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FILENAME:	3260_1324_1188
TOPIC#:		358
DATE:		911016
TRANSCRIBER:	LAB
UTT_CODER:	stm
DIFFICULTY:	3
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:        Speaker B was very choppy. 

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qy          A.1 utt1:  Do you have children? /  

ny          B.2 utt1:  {F Uh, } yes.  /
sd^e          B.2 utt2: {F Uh, } we have two sons.  /
sd          B.2 utt3:  {F Uh, } one's a freshman in college  /
sd          B.2 utt4: {C and } one's a sophomore in high school. /  

b          A.3 utt1:  Oh. /  

qy          B.4 utt1:  {C And } you? /  

sd          A.5 utt1:  I have one that's a freshman in high school, a daughter.  And a son who's a sixth grader in a middle school. /  

b          B.6 utt1:  Okay. /  

sd          A.7 utt1:  {C And } I spend most of my time carpooling <laughter>. /  

b          B.8 utt1:  Oh <laughter>. /  

sd          A.9 utt1:  The story of my life <breathing>. /  

aa          B.10 utt1:  Yes <laughter>.  /
aa          B.10 utt2: Yes.  /
%@          B.10 utt3: {F Uh, }    *[[slash error]]

sd          A.11 utt1:  My kids are involved in sports.  /
sd          A.11 utt2: My daughter has played basketball for six years,  /
sd          A.11 utt3: {C and } my son plays football.   /
%          A.11 utt4: I, - /
sd          A.11 utt5: my rule is that they can't play a sport the same time of the year <breathing>,    

+          B.12 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.13 utt1:  because there's just not enough of me to drive them around everywhere.  /

%          B.14 utt1:  <Laughter> {F Uh, } {D well, } {F uh, } yeah.  /
sd          B.14 utt2:  We  [ 've   [ spend a lo-, +  spend a n-, ] +  did spend ]  a lot of time, {F uh, }  /
sd          B.14 utt3: it really helped when the, {F uh, } older one was old enough to get his license and could, {F uh } --   

b          A.15 utt1:  Yes. /  

+          B.16 utt1:  -- drive around by himself although that brought in a whole [ n-, +  other ] set of problems. /  

aa          A.17 utt1:  I know, /  

x          B.18 utt1:  <Laughter>.  

aa          A.19 utt1:  I know.  /
sd          A.19 utt2:  The insurance. /  

%          B.20 utt1:  {C But, } {F uh, } I, {F uh, } fo-, - /
aa          B.20 utt2: yeah,  /
sd          B.20 utt3: for one thing.  /
%          B.20 utt4: {F Uh, } <lipsmack> {C but } yeah,  /
%          B.20 utt5:  [ we, + {F uh, } we  ] do  /
sd          B.20 utt6: {C but } our two [ had, + had, ] {F uh, } totally different interests of, - /
sd          B.20 utt7: {C but }  [ the-, + there  ] was not much, {F uh, } overlap as such.  /
sd          B.20 utt8:  [ The, + the  ] older one [ is not, + was not  ] at all into, {F uh, } sports for the most part.  /
%          B.20 utt9: {F Uh, } he participated - /
sd          B.20 utt10: band [ and, + and,  ]  {F uh, } scouts were his two big things. /  

b          A.21 utt1:  Yes.  /
sd          A.21 utt2:  My son,   

sd          B.22 utt1:  [ {C And, } +  {F uh } --    

+          A.23 utt1:  is in both band and scouts too. /  

+          B.24 utt1:  -- {C and } ] the, {D yeah, }  younger one is, {F uh, } {F uh, } the sports one  /
sd          B.24 utt2: {C and } [ the, + ] whatever season it is [ he's, + he's  ] playing,    

ba          A.25 utt1:  {F Oh, } gee. /  

+          B.26 utt1:  although football is really his favorite <laughter>.  /
%          B.26 utt2: Yeah.  /
%          B.26 utt3:  {C So, } {F uh, } yeah,  /
sd          B.26 utt4: we spend a lot of time, {F uh, } {F uh, } carpooling [ and, + {F uh, } {D you know, } and   then ]  trying to be, {F uh, } up as much as possible with anything [ that they, + that they  ] do. /  

b          A.27 utt1:  Right. /  

sd          B.28 utt1:  {C But then, } {F uh, } we also  (( didn't [ do +  )) , spend, ] {F uh, } <breathing> time with them [ trying to, + trying to,  ] - /
%          B.28 utt2: {F uh, } {D you know, } just family time. /  

b          A.29 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

%          B.30 utt1:  {F Uh, } <lipsmack> we had a, - /
sd          B.30 utt2: at a fairly young age we started teaching them to play games and card games and so  forth.  /
sd          B.30 utt3: [ [ {C And, } + {C and, }  ] + {F uh, } {F uh, } {C but } ] we didn't, {F uh, } do it as much or as often as, {F uh, } I would have liked to.  /
sd          B.30 utt4:  I would like to do that [ as a, + as a ] family [ and, +    

b          A.31 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.32 utt1:  and  ] some T V watching.  /
qo          B.32 utt2: What about you? /  

sd          A.33 utt1:  We found this Oriental  (( tile ))  game called  (( Mah-jongg )) . /  

b          B.34 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.34 utt2: [ I've, + I've  ] heard of that. /  

qy          A.35 utt1:  Have you? /  

no          B.36 utt1:  I've [ never actually, + never actually  ] played it.  /
%          B.36 utt2: {C But, } -/  

sd          A.37 utt1:  {D Well, } it's really fun.  /
sd          A.37 utt2: {F Um, } one of my neighbors moved here from Memphis  /
sd          A.37 utt3: {C and } a lot of them played it,  /
sd          A.37 utt4: {C and } she started a group going in the neighborhood  /
sd          A.37 utt5: {C and } my kids wanted to learn how to play it  /
sd          A.37 utt6: {C and } it's more fun with four people. /  

b          B.38 utt1:  Yeah,  /
b^r          B.38 utt2: yeah. /  

sd          A.39 utt1:  {C And } it's a game that none of their friends know how to play,  /
sd          A.39 utt2: {C and } they both enjoy it.  /
sd          A.39 utt3: {C So } if they want to play, they have to play with mom and dad. /  

b          B.40 utt1:  <Laughter> Yeah. /  

sd          A.41 utt1:  {C So, } {F uh, } we play that a lot of   them,  /
sd          A.41 utt2: {C and, } {F uh, } we like to go miniature golfing and to movies. /  

b          B.42 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.43 utt1:  <Lipsmack> We have family that lives outside of the state  /
sd          A.43 utt2: {C so } we go visit both sets of grandparents [ and, + and  ] take car trips. /  

aa          B.44 utt1:  Yeah,  /
aa          B.44 utt2: so do we. /  

%          A.45 utt1:  {C So, } that, - /
sd          A.45 utt2: {C and } my husband and son go camping --    

b          B.46 utt1:  Okay. /  

+          A.47 utt1:  -- with scouts mostly. /  

b          B.48 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.49 utt1:  My daughter [ and, + and  ] I hate camping so we go shopping. /  

x          B.50 utt1:  <Laughter>.  

sd          A.51 utt1:  {C So } that just kind of works out real well. /  

b          B.52 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.53 utt1:  {C And, } {F um, } I'm a writer by profession  /
sd          A.53 utt2: {C and } my daughter enjoys writing too,  /
sd          A.53 utt3: {C so } a lot of times, she and I will travel to writers conferences together. /  

ba          B.54 utt1:  {F Oh, } {D now } that's neat. /  

aa          A.55 utt1:  Yeah.  /
%@          A.55 utt2:  # {C So, } #    *[[slash error]]

b          B.56 utt1:  # Yeah.  /
%          B.56 utt2: #  No,  /
sd          B.56 utt3: we've never had anything --    

+          A.57 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.58 utt1:  -- like that. /  

sd          A.59 utt1:  {C So } that gives us special time together # too. # /  

b          B.60 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

sd          A.61 utt1:  {C And } she's on the yearbook staff  and things like that  /
sd          A.61 utt2: {C so } I can help her with that  /
sd          A.61 utt3: {C and } she gives me ideas for my writing too #  /
%          A.61 utt4: {C so. } # -/  

b          B.62 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

%          A.63 utt1:  # Yep. # /  

b          B.64 utt1:  # Uh-huh.  /
ba          B.64 utt2: # {F Oh, } {D well, } good.  /
%          B.64 utt3: {D Well, }  [ I, +  {D you know, }  [ in terms of, +  in terms of   any sorts of trends ] I, ] {D you know, } - /
sd          B.64 utt4: [ obv-, + obviously  ] things are different [ from, + for  ] me [ than, + ] and my children than when I was growing up. /  

b          A.65 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.66 utt1: [ [ I, + I,  ] +  I  ] grew up on a farm, {F uh, } in Iowa,  /
sd          B.66 utt2: {C and, } {F uh, } {D you know } the whole family was around [ the, + the  ] whole time.  /
sd          B.66 utt3: {C And } then what my father did [ was, + was, ] {F uh, } [ in-, + ] {D you know, } obvious to me  /
sd          B.66 utt4: {C and } [ I, + I  ] helped out with it.   /
sd          B.66 utt5: {C But, } {F uh, } although I have brought my boys [ into +  <breathing>  to  ]   see where I work, it's not that easy,  /
sd          B.66 utt6: {C and } [ it's, + it's  ] certainly not at all common,  /
sd          B.66 utt7: {C and } [ they, + they  ] just don't really  have that same idea, /  

b          A.67 utt1:  Right. /  

%          B.68 utt1:  {C so } [ th-, + they,  ] {F uh, } - /
sd          B.68 utt2: [ it's a, + it's a  ] whole different, {F uh, } kind of thing there then, {F uh, } /  

sd          A.69 utt1:  My husband has taken us to work with him,  /
sd          A.69 utt2: {C and } we still don't know what he does. /  

b          B.70 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.71 utt1:  {C So, } <laughter> we just say he travels a lot.  /
sd          A.71 utt2:  {C So, } that kind of covers it. /  

b          B.72 utt1:  Yeah.  /
b^r          B.72 utt2:  Yeah.  /
sv          B.72 utt3:  {D Well, } that makes it hard though [ for + ] in terms of, {D you know, } family time [ with, +   

b          A.73 utt1:  Yes. /  

+          B.74 utt1:  with  ] him. /  

b          A.75 utt1:  Yeah. /  

b          B.76 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.76 utt2: I've been lucky in that respect that I [ don't, + {F uh, } don't ] travel too much  ((   )) . /  

sd          A.77 utt1:  He's been on temporary duties where he's been gone nine months. /  

b          B.78 utt1:  Oh. /  

%          A.79 utt1:  Yes. /  

b          B.80 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.81 utt1:  {C So } those are the real killers.  /
%          A.81 utt2: If he's just gone, -/  

aa          B.82 utt1:  Yes. /  

sd          A.83 utt1:  he's gone   three weeks right now  /
sd          A.83 utt2: {C and } [ that's, + that's  ] mild compare to the big ones, /  

b          B.84 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.85 utt1:  {C so } [ we just, + {D you know. }  I just  ] do the carpooling [ and, + and  ] handle whatever needs to be done.   /
sd          A.85 utt2: {C And } something major,   

b          B.86 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.87 utt1:  always needs to be done. /  

b          B.88 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.89 utt1:  {C So } --   

b          B.90 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.91 utt1:  -- you just have [ to, + to  ] handle it until he gets home <laughter>. /  

b          B.92 utt1:  Yeah,  /
b          B.92 utt2: right. /  

sd          A.93 utt1:  {C And } hopefully he won't have too many surprises when he gets home. / 
