Patti - special thanks for all the tax info
Posted By: you post about and your experiences - SM on 2007-02-09
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I paid a lot of attention to your posts this year as I worked as an employee, an IC and a SE. I submitted my tax return yesterday using TurboTax and my total federal tax for the year was - cough, sputter - $281, or 0.061% of my income. I have already been notified the IRS accepted the return and will receive my refund by DD next week. 
I just wanted to send up a special thank you to your valuable contribution to the board! 
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special thanks for that info, as it applies to my situation!
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Thanks for the info, Patti
I personally concur completely with everything you stated.
I think it comes down to the insurance companies in the long run that are at fault, as well.
Thanks for the info Patti - I will definitely ask. sm
I have talked to a credit counseling agency, but have not committed yet. They are supposed to be sending a proposal. From my understanding, though, the credit cards will be paid back in full, just at a lower interest rate. I will be sure to verify this, though, before going ahead. I really don't see any other option at this point, as we are getting farther and farther behind on payments. The credit card companies will not negotiate with me (as someone had suggested) because I am behind on the payments. They will, however, negotiate with the credit counseling agencies. I will be paying a small fee to the counseling agency, but my credit cards will be paid off in four years.
Special
What is your suggestion of what is special?
Special
For starters a good high pay rate with bonuses. Good benefits including a retirement with a match by the employer. And while we're wishing, how bout a little more respect for the MTs.
Special needs son
Teacher sent home this website: www.internet4classrooms.com He actually goes on the computer and navigates around the site pretty well. I'm hoping to get some time to look at it and see what else he can do.
You are special
And maybe God knew that your stepdaughters and nieces and nephews were going to ~need~ you. HAPPY "Special Aunt Patti" DAY to you!!!!
Special Needs
I understand that everyone wants what is best for their children, I know I do. But, it is very frutrating when there are other children in the class and parents think that their child should get all the extra attention, at the expense of 20 other kids. In our district, we have more special education teachers (many specifically to work wiht ADHD children) than we do regular teachers and our gifted program got cut, because this stuff is federally mandated. I would sure like it if they mandated GT programs too.
My son is ADHD and GT as well. It is my responsiblity as a parent to work with him, both on his education and his medical issues. He was medicated through junior high and still struggled a bit, but now, as a freshman in HS, he is averaging over 95%.
It is our responsibility to do what is needed to help our children excel. Not just the schools.
You should not need anything special--sm
like adaptors or anything to plug it in to your computer. They plug in just like a CRT monitor. They are slightly different in visualization though, (colors do not seem as bright, at least to me) and they do take some getting used to, but I really like mine. I have an LG 17 inch.
special thank you
Just wanna say a special "thank you" for someone emailing me a book that will give me so much info on this topic:)
Actually I never understood what was so special about them
I wouldn't care one way or another if I never heard another Beatles song again
You're not special, lol.
:+
Ahhhh, but he IS special!
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I never took any special courses, but I had
worked a total of almost 15 years in a hospital, first in billing, where we had to code all the diagnoses and ops ourselves, and then in another hospital in rehab, where part of my duties were transcription for that dept and some of their various clinics. After my second child was born, I quit the hospital and a friend who had 20 years in transcription taught me what I needed to learn. I got hired by one of the first company's I applied with, and have been doing this for seven years now, and love what I do!
The one by me is having an anniversary special -sm
I believe it is 1 year since they opened up. $29 a month, and the normal $149 membership fee is discounted to $49 ($100 off) for the first 100 that sign up this month. So I figured that is a good deal, plus my neighbor and I will support each other. She is very competitive so she will keep us both going. They have monthly contests there as well. I am planning to go either this afternoon to check it out or go with her tonight and sign up. I need to lose this weight before it starts affecting my health in any major ways (get out of breath with minimal exertion though) but that will not last. Plus I'd love to go up to my dad's at Christmas and be 40+ pounds lighter, I'd still be overweight but I know I'd look a lot better.
Well aren't you special!!
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My method, nothing special...sm
I like to look at the previous line I typed as I go, just to make sure. At the end of the report, I go up to the top of the report, glossing over to catch anything else that might not have caught my eye the first time. I feel better about it when I send it off. My expansions have gotten me in trouble before so want to make sure I don't see anything strange. I think that's what makes us specialists, not just typists:-)
Need special equipment
I did some overflow for a company that did this and it was terribly hard to hear, reception was very poor. But I do know that you need to play the tapes onto the digital player or whatever it is called and then download to your computer, upload to the FTP site. And the sound quality is not good at all, at least to me it wasn't. But good luck.
You MUST have a special pedal sm
My Infinity won't work with it and no, you can't use another player for the voice.
startstop.com, I believe it is, has a dedicated Inscribe pedal for $98. Don't get the system thingy, just the pedal. I just ordered mine, btw.
My verdict is still out on Inscribe and I think I'll like it better when I get my pedal.
You can have one built special for you
at any computer tech store. I ended up getting a refurbished laptop on ebay that had XP on it and got Word 2003 for only $39. I did buy a 2-year warranty on teh laptop, but even with that it was cheaper than buying a new one and having to have Vista deleated and adding XP and all the new drivers.
Saw part of a special on E-Bay last night...
One couple selling movies - I believe their yearly income last year was over 600,000... I didn't see enough to find out where they got the movies to sell, but obviously a very lucrative business. Started out as sideline, man quit his full time job and has built a whole storage building on his land in order to house their supply. I really would love to know how to do that!
Frank's special place.
Isn't he cute? He bought all of us chapsticks and a key chain. I think that is so sweet. He likes me the best of all his 10,000 transcribing chicks though.
I watched a special on TV last night
about outsourcing to India and how much they are gaining financially from this situation. It showed some of the girls out shopping in nice malls buying three and four pairs of shoes at a time. Wish I could just buy one pair!! Bring our work back home!!!
Office of Special Investigation
It is the military equivalent to the FBI.
Does it get lonely in your special little world?
Did I tell you I won the lottery and won $3567 million?
Have to agree with this poster. Nothing special! (nt)
Nightline had a special last night
on hospital infections and stated that basically, because of poor sterile technique by the hospital and hospital personnel, more than 80,000+ people would die this year from this condition.
The cost of taking care of one of these infections, caused by the hospital itself, is horrendous, well over $100,000 if you have to have an infected surgical wound treated surgically again. I finished my IV wonder drugs, not sure what that cost will be yet from the pharmacy and home health care, but I know that 1 vial of medicine used to unclog my IV was $800. My 10 day supply of Zyvox was $1100. I also had 14 days of IV Zyvox twice a day and 14 days of IV Levaquin once a day, so you can imagine what my bill is going to run. I will also have an addition bill from the anesthesiologist, the surgeon, the infectious diseases doctor, the hospitalist, radiologist, and who knows who else.
I really think the cheapo hospitals could dig up another few cents a line that could be paid directly to the MTs rather than cutting our rates all the time.
yeah, me neither! Guess you're special! sm
Lucky you!!!
No way. I would run group homes for special needs folks and
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Hershey's Special Dark syrup on top of
bananas has been doing it for me lately. Yummmmmmmmm! 
A very valuable tip on special key entries for Shorthand (SM)
Whenever you need to insert a special key for a function, such as the combination key for bolding, underlining, etc., do it the "easy way"
In the shorthand dictionary screen, where you are entering the expansion of your term, just press control+K
A cute little box will show up and tell you that the next key you press will be put into the shorthand box. So, press control+b and a screen pops up to verify if you want it to be control+b, ALT+b, or shift+b. It works with all other special combinations, as well.
Allowing some docs to have special things done.
How, when we do so many docs, are we supposed to remember that Dr. Ego wants his 5-line signature block? Yes, I put it in the expander, but anyone else I just put their name and department in a letter signature block. Little things like that ruin a good account.
A pearl or other special jewlery? Weekend at a spa for the 2 of you? nm
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Oooh, is there a special collector's edition...
value to your books that have the misprinted cover, with your name spelled incorrectly?
Look what I found:
$5 Papa John's carryout special..
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Thanks SO very much. This will make the holiday extra special. nm
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There's a special place in heaven for people like you...
You, my fellow MT, are a diamond in the coal that is humanity.
Blessed Be!
Happy Anniversary! :) Hope you have a special night. NM
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Link for local TV feed in NO, LA. Special forum for
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Was a nurse for Hospice. Very special work! It will change you.nm
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Fri and Sat nights. Various places, but real expensive for special
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I saw a special about theft in the post office years ago. SM
This isn't saying they all do it, but luggage handlers and post office employees have a high rate of left. I bought a really cool Video Now XP for my granddaughter. The tracking information says it reached my local post office and they scanned it in there. They say they never saw it even though they scanned it in. Someone there has a really nice present for someone this year and they didn't pay for it either. Disgusting.
Ko-Ko, Keegan & Keesha ("The Special K's") All Shih Tzu (nm)
:)
Working at home carries special challenges sm
I take exception to the person who said you must never have worked outside of your home. Phooey!
When you work outside the house...you have a babysitter, you put on decent clothing, you leave the house. You spend your day primarily with other adults. You have to limit your personal calls. Someone else provides your workspace, your desk, your pencils for goodness sake. Your coworkers have their own supplies too. Someone else outlines the course of your day and what you will do in it. You probably have a steady task assigned to you and you know what it is. Yes, you go home to housework, but it is what you left that morning, it didn't breed while you were gone.
When you work at home, your "office space" may be a loose term. Your coworkers are children, grandchildren and anyone else who feels entitled to be there. Your "coworkers" help themselves to your office supplies. Because you are an MT, no one assigns you tasks that are consistent. No one can know from day to day how much work will be there to be done, who will be dictating it, how long it will be, nor how long it will take to complete. You will do this in a vacuum to a great extent and not have any other adults to interact with. Because you are at home, dishes and laundry breed and multiply during your work day.
Now add to this that no one, other than your fellow MTs, have the slightest idea what you do or what it takes to get it done. They have seen those incredibly imbecilic ads on TV and, as they have no other frame of reference, expect this to be YOU. They don't seem to connect that when your hands are not on the keyboard, you are not making any money. They don't get that you can't talk AND listen AND type all at the same time. Your average human can't talk, listen and type at the same time, and goodness knows that they usually can't walk and chew gum at the same time...but you are an MT and they A$$ume you can because working at home has imbued you with superhuman powers.
Remember that old old Geritol commercial? You do so much for so many...and while your problem probably isn't constipation, you are suffering. We are women and somehow we expect a lot from ourselves, but I am telling you, others expect even more. In the end, what really gets juggled out of the equation is time for oneself to do as one pleases...bubble bath, coffee out of the house and ALONE, time for a friend, for a walk, for a bit of relaxation that really would add to quality of lives and make us feel more adequate for the tasks of life and work.
I know that when my kids were growing up I had to set limits about their mess, their noise and their pestering of the mama while she was working. In exasperation one afternoon I shouted at them: Clean the house!!!! See these hands? They feed you, they clothe you, and they do it at the keyboard. I make $20 an hour (it has been a while) and every time you interrupt me, it means I don't make the money for something YOU WANT. If I clean the house, every hour I spend costs YOU $20 AND something you think you need or want. By helping out, you literally put money in all our pockets. By giving me the time and the space and the quiet and the lack of interruptions to work, you are literally putting more money in our pockets. So, kiddos, what will it be?
You know, after that I rarely loaded the dishwasher, never had to clean a floor again, vacuum...all sorts of stuff. My chore was the laundry and I could do that on my MT breaks. If they started to fall off a bit, I would show them my hands and say something like "my time is your money" and they were back on task. I was a single parent for years and MT supported us, and more handsomely when they got the picture.
It means you have special formatting applied to those paragraphs sm
like keep lines together or keep with next. You can turn those squares off with the show/hide button on the toolbar or hit Ctrl+Shift +8 to toggle marks on or off -- that's probably what you hit to turn them on.
No special files needed. If the PC has USB ports, then it will work. SM
Simply download the ShortHand install file from the website onto the jump drive. Then open up your jump drive and install it. When it asks for the file location (which defauls to c:programs) change it to your jump drive (on my PC it is the F drive). Then install it. The entire program will install on your jump drive. Then plug into to whatever PC you want to use, open up the drive, double click the shorthand icon and it will run the program in the background from your jump drive.
I did it for years. I had to type radiology in the office into Cerner with no abbrev Expander provided by the hospital. I used my jump drive and it worked like a dream. Everybody was amazed at how productive I was. Never, EVER ask the IT people to help, the answer will always be no.
I heard that MQ has special chapstick and it can be preserved for 20 years in freezer. At the end o
those who still have MQ will be considered for replacement chapsticks in lieu of an increase in your 4 cent line count pay to 4.000001.
Just drag and drop using Windows Explorer. No need for special software.
This is all stated assuming that you are using a Windows Operating System, XP or Vista. Put a blank CD into your CD drive, open Explorer, find the file(s) and/or folder(s) you want to put on the CD, left mouse click and drag them to the CD drive.
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