Sorry to disappoint you but I've never posted on the newbie board!

• Not cut out for this - sct
  • You need to chilll out and calm down -sm -
  • ABOVE POST SAYS CAN TAKE GOV ASSISTANCE OR THIS, WHICH ONE IS BETTER? - My take
    • Same impression I got - Right there with ya
    • The way I read that post about her experience was (sm) - NightOwl
      • I doubt she has done this very much - Reading along
        • That particular poster is now posting on the new MT board - Interesting, huh?
          • Sorry to disappoint you but I've never posted on the newbie board! - sct
  • About those editors.... - NightOwl
    • Thanks!...good idea about adding the def to the glossary...I'll try that too - sct
      • another trick of the trade for soundalikes - flybye
  • Little suggestion - Candy
  • could you give me an example? sm - flybye
    • No expander, I've just been using the autotext for a lot of things because - sct
      • tricks of the trade... - flybye
        • Thanks!...I've been trying to figure out a way to tweak my autotext before opting to buying expe - sct
      • About those transposition errors - NightOwl
        • Does this forum not allow quotation marks? - NightOwl
  • Thank's to all for the kind advice...I'll figure this out somehow - sct
  • MT at home - MT Advocate
  • You are being too hard on yourself. Proofread after you transcribe to the best of your - --- hope this helps you.
  • slow down - skunko
    • I feel like you just came to my house!! - sct
      • you just answered your own sm - MT30+
        • I've been doing it at home strictly full time for a couple of monts, but - sct
          • This same thing happened to me... - OrthoMT
            • Thank you!....that's very encouraging to hear ! - sct
          • do you have 6 years of inhouse sm - 30+ and FED UP
  • If you don't know that MTs are supposed - S
  • if you have been doing this for sm - MT 30+
    • Never said that typos were acceptable, what I said was is 100% accuracy expected 100% of the time. - sct
      • No offense but - - You're way off base
      • You don’t have a clue as to what this job entails - What in the world?
        • 100% - TravelinMT
          • Traveling MT - oh
            • oh - TravelinMT
          • definitely so - sa
            • I do this job with young children around and neither my job nor children have suffered... - OrthoMT
              • It most certainly can be done - mookie
              • I run a home daycare and transcribe. - momoftwins
                • Licensed by the state? - Hearing it all
                  • reply to hearing it all - TravelinMT
                • Glad you don't take care of my kids - TravelinMT
                  • I'm glad travelinMT doesn't transcribe my reports. - spellcheck
                  • Glad I don't take care of your kids too... - momoftwins
                    • Nothing to do with hateful opinions - travelinMT
                      • You don't think calling someone a liar is hateful? lol - TMT

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Just wanted to say Hi and introduce myself! I am from NE Michigan. Hoping to graduate from Career Step by the end of October, plugging away! Best wishes to all students!

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I go to "The Stop Smoking Center" for online support.  I quit for eight years, but this past 13 months have been so crazy that I relapsed exactly one year ago.  I've been peeved at DH and stressed over a lot of stuff, so I lit up one night while out with a friend.  I quit again for three months using Zyban, but relapsed yet again after stopping that.  I do OK during the day with not smoking, but DH smokes outside at home so it's tough to stay quit being around him.  I just keep making excuses to not quit.  That means I'm just not ready yet.  People handle their emotions and stress fine without smoking.  I handled everything fine for eight years without smoking, and those eight years were pretty hairy, too..  For me, it's a question of replacing my bad emotional crutch with a good one.  (Exercise!)

Good for you for making the decision!  You can do it!  Google the support board I told you about, and I'll probably be around here if you want to buddy up or anything.

...7 cpl for a 65-char. line with room for increase. Please send resume and place "ESL MT" in the subject line. These are very difficult accents...

Is this serious??  THAT is why there is nothing left to this profession.  Applying for and accepting jobs like this is what has been the kiss of death for MTs.  I hate to think what they would pay for non ELSs - 5 cpl?

It sounds so ridiculous and self-important.  I hear this myself thing all the time, and it drives me crazy. 

Actors on talk shows especially love to say things like:  "Yeah, it's myself, (why are you putting yourself first - it's like it's doubly wrong!) Richard Gere, and Julia Roberts in the movie."  (I heard an actor do this 4 times during a 5-minute interview.  I was yelling at the TV!  ;o)

Noooo, it s/b:  "It's Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, and me in the movie."  (What's wrong with little old me?) 

It's like when people incorrectly use the word *I* when *me* would be correct.  (Like saying:  "Come with John and I to the party," instead of correctly saying "Come with John and me to the party.") 

They say it thinking *I* sounds better.  I think it's the same thing with *myself.*  It sounds correct to those who don't know better (and you'd think doctors would know better).  To those who do know better, it just sounds... silly! 

One other pet peeve is that I constantly hear (even on the local news, which really drives me crazy) people say *there's* instead of *there are.*  Example:  "There's many reasons to exercise."  There is many reasons?  No!  There are.  (In casual conversation, not a big deal.  But on the *news*?  Wow.) 

Thanks for letting me vent. 

This one is good.

Where do people get the idea that our government wants to know what is on your computer or who you talk to on the phone.  That is soooo stupid.  READ, study, investigate it for yourself...not someone elses interpretation.( Patriot Act).  It is NOT used for tracking US individuals willy nilly.  It is specifically geared toward foreign suspects involving only very specific US contacts/colleagues/persons of interest.

It was started under Clinton and Bush has taken it one step further by daily reports to the cabinet!!!!  Nothing more nothing less.  Take a trip through our recent history and find the truth yourself instead of becoming part of the media system in spreading untruths and hysterics.  It is not new ....only more open.