kettle corn is great, easy to make, and you can spice it up...
Posted By: MTMT on 2005-12-31
In Reply to: Need ideas for vegetarian snacks for New Year's Eve. Having a guest over who is vegetarian. - Cindy Brevard
and there are pretzels, potato chips, veggie chips. you can quickly roast any kind of nut and spice or sweeten them up. I use sucranat for sugar, or turbanado, anything not bleached.
yummy fruit, fresh or frozen.
lots of things you can do...
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Well, Word is easy to buy and easy to install. Word 97 works great. Cheap. SM
I still would not work anywhere I could not use a spell checker with grammar checker and a Steadman's Medical Spell Checker.
IF they want people to TRANSCRIBE MEDICAL REPORTS, then I guess they better get the programs they need.
It's like probably 110% easier to buy and install Word 97 than to try to program their own programming. And, yes, I do mean Microsoft Word 97. Why? Because you can install it unlimited times, in case you need to install the operating system again. And it has a few features that Microsoft, in its un-wisdom, took away in Word 2000 and 20003 and 2007. So, yes, I'd go with Word 97 for its cheapness and it works better than the later versions. Just my opinion, with 20 years experience being an MT. So what if they "don't have it" on their computer? It's easy to get.
We make it look easy
The reason so many people think it is such a glamorous job is because those of us who have been doing it for years make it look so easy. We can sit in front of our computer (at home) and breeze along through the toughest ESL dictators without picking up a book. Why wouldn't everything thing they could do this.
Reality will show your friend that there is a lot more to being an MT than just typing. I think back to the days before internet when I had to use a book to look up every difficult or new word. Very time consuming. At least new MTs have internet resources.
Easy mistake to make! (nm)
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Repetitive = easy, so no, they usually don't make more.
But there are exceptions to every rule, of course. As was stated in another post on radiology, the software is usually maddeningly inefficient, so sometimes it is hard to find and retain MTs for certain facilities. But the reason the software is bad for MTs is that they usually bought it with the hope they could change over to VR, thereby putting most of the MTs out of work. Radiology can be fun if you find a place where you can work in-house, have the skills to win the respect of the radiologists and learn to be able to read their minds, which helps you a lot when they misspeak.
It is NOT an easy way to make money
and most companies advertising at-home training and promising the moon are out for your money. Medical transcription is a CAREER and not a JOB. Stick with engineering and do some crafting on the side to make "extra money."
You make it sound so easy, BUT
I believe medical editing is more difficult than straight transcribing, especially if the MT lack years of experience. If the VR text indicates an incorrect term but it looks and sounds close to the accurate term, it would be very easy for an inexperienced MT to not realize that mistake and not make the proper correction. I only hope the physicians are reading their reports. Unfortunately, many of them do not because of time constraints.
With my 20+ years' experience,I do foresee potential problems with VR in the hands of inexperienced MTs. Unfortunately, many MTs will lack the necessary editing skills to acquire a 100% accuracy rate. They have mainly been taught to transcribe verbatim.
We will have to wait and see if any major issues present themselves with VR. I think it could be a very efficient system, but I do not believe the job of editing should not be taken too lightly. I think editing VR text could be easier if you are simply editing for a few physicians, but not for a multitude of dictators in the hospital setting.
It's great and easy to use. You'll love it! nm
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Poll: Please yes or no, don't explain, make it easy.
Is it sensible to rebuild New Orleans below sea level?
They are boring but easy, and you can make a lot of money. nm
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Thank you. All of us at SS do our best to make it easy. I am so happy to see when it works out wel
We are here for our employees. We just have to know if there is a problem and we will do our best to fix it. Thank you for you vote of confidence in us!
sorry - ....make them easy targets for the scam. nm
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so easy to make your own baked chicken and tastes better.
Just wash a whole chicken (clean inside, as well) Then salt inside.
Put it breast-side DOWN on small baking rack in shallow baking sheet (I line the pan with foil first), bake at 350 for 30 minute, then turn the bird over onto its back (drain the cavity when you turn it over, put those droppings in the bottom of the cookie sheet). Bake for another hour, turn over (and drain cavity again) for 15-30 minutes, and then turn back on its back for a little longer. I do put some foil over the bird for the first hour or so just to save splatters on the oven. With whole chicken at 69 cents a pound, you just cannot get an cheaper, easier meal than this.
Well, I would like to applyl. I hope you can make a go of it but it will not be an easy road. If
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Easy to use! You can see old reports & copy to make templates from them, look up doc/Pt
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For a great web site - try slimfast.com - The recipes are fast and easy -- congrats on trying to
eat healthy - it's hard for me cause I love burgers and fries, so I still cheat every once in a while --
ExText is great. Access all the old stuff. Easy to insert cc's. Line counts can sometimes
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7 cpl gross and counts blank lines, IC status-- make a ton of money because it's easy work...nm
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I agree. Bean-counters desperately wanting to believe the exaggerated claims for SR make them easy
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When does Rosie start? I can't wait. Should really spice it up.
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Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte!!
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Korean Spice Viburnum. Even sweeter than lilacs!
Well said! Pot and Kettle
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pot/kettle/black........................NM
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Can't say I make a great living, but...
I support myself, my disabled husband, and also have 2 grown children at home, which the one pays his bills, but the other is having problems. We are buying our home, paying for our car, and still have enough to eat out a couple of times a week. I make more at home than if I go back out into the work place.
Excellent MTs make great QA.
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You CAN make great money
... if you are good and have a decent line rate. I made just under $70k last year working at home in my 2nd full year as a transcriptionist.
I teach and I make 20.00 per hour. Not that great
but nothing to sneeze at either. I teach community service classes (medical transcription, anatomy physiology and medical terminology) at a local college.
Hey guys! I just discovered a GREAT way to make $$$
Was just browsing a catalogue my son received from ThinkGeek and there is "Das Keyboard" which is a keyboard WITHOUT letters!!! It is $80!!! How many of us have a keyboard like this?
They have a whole bunch of cute stuff for the geek who has everything if anyone is interested.
That is great...I used to have to make coffee a specific way...
screw that...Now I may it the way I want it, in my jammies---lol
So that makes it okay to "rip me apart"? Pot...kettle...black...
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and you're gorgeous? pot/kettle/black...............NM
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You Could Say "Me" is the Pot Calling the Kettle Black.
Gee, now am I racist or do I just have a hatred for cooking ware? 
Pot, meet kettle. Your posts are all over the board. sm
...just because they are responding, and probably not even as vocal as you've been on here. That just reduces any point you were trying to make to shreds, sounding juvenile and defensive instead of engaging in reasonable debate -- but worst of all, acting like you are superior and somehow smarter than all the rest of us when most of us have known all about this big "news flash" of yours for years now. You say you wouldn't hate others for what they believe in, but when someone spoke up saying they like ASR, you insulted her by saying she must not have been a fast typist then. ASR isn't going away, no matter how many people quit MQ citing that as a reason. Many times, it's not even the MTSOs who sell doctors on ASR - there are companies out there courting the doctors, pumping them up with sales talk about how great it is and how much time/money they'll save. THOSE are the ones the rest of us are aiming at, and wisely so. Think about it, do you think the MTSOs like it when clients go to ASR and lower the rate they are paying the MTSO?? If the MTSO also sells the equipment, maybe. Otherwise, doubtful. It's new technology and MTs must adapt for now, as chances are good it will flame and then fizzle out. MANY, many doctors have already tried it years back, hated it, and returned to traditional dictation. As you've been told, this is NOT a new development so it's not that people don't care; they just aren't as urgently impressed by the rants since it's old news. It lurked on the horizon for a long time before it ever actually hit the shelves and a lot of us researched it prior to it actually being utilized.
Yes, there are plenty of issues that are pulling MTs everywhere down. Offshoring is one of them. Has been for years. ASR/VR is one of them. Has been for YEARS. Maybe this is news to you, but again, most of us have known about these things and been proactive about/against them for YEARS by not accepting lower rates and not offshoring or working for companies that do.
I will reiterate, though, that one of the biggest issues dragging MTs through the mud is something that is perfectly fixable - the BEHAVIOR of some MTs. Unprofessional, juvenile behavior is not considered a desirable quality in any employee. Lack of work ethic and false sense of entitlement are two more traits that are not desirable in an employee. Someone who has only been in the business for a few years but thinks they know more than MTs who worked on manual typewriters is yet another undesirable. MTSOs read this board all the time and take note of these things, and when certain names come up on resumes, they go immediately to the circular file, if you know the flavor of THAT Kool-Aid.
Yes, give her a new car - it would make a great Christmas gift!
Sounds great! I may make that tomorrow night.
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I agree except you're the pot calling the kettle black.....
"I wonder what you're work looks like"............It is your work, not you're as that is short for you are. If you use the contraction, that means you are saying "I wonder what you are work looks like.
Look at the pot calling the kettle black - I am not fighting wth you. I more mature than that. sm
Besides everyone has their own opinions. Glad I got to see yours.
Imagine, the class you have. This is like the pot calling the kettle black
Your post saying: you have no breeding whatsoever. You sound like a gross, subliterate redneck to me. So kindly remove the beam from your own eye before you look for the speck in someone else's. :D :D
Absolutely would. Love my job/career! Make great money. nm
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Sorry, don't post here often and not familiar. I was saying I make great money and stay at home w
Where do folks get these odd ideas?
Glad you enjoyed it! Yes, NC beaches and even mountains make great vacations.
and then everybody goes home to work in Charlotte or Raleigh. This beach I went to is only a 2-hour drive from Raleigh.
How do you eat your corn on the cob?
Vertically or horizontally? 
Just wondering.
Does anyone have a corn burning
how do you like it? If you have a stove, to move the heat all through the house, do you run the blower on your furnace with the thermostat turned way down? If you have a furnace, did it hook to the existing ducting in your home? Thank you in advance for your help.
Candy corn (see my post below) nm
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Grilled salmon, corn on the cob, chardonnay. nm
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fried pork, taters, and corn....nm
I could NEVER trust myself around 10,000 candy corn, or even 100! they'd be gone in no time
but I would lie and say your wart is very becoming on you....in return for maybe 10 candy corn and about 5 of those pumpkin things
The easy answer, taking all the easy work and
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pork chops, mashed potatos, and corn on the cob.
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What's for dinner? BBQ pork chops, corn, salad for me.
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Teriyaki salmon, corn on the cob, salad and strawberries...yum!
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