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FILENAME:	3130_1281_1320
TOPIC#:		335
DATE:		910710
TRANSCRIBER:	lya
UTT_CODER:	mlg
DIFFICULTY:	1
TOPICALITY:	1
NATURALNESS:	1
ECHO_FROM_B:	2
ECHO_FROM_A:	1
STATIC_ON_A:	1
STATIC_ON_B:	1
BACKGROUND_A:	1
BACKGROUND_B:	1
REMARKS:        There is a steady static and/or hum that can be heard
throughout the conversation. 

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fp         A.1 utt1:  <Beep> Hi,  /
fp          A.1 utt2: good morning. /  

fp^m          B.2 utt1:  # Good morning. # /  

qy          A.3 utt1:  # Do you have # recycling in Sachse? /  

ny          B.4 utt1:  Yes,  /
sd^e          B.4 utt2: we do.  /
sd          B.4 utt3:  # We've # --   

%          A.5 utt1:  # Do, # -/  

+          B.6 utt1:  -- got, {F uh, } a pickup twice a week that they come out  /
sd          B.6 utt2: {C and, }  they have their own special bin that they hand it out to everybody  /
sd          B.6 utt3: {C and } <breathing> they take it. /  

bh          A.7 utt1:  {F Oh } really? /  

b          B.8 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

qy^d          A.9 utt1:  # {C And } it's # twice a week? /  

ny          B.10 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

bh          A.11 utt1:  Really?  /
sd          A.11 utt2:  We have,   

x          B.12 utt1:  <Noise>.   

+          A.13 utt1:  recently started, {F uh, } a bin program here in Plano where, {F uh, } - /
sd          A.13 utt2: used to be  [ we, +  we ] put all of our trash in green bags and the trash men came out twice a week and picked up.  /
sd          A.13 utt3: {C And } now they have, {F uh, } these large green containers  /
sd          A.13 utt4: {C and } you have to put your trash that you don't recycle in there.  /
sd          A.13 utt5:  {C And then } they haven't started curbside recycling yet,  /
sd          A.13 utt6: [ {C but } they're, + {C but } they're ] planning on doing it very soon.  /
sd          A.13 utt7:  Apparently the trucks that they had, {F um, } lined up, they needed the parts for,   

x          B.14 utt1:  <Noise> <<paper shuffling>>.   

+          A.15 utt1:  Saudi Arabia <laughter>. /  

b          B.16 utt1:  Oh. /  

sd          A.17 utt1:  {C And so } that put off <barking> the program for a while.  /
qy          A.17 utt2:  {C But, }  {F uh, } do you recycle? /  

na          B.18 utt1:  {F Um, } my kids do <laughter>. /  

bh          A.19 utt1:  Do they?  /
b          A.19 utt2: # Uh-huh. # /  

sd          B.20 utt1:  # Put it # that way.  /
sd          B.20 utt2: [  They, +   

x          A.21 utt1:  <Knocking> <<at door>>.   

+          B.22 utt1:  they've ] been recycling cans --   

b          A.23 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.24 utt1:  -- for extra money. /  

b          A.25 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.26 utt1:  {C So } [ that's, + that's ] been their summer money  /
sd          B.26 utt2: {C and } they're fixing to go to Disneyland.  /
%          B.26 utt3: {C So, } -/  

%          A.27 utt1:  {F Oh, } {D well } -- -/  

%          B.28 utt1:  # {D So, }  # -/  

ba          A.29 utt1:  -- # that's # great. /  

aa          B.30 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

sd          A.31 utt1:  # {D Well } # that's the way we started too.  /
sd          A.31 utt2:  My daughter was going,   

x          B.32 utt1:  <Noise>.   

+          A.33 utt1:  to Camp Goddard, {F um, } which is through the Plano school system, # {D you know } in the fall # --   

b          B.34 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

+          A.35 utt1:  -- couple of years ago  /
sd          A.35 utt2: {C and } she had to earn money for it  /
sd          A.35 utt3: {C and } she was too young to baby-sit.  /
sd          A.35 utt4:  {C So, }  that's how she started.  /
sd          A.35 utt5:  She started recycling cans  /
sd          A.35 utt6: {C and } from there we now recycle glass and newspapers and, {F uh, } aluminum cans and  plastics. /  

bh          B.36 utt1:  Really? /  

ny          A.37 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
ny^r          A.37 utt2:  Uh-huh <noise>. /  

bf          B.38 utt1:  [ Is, + is ] that the same way as with the aluminum cans <noise> where you go  /
qy          B.38 utt2: {C and } they,   

x          A.39 utt1:  <Breathing> <laughter>.   

+          B.40 utt1:  weigh it or whatever  /
%          B.40 utt2: {C and, } -/  

nn          A.41 utt1:  No,  /
sd^e          A.41 utt2: ((   ))  the only thing we get paid for are the aluminum cans. /  

%          B.42 utt1:  {F Um. } /  

sd          A.43 utt1:  {F Um, } the rest of it we just do because <laughter> my husband has become hooked on recycling. /  

x          B.44 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

 sd         A.45 utt1:  {C And so, } {D you know, } we don't get paid for that  /
sd          A.45 utt2: {C but } that's okay. /  

b          B.46 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

sd          A.47 utt1:  # {D You know, } # [ it's, + it's ] not that much of a bother really.  /
sd          A.47 utt2:  You just have to rinse out your bottles or whatever  /
sd          A.47 utt3: {C and } we use a lot of,   

x          B.48 utt1:  <Children_talking>.   

+          A.49 utt1:  two liter bottles.   {F Um, }  and {D like } milk cartons and things like that.  /
sd          A.49 utt2:  It's amazing how much plastic you generate. /  

b          B.50 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.50 utt2: I was amazed at how many cans --   

b          A.51 utt1:  Yeah.  /
b^r          A.51 utt2: # Yeah. # /  

+          B.52 utt1:  -- # that # we got  ((   ))  /
sd(^q)          B.52 utt2: {C because } when the kids first went down, I said,  [ that, + {D you know } that's  ] great  /
sd          B.52 utt3: {C and } I was thinking, {D you know } maybe I'd help supplement it, {D you know } --   

b          A.53 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.54 utt1:  -- when they turned them in  /
sv          B.54 utt2: {C but } <breathing> <noise> it's amazing how many cans you go through.    

aa          A.55 utt1:  Yeah  /
sv          A.55 utt2: it really is. /  

+          B.56 utt1:  # And how fast they accumulate. # /  

o          A.57 utt1: # {D Well } all that stuff  /
sd          A.57 utt2: {C and } [ how much, + # how much ] we have reduced our waste.   

b          B.58 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

+          A.59 utt1:  # {D You know, } # that [ we, +  we're ] generating a week.  /
sd          A.59 utt2:  {F Um, } I know our neighbors, when we first went to this bin program said, {F oh, } there's no way, {D you know } we're going to have to have pickup twice a week.  /
sd          A.59 utt3: They were real upset  /
sd          A.59 utt4: {C but } [ they weren't, + they were ] only picking up once a week.  /
sd          A.59 utt5:  {C And } we said to them, if you recycle,  ((   )) [ you'll, + {D you know, } you'll ] go two weeks without having to put out the green container. /  

b          B.60 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.61 utt1:  {C And, }  {F uh, } [ it's, + it's ] really amazing.  /
sd          A.61 utt2: The other thing he does, that my husband a real stickler about is we don't collect our grass clippings. /  

b          B.62 utt1:  Really. /  

nn          A.63 utt1:  No.  /
sd          A.63 utt2:  [ He, + he ] got a little mulcher thing. /  

b          B.64 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

sd          A.65 utt1:  # It's just a little # attachment for the lawn mower  /
sd          A.65 utt2: {C and } we mow once a week.  /
sd          A.65 utt3: {D You know, } [ no, + no ] more often then that.  /
sd          A.65 utt4:  {C And then } the clippings just get mulched up and then just lay [ [ on the, + on, ] + on, ] [ the, + {F uh, } <lipsmack> the ] lawn.  /
sd          A.65 utt5: {C And } it's amazing,  /
sd^r          A.65 utt6: it's amazing.  /
sd          A.65 utt7: We don't collect any of that  /
sd          A.65 utt8: {C and } [ that, + that ] has cut down a lot in what we throw out. /  

b          B.66 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.66 utt2: ((   )) [ we don't e-, + we don't ] catch it either, mainly because my husband rarely has time to mow the yard.  /
sd          B.66 utt3:  {C So, }  if it [ mows, + gets mowed, ] I do it normally. /  

b          A.67 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.68 utt1:  {C And } I can't mow the yard with the grass catch on it. /  

x          A.69 utt1:  <Breathing> <laughter>.   

sd          B.70 utt1:  It's too heavy. /  

 b         A.71 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

sd          B.72 utt1:  # {C So } [ I just # m-, + <laughter> I just mow ] it and leave it. /  

b          A.73 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

sd          B.74 utt1:  # It just # soaks in. /  

aa          A.75 utt1:  Sure it does.  /
aa^r          A.75 utt2: Sure it does.  /
sv          A.75 utt3:  It really does  /
%          A.75 utt4: {C and } it, - /
sd          A.75 utt5: {D actually } they say that you're wasting fertilizer --   

b          B.76 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.77 utt1:  -- if you're not,  {F uh, } [ if you're + ] catching your grass clippings.  /
sd          A.77 utt2: [  That, + that's ] that much fertilizer you have to use because it does fertilize the lawn.  /
sd          A.77 utt3:  It's amazing. /  

b          B.78 utt1:  Yeah. /  

b          A.79 utt1:  Yeah.  /
b^r          A.79 utt2: Yeah. /  

sd          B.80 utt1:  {F Oh, } I like it better doing it.  /
%          B.80 utt2:  {D Well } one, - /
sd          B.80 utt3: <child_crying> it cuts down on my mow time anyway -- /  

b          A.81 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
ba          A.81 utt2: # that's true. # /  

sd          B.82 utt1:  -- # {C and } you zip through # it quicker. /  

ba          A.83 utt1:  That's true.  /
ba^r          A.83 utt2: That's true.  /
sd          A.83 utt3:  {D Well, } [ I, + I ] really think you're going to get hooked on plastics and paper <laughter> before you know it. /  

ba         B.84 utt1:  </Child_crying> <laughter> [ Proba-, + we probably ] will. /  

sd          A.85 utt1: [ It's, + it's ] really not that much trouble.  /
sd          A.85 utt2:  We keep a large plastic, {F uh, } [ [ just a, + {D you know, } a ] + ] garbage bag in the garage. /  

b          B.86 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.87 utt1:  {C And } as soon as we use something, {D you know, } we crush it up and put it out there  /
sd          A.87 utt2: {C and then, } {D you know, } every few weeks we have [  recycling, + a recycling ] center {D like } near Wal-Mart. /  

b          B.88 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.89 utt1:  [ They're, + they ] have the containers that you can just go over there and drop it in  /
sd          A.89 utt2: {C and } it's really no trouble. /  

x          B.90 utt1:  <Lipsmack>.   

sd          A.91 utt1:  {C And, }  {F uh, } I feel like at least we're doing something. /  

b          B.92 utt1:  <Noise> Yeah. /  

sd          A.93 utt1:  {D You know, }  ((   )) , {F um, } I read [ [ a book one time + {E or } a m-, ] + a magazine ] article  /
sd          A.93 utt2: {C and } they said something about how you don't realize even just your small contribution, it seems like a small contribution  /
sd          A.93 utt3: {C but } it's not.  /
sd          A.93 utt4: If everyone were to recycle just their newspapers, they would [ s-, + save ] thousands and  thousands of trees [ a day. +   

b          B.94 utt1:  Really. /  

+          A.95 utt1:  A day, ] just from not throwing out your newspapers.  /
sv          A.95 utt2:  {C And, }  {F uh, } when you read that you think, {D well } {D gee, } maybe it is a big deal,    

x          B.96 utt1:  <Noise>.   

+          A.97 utt1:  {D you know. } /  

sd          B.98 utt1: [ What, + what ] makes me sick [ is, + is ] when they show the dump sites --   

b          A.99 utt1:  # Uh-huh <noise> <<hammering>>. # /  

+          B.100 utt1:  -- # {D you know, } # [ and, + and, ] how big they are. /  

b          A.101 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

sd          B.102 utt1:  # {C Or } # like in New York, the barges [ that -- +   

b          A.103 utt1:  Yes. /  

+          B.104 utt1:  -- that ] go up and down [ the, + the ] river -- /  

b          A.105 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

sd         B.106 utt1:  -- # {C and } they # don't have any place to put it  /
sd          B.106 utt2: {C and } it just floats in the ((   )) , - /
sv          B.106 utt3: it's {D like } ugh. /  

b          A.107 utt1:  Yeah,  /
b^r          A.107 utt2: yeah,  /
b^r          A.107 utt3: yeah.  /
sv          A.107 utt4:  [ {C And } that's, + {C and } that's ] really not necessary. /  

aa          B.108 utt1:  # No. # /  

sv          A.109 utt1:  # It # really isn't  /
sv          A.109 utt2: if everybody would do just a little bit it would make a big difference.  /
sv          A.109 utt3:  It would make a huge impact.  /
sd          A.109 utt4:  {C So, }  I'm excited about the recycling program in Plano </noise> <<hammering>>.  /
sd          A.109 utt5: [  I, + I, ] can't wait for them to get it started.    

x          B.110 utt1:  <Noise>.   

+          A.111 utt1:  {F Um, } because it'll be that much easier for us,  /
sd          A.111 utt2: {D you know, } like I said, now we have to take it over [ to, + to ] Wal-Mart.  /
sd          A.111 utt3:  It would be real nice if they just came by and just picked up. /  

b          B.112 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          B.112 utt2: # [ [ It, + it's # -- ] +   

%          A.113 utt1:  # {F Um } # <throat_clearing>, /  

+          B.114 utt1:  -- it's ] convenient out here # for them to do it. # /  

qw          A.115 utt1:  # {D Now } [ what, + what ] # do they pick up?  /
%          A.115 utt2:  It's just, -/  

sd          B.116 utt1:  They pick up [ the, + the ] plastic, the glass, and the newspaper. /  

qy          A.117 utt1:  {F Oh } they do? /  

ny          B.118 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

b          A.119 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
qy          A.119 utt2:  {C And } do you # have to sort that? # /  

sd          B.120 utt1:  # {C And } they will do the alum-, # -/  

qrr          A.121 utt1:  {C Or } do you just put it all in. /  

nn          B.122 utt1:  No,  /
sd^e          B.122 utt2: you just put it in the one bin  /
sd          B.122 utt3: [ {C and, } + {C and } ] I guess they do the sorting.  /
sd          B.122 utt4: {C But, }  {F um, } they'll do the aluminum cans too  /
sd          B.122 utt5: {C but } we don't give them those <laughter>. /  

b          A.123 utt1:  Right.  /
b^r          A.123 utt2: # Right. # /  

sd          B.124 utt1:  # The kids # keep those <laughter>.  /
%          B.124 utt2:  {C So, } -/  

qy          A.125 utt1:  {C So } you're doing that now?  /
qy          A.125 utt2:  You're doing the newspapers and the glass? /  

ny          B.126 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
sd          B.126 utt2: # {D Well } # --   

b          A.127 utt1:  # {F Oh, } uh-huh. # /  

+          B.128 utt1:  -- [ we don't, + we don't ] take the newspaper to begin with.  When, neither one of us are home # [ t-, + # --   

b          A.129 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

+          B.130 utt1:  -- to ] read it. /  

 b         A.131 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

 sd         B.132 utt1:  {C So } we don't have the newspapers but [ the, + the ] plastic and the glass <child>.  /
sd          B.132 utt2: At first, when it first started, [ [ it, + it, ] + it ] was hard.    

b          A.133 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.134 utt1:  {D You know, } because you're just used to throwing things. /  

sd(^q)          A.135 utt1:  <Breathing> <laughter>  My husband would,   

x          B.136 utt1:  </Child>.   

+          A.137 utt1:  come home and go through the trash --   

ba          B.138 utt1:  Uh! /  

+          A.139 utt1:  -- and say, you threw this away <laughter>. /  

x          B.140 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

 sd         A.141 utt1: [ He would get, + he would get ] all upset  /
sd          A.141 utt2: {C and } I'd say, - /
^q          A.141 utt3: it's just such an automatic reaction.  /
sd          A.141 utt4:  {C And } now --   

aa          B.142 utt1:  # It is. # /  

+          A.143 utt1:  -- # we think # before we throw anything away.  /
 sd         A.143 utt2:  {E I mean, } it's really funny.  /
sd          A.143 utt3: [ We, + we ] really, - /
sd          A.143 utt4: once you get into the habit of it, it's okay,  /
sd          A.143 utt5: [ it's just, + it's just ] making it a habit that's hard <laughter>. /  

ba          B.144 utt1:  {F Oh, } I know.  /
sd          B.144 utt2:  {D Well } the kids have even got to the point where [ they, + if they ] see anybody going in the trash can with a can, {D you know, } [ they, + they're, ] {F oh, } no, don't do that  /
sd          B.144 utt3: {C and } they go to the sink, they rinse them out, and they put them upside down, they let them drain  /
sd          B.144 utt4: [ {C and } + <noise> --   

b          A.145 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.146 utt1:  -- {C and then, } ] {F uh, } after a couple of days they take them all outside  /
sd          B.146 utt2: {C and, }  I put them in a big bag anyway -- /  

b          A.147 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.148 utt1:  -- {C and then } they dump the bag out  /
sd          B.148 utt2: {C and then } they crush them.  /
sd          B.148 utt3:  # {C So } that's # --   

b          A.149 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

+          B.150 utt1:  -- their activity thing.   To # go out there and crush. # /  

ba          A.151 utt1:  # That's fun. #  /
b          A.151 utt2: Yeah,  /
b^r          A.151 utt3: # yeah, # -- /  

%          B.152 utt1:  # {D So, }  # -/  

aa        A.153 utt1:  -- yeah.  /
sv          A.153 utt2:  {F Oh, } that's a lot of fun. /  

b          B.154 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv^r          A.155 utt1:  That's a lot of fun.  /
sv          A.155 utt2:  {D Well, } that's great.  /
sd          A.155 utt3:  {D Well } I'm to hear you're,   

x          B.156 utt1:  <Children_talking>.   

+          A.157 utt1:  doing that.  /
%          A.157 utt2:  I, - /
sd          A.157 utt3: my sister was here recently from Connecticut  /
sd          A.157 utt4: {C and } they have a deposit on all their bottles and cans. /  

bh          B.158 utt1:  {F Oh } really?   <<Voices fade>>. / 
