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FILENAME:	2171_1055_1024
TOPIC#:		327
DATE:		910318
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qo          A.1 utt1:  {D Well, } how do you feel about it? /  

sd          B.2 utt1:  {D Well, } {F uh, } I don't have any strong  convictions about it,  /
sd          B.2 utt2: that's for sure.  /
sd          B.2 utt3: {F Um, } I know I haven't done any Peace Corps service,  /
sd          B.2 utt4: {C and }  I don't know anybody in my immediate family that [ has, + {E or, } {D you know, } has ever ]  even thought about it.  /
qy          B.2 utt5: [ Do you know, + {F uh, } do you know ] anybody that's been it? /  

nn          A.3 utt1:  No,  /
sd^e          A.3 utt2: [ the, + the ] only people I know that have done  anything remotely like that are people that have gone to be missionaries,  /
sd          A.3 utt3: {C and } that's only  because I went to Baylor,  /
sd          A.3 utt4: {C and } a lot of students from Baylor go [ and, + and ]  serve as missionaries during the summer.  /
sv          A.3 utt5:  {C But } [ I think, + I think ] that's a   terrible idea.  /
sv          A.3 utt6: That's like  forcing someone to donate to a charity. /  

b          B.4 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          A.5 utt1:  {E I mean, } {C and } it's nice [ to, + to ] try to teach  young people [ some, + some, ] {F uh, } {F uh, } civil, {F uh, } consciousness,  but forcing  them [ to, + to ] donate basically their time and efforts, /  

aa          B.6 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          B.6 utt2: it's definitely up to the person, {F uh, }  /
sv          B.6 utt3: {C so, }  I'd have to say that, {F uh, } [ it, +  {D you know, } the people who do it, ] {D well, }  some feel it's rewarding.  /
h          B.6 utt4:  I don't know, {D you know, }  /
sd          B.6 utt5: {C but, }  {F uh } --   

sv          A.7 utt1:  You have to, /  

+          B.8 utt1:  -- I don't know how we got the subject, <laughter>  ((   )) . /  

sd          A.9 utt1:  I don't either. /  

sd          B.10 utt1:  I have nothing to say about this. /  

sd          A.11 utt1:  I don't either.  /
sd(^q)          A.11 utt2: [ I was, + I almost hung up, ] because I thought, {D well, } gosh, [ I don't, + I don't ] really  have an opinion except for no,  /
^q          A.11 utt3: I think that's dumb. /  

b          B.12 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

%          A.13 utt1:  {C But, }  {F uh, } -/  

qw          B.14 utt1:  {D Well, } how long you been in San Antonio? /  

sd          A.15 utt1:  I've been here for, {F um, }  just [ almost, fiv-, + {D well, } {E no, } almost four ] years. /  

bk          B.16 utt1:  {F Um, } okay. /  

sd          A.17 utt1:  {C And } I lived with Dana in school. /  

b          B.18 utt1:  {F Oh, } okay. /  

sd          A.19 utt1:  That's how we know each other. /  

qy^g          B.20 utt1:  <<Pause>> {C And, }  {F uh, } [ you, +  you ]  were just up there then, {F huh. } /  

ny          A.21 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
sd^e          A.21 utt2: last weekend.  We went to Six Flags Saturday. /  

bk          B.22 utt1:  {F Oh, } okay. /  

sd          A.23 utt1:  Had a good old time. /  

ba          B.24 utt1:  {D Well, } that's good. /  

sd          A.25 utt1:  {D Well, } back to the topic at hand.  /
qw          A.25 utt2: <laughter>  What other types of community service would they be talking about.  /
sd          A.25 utt3:  {E I mean, }  [ the, + the ] recording mentioned the Peace Corps. /  

sv          B.26 utt1:  {D Well, } [ it sounded like, + {E I mean, }  this is like ] major long term commitment, {D like } a year --   

b          A.27 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.28 utt1:  -- or six months,  /
sv          B.28 utt2:  [ {C or, } + {C so } ] you're looking at  the Peace Corps or sabbatical maybe,  /
h          B.28 utt3: {C or, } {D you know, } I don't know,  /
%          B.28 utt4: {E I mean, }  {C but, }  {F uh, } -/  

sd          A.29 utt1:  {E I mean, } I'm all for donating my time to worthy  causes,  /
sd          A.29 utt2: {D like } I do some volunteer work here and there,  /
sd          A.29 utt3: {C and } every once in a while  I'll do, {F uh, } a, {F uh, } local Big Brother Big Sister thing. /  

b          B.30 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.31 utt1:  {C Or } I'll go, {D you know, } do a  ((   )) . -/  

sd          B.32 utt1:  {C But } [ that, + that ] time is minuscule  compared to [ what, + what, ]   

b          A.33 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.34 utt1:   ((   ))  they were referring to. /  

aa          A.35 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.35 utt2: I couldn't possibly commit a year or two of  my life [ to, + to ] go do something. /  

aa          B.36 utt1:  Yeah,  /
aa^r          B.36 utt2: yeah,  /
sv          B.36 utt3: they couldn't cover my hourly rate <laughter>. /  

x          A.37 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

sd          B.38 utt1:  I couldn't afford it. /  

aa          A.39 utt1:  No kidding. /  

%          B.40 utt1:  {C But, }  {F uh, } -/  

sd          A.41 utt1:  I have this thing against bugs, too.  /
sv          A.41 utt2:  {C And }  seems to me like the Peace Corps,  /
sv          A.41 utt3: they send you someplace that there's a lot of bugs  ((   )) . /  

aa          B.42 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          B.42 utt2: Africa. /  

aa          A.43 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          A.43 utt2: <laughter> have to live in a shack with no air  conditioning and no medicine and no anything.  /
sv          A.43 utt3:  I'd probably catch a terrible  disease and die. /  

b          B.44 utt1:  Yeah,  /
ar          B.44 utt2: {D well. }  I doubt that,  /
sv          B.44 utt3: {C but, }   

x          A.45 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

+          B.46 utt1:  you know how it is  ((   )) .  /
sv          B.46 utt2:  [ W-, + I, ] {E I mean, }  [ it would, + it would ] have to be tough going somewhere you don't know the culture, usually, I guess. /  

b          A.47 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          B.48 utt1:  I think that maybe that's why some people  do it is, {F uh, } to see the other cultures [ or, + {D you know } and ] some of that. /  

b          A.49 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

h          B.50 utt1:  {C But, }  {F uh, } to do that,  I don't know,  /
%          B.50 utt2: I'd have to be, - /
h          B.50 utt3: I don't know. /  

h          A.51 utt1:  {F Oh, } I don't know either.  /
sd          A.51 utt2: ((   ))  Growing up,  all I knew was you go to high school, [ you, + {D you know, } you ] work, you go to college,  you get out of college,  and you get a good job and you work.  /
sd          A.51 utt3:  [ {C And, } +  {C and } ]  none of this,  you go spend two years in the Peace Corps [ to ex-, + to broaden ] your horizons. /  

sd          B.52 utt1:  Uh-huh.  {D Well, } {D you know, } {F uh, }  I know American Express, - /
sd          B.52 utt2: [ I'm n-, + I'm working ] at American Express now,  /
%          B.52 utt3: {C and } they, - /
sd          B.52 utt4: after a certain  amount of years of service, these employees can take off {D like } six months  or something, for some type of sabbatical or [ [ some, + {D you know, } some, ] + something ]  like that. /  

b          A.53 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.54 utt1:  {C And } they're allowed to take that time off  and then come back where they left off. /  

b          A.55 utt1:  {F Oh. } /  

sv          B.56 utt1:  {C So, } it is something that I think, {F uh, } {D you know, }  even the larger organizations will support.  /
sv          B.56 utt2: {F Uh, } [ it's, + it's ] really for  the community  [ to give, {D you know, } [ to, + to ] give ] back to the community  type of thing. /  

x          A.57 utt1:   ((   )) . /  

h          B.58 utt1:  I don't know,  /
sv          B.58 utt2: [ it's for, + I think,  at the same it's for ] some people to, {D you know, } help them  grow in other areas, /  

sv          A.59 utt1:  Kind of like joining the military. /  

x          B.60 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

sv          A.61 utt1:  {D Well, } {E I mean, } in that respect a lot of  people join the military [ to, + to ] grow up --   

aa          B.62 utt1:  Yeah,  /
%          B.62 utt2: m-, -/  

+          A.63 utt1:  -- and to decide what they want to do,  /
sv          A.63 utt2: {C and }  the Peace Corps or something like that is probably useful [ as, + as ] that kind of a time. /  

aa          B.64 utt1:  Yeah,  /
aa          B.64 utt2: maybe a little bit in that  perspective,  /
sv          B.64 utt3: [ {C but, } +  {F uh, } {C and } ] a lot of people have gone in the military, {E I mean, } {D you know, }  when they're in the college.  /
sv          B.64 utt4: Sometimes it's to [ sup-, +  help support ] college, {D you know, }   

b          A.65 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.66 utt1:  the money.  /
sv          B.66 utt2:  {F Uh, } [ others, +   people ] don't know what they want to do.  /
sv          B.66 utt3:  {C But } as far as, {F uh, } {D you know, } the Peace Corps.  I guess,  I suppose there's a few people that have done it at that point in their lives.  /
sv          B.66 utt4:  {C But } I think a lot of it's, {D you know, } when [ the-, + ] people get older,  they'll do something like that. /  

sd          A.67 utt1:  I'd probably have a different perspective  if I actually knew someone that had gone into the Peace Corps. /  

b          B.68 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.69 utt1:  {C But } I don't. /  

sd          B.70 utt1:  [ [ I, + I, ] + I ] don't. /  

%          A.71 utt1:  {C and } none of my, -/  

fa          B.72 utt1:  Didn't mean to cut you off there. /  

bd          A.73 utt1:  {F Oh, } that's okay.  /
sd          A.73 utt2: [ N-, +   {C and } none ] of my really close friends in college went off to be missionaries or anything.  /
sd          A.73 utt3:  {C So } I don't really know  anyone first hand [ that's, + that's ] [ com-, + committed ] a chunk of their  life to do service work. /  

%          B.74 utt1:  I, -/  

sd          A.75 utt1:  Everybody I know has been, - /
sd          A.75 utt2: {D well, }  I'm going to go get a [ goo-, + good ] job and  make some money and buy a nice car.  /
%          A.75 utt3:  <laughter> {C So. } -/  

aa          B.76 utt1:  Yeah, [ or, + or ] <throat_clearing> try to make a living. /  

b          A.77 utt1:  Yeah. /  

%          @@B.78 utt1:  {C But, }  {F uh, } - /
%          @@B.78 utt2: yeah,  /
sd          @@B.78 utt3: [ [ I, + I ]  have no, +  I don't know ] anybody that's done that either.  /
%          @@B.78 utt4: {C So, } <breathing>  [ I, + I, ] - /
sd^t          @@B.78 utt5: it's interesting  we got this topic because [ [ I, + I, ] + I ] don't know what I marked off to get this,  /
%          @@B.78 utt6: {C but. } -/  

sd^t          A.79 utt1:  I certainly didn't mark off anything to get this one.  /
sd          A.79 utt2:   [ I, + I ] can't imagine,  /
sd^t          A.79 utt3: {C and } the switchboard's been down for several days,  /
sd^t          A.79 utt4: {C and }  the last time I called it before it went down, I had this topic,  /
sd^t          A.79 utt5: {C and } I didn't feel   like talking about it,  /
sd^t          A.79 utt6:  {C so } I hung up,  /
sv^t          A.79 utt7: {C and } I guess [ they, + they ] keep  you on the same topic until you actually talk to somebody about it. /  

bf^t          B.80 utt1:  {C So } you had the same one, {F huh. } /  

aa          A.81 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          B.82 utt1:  {F Oh, } {D well. } {D Well, } [ you'll, + you'll ] get it over  with here <laughter>. /  

aa          A.83 utt1:  I know. /  

qw^t          B.84 utt1:  How many times have you talked? /  

sd^t          A.85 utt1:  {F Oh, } probably five or six. /  

b          B.86 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd^t          A.87 utt1:  Not a whole lot. /  

sd^t          B.88 utt1:  {F Oh, } I've done maybe four or five. /  

b          A.89 utt1:  Yeah.  /
qy^t          A.89 utt2: Did Dana sign you up for this? /  

nd^t          B.90 utt1:  {D Well, } she just sent me the information out.  /
sd^t          B.90 utt2:  [ I, + I ]  got a hold of it, {D you know, }  /
sd^t          B.90 utt3: I just sent it back in,  /
%          B.90 utt4: {C and. } -/  

b          A.91 utt1:  Yeah,  /
%          A.91 utt2: that's, - /
sd^t          A.91 utt3: she stuck my name on some list,  /
sd^t          A.91 utt4: {C so }  they mailed me the information that I filled out  ((   )) . /  

qw^t          B.92 utt1:  What other topics have you had? /  

sd^t          A.93 utt1:  {F Um, } I've talked about camping with someone.  /
sd^t          A.93 utt2: I've talked  about the weather. /  

ba          B.94 utt1:  Great,  /
ba^r          B.94 utt2: great. /  

sd^t          A.95 utt1:  That one was interesting because I talked to a man [ in, + in ]  Washington, D C,  /
sd^t          A.95 utt2: {C and } it was hot here,  /
sd^t          A.95 utt3: {C and } it was snowing there.  /
sd^t          A.95 utt4:   {C So } that was pretty interesting. /  

b          B.96 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd^t          A.97 utt1:  {C And } I talked to someone about [ the, + {F uh, } the, ]  {F uh, } education system.  /
sd^t          A.97 utt2: I forget exactly what the focus was on that one.  /
sd^t          A.97 utt3: {C But } that was  fairly interesting.  /
sd^t          A.97 utt4:  {C And } I talked to somebody about credit card usage. /  

b          B.98 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd^t          A.99 utt1:  {C And } I talked to this person who I gathered from  speaking to her, [ that, +  that  ] she and her family just didn't have much,  /
sd^t          A.99 utt2: {C and } they didn't  have much credit available to them. /  

b          B.100 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd^t          A.101 utt1:  {C And  so } she basically didn't use credit cards and  didn't know very much about them and how they work,    

b          B.102 utt1:  {F Huh. } /  

+          A.103 utt1:  [ and, + and ] how you can use them to your  advantage,  [ and, + and ] how, {D you know, } [ you, # + you ] can do certain things with them. # /  

b          B.104 utt1:  # Yeah,  /
sd          B.104 utt2: [ I always, # +  I ] use everything with  my Visa,  /
sd          B.104 utt3: {C and } I pay it all off. /  

b          A.105 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.106 utt1:  {C So } that's a good deal for me.  /
sd          B.106 utt2:   I get free money for thirty days. /  

b          A.107 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.108 utt1:  That's the way I use them, {F uh } -- /  

b          A.109 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.110 utt1:  -- [ I try, + I try ] to make sure  I don't get in debt.  /
%          B.110 utt2:  {C So. } -/  

b          A.111 utt1:  Yeah,  /
ba          A.111 utt2: {D well } that's always a good plan.  /
sd^t          A.111 utt3: I can't think  of anything else that I've talked about.  /
sd^t          A.111 utt4:  [ All that th-, +  most of the ] ones on the  list, I checked off stuff like football [ and, + and  stuff that [ I can, +   [ I, +  I ] would ] enjoy talking about  /
sd^t          A.111 utt5: {C and } I haven't gotten a one of them yet when I've called. /  

%          B.112 utt1:  I had,  {F uh, } - /
^h          B.112 utt2: let's see,  /
sd^t          B.112 utt3: I've had fishing,  /
sd^t          B.112 utt4:  {C and, }  {F uh, } I can't remember, [ me and, +  I think me and ] Dana had football.  /
ny          B.112 utt5: Yeah,  /
sd^e          B.112 utt6: we did. /  

ba          A.113 utt1:  {F Oh, } how funny. /  

b          B.114 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd^t          B.114 utt2:   ((   ))  {C So } we talked about the  Cowboys a little bit.  /
sd          B.114 utt3:  {C And, }  I'm out here in Phoenix,  /
sd^t          B.114 utt4: {C so } we talked about [ Phoe-, +  Cardinals. ] /  

b          A.115 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd^t          B.116 utt1:  [ {C And, so, } + {C so } ] that one was  all right.  /
t1^t          B.116 utt2: {C And  then } what else did I have?  /
sd^t          B.116 utt3:  I think I had some other, {F uh, } {D like } staying in shape  or working out.  /
sd^t          B.116 utt4:  [ This other guy, +  I got this guy ] from New York,  /
%          B.116 utt5: {C so. } -/  

sd^t          A.117 utt1:  I had to talk to someone about hobbies,  /
sd^t          A.117 utt2: {C and } the switchboard  called me,  /
sd^t          A.117 utt3: {C so } I was caught a little off guard,  /
sd^t          A.117 utt4: {C and } I couldn't think of  anything at all.  /
sd^t          A.117 utt5:  {C So } I started making stuff up.  /
sd^t          A.117 utt6:  <laughter> I told this woman that my hobby was gardening,  /
sd          A.117 utt7: {C and } [ I can't even -- +   

qy^d          B.118 utt1:  {C And } you've probably never gardened in your life  ((   )) . /  

+          A.119 utt1:  -- I can't even ] grow an ivy.  /
sd          A.119 utt2:  My grandfather gave  me a plant once,  /
sd          A.119 utt3: [ that told, +  {C and } he told ] me when he gave it to me that it was impossible to kill,  /
sd          A.119 utt4: you could freeze it,  /
sd          A.119 utt5: [ you could, + you could ] dry it out,  /
sd          A.119 utt6: no matter what, you couldn't kill it.  /
sd          A.119 utt7:  {D Well, } I killed it pretty quick. /  

b          B.120 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.120 utt2: I don't have too much of a green thumb either.  /
%          B.120 utt3: {C So. } -/  

x          A.121 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

sd          B.122 utt1:  I do have one plant here,  /
sd          B.122 utt2:  it's been hanging out for a while,  /
sv          B.122 utt3: {C but } I think it's one of the easiest plants.  /
sd          B.122 utt4:  [ I can't, + I don't ]  know the name of it,  /
sd          B.122 utt5: {C but } I'm not too much into ... -/ 
