Thanks for taking the time to respond nicely...sm
Posted By: curious girl on 2008-12-21
In Reply to: I have made about 50k since I started. sm - Julie
and to give me the good info. There are so many sour people on this board who it seems don't care about helping any fellow MTs.
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Again, thank you so much for taking the time to respond..sm
I thought I was on the right track, but I've only been an IC for five years and have never had my own accounts. I passed on your opinions to my MIL and hope she will listen. I'm leaving to go to California in a couple hours and there is no way I can do it personally, so I hope and pray she does. We really need the account.
Thanks to all who took the time to respond!
I agree that one can do great things with virtually any expander--even with just casual use it pays for itself within weeks. I am at the point of relying heavily on SH8 due to arthritis (400% productivity gain, heavily nested WordVBA macros, etc.) and am always eager to learn about other programs, but $150 and no free trial is a hard way to learn. Anyone know if InstanText can handle "code" (like WordVBA macros) in the Expanders like SH8 can? Again, thank you all for your thoughtful responses.
its a waste of time yet you take the time to respond?
Thank you for taking the time....
to share such good tips with all of us. 
Thank you for taking the time to do that!
That is hilarious. These girls go into so much detail in their posts. I could read their stuff all night instead of watching TV. I don't know how they make this stuff up. This is great!
thanks for taking the time
For these tips. I really need to buckle down and get my lines up, there IS money to be made but being at home and having the pain makes me slack lately.  But if you're doing as much as you are, then it makes me think its possible. Thanks again! have a good night
I appreciate you taking the time here
I do know that not everyone involved with the church is a hypocrite, and that according to the faith all of us are sinners (I try to bear that in mind through my struggle in learning and understanding the religion). I just feel like for many people church is nothing more than a social event on their calendar, not to be thought of throughout the rest of the week. I believe that it would be more in line with Christianity to focus on God and what he does/would want all the time, and that not going to church does not disqualify one from being a Christian. Not saying it is not good to go to church either, just that you don't have to attend to be a true Christian.
Thanks again, I do appreciate insight from those who share it.
Thanks for taking the time to share!
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I am taking for second time in the last year
I took if for a while and was without insurance so had to stop for a bit. I am taking it again. I was previously on Paxil. My doctor said that Lexapro had way better withdrawal than Paxil. Paxil would "wig me out" if I missed a day. Lexapro has never done that and when I weaned myself off before I did not notice any major withdrawal symptoms. I also did not gain any significant weight and I am not skinny so believe me I did not want to gain any, lol. We are all different though, but that is my experience. Like I said, Paxil was way way worse on both.
Thanks all for taking the time to provide
a kind word and encouragement. I know there are others much worse off and I know too I'll get through this. This time of year has always been tough for me since my parents died and I've really been working on putting on a happy face for my family despite how I feel, but just couldn't do it today.
Thank you so much...I got it working now! I appreciate your taking the time to help out. nm
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Thank you ladies for taking the time to (sm)
respond with some very helpful information. Can I ask one more question ? I notice in some reports there are {} marks after headings. While this may be inherent to this hospital, I wonder if there is a "jump code" to get to each of those marks. Thanks again. BV
Thank you for taking time to answer nm
thanks
I so appreciate your taking the time to inform me of this.
:) I'd be lost without this forum. :)
Thank you for taking the time to post back....sm
I'm sure he must be depressed, and my brother also. I'll bring up the subject to him and see if I can make him see that they are really needing some outside help here, more than we can do just as family members. You bring up a lot of good points. Thanks again.
Thank you Patty for taking the time to answer.
That is good advice, but I don't know if I can give them 30 days notice because another 30 days of them and I'll end up in a padded cell. I'm thinking more like two weeks, which to me seems fair, especially considering if they found someone else to do the work for less, they wouldn't even give me a day's notice, right?
Thanks again!
Taking time off without the worries is great
I think too many times IC's are treated like employees. The OP is an IC and has a set schedule?  If you have a set schedule (no freedom), you should be deemed an employee and given PTO days, etc. IC's should not be made to let anyone know anything.  Two weeks is an extended amount of time and out of courtesy she should let her "client" even if that is an MTSO know in advance that she will not be available to work those two weeks. As for toting a laptop on vacation, not me! The whole idea of a vacation is to relax and not have to worry about typing. Most physicians do understand that you need a vacation. They will cut you some slack. Not sure about a two week period though. Someone with their own accounts that wants to take off extended periods of time (more than one week) should probably find someone to "cover". I have also found in this profession that transcriptionists do not trust others as they could try to steal their accounts if they were to take time off leaving the account in someone else's hands literally. All the more reason to network and find someone trustworthy who will scratch your back and you in turn scratch their back when needed. Tit for TAT so to speak but at a fair price.
TERRIFIC POST!!.....thanks for taking the time
Many thanks for all the suggestions! Sure appreciate you taking time to answer. nm
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Thanks for taking the time. I found 650-623-4000
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Very good ideas! Thanks for taking the time to share.
Thank you for taking the time to post this good advice. NM
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That is an interesting site. Thanks for taking time to post it--nm
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Bless your heart for taking the time to answer.
I was thinking macros were something else. I make heavy use of templates/normals, but I didn't realize those were called macros :0)
Shorthand is so fantastic for that. I love the suggestion window, too. I don't think I could type without it now.
Do you use the TCL script program? I need to study up on that.
TAKING A POLL-PUNCH TIME CLOCK
Who works for a company that requires you to punch a time clock?
opinion question regarding taking substantial time off
I am so burnt out that I am seriously contemplating just taking the summer off. Does anyone have any opinions on how this would hurt me come fall and job searching. I have a job at the present time working IC that I absolutely am not enjoying. I have tried to give it some time but it has been since November and I have not fallen in love with the job yet.
I am wondering how will look on a resume in the fall to have a 3- or 4-month gap in my resume. I have 8 years experience and I am sure I would have no trouble getting back in to it, perhaps with a refreshed attitude? Has anyone done this, and how was the job search afterwards?
Thanks for any advice.
Keyboard Kelly - Many thanks for taking the time to answer all my questions.
I really do appreciate it.
DixieKaye
To the person giving the ShortHand tips - thank you very much for taking time to share!! nm
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Nicely put, but...
I posted this because of the frustration of reading insulting vicious posts of late on this board. It's getting old and it defeats the whole purpose of MTStars.
I was not trying to come across as Suzy Sunshine by any means. You cannot diminish my "happy days" because there are no happy days to diminish when it comes to my job. However, I am of the belief that I control my own happiness, so I am looking to make changes. When MTs come on her for advice or with some ideas they think can help their fellow MTs, seems of late there are a few who are unable to respond without rudeness, disrespect or understanding. Now THAT diminishes my happiness!
As for "How can we spread the love?", I laughed out when I read that as I just saw a show on Hippies last night on the History Channel! Now there's a happy group!
Very nicely put. - nm
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Nicely said!!
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That's exactly how I feel - nicely said!
NM
very nicely explained
exactly right!
I have a printer that prints pictures very nicely sm
do you think I'm good to go without the dock? thanks!
You burn out, you ask for help nicely, some folks lay on the guilt. I have offered money out of my
But you cannot make anybody do anything they do not want to. I would rather try and pleasantly ask for help than lay on the guilt. People send you hate notes whether you are pleasant or ugly though. I find that even when you ask for help, a lot of the time with the team I am on, it tends to make fewer people show up than would anyway! 
Amen! Amen! Amen. You have helped me this day, by taking out time to write such a post!
May God bless you tremendously.
I know...respond....nm
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How did you respond to that
utterly ridiculous comment by a very, very stooopid, stoooopid person posing as a recruiter (or owner, whatever)?
I was trying to respond to both you and the poster
" a good MT should be confident enough with her knowledge and skills to not want or need anyone's pat on the back. If you can't do a good job without a baby sitter, perhaps you should consider another line of work."
Its a bit silly to judge someone's work based on the fact they just want a little interaction with their supervisor, i've been doing this long enough, and just saying I know my stuff. One does not have to do with the other! You guys go far in left field for an insult.
Absolutely would rather respond to
than a company that did not. I don't want to waste my time. I applied at 2 in the past and after going through the hiring process, did not offer me what I wanted as they said they could not afford to pay that much and only paid a certain CPL. Wasted my time. I will not apply now unless I know before what they will pay.
Will normally only respond to the ones that post pay
The hiring process can be so lengthy. I am not going to go through all of that (submitting application/resume, testing, interview, and sometimes verbal testing and phone interview) only to find out in the end they aren't going to offer me the money that I'm looking for. I want to know what they are offering up front so I don't waste my time and they don't waste theirs.
okay, I tried but I couldn't help myself, I have to respond
let me get this straight - you spent 5 years in college, are an engineer and because you can type fast you want to get into a field where you might make 20,000 the first year - but it is rather laughable that you think typing is all that is required here - when most of us who have been doing this for 20-30 years are doing good to make 30-40,000 a year and are afraid that we won't be needed much longer because of computer (as an engineer you surely are familiar with them) technologies such as speech recognition and offshoring to India where the work is cheaper. Now after you finish training - which you will need - a lot of us will already be out of jobs - do you really think this is a viable option for you?
Yes it goes to the company. If you respond to
any post the e-mail address is hidden.
Did anything become of that meeting? How did they respond to you?nm
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I don't respond negatively to someone asking for help . . .
whether they are asking for something that would be incredibly hard (i.e. finding a job where you could work between diaper changes, naps, etc.). However, he could find something that has a split shift or like a 10 hour window to get 8 hours of work in. There are options out there.
In regards to someone posting about wanting to work around their child's schedule? I would respond the same way. I would try and help.
that was going to be 'question them up-front' and see how they respond..(nm)
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Well duh, to see people respond, wouldn't you think? nm x
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Yes, I tend to only respond to ads that list how
I do not respond if it says competitive salary.sm
That to me means 6 to 8 cpl. The company I work for now had no pay range listed, but said excellent salary. Turned out it was. Paid by the minute now and making much more than I was by 65 character line.
Just delete them, never respond. Its a scam. nm
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I am not the above person , but thought I would respond -sm
Word is Microsoft Word, there are different versions out there. Since your computer has Windows 98 on it (you don't have to look for it, if you computer turns on and boots up, at some point Windows __ will come up whether is is 98, 2000, XP)-- you can probably only use Word 97 or 2000. The other versions won't work on Windows 98 I think. As for installing it, you can do it. It is very simple, the CD (I hope you have a CD drive) will walk you through the whole installation process. Just to a "typical" install and you will be fine. You may have it on your computer already of course, it generally came on most computers. If not Word you may have Works, which I think will work too, just need to save the files as "documents" with the .doc suffix. -----------As for gross lines, that is just a method of counting lines, a "line" is any line in the document with anything on it, one word or 20 words, would be considered 1 line. So it can be a nice way to get paid, if the doctor just does not do blocks/paragraphs. Some people even charge for the blank lines but I think that is going too far personally. But if the margins are wide (1"), and the type is small, i.e. less than 12 point, then its not so hot. So if is 12 point type and not blocks of paragraphs, a sample would help you figure it out, then I would just at .13 a gross line. Good luck.
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