Prince looked good for having a hip replacement...LOL...nm

• Yikes, did anyone get to see Meatloaf on AI? - sm
  • What about Toni Braxton? - Mimi
    • Toni Braxton...sm - SoulPatrol
      • Unfortunately - Elliott fan
  • He wrote the song, but it was sung by Celine Dion...around 1996 I think. nm - R
    • MEATLOAF wrote and sang that song - oby
  • Meatloaf was awful, he must have problems. - fan
    • I saw Meatloaf a couple years ago on a news show and... - SM
  • He almost looked like he had a storke or Parkinson's. Didn't sound like himself. nm, - R
  • I didn't even know who he was. It is - What about Clay?
    • I had wondered where Clay had been and I did not realize that...sm - passing through
    • OMG, Clay and the hair extensions?!?! - Thought it was Elton John coming out at first - LO
      • His hair has grown out? Not extensions - NM - NM
      • He looked like PeeWee Herman. nm - Mimi
      • No extensions..he's been growing out his hair - Claymate for Taylor
        • You must be a guy....nm - LOL!
      • I've tried to find this pic somewhere. It was awsome! - me
        • go to Gofish.com and look under recently uploaded videos, or - SM
  • taylor fan - proud
    • Yeah, he was GREAT last night.....nm - Yes Taylor - U make US proud! luv that song!
  • anyone know what the split was? - ss
  • who did chris sing with? They could have been twins... - passing through
    • What is the name of the group that Chris sang with? Great song! nm - AI
      • I think the name of the band was "Live". - nm
        • One of the BIGGEST bands of the ྖs! Nothing lately, but HUGE back then. nm - .
        • Yes, Live, his fave group - and the lead singer is his *idol*. - Hence the bald head ;)
          • Actually, Chris said in an interview he shaved his head because sm - MT
            • Live one of my favorites too!! I was in my glory - Live fan
  • OMG! (sm) - What about PRINCE?????
    • You know AI is a big hit when Prince performs! Love him! nm - AJ
      • Ewwww.....! - LOL. nm
    • I was quite surprised by Prince....sm - He sang every single note PERFECTLY
    • Prince looked good for having a hip replacement...LOL...nm - passing through
      • If it keeps your career going, do it. - why not? sm
      • how old is Prince anyway? (sm) - any idea?
        • Prince is 47 - same age as me - that's how I always remember. - fatty
          • Prince - interesting facts
    • LOL! Yeah, him too! - nm

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Especially his 2nd song.  I couldn't believe he still sounds this good!!

Last night's AI was fabulous!!!  So happy that Taylor won!!!!!!! 

The guy with the long hair surrouding his face was CLAY AIKEN?????  I didn't know who it was....knew it was an Elton John song, knew it wasn't Elton John - that was CLAY???  OMG....I cannot believe it !!!!!

Yeah, Meatloaf didn't sound good at all until the very end of his song....and he was shaking the microphone and I thought perhaps he has Parkinson's disease or the beginnings of. 

WAY TO GO AI !!!  I thought this season was THE_BEST!!!!! 

Since I pick up and deliver I need to find replacements locally and my accounts do not realy like to go with anyone else.  If it is less than 3 days they ask that they hold it until I come back, when that is 4 docs it gets a little rushed when I return.  Finally took 3 work days off this summer with a weekend and they said that they would rather wait a day or two for the dictation than get someone else they did not know.   But I do have some back up if it is a week or so but that hasn't been in the past five years.   If I get sick, again they are very considerate and wait for the work.  Have had these 4 accounts for 5 to 15 years so we have a history and they are happy with my work.   So usually if you have been doing their dictation for a while they will work with you for a few days or illness.  I mean, they take vacations and time off and we don't get paid.   Like I have said many times, my accounts are really pretty good to me and but I provide a very good service and some extras and so we treat each other pretty equal.

Patti

I am 3 years from my last period and have refrained from taking hormones because of a family history of breast and uterine cancer in my mother.  I have not felt well for some time and have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia.  My GYN thinks that bio-identical hormones would make me feel more myself but I have been reluctant to take them.  For those of you taking hormones..do they make you feel a lot better?  Thanks for any advice.

but it might be something to consider.  I went through menopause relatively early, and I had horrible hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings, etc.  I remember once I received an email from my boss asking me to spend the day working on my secondary account, and I sat here crying, knowing that what she really meant was that I wasn't good enough to work on my primary account.  Looking back, it is funny, but it was not so funny then.  I felt like I was going crazy.   

I finally broke down and saw an OB/GYN.  She is an advocate of natural hormone replacement, but gave me a book to read about it and in the meantime gave me estrogen patches and progesterone pills, and it was a godsend.  I got through the tough times, and now I take nothing.

It sounds like you have a lot going on, and if you could get rid of the menopausal symptoms, maybe you could see things a bit more clearly and address those issues as well.  It is tough to uproot your life and move away from friends and family.  My heart goes out to you.

Good luck to you.  It will get better. 

In my part of the country: 

The training is 2 years.  You must pass with 95% accuracy these tests:   225 wpm 2-voice testimony, 200 wpm jury charge and 180 wpm literary.  Must do 40 hours of actual writing time during internship and submit 40 pages of transcript and a written narrative to get your degree. 

Also, you must invest in your own stenography equipment, $2,000+ (could go quite a bit higher depending on equipment).

Then you must do 2 years with a legal group. 

Then you can apply for a courthouse job after that (that's how my courthouse in a decently large city does it).

Then after you do 2 years of courthouse experience, the closed captioning company will take your application for consideration of hiring and "transitioning."  

Closed capitioning for live capitioning (news, sports, etc.) I am pretty sure those people can work at home. 

But if you want to do movies, etc., that is done in house.  At least in my neck of the woods this is how they do it and what I was told by someone at the company over the phone. 

I doubt that you can go straight into closed captioning from school--I am pretty sure that they want you to have pretty much courtroom experience and be pretty well versed with the steno machine. 

If you can make it, it seems like a pretty lucrative career.  I looked into it many years ago and went into med transcription instead.  Could kick myself now. 

Have had a couple friends who were court reporters, the machine seems it would take quite a while to master with any efficiency.  You know, it reminds me of the alpha-hand I took many many years ago.  But again, you would have to practice, practice, practice, and really enjoy what you are working towards. 

I just interviewed last week with a court reporting school and then with the local college to check out their court reporting course.  The court reporting school said as long as you get up to the 225 per minute speed, you can finish a little early, about 18 months. But not so with my local college, you must do the entire 2 years and classes only start once a year. 

Interestingly, I was told there is an 80% drop-out rate.  It is pretty tough going. 

I changed my mind about going this route, wasn't interested in the courthouse work, wanted to go straight to closed capitioning, but it sounds as though that is not possible.  I don't have 6 years to spend for school and experience.  

Then I have been reading on the internet that they are starting to get rid of the court reporters in a couple states and replacement them with the audio/video recorders that the courthouses already have in place.  So that doesn't sound to good to me.  Not sure how accurate that method would be for record keeping, but we all know with offshoring has done to the quality/accuracy of medical reports. 

Still thinking of what I should do instead now.   

Good luck to you.  Again, this is in my neck of the woods, could be different where you are.