Pasta prima vera, quiche, turkey in all its forms, Oriental stir fry. nm

• What are some of your favorite dishes? Tired of chicken, - beef, pork, fish...sm
  • smoked picnic in crock pot...no muss, no fuss - another idea
  • My husband's fave........ - sm
  • Pasta prima vera, quiche, turkey in all its forms, Oriental stir fry. nm - Veg head married to carnivore
  • Suggestions - Carol
    • Sounds good, but they ... - sm
    • Yummy! Not OP but thanks for the ideas! - nm
  • My husband is the same way sm - everydamt
  • How about . . . - Mimi

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the few I have known and had the misfortune to work with typed garbage all day long, complained about not getting all the good work and FORGET about giving any QA feedback to them.  They won't accept it at all and God forbid the feedback come from a WOMAN of all people.

Guys, help me with something because obviously I'm missing a crucial piece of the QA puzzle somewhere.  How is it that QA folks who are PAID both more money than us and also sometimes on an hourly basis (and justifiablly so because of their presumed higher skill level) to fill in blanks GRIPE and COMPLAIN when they are called upon to do so?  I simply don't understand, especially when there are obvious issues with the dictation, i.e. bad sound file, low voice volume, ESL's, etc. (I'm not talking about a situation where an MT may not have given his/her best effort to the dictation [which I don't think at all is as prevalant as some of the prima donnas would have us believe]).  What did they think, that they were going to continue to do the same job as the rest of us but get paid a premium just because they are who they are? 

And I'm not at all speaking in reference to those QA folks who are a blessing to the industry in terms of their talent, the nature of their feedback, and their mentoring capacity.  I'm sure, though, that many of you recognize the kind that I am speaking of. 

A clue:  If you don't have the patience to fill in blanks and give constructive feedback, then please ... DO US ALL A FAVOR and stay an MT.  The majority of us give the best that we have to each and every one of our dictations, but sometimes we reach an impasse with a particular chart that requires only a second listen to put together a quality final product and get it back to the facility.  We don't need the stress of your nasty, superior attitude and sometimes not-at-all-helpful feedback. 

like Negro, is very outmoded now and I rarely hear it from the docs anymore.  I believe it used to refer to Chinese, Korean, and Japanese people,  as well as Vietnam and other countries in S.E. Asia.  - while Asian is more all-encompassing and can describe people from India, Filipinos, etc.  Handicapped is another word that sounds old-fashioned now (except when referring to parking spaces, for some reason). It has been replaced by disabled.     Either of them is better than the very PC "physically challenged" or "differently abled" or even worse - "handicapable."  gag.....

We are going to have an easy and cool summer dinner tonight.  Making chicken salad sandwiches.  Want a good pasta salad recipe to go with it.  Preferably a creamy (mayonnaise/sour cream) style.  Getting bored with the italian dressing recipe lol 

Thanks!

Carla,

A long short form is usually easier to remember. So I would definitely assign the short forms as suggested by Kelli:
SmithCThead
SmithCTabdomen
etc

In most Expander programs you would opt for a short short form as you have to type the whole short form before you can expand.
In Instant Text you don't have to type the whole short form: you type the first two letters of your long short form and then you can type any of the following letters.
So in this case you would type smcth for the first one, smcta, and you may also type smhead, smabd

This is possible when you use the Instant Text marker key to expand. If you use the space bar to expand, you may be better off assigning the initials as suggested in the second response, as you would not be able to "jump ahead".

Marianne

Here are the links to the recipes that I printed off of Google.  (I love the Internet!  No more cookbooks, only Google for recipes.)  I cheated on the plum sauce by buying a jar because our plums aren't quite ripe yet.  Buy the egg roll skins instead of trying to make your own, too.

http://www.cooksrecipes.com/sauce/homemade-plum-sauce.html

For the fried rice, you can use any type of rice.  I use brown basmati or jasmine rice mostly.  You can also throw in extra vegetables and leftover meats (pork, beef, chicken) to make a meal out of it instead of a side dish.  I like those Oriental pea pods, bok choy, water chestnuts, baby corn, and Chinese cabbage.

http://japanesefood.about.com/od/friedrice/r/friedrice.htm

I'm going to combine and modify the eggroll recipes so I have shrimp/pork egg rolls.  I use canola oil instead of vegetable, peanut, or sesame oil.  I don't care for sesame seeds or bamboo sprouts, so I add extra water chestnuts.  Use frozen or fresh instead of canned crab or shrimp.  Use diced, boneless pork chops instead of ground pork or sausage.

http://pork.allrecipes.com/az/BestEggRolls.asp

http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,1816,145177-230200,00.html

http://www.absoluterecipes.com/international-rec/shrimp-egg-rolls.html

This is not about that form per se, but you might want to consider filing a form 4868 "Application for automatic extension of time to file"  This can be sent any time before April 15 and gives you some more months to get your return ready.  If you owe money, it still has to go in, but at least you won't be one of those folks you see on TV lining up at the Post Office at midnight. 

Good luck.

Does anyone out there who is an IC know of the deadline date for the 1099 forms to be sent out via "employer"?  As a special input, I did some research on what deciphers an employer-employee versus employer-independent contractor.  In summay there were 20 points made and I fit all criteria of being an "employee" instead of classified as "independent contractor" per the IRS.  I am considering filing the "SS-8" form with the IRS, which is a form for the IRS to give their input on the employer-independent contractor issue to determine how I really should be classified.  The way I see it, my employer refers to me as an IC because it simply benefits her, and on the otherhand, it does nothing for me except harm.  I am making 9 cents a line, cut back from 10 cents a line a few couple months ago, and have am offered no benefits whatsoever.  This happens to be one main point that the IRS displays as I would really be classifed an employee as my employer has control of my pay.  Just thought this was an interesting fact to point out to all as it is something I was not aware of until today upon doing self investigation into it.

This truly is abuse.  You may not have visable body scars but mental abuse is just as bad if not worse as physical abuse.  I'm not sure there is help for your husband but you need to get out of this relationship for your own sanity.  A tiger never changes his stripes.   I had been in relationship that had the same elements.  I worked all day and would teach a class at night and we were to dress in a professional manner and I would be accused of having an affair.  (Huh, like you have the time and energy.)  I had the courage to get out and have now married a man who respects me and treats me as an equal partner.  Is that not what a true marriage is, a partnership.   If you do not have family to help check with you local Women's Help Center possible that could be a start.   I wish you the best and hope you have the strength to more forward and leave him in the dust.

You can edit your short forms in the Glossary Viewer and have them come up according to the short forms you have chosen:

ax => AXIS I

ax2 => AXIS II

etc.