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Just tryin' to lighten things up! nm

Posted By: peaches tx on 2005-11-12
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    While I wouldn't do any of these things I thought it was a total HOOT!! Lighten up you guys. (nm)
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    tryin' to keep up
    I hope you have a lovely rest of the weekend, and stay away from the computer! :) I do support you, and I thank you for responding to my post. Remember the olden days when we were paid by the hour, no matter how many or few lines we typed? At least that's how it was for my first 20+ years of MT'ing. I've only used Auto Correct and Auto Text up to now, so thinking about purchasing Instant Text or ShortHand to see if it makes a difference.
    Tryin to book a vacation. Does anyone know when hurricane seasons starts and ends? Nm
    nm
    Lighten up,
     
    Lighten up.
    nn
    I think you need to lighten up.
    They are just having fun and I did see posts where others were rude to them as well. I like to look at things from both angles.
    LIGHTEN UP!!

    It's not intended for young ones.....it's funny to read, but who really goes to Wal mart and does this??? I think it hilareoud to read!! I would NEVER teach my son this!!


     


    This is the reason I don't like coming onto this site....toooo much b*!ching from people that can't keep their mouth shut! As a student and my teacher telling me to take a look on this site, I am ashamed by the way that you all are acting!!!!


     


    I will tell my teacher that I will never come here again due to this IMATURE actions!


    Lighten up. nm
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    oh lighten up!

    Lighten up?
    My doctor, I would hope, is a professional and I would not appreciate him talking about me or my body while he is on the phone dictating.  Number one he was wrong in doing that and number two, the person who posted the information here was wrong.  We are making light of a woman's dilemma about her body.  I find it most distasteful and most likely breaking the rules of the hospital where he was dictating from.
    LIGHTEN UP!!!
    Everybody has an opinion and from the post replies YOUR OUTNUMBERED!  I AM proud of my country and what it stands for and I did vote for BUSH!  Some people have NO SENSE OF HUMOR!
    Take it far too seriously? Oh lighten up!
    There goes that one nice moment on MT Stars - somebody has to come a preaching how we need to get over something! Ya think we'll all be able to move on from this? Gee, I sure hope so, too. Thanks for bringing us all back to your reality! You got my vote, sista!
    Oh, lighten up and don't be such a
    nm
    lighten up!

    your post was more of a waste of time than the other...


    Lighten up a little (nm)
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    did you see the lol? lighten up.
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    It's a joke - lighten up
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    Oh lighten up, unhappy one

    lighten up, I think it's hysterical
    It's the family / abdomen part that I'm really cracking up over.
    Jeez!!! Lighten up!

    She was obviously making a joke.  I don't understand you people.


    I posted a post below saying I thought trade schools were underrated and were a very viable alternative to a college degree.  A poster responded by writing that people who feel that way aren't college material.


    Dano objected to the rudeness of that poster, and now everyone is ganging up on her simply because she thinks people should be treated nicely and with respect.


    Precisely what IS your problem? 


    Oh woman...lighten up .sm

    ... and get a sense of humor!  This board could use more giggles and less crabs.


      


    lighten up - I have gotten a lot of help on these boards (sm)
    We're just having a fun day.  Are we allowed?  I've also noticed that many of the questions that have no answers posted are the ones that have already been asked and answered ad nauseum.  Check archives.  People get tired of repeating the same things over and over.
    Oh Lighten up, it IS funny...

    Can't we all just get along?    It's not like Dick Cheney is your dad or anything.... If they didn't set themselves up to be so perfect, it wouldn't be so funny when they are shown for the normal human beings that they are.


    The guy was Russian, Ms. PC. Get off the soapbox and lighten up.
    Believe me, the people you so condescendingly "defend" wouldn't defend you if you were getting beaten and robbed before their eyes, as a matter of fact, it would be them doing it.

    Keep your "holier than thou" to yourself, as well as your misplaced pity/guilt/anti-Caucasian sentiment.
    Geez, people, lighten up!!

    That was funny, TechSupport. 


    To the OP, with the job market being what it is, MTSOs are inundated with resumes when they advertise.  Keep at it and if you find a company that you really think sounds like a good fit, keep pinging them with e mail, call them if you can get a phone number, and be really aggressive.  The squeaky wheel that stands out is what is going to get their attention.


    Good luck.


     


    ASR funny to lighten the mood...sm
    Must be the bitter winters. LOL

     

    Allergies/intolerances - sulfa and Minnesota. 

    Should be sulfa and Minocin. 

    geez you guys are bitter. Maybe she's trying to lighten

    Maybe she just has a fun personality?


    You need to lighten up. This is a public forum. Take the good, leave the bad.
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    Bad things? what bad things? people's being petty and small?
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    You're turning this lighthearted thread into something entirely too deep. Lighten up.
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    I am sure she is kidding-it would be sick if it were real. Lighten up let a smile be your umbrella.
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    Lighten up! I don't see anything wrong with discussing "the Zachary segment" sm
    I am a huge AI fan and plan my whole day around the show. Thank Goodness it only comes on twice a week!
    "perhaps" poster above is right. Peace and Love will lighten your load. sm
    I once worked a summer holiday shift by myself and transcribed something so awful that I tear up when I think about it today. It was the death of a 3-year-old, and I got ALL the 5 dictations regarding the course of this little girl. Give me the "vanity" surgeries on holidays anytime. It is not up to us to make a judgement about who "deserves" treatment, it's just our job to transcribe it correctly. The work you transcribed may have been boring, but that lets your mind drift to loving thoughts about your own family and how you will all be together soon. Like the above poster says, turn your mind to loving thoughts, even for the patient you have prejudged, your heart rate will lower and believe it or not, the day will pass more quickly.
    Sheesh. Lighten up. It WAS funny. You don't scan the enitre report, or whatever! It was amusing i

    Actually, you don't have to answer that...


    You can't make things worse and could make things better.
    The skinny woman may be ill.  The guy might not know the dog is a nuisance.  Who knows?  Maybe it is not as forbidding as it seems and maybe they just need to be asked in a nice way. 
    I do a lot of the same things you do...

    I also go water the plants - sometimes just being out in the sunshine for 20 minutes or so wakes me up and gets me going again.


    I also do the online thing for my kids:  Gap, Old Navy and Abercrombie Kids.  I occasionally look at Sephora for me.  


    And yes, exercise does help.  I either take a run first thing in the a.m. or around 1:00.  The morning gives me a totally different spin on the day - I feel better in general the whole day and much more positive.  If I wake up too late for that, I end up going around 1:00, as I find that around that time I start wandering mentally anyway.  I used to feel guilty for taking the hour or so away but realized if I added up all the minutes I spend staring at the screen (waiting for the words to type themselves) it would be more than an hour.  So I try to use my time wisely and for myself by exercising and feel more focused and positive afterwards.  This is a habit I'm still creating.  I've been doing this a while now and I still some days have to convince myself it's okay and the hour is going to help me, not hurt me.  After I'm done I'm always glad I went. 


    Thanks for posting this question - you gave me some good ideas. 


    There are a few things you can do. Don't

    answer phones, let machine pick up. Turn ringer off on cell phone. Stay off boards, turn tv down or off. I don't know about others but I need a little background noise so I keep tv on a volume where I can hear it but not truly understand what is going on. I keep it on the music channel just so I hear something in the background. Don't think about the dirty dishes, laundry or 100 other things needed to be done in the house.


    If you need a drink, get one before you start, same goes for a snack. I get a bowl of something to snack on before I start working such as pretzels, carrot sticks, m&m, etc. I bought an oven timer to keep on my desk. I set it for 3 to 4 hours and then take a little break when it goes off. When I first sign on I can work for 4+ hours w/o getting up.


    Make macros of phrases. The phrases are the key. If you're forever typing something over and over and saying "I should make a macro for it," don't say it, do it. Closed head injury precautions are set as "chip-" in shorthand. I also do a lot of consults and at the end they have their own little "thank you for allowing me to participate" statement. I use the docs last name with a T at the end of it for the word thank you such as "SmithT" because not all the thank you statements are the same. WDI is written discharge instructions, wci wound care instructions. Macro your labs and headings so you don't have to keep typing them. If the word or abbr. needs to capitalized make a macro. igg comes out as IgG. The less you hit your shift key, it's saving a key stroke. 05m comes out as 0.5% Marcaine, etc. Make something you can remember. I'm at the point now where I've done the same accounts for years and hardly make macros, maybe 1 or 2 a day. If I make a macro today I write it in a notebook sitting right in front of me. It's a quick reminder for me.


    Hope some of this helps.


    Many things are said here...sometimes...

    people get a bit testy.  But, guess what?  We are all adults, aren't we?  Long ago I learned to not take offense to things, remarks, opinions, whatever - as most often taking offense only drags you down personally.  Why let things get to you?


    MQLover has every right to express her opinion.  Is she the only one who ever slams back when she gets slammed?  Hardly.  That is a natural reaction.  It's a defense mechanism.  We don't all feel kissy/huggie all the time, and we especially don't when we express our thoughts and get smacked for them. 


    If someone's post irritate or bother you, why not just skip them?  There's a heck of a lot more to life than getting upset of bb posts. 


    The things I do.
    % of utilities, -phone, water, electric-mileage, internet, interest on auto payment, repair to car, cleaning equipment for office, repairs to office, cell phone, equipment-foot pedals, soft ware, supplies, paper, pens, etc.  I have often wondered if I could claim my PJs as uniform expense.
    But apart from those things R they OK?

    two things

    Gas heater in the living room and an additional small heater for my hands, if they get cold.

    I found it was less costly to install a gas heater than use the fireplace.


    Thanks! I'm always trying to think of new things and though....
    I thought this might be different to brake up the monotony! Thanks again!
    Well there have been quite a few things
    here and there, but I have always put off calling them cause they spend 10 minutes getting the spelling of my name right. I am like, "you can call me whatever you want to call me, just answer my question!"

    The problem I am having now is that my internet will not allow me to access my bank site, but my cable company helped me with this problem. Since we went back and did a system restore and it still didn't fix the problem, they suggested that I am probably going to have to reinstal internet explorer. I left my CD at my Dad's though, so I will have to wait to try it and see if it works.

    I am just wondering if I run into a problem again and I called if they would switch me to a US representative if I insisted. I remember awhile back someone posted that they did that with a credit card company or something. I think I am going to try it though.
    That's if you want to be any of those things.
    Really, why choose a career field solely based on potential income? Does money buy happiness? Doctors and nurses work very long hours. LPNs make $12 an hour, RNs $18 and up. Attorneys, well, who would want to be an attorney? Accountants here make $12 an hour to start out with a 5-year degree and CPA.
    Have you tried these things? (sm)
    Writing for the paper and making extra bucks by doing MT?

    Maybe go back for your Master's and teach journalism in smaller colleges?

    Possibly freelance for web sites? Check out elance.com and other freelancer sites. Lots need writing. Work that experience! Do you have a portfolio to show off?

    Good luck :)
    two things you can do

    1.  Run Disk Cleanup - click Start | All Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Disk Cleanup.

    2.  If you use Internet Explorer, click on Tools | Internet Options. Click on the buttons that say Delete Cooks and Delete Files.

    Close your browser, restart it, and that should resolve your problem.


    Well, with the way things are going,
    I think I would be happy to get anything.  Many companies are doing away with gifts completely due to the economy. 
    I'm not willing to pay for something that will only tell me things I already know.
    I know to use an Expander and templates/normals. I know to expand phrases, words, reports, etc. I know to stay away from the boards, let the machine get the phone, and treat this like a REAL job, but it's really hard to concentrate when there's nothing but garbage dictation on the system. I can see somebody else already took all the work from my primary, so I'm stuck with the lousy ESL secondary that I hate and won't make any money on. I can never make any money working for any national. They bounce you around so much that you never have the same dictators from day to day and can't keep account specs straight.
    are doing these things....NM
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    Some of us can do 2 things at once, and well! nm
    nm
    They are okay though there were some things I did not like - sm
    though it may not bother others. Need to have AIM on while you work so they can IM you....they can monitor you this way too, unless you know how to turn off that feature. Alway felt to me like Big Brother was watching. Did not like primary account, lots of short reports (I like them long with good line counts, not these dinky 10 lines things that take you 10 minutes to crank out); loved my 2nd and 3rd though, but rarely got to see them. Were considered an employee, nice, don't have to worry about taxes. Had to give a schedule and stick to it (granted you are an employee so you must do that), but flexible. Have to work 1 weekend day too. Get lots of faxes, sometimes too much. People are nice enough though, never had trouble with QA. Like I said just a few things rubbed me the wrong way, good enough place though. Good luck.