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DATE:		920103
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o          B.1 utt1:  Okay <laughter>. /  

b          A.2 utt1:  Yeah. /  

qy^d          B.3 utt1:  {D Well, } considering you moved here from California,  I guess, <inhaling> the rain for the past few weeks has been different than what you have  down there. /  

ny          A.4 utt1:  Yeah,  /
%          A.4 utt2: we have, {F uh, } in California, - /
sd^e          A.4 utt3:    [ I'm in c-, + I lived in ] central California.  /
sd          A.4 utt4: We have rain couple times a year  /
sd          A.4 utt5: {C and } other than that,  {D you know, } it would be maybe October and then in the spring  /
sd          A.4 utt6: {C and  then } other than that  there wouldn't be any rain.   

sv          B.5 utt1:   Especially --   

+          A.6 utt1:   {D So, } -/  

+          B.7 utt1:  -- the last few years. /  

aa          A.8 utt1:  Yeah,  /
aa          A.8 utt2: yeah. /  

qy^g          B.9 utt1:  [ It's kind of, + it's kind of ] been a drought out  there hasn't it, {F uh, } /  

ny          A.10 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^e          A.10 utt2: there has.  /
sd          A.10 utt3: {D So } here, I know that, {F uh, }  last year there was some ice storms while I was out of the state  /
sd          A.10 utt4: {C and } I'm glad to see there haven't been any this year. /  

sd          B.11 utt1:  Yet <laughter>. /  

aa          A.12 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^m          A.12 utt2: yet <laughter>.  /
sv          A.12 utt3:  Still could come,  /
%          A.12 utt4: huh. /  

sd          B.13 utt1:  Generally if we're going to get them,  it's not going to happen, {F uh, } prior to January one. /  

b          A.14 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.15 utt1:  You may get a cold snap or two or some rain or something like  we've been getting in December,  /
sd          B.15 utt2: {C but } --   

b          A.16 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.17 utt1:  -- usually the bitterest weather, if we're going to have any, comes in January and February. /  

b          A.18 utt1:  {F Um. } /  

sd          B.19 utt1:  Then by March things are getting warm again,  /
sv          B.19 utt2:  {C so } we really don't have, as long a cold season, I guess as people up north. /  

aa          A.20 utt1:  Yeah,  /
aa^r          A.20 utt2: yeah  /
sv          A.20 utt3: it's so hard to predict here. /  

sd          B.21 utt1:  It's been eighty degrees on Christmas day here before. /  

b          A.22 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.23 utt1:  <Laughter> # Lots of times. # /  

sv          A.24 utt1:  # {D Well, } today # it's not bad out there. /  

aa          B.25 utt1:  No,  /
sv          B.25 utt2: it's nice.  /
sd          B.25 utt3: I just came in from outside -- /  

b          A.26 utt1:  Uh-huh <<faint>>. /  

sv          B.27 utt1:  -- {C and } [ it's, + it's ] really pretty.  /
sv          B.27 utt2:   It's kind of nice to have it dry all the ground out --   

b          A.28 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.29 utt1:  -- before it rains again. /  

b          A.30 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.31 utt1:  [ I'm a,  + I'm a ] scoutmaster  /
sd          B.31 utt2: {C and  so } I wind up  going out camping with, {F uh, } a bunch of boys at one time  /
sd          B.31 utt3: {C and  so, }  it's --   

b          A.32 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.33 utt1:  -- better for us if it hasn't been this totally wet  before we go <laughter>. /  

b          A.34 utt1:  Yeah.  /
qy^g          A.34 utt2:  {C So } you do that even in January, {F huh? } /  

ny          B.35 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah. /  

b          A.36 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

b          B.37 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.37 utt2: we camp year round. /  

b          A.38 utt1:  Yeah, {F oh, }  /
ba          A.38 utt2: that's --   

sv          B.39 utt1:  {C But, }  {F uh, }   

+          A.40 utt1:  -- interesting. /  

+          B.41 utt1:  [ It's, + {F uh, } <inhaling> it's ] definitely different. /  

b          A.42 utt1:  Uh-huh <<faint>>. /  

qy^g          B.43 utt1:  {C And  then, } I guess you've been through a couple  of summers here, too, right? /  

ny          A.44 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^e          A.44 utt2: I have  /
sv          A.44 utt3: {C and } they're not too pleasant <laughter>. /  

x          B.45 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

sv          A.46 utt1:  It gets so humid.  /
sv          A.46 utt2:  To me it's humid here.  /
sd          A.46 utt3:   People that I know that --   

aa          B.47 utt1:  {F Oh, } it is. /  

+          A.48 utt1:  -- come from, {F uh, } {D like } Georgia or --   

sv          B.49 utt1:  It's not as --   

+          A.50 utt1:  -- North Carolina,   

+          B.51 utt1:  -- humid.   

+          A.52 utt1:  {D Yeah, } they say, it's, /  

+          B.53 utt1:  As Houston, say, or Atlanta,  /
sv          B.53 utt2: [ but [ it, + ] +   

b          A.54 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.55 utt1:  But -- ]   

%          A.56 utt1:  {C But } I find it, -/  

+          B.57 utt1:  -- more humid than Arizona  /
sv          B.57 utt2:  {C and } California for the most part. /  

b          A.58 utt1:  Right. /  

qy          B.59 utt1:  Were you northern California? /  

ng          A.60 utt1:  I was central California. /  

b          B.61 utt1:  Central. /  

sd          A.62 utt1:  Central valley. /  

qy^g@          B.63 utt1:  {C So } that was,   

sd          A.64 utt1:  It's very dry there. /  

+@          B.65 utt1:  Dry,  but pretty even climate, wasn't it?   

ny          A.66 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+@          B.67 utt1:  Year round, fairly,    

ny          A.68 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+@          B.69 utt1:  Not wide fluctuations. /  

sd          A.70 utt1:  {D Well, } it's pretty hot in the summer.  /
%          A.70 utt2:   It's in the usually, {D you know, } - /
sd          A.70 utt3: for a good three, four weeks we have over a hundred degrees. /  

%          B.71 utt1:  {C But } it's a drier, -/  

sd          A.72 utt1:  {C But } it's a dry heat, {D yeah. } /  

sv          B.73 utt1:  Hundred <laughter>, when you have a hundred  here, everybody's dying <laughter>. /  

aa          A.74 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
aa          A.74 utt2: yeah,  /
sd          A.74 utt3: {D I know. }  {D Well, } I lived in  Africa for a couple years in --   

b          B.75 utt1:  Oh. /  

+          A.76 utt1:  -- Cameroon  /
sd          A.76 utt2: {C and } that's a tropical climate  /
sd          A.76 utt3:  {C and } it really feels similar to this --   

qw          B.77 utt1:  [ [ What types of, +   

+          A.78 utt1:  -- during the summer. /  

+          B.79 utt1:  What type, ] + what type  of ] business takes you to those climates  /
qy          B.79 utt2: {C or } was that just vacation or something? /  

nn          A.80 utt1:  No,  /
sd^e          A.80 utt2: [ I was, {F uh, } working with, {F uh, } +  I still work with ] Wycliff Bible Translators. /  

bk          B.81 utt1:  Oh. /  

sd          A.82 utt1:  It's an organization where we are looking to translate the BIBLE into languages of the world that aren't yet written. /  

bf          B.83 utt1:  Not so much still trying to translate old texts as  just trying to translate modern versions into other languages. /  

aa          A.84 utt1:  Right,  /
sd          A.84 utt2: languages that don't have anything written yet.  /
sd          A.84 utt3:   {C So } this is like the first thing that's written down  /
sd          A.84 utt4:  {C or } --   

b          B.85 utt1:  Oh. /  

+          A.86 utt1:  -- {D you know, } first an alphabet is  developed  /
%          A.86 utt2: {C and  then, } {F uh, } -/  

ba          B.87 utt1:  That's interesting. /  

%          A.88 utt1:  {D So, } -/  

sv          B.89 utt1:  You don't think about that as [ a career, + a normal career, ]  {F uh, } when --   

b          A.90 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.91 utt1:  -- you're thinking of things that people might be doing. /  

b          A.92 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.92 utt2: {D well, } it's based here,  /
sd          A.92 utt3:  {F uh, } the international headquarters for Wycliff Bible Translators is right here [ in, + in ] Dallas. /  

bf          B.93 utt1:  {C So } [ you're, + you're ] with the home office  now <laughter>. /  

aa          A.94 utt1:  Yeah,  /
aa          A.94 utt2: right now I am.  /
sd          A.94 utt3:  That's what brought me here,  /
%          A.94 utt4: yeah. /  

sv          B.95 utt1:  {D Well, } [ the, + {F uh, } I think, {F uh, }  all ] in all there are a lot worse climates than Dallas, {F uh, }  /
sv          B.95 utt2: the weather --   

b          A.96 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.97 utt1:  -- {D you know, } does change fast  /
sv          B.97 utt2: {C and }  things do happen severely a few times a  year,  /
sv          B.97 utt3: {C but } there's an awful lot of good weather, too, in --   

b          A.98 utt1:  Yeah -- /  

+          B.99 utt1:  -- between. /  

aa          A.100 utt1:  -- I agree,  /
aa^r          A.100 utt2: I agree.  /
sv          A.100 utt3:   [ I, + I ] thought the fall was really nice. /  

b          B.101 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          B.101 utt2: {C and } usually a lot of the spring months  are really nice, too.    

b          A.102 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.103 utt1:  After the last freeze  /
sd          B.103 utt2: [ {C and, } +  {C and } ] when it begins to be in  the sixties and  seventies most of the time, {F uh, } I --   

b          A.104 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.105 utt1:  -- like that.   

b          A.106 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.107 utt1:  Particularly if I'm going to be outdoors --   

b          A.108 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.109 utt1:  -- and doing, {F uh, } outdoor activity, hiking and things.  /
ba          B.109 utt2:   {C And } that's --   

b          A.110 utt1:  Yeah,  /
qy^d          A.110 utt2: you probably do a lot of that with --   

+          B.111 utt1:  -- nicer. /  

+          A.112 utt1:  -- [ scout -- +   

ny          B.113 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^e          B.113 utt2: I --   

+          A.114 utt1:  -- scouting. ] /  

+          B.115 utt1:  -- do quite a bit of that <laughter>. /  

b          A.116 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.117 utt1:  Think we're going in just a couple of weeks  out to [ the, + east ] Texas,  /
sd          B.117 utt2: {C and } it is a little more humid out there than it is here,  /
%          B.117 utt3: {C so } --   

b          A.118 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.119 utt1:  -- I guess we'll, <inhaling> - /
sv          B.119 utt2: the only thing you  have to watch out in this part of the country is during the change type seasons is the really severe storms that occasionally --   

b          A.120 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.121 utt1:  -- come through out here on the plains.  /
sv          B.121 utt2:  There's not  much between us and  the North Pole <laughter>. /  

b          A.122 utt1:  Yeah. /  

%          B.123 utt1:  {C And then } when you get one of those tornado type --   

b          A.124 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.125 utt1:  -- systems through or severe hail or thunderstorms - /
%          B.125 utt2:   {C and then, } -/ 
