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I just requested this at my local library.

Posted By: not OP on 2007-07-16
In Reply to: Here is a great book that might help - sm - Flibertygibbit

Even though I've been an IC for a while now, I'd love to see what this author has to offer.  Thanks for the tip.




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Try your local library or perhaps a small tax service would give you one. (nm)
 
the verses you requested

still (!) not done working,  but some verses to look at:


I Corinthians 7:2: ...let EVERY man have his own wife... which goes on in verses 8 and 9 with your recollection, to burn.


Hebrews 13:4 marriage is honorable in ALL (or let marriage be had in honor among all)...(not some, and not all except priests...)


1 Timothy 4:1-3  re: seducing spirits and forbidding to marry.


feel free to e/mail me also, anytime.


Maybe the client requested the
x
Your experience requested -

I know this is a legal question but just curious as to individual experience.


Briefly, I know someone who will be filing for a divorce.  In the meantime, she bought another house (out of state).  She is hoping that her future ex-hubby does not find out so he does not get 1/2 ownership. etc.  It is my understanding that LEGALLY she MUST hand over ALL financial documentation up front for the attorneys. Her banker told her it was not necessary?  (I question his integrity)Personally, I think she's nuts and could get into a lot of trouble.  Thanks everyone.


Our library doesn't have them either so
we may be bidding against each other.  I checked HPI too, and the prices are real killers. 
We HAVE posted "constructively" as you requested but
YOU won't do anything still yet! Just whine, whine, whine. Complain, complain, complain.

Here's more constructive advice: GET ANOTHER FREAKIN' JOB!!!! LOL STOP BEING A LOSER! STOP WHINING ABOUT A SITUATION YOU HAVE THE CONTROL TO CHANGE!

OMG, you have got to be the most disabled, truly emotionally and mentally handicapped people in the world!

You keep doing the same thing over and over again but expecting a different result...isn't that rather STUPID?! Why, yes! Yes, it is!!!

If you want change, YOU have to start it -- by applying for a job. A REAL JOB. Somewhere you can actually work!!! Somewhere you actually have to work. I've done my work for today! I've cranked out 1982 lines today. At my rate plus incentive, that's $213.07. What have YOU done?!

See, I do this several days in the payperiod and it adds up. In fact, it adds up so much that I already have my next month's budget made! Now I'm working for FUN money and for SAVINGS (so I won't have to whine and complain if I decide I want to leave -- I'll be able to afford to!).

Fill out the complaint forms on QNet. Write them a letter. The phone calls won't get it because those cannot be documented.

BE BRAVE. DO SOMETHING. Be your best advocate, your own best friend, for cryin' out loud. PROTECT YOURSELF and your family.

There you go. Get another job...maybe one in addition to MQ or one in place of MQ but try another company out. Fill out a complaint form. Write a letter to Frank and actually mail it. Do something PROFESSIONAL about your PROFESSIONAL problems. Just do something...other than sit here and whine about the same problem.

You're not paralyzed, you know. If you can find your way to this board and type your little wimpy posts, you can certainly type out a complaint form and/or a letter and drop it in the mail. You can apply for another job. You can interview. You CAN do this work, right????????

Geez.
I have requested taken off acct cause cant make
x
I have worked with people who have requested
to be off certain accounts because of their religious beliefs and not wanting to transcribes procedures they were not comfortable doing, but not because the doctors were too hard.

I personally have almost 30 years in this business and still have trouble with certain docs, but others do them without problem. There is almost always 1 or 2 doctors on an account that nobody wants to do for variosu reasons, but I just stick it out and believe that it will make and has made be a better MT in the long run.
TASP recommendations requested

Can any IC's recommend a really inexpensive, easy to set up TASP that offers digital and phone?  I have used Emdat and like it, but it is expensive.  I have used Bayscribe and love it, but their spellchecker is worthless.  Something that works with MS Word would be great.  Recommendations?


 


Cat, to be perfectly honest, which I think you requested, is..
I, as a MT, get the connotation. Unfortunately, I think there will be more misses than hits. Brilliant idea, but I would dig deep for another. Very best of luck to you in your new endeavor.
have you tried the library (if you still have one) or the grocery store...
like, lingering, you know? I have been approached many times by men like that...

how about friends, does anyone have a set-up for you, even just for some companionship?

how about volunteering for things, like a food pantry or wildlife center.

of coures, goes without saying to be cautious always when out in public these days...

also, laundromats I always see single guys...

anyone else?
I worked in a library for 14 years--
and after 4 years of being an MT I make $10-15,000 a year more than I ever did with the library system.
have 18. expand library based on your need,
not on what the 'jones' have going on!!
Buy local. The local stores pay taxes to support your city and state. (SM)
Using online and catalogues does nothing to promote the local economy.  We complain about outsourcing and about the big companies gobbling up all the work so the jobs at local hospitals are gone, yet we do the same thing when we buy on ebay, catalog, and these web sites that may be located any place in the world as their primary business location. 
The poster requested removal of the post.
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This took me to the William Hung library, am I in the right place?

evacuee - just found work at library
Hello!

Hope I am doing this right. Do not know how to reply to posts but here goes -

Library down the street from where I am staying has wireless internet. They said I could stay there all day. Going to by a lap top tonight!!!! Praise the Lord!!!

Called Medquist. My supervisor and the main office I am from - kind of overwhelmed with calls from evacuees and their e-mails.

Talked to payroll. VEry helpful. Said I could use vacation time for day I missed. Medquist is not THAT bad!!!



Michelle :)

Michelle
I actually borrowed a set from the library at the community college here.
I used them as long as I needed to, then returned them.
i have a massive library but still prefer the internet
Especially when working on-line, the Internet is a much faster, up-to-date resource.

Your brand of rudeness is a terrible thing to have in this profession.

Ever hear of the doctor with no bedside manner? This applies to MTs helping MTs also. The next time you need assistance, I pray for your sake Divine Intervention doesn't help you first!
Mine is county library IT director
Great to have a computer spouse handy when system crashes!
Charge what the bank or library charges. nm

Yes. I went to the library today and was told I had an outstanding book--sm
so I came home and looked around. Asked my husband if he saw it. Said when I asked him to drop off boxes at the Goodwill for me last week that were in the TRUNK he thought the book on the front seat was also for them. A 12 year old book cost me $24.76 and its my fault because I did not tell him that when I specified trunk I did not say "do not take items inside the car".
Company requested not downloading Vista as it will not work with our program.
.
I went local. Great local tech support, they know what I do and were able to set it up just for me
:)
I recently requested time off for the first time...
(3 days off) and gave 2 weeks notice but was asked by my boss to give more notice next time.  I thought 2 weeks was decent, but next time I will give at least 30 days.
local
I am in a small town in Florida and I had one set up by a local one person company, cost me about 500 and he gave me a 5 year parts and labor warranty, I had a minor problem with it, I took it to his store and was back home in an hour - didn't have to have it shipped to me, didn't have to wait for "rebates" and would do it again any time.
would the local
mental health center be able to help? (if a child psychiatrist is not affordable) Might Social Services have a referral, or a crisis hot line possibly have referral information?

I think this child probably either has been exposed to visual porn in some form or is mentally ill.

Pray for them all too.
I have a local ISP (sm)
I have a local ISP so unless you live in the State of Michigan I am afraid this won't be much help to you. :) Here is the link anyway, just in case. :)

http://glis.usonline.com/
I would take the local job. sm
what is so nice about the local job is that you have the same dictators over and over.  You can use your expander/templates/macros, etc to get really fast on a local account and work less and make more.  Good luck.  The local jobs are the best IMO.
I do both. Go local. Luv my local job. nm
nm
local ic
Hi there! If I did a local account for a hospital, would I still need a license? I know for the state I am in I would need one if I had accounts of my own. Thank you so much! 
Need to look for something local, like
a small clinic or doctor's office to get your foot in the door and get some experience. Most larger places require experience, but some only a year or so, so see what you can find locally, even if PT, and start there.
Now you know the local job market and my
home situation better than I do.  For your information, I make more working parttime at home doing MT than I would working fulltime for any of the local advertising agencies.  Plus, I don't have to travel or put my kids in daycare.   Thank you so much for your concern about my employment situation, though.  And please, get off your
I went back to local. sm
Local companies are popping back up because people are getting fed up and going back to local.

I had horrible trouble with downtime with Adelphia, so I switched. Last time I talked to Adelphia I talked to a "rep" who was obviously in India, who asked if I was enjoying the snow.

Arst uz enjozinz' snowz!

It was May!

Now I can call and say "Yo, Eric, hows it going? Having a little trouble here."

I went to wireless and I have toooooo many trees. They trimmed branches for free and they also gave me free dial up backup, just in case, so I won't lose any money.

I have had them since May and I haven't lost a dime. I've lost the wireless on occasion, but I have the dialup to back me up.

With Adelphia, I had downtime sometimes for days. Still had to pay the ridiculous bill though!!!
I like my national (PT) but my local is the best.

With my local I know exactly what I'm in for and how long it's going to take me.  With my national, I can work hard at it and do the extra or just meet the requirement.


My local has picked up a ton of accounts so I may be able to find a national that doesn't have a "schedule requirement," i.e. 3 hours 4 days a week and one weekend day.


With my local, I can say, "Hey kids, not much work, let's go get ice cream?"  They like that, but they hate "Mom's gotta burn the midnight oil."


It's a trade off. I'm not complaining.  I burned my nylons in the fireplace last October and I don't miss them! 


I have one local account that does that (sm)

I've gotten used to the fact that he'll do a 2 page report on an established who is being seen for a an earache.  He has to go through all of the other medical problems, review of systems, etc., instead of just saying something like medical history is in patient's chart.


The other doctor in the same practice will just do: Chief complaint: ear pain. Examination:  Left ear is red.  Assessment:  Otitis media.  Plan:  Amoxicillin.


The hospital and the practice have tried to get him to cut his notes down, but apparently he likes to hear himself talk.


No skin off my nose, I see that I have a tape for him and I sing, "I'm in the money!"


thank you, that is great to know...how do you know it is local?
what is the best way to tell?  we have a (small) butcher shop here, but I see the trucks pull in from all over, and they even have told me their meat is just ordered from all over. 

Do you from a farm?  I live in WNY, and there are plenty of dairy and cow farms, but was not sure they would sell direct...

Any information would be greatly appreciated! 

I still will not eat meat, but my boyfriend does, and I have to make it every day...would feel much better if it was local...
I get it all the time. I have a local guy
who is amusing.  He addresses every report to me personally because he knows I'll be typing it.  Then he adds commentary and personal opinions.  "I don't what this yahoo was thinking.  G.D. idiot.  blah, blah  If you can figure this out, let me know."
Maybe get local accounts
I was lucky enough several years ago to hook up with a urology office that was expanding its practice. I did this at home for a long time. The pay was excellent and, of couse, only 5 doctors, so I got very used to doing them which increases your speed. Also, there was not all this looking up doctors from huge databases which really slows one down. Maybe you can check around your local city and find something like that. It doesn't hurt to try.  Good luck to you both!
If local co can be trusted, then go with them, but SM

will probably be more expensive. Again, they can probably customize it for you.


On the other hand, I just bought a Dell.


Get a local acct (sm)
The middle man is making money on your work. Cut out the middle man and you'll make more than $15 an hour.
I do not see how you can get around this with local accounts.
You are always going to run across patients that you know.  That is why confidentiality is so important.  Yes, I know things about people that sometimes I wish I did not know.  However, the people who work in my physician' s office know things about me that I wish they did not know.  My physician is a client of the service I work for, so I do not see any way around it.  In my opinion, typing reports is no different that actually working in the office with the patients.  You just have to keep your mouth shut. 
Buying local ....
Unfortunately, some of us don't live in areas that have a lot of choice. My town is tiny and we have a teensy WalMart that has items that (I really think this!) have been there waiting to be sold since the day it opened years ago! I buy from JC Penney's from a catalog outlet here in town (if they're open) or online, sometimes I shop in one of the larger neighboring cities. Frankly, unless I'm buying cotton or watermelon, it ain't happening here :-).

However, in defense of your statement, when I lived in a larger city and had variety (and choices!) I did shop in town more often than not. I miss those days LOL.
Try "Airborne," an OTC from your local RX.
nm
Call your local MD!
find a medical care provider, whomever is on call for your local MD, and do what they say. Once something lke this involves the head/neck/face, it can get hairy. And if it begins affecting his airway, there's hell to pay. Find someone medical to give you advice right away. Otherwise, he could end up on the floor, and you on the fone with 9-1-1.
You have 911. There are local hospitals
with free nurse referral lines. That's just for starters.

You just take the cake for stupidity with your original question and now your silly offended replies.
Local MTSO's here
only pay 6-8 cpl.  Some will not go higher than 7 cpl to start.  I was told by the owner of the company I work for now that she has had to cut some of her charges in order to get new accounts. 
According the local people here I don't need one - sm
that is good enough for me. Rather not spend the money if I don't have to. I am sure if they were wrong, I will be hearing from them again. Thanks for the heads-up though. Are you in a city or a rural area (I am rural, King William County).
Local accounts

Contact local doctors so that they know you are available either by flyer, brochure or cold calls.   You cannot find a local account unless you contact potential clients.


 


 


My local vet went to Spain for
30 days, and it only cost her $11,000.  This covered air fare, all hospital and doctor bills, followups over there, the residence, everything.  She has lost weight and is happy she did it.  She said her medical insurance would not pay and she could not afford to have it done here.  Evidently this hospital does this for a lot of foreigners.  I live by the Canadian border and the folks here have always gone up to Canada for dentistry and to get prescriptions filled because it is so much cheaper.  Also for laser eye surgery.  My hubby needs dentures and is going to Canada to get them because it is so much cheaper.  Medical care in this country is very expensive. 
local business

Look in your yellow pages for companies that re-cycle as they will stand behind their cartridges -- at least in Portland they do.  I have a large laser HP and my toners cost me over $100 at Office Depot even their re-cycled one.  But several local companies offer for about $75 to $85 and they deliver and last just as long.  I do a lot of printing and so go through about 3 per year at 10,000 copies per toner.  Seems sometimes it is cheaper to buy a new printer.