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FILENAME:	3527_1349_1423
TOPIC#:		361
DATE:		911212
TRANSCRIBER:	glp
UTT_CODER:	mlg
DIFFICULTY:	3
TOPICALITY:	1
NATURALNESS:	2
ECHO_FROM_B:	3
ECHO_FROM_A:	2
STATIC_ON_A:	1
STATIC_ON_B:	3
BACKGROUND_A:	1
BACKGROUND_B:	3
REMARKS:        Speaker B had a small buzzing on her phone line and
a dog barking in the background.

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o          A.1 utt1:  Okay,  /
qr          A.1 utt2: [ do, + do  ] you have a home, or apartment? /  

ny          B.2 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
sd^e          B.2 utt2: I have a home. /  

bk          A.3 utt1:  Okay,  /
qy          A.3 utt2: do you have to do a lot of upkeep? /  

ng          B.4 utt1:  Not really,  /
sd          B.4 utt2: we have a small backyard and small front yard -- /  

b          A.5 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.6 utt1:  -- {C but, } {F uh, } {F uh, } I do basically {D like } the shrubbery and the planting and the weeding  /
 sd         B.6 utt2: {C and } he mows the lawn because the lawn mower is too heavy <laughter>. /  

x          A.7 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

sd          B.8 utt1:  That's another story. /  

bk          A.9 utt1:  Okay <laughter>. /  

sd          B.10 utt1:  <Laughter>  [ {C And, } {F uh, } + {C and, } {F uh, }  ] I do the edging and stuff like that,  /
sd          B.10 utt2: {C but, } {F uh, } it doesn't take us that long because [ our, + our  ] yard is so small. /  

b          A.11 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.12 utt1:  {C But, } {F uh, } I try and do as much, {D you know } flowering as I can, and --   

b          A.13 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.14 utt1:  -- that kind of stuff.   

b          A.15 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.16 utt1:  The seasonal things. /  

b          A.17 utt1:  Yeah,  /
b          A.17 utt2: uh-huh. /  

sd          B.18 utt1:  {C But, } {F uh, } <lipsmack> I think we have one of the nicest yards  [ in the, + in the  ] neighborhood <laughter>. /  

ba          A.19 utt1:  {D Well, } that's nice <laughter>.  /
sd          A.19 utt2: I wish I could say that. /  

x          B.20 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

sd          A.21 utt1:  Ours is pretty small, too,  /
sd          A.21 utt2: {C but } [ it, + it  ] takes about an hour with the two of us working --    

b          B.22 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.23 utt1:  -- to, {D you know, } do the bushes and all of that sort of thing. /  

b          B.24 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.25 utt1:  {F Uh, } the worst part is controlling the weeds.    

b          B.26 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah. /  

+          A.27 utt1:  Which I hate because we don't like to use a lot of the chemicals  and,  because, {D like, } we have a dog [ and, + and,  ] {D you know, } he's going to be out in the yard and who knows who he eats out there. /  

ba          B.28 utt1:  That's true. /  

sd          A.29 utt1:  {C But } we try not to use them but we end up using some anyway.  /
^h          A.29 utt2: {F Uh } <lipsmack>, {F um, } what else.  /
sd          A.29 utt3:  I get to put out all the Christmas lights out there and all that,   

x          B.30 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

+          A.31 utt1:  sort of thing <laughter>. /  

sd          B.32 utt1:  I don't <laughter>. /  

bh          A.33 utt1:  No? /  

nn          B.34 utt1:  No,  /
sd^e          B.34 utt2: he does that. /  

bk          A.35 utt1:  {F Oh, } okay. /  

x          B.36 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

sd          A.37 utt1:  {D Well, } [ if they, + if they  ] go up - /
sd          A.37 utt2: {D like, } one year we --   

b          B.38 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.39 utt1:  -- did the edge of the house --   

b          B.40 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.41 utt1:  -- all the way up on the roof  /
%          A.41 utt2: {C and } [ I -- +    

b@          B.42 utt1:  Oh.   

+          A.43 utt1:  -- I ] went up on the roof once and I'll never do it again <laughter>. /  

+@          B.44 utt1:  {F Oh, } God. /  

sd          A.45 utt1:  I decided I was afraid <laughter>. /  

b          B.46 utt1:  Yeah.  /
ba          B.46 utt2:  Don't blame you <<very faint>>. /  

sd          A.47 utt1:  {C So } this year, he got lazy so I said, fine  /
sd          A.47 utt2: I'll put some on the bushes.   /
sd          A.47 utt3: {C And } that's about it,  /
sd          A.47 utt4: that's all --   

b          B.48 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.49 utt1:  -- it gets. /  

b          B.50 utt1:  {F Huh, } okay,  /
sd          B.50 utt2: we don't have that many bushes to put them on.  /
sd          B.50 utt3: {F Uh, } <lipsmack> [ our, + our  ] yard is very, {F uh, } narrow -- /  

b          A.51 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.52 utt1:  -- {C and } {C so } we have some bushes, but we don't have too many,  /
sd          B.52 utt2: {C but } we have a nice tree in the front  /
sd          B.52 utt3: {C and } --   

b          A.53 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.54 utt1:  -- {F uh, } we have [ people that, + an association that  ] comes and mows everybody's front yard -- /  

ba          A.55 utt1:  {F Oh, } wow. /  

sd          B.56 utt1:  -- {C and, } {F uh, } they keep hitting [ it, + the tree  ] with the lawn mower. /  

ba          A.57 utt1:  {F Oh, } no. /  

sd          B.58 utt1:  {D You know, } every time you do that, it, {F uh, } kind of kills the tree for a while. /  

b          A.59 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.60 utt1:  {C And } {C so } that's kind of stunt its growth for just a while until we get it back going again. /  

b          A.61 utt1:  Oh. /  

sd          B.62 utt1:  {C And } we started mowing our own lawn -- /  

b          A.63 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.64 utt1:  -- {C because } they were doing that.  /
sd          B.64 utt2: {C And } {C so, } anyways I have a nice full tree now  /
sd          B.64 utt3: [ {C and, } + {C and }  ] [ we put + ((   )) , we fill  ] it with lights  and --   

b          A.65 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

 +         B.66 utt1:  -- that kind of thing. /  

b          A.67 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

%          B.68 utt1:  {D So, } -/  

%          A.69 utt1:  {F Um. } /  

sd          B.70 utt1:  {C And } [ they would, + {F uh, } they  ] also edged, - /
sd          B.70 utt2: [ when + ] they would edge [ in, + into  ] the shrubbery <laughter>  [ and -- + ]   

ba@          A.71 utt1:  {F Oh, } no <laughter>.   

+          B.72 utt1:  -- {F oh, } gosh, it was getting really bad,  /
%          B.72 utt2: {C so } we, -/  

+         A.73 utt1:  {C But } you still have to pay for it, [ though, + even though  ] they're not going to do it? /  

ny          B.74 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^e          B.74 utt2: {C because } it's an association fee. /  

qy          A.75 utt1:  {F Oh, } is it real expensive? /  

ny          B.76 utt1:  Yes -- /  

 ba         A.77 utt1:  {F Oh, } gosh. /  

 sd         B.78 utt1:  -- it's {D like } seventy a month. /  

ba          A.79 utt1:  {F Oh, } my goodness. /  

b          B.80 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd        B.80 utt2: {C and } I don't like, - /
sd          B.80 utt3: [  I, + I  ] just get really upset every time I make that check out. /  

b          A.81 utt1:  Yeah. /  

%          B.82 utt1:  {C But, } {F uh, } -/  

qy          A.83 utt1:  {D Well, } [  do, +  do  ] they do other things for you all? /  

sd          B.84 utt1:  They take care of the, {F uh, } landscape,  /
sd          B.84 utt2: {C because } we live in a cul-de-sac  /
sd          B.84 utt3: {C and } there is a island in the middle -- /  

b          A.85 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.86 utt1:  -- {C so } they care of that  /
sd          B.86 utt2: {C and } there is a pool and they take care of the pool -- /  

b          A.87 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.88 utt1:  -- [ {C and, } + {C and }  ] there is a pond,  /
sd          B.88 utt2: they take care of the pond in the park area and that kind of thing. /  

b          A.89 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.90 utt1:  [ {C And, } + {F uh, } {C so }  ] you're basically paying, {F oh, } - /
sd          B.90 utt2: {C and } the sprinkler system that, - /
%         B.90 utt3:  that - /
sd          B.90 utt4: our yard doesn't have a sprinkler system, but the island does  /
sd         B.90 utt5: {C and, } {F uh } --   

b          A.91 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.92 utt1:  -- certain sharing areas have sprinkler systems  /
sd          B.92 utt2: {C and } --   

b          A.93 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.94 utt1:  -- {C and } {C so } that way if someone moves out, the entire neighborhood is mowed and watered and that kind of thing, {D you know. } /  

%         A.95 utt1:  {F Um. } /  

%          B.96 utt1:  {C So, } -/  

qy^g          A.97 utt1:  {C But } you knew when you moved in, you'd have to pay that, didn't you? /  

na          B.98 utt1:  {D Well, } [ [ it, + it,  ] + it  ] went up what we pay. /  

b          A.99 utt1:  Oh <laughter>. /  

sd          B.100 utt1:  {C And } that's the bad thing.  /
sd          B.100 utt2:  I just hope it doesn't go up any more  /
sd          B.100 utt3: {C because } --   

b          A.101 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.102 utt1:  -- we just can't afford it anymore.  /
sd          B.102 utt2: I don't know what to do if you can't afford it <laughter>. /  

ba          A.103 utt1:  I don't know either.  /
ba          A.103 utt2: That's interesting. /  

 %         B.104 utt1:  {C So, } {F uh, } {C but, } they're, - /
  sd        B.104 utt2: that's what they do.  /
  sd        B.104 utt3: They take care of basically the front yards [ and + ] --   

 b         A.105 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.106 utt1:  -- unless you don't want them to do it. /  

%         A.107 utt1:  {D Now } do at a - /
qy          A.107 utt2: do things like plant bushes and trees? /  

%          B.108 utt1:  They, - /
na          B.108 utt2: [ o-, + only  ] [ in, + {D like, } in  ] the common areas and in the island. /  

bk          A.109 utt1:  {F Oh, } okay. /  

sd          B.110 utt1:  {C But } they don't do it in your yard. /  

qy          A.111 utt1:  {C So, } there is, {D like, } no restriction on what types of bushes you can have or  anything like that? /  

na         B.112 utt1:  Right,  /
ny          B.112 utt2: uh-huh,  /
ny         B.112 utt3: yeah,  /
sd^e          B.112 utt4: {C so } we've added bushes [ and, +  and  ] shrubbery, too. /  

b          A.113 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
b          A.113 utt2:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.113 utt3: when we moved into our house I just hated the bushes they had.  /
sd          A.113 utt4:  [ I, + I  ] ripped most of them out and put them somewhere in the back. /  

ba          B.114 utt1:  I know. /  

 sd         A.115 utt1:  {C And } put new ones out front.  /
sd          A.115 utt2: {C But } that was a lot of work. /  

b          B.116 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.117 utt1:  Took me a long time. /  

b          B.118 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.118 utt2: <barking> that's what we did when we first moved in, too. /  

b          A.119 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.120 utt1:  Just rearranged some things <laughter>. /  

b          A.121 utt1:  Yeah,  /
 sd         A.121 utt2: {C and [ then, + then  ] } we put in a sprinkler system,  /
sd          A.121 utt3: {C and, }   

b          B.122 utt1:  Oh. /  

+          A.123 utt1:  We won't go through that  again,   /
sd          A.123 utt2: I will pay someone <barking> to do it <laughter>. /  

bh          B.124 utt1:  {F Oh, } really? /  

sd          A.125 utt1:  {F Oh, } it took so long. /  

b          B.126 utt1:  Oh. /  

sd          A.127 utt1:  {C Because } <barking> my husband was, {D you know, } digging the trenches <barking> because he didn't want to get a trencher, {D you know, }  /
sd          A.127 utt2: there is a machine that will --   

b          B.128 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah. /  

+          A.129 utt1:  -- do it.  /
sd          A.129 utt2:  {C Because, } {D you know, } there is so many people that broke either  their water main or their gas main doing it.  /
sv          A.129 utt3:  {C And } <barking> --   

b          B.130 utt1:  Oh. /  

+          A.131 utt1:  -- I guess that costs you an absolute fortune. /  

aa          B.132 utt1:  That's true,  /
ba          B.132 utt2: {C so } gosh,  /
bf          B.132 utt3: you did it manually. /  

sd          A.133 utt1:  By hand. /  

b          B.134 utt1:  Oh. /  

x          A.135 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

ba          B.136 utt1:  {F Oh, } gosh. /  

b          A.137 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.137 utt2: {C but } it works great now that we've got it. /  

ba          B.138 utt1:  I bet. /  

b          A.139 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.139 utt2: it's nice. /  

b          B.140 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          B.140 utt2: that's a good investment there. /  

b          A.141 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.141 utt2: {D well, } we needed to because we're having some foundation trouble,  /
sd          A.141 utt3: {D you know, }  you have to keep [ the, + the  ] area moist --   

b          B.142 utt1:  Oh. /  

 +         A.143 utt1:  -- around the house or it makes it worse,  /
sd          A.143 utt2: {C so, } we had an incentive there --   

b          B.144 utt1:  Oh. /  

+          A.145 utt1:  -- to do that. / 
