand, the folks at CS just did not seem to have a working phone or at least one they answered, so they went after him, showed up in court, the magistrate took all of 10 minutes to look over the files...asked the idiot and the prosecuter if he had a working wage deduction in place (which he did on paper), and then said...Well he has the wage order in place, so case over 

Now how the heck do you think he got to the 30 grand mark if the wage order was working........duh  Good luck, been there before and glad mine has paid on time.

It might not be much, but it will help. I didn't have the option of working fulltime from home when my son was small, so I had to put him in daycare. Found a reasonable sitter who was very reliable. But to supplement my day income, I did work part-time at night. I fed him, helped him with homework, bathed him and then put him down for bed and THEN went to work at home, many nights until 1 a.m.God gives us strength to get through things when we need it, cause I certainly don't think I could do it now! It will not be easy for you with 2 young children, but it can be done. It will require sacrifices, but don't sacrifice time with your children or time for yourself! Do a lot of praying.  God Bless and I wish you the best. Keep a support group around you as much as possible.  

abbreviations conversions but you will have to add the SmartBlocks manually.  The good news about this, though, is that ShortHand has a feature where you can name your abbreviation and list the file location of that SmartBlock (ex:  C:/Smartype/Blocks/____)  to pull it into your document, thereby not having to retype or copy/paste all your SmartBlocks into Shorthand.  When I converted ST to SH, I think I only lost perhaps 26 of 14,300 abbreviations.

The company I am with is pushing hard for MTs to go from clinic and ER notes to acute care.  After 4 years, I feel like I am ready for this but this company offers extremely little in the way of samples, maybe 2 or 3 on some of the toughest authors; no way to review reports that have been sent for editing, and no way to communicate with others working in your accounts.

I have the basic format of the work down but the authors can be very tough to learn with no feeback.  There also does not seem to be any kind of raise involved, so if I can do 250 LPH doing clinic notes why struggle through that with a company that does not seem real inclined to help?  For those who do acute care, do you prefer it or do you do it for more money?