The earth is a dynamic thing, and to think that WE can influence it all that much is IMO

• Rita now a category 4 and taking same path as Katrina. - MI-MT
  • I live in Houston and am debating whether to leave or not. Even being a - TM
    • I live 3 hours from Houston and our weathermen are - cowgirl
    • probably heavy rains and strong winds - to your area
      • What kind of damage that far in? I am not really worried about - TM
        • mostly trees limbs causing damage by falling on wires and rooftops - there was some flooding from local creek from heav
          • They are predicting 3-5 days with no power. SM - TM
          • and I forgot to add, of course, the - power outages for hours in some areas nm
            • and.. this was with 45-60 mph wind gusts - for much of night nm
  • Same cycle as in the 1960s - Saw this on Fox News
    • The earth is a dynamic thing, and to think that WE can influence it all that much is IMO - rather silly of us. History is full of disasters.
      • Actually it is the height of human - arrogance to think we can't....sm
        • The trouble is, everything is politicized... - SM
          • Yeah...let's not try to do anything constructive because everybody is contributing to the problem - No ostrich here.
          • We are 4.65% of the world's population - and consume 25% of its energy.sm
            • And we have the largest economy on earth, and lots of good comes - from our wealth and ability to help others around
              • And create enormous amounts of trash and pollution. Human overbreeding is doing us in. nm - population control
                • American's don't overbreed. We use birth control - talk to the third world countries
              • We are the largest consumer of goods. nm. - Passing through
                • Apologize for the mistake...meant sm, not nm. - Passing through
              • Or New Orleans! or Mississippi! - so much help and so timely!! nm
              • Yeah, like in Iraq....lots of help there - OMG! no message
              • So in the meantime, consume, - consume, consume like there's.sm
                • Like you don't consume? - nm
                  • Duh, everybody does, but you'd be - surprised at how wasteful.....sm
                    • What, like most people don't do those things? - most people DO
  • yep, global warming? But projected path is Galveston due to high pressure & - they are in the process of evac'ing. NM
    • Global warming my Aunt Fannie... Check history, there have been numerous cycles like this - with high hurricaine activity. nm
      • Not this many, this frequently, - this intense....NM
        • The truth is.... - SM
          • More truth - see link.
            • You proved my point.. Most active ON RECORD, which is but a blip in - the earth's existence. nm
              • A man hears what he wants to - hear and disregards the rest...sm
                • Just give up...no point in reasoning with an individual who does not want to understand. nm. - No ostrich here.
                  • Oh gawd, you MUST be a liberal... You all think you're so enlightened. - and couldn't possibly be wrong about anything.
                    • Being educated about the environment and caring about what is left for the next generation does not - No ostrich here.
                      • I care and I do educate myself, but the jury is still out on global warming. - The facts ma'am
                        • According to who...Faux News? - LOL - no message
                          • As opposed to Commie News Network? - nm
                      • ...does not make me a liberal. nm. - No ostrich here.
  • I just hope some of the rain comes up to VA, it has not rained - in ~ 6 weeks or more here - sm
    • We had some storms with heavy rain yesterday but did not make a dent - Richmonder

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You underestimate what it takes to run your own business.

Lisa, how many doors did the MTSO knock on to get her accounts? How many times did she call the OM "just to chat" to keep the account up? How many times did she trouble shoot the connections? How many flyers did she send out? How many prospects did she meet with, only to be outbid? How many times did she stay up til 2:00 a.m. covering for an MT who didn't go on?  How about paying the attorney fees to incorporate? How about investing in equipment? How about going on boards to see what's happening in the field?

When you finally get your accounts, it is time for payback for all those above and beyond things you did that you didn't get paid for.

Just way too much fun!  Especially when they both pushed their little cakes away and said PICKLES!

Next year they're getting birthday pickles.

an no one ever answers?

I write about a transcription process that you are not aware of and you assume I'm from Mars?  What a leap.  I'm curious as to how many years you've been in this field that you wouldn't know that this is the way it was done for many years.  Believe it or not, there was even a time transcription was done on the typewriter - no headers, not even documents!  Here. On Earth! 

I don't feel the need to defend my credentials and citizenship on a message board, but I assure you, I had a successful career as an MT and MTSO since 1992 and my mom was in the field for a few years in the 80s.  If you don't believe MT was routinely done that way (one doctor/one date/one document) you can ask some of the oldtimers on this board about it.  I don't have time to go over the different stages of progression in MT. 

Maybe I'm whining, but I came here for advice regarding this technological change (electronic medical record) that I'm having a hard time adjusting to.  I'm feeling discouraged about re-entering this field because of this and the pay cut I've had to take.  I'm asking for opinions - if others have had this problem, if they have gotten used to headers and can still get good production.  Maybe I'll get used to it.  Or maybe I'll find a job where they still do it the old-fashioned way - good luck with that....right? :)

WANT to keep dictating in a lousy, ridiculous manner?  Apparently many do, because they continue to do so when QA has to keep leaving blanks or asking for guidance.

I simply cannot understand this.  I have one who will literally leave small phrases right out.  What does he expect us to do with that?!!? 

Any ideas on where to find a c-phone for less?

TIA.

And I learned the rules of grammar, we were taught that the period should always go OUTSIDE the quotation marks if the quotation marks surrounded only a few words and not the majority of the sentence.

I'm just saying.....

I don't think there's any cause to get upset or defensive here.  Look it up on line...even colleges are offering courses in Ebonics!  ...well of course they are more sociology-type courses, but still, people are PAYING to learn about the why's and how's of this "other" language.

A quote from one of the sites I found:

"UT-Austin's "Introduction to the Study of African American English," teaches students that the sentence, "Nobody didn't leave" is not "mainstream English with mistakes," but rather a legitimate English dialect. "Ebonics: Myth and Facts" and "African-American English" are both offered at Harvard. Penn and UCLA also promote Ebonics as a legitimate dialect in, "Introduction to African American and Latino English" and "Afro-American Sociolinguistics: Black English," respectively."

Here's the link: http://www.academia.org/campus_reports/2002/september_2002_2.html

:P

"I was told it was a "MAN" thing and everyone does it (i guess all men)"

whenever anyone takes an action and relates it to a whole gender and then tags on everyone does it....well, I guess there's your answer

I was only referring to the bitter ones here who work for MQ, not all MQrs.  I am one of the MQrs, ya know! Please get your facts straight before you post a response!