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Posted By: No, not even employee either on 2005-07-01
In Reply to: Will the same apply for IC?? - Are you sure they spend that kind of money?

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    Talk about blowing smoke, ha.
    Even the ones on here who are reading these listings, not all want to join in the revolution. I for one love my job, don’t intend on putting my neck on the chopping block for others just because someone is not as happy or content as me. Ridiculous to even think so.
    Really? Can you explain why or are you just blowing smoke out your butt again?
    x
    Talk about blowing smoke! No one, not one MQ MT has "joined" the class action suit.
    Its not even up to that point yet.  We will be notified and given the legal options via the legal system. So, if you claim you "joined it", you joined nothing - just gave your name to the laywers. Nothing more, so get over yourself.  If there is nothing more to pursue after discovery, you won't be joining anything!
    Smoke at your computer? I believe it. I still do.
    nm
    yes they virtually could get someones IP/use it...

    Oh my, this is just blowing my mind.
    x
    She/he is just blowing off some steam, and I can relate! nm
    xx
    Blowing nose, sniffing, hacking, spitting,,yuk!

    I transcribed a doc and I swear he was sick all the time.  Really gross. 


     


    I have had a couple. Blowing hair tickles face so had to figure out how to keep it outta my
    :+
    Tell him to smoke outside.
    That way, he still gets his way, but you don't have to smell it in your house.
    I used to smoke but..
    I used Zyban.  I will be smoke free for 8 years in April. But it is scary how for some those medications end up causing such horrible effects. 
    blowin smoke
    Yep, AL the way to the bank.
    Depends what you smoke.
    aaa
    What I did about the C-phone and smoke. sm
    I have to go out of town next week so I got a few small trash bags and put in a Yankee Candle Car Jar, and wrapped it back up tight, as well as with the instruction manual. I'll leave it in there for a week and hopefully that will take it away. I did use rubbing alcohol on the C-phone too and oh gosh, you wouldn't believe how much yellow junk came off from the smoke, especially from the parts that are covered with clear plastic. It smelled up my entire room for a while and I'm still getting whiffs of it every now and then. Thank you everybody for your help and suggestions. I spent $187 on this and I did expect better, or at least a blurb in the auction that it came from a smoker's home.
    smoke free for 2 1/2 months
    Yes I quit 10 weeks ago. I used the patch for 5 weeks, chewed a lot of gum, chewed on straws, even pretended to smoke a straw sometimes, hey it helped!! As motivational tricks, I printed out pictures of smoke damaged lungs and put them on my wall! I also printed out all the benefits of quitting and hung them in every room. I had smoked a pack a day for 14 years. My significant other still smokes, so if I can quit, you probably can too! I don't even want one now. Oh yeh-drink water! Hope this helps somebody. :)
    How many of you smoke while working? See message.
    Please don't post about the evils of smoking, etc., just looking for a yes or no.
    She didn't smoke cigarettes
    She actually smoked cigars!
    Looking for a cigarette smoke detector (sm)

    My mother lives with us and has gotten into the habit of sneak smoking in the back bathroom.  She thinks we can't smell it.  Have a granddaughter with asthma and I am very particular about smoke in the house. 


    I thought if I had a detector that would buzz when she lit up that would encourage her to go outside like my husband does. 


    I have tried talking to her about smoke smells in there when I have washed down the wallpaper and cleaned rugs/shower curtains down.  The smell clings to that wallpaper like glue.  She simply denies that anyone smokes in there.   She keeps multiple candles in there and thinks she is "covering up the smell". 


    Any suggestions on a device that might be useful is appreciated.


     


    C-phone & cigarette smoke
    I just bought a C-phone off of eBay. I unpack it and it smells like smoke, something bad. I'm a non-smoker. How do I get this smell out? If I had known it was owned by a smoker, I wouldn't have purchased it. The auction didn't say one way or another, so I figured I was safe.

    Yuck. Please help! Any ideas or suggestions are welcome. Febreeze isn't working so far and I'm sitting here smelling this. Gross.
    Yes - smoke 1-1/2 packs per day. Tried and tried to quit to no avail.
    I enjoy my nicotine - sad to say.
    where there is smoke there is fire and these lawsuits are pretty much backed up by SEC.
    Fraudulent billing, books that are cooked, are not claims that are made frivilously and are not accepted into a court of law without some merit.  Watch and see.  If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it may be a duck.  Apply that to everyone who deals with MQ involved in a lawsuit against them, MTs, Shareholders and Clients.  Plus the delisting by SEC.  Mighty suspicious huh?   Not just one person or entity but three different ones - PLUS SEC.
    Silver Lining: I ran out of money and I'm smoke free

     


    six days with no smokes...also, lost about ten pounds on an involuntary diet.  It's amazing what you can cut out when you're broke...


    Aw, you don't have to be a "pothead" to smoke pot at one concert. I hadn't smoked for 30
    and haven't since, but they passed joints around at that concert and I toked, and it was fun. My brain is far from lame. :)
    Just a reminder to change your smoke alarm batteries nm

    It definately helped me. From the first dose I took I had no urge at all to smoke.
    Unfortunately though I had a bad reaction to the medication and had to stop it after only a few days. I should say though that the reaction I had to the Wellbutrin had absolutely nothing to do with a side effect, but rather it exacerbated a prior medical problem I had. It's definately worth a try IMO.
    This doc keeps blowing wind/nose hairs/boogers out his nose - into the microsphone - and

    sounds cool, huh?


    I am physically nauseated!  3 hours of this.   gag


    Add to that he can't say *our* alphabet so even though the hospital THINKS the docs are spelling the names, he wasted his time and mine. and when I get it wrong -- until I get the hospital to listen --- they will think I'm the *blank* one. (the board stopped me from posting/ said stup*d is not allowed here so you know what I'm saying - isn't that odd, I can't refer to my own self as that, hmmm)


    He can't say NUMBERS.  Getting the drug doses is a joke.  Even the names of the drugs is like mystery science.


    He says wrong months, days of the week.  If he's meaning to say May, he may say April.


    If he's meaning to say 17 he may say 15.


    You can hear the disdain in his voice when he dictates on women - I guess in his world there truly is no respect for women and you can really hear it when he's doing the dictation.


    But the constant blowing - and clearing his throat - trying to dislodge that tickling nose hair I guess and slurping that yucky saliva has me just about ready to quit transcribing RIGHT NOW.  . 


    Today I did make myself a promise.  I have been a good girl for 30+ years, held my anger deep in my ugly Wal-Mart pocketbooks.  When I retire in January and I know I will never have to turn on another computer or transcribe another medical dictation............I'm gonna go to the hospital ......maybe go sit in on GRAND ROUNDS FOR THE LAST TIME.......and BLAST THEM.  I'll do it or bust a gasket.  Just watch me.



    Curious, did Dog speak at the AAMT convention & if so what did he say? Don't smoke crack?
    k
    Make her smoke outside, especially with an asthmatic in the house. Never allowed smokers in our
    s
    That daggon Zatarains put Oak Grove Smoke house out of business, the rats!
    I can only find 1 place for Oak Grove Smoke House on the 'net now, and their mixes are WAY better and more original (just editorial opinion, there). All the other 'net entries are some lawsuit Zatarains brought. Blrch.
    I type for cardio docs. EVERY patient has been a smoker or continues to smoke. Hope you'll quit
    s
    Is it their computer? Why are they installing a firewall and autocorrect on your computer? That sm
    is usually the responsibility of the transcriptionist, especially if an IC or SE.  Which company?
    Question about transfering computer into to another computer.. sm

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    Thanks


    How does one find out the computer specs on my computer?

    I should know this, but I just don't remember how to do this.  I am hoping I have enough RAM, or whatever, to load work platform on my own computer and begin working on it, rather than paying *rent* on the company-furnished computer.  Thanks so much.


    A computer is a computer, whether it be laptop or desktop.
    I have both and use both and I bought both of mine...most companies do not provide computers...
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    Computer help, please - sm

    I know this should be easy BUT, tell me how to find the version of Windows that I have.  I can't find where it says this. 


     


    TIA.


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    I have only ever had Dell computers, but like you said, I'm tired of getting someone named Bobby, who can't speak English. I quit buying from them and went to my local computer place and had one built. Now, when I have a problem, I get someone who speaks English. IF you live in a big town, check around. I live in a small town and it was easy to find out what was what. I would still rather have a Dell, but I don't do anything off shore anymore. The price of a small place is not that much different than buying from the places you mentioned and is a lot less wear and tear on the nerves.
    First computer
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    computer
    I tried it and mine did the same as yours.
    MQ computer
    I got to use one of their computers free while I was training and continued until I was off probation.  Then the fee started coming off my checks.  But, the repeating theme seems to be all the offices are different.
    computer
    I have two HPs. I think I will do the same.
    it's not the computer
    You need a little stereo adaptor that you can buy from radio shack. It costs a few dollars. I'm presuming you have a a cord that connects into the computer. Okay, now, you plug the adaptor into the cord and your headset into the adaptor.

    Voila!
    Does you computer have enough
    memory and disk space for an upgrade like this? The reason I wonder is once I upgraded my old computer and found that XP takes a lot of resources and the whole computer was bogged down and never worked right after that. Ended up buying a new one with XP already on it.
    I think you can only do this on a computer with XP- sm
    they did this so you could use the 98 programs on the computer with XP. I don't have either of your programs on my computer (use a physical book for the drugs and google) but I installed old Lotus, my Bytescribe, ShortHand, Quicken, various art programs, WP 5.1 DOS, can't remember them all but they all work fine. I have Stedman's spellchecker which was on my old 98, now on my XP, though I do upgrade that every couple years so that one is irrelevant.
    oh, and I would use my own computer...sm
    They would supply the transcription equipment.
    probably better to buy a computer...
    fro0m a place that sells computers, rather than an MTSO.  That way if you need to move on, no problems. 
    Use of Computer
    It doesn't bother me at all. The only person who uses my computer on occasion is my daughter for school work or to look up things on the internet She has to ask first though and never goes anywhere near where my files for work are kept (she wouldn't even know how to find them). It helps that my husband doesn't know anything about computers or the internet so he's never a problem.
    I would never let anyone come near my computer
    much less use it!! That's the one thing I have that is mine!
    New Computer

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    computer help
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    My PCP uses the computer to
    keep track of everything going on including labs and such.  He can push a button and the labs are in his "grill".  I would much rather it be that way than have to wait for a faxed copy.  My PCP is great, and he still listens.  He just uses this as a way to expedite script writing, etc.  There are also hospitals that allow physicians to access their database, so it is not really far off.  I think it was actually Hillary Clinton (who may run for president) that would like EHR to be universal, but I think it is more for consistency and to make patient access easier for specialists to follow and the such, etc., etc.