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FILENAME:	2743_1244_1233
TOPIC#:		366
DATE:		910430
TRANSCRIBER:	csw
UTT_CODER:	mlg
DIFFICULTY:	1
TOPICALITY:	1
NATURALNESS:	1
ECHO_FROM_B:	1
ECHO_FROM_A:	2
STATIC_ON_A:	1
STATIC_ON_B:	1
BACKGROUND_A:	1
BACKGROUND_B:	1
REMARKS:        None.

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o          A.1 utt1:  Okay.  /
fp          A.1 utt2:  Hi Norma. /  

fp          B.2 utt1:  Hi. /  

qy          A.3 utt1:  Have you  taken anything back lately, {F uh, } that you've bought? /  

sd          B.4 utt1:  {D Well } the only thing we've taken back recently are plants.    

qw          A.5 utt1:  # {D Well } why? # /  

+          B.6 utt1:  # Shrubbery, that # were guaranteed  /
sd          B.6 utt2: {C and } we had no problem with it. /  

ba          A.7 utt1:  Very good. /  

sd          B.8 utt1:  We [ got our mo-, + got our money ] back. /  

ba          A.9 utt1:  Good.  /
qr          A.9 utt2:  {D Well } [ wh-, + ] do you think that, {F uh, } consumer [ goods, + goods  ] are generally getting better, or worse in quality? /  

sd          B.10 utt1:  {D Well, } <<pause>> I believe they're better. /  

aa          A.11 utt1:  I do too.  /
sv          A.11 utt2:  I believe about ten years ago that we went through a terrible time,  /
%          A.11 utt3: {C but } I don't, - /
sd          A.11 utt4: [ I, + I ] believe that they're better now,  /
%          A.11 utt5: {D you know, } wh-, -/  

sv          B.12 utt1:  I think so.  /
sv          B.12 utt2: I don't think they're shoddy, not as shoddy.  /
sv          B.12 utt3:  Electrical appliances I think are pretty good, [ r-, + reliable. ] /  

sv          A.13 utt1:  however, I didn't like it very well when the transmission went out on my car with sixty-three thousand miles on it. /  

b          B.14 utt1:  Right <laughter>. /  

sv          A.15 utt1:  <Laughter>  {C And } I don't like it very well if, when my electric blanket that was only one year old went out [ at, +  {F uh, } on ] one side. /  

qy          B.16 utt1:  {F Oh, } did you return it? /  

nn          A.17 utt1:  No,  /
sd^e          A.17 utt2: I had moved away. /  

b^m          B.18 utt1:  No,  /
b          B.18 utt2: uh-huh. /  

sd          A.19 utt1:  I had taken the first one back.  /
sd          A.19 utt2:  I didn't think that it heated well enough.  /
sd          A.19 utt3: It never did get anything  but just moderately warm,  /
sd          A.19 utt4: took it back  /
sd          A.19 utt5: {C and, }  {F uh, } the people told me {D well } that's the way it's supposed to be  /
sd          A.19 utt6: {C and } I fell for it  /
sd          A.19 utt7: {C and, } {F uh, } when I got this one [ it did,  a lit-, +  it heated a little ] bit warmer  /
sd          A.19 utt8: {C and then } after one year it started heating only on one side. /  

b          B.20 utt1:  Huh,  /
bf          B.20 utt2: {C so } {C either } you or your husband can be warm  but not both <laughter>. /  

sd          A.21 utt1:  <Laughter>  Also, I took an iron back after having it only one year. /  

b          B.22 utt1:  Oh. /  

sv         A.23 utt1:  {D Now } I figure [ th-, + ] {F uh, } anybody that is dumb enough to iron, needs to have an iron that will last a long time,  /
sv          A.23 utt2: {C and } one year of ironing only once a week is not long enough for it to last. /  

aa          B.24 utt1:  No,  /
b          B.24 utt2: huh-uh.  /
qy          B.24 utt3: Did they replace it? /  

sd          A.25 utt1:  {D Well } without even any question,  /
sd          A.25 utt2: {C but } I think it was the store. /  

b          B.26 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.27 utt1:  Wal-Mart. /  

b^m          B.28 utt1:  Wal-Mart,  /
sd          B.28 utt2: I was going to say, it must have been Wal-Mart. /  

aa          A.29 utt1:  Yes <laughter>. /  

x          B.30 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

qy          A.31 utt1:  {C And, }  {F uh, } {D well, } have you been buying any clothes lately? Any new clothes? /  

ng          B.32 utt1:  I haven't bought any new clo-, - /
sd          B.32 utt2: {D well } the last thing I bought was a dress last Summer.  /
sd          B.32 utt3:  {C And } the buttons turned on it [ ove-, + over ] the winter.  /
sd          B.32 utt4:  The buttons tarnished slightly  /
sd          B.32 utt5: {C and } I have not gone back about it. /  

sv          A.33 utt1:  That was poor quality, I think. /  

sv          B.34 utt1:  I think it is too,  /
sd          B.34 utt2: {C and } it was an expensive dress. /  

sv          A.35 utt1:  I wondered if it weren't expensive, /  

aa          B.36 utt1:  # Yes  /
sd          B.36 utt2: it was.  # /  

sv          A.37 utt1: # {C and } they should # have put buttons on it that would last forever. /  

aa          B.38 utt1: That's right,  /
sv          B.38 utt2: that's what I think too.  /
sd          B.38 utt3: {C And } one [ [ belt loop, + the wo-, ] + {F uh, } {D you know, } {D like } the [ chain link, + chain belt ] loop -- ]   

b          A.39 utt1:  Yes. /  

 +         B.40 utt1:  -- half of it raveled out.  /
sd          B.40 utt2:  {C And } that was, I believe a Leslie Faye dress  /
sd          B.40 utt3: {C and } it was, I think, over a hundred dollars. /  

qy          A.41 utt1:  You spent that much on your dresses? /  

ny          B.42 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^e          B.42 utt2: I don't usually,  /
sd          B.42 utt3: {C but } I did that one. /  

sv          A.43 utt1:  You're really divulging very personal information. /  

sv          B.44 utt1:  <Laughter>  {C But } I think it should have been better than that, for that money, is what I mean. /  

sv          A.45 utt1:  {F Oh, } of course, I do too.  /
sv^t          A.45 utt2: {D Well } I believe that we've been talking about five minutes. /  

b          B.46 utt1:  <Breathing>  <laughter>  Okay,  /
sv          B.46 utt2: I think so. /  

fc          A.47 utt1:  {C And } Norma, it is just wonderful to talk to you. /  

fc          B.48 utt1:  Good talking to you too,  /
fc          B.48 utt2: I've enjoyed it <laughter>. /  

fc          @@A.49 utt1:  You are a good one to talk about consumer goods, because you keep up on it all the time. /  

fc          B.50 utt1:  <Laughter>  {D Well, } we'll be talking to you later. /  

fc          A.51 utt1:  Bye, bye. /  

fc^m          B.52 utt1:  Bye, bye. / 
