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FILENAME:	2692_1104_1142
TOPIC#:		318
DATE:		910426
TRANSCRIBER:	JKP
UTT_CODER:	mlg
DIFFICULTY:	4
TOPICALITY:	1
NATURALNESS:	1
ECHO_FROM_B:	2
ECHO_FROM_A:	2
STATIC_ON_A:	2
STATIC_ON_B:	2
BACKGROUND_A:	2
BACKGROUND_B:	2
REMARKS:        Both A and B spoke rapidly with incomplete words and phrases.

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qy          A.1 utt1:  Are you a T I -er? /  

ny          B.2 utt1:  {F Uh, } yeah,  /
sd^e         B.2 utt2: I am. /  

bk          A.3 utt1:  {F Oh, } good. /  

b          B.4 utt1:  Yeah,  /
b^r          B.4 utt2: yeah,  /
%         B.4 utt3: I've --   

b          A.5 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^t          A.5 utt2: {F uh, } she --   

+          B.6 utt1:  -- been, {F uh, } -/  

+          A.7 utt1:  -- had a hard time getting a few folks, {F uh, }  /
sd          A.7 utt2: I thought, {D well } [ every, + ] all these T I -ers have gone home, {F uh, }   

%          B.8 utt1:  # I, {F uh, } # -/  

+          A.9 utt1:  # at one # o'clock on Friday. /  

sd          B.10 utt1:  It is Friday,  /
b         B.10 utt2: yeah, /  

x          A.11 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

ba          @B.12 utt1:  that's for sure.  /
%          @B.12 utt2:  {D Well, } {F uh, } I guess,  /
sd          @B.12 utt3: I'm trying to think the last thing I did to a car. /  

sd          A.13 utt1:  [ [ I, + I,  ] + I  ] do it a lot.   /
%          A.13 utt2: I have, - /
sd          A.13 utt3: I kind of worked my way through college as a mechanic as a kid. /  

ba          B.14 utt1:  {F Oh, } wow.  /
b          B.14 utt2:  Okay. /  

sd          A.15 utt1:  {F Uh, } {D so, } {C and } my father and brother were in it  /
sd          A.15 utt2: [ {C and, } + {C and }  ] my brother's still in it.  /
sd          A.15 utt3: {C And } I had periods when I didn't do anything,  /
sd          A.15 utt4: {C but } in the last ten years [ I've, + ] {F uh, } my car doesn't go to a shop, {D you know, }  /
%          A.15 utt5: [ it, + it, ] -/  

b         B.16 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

sd          A.17 utt1:  # I # just do it all.  /
%          A.17 utt2: Do, - /
%          A.17 utt3: I, {F uh, } - /
sd          A.17 utt4: there's hardly anything [ that, + other than putting tires on, that  ] I'll do.  /
sd          A.17 utt5: I --   

b          B.18 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.19 utt1:  -- did take it to a transmission place to put in a new transmission  but,    

b          B.20 utt1:  # Sure.  # /  

+          A.21 utt1:  # I # change the oil and transmission  /
sd          A.21 utt2: {C and, } {F uh, } {F uh, } I do, essentially do it all.  /
sd          A.21 utt3: I don't know, {F uh, } {F uh, } if there's anything specific.  /
sd          A.21 utt4:  In fact, I could advise people, {F uh, }  /
sd          A.21 utt5: I happen to be a M E besides.  /
sd          A.21 utt6: {C But } --   

b          B.22 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.23 utt1:  -- I do it for fun really and to save --   

b          B.24 utt1:  Right. /  

+          A.25 utt1:  -- money. /  

b          B.26 utt1:  Right. /  

sd          A.27 utt1:  {C And } I guess that's diversion.  /
sd          A.27 utt2: {F Uh, } [ [ I, + I've,  ] + I've  ] tried a few groups, {F uh, } {D you know, } where you, - /
sd          A.27 utt3: I can recommend it for people to take their cars.  /
sv          A.27 utt4: {D Like } I think Sears is probably the best place -- /  

b          B.28 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.29 utt1:  -- {C because, }    

b          B.30 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

+          A.31 utt1:  # I've # heard, when I used to go there and when I, - /
sd          A.31 utt2: I just overheard what they did for me,  very little because I didn't take it that much. - /
sd          A.31 utt3: {C But } what I heard them tell other people was always right. /  

b          B.32 utt1:  Right. /  

sd          A.33 utt1:  {D You know, } when I sat there, [ I, + {D you know, } I  ] dropped my car off for tires or  something like that. /  

b          B.34 utt1:  Right. /  

 sd         A.35 utt1:  [ {C And } + {C so } ] I  respect, - /
 sd        A.35 utt2: they seem to actually have mechanics there. /  

b          B.36 utt1:  Yeah  /
b^r          B.36 utt2: <laughter>,  yeah. /  

sd          A.37 utt1:  I was pretty impressed with Western Auto,  /
sd          A.37 utt2: {C but } they didn't do a great job of changing my transmission, {F uh, } oil last time.  /
sd          A.37 utt3:  {C And } [ when -- +   

bh          B.38 utt1:  Really? /  

+          A.39 utt1:  -- when ] I did it the next time, I realized the filter was loose  and  everything,  /
sd          A.39 utt2: {C and } I didn't like it.  /
sd          A.39 utt3:  {C So } I'm just doing it all myself.  /
%          A.39 utt4: [ I, + I,  ] -/  

b          B.40 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sv          B.40 utt2:  [ That's, + that's  ] the aggravating thing.  /
%          B.40 utt3: Yeah,  /
sd          B.40 utt4: [ I, + I  ] try to do as much as I can.  /
sd          B.40 utt5: [ I, + {F uh, } I  ] grew up on farm so I've got that, {F uh, } {D you know, } take care of yourself attitude. /  

sv          A.41 utt1:  You had to do it.  /
%          A.41 utt2: Yeah,  /
%          A.41 utt3: right. /  

sd          B.42 utt1:  {C And, } {F uh, } {F oh, } [ I've done, + I've done + ] various things.  /
sd          B.42 utt2: [ I've got an, + I've got an  ] eighty-three T Bird  /
sd          B.42 utt3: {C and } [ I've, + I've  ] --   

b          A.43 utt1:  Oh. /  

+          B.44 utt1:  -- changed out, {F uh, } heater core and,    

b          A.45 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

+          B.46 utt1:  # {F uh, } # {F oh, } timing belts and things like that.  /
sd          B.46 utt2: {F Um, } I guess the last thing I took to anybody to have done was on my wife's car, {F um, } when we went in for inspection. /  

b          A.47 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.48 utt1:  [ It didn't, + it didn't  ] quite pass. /  

b          A.49 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.50 utt1:  {C So } we had to have, {F uh, } - /
sd          B.50 utt2: [ that's, + {F uh, } that's  ] a Mustang with a two barrel carburetor on it. /  

b          A.51 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.52 utt1:  {C And } they had to do some adjustments on that and of course it had never been adjusted so they had to pull it off and pull all the plugs out, to get to it. /  

b          A.53 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah. /  

%          B.54 utt1:  {C And, } {F uh, } -/  

qy^g          A.55 utt1:  {D Well, } you like Fords, apparently, huh? /  

ny          B.56 utt1:  Yeah,  /
ny^r          B.56 utt2: yeah.  /
sd          B.56 utt3:  [ I've, + {F uh, } I'm ] kind of stuck on them right now, I guess.  /
%          B.56 utt4: {C But, } <laughter>  {D you know, } that's, - /
sd          B.56 utt5: it's partially because I can work on them.  /
sd          B.56 utt6: [ [ [ That's, + {F uh, }    

b          A.57 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

+          B.58 utt1:  # that's,  ] #  + that's, ] + that's ] a big part of my decision.  /
%          B.58 utt2: {C But, } {F uh, } yeah,  /
sd          B.58 utt3: we ran into some problems with, {F uh, } having them [ to + ] work on that carburetor.  /
sd          B.58 utt4:    {E I mean, } [ they get, + they got  ] everything tuned up right, {D you know. }  /
%          B.58 utt5: {C But } they, - /
sd          B.58 utt6:  [ we got, + I got  ] it home,  /
sd          B.58 utt7: [ {C and, } + {F uh, } {C and } ] they had left the, {F uh, } oil [ f-, + ] {F uh, } cap off and it was rubbing --   

bh          A.59 utt1:  Really? /  

+          B.60 utt1:  -- on a belt  /
sd          B.60 utt2: {C and } it rubbed a notch in that. /  

 ba         A.61 utt1:  My goodness. /  

 sv         B.62 utt1:  [ Li-, + little  ] things like that, that really start to aggravate you.  /
 sd         B.62 utt2:   [ That, + that's  ] a lot of the reason I do my own stuff. /  

 b         A.63 utt1:  Yeah.  /
 sd         A.63 utt2:  I [ won-, + always wonder ] when you have little things like that happen, [ why, even here at T I, [ why + ]  we don't inspect, + {A {A I'm in facilities, } }  why we don't inspect  ] areas [ and, + and ] guarantee it so to speak.  {F Uh, } /  

b          B.64 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

sd          A.65 utt1:  # we # always fix things and [ rep-, + ] put things in and walk away.  /
%          A.65 utt2: We, - /
sv          A.65 utt3: there needs to be a time of inspection and check out.  /
%          A.65 utt4: [ {C And, } + {C and }  ] [ s-, + ] thing like that with a car, - /
sv          A.65 utt5: there ought to be someone there that inspects it before it's turned.  /
sv          A.65 utt6: There ought to be an [ insp-, + inspector  ] or quality insurance guy --   

b@          B.66 utt1:  Sure.   

+          A.67 utt1:  -- [ after, + after  ] an oil change, {D you know. } /  

+@          B.68 utt1:  Sure,  /
ba          B.68 utt2: that's --   

sv          A.69 utt1:  Just --   

+          B.70 utt1:  -- right. /  

+        A.71 utt1:  -- in case, {F uh, } they didn't put the oil in or whatever.  /

b          B.72 utt1:  Sure.  /
b          B.72 utt2: Yeah,  /
%         B.72 utt3: i-, -/  

sd          A.73 utt1:  [ I, + I  ] always wonder about that [ when, + when  ] someone does repairs or little things like that, {F uh, } /  

sd          B.74 utt1:  [ Any, + anything  ]  that [ gets, + [ [ that, + that's  ]  in a, + ] gets ] to be [ an, + an  ] assembly line type operation, - /
sv          B.74 utt2: [ you're, + you're  ] always risking that.  /
sv          B.74 utt3:  If there's, too many people that get their hands on one little project, {D you know, }  [ that things, + ] [ they're, + ] [ you get, + [ y-, + you ] miss  ] that overlap --    

b          A.75 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.76 utt1:  -- sometimes,  /
sv          B.76 utt2: [ and, + and  ] they miss things.  /
%          B.76 utt3: Yeah,  /
sd          B.76 utt4: [ I've, + I've  ] had a hard time finding anybody I can trust.  /
sd          B.76 utt5: [ Like, + like  ] you say, [ [ it, + it,  ] + ] {D well, } transmissions and things like that. - /
sd          B.76 utt6: [ [ I'm, + obviously, I'm  ] not going to, + I'm not going to  ] tear apart a automatic transmission --   

aa          A.77 utt1:  No,  /
aa^r          A.77 utt2: no, /  

+          B.78 utt1:  # -- and try rebuild it.  # /  

sd          A.79 utt1:  # I don't either.  /
sd^r          A.79 utt2: I don't # either,  /
%          A.79 utt3: yeah. /  

sd          B.80 utt1:  {C But, } {F uh, } [ [ [ i-, + it,  ] + it's,  ] + it's  ] real stressful to try to find anybody that I think's going to do me right.    

b          A.81 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.82 utt1:  [ And, + and,  ] {F uh, } {D you know, } have an idea of what's going on. /  

sv          A.83 utt1:  You need to really, {F uh, } - /
sd          A.83 utt2: [ I, + I  ] do, {F uh, } a lot of the simple things.  /
sd          A.83 utt3: [ I, + I  ] think I do most of the things better than the average person. /  

b          B.84 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.85 utt1:  [ You, + you  ] have Fords and [ [ I, + I,  ] + {F uh, } I  ] have three Chevys, [ which + ] -- /  

b          B.86 utt1:  Okay. /  

sd          A.87 utt1:  -- I worked my way into having the same engine.  /
sd          A.87 utt2: I don't know how long I'm, -/  

b          B.88 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.89 utt1:  I like a V-eight.  /
sd          A.89 utt2:  {C And } [ I'm, + I'm,  ]   

b          B.90 utt1:  # {F Oh, } yeah. # /  

+          A.91 utt1:  # [ s-, + sold  ] # on small block Chevy V-eights.  /
sd          A.91 utt2: {C And } [ I, +   

b          B.92 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

+          A.93 utt1:  # I ] # bought one car new,  /
sd          A.93 utt2: {C and } I almost accidentally got the next car, although I was kind of looking for it when I got [ a u-, + a used ] car with the same engine. /  

b          B.94 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.95 utt1:  {D Well } then [ the nex-, + the  ] truck I got next, I definitely looked for the same engine.  /
sd          A.95 utt2: {C So } I buy filters, {D you know, } three or four at a time. /  

b          B.96 utt1:  Sure. /  

sd          A.97 utt1:  {C And } essentially --   

b          B.98 utt1:  Sure. /  

+          A.99 utt1:  -- the engines are different  /
%          A.99 utt2: y-, - /
sd          A.99 utt3: the cars are different years, but the same Chevy V-eight. /  

b          B.100 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.101 utt1:  {C And } [ the par-, + the carburetors  ] is the same.  /
sd          A.101 utt2:  Almost everything is the same.  /
sd          A.101 utt3: [ Th-, + the ] course is two are eighties and one eighty-six, {D you know. } /  

b          B.102 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          A.103 utt1:  {C So } you can learn a lot that way.  /
%          A.103 utt2:  I, - /
sd          A.103 utt3: there's no way [ I could, + I could  ] fix every car in the world, {D you know. } /  

b          B.104 utt1:  {D Well, } yeah.  /
%          B.104 utt2:  [ That, + that,  ] - /
sd          B.104 utt3: [ the biggest, + {D you know, } that's the three biggest  ] things to me, {D you know. }  /
%          B.104 utt4: I-, - /
%          B.104 utt5: i-, - /
sv          B.104 utt6: number one, you've got to have the tools around. /  

b          A.105 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          B.106 utt1:  If you don't have [ the, + the ] special tools or, - /
%          B.106 utt2: {D well, } any more - /
%          B.106 utt3: [ the, + the  ] testers, that, {D you know. } -/  

b          A.107 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.108 utt1:  <Laughter>  [ I, + I ] don't have a forty thousand dollar diagnostic tester sitting --   

b          A.109 utt1:  Right. /  

+          B.110 utt1:  -- in my garage, {D you know. }  /
sd          B.110 utt2: {C So } obviously if [ it starts, + my car starts  ] missing or something like that, [ th-, + ] it's almost impossible to track that down any more --   

b          A.111 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.112 utt1:  -- without a diagnostics.  /
sd          B.112 utt2: {C But } [ at + ] the tools and the space to do it,  [ that, + that  ] can be a big problem [ if it's, + if it's  ] under carriage or something like  that.  /
sd          B.112 utt3:  {C But, } then it's experience.  /
sv          B.112 utt4: {D You know, } [ you can, + you can  ] look through  [ a, + a  ] Chilton's book or something {D like } and get an idea of how to go about it.  /
sv          B.112 utt5:  {C But } you better figure on multiplying that time  [ out, about + ] by at least by five or  so.    

b          A.113 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.114 utt1:  [ [ Ju-, + just, ] + just ] by not knowing, {D you know, } how to get to [ that, + that  ] one bolt or that one --   

b          A.115 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.116 utt1:  -- screw or whatever to get things apart.  /
sd          B.116 utt2:  [ That was, + that was  ] the biggest thing when I did, {F uh, } the heater core in my T Bird.  /
sd          B.116 utt3:  That is got to be the worst location for it. /  

b          A.117 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.118 utt1: [ {C And, } + {C and }  ] the only reason I did it, - /
%          B.118 utt2:  I, -/  

sv          A.119 utt1:  I think they're all bad, really.  /
%          A.119 utt2: They're, -/  

b          B.120 utt1:  Yeah,  /
b^r          B.120 utt2: <laughter>  yeah.  /
sd          B.120 utt3:  [ The, + the  ] only ones I've ever heard [ good, + good  ] things about [ are, + are  ] the old Lincolns and Cadillacs where --   

b          A.121 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.122 utt1:  -- they had the little door underneath the hood.  /
sd          B.122 utt2: You just open the door and pop it out. /  

bh          A.123 utt1:  Is that right? /  

aa          B.124 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          B.124 utt2:  [ {C But, } + {C but, }  ] {F uh, } [ [ I, + I  ] had, + I had  ] taken this in to have it done originally. /  

b          A.125 utt1:  Yeah. /  

%          B.126 utt1:  {C And, } {F uh, } -/  

qw          A.127 utt1:  What did they want to charge you for it? /  

%          B.128 utt1:  {F Oh, } [ [ it, + it  ] was, + it was  ] tremend-, - /
sd          B.128 utt2: {D well } it was about seven hours labor. /  

b          A.129 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.130 utt1:  {C So } [ it, + it  ] was going to run about four hundred dollars or so. /  

b          A.131 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.132 utt1:  {C And } they looked it over and [ [ they, + they, ] + they ] thought they could patch it up a little bit, {D you know, } and what not.  /
%          B.132 utt2: {C So } they, -/  

^q          A.133 utt1:  This is your little water, {F uh, } heater in there, for [ the, + {F uh, }   

b          B.134 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

+          A.135 utt1:  # the ] # heat inside? /  

b          B.136 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          B.136 utt2:  {C And } [ it was, + it was  ] leaking inside the car,   

b          A.137 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

+          B.138 utt1:  # in # the condenser unit.  /
sd          B.138 utt2:  {C So, } {F uh, } [ they, + they  ] did a little patch on it,  /
sd          B.138 utt3: {C and } [ it l-, + it held  ] for about four to six months.  /
sd          B.138 utt4: {C And } I finally went back in and started looking at it myself.  /
sd          B.138 utt5: {C And } [ i-, + it's  ] a matter of tearing all the dash out and all that kind of stuff,  /
%          B.138 utt6: {C but, } -/  

b          A.139 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

o          B.140 utt1:  # hey, #  /
sd          B.140 utt2: [ it was not, + {F uh, } it was not  ] a seven hour labor --   

b          A.141 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.142 utt1:  -- job for me.  /
sd          B.142 utt2:  It was about a week before I finally --   

qy          A.143 utt1:  Did you get it --   

+          B.144 utt1:  -- through. -/  

+          A.145 utt1:  -- inside or outside?  /
sd          A.145 utt2: [ I, + I  ] took one off my little Buick I had,  /
sd          A.145 utt3: {C and } I pretty much took it loose on the inside.  /
sd          A.145 utt4: {C But } it came out from [ the, + {D you know, } underneath the  ] hood. /  

b          B.146 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.147 utt1:  It came from, -/  

bh          B.148 utt1:  {F Oh, } really? /  

ny          A.149 utt1:  Yeah. /  

nn          B.150 utt1:  No,  /
%          B.150 utt2: [ this, + this  ] was, - /
sd          B.150 utt3: the only thing that sticks, [ in, +  inside  ] the engine compartment on this are the two, {F uh, } hose fittings. /  

sv         A.151 utt1:  Maybe you're right,  /
sv^r          A.151 utt2: maybe you're right.  /
%          A.151 utt3:  I, - /
sd          A.151 utt4: it's been a long time since I took one out. /  

b          B.152 utt1:  Yeah.  /
%          B.152 utt2:  [ It, + it's,  ] - /
sd          B.152 utt3: [ I, + I've  ] never heard a good story about, {F uh, } -/  

sd          A.153 utt1:  Course, I broke mine, {D you know, }  /
sd          A.153 utt2: {C so } I'm always very careful when I change hoses on it. /  

b          B.154 utt1:  Yeah. /  

qy^d          A.155 utt1:  I don't know whether you did yours.  /
%          A.155 utt2:  Not to really pull on those. - /
sd          A.155 utt3: [ I, +   

b          B.156 utt1:  # Right. # /  

+          A.157 utt1:  # when # I  ] take those hoses, I cut them off --   

b          B.158 utt1:  Okay. /  

+          A.159 utt1:  -- very gingerly. /  

b          B.160 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          A.161 utt1:  {C Because } if you [ sp-, + {D you know, } pull  ] on that, - /
sd          A.161 utt2: {C and } I've always done that as a kid, {D you know, } just yanked on it. /  

b          B.162 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.163 utt1:  {C And } they must have been stronger and heavier copper at the time. /  

b          B.164 utt1:  Sure. /  

sd          A.165 utt1:  {C But } I broke one [ on my, +  on  my ] Buick.  /
sd          A.165 utt2: {C And } I always remembered it was my own fault,  /
sd          A.165 utt3: {C and } I thought, {D well } I'm [ going to t-, + going to carefully take  ] those hoses off. /  

ba          B.166 utt1:  You bet.  /
sd         B.166 utt2: {D Well } [ that, + that's  ] what ended up being the real problem on this, was [ [ the, + {F uh, } [ i-, + ] the,  ] +  the  ] pipe wasn't busted,  /
%          B.166 utt3: {C but } the, - /
sd          B.166 utt4: it wasn't soldered in good enough. /  

bh          A.167 utt1:  {F Oh, } really?  /
b          A.167 utt2: Yeah. /  

sd          B.168 utt1:  {C And } [ it had, + it had  ] broken loose enough to where if it got hot, -/  

^2          A.169 utt1:  # [ It, + it  ] spread out,  /
b          A.169 utt2: yeah. # /  

sd          B.170 utt1:  # {C and } just normal driving didn't # do it.  /
sd          B.170 utt2:  {C But } [ [ if, + if,  ] + if  ] it was an especially hot day, the pressure would get high enough --   

b          A.171 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.172 utt1:  -- and it would start blowing the water out inside. /  

b          A.173 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.174 utt1:  It was real aggravating,  /
%          B.174 utt2: {C but, } {F uh, } [ I, + I, ] couldn't [ eve-, + even ] - /
sd          B.174 utt3:  [ a week's, + a week's  ] time [ is, + is  ] worth <laughter>  a whole lot less [ than, four, + than four  ] hundred dollars to me, {D you know, }   

b          A.175 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

+          B.176 utt1:  # than # to have somebody else do it. /  

sv          A.177 utt1:  Sometimes if you're a tinkerer, you luck out.  /
sd          A.177 utt2: My wife's,   

b          B.178 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

+          A.179 utt1:  # {F uh, } # Chevy, {F uh, } it was a Caprice,  air conditioning stopped.  /
sd          A.179 utt2: [ I, + I  ] just heard it.  /
sd          A.179 utt3: I realized that the air conditioning wasn't cutting in. /  

b          B.180 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.181 utt1:  {C And } I went out there for five minutes,  /
sd          A.181 utt2: {C and } I just pushed on the wires.  /
sd          A.181 utt3: {C And } sure enough, just pure dumb luck, that the connection over by, - /
sd          A.181 utt4: it's not the evaporator, the big filter on one side. /  

b          B.182 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.183 utt1:  I just pushed that in, and I heard it click. /  

b          B.184 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          A.185 utt1: {C And so }  sometimes you have dumb luck.  /
%          A.185 utt2:  [ I, + I  ] was, {D you know, } - /
sv          A.185 utt3: you could have taken something like that and thought, {D well, } the compressor's not working.  Or  it would have taken me all day probably if I didn't do that.  But --   

b          B.186 utt1:  Right. /  

+          A.187 utt1:  -- sometimes you have some dumb luck.  If you --   

ba          B.188 utt1:  That's true. /  

+          A.189 utt1:  -- have a little curiosity and you have enough knowledge to check things out.  /
sd          A.189 utt2: I know, I feel bad for people who just, when anything goes wrong,   a fuse, {D you know, } they just have to take it.  /
sv          A.189 utt3: {C And } I know --   

b          B.190 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.191 utt1:  -- that's tough if you don't, {F uh, } at least give it a shot.  /
sd          A.191 utt2:  I've got girls, daughters, and I've always said I'd teach them.  /
sd          A.191 utt3: {C And } [ my, + my  ] one daughter was fairly interested.   /
sd          A.191 utt4: {C And } I really haven't gotten around to, - /
sd          A.191 utt5: I learned because  [ I, + I  ] just, {F uh, } learned, {D you know }  /
sd          A.191 utt6: {C and, }   

b          B.192 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.193 utt1:  I feel bad about not at least showing them some of the things.  /
sd          A.193 utt2: {C And } I'm going to do that.  /
sd          A.193 utt3: [ I, + I  ] told my daughters in college this year, I said, This summer we're definitely going to spend a little more time on the car.  /
sd(^q)          A.193 utt4: I said, So you can learn the basics, {D you know. } /  

b          B.194 utt1:  {D Well, } yeah.  /
%          B.194 utt2:  A-, - /
sd          B.194 utt3: [ {C and, } + {C and }  ] not only [ from a, + from an  ] economic standpoint, [ just, + just  ] pure safety, {D you know. }  /
sd          B.194 utt4:  [ If you can, +   

b          A.195 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.196 utt1:  if she can  ] get yourself out of a bad situation without having [ to, + to  ] go to a phone booth and stand around and wait.  /
sd          B.196 utt2:  [ [ [ It, + it,  ] +   

b          A.197 utt1:  # Right. # /  

+          B.198 utt1:  # it #  ] can, + it can  ] save a lot of time and trouble. /  

%          A.199 utt1:  I have the, - /
sd(^q)          A.199 utt2: there's one expression I don't like, <<sound fading>> {F uh, } the country expression, {D you know, } [ if it ain't, + if it ain't  ] broke don't fix it. / 
