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FILENAME:	4659_1437_1621
TOPIC#:		334
DATE:		920412
TRANSCRIBER:	nk
UTT_CODER:	stm
DIFFICULTY:	1
TOPICALITY:	1
NATURALNESS:	1
ECHO_FROM_B:	1
ECHO_FROM_A:	1
STATIC_ON_A:	1
STATIC_ON_B:	1
BACKGROUND_A:	2
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REMARKS:        None.

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qo          A.1 utt1:  What do you think?  <noise>. /  

sd          B.2 utt1:  {D Well, } {F uh, } I can't be terribly authoritative on what life was like thirty years ago, {F uh, } <swallowing> because I'm not that old yet. /  

b          A.3 utt1:  </Noise> Uh-huh. /  

%          B.4 utt1:  {F Um } # <laughter>. # /  

%          A.5 utt1:  # I can be, #  /
ad          A.5 utt2: {C but } go ahead # <laughter>. # /  

%          B.6 utt1:  # <Laughter> # {F Uh, } I know that, {F uh, } - /
%          B.6 utt2: {E I mean } obviously you look [ at, + at  ] [ technologic-, + the technological  ] aspect [ of, + of  ] social change.  /
sd          B.6 utt3: {E I mean }  [ you didn't have, + {F uh, } you didn't have  ] video games.  /
sd          B.6 utt4:  You didn't have home computers.  /
sd          B.6 utt5: You didn't have Xerox machines. /  

b          A.7 utt1:  Right. /  

%          B.8 utt1:  {E I mean, } {F uh, }   [ you, +  you ] try to, - /
sd          B.8 utt2: you go into [ a, + a  ] business today  /
sd          B.8 utt3: {C and, } [ you, + you  ] try to   imagine the whole thing except running off of carbon paper  /
sv          B.8 utt4: {C and } it's almost inconceivable now because the Xerox machines [ and, + and  ] everything have become  [ [ such, +  {D you know, }  su-, ] +  such ] [ [ a, + a  par-, ] + a part  ] of the way we live. /  

aa          A.9 utt1:  Right.  /
sd          A.9 utt2:  # We fax # --   

%          B.10 utt1:  # {C And }  ((   )) , # -/  

+          A.11 utt1:  -- everything. /  

b          B.12 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.13 utt1:  We don't even wait for the mail anymore. /  

b          B.14 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

b          A.15 utt1:  Right. /  

b          B.16 utt1:  Yeah, {F uh, }  /
sd          B.16 utt2: a business associate of mine [ was, + was  ] talking about how it used to be where you would send things through the mail  /
sd          B.16 utt3: {C and } you had to do something,  /
sd          B.16 utt4: this was concerning the S E C,  /
sd          B.16 utt5:  {C and so } if they had business to do, they had to finish it, {D you know, } three days in advance so they could get it through the mail. /  

b          A.17 utt1:  Right. /  

sd@          B.18 utt1:  {C And } now it's the kind of thing where you can work up until the last minute.   *[[slash error]]

b          A.19 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.20 utt1:  Because you can get it there, {D you know } --  *[["Because" as connector; sd]] 

b          A.21 utt1:  Uh-huh <<very faint>>. /  

+          B.22 utt1:  -- [ in, + in  ] a matter of minutes --   

b          A.23 utt1:  Right. /  

+          B.24 utt1:  -- {D you know, } through a fax machine  /
sv          B.24 utt2: {C and } because of that, these quote, unquote convenience type items have made work that much more intense and that much harder. /  

b          A.25 utt1:  Right. /  

sv          B.26 utt1:  {C Because } you're expected to work on # stuff up until the last minute. # /  

aa^m          A.27 utt1:  # You're expected to, - /
aa          A.27 utt2: # exactly.  /
sd          A.27 utt3: {C And } I recently read an article on just this, that said stress today is so much worse <talking>.  /
sd          A.27 utt4: It should be less because <noise> we have a microwave  /
sd          A.27 utt5: {C and } our grandmothers had to bake brownies  /
sd          A.27 utt6: {C and } we can throw them in a microwave for </talking> two minutes  /
sd          A.27 utt7: {C but } the more conveniences we have, the more that's expected of us -- /  

b          B.28 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          A.29 utt1:  -- {C and } we have no down time.  /
sv          A.29 utt2:  {D Like } we don't stop and wait for things to happen because we don't have to. /  

b          B.30 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          A.31 utt1:  {C So } we keep moving.  /
sv          A.31 utt2: We don't stop and wait for the things to bake and this to happen and that to happen.  /
sv          A.31 utt3:  We just hit buttons and keep going to the next thing.   /
sv          A.31 utt4: {C So } we have no <talking> relaxation time in between -- /  

b          B.32 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.33 utt1:  -- {C so } they say that's really a bad thing.  That you need to learn a lot of ways [ to, + to  ] deal with that and get [ your, + <noise> your  ] time in between things. /  

b          B.34 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          A.35 utt1:  {C So } that's good.  /
sv          A.35 utt2: That's an interesting point.   /
sv          A.35 utt3: {C But } I just think [ our, + our  ] family lives have changed <noise> drastically. /  

x          B.36 utt1:  <Laughter>.  

%          A.37 utt1:  {C And } I think that's ju-, - /
sv          A.37 utt2: of course a part of it is technology.  /
qh          A.37 utt3: {E I mean } our kids, where would they be without Nintendo and, {D you know, } their T V shows - /
%          A.37 utt4: {C and } no-, - /
sv          A.37 utt5: some of that is really bad I think.  /
sv          A.37 utt6: {C But, } we have all single families.  /
sd          A.37 utt7:  So many single families now.  /
sd          A.37 utt8: {F Uh, } a lot of working,  /
sd          A.37 utt9: both parents are working.  /
sv          A.37 utt10: {C So } there's a whole big effect on our kids  /
sd          A.37 utt11: {C and } not very many of my daughter's friends really are on their original mother and father.  /
sd          A.37 utt12: {D You know, } I'm wondering what this is going to do in ten and twenty years. /  

aa          B.38 utt1:  {D Well, } there's that  /
sd          B.38 utt2: {C and } there's the fact that, {D you know, } nowadays fewer and  fewer couples are deciding to have kids which generally tends to happen.  /
sd          B.38 utt3:   {E I mean } the U S would be actually declining in population slightly if it weren't for the fact that we,   

x          A.39 utt1:  <Talking>.  

+          B.40 utt1:  have continuation, large scale immigration into the country. /  

aap          A.41 utt1:  You're probably right </talking>.  /
sd          A.41 utt2: {C And } I'm an O B nurse  /
sd          A.41 utt3: {C and } that's never really occurred to me but [ that's, + that's ] interesting.  /
sd          A.41 utt4:  I never really thought about it that way. /  

b          B.42 utt1:  Yeah,  /
b^r          B.42 utt2: yeah.  /
sd          B.42 utt3:  I saw [ that, + the numbers on that  ] awhile back  /
sd(^q)          B.42 utt4: {C and } I was {D like, } uh-huh  /
%          B.42 utt5: <laughter> {C so } <<very faint>>. -/  

aa          A.43 utt1:  Yeah,  /
aa          A.43 utt2: yeah.  /
aa          A.43 utt3:  That's true.    /
%*          A.43 utt4: (( When ))  is this good or not good. /  *[[listen]]

sd          B.44 utt1:  {D Well, } {F uh, }    

sv          A.45 utt1:  We don't know that yet <laughter>. /  

+          B.46 utt1:  In terms of the long term [ effect, + effect  ] [ on, + on  ] America, in terms of the culture and everything, I don't know.  #  /
sv          B.46 utt2: {F Uh, } #    

aa          A.47 utt1:  # Yeah.  /
sd          A.47 utt2: #  I don't know either. /  

+          B.48 utt1:  [ Most [ of the, + of the ] next generation is going to be + [ in, + [ {E or, } + {E or } ] an, ]  [ [ ex-, +   

x          A.49 utt1:  <Noise>.  

+          B.50 utt1:  ex-, ] + extremely ] large [ par-, + part  ] of the next generation is going to be,  ]  {D you know, } second generation, [ f-, + {F uh, } from ] immigrant parents. /  

aa          A.51 utt1:  # That's true. # /  

sv          B.52 utt1:  # {C And } they're # going to be really struggling  /
sv          B.52 utt2: {C and } I don't think that America is currently the type of environment where struggling up from the bottom is necessarily considered to be good # <laughter>. # /  

aa          A.53 utt1:  # Right,  /
aa^m          A.53 utt2: # right. /  

sd          B.54 utt1:  {E I mean, } it's no longer [ [ the, + the,  ] + {F uh, } the  ] accomplishment [ that it, + that it  ] once was  /
sv          B.54 utt2: {C and } not that many people are really trying I don't think <swallowing>. /  

aa          A.55 utt1:  Yeah.  /
aa^r          A.55 utt2:  Yeah.  /
sv          A.55 utt3:  That's kind of scary.  /
aa          A.55 utt4: {F Huh. } {D Well } that's true.  /
%          A.55 utt5: {C But, } I, - /
sv          A.55 utt6: it's just [ very, + very ] different  /
sv          A.55 utt7: {C and } I guess every ten years it's just been very different. /  

b          B.56 utt1:  Yeah <<very faint>>. /  

sd          A.57 utt1:  {D So. }  {C And } I don't know what's going to happen.  /
sd          A.57 utt2: {F Uh, } I know what I'm seeing here at [ m-, +  my ] job <talking> is that people are having their children much later in life --   

aa          B.58 utt1:  Yeah,  /
%          B.58 utt2: # tha-, # -/  

+          A.59 utt1:  -- # so # that they're establishing careers  /
sd          A.59 utt2: {C and } they've got their homes  /
%          A.59 utt3: {C and } they've got, -/ 
