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FILENAME:	3659_1349_1035
TOPIC#:		335
DATE:		920102
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o          A.1 utt1:  Set. /  

b          B.2 utt1:  Okay. /  

qy^g^t          A.3 utt1:  [ You, + you ] got the topic, right? /  

ny          B.4 utt1:  Yeah. /  

b          A.5 utt1:  Okay.  /
qw          A.5 utt2: {F Uh, } {D well, } where in Dallas are you? /  

sd          B.6 utt1:  I'm in Richardson. /  

bk          A.7 utt1:  {F Oh, } okay.  /
qy          A.7 utt2: {C So } you [ do re-, + do recycling ] there? /  

ny          @B.8 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^e          @B.8 utt2: Richardson [ has, + {F uh, } {D well, } they have ]  a newspaper pick up once a week supposedly, if it's not raining. /  

b          A.9 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd           B.10 utt1:  {C And } they also have a couple of areas where you can  take, {F uh, } cans, plastic and paper, to, {F uh, } {D you know, } dump them off  there if you don't, {F uh, } want to wait and have a pick up, least of paper,  /
sd          B.10 utt2: {C but } they don't  pick up the other items.  /
sd          B.10 utt3:  They don't pick up cans or the --   

b          A.11 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.12 utt1:  -- plastic. /  

qy          A.13 utt1:  Are they going to later,  /
qy          A.13 utt2: do you know? /  

no          B.14 utt1:  I'm not sure.  /
sd          B.14 utt2:  They only started to do the  newspaper <breathing>, {F uh, } late last year.  /
sd          B.14 utt3: Just kind of like a trial basis.    

b          A.15 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.16 utt1:  And see how it goes, so I don't know if they're  going to pick up the other things. /  

%          A.17 utt1:  {F Um. } /  

qo          B.18 utt1:  What about you? /  

sd          A.19 utt1:  {D Well, } [ I'm, + I'm ] [ in Dallas proper + --   

b          B.20 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.21 utt1:  -- in the city of Dallas ]  /
sd          A.21 utt2: {C and } I know they do  have, {D you know, } a pilot program going on  /
sd          A.21 utt3: {C but } it's not here. /  

%          B.22 utt1:  {F Um. } /  

sd          A.23 utt1:  {C So } they're not picking up anything <laughter>. /  

b          B.24 utt1:  Oh. /  

sd          A.25 utt1:  {C So, } {E I mean, } [ we, + we ] collect  everything <breathing>.  /
sd          A.25 utt2: We've got all these boxes in our garage for, {D you know, } green glass and  clear glass and plastic and  everything. /  

qw          B.26 utt1:  Where do you take them? /  

sd          A.27 utt1:  {D Well, } [ there's, + there's ] a couple places.  /
sd          A.27 utt2:   Unfortunately, we can't find a place that will take everything. /  

%          B.28 utt1:  {F Um. } /  

sd          A.29 utt1:  {F Uh, } there's a lot of places to take,  {D like } the plastic, {F uh, } shopping bags --   

b          B.30 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.31 utt1:  -- like most of the grocery stores. /  

b          B.32 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.33 utt1:  {C And } there's a Wal-Mart nearby that takes almost  everything.  /
sd          A.33 utt2: I can't remember what it is they don't take. /  

%          B.34 utt1:  {F Um. } /  

sd          A.35 utt1:  {C And } the library will take glass.  /
sd          A.35 utt2:  {C So }  we end up, {D you know, } - /
sd          A.35 utt3: on the weekend we pack it all in the car  /
sd          A.35 utt4: [ {C and, } +   

x          B.36 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

+          A.37 utt1:  {C and } ] as we go places <laughter>  [ we, + {F oh, } {D wait, } we ] can drop the glass off <laughter>, {D you know. } /  

%          B.38 utt1:  {F Um. } /  

sd          A.39 utt1:  Drop things off one at a time,  /
sd          A.39 utt2: {C but, } {F uh, }  {C and } it's kind of disappointing, {E I mean, }  /
sd          A.39 utt3:  I would even be happy if they just had [ one, + {D you know, } one ]  place where you could do everything.  /
sd          A.39 utt4:  {D You know, } it would still be  more convenient than what we have now. /  

sd          B.40 utt1:  One of the people from my department, I think  used to take a lot of the stuff to a recycling center that was for the benefit of the  Dallas Shelter. /  

%          A.41 utt1:  {F Um. } /  

sd          B.42 utt1:  I think it was --   

qw          A.43 utt1:  Where is that? /  

+          B.44 utt1:  -- closer to downtown.  /
sd          B.44 utt2: {F Uh, } she's not here anymore -- /  

b          A.45 utt1:  Oh. /  

%         B.46 utt1:  -- {C but, } {F uh, } yeah, /  

sd          A.47 utt1:  I'm pretty far north.  /
sd        A.47 utt2:   [ [ [ [ I'm not, + I'm, ] + I'm, ] + I'm just, ] + I'm north ]  of Addison actually. /  

b          B.48 utt1:  Oh. /  

sd          A.49 utt1:  {C So } [ I'm, + I'm ] really <laughter> -- -/  

b          B.50 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.51 utt1:  -- [ I'm, + [ s-, + ] I'm ] in Dallas, but  only technically <laughter>. /  

sd          B.52 utt1:  {D Well, } sometimes [ we take our, + {F uh, } we always keep ]  our aluminum cans. /  

b          A.53 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

x          B.54 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

b          A.55 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.56 utt1:  {C And } a lot of times they take them over to  one of these can banks. /  

b          A.57 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.57 utt2: I've seen those. /  

sd          B.58 utt1:  You don't get too much money back.  /
sd          B.58 utt2:   I figure it pays for the gas to take my cans over there. /  

b          A.59 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.60 utt1:  {C But } normally I collect, {F oh, } {D like } three  trash bags full -- /  

b          A.61 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.62 utt1:  -- {C and } I take them over to that can bank  /
sd          B.62 utt2:  {C and } it's more fun just to kind of like crunch the cans <laughter>,    

x          A.63 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

+          B.64 utt1:  in the can bank.  /
sd          B.64 utt2: Don't get too much money for them  /
%          B.64 utt3: {C but, } -/  

sv          A.65 utt1:  {D Well, } you get something <laughter>. /  

x          B.66 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

%          A.67 utt1:  {F Uh, } /  

b          B.68 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.69 utt1:  We used to do that,  /
sd          A.69 utt2: {C but, } again, that's another stop -- /  

b          B.70 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.71 utt1:  -- {C and } it doesn't take plastic bags [ and, + and ]  all that sort of thing,  /
sd          A.71 utt2: {C but, } {F uh, } [ I think that, + {D you know, } I heard that ]  it was going well in the pilot area wherever that is  /
sd          A.71 utt3: {C and } --   

b          B.72 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.73 utt1:  -- {C so } hopefully they'll do it soon.  /
sd          A.73 utt2:   That would be good because we have two trash pick ups a week -- /  

b          B.74 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.75 utt1:  -- {C and, } where I grew up we only had one a week  /
sd          A.75 utt2:  {C and } that was certainly sufficient.  /
sd          A.75 utt3: {C So } if they just do, - /
sd          A.75 utt4:  one of them will be trash  /
sd          A.75 utt5: {C and } the alternate time would be recyclables,  /
sd          A.75 utt6: that would be great. /  

b          B.76 utt1:  Yeah. /  

%          A.77 utt1:  {C So, } -/  

b          B.78 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          B.78 utt2:  {F Uh, } I'm disappointed sometimes  they're not always consistent in picking up those papers, {D you know. }  /
sd          B.78 utt3:  I seem to put them out there --   

b          A.79 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.80 utt1:  -- on Wednesday  /
sd          B.80 utt2: {C and } {D like } sometimes they  come by,  /
sd          B.80 utt3: sometimes they don't. /  

b          A.81 utt1:  Oh. /  

sd          B.82 utt1:  I'm not really sure why they're not always  consistent in that. /  

%          A.83 utt1:  {F Um. } /  

sd           B.84 utt1:  {C But } I could certainly have, {F uh, }  three bins out there for, {D you know, } plastic [ and + --   

b          A.85 utt1:  Right. /  

+          B.86 utt1:  -- and ] tin and paper, whatever they were going to,  {F uh, } separate into [ and, + and ] have them pick it up [ on, + on ]  one of the two days per week.  /
sd          B.86 utt2: That would be easy. /  

b          A.87 utt1:  Yeah.  /
qy          A.87 utt2:  Do you have to, {F uh, } sort the paper and  take out the glossy pages and  [ that, + that ] sort of thing  /
qrr          A.87 utt3: {C or } do they take the  whole thing? /  

sd          B.88 utt1:  You're not supposed to have, {D like } the coupons in there. /  

bk          A.89 utt1:  {F Oh, } okay. /  

sd          B.90 utt1:  {F Uh, } {C or } you're not supposed to put  magazines in there -- /  

b          A.91 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.92 utt1:  -- {C and } you can't take newspapers.  /
sd          B.92 utt2:  Now at work, {F uh, } {D you know, } we have changed our recycling.  /
sd          B.92 utt3:  At first they were kind of finicky  about what kind of paper you could recycle.  /
sd          B.92 utt4:  {C And } not too long ago they  finally decided if it's anything that's paper and tears, you can throw it in  there because at first --   

co          A.93 utt1:  Let me guess -- /  

+          B.94 utt1:  -- they said, -/  

sd          A.95 utt1:  -- you work at T I,  /
^g          A.95 utt2: right? /  

ny          B.96 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd(^q)       B.96 utt2: at first [ they said, +   

sd          A.97 utt1:  <Laughter> So do I. /  

+          B.98 utt1:  They said, ] no telephone books. /  

b          A.99 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          B.100 utt1:  {D You know, } {D well, } that's stupid  /
sd(^q)       B.100 utt2: {C and then }  they --   

%          A.101 utt1:  {F Um. } /  

+          B.102 utt1:  -- said no newspapers.   /
sd          B.102 utt2: {D Well, } in [ the, + ]  my department everybody gets the WALL STREET JOURNAL. /  

b          A.103 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.104 utt1:  There was {D like } a lot of paper coming out of  our department that wasn't recyclable. /  

b          A.105 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.106 utt1:   {C So } I thought that was pretty  good to expand upon it,  /
%          B.106 utt2: {D say, } -/  

sd          A.107 utt1:  {D Well, } {C and } they take cans, now, too.    

b          B.108 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.109 utt1:  Which is great. /  

sd          B.110 utt1:  I still put my cans in with the cans.  /
sd          B.110 utt2:  {E I mean, }  I don't want it with paper.  /
sd          B.110 utt3: Somehow that just seems weird to me <laughter>. /  

sd          A.111 utt1:  <Laughter> {D Well, } our department used to  collect the cans anyway for the Christmas tree project.  /
sd          A.111 utt2:  {C And, }   

b          B.112 utt1:  Oh. /  

+          A.113 utt1:  In fact [ we got, + this past year, we got ]  all of our money for the Christmas tree because we saved cans for the entire year. /  

ba          B.114 utt1:  Ooh. /  

sd          A.115 utt1:  {C And } it worked out really well. /  

sd          B.116 utt1:  {D Well, } we had the one person who used to take  things to the Dallas Shelter. /  

b          A.117 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.118 utt1:  I think that's what that was called. /  

b          A.119 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.120 utt1:  [ She collected, + she used to collect ]  from the whole department,  /
sd          B.120 utt2: {C but } she took them all down to that Dallas Shelter place. /  

b          A.121 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.122 utt1:  I wish I could remember the whole name of that place,  /
sd          B.122 utt2:  {C but } it's a charity for the benefit of this shelter. /  

b          A.123 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

%          B.124 utt1:  {C And, } yeah,  /
sd          B.124 utt2: [ she, u-, + she used ]  to collect them from everybody in the department. /  

b          A.125 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.126 utt1:  She'd go up and down with her little bag <laughter> --   

b          A.127 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.128 utt1:  -- collecting --   

b          A.129 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.130 utt1:  -- from everybody. /  

sd          A.131 utt1:  {C Because } we would get it, -/ 
