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3,352	FISHING	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "You know." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- what's a license cost?" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, as I say, it's been several years, but the licenses weren't that expensive, I, seems to stick in my mind, five to seven dollars --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- is about all, from what I remember it." } ]
3,352	FISHING	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, as I say, it's been several years, but the licenses weren't that expensive, I, seems to stick in my mind, five to seven dollars --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- is about all, from what I remember it." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh. It's about the same as Texas." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." } ]
3,352	FISHING	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh. It's about the same as Texas." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "And I have, oh, probably a half a dozen different kinds of, uh, fishing poles and, and fly rods and so forth, and, and I had been so busy in my work in these last few years that I haven't had time to fish. But I'm going to be retiring at the end of December, and I, I hope, uh, the next fishing season, that I can sort of get back in and, uh, enjoy that. That, that was a really enjoyable, uh, thing for me to do." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Well, I have all sons, so I think I'm probably going to be fishing for a long time." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Huh, I just have one son and he, he lives out of the state now, rather, in the eastern corner of it, so, I don't think he has time to fish either." } ]
3,352	FISHING	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "And I have, oh, probably a half a dozen different kinds of, uh, fishing poles and, and fly rods and so forth, and, and I had been so busy in my work in these last few years that I haven't had time to fish. But I'm going to be retiring at the end of December, and I, I hope, uh, the next fishing season, that I can sort of get back in and, uh, enjoy that. That, that was a really enjoyable, uh, thing for me to do." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Well, I have all sons, so I think I'm probably going to be fishing for a long time." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Huh, I just have one son and he, he lives out of the state now, rather, in the eastern corner of it, so, I don't think he has time to fish either." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I caught the disease from my father, and I'm passing it on to my children. It's really," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, is that right?" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "They love it, yeah." } ]
3,352	FISHING	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "I caught the disease from my father, and I'm passing it on to my children. It's really," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, is that right?" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "They love it, yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, my goodness." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Right." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, I, I, the disease I caught was simply because, uh, I, I was in the Norfolk Portsmouth area, and --" } ]
3,352	FISHING	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, my goodness." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Right." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, I, I, the disease I caught was simply because, uh, I, I was in the Norfolk Portsmouth area, and --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- people there, there's, there's so much water around --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Right." } ]
3,352	FISHING	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- people there, there's, there's so much water around --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Right." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- that, you, you're either boating or you're fishing --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Right." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- and, uh, I fairly enjoyed at that time. I have a small aluminum boat here --" } ]
3,352	FISHING	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- that, you, you're either boating or you're fishing --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Right." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- and, uh, I fairly enjoyed at that time. I have a small aluminum boat here --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- that, uh, when I go on one of the large lakes that we have here that I enjoy fishing for, for trout from that," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh, uh, I don't, I don't know about the lakes in central Pennsylvania. Are there many?" } ]
3,352	FISHING	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- that, uh, when I go on one of the large lakes that we have here that I enjoy fishing for, for trout from that," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh, uh, I don't, I don't know about the lakes in central Pennsylvania. Are there many?" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, as I say, I'm in Center County. There's, um, there're two different size lakes about, well, five, six miles from State College." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Now these aren't huge lakes from your point of view --" } ]
3,352	FISHING	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, as I say, I'm in Center County. There's, um, there're two different size lakes about, well, five, six miles from State College." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Now these aren't huge lakes from your point of view --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- but they are probably fifteen, twenty acres maybe --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." } ]
3,352	FISHING	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Now these aren't huge lakes from your point of view --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- but they are probably fifteen, twenty acres maybe --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- which, which here is a lot of water," } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Okay, what do you read?." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh, well, I read everything, uh, I guess, uh, wh-," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "What is your favorite?" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh, well, I like all kinds, uh, in fact I was just reading, uh, a magazine now. An automobile magazine. Uh, I like historical, uh, books, TIME magazine, newspaper, how, how to do it type things, uh, uh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh, I am not much into magazines. I do read them. I like GOOD HOUSEKEEPING and stuff like that. I will get --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh, well, I like all kinds, uh, in fact I was just reading, uh, a magazine now. An automobile magazine. Uh, I like historical, uh, books, TIME magazine, newspaper, how, how to do it type things, uh, uh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh, I am not much into magazines. I do read them. I like GOOD HOUSEKEEPING and stuff like that. I will get --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- ideas out for my own house and yard and stuff. Main thing, I like Pierce Anthony. I love Pierce Anthony novels." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, the novels, yeah. No, I am not into soap, soaps and all that stuff. I am, uh, not into novels at all really, oth-, other than historical things. Uh, uh, I am kind of a, a chore person. I like to do, I am again, I am a fix it person. I, I would read all those kinds of things." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Figures. What, like those, uh, magazines you get through the mail?" } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- ideas out for my own house and yard and stuff. Main thing, I like Pierce Anthony. I love Pierce Anthony novels." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, the novels, yeah. No, I am not into soap, soaps and all that stuff. I am, uh, not into novels at all really, oth-, other than historical things. Uh, uh, I am kind of a, a chore person. I like to do, I am again, I am a fix it person. I, I would read all those kinds of things." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Figures. What, like those, uh, magazines you get through the mail?" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah. I will buy car magazines, course I am an engineer and I read the engineering magazines," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "and the money magazines. And, uh, well, I am reading historical, uh, not a novel, but historical book now about the, uh, Russia before, uh, the czar, not before the czar, during the czar's time and what it was like and everything." } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah. I will buy car magazines, course I am an engineer and I read the engineering magazines," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "and the money magazines. And, uh, well, I am reading historical, uh, not a novel, but historical book now about the, uh, Russia before, uh, the czar, not before the czar, during the czar's time and what it was like and everything." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh. What about like those TIME books that they put out about, uh, uh, oh, ancient discoveries? You know, th-, how they found out like that, uh, ancient man, per-, performed, uh, brain surgery successfully? And stuff like --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, you --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- that." } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh. What about like those TIME books that they put out about, uh, uh, oh, ancient discoveries? You know, th-, how they found out like that, uh, ancient man, per-, performed, uh, brain surgery successfully? And stuff like --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, you --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- that." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- mean the ancient astronauts things?." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "I have read some of that. I, I did not, some of that is, uh," } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- mean the ancient astronauts things?." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "I have read some of that. I, I did not, some of that is, uh," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "it is very interesting, without question." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "I, I do not really know that they have the answers in those books. Th-, they, make conclusions in them that may or --" } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "it is very interesting, without question." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "I, I do not really know that they have the answers in those books. Th-, they, make conclusions in them that may or --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yes." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- may not be true." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh." } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yes." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- may not be true." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "But they are very interesting." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Th-, that, they have," } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "But they are very interesting." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Th-, that, they have," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "what they have discovered." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh, I like far out facts or whatever." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "what they have discovered." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh, I like far out facts or whatever." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I like to read stuff like that. But I am a superficial buff. I can not take a day I just," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "You are what kind of buff?" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Superficial," } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "I like to read stuff like that. But I am a superficial buff. I can not take a day I just," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "You are what kind of buff?" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Superficial," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, okay." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I like, I like it if it is fun. I do not get too into it." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah. Right." } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, okay." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I like, I like it if it is fun. I do not get too into it." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah. Right." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, I am kind of a hobbyist so I, I read all those things that, uh, and being an engineer, all those books that would bore everybody else, you know, how to do things." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh. Yeah. Well," } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, I am kind of a hobbyist so I, I read all those things that, uh, and being an engineer, all those books that would bore everybody else, you know, how to do things." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh. Yeah. Well," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "I am one of those crazy people that reads the directions. It always make my wife mad. I," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Because you read it." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "when she ever there is something, I say, well, have you read the directions? `` No, I hate reading the directions. ''" } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "I am one of those crazy people that reads the directions. It always make my wife mad. I," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Because you read it." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "when she ever there is something, I say, well, have you read the directions? `` No, I hate reading the directions. ''" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "I say, well, engineers, we, we are the few people in the world --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "You are an --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- that read --" } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "I say, well, engineers, we, we are the few people in the world --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "You are an --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- that read --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- engineer?." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Are you an engineer for T I?" } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- engineer?." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Are you an engineer for T I?" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Okay, uh, I worked at T I for a little while." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Okay, uh, I worked at T I for a little while." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh, we have got a book that says, uh, HOW DO THEY DO THAT?" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "And it answers everything." } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh, we have got a book that says, uh, HOW DO THEY DO THAT?" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "And it answers everything." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, really?" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. And I, well, not everything but a lot of silly little questions." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah. That," } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, really?" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. And I, well, not everything but a lot of silly little questions." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah. That," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Like what makes a firefly light," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah. Those are, oh, interesting. Oh, you like science things? Uh, I have not gotten them in a long time. What is that, uh, one that is on T V? That book, uh, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC is really a fascinating book, uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Now." } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Like what makes a firefly light," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah. Those are, oh, interesting. Oh, you like science things? Uh, I have not gotten them in a long time. What is that, uh, one that is on T V? That book, uh, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC is really a fascinating book, uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Now." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "uh, if you ever get those or e-," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah, uh-huh. Well, that, do not," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "But I have not gotten them in years, uh, th-, they were kind of expensive. I know people just collect them like they are," } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "uh, if you ever get those or e-," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah, uh-huh. Well, that, do not," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "But I have not gotten them in years, uh, th-, they were kind of expensive. I know people just collect them like they are," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "uh," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "They have wonderful pi-, photographs and just amazing photographs that --" } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "uh," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "They have wonderful pi-, photographs and just amazing photographs that --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- they have done." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "We used, my little sister was blind and going to school, and she would have to come home at night, cut out different, she was not fully blind, just legally blind." } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- they have done." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "We used, my little sister was blind and going to school, and she would have to come home at night, cut out different, she was not fully blind, just legally blind." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "But she would have to cut out different colors, and that is the best book to go through, those NATIONAL --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "It is." } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "But she would have to cut out different colors, and that is the best book to go through, those NATIONAL --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "It is." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- GEOGRAPHIC." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "It is. They, they, they, uh, the photographers just got --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "And they are great." } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- GEOGRAPHIC." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "It is. They, they, they, uh, the photographers just got --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "And they are great." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- fantastic pictures in those things. Uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I love reading about animals." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- fantastic pictures in those things. Uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I love reading about animals." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "The gorillas and stuff." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "And the sloth, it fascinates me. That's something moves that slow." } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "The gorillas and stuff." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "And the sloth, it fascinates me. That's something moves that slow." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "And it is just weird." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "You know, I have not, uh," } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "And it is just weird." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "You know, I have not, uh," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "of course, was it all books and things or was it any, did it say anything about newspapers? I have forgotten what the question was exactly. But, uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh, well," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "what do you read, I guess, in general? Or," } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "of course, was it all books and things or was it any, did it say anything about newspapers? I have forgotten what the question was exactly. But, uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh, well," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "what do you read, I guess, in general? Or," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. Well, we can talk about anything we want." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah. Uh, I, I glance at all newspapers. I do like, uh, since the re-, since the economy is doing so bad, I never have read the, uh, uh, financial pages more often than now, you know. And trying to analyze and look for some good news in, in there, you know. Uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Well, for me --" } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. Well, we can talk about anything we want." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah. Uh, I, I glance at all newspapers. I do like, uh, since the re-, since the economy is doing so bad, I never have read the, uh, uh, financial pages more often than now, you know. And trying to analyze and look for some good news in, in there, you know. Uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Well, for me --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "to see if the," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- there is no imme-, well, wh-, you know, But like I said, I do not keep up on all that." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, I have only been more interested because of things are doing so bad and everything. I thought --" } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "to see if the," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- there is no imme-, well, wh-, you know, But like I said, I do not keep up on all that." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, I have only been more interested because of things are doing so bad and everything. I thought --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. The," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- well, uh, see if there is anything in there that, uh, uh, would be s-, positive, you know. You always look for things with," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. The," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- well, uh, see if there is anything in there that, uh, uh, would be s-, positive, you know. You always look for things with," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "with this terrible recession that we are in, uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "With everything --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "to see if there is any go-," } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "with this terrible recession that we are in, uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "With everything --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "to see if there is any go-," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- going down?" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah, yeah. It is, uh, hopefully, uh, we will recover here, uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah, I know I heard Bush say that, you know, we are either bottoming out or seem to be." } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- going down?" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah, yeah. It is, uh, hopefully, uh, we will recover here, uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah, I know I heard Bush say that, you know, we are either bottoming out or seem to be." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "But that is Bush saying that." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah. Right and he, he, yeah, I know, I do not really know if, uh, any one person knows, uh," } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "But that is Bush saying that." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah. Right and he, he, yeah, I know, I do not really know if, uh, any one person knows, uh," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "uh, what some of the problems are. Uh, but there, there are some, there are some interesting things in the paper, really." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. Well, I like Ann Landers." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "uh, what some of the problems are. Uh, but there, there are some, there are some interesting things in the paper, really." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. Well, I like Ann Landers." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "No. I like getting the paper and reading the want ads and just, I do skim over it." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "It," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "But mainly I am a front page person. I do not go into the details." } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "No. I like getting the paper and reading the want ads and just, I do skim over it." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "It," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "But mainly I am a front page person. I do not go into the details." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah. No, I glance at it. I, I wi-, with the, so much, uh, you sound like you have a family too. But with a family and everything, there is just so much going on that I, uh, actually I am more of a r-, not more of a radio buff but, uh, it is easier to do when I do some chores," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "or yard work or anything, put the radio on and listen to that. And," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Well, I know at T I they have most of the stuff on the printout, don't they? I mean, on the computer where you can read the daily --" } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah. No, I glance at it. I, I wi-, with the, so much, uh, you sound like you have a family too. But with a family and everything, there is just so much going on that I, uh, actually I am more of a r-, not more of a radio buff but, uh, it is easier to do when I do some chores," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "or yard work or anything, put the radio on and listen to that. And," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Well, I know at T I they have most of the stuff on the printout, don't they? I mean, on the computer where you can read the daily --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- news?" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "yeah. I do, every time I come in, uh, I will punch up, but they call it T News and all that." } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- news?" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "yeah. I do, every time I come in, uh, I will punch up, but they call it T News and all that." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "And I, I do get, uh, it gets a little bit of everything." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "And I, I do get, uh, it gets a little bit of everything." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "you know, about," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. When I wor-," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "you can read it in one minute, you know." } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "you know, about," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. When I wor-," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "you can read it in one minute, you know." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I know you do, being an engineer." } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I know you do, being an engineer." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "There are some times when you have got ten or fifteen or even an hour off." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "There are some times when you have got ten or fifteen or even an hour off." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Not much, not in the area I worked in. We had an engineer in there every ten minutes." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah, yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "So," } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Not much, not in the area I worked in. We had an engineer in there every ten minutes." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah, yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "So," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah. It is, it is, it is, uh, interesting, uh, with the computer to read the computer news and," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "all that. I, I guess that is a, tha-, that is a source of reading. I hadn't thought about that in that respect, uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. Well, it just encouraged me to read it." } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah. It is, it is, it is, uh, interesting, uh, with the computer to read the computer news and," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "all that. I, I guess that is a, tha-, that is a source of reading. I hadn't thought about that in that respect, uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. Well, it just encouraged me to read it." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah, yeah. It, it does have a good, uh, simple, uh, you know, again you can read it in, uh, in a lot less than ten minutes. It is usually," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "you can, you can page through it in," } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah, yeah. It, it does have a good, uh, simple, uh, you know, again you can read it in, uh, in a lot less than ten minutes. It is usually," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "you can, you can page through it in," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "I do not read everything on, some of the stuff is pretty boring. I, I skip over some of that. But, uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "I do not read everything on, some of the stuff is pretty boring. I, I skip over some of that. But, uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "uh, it is, Yeah. Yeah, yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I do not," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well," } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "uh, it is, Yeah. Yeah, yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I do not," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "uh, I read it so less and I watch so little T V, I did not even know what the deal was with this, uh, oh, I can not remember his name now. Him and his wife are getting divorced, and he is tycoon or something." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah. Uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "What is his name?" } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "uh, I read it so less and I watch so little T V, I did not even know what the deal was with this, uh, oh, I can not remember his name now. Him and his wife are getting divorced, and he is tycoon or something." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah. Uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "What is his name?" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "uh, Trump. Donald Trump. Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. Trump. I did not even know, I still do not know what the whole deal was with that." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, I guess because he was so rich, you know. When you are that rich, uh, you always get into the paper, whatever, if you have a family problem, whatever." } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "uh, Trump. Donald Trump. Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. Trump. I did not even know, I still do not know what the whole deal was with that." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, I guess because he was so rich, you know. When you are that rich, uh, you always get into the paper, whatever, if you have a family problem, whatever." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, he had a young girlfriend. He was, he is well into his forties, and I guess he got a young girlfriend who, uh, and, and then every, every time you take," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. Immediately. So that is all it was? He was just having an affair on his wife?" } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, he had a young girlfriend. He was, he is well into his forties, and I guess he got a young girlfriend who, uh, and, and then every, every time you take," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. Immediately. So that is all it was? He was just having an affair on his wife?" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, that and, uh, his business is going down the tubes so bad, you know." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "He was, uh, uh, essentially like you said, a tycoon. Uh, Donald Trump and had it all. He was high roller for about ten years, and then he is now, uh, essentially bankrupt, you know." } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, that and, uh, his business is going down the tubes so bad, you know." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "He was, uh, uh, essentially like you said, a tycoon. Uh, Donald Trump and had it all. He was high roller for about ten years, and then he is now, uh, essentially bankrupt, you know." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "And so, uh, h-," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "That has got to be hard to go from really rich --" } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "And so, uh, h-," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "That has got to be hard to go from really rich --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah. Yeah. No, right, uh, who knows, uh," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "what he has really got. But, uh, he was kind of an arro, arrogant guy, so I think the newsmen, uh, enjoyed, uh, writing about him on his way down, you know." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah. Yeah. No, right, uh, who knows, uh," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "what he has really got. But, uh, he was kind of an arro, arrogant guy, so I think the newsmen, uh, enjoyed, uh, writing about him on his way down, you know." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "It was, uh, she was actually somewhat of a business partner of his, uh, did very well." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Ivana Trump, uh. Oh, yeah," } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "It was, uh, she was actually somewhat of a business partner of his, uh, did very well." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Ivana Trump, uh. Oh, yeah," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Well, see that is like I said. I like, I do not watch much T V any more either." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "But I have got three kids." } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Well, see that is like I said. I like, I do not watch much T V any more either." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "But I have got three kids." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah. I can imagine. Right, yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh, uh, I know what you mean, really." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Well, anyway, I have enjoyed talking to you." } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah. I can imagine. Right, yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh, uh, I know what you mean, really." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Well, anyway, I have enjoyed talking to you." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Okay. Yeah, well, uh, hang in there. And good luck with those kids." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. And have a good holiday." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Right. Bye-bye." } ]
2,968	BOOKS AND LITERATURE	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh, uh, I know what you mean, really." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Well, anyway, I have enjoyed talking to you." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Okay. Yeah, well, uh, hang in there. And good luck with those kids." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. And have a good holiday." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Right. Bye-bye." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Bye-bye." } ]
2,495	PAINTING	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "So, what is your latest experience with painting?" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, I don't, I haven't done any painting since I was a child and my father would be painting and I'd ask him if I could, you know, take a turn or something, but, uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "when we bought our home it was recently updated. They did that, maybe improvements, so they could sell it and things, so we didn't have to do any painting." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Right." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "And the condominium we moved in before, my husband went over and painted, but I, the experience that I've had is that, um, whatever time he gave, said, Oh, it would take me about, just about four hours," } ]
2,495	PAINTING	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "when we bought our home it was recently updated. They did that, maybe improvements, so they could sell it and things, so we didn't have to do any painting." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Right." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "And the condominium we moved in before, my husband went over and painted, but I, the experience that I've had is that, um, whatever time he gave, said, Oh, it would take me about, just about four hours," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "because it was only about like eleven or twelve hundred square feet over there, and he said, Oh, it's going to be just about four hours. Well, he was gone the whole day, and he said, Well, all I got done was the taping around." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Isn't that amazing?" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "It, it looks so easy just slapping paint on. I had an addition put on --" } ]
2,495	PAINTING	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "because it was only about like eleven or twelve hundred square feet over there, and he said, Oh, it's going to be just about four hours. Well, he was gone the whole day, and he said, Well, all I got done was the taping around." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Isn't that amazing?" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "It, it looks so easy just slapping paint on. I had an addition put on --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- and, um, we, and I decided," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "because my inner room looked so dingy," } ]
2,495	PAINTING	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- and, um, we, and I decided," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "because my inner room looked so dingy," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "because I put these beautiful French doors in --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- and, so I decided, okay, I'll just, you know, have them paint this little room, you know, a little ten by ten dining area." } ]
2,495	PAINTING	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "because I put these beautiful French doors in --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- and, so I decided, okay, I'll just, you know, have them paint this little room, you know, a little ten by ten dining area." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "It took four days." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "And even the painter couldn't give me a good estimate. He said, Well, I'll be done this afternoon, you know --" } ]
2,495	PAINTING	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "It took four days." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "And even the painter couldn't give me a good estimate. He said, Well, I'll be done this afternoon, you know --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- and pretty soon, before you know it, you know, he's run into so many problems, and it's just, there's nothing there to be a problem I thought, but, um, it just took him so much longer, and --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." } ]
2,495	PAINTING	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- and pretty soon, before you know it, you know, he's run into so many problems, and it's just, there's nothing there to be a problem I thought, but, um, it just took him so much longer, and --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- and he was there to paint the French doors also. Um, and if you've ever painted French doors, which my husband just finally said he wasn't going to do," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "because it looked so formidable," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." } ]
2,495	PAINTING	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- and he was there to paint the French doors also. Um, and if you've ever painted French doors, which my husband just finally said he wasn't going to do," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "because it looked so formidable," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Um, then, then just," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "we, we got this painter, and I just called him because I got a little ad out of the, you know, the adcose or whatever in the mail, and, uh, you know, just got this painter person over here. And he said, Yeah, I can finish it in a day. Oh, right. so the whole project basically took a week." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, I know," } ]
2,495	PAINTING	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Um, then, then just," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "we, we got this painter, and I just called him because I got a little ad out of the, you know, the adcose or whatever in the mail, and, uh, you know, just got this painter person over here. And he said, Yeah, I can finish it in a day. Oh, right. so the whole project basically took a week." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, I know," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "it's just awful." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Funny. And I go what makes you a professional? You know?" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "How much, you know, more do you know than I know about this whole situation, but he just kept painting on those French doors, you know, and each little, um --" } ]
2,495	PAINTING	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "it's just awful." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Funny. And I go what makes you a professional? You know?" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "How much, you know, more do you know than I know about this whole situation, but he just kept painting on those French doors, you know, and each little, um --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Pane." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- paint stroke, you know, the paint wasn't going on right is what it was." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." } ]
2,495	PAINTING	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Pane." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- paint stroke, you know, the paint wasn't going on right is what it was." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "So he had to redo them like three times before I was happy with them, before he was happy, you know, that they even looked halfway decent, and --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Um." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- so it's just been painting, yeah, I mean, hire a professional, but that doesn't guarantee anything." } ]
2,495	PAINTING	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "So he had to redo them like three times before I was happy with them, before he was happy, you know, that they even looked halfway decent, and --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Um." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- so it's just been painting, yeah, I mean, hire a professional, but that doesn't guarantee anything." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "No, and it really, like you said, always takes way longer than anyone, um, is able to guess, because I know my husband he, he painted, when he, it was just the preparation time was so long." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Right." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "That when he actually got down to the painting part,," } ]
2,495	PAINTING	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "No, and it really, like you said, always takes way longer than anyone, um, is able to guess, because I know my husband he, he painted, when he, it was just the preparation time was so long." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Right." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "That when he actually got down to the painting part,," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "he, it was like ten times longer than he already thought he would be done, and, and, uh, he did part of the, in the, at night because we were trying to hurry up and get it ready so we could move in, and, um, and he didn't notice until the next morning that the shades of paint between the two paint cans, he had finished one can off and started another one." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh, no." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "And then we went in there, you know, one was, bu-, they were white, but one had more blue to it." } ]
2,495	PAINTING	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "he, it was like ten times longer than he already thought he would be done, and, and, uh, he did part of the, in the, at night because we were trying to hurry up and get it ready so we could move in, and, um, and he didn't notice until the next morning that the shades of paint between the two paint cans, he had finished one can off and started another one." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh, no." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "And then we went in there, you know, one was, bu-, they were white, but one had more blue to it." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh, and that can make a difference," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "too. I mean, and they bring the, uh, you know, little samples --" } ]
2,495	PAINTING	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh, and that can make a difference," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "too. I mean, and they bring the, uh, you know, little samples --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- and you've got like maybe, five hundred, well that's an exaggeration, but there are just so many tints upon tints upon tints, and you don't know what you to want to," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "put up there, and by the time it's on, I, I selected a, what I thought was white, and it was like you said, you know, it was blue --" } ]
2,495	PAINTING	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- and you've got like maybe, five hundred, well that's an exaggeration, but there are just so many tints upon tints upon tints, and you don't know what you to want to," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "put up there, and by the time it's on, I, I selected a, what I thought was white, and it was like you said, you know, it was blue --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- blue cast to it." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." } ]
2,495	PAINTING	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- blue cast to it." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "And it looked awful on." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "So that was the next problem. He had to redo that too. I," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." } ]
2,495	PAINTING	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "And it looked awful on." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "So that was the next problem. He had to redo that too. I," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "This was a, and it was a major project getting the money together to do it too, by the end," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Right." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "of the whole project, but, you know, we worked something out, because he was kind of apologetic that it took so long. He really came over here to paint, I think, because he kept offering to paint the outside of my house," } ]
2,495	PAINTING	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "This was a, and it was a major project getting the money together to do it too, by the end," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Right." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "of the whole project, but, you know, we worked something out, because he was kind of apologetic that it took so long. He really came over here to paint, I think, because he kept offering to paint the outside of my house," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I don't think he did the interiors very well." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, boy." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "And, yeah." } ]
2,495	PAINTING	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "I don't think he did the interiors very well." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, boy." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "And, yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, I don't recall my parents having that much trouble." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "No." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "I mean, you know, they painted our rooms all the time, and we had a, a wooden, we hardly, we just had brick on like as accent --" } ]
2,495	PAINTING	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, I don't recall my parents having that much trouble." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "No." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "I mean, you know, they painted our rooms all the time, and we had a, a wooden, we hardly, we just had brick on like as accent --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- on a certain area of our home growing up, and so he had to paint the outside all the time. and, um, I just don't think, you know, that there was that big problem." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "It wasn't a big deal for them." } ]
2,495	PAINTING	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- on a certain area of our home growing up, and so he had to paint the outside all the time. and, um, I just don't think, you know, that there was that big problem." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "It wasn't a big deal for them." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "No," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I don't know." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "but to us, you know, we're going, oh, we're so glad we have a brick home, all we have is like trim around the windows or something, and --" } ]
2,495	PAINTING	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "No," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I don't know." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "but to us, you know, we're going, oh, we're so glad we have a brick home, all we have is like trim around the windows or something, and --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I think my husband's really glad about that." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- No, uh --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "For sure." } ]
2,495	PAINTING	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "I think my husband's really glad about that." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- No, uh --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "For sure." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- no painting to have to do. I, I don't know that w-, like, uh, say, we're freshly graduated from school and things, so we haven't gotten to the point where we're hiring professionals to do too much of our needs." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "You just, you just get in there and do it yourself." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "We've been trying," } ]
2,495	PAINTING	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- no painting to have to do. I, I don't know that w-, like, uh, say, we're freshly graduated from school and things, so we haven't gotten to the point where we're hiring professionals to do too much of our needs." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "You just, you just get in there and do it yourself." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "We've been trying," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "you know, we've done that the whole time we were in school. Like," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." } ]
2,495	PAINTING	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "you know, we've done that the whole time we were in school. Like," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "trying to repair our own cars, and," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "so I, I want to get to the point where I could feel like I could just hire someone." } ]
2,495	PAINTING	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "trying to repair our own cars, and," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "so I, I want to get to the point where I could feel like I could just hire someone." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Well, it's, it's not that easy. It's like, it's, uh, I don't even know if I, you know, I would not even recommend this person again to anybody. I don't know." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "A, I guess you ge, I, I don't know if you get into the mind set where you just say, Well, I'll accept something, or you just really have to get on their back, I mean," } ]
2,495	PAINTING	[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Well, it's, it's not that easy. It's like, it's, uh, I don't even know if I, you know, I would not even recommend this person again to anybody. I don't know." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "A, I guess you ge, I, I don't know if you get into the mind set where you just say, Well, I'll accept something, or you just really have to get on their back, I mean," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "about things and, and working with what they say are professional painters. I mean," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I tell you what, the fumes that the, the paint gives off makes you wonder what these people do any-,." } ]
2,495	PAINTING	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "about things and, and working with what they say are professional painters. I mean," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I tell you what, the fumes that the, the paint gives off makes you wonder what these people do any-,." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "That's true." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I mean the fumes are amazing, and I, I don't think I could stay sane," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "you know," } ]
2,495	PAINTING	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "That's true." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I mean the fumes are amazing, and I, I don't think I could stay sane," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "you know," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "No." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "and working with all that. So, I mean, I know it's not lead based any more, paints, but," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "But, still," } ]
2,495	PAINTING	[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "No." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "and working with all that. So, I mean, I know it's not lead based any more, paints, but," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "But, still," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "my goodness." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "it's harmful, and they have to live with that every day --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I, well, yeah, I, think so." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "You know." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- what's a license cost?" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, as I say, it's been several years, but the licenses weren't that expensive, I, seems to stick in my mind, five to seven dollars --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- is about all, from what I remember it." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, as I say, it's been several years, but the licenses weren't that expensive, I, seems to stick in my mind, five to seven dollars --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- is about all, from what I remember it." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh. It's about the same as Texas." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh. It's about the same as Texas." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "And I have, oh, probably a half a dozen different kinds of, uh, fishing poles and, and fly rods and so forth, and, and I had been so busy in my work in these last few years that I haven't had time to fish. But I'm going to be retiring at the end of December, and I, I hope, uh, the next fishing season, that I can sort of get back in and, uh, enjoy that. That, that was a really enjoyable, uh, thing for me to do." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Well, I have all sons, so I think I'm probably going to be fishing for a long time." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Huh, I just have one son and he, he lives out of the state now, rather, in the eastern corner of it, so, I don't think he has time to fish either." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "And I have, oh, probably a half a dozen different kinds of, uh, fishing poles and, and fly rods and so forth, and, and I had been so busy in my work in these last few years that I haven't had time to fish. But I'm going to be retiring at the end of December, and I, I hope, uh, the next fishing season, that I can sort of get back in and, uh, enjoy that. That, that was a really enjoyable, uh, thing for me to do." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Well, I have all sons, so I think I'm probably going to be fishing for a long time." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Huh, I just have one son and he, he lives out of the state now, rather, in the eastern corner of it, so, I don't think he has time to fish either." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I caught the disease from my father, and I'm passing it on to my children. It's really," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, is that right?" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "They love it, yeah." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "I caught the disease from my father, and I'm passing it on to my children. It's really," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, is that right?" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "They love it, yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, my goodness." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Right." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, I, I, the disease I caught was simply because, uh, I, I was in the Norfolk Portsmouth area, and --" } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, my goodness." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Right." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, I, I, the disease I caught was simply because, uh, I, I was in the Norfolk Portsmouth area, and --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- people there, there's, there's so much water around --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Right." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- people there, there's, there's so much water around --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Right." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- that, you, you're either boating or you're fishing --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Right." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- and, uh, I fairly enjoyed at that time. I have a small aluminum boat here --" } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- that, you, you're either boating or you're fishing --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Right." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- and, uh, I fairly enjoyed at that time. I have a small aluminum boat here --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- that, uh, when I go on one of the large lakes that we have here that I enjoy fishing for, for trout from that," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh, uh, I don't, I don't know about the lakes in central Pennsylvania. Are there many?" } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- that, uh, when I go on one of the large lakes that we have here that I enjoy fishing for, for trout from that," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh, uh, I don't, I don't know about the lakes in central Pennsylvania. Are there many?" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, as I say, I'm in Center County. There's, um, there're two different size lakes about, well, five, six miles from State College." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Now these aren't huge lakes from your point of view --" } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, as I say, I'm in Center County. There's, um, there're two different size lakes about, well, five, six miles from State College." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Now these aren't huge lakes from your point of view --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- but they are probably fifteen, twenty acres maybe --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Now these aren't huge lakes from your point of view --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- but they are probably fifteen, twenty acres maybe --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- which, which here is a lot of water," } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Okay, what do you read?." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh, well, I read everything, uh, I guess, uh, wh-," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "What is your favorite?" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh, well, I like all kinds, uh, in fact I was just reading, uh, a magazine now. An automobile magazine. Uh, I like historical, uh, books, TIME magazine, newspaper, how, how to do it type things, uh, uh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh, I am not much into magazines. I do read them. I like GOOD HOUSEKEEPING and stuff like that. I will get --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh, well, I like all kinds, uh, in fact I was just reading, uh, a magazine now. An automobile magazine. Uh, I like historical, uh, books, TIME magazine, newspaper, how, how to do it type things, uh, uh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh, I am not much into magazines. I do read them. I like GOOD HOUSEKEEPING and stuff like that. I will get --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- ideas out for my own house and yard and stuff. Main thing, I like Pierce Anthony. I love Pierce Anthony novels." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, the novels, yeah. No, I am not into soap, soaps and all that stuff. I am, uh, not into novels at all really, oth-, other than historical things. Uh, uh, I am kind of a, a chore person. I like to do, I am again, I am a fix it person. I, I would read all those kinds of things." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Figures. What, like those, uh, magazines you get through the mail?" } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- ideas out for my own house and yard and stuff. Main thing, I like Pierce Anthony. I love Pierce Anthony novels." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, the novels, yeah. No, I am not into soap, soaps and all that stuff. I am, uh, not into novels at all really, oth-, other than historical things. Uh, uh, I am kind of a, a chore person. I like to do, I am again, I am a fix it person. I, I would read all those kinds of things." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Figures. What, like those, uh, magazines you get through the mail?" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah. I will buy car magazines, course I am an engineer and I read the engineering magazines," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "and the money magazines. And, uh, well, I am reading historical, uh, not a novel, but historical book now about the, uh, Russia before, uh, the czar, not before the czar, during the czar's time and what it was like and everything." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah. I will buy car magazines, course I am an engineer and I read the engineering magazines," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "and the money magazines. And, uh, well, I am reading historical, uh, not a novel, but historical book now about the, uh, Russia before, uh, the czar, not before the czar, during the czar's time and what it was like and everything." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh. What about like those TIME books that they put out about, uh, uh, oh, ancient discoveries? You know, th-, how they found out like that, uh, ancient man, per-, performed, uh, brain surgery successfully? And stuff like --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, you --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- that." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh. What about like those TIME books that they put out about, uh, uh, oh, ancient discoveries? You know, th-, how they found out like that, uh, ancient man, per-, performed, uh, brain surgery successfully? And stuff like --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, you --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- that." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- mean the ancient astronauts things?." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "I have read some of that. I, I did not, some of that is, uh," } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- mean the ancient astronauts things?." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "I have read some of that. I, I did not, some of that is, uh," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "it is very interesting, without question." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "I, I do not really know that they have the answers in those books. Th-, they, make conclusions in them that may or --" } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "it is very interesting, without question." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "I, I do not really know that they have the answers in those books. Th-, they, make conclusions in them that may or --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yes." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- may not be true." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yes." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- may not be true." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "But they are very interesting." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Th-, that, they have," } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "But they are very interesting." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Th-, that, they have," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "what they have discovered." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh, I like far out facts or whatever." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "what they have discovered." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh, I like far out facts or whatever." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I like to read stuff like that. But I am a superficial buff. I can not take a day I just," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "You are what kind of buff?" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Superficial," } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "I like to read stuff like that. But I am a superficial buff. I can not take a day I just," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "You are what kind of buff?" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Superficial," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, okay." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I like, I like it if it is fun. I do not get too into it." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah. Right." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, okay." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I like, I like it if it is fun. I do not get too into it." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah. Right." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, I am kind of a hobbyist so I, I read all those things that, uh, and being an engineer, all those books that would bore everybody else, you know, how to do things." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh. Yeah. Well," } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, I am kind of a hobbyist so I, I read all those things that, uh, and being an engineer, all those books that would bore everybody else, you know, how to do things." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh. Yeah. Well," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "I am one of those crazy people that reads the directions. It always make my wife mad. I," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Because you read it." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "when she ever there is something, I say, well, have you read the directions? `` No, I hate reading the directions. ''" } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "I am one of those crazy people that reads the directions. It always make my wife mad. I," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Because you read it." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "when she ever there is something, I say, well, have you read the directions? `` No, I hate reading the directions. ''" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "I say, well, engineers, we, we are the few people in the world --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "You are an --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- that read --" } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "I say, well, engineers, we, we are the few people in the world --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "You are an --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- that read --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- engineer?." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Are you an engineer for T I?" } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- engineer?." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Are you an engineer for T I?" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Okay, uh, I worked at T I for a little while." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Okay, uh, I worked at T I for a little while." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh, we have got a book that says, uh, HOW DO THEY DO THAT?" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "And it answers everything." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh, we have got a book that says, uh, HOW DO THEY DO THAT?" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "And it answers everything." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, really?" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. And I, well, not everything but a lot of silly little questions." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah. That," } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, really?" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. And I, well, not everything but a lot of silly little questions." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah. That," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Like what makes a firefly light," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah. Those are, oh, interesting. Oh, you like science things? Uh, I have not gotten them in a long time. What is that, uh, one that is on T V? That book, uh, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC is really a fascinating book, uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Now." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Like what makes a firefly light," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah. Those are, oh, interesting. Oh, you like science things? Uh, I have not gotten them in a long time. What is that, uh, one that is on T V? That book, uh, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC is really a fascinating book, uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Now." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "uh, if you ever get those or e-," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah, uh-huh. Well, that, do not," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "But I have not gotten them in years, uh, th-, they were kind of expensive. I know people just collect them like they are," } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "uh, if you ever get those or e-," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah, uh-huh. Well, that, do not," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "But I have not gotten them in years, uh, th-, they were kind of expensive. I know people just collect them like they are," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "uh," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "They have wonderful pi-, photographs and just amazing photographs that --" } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "uh," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "They have wonderful pi-, photographs and just amazing photographs that --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- they have done." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "We used, my little sister was blind and going to school, and she would have to come home at night, cut out different, she was not fully blind, just legally blind." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- they have done." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "We used, my little sister was blind and going to school, and she would have to come home at night, cut out different, she was not fully blind, just legally blind." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "But she would have to cut out different colors, and that is the best book to go through, those NATIONAL --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "It is." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "But she would have to cut out different colors, and that is the best book to go through, those NATIONAL --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "It is." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- GEOGRAPHIC." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "It is. They, they, they, uh, the photographers just got --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "And they are great." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- GEOGRAPHIC." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "It is. They, they, they, uh, the photographers just got --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "And they are great." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- fantastic pictures in those things. Uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I love reading about animals." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- fantastic pictures in those things. Uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I love reading about animals." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "The gorillas and stuff." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "And the sloth, it fascinates me. That's something moves that slow." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "The gorillas and stuff." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "And the sloth, it fascinates me. That's something moves that slow." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "And it is just weird." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "You know, I have not, uh," } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "And it is just weird." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "You know, I have not, uh," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "of course, was it all books and things or was it any, did it say anything about newspapers? I have forgotten what the question was exactly. But, uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh, well," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "what do you read, I guess, in general? Or," } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "of course, was it all books and things or was it any, did it say anything about newspapers? I have forgotten what the question was exactly. But, uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh, well," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "what do you read, I guess, in general? Or," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. Well, we can talk about anything we want." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah. Uh, I, I glance at all newspapers. I do like, uh, since the re-, since the economy is doing so bad, I never have read the, uh, uh, financial pages more often than now, you know. And trying to analyze and look for some good news in, in there, you know. Uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Well, for me --" } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. Well, we can talk about anything we want." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah. Uh, I, I glance at all newspapers. I do like, uh, since the re-, since the economy is doing so bad, I never have read the, uh, uh, financial pages more often than now, you know. And trying to analyze and look for some good news in, in there, you know. Uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Well, for me --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "to see if the," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- there is no imme-, well, wh-, you know, But like I said, I do not keep up on all that." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, I have only been more interested because of things are doing so bad and everything. I thought --" } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "to see if the," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- there is no imme-, well, wh-, you know, But like I said, I do not keep up on all that." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, I have only been more interested because of things are doing so bad and everything. I thought --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. The," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- well, uh, see if there is anything in there that, uh, uh, would be s-, positive, you know. You always look for things with," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. The," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- well, uh, see if there is anything in there that, uh, uh, would be s-, positive, you know. You always look for things with," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "with this terrible recession that we are in, uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "With everything --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "to see if there is any go-," } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "with this terrible recession that we are in, uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "With everything --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "to see if there is any go-," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- going down?" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah, yeah. It is, uh, hopefully, uh, we will recover here, uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah, I know I heard Bush say that, you know, we are either bottoming out or seem to be." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- going down?" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah, yeah. It is, uh, hopefully, uh, we will recover here, uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah, I know I heard Bush say that, you know, we are either bottoming out or seem to be." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "But that is Bush saying that." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah. Right and he, he, yeah, I know, I do not really know if, uh, any one person knows, uh," } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "But that is Bush saying that." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah. Right and he, he, yeah, I know, I do not really know if, uh, any one person knows, uh," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "uh, what some of the problems are. Uh, but there, there are some, there are some interesting things in the paper, really." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. Well, I like Ann Landers." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "uh, what some of the problems are. Uh, but there, there are some, there are some interesting things in the paper, really." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. Well, I like Ann Landers." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "No. I like getting the paper and reading the want ads and just, I do skim over it." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "It," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "But mainly I am a front page person. I do not go into the details." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "No. I like getting the paper and reading the want ads and just, I do skim over it." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "It," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "But mainly I am a front page person. I do not go into the details." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah. No, I glance at it. I, I wi-, with the, so much, uh, you sound like you have a family too. But with a family and everything, there is just so much going on that I, uh, actually I am more of a r-, not more of a radio buff but, uh, it is easier to do when I do some chores," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "or yard work or anything, put the radio on and listen to that. And," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Well, I know at T I they have most of the stuff on the printout, don't they? I mean, on the computer where you can read the daily --" } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah. No, I glance at it. I, I wi-, with the, so much, uh, you sound like you have a family too. But with a family and everything, there is just so much going on that I, uh, actually I am more of a r-, not more of a radio buff but, uh, it is easier to do when I do some chores," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "or yard work or anything, put the radio on and listen to that. And," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Well, I know at T I they have most of the stuff on the printout, don't they? I mean, on the computer where you can read the daily --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- news?" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "yeah. I do, every time I come in, uh, I will punch up, but they call it T News and all that." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- news?" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "yeah. I do, every time I come in, uh, I will punch up, but they call it T News and all that." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "And I, I do get, uh, it gets a little bit of everything." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "And I, I do get, uh, it gets a little bit of everything." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "you know, about," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. When I wor-," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "you can read it in one minute, you know." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "you know, about," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. When I wor-," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "you can read it in one minute, you know." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I know you do, being an engineer." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I know you do, being an engineer." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "There are some times when you have got ten or fifteen or even an hour off." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "There are some times when you have got ten or fifteen or even an hour off." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Not much, not in the area I worked in. We had an engineer in there every ten minutes." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah, yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "So," } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Not much, not in the area I worked in. We had an engineer in there every ten minutes." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah, yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "So," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah. It is, it is, it is, uh, interesting, uh, with the computer to read the computer news and," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "all that. I, I guess that is a, tha-, that is a source of reading. I hadn't thought about that in that respect, uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. Well, it just encouraged me to read it." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah. It is, it is, it is, uh, interesting, uh, with the computer to read the computer news and," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "all that. I, I guess that is a, tha-, that is a source of reading. I hadn't thought about that in that respect, uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. Well, it just encouraged me to read it." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah, yeah. It, it does have a good, uh, simple, uh, you know, again you can read it in, uh, in a lot less than ten minutes. It is usually," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "you can, you can page through it in," } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah, yeah. It, it does have a good, uh, simple, uh, you know, again you can read it in, uh, in a lot less than ten minutes. It is usually," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "you can, you can page through it in," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "I do not read everything on, some of the stuff is pretty boring. I, I skip over some of that. But, uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "I do not read everything on, some of the stuff is pretty boring. I, I skip over some of that. But, uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "uh, it is, Yeah. Yeah, yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I do not," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well," } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "uh, it is, Yeah. Yeah, yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I do not," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "uh, I read it so less and I watch so little T V, I did not even know what the deal was with this, uh, oh, I can not remember his name now. Him and his wife are getting divorced, and he is tycoon or something." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah. Uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "What is his name?" } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "uh, I read it so less and I watch so little T V, I did not even know what the deal was with this, uh, oh, I can not remember his name now. Him and his wife are getting divorced, and he is tycoon or something." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah. Uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "What is his name?" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "uh, Trump. Donald Trump. Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. Trump. I did not even know, I still do not know what the whole deal was with that." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, I guess because he was so rich, you know. When you are that rich, uh, you always get into the paper, whatever, if you have a family problem, whatever." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "uh, Trump. Donald Trump. Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. Trump. I did not even know, I still do not know what the whole deal was with that." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, I guess because he was so rich, you know. When you are that rich, uh, you always get into the paper, whatever, if you have a family problem, whatever." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, he had a young girlfriend. He was, he is well into his forties, and I guess he got a young girlfriend who, uh, and, and then every, every time you take," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. Immediately. So that is all it was? He was just having an affair on his wife?" } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, he had a young girlfriend. He was, he is well into his forties, and I guess he got a young girlfriend who, uh, and, and then every, every time you take," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. Immediately. So that is all it was? He was just having an affair on his wife?" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, that and, uh, his business is going down the tubes so bad, you know." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "He was, uh, uh, essentially like you said, a tycoon. Uh, Donald Trump and had it all. He was high roller for about ten years, and then he is now, uh, essentially bankrupt, you know." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, that and, uh, his business is going down the tubes so bad, you know." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "He was, uh, uh, essentially like you said, a tycoon. Uh, Donald Trump and had it all. He was high roller for about ten years, and then he is now, uh, essentially bankrupt, you know." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "And so, uh, h-," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "That has got to be hard to go from really rich --" } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "And so, uh, h-," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "That has got to be hard to go from really rich --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah. Yeah. No, right, uh, who knows, uh," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "what he has really got. But, uh, he was kind of an arro, arrogant guy, so I think the newsmen, uh, enjoyed, uh, writing about him on his way down, you know." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah. Yeah. No, right, uh, who knows, uh," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "what he has really got. But, uh, he was kind of an arro, arrogant guy, so I think the newsmen, uh, enjoyed, uh, writing about him on his way down, you know." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "It was, uh, she was actually somewhat of a business partner of his, uh, did very well." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Ivana Trump, uh. Oh, yeah," } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "It was, uh, she was actually somewhat of a business partner of his, uh, did very well." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Ivana Trump, uh. Oh, yeah," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Well, see that is like I said. I like, I do not watch much T V any more either." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "But I have got three kids." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Well, see that is like I said. I like, I do not watch much T V any more either." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "But I have got three kids." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah. I can imagine. Right, yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh, uh, I know what you mean, really." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Well, anyway, I have enjoyed talking to you." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, yeah. I can imagine. Right, yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh, uh, I know what you mean, really." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Well, anyway, I have enjoyed talking to you." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Okay. Yeah, well, uh, hang in there. And good luck with those kids." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. And have a good holiday." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Right. Bye-bye." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh, uh, I know what you mean, really." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Well, anyway, I have enjoyed talking to you." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Okay. Yeah, well, uh, hang in there. And good luck with those kids." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah. And have a good holiday." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Right. Bye-bye." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Bye-bye." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "So, what is your latest experience with painting?" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, I don't, I haven't done any painting since I was a child and my father would be painting and I'd ask him if I could, you know, take a turn or something, but, uh," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "when we bought our home it was recently updated. They did that, maybe improvements, so they could sell it and things, so we didn't have to do any painting." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Right." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "And the condominium we moved in before, my husband went over and painted, but I, the experience that I've had is that, um, whatever time he gave, said, Oh, it would take me about, just about four hours," } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "when we bought our home it was recently updated. They did that, maybe improvements, so they could sell it and things, so we didn't have to do any painting." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Right." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "And the condominium we moved in before, my husband went over and painted, but I, the experience that I've had is that, um, whatever time he gave, said, Oh, it would take me about, just about four hours," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "because it was only about like eleven or twelve hundred square feet over there, and he said, Oh, it's going to be just about four hours. Well, he was gone the whole day, and he said, Well, all I got done was the taping around." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Isn't that amazing?" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "It, it looks so easy just slapping paint on. I had an addition put on --" } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "because it was only about like eleven or twelve hundred square feet over there, and he said, Oh, it's going to be just about four hours. Well, he was gone the whole day, and he said, Well, all I got done was the taping around." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Isn't that amazing?" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "It, it looks so easy just slapping paint on. I had an addition put on --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- and, um, we, and I decided," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "because my inner room looked so dingy," } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- and, um, we, and I decided," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "because my inner room looked so dingy," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "because I put these beautiful French doors in --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- and, so I decided, okay, I'll just, you know, have them paint this little room, you know, a little ten by ten dining area." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "because I put these beautiful French doors in --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- and, so I decided, okay, I'll just, you know, have them paint this little room, you know, a little ten by ten dining area." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "It took four days." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "And even the painter couldn't give me a good estimate. He said, Well, I'll be done this afternoon, you know --" } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "It took four days." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "And even the painter couldn't give me a good estimate. He said, Well, I'll be done this afternoon, you know --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- and pretty soon, before you know it, you know, he's run into so many problems, and it's just, there's nothing there to be a problem I thought, but, um, it just took him so much longer, and --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- and pretty soon, before you know it, you know, he's run into so many problems, and it's just, there's nothing there to be a problem I thought, but, um, it just took him so much longer, and --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- and he was there to paint the French doors also. Um, and if you've ever painted French doors, which my husband just finally said he wasn't going to do," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "because it looked so formidable," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- and he was there to paint the French doors also. Um, and if you've ever painted French doors, which my husband just finally said he wasn't going to do," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "because it looked so formidable," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Um, then, then just," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "we, we got this painter, and I just called him because I got a little ad out of the, you know, the adcose or whatever in the mail, and, uh, you know, just got this painter person over here. And he said, Yeah, I can finish it in a day. Oh, right. so the whole project basically took a week." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, I know," } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Um, then, then just," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "we, we got this painter, and I just called him because I got a little ad out of the, you know, the adcose or whatever in the mail, and, uh, you know, just got this painter person over here. And he said, Yeah, I can finish it in a day. Oh, right. so the whole project basically took a week." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, I know," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "it's just awful." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Funny. And I go what makes you a professional? You know?" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "How much, you know, more do you know than I know about this whole situation, but he just kept painting on those French doors, you know, and each little, um --" } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "it's just awful." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Funny. And I go what makes you a professional? You know?" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "How much, you know, more do you know than I know about this whole situation, but he just kept painting on those French doors, you know, and each little, um --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Pane." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- paint stroke, you know, the paint wasn't going on right is what it was." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Pane." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- paint stroke, you know, the paint wasn't going on right is what it was." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "So he had to redo them like three times before I was happy with them, before he was happy, you know, that they even looked halfway decent, and --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Um." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- so it's just been painting, yeah, I mean, hire a professional, but that doesn't guarantee anything." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "So he had to redo them like three times before I was happy with them, before he was happy, you know, that they even looked halfway decent, and --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Um." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- so it's just been painting, yeah, I mean, hire a professional, but that doesn't guarantee anything." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "No, and it really, like you said, always takes way longer than anyone, um, is able to guess, because I know my husband he, he painted, when he, it was just the preparation time was so long." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Right." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "That when he actually got down to the painting part,," } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "No, and it really, like you said, always takes way longer than anyone, um, is able to guess, because I know my husband he, he painted, when he, it was just the preparation time was so long." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Right." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "That when he actually got down to the painting part,," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "he, it was like ten times longer than he already thought he would be done, and, and, uh, he did part of the, in the, at night because we were trying to hurry up and get it ready so we could move in, and, um, and he didn't notice until the next morning that the shades of paint between the two paint cans, he had finished one can off and started another one." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh, no." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "And then we went in there, you know, one was, bu-, they were white, but one had more blue to it." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "he, it was like ten times longer than he already thought he would be done, and, and, uh, he did part of the, in the, at night because we were trying to hurry up and get it ready so we could move in, and, um, and he didn't notice until the next morning that the shades of paint between the two paint cans, he had finished one can off and started another one." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh, no." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "And then we went in there, you know, one was, bu-, they were white, but one had more blue to it." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh, and that can make a difference," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "too. I mean, and they bring the, uh, you know, little samples --" } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Oh, and that can make a difference," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "too. I mean, and they bring the, uh, you know, little samples --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- and you've got like maybe, five hundred, well that's an exaggeration, but there are just so many tints upon tints upon tints, and you don't know what you to want to," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "put up there, and by the time it's on, I, I selected a, what I thought was white, and it was like you said, you know, it was blue --" } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- and you've got like maybe, five hundred, well that's an exaggeration, but there are just so many tints upon tints upon tints, and you don't know what you to want to," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "put up there, and by the time it's on, I, I selected a, what I thought was white, and it was like you said, you know, it was blue --" }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- blue cast to it." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "-- blue cast to it." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "And it looked awful on." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "So that was the next problem. He had to redo that too. I," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "And it looked awful on." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "So that was the next problem. He had to redo that too. I," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "This was a, and it was a major project getting the money together to do it too, by the end," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Right." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "of the whole project, but, you know, we worked something out, because he was kind of apologetic that it took so long. He really came over here to paint, I think, because he kept offering to paint the outside of my house," } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "This was a, and it was a major project getting the money together to do it too, by the end," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Right." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "of the whole project, but, you know, we worked something out, because he was kind of apologetic that it took so long. He really came over here to paint, I think, because he kept offering to paint the outside of my house," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I don't think he did the interiors very well." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, boy." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "And, yeah." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "I don't think he did the interiors very well." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Oh, boy." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "And, yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, I don't recall my parents having that much trouble." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "No." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "I mean, you know, they painted our rooms all the time, and we had a, a wooden, we hardly, we just had brick on like as accent --" } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Well, I don't recall my parents having that much trouble." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "No." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "I mean, you know, they painted our rooms all the time, and we had a, a wooden, we hardly, we just had brick on like as accent --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- on a certain area of our home growing up, and so he had to paint the outside all the time. and, um, I just don't think, you know, that there was that big problem." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "It wasn't a big deal for them." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- on a certain area of our home growing up, and so he had to paint the outside all the time. and, um, I just don't think, you know, that there was that big problem." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "It wasn't a big deal for them." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "No," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I don't know." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "but to us, you know, we're going, oh, we're so glad we have a brick home, all we have is like trim around the windows or something, and --" } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "No," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I don't know." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "but to us, you know, we're going, oh, we're so glad we have a brick home, all we have is like trim around the windows or something, and --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I think my husband's really glad about that." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- No, uh --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "For sure." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "I think my husband's really glad about that." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- No, uh --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "For sure." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- no painting to have to do. I, I don't know that w-, like, uh, say, we're freshly graduated from school and things, so we haven't gotten to the point where we're hiring professionals to do too much of our needs." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "You just, you just get in there and do it yourself." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "We've been trying," } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "-- no painting to have to do. I, I don't know that w-, like, uh, say, we're freshly graduated from school and things, so we haven't gotten to the point where we're hiring professionals to do too much of our needs." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "You just, you just get in there and do it yourself." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "We've been trying," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "you know, we've done that the whole time we were in school. Like," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "you know, we've done that the whole time we were in school. Like," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "trying to repair our own cars, and," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "so I, I want to get to the point where I could feel like I could just hire someone." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "trying to repair our own cars, and," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Yeah." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "so I, I want to get to the point where I could feel like I could just hire someone." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "Well, it's, it's not that easy. It's like, it's, uh, I don't even know if I, you know, I would not even recommend this person again to anybody. I don't know." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "A, I guess you ge, I, I don't know if you get into the mind set where you just say, Well, I'll accept something, or you just really have to get on their back, I mean," } ]

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[ { "speaker": "A", "text": "Well, it's, it's not that easy. It's like, it's, uh, I don't even know if I, you know, I would not even recommend this person again to anybody. I don't know." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "A, I guess you ge, I, I don't know if you get into the mind set where you just say, Well, I'll accept something, or you just really have to get on their back, I mean," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "about things and, and working with what they say are professional painters. I mean," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I tell you what, the fumes that the, the paint gives off makes you wonder what these people do any-,." } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "Uh-huh." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "about things and, and working with what they say are professional painters. I mean," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I tell you what, the fumes that the, the paint gives off makes you wonder what these people do any-,." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "That's true." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I mean the fumes are amazing, and I, I don't think I could stay sane," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "you know," } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "That's true." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I mean the fumes are amazing, and I, I don't think I could stay sane," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "you know," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "No." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "and working with all that. So, I mean, I know it's not lead based any more, paints, but," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "But, still," } ]

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[ { "speaker": "B", "text": "No." }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "and working with all that. So, I mean, I know it's not lead based any more, paints, but," }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "But, still," }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "my goodness." }, { "speaker": "B", "text": "it's harmful, and they have to live with that every day --" }, { "speaker": "A", "text": "I, well, yeah, I, think so." } ]