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FILENAME:	4886_1190_1496
TOPIC#:		332
DATE:		920501
TRANSCRIBER:	nk
UTT_CODER:	stm
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STATIC_ON_B:	3
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qy          A.1 utt1:   Are you in the middle of anything? /  

nn          B.2 utt1:  <Static> No.  /
sd^e          B.2 utt2:  I'm not in the middle of anything.  /
%          B.2 utt3:  I've just, - /
%          B.2 utt4: about the last thing I did - /
sd          B.2 utt5: about maybe, {F oh, } close to a year ago now I guess,  [ I, + I ] helped my dad add on another bedroom on to his house.   /
%          B.2 utt6: {C So, } # I guess that, # -/  

qy          A.3 utt1:  # The whole thing? # /  

ny          B.4 utt1:  Yeah.   /
sd          B.4 utt2: [  That, + that ] was fairly large undertaking.  /
sd          B.4 utt3: [ [  A, + a, ] + it's a ] bedroom and a walk-in closet and a bathroom all on one side of the house. /  

qy          A.5 utt1:  Did the framing and all? /  

na          B.6 utt1:  {F Oh, } we did it all except for the sheetrocking. /  

b          A.7 utt1:  {F Huh. } /  

sd          B.8 utt1:  That was the only thing we didn't, {D you know, }  putting the ceiling up and  things like that  /
sd          B.8 utt2: [ [ we don't, + we, ] + we weren't ] sure how to do that  /
%          B.8 utt3: {C and. } -/  

ad@          A.9 utt1:  Maybe you and I should get together.  Because when I had my last big project, I had the contractor do the framing  /  *[[slash error: two utts]]
sd          A.9 utt2: {C and } I did all the sheetrocking <laughter> and the interior work <throat_clearing>. /  

aa          B.10 utt1:  <Laughter> Yeah,  /
sd          B.10 utt2: that's the exact opposite.  /
sd          B.10 utt3:  We [ did all, +  put the roof up and did all ] the roofing and [ the, + ]  put all the interior walls up.  /
sd          B.10 utt4:  We just didn't do any of the sheetrock wall work  /
sd          B.10 utt5: {C and } that's it because you have, {D you know,  } get those joints to go together -- /  

b          A.11 utt1:  Ye-, /  

sd          B.12 utt1:  -- {C and } whatever you have to put in there [ to get  the, s-, + to take the gaps ] out between the sheets  --   

b          A.13 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.14 utt1:  -- and on the ceiling and all that. - /
sd          B.14 utt2: [ I di-, + we didn't ] know a thing about any of that  /
%          B.14 utt3: {C and # so, } # -/  

sd          A.15 utt1:  # My # wife wishes I hadn't done that. /  

sd         B.16 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

x@         A.17 utt1:  <Laughter>.   *[[slash error]]

+          B.18 utt1: [ It's, +  it looked ] very hard to do  /
%          B.18 utt2: {C so, } -/  

+@         A.19 utt1:  <Throat_clearing>.   *[[slash error]]

%          B.20 utt1:  we figured {D well } just, - /
sd          B.20 utt2: I didn't think we could do it and make it look professional.  /
sd          B.20 utt3: {C So, }  we [ left it, + left it ] to somebody who does it for a living.  /
%          B.20 utt4: {C But, } -/  

sv          A.21 utt1:  I think it takes about three or four times before it gets easy. /  

aa          B.22 utt1:  Probably so  /
sd          B.22 utt2: {C and } [ I, +   

x@         A.23 utt1:  <Cough>.   *[[slash error]]

+          B.24 utt1:  we'd ] never done it  /
sd          B.24 utt2: {C so } --   

+          A.25 utt1:  Yeah <sniffing>. /   *[[should be 'b']]

+          B.26 utt1:  -- we just left it alone.  /
%          B.26 utt2:  {C But }  that's, - /
sd          B.26 utt3: I guess, I'm only twenty-one  /
sd          B.26 utt4: {C so } [ [ I, + my, ] + my ] vast experience of [ home, + home ] owner's knowledge is not very much.  /
sd          B.26 utt5:  {C So } it's just what I have to do, more or less, around the house, {D you know, } for my parents  /
%          B.26 utt6: {C so. } -/  

qy^d          A.27 utt1:  Did [ [ you, + you ] framed   it in f-, +  {F uh, }  [ [ on, +   on, ] + ]  you framed in ] new square footage  /
qr          A.27 utt2: {C or } was it stuff that was already, {F uh, } # enclosed? # /  

sd          B.28 utt1:  # It was brand # new. /  

b^m          A.29 utt1:  Brand new #  ((   )) . # /  

sd          B.30 utt1:  # We started # with the backyard and turned it into part of the house  /
%          B.30 utt2: {C so } # it was, # -/  

qy          A.31 utt1:  # [ {C A-, } + {C and } ] # [ you knew how, + you knew how ] to do the framing? /  

no          B.32 utt1:  {F Uh, } {D well } my dad knew how to do most of it, # {D you know. } # /  

b          A.33 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

sd          B.34 utt1: [ [ He, + he'd, ] + we'd ] gotten a couple of books  /
sd          B.34 utt2: {C and then } he just started doing it.  /
h          B.34 utt3: I don't know.  /
sd          B.34 utt4: [  He, + {D well } he ] did all the flooring himself.  /
sd          B.34 utt5:  He put [ the whole, + the whole ] floor in  /
sd          B.34 utt6: {C and then } I just started with the walls and the roof and  started there.  /
sd          B.34 utt7: {C And then } we [ were, + ] put [ a, + {D like } a, ] [ not, + not ] necessarily a garage, but just {D like } a,  off the side of that - /
sd          B.34 utt8: after we had the house part made, we just decided we'd carry the roof out a little bit farther and put a carport more or less.  /
sd          B.34 utt9: [  It's not, + {D you know, } it's not ] enclosed.  /
sd          B.34 utt10: It's just somewhere to drive another car [ to, + to ] park  /
%          B.34 utt11: {C and } it's, -/  

qr          A.35 utt1:  [ Do, + do ] you build on slabs down there or did you build it up off the ground? /  

sd          B.36 utt1:  {F Uh, } it's off the ground. /  

qy          A.37 utt1:  On the piers? /  

ny          B.38 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
sd          B.38 utt2: It's on about --   

%          A.39 utt1:  Did, -/  

+          B.40 utt1:  -- {F uh, } twenty-two inch piers, something like that. /  

qy^d          A.41 utt1:  You had those # poured # -- /  

%          B.42 utt1:  # {D So. }  # -/  

qr^d          A.43 utt1:  -- {C or } you did them yourself? /  

nn          B.44 utt1:  {F Uh, } no,  /
%          B.44 utt2: [ those, + those ] are, - /
sd^e          B.44 utt3: we did those ourselves  /
%          B.44 utt4: {C so. } -/  

qy          A.45 utt1:  You just put forms in the ground and fill them with concrete? /  

ny          B.46 utt1:  Yeah. /  

b          A.47 utt1:  {F Huh. } /  

na          B.48 utt1:  Exactly,  /
%          B.48 utt2: {C so. }   # It's, # -/  

sd          A.49 utt1:  # {D Well, } # the last thing I did completely myself was an outside deck which I was pretty proud of <laughter> <noise>. /  

b          B.50 utt1:  Yeah,  /
%          B.50 utt2:  [ those ar-, + those are, ] - /
sd          B.50 utt3: [ we'd, + I've  ] done one,  /
sd          B.50 utt4: I helped somebody do one of those before.  /
%          B.50 utt5:  [  Those are, + those are, ]  {D you know, } - /
sd          B.50 utt6: you can  buy them in kits  /
sd          B.50 utt7: {C but } we didn't do that way.  /
%          B.50 utt8: {C But } it's, -/  

ar          A.51 utt1:  No  /
sd          A.51 utt2: I designed it from scratch and # [ did it # + --   

b          B.52 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

+          A.53 utt1:  -- did a ] pretty good job.  /
sv          A.53 utt2: Those are nice.  /
sv          A.53 utt3: They're pretty forgiving, {D you know. }  /
sd          A.53 utt4:  You can always tear # stuff out and redo it.  /
%          A.53 utt5: It's a, # -/  

b          B.54 utt1:  #  Yeah,  /
b^r          B.54 utt2: yeah.  /
sv          B.54 utt3: #  That's not near,   

x@         A.55 utt1:  <Throat_clearing>.   *[[slash error]]

+          B.56 utt1:  like building a house or anything  /
%          B.56 utt2: {C but, } -/  

+@          A.57 utt1:  Right <throat_clearing>. /   *[[slash error should be 'aa']]

aa          B.58 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          B.58 utt2: those are nice.  /
sv          B.58 utt3: Especially when you get done, you've got something, {D you know. }  /
h          B.58 utt4: I don't know,  /
sd          B.58 utt5: I like them.  /
sd          B.58 utt6: You just sit down [ on -- +    

b          A.59 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.60 utt1:  -- on ] the deck and do whatever.  # Have # --   

sd          A.61 utt1:  # [ I # + --   

+          B.62 utt1:  -- a barbecue  /
%          B.62 utt2: {C or, } -/  

+          A.63 utt1:  -- I ] built it two levels  and with a big toy box and some benches and, {F uh, } a backrest and all that stuff.  /
%          A.63 utt2: I, -/  

b          B.64 utt1:  Yeah,  /
ba          B.64 utt2: that sounds nice. /  

x@         A.65 utt1:  <Throat_clearing>.   *[[slash error]]

qy^g          B.66 utt1:  All done by yourself, {F huh? } /  

+@          A.67 utt1:  Yeah.  #  / *[[slash error should be 'ny']]
sd          A.67 utt2: I had # --   

%          B.68 utt1:  # Designed, # /  

+          A.69 utt1:  -- a friend with a tractor who dug the pier holes  /
sd          A.69 utt2: {C so } we could pour concrete and support it with [ a, + a ] nice firm four by four posts.   /
sd          A.69 utt3: [ {C And, } +  {F uh } --   

b          B.70 utt1:  </Static> Yeah. /  

+          A.71 utt1:  -- {C and then } ] the rest of it I just did.  /
sd          A.71 utt2: [ A, + a ] contractor friend helped me, {F uh, } with some of the, {F uh, } foundation work  /
%          A.71 utt3: {C but, }  {F uh, }  it was pretty, - /
sd          A.71 utt4: it was about four or five hundred square feet.  /
sd          A.71 utt5: The same size as the addition that I just put on  /
%          A.71 utt6: {C so. } -/  

b          B.72 utt1:  Yeah.  /
ba          B.72 utt2: [  That's pretty, + that's a good ] size deck. /  

aa          A.73 utt1:  <Throat_clearing> Yeah. /  

b          B.74 utt1:  # {C So, }  yeah.  /
%          B.74 utt2: That's, # -/  

sd          A.75 utt1:  # It's, {F uh, } # not that expensive.  /
sd          A.75 utt2:  I think it cost me three dollars a square foot and, {F uh, } {D you know, } no less than that. /  

b          B.76 utt1:  Yeah.  /
ba          B.76 utt2:  That's not, -/  

sd          A.77 utt1: [ Co-, + cost ] me about [ five hundred dollars, + six hundred dollars ] all together. /  

b          B.78 utt1:  Yeah,  /
ba          B.78 utt2: that's good.  /
ba          B.78 utt3:  That's not bad at all.  /
%          B.78 utt4: # Didn't # --   

b          A.79 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

+          B.80 utt1:  -- have to, - /
%          B.80 utt2: [ th-, + the ] wood  (( may )) - /
sv          B.80 utt3: it got surprising as to the fact that how much wood is, {D you know. }  /
%          B.80 utt4: [ To get, + to get ] good lumber it costs, - /
sv          B.80 utt5: I don't know about Dallas,  {C but }  [ arou-, + ] even in this little town, [ it's, + it's ] not cheap at all.  /
sd          B.80 utt6:  I was surprised. /  

sv          A.81 utt1:  I'd be surprised if it wasn't, {F uh, } # cheaper where you are. # /  

sv          B.82 utt1:  # It's probably more there. # /  

aa          A.83 utt1:  {D Well, } yeah.  /
sv          A.83 utt2: It probably comes from where you are. /  

aa          B.84 utt1:  <Laughter> Yeah,  /
aa^r          B.84 utt2: yeah,  /
aa          B.84 utt3: [ that + --   

%          A.85 utt1:  Most <throat_clearing>. -/  

+          B.86 utt1:  -- it ] probably does.  /
h          B.86 utt2: [ I, + I'm ] not sure  /
%          B.86 utt3: {C but, } -/  

sd          A.87 utt1:  When I drive through that area, that's all I see is --    

b          B.88 utt1:  <Noise> Yeah.  /
sd          B.88 utt2: It's nothing but woods [ up here, + # down here. ] # /  

+          A.89 utt1:  -- # [ pressure treated,  + # pressure treated lumber yards. ] /  

b          B.90 utt1:  Yeah. /  

x@        A.91 utt1:  <Laughter> <throat_clearing>.   *[[slash error]]

%          B.92 utt1:  [ [ I don't, + I haven't, ] + {E I mean, } I haven't, ] - /
sd          B.92 utt2: I used  to live in Dallas.   In Arlington, actually. /  

+@         A.93 utt1:  Uh-huh. /   *[[slash error should be 'b']]

sd          B.94 utt1:  [ {C And, } + {C but } ] that was just when I was a kid  /
sd          B.94 utt2: {C so } I don't really know what the cost of living is even {D like } in Dallas anymore.  /
h          B.94 utt3: {C But } [ it's, + I don't know, we're ] a college town  /
sd          B.94 utt4: {C so } that doesn't help us out any. /  

aa          A.95 utt1:  Right.  /
sd          A.95 utt2:  East Texas. /  

%          B.96 utt1:   ((   ))  We have, - /
sd          B.96 utt2: gas is a [ dollar t-, + dollar twelve ] a gallon,  /
sv          B.96 utt3: {C so } --     

b          A.97 utt1:  {F Huh. } /  

+          B.98 utt1:  -- that's probably about what you're paying  /
%          B.98 utt2: {C so. } -/  

b          A.99 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.99 utt2: my current project is a walkway which I'm building around the house and out to the backyard [ to, + ] {F uh, } {D you know, } digging it out and laying sand and  putting, {F uh, } pavers on top of that  /
%          A.99 utt3: {C so. } -/  

b          B.100 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          A.101 utt1:  That's a # lot easier. # /  

ba          B.102 utt1:  # You've # got something going all the time. / 
