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It's my opinion that orange juice is tastier than apple juice.

Posted By: But I don't like the pulp. nm on 2008-10-04
In Reply to: Oh and FYI, there are a LOT more quality-driven newbies, than seasoned MTs! - tmt

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apple juice !
supposedly a natural stimulant, and it works pretty well for me in a pinch.
Happy Birthday, just make sure you have a DD and lots of orange juice for tomorrow morning!!!
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2 tangelos, 3 rice cakes, 1 Oreo, 1 orange juice popsicle, 1 English muffin w/grape jam.
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cherry juice
I used to drink cherry juice on a regular basis for stiffness in my knees. I researched it and there was much positive research done by Michigan State Univ.  Info is on the web if you're interested.  For me, I drank it for several months.  In the beginning it was palatable but as the days went on it got to be awful to get down.  And , as someone else pointed out, it cleans out your system better than a stick of dynamite!  If you decide to use it, be sure it's the right kind-usually sells in concentrate and is sour cherry juice and ranges in price from $14-18.00 depending on where you get it.  Good luck if you decide to try it.
Black cherry juice

Is black cherry juice good for arthritis?


 


Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!



blueberry muffin and juice
nm
Forgot...also need to add lime juice. NM
NM
I always used good old fashioned lemon juice -
in the bathwater for my beagle. She never ever had fleas EVER!!! I used an herbal shampoo of rosemary and pine and in her bathwater I would put about 1/2 cup to 1 cup of lemon juice in the water and rinse her off in it.
black cherry juice (100%) is excellent for gout - sm
along with warm cabbage leaves.

If you decide to drink black cherry juice, make sure it is 100%, no sugar or added water. Also, be careful about how much you drink, or you may end up with multiple trips to the bathroom :(
Holy Cow, a gallon of Jack Daniels? I had a whole juice glass once sm
and was sick for a week, can't imagine a gallon.
on a diet...hamburger plain, unsweetened applesauce, tomato juice...yum NOT!
but it's working....yippee!  So much for the tastebuds!
Orange cake wtih orange drizzie......Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
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FDA Orange Book (sm)
is available in PDF format.  It is updated monthly.  I doubt you would want to print the entire thing (1038 pages) but Appendix A is a straight list by drug name, but that's still 55 pages.  Easy to save to your computer and reference while working though!  There are also database formats available for download.
A hybrid mandarin orange.
nm
in bakery section - orange wrapper
They're WONDERFUL - if you've never tried them, do.  They are in an orange package.
Apple

Mac does have one that runs XP and all your old PC software.  Go down and check it out.  The lovely part is that they are virtually virus-free.  Yay.


If you get a PC find someone in your town who will help you build it yourself.  You will pay less than half-price that way.  Just get enough RAM and the right processor for the software you intend to run and you are set.  I don't care anymore what name is on the tower, just so it works and I can afford it.  I have wasted thousands on brand names and reputations that went down the hole later on and then had to deal with "customer service" in some place in BFE that was PREVIOUSLY 24/7/365 and now was Monday-Friday 8-5 unless there is a holiday or the boss wears green khakis or there is a sale at Macy's, etc.  Or they have been bought out by someone who honors your warranty in a "different fashion" and it is of little or no help.  Or, the one where they tell you go to the wbesite, but you can't because you can't get online and they tell you to call back after you do that (get on line).   I say no more - they aren't getting my money anymore!   Look at all the $$ you will save and then you can get a killer monitor and other stuff with all the cash you save.  You can order all the parts from discount PC suppliers and all you need are a couple of tools. 


Good luck!  Save Money! 


Apple a day
I recently heard that an apple in the morning will wake you and give you more energy than coffee.  I have yet to try this.  Anyone hear of this or try it?  I guess it also "keeps the doctor away."  Maybe tomorrow. 
Hot dogs on the grill, Fritos, and Orange Crush!
Man I love Orange Crush!!!
k, that is your opinion, i stated mine. poor quality in my opinion shows bad work ethics if they do
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American as apple pie
Many years ago I heard someone quote a prophetic statement - "The East shall look to the West and the West shall look to the East."   I just never thought I would live to see such a rapid switch in my time.  Let's see, we have Bush who sports an all American personna.  I can't begin to count how many times he uses the word(s)  "American way of life,"  yet never in the history of this country are we seeing hundreds of thousands of jobs in America in all fields given away to the far East and China.  Even our military, the Navy, is considering having their fleets built in China!  We fight a war with much of it under private contractors, we send our private information to third world countries but our leaders are touting the Privacy Information Act, huh?   How can I support my president in his "all American as-apple-pie" agenda when he has demonstrated no regard for the American worker, our healthcare mess, or our jobs?   The front door looks good, but the back door is something else.   We work for big corrupt unethical corporations who require us, in our case,  the lowly transcriptionist, to declare our integrity, and almost every day we hear scandal after scandal from these mega corporations who only get a slap on the hand for their unethical practices.   I don't know about you, but it does bother me to work for or with a company that has no integrity.   I'm not saying I work for one now, but it bothers me that so many people have to do so to keep food on the table. 
Apple - Just Rotten!
Puns inside the post down a bit.  Better than this rotten Apple pun.  Fun!
Apple Rings
4 cups cooking apples
2 cups water
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 stick margarine
1-1/2 cup plain flour
1/2 cup Crisco
1/2 tsp salt
5 Tbsp cold water

In a.m. (or night before) peel and grate (slaw side of grater or use food processor) 4 cups cooking apples; chill. (Granny Smith apples) In the p.m. (or next day) spray a 2x9x14 Pyrex dish with non-stick spray. Mix 2 cups water, 1 cup white sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1 stick margarine. Bake at 400 degrees until bubbly, while preparing pastry.

Pastry:
1-1/2 cups plain flour
1/2 cup Crisco
1/2 tsp. salt
5 Tbsp. cold water

Roll out pasty in oblong rectangle. Spread applies (squeeze out liquid) over pastry. Roll into a jellyroll, about 4-1/2 inches in diameter. Slice into 1-1/4 inch circles. Drop into hot liquid, and sprinkle with cinnamon mixed with a little sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

We're in the process of making a cookbook at our church, and I put this one in. My MIL makes it, and it is so good!
how D as in David A as in apple

R as in Robert E as in elephant you complain about an a resident! Hasn't he earned the right to be here (just like the ESL's you came to love). I'm sure his ancestors were ESL's, right?


How's it feel to have someone blast your chance to vent a little?


Sounds like a bad apple.
say it is indicative of all MTs, just this one with a very unprofessional attitude. Maybe she has mental or emotional problems. I would cut her loose.
Thanks, Apple. I'll check it out! nm
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Yep. It's the Adam's apple dictators
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Lipton Orange/Passion Fruit Green Tea. It tastes great unsweetened. nm
nm
Apple & cinnamon oatmeal and water 8-) nm
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Apple Pie A La Mode!!! Go ahead, flame me LOL
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crab apple jelly don't know recipe.
xx
Gotta open windows, spray fabrics with Fabreze, and boil up some orange peels and spices.
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Keep a shallow bowl of apple cider vinegar on the counter.
This is something my mom did - worked for her, works for me. I set a small, shallow bowl of vinegar on the back of the stove or tucked into a corner on the cupboard. It cuts the odor down to almost nothing and keeps it gone. Plus, it's a whole lot cheaper than the over-perfumed stuff from the store.
Why not? I have a right to an opinion and it is what it is. (nm)
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Ah, of course, an OPINION. Uh-huh.
You are, of course, entitled to your opinion. However, the statement "it is what it is" indicates that you don't truly consider it your opinion. You have decided that's the way it is and your mind is closed.

I strongly object to the sweeping across-the-board statements from you and the OP that MTs working for large national companies are either clueless or gutless.

There are many MTs working for large national companies that are paid well, treated well, and have no complaints. That does not make us "gutless." That makes us productive members of society.

What do YOU suggest? What are you doing to show YOUR guts? What is your plan for change? Where do you think all these MTs should go to work? You and the OP are very quick to say what YOU would do instead - but that's a solution YOU find acceptable and/or workable. Personally, I would NEVER work as a telemarketer again unless I was truly desperate.

Working outside the home also isn't a feasible option for me and many others. What is your solution in that situation? Stop working altogether?
My opinion.........sm

I believe many MTs stay with these Nazi-like companies* because their self-confidance has been pummeled into the ground by the abusive, demoralizing treatment they are subjected to every day.  It's like the well known pattern of an abused child who clings to the abusive parent.  What they don't realize, or refuse to see is that more and more MTs are putting their foot down and refusing to stay with companies that offshore, cut our pay, treat us like dogs, and then have the audacity to use us to help them achieve their ultimate goal of eradicating our profession.  Why is VR technology becoming more and more sophisticated with each passing day?  Because we're helping them do it!!  Kind of like digging your own grave. 


I truly believe that if enough of us take matters into our own hands by showing them that "We're mad as hell, and we're not taking this anymore" we can together turn the tables on these money hungry vermin.  Do the math.  We are "still" the backbone of the industry.  We need to take action NOW while we still have the power.


* No ethnically based offense intended.  Just trying to make a point.


opinion
Figure out your pros and cons to keeping your current job and the pros and cons to having a home-based job -- consider your need for medical insurance, gas money, clothing allowance for work outside of the home, eating out for lunch, not having to deal with co-workers on their crabby days, et cetera. Most likely you will not start at $15/hour but with saving money elsewhere while being home-based it might make it worth the loss of a few bucks to be home. I do have two children (7 & 10) whom are very active in extracurricular activities and it is a huge bonus to be able to split my shift when needed with no questions asked. My employer is very flexible. When school is out for the summer, it does slow down my production...but children aren't home forever...so I'll deal with it. There are a lot of jobs available but only half of them are worth the time...be choosy and check them out thoroughly before deciding. Good luck with your decision.
So your opinion is okay,
but no one else can give theirs.  Yeah.  Wrong. 
Want my opinion - here it is anyway
You wany my opinion, either way, here it is. Yes, for all of those that CONSTANTLY, AND I MEAN CONSTANTLY bash Medquist - find another hobby. You have already done and beat the darn horse dead - let it alone. Personally, I cannot wait for the phone call to tell me what changes they have made. Already the bashers are criticizing their plan and yet no one knows what it is. On the other hand, if there was no plan established, the complainers would be at it again - COMPLAINING THAT THERE IS NO PLAN. What is it going to take for you unhappy MTs to just quit already - I mean both quit your job and your complaining?

To all you complainers take my advice and "just zip it already"


I am always right and here is my opinion
Why, Dr. Phil here. Is there a problem. These people are living life to the fullest, something we ALL need to do. If you die tomorrow, can you say your last day on earth was spent having fun - probably not. GO HAVE FUN AND LOVE LIFE AND LIVE IT TO THE FULLEST.

I say HOORAY to these nasty posters for having fun!
My opinion

I apologize to you then MQx4 if all these posts were not yours.  It is very difficult to determine who is who anymore.


 


Although, in those crazy people's defense, I actually did find those posters rather hillarious!  I am just your average MT and no I am not disturbed in any way, just enjoy a raw sense of humor now and then.  Please don't bash me for saying that, it is just my opinion.  A raw sense of humor is not grounds for being in the psyhiatric ward.  A good laugh every now and then does wonders for the body (burns lots and lots of calories you know).  With that being said, we should welcome everyone here and as long as I am personally not being threatened, then I really am up for any conversation and/or jokes or whatever. 


It's nice to know who you are talking with, so MQx4 thanks for being consistent with your name.  Sorry if I addressed some of those posts to you!


Opinion of what

UH OH - Just watched FOX News and they indicate that Rita may become a category 4 or perhaps even a 5 once she hits the warm waters.   From what I heard, it is heading for Texas - how awful considering that there are hundreds of thousands of evacuees already there from Katrina.  Any thoughts or has anyone heard anything different of what could or might happen in the upcoming days? 


Share your thoughts with us.


My opinion
To me, it is like watching a good movie, however we have no video to go with the audio. I am not so much for the swearing, but c'mon it is hillarious to hear people's reactions and comebacks.
my opinion
In my opinion, if you do not need to make a certain amount of money each week and you have another source of income, i.e. spouse, then going the IC route may be for you.

But if you depend on the benefits, certain pay amount, dependability in that pay, etc., then stay at the hospital. All the MTSOs can tell you "oh we have benefits and plenty of work, blah blah blah..." but guess what?? You do not know what is going to happen to that account you start out on. You could end up sharing it with 10 other MTs, then all of a sudden, 10 more MTs jump on that account because the MTSO lost a particular account or has no work on other accounts, etc. That changes your pay. I could go on and on about the ups and downs of working full time for an MTSO, but I would be here all day typing.

But one thing is this - very rarely do you get to "set your own hours" as a full time MT with an MTSO.
My opinion.....

If you want to be proficient in MT'g, you can't unless you know business English inside and out.  Check out your local community college. It will be time and $$$ well spent, and remember, knowlege is power.


Also remember, grammar is very important in this business.  A simple hyphen can completely change the meaning of a sentence.....


Case in point:


 


I saw a man eating shark.


 


I saw a man-eating shark.


 


See what I mean?


My opinion...

What your step-father is doing is horrible, but I don't understand your reaction towards your mother.


You expect your mother to "see" what is going on without directly telling her.  If she has no idea what's going on, how could she possibly understand why you are treating him the way you are?


Do you think it is fair to end your relationship with your mother over something that she has no idea about?  If you are going to end your relationship with her, she at least has the right to know why.  You are not "saving her the embarrassment."  You are taking the easy way out.  I think it is mean to do this to her.


It is not fair how your step-father is treating you.  It is wrong.  But 10% of life is what happens to you and 90% is how you respond to it.  Do the right thing.  Tell your mother and everyone else what is going on.  Keeping silent only protects him. 


Personally, if my daughter ever told me what you just said about someone I was with, he'd get the boot right out the door.  I don't think I would even wait for an explanation from him.  Give your mother an opportunity to do just that.


My opinion is....
Go for it, just say you were wondering if they got your email, as you haven't heard back from them. That gives you the excuse to get one on the phone, then maybe you could get down to the nitty gritty of what positions they have open, what shifts, what are they willing or planning to pay, etc.
Please help! Really REALLY need your opinion SM

I have been asked to transcribe some training material for my brother-in-law.  He puts together training manuals for addiction medicine counselors and has a lot of things that he needs transcribed into Word.  (They are on tapes, VHS, DVD, etc., but he is going to put them all in a wav file format for me to transcribe.)  He wants to pay me the normal going rate.


He wants to know how I would charge (word, line, job, etc.).  I have decided to do 65 character lines including spaces, but need to know how much per line would be appropriate.


I don't know if this makes a difference, but he's in Minnesota.  I am leaning toward 14 cents per line, but wonder if that is too much?


Please let me know what you think.


Chickadee


I did it, here's my opinion.
I was in QA/QA management for many years. I lost touch with what being an MT was about. It happens.

I regret many things I corrected while in QA because, quite frankly, being an MT is a very hard job and QA shouldn't sweat the small stuff. Anyway, I went back into transcription part time and felt as if the weight of the world was lifted from my shoulders. I enjoyed working again.

Now I have the fun of laughing over the tiny **** that QA finds to pick on in order to find errors on a review (hyphens, commas). Heck, I got a major error for not putting a capital letter in the middle of a drug name! Yikes! Did the patient die? No! But it's a major error. lol.....

I hope that someday the person who is QAing me will have the same "a-ha!" moment I did, but in the meantime I'll just smile and be grateful I'm not in her shoes. Or working for the manager who insists on such silly scoring.

I've gone back to transcribing full time with a hospital (yes!), and I'm making more money than I ever have in my life--even more than as a QA manager.

Do it! Go back to your roots, your first love, and enjoy the PEACE that transcribing brings.
My opinion is that you should
Go visit the family and come back. I think this is a great opportunity for you to be able, somewhere down the line, to have a lot of freedom in your life. When you finally get the house and aren't taking care of this person anymore, you will have the freedom to go visit them whenever you want and even stay there for long periods of time and still have the peace of mind that you have a home to live in that is paid for and that is a major expense that you won't have. Lets face it, not a lot of us have a retirement and most of us will work until die just trying to keep up the house payment. That is a real load lifter you've been offered.
My opinion
I know that what's one man's poison is another man's feast, but I wouldn't give you two cents for the Bahamas - the natives are ruder than heck and everything is priced beyond belief.  UGH!  If I'm going to see water and beaches, I want to go where it's worth looking at; i.e., the Pacific Ocean - The Oregon Coast and/or Southern California!  Now THAT's a BEACH, and the food?  Oooh LA la!   
it is my opinion that you are very ill....sm
do you need any one of us to make an appointment with the nearest psych MD?  Maybe we can book you a room in Bellevue Hospital.....